Chapter 8: Go to the fruit forest

Li Feng looked at the large mountain forest in front of him. There were many kinds of fruit trees, but it was not the season for the fruit to ripen yet. So even when picking fruit, he could only find those that were less mature, and it was not many.

But the forest was very big, so he could look around freely. Li Feng gave Bao Bei to Li and took out the salt stone first, then carried the basket to find food. Ruo followed closely. It was Li who was scared by the baby that was suddenly in his hands. Feng, what's the matter? He also wanted to protect him. How could he just give Bao Bei to him and run away with Ruo?

Li Feng carefully picked the almost ripe fruit and put it in the basket behind him, while occasionally searching the ground to see if he could find anything else to eat. Although the fruit was delicious, it couldn't be eaten as a meal. Would you still be hungry after eating too much?

There were still a lot of wild vegetables, but many of them were old and hidden by weeds. It was really hard to find them. Li Feng was holding a small stick in his hand. He looked around and around for it. Not to mention that he had found a kind of edible wild vegetable -- purslane, [efn_note]Portulaca oleracea is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae, which may reach 40 cm in height. Approximately forty cultivars are currently grown. Its specific epithet oleracea means "vegetable/herbal" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus. Learn more about eating it . [/efn_note] a kind of vegetable with thick leaves, which couldn't be dried. It was because one could pull it out for several days and it would still be green. Purslane grew in large areas, and each one was big, and the red stem could grow very long. This was a good thing!

Ah, I haven't eaten green vegetables for several days. Li Feng really missed it.

In the past, when he was in the orphanage, he often went out to dig for the chef to cook dishes. At that time, he wanted to eat meat, he could only think of drooling, but now he often ate some. He also thought that the vegetables were really delicious, and he missed them after a few days!

He pulled out a lot at a time. Ruo looked at it inexplicably. He didn't pick any fruit. Why did he pull out the green weeds?

"Feng, why are you pulling these? It's useless. It's better to pick some fruit quickly. We should go back soon, or there will be many wild animals in the evening."

He didn't take a shovel, only a small stick, which made it really hard to dig. He dug out a little bit in half a day. He hurriedly shouted at Li not far away, asking him to take out the stone shovel. Li looked at Feng's excited look and thought that something had happened and he almost threw down the fragrant baby sleeping in his arms. He vaguely heard that he wanted a stone shovel. He quickly picked it up and ran over with Bao Bei in his arms.

When Li Feng saw Li running over, he suddenly stood up and almost fainted. After a while, he stopped swaying. His body was already poor. It was not even a month after the birth of Bao Bei and he was running around with Li. Could he bear it? As long as he didn't faint.

Li saw Li Feng's body sway and rushed to him. He held him steady. Li Feng waved his hand and said it was okay. He wanted to take Li's shovel and continue to dig up his sweet potatoes. Unexpectedly, Li didn't give him it saying, "What do you want to dig? I'll dig for you. You can hold Bao Bei and watch."

Li Feng opened his mouth and said nothing, but Ruo didn't pick fruit. He went to Li Feng's side and looked at Li vigorously digging. Everything in the area came out. However, sometimes he accidentally cut through several, exposing white, red or yellow cores. Li Feng wanted to drool, thinking of roasted sweet potatoes, honeyed sweet potatoes, sweet potato noodles, and sweet potato mash, all delicious!

"Hey, what do you want Li to dig up over there? Can I eat it?" Ruo was curious. Can I eat this lump?

"This is a sweet potato. Its skin is dark red. It's delicious. You can cook it directly or put it in water. But it's not a good time to dig. It's better to have a lot when they are ripe."

"How do you know?" Ruo asked in surprise.

"Well, that... I accidentally put them in the fire one day, and then I found that they can be eaten, and they are delicious, so I came to look for them! That... So I tried them again... Tried again." Li Feng was covered in a cold sweat, it was frightening. He just wanted to eat, but didn't know the other was watching.

"Oh, well, I'll see what it looks like." Ruo finished and ran to the front.

There seemed to be a lot of sweet potatoes here, and Li Feng had dug out a lot, and it was almost time to go back. They hurried to put all the sweet potatoes in the basket, let Li carry them and put the salt stoned in, and then he was ready to go back with the clan!

Li Feng wanted to tell the tribe about the sweet potatoes, but it was too early. They were too small to be cooked well now. He wanted to wait until they were in season. He was afraid he couldn't even think about it now.