59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

Chapter 707: The Age of Not Sparing Even Melon Peels

After leaving the city, he put three watermelons and half a wild boar meat in the cart.

One bag contained ten kilograms of pork and a watermelon, and the rest filled another bag, ready to be given to grandpa and grandma.

Currently, rice in the north, especially in the Hebei Plain, has entered its final maturity stage and can basically be harvested around early September.

"Fortunately, the rice grains are not very full, but the yield is not seriously reduced either!"

Without hybrid rice and industrial fertilizers, even the best rice seeds today would not have high yields.

Some militiamen and teenagers used various tools to drive away and hunt birds that came to peck at the food. Some children dug eels and loaches in the fallow fields. Behind them were their five or six-year-old brothers and sisters, carrying small buckets, happily following their older brothers and sisters in search of food.

These little creatures are now found in fields all over the country, except in the Great Northwest.

On the ridges of the fields, villagers are planting crops such as vegetables.

"Mom, a car, a three-wheeled car!"

There was a child about five years old who did not go to dig loaches or eels, but sat on the edge of the field, which happened to be not far from the road. He saw Chen Feng driving over and shouted happily to his mother who was growing vegetables.

"Okay, sit still and don't go to the road." Her mother bent down, glanced at her son, and continued to farm.

Chen Feng thought about it and threw a 8-liang yellow eel that he had knocked unconscious to the child.

Of course, from the child's point of view, it was just an eel that inexplicably climbed onto his little feet that were lying in the drying field.

"Hahaha, Mom, I caught a big yellow eel. It's a really big yellow eel."

The child was so happy that he stood up and held the big eel with both hands and laughed non-stop.

"Brother Tieniu, there are also big yellow eels in this field, come over here and dig them up!"

His mother looked back and saw the big eel caught by her son. She immediately put down her hoe and ran over.

The eight-liang wild yellow eel is not the big thing that is artificially cultivated in later generations. Eels of this size are very rare and need several years to grow.

The mother breathed a sigh of relief only after confirming that it was an eel and not a snake.

The other children who were digging swarmed over.

Upon seeing this, Chen Feng released hundreds of eels into the nearby wasteland that was accumulating fertilizer, which reduced the number of eels in the paddy fields in the space by a small amount.

Along the way, he placed a lot of these things in the fields.

The eel is neither a pest nor a beneficial insect. It can damage the roots and rhizomes of rice and cause holes in field ridges, but it can also eat pests and fertilize the soil.

But this is China!

The eels in the Chinese fields rarely survive the three seasons of autumn, winter and spring!

Not only do adults catch them, but children who have nothing to do also look for them in the resting fields to add meat nutrients to the family.

We passed through fields, saw children and teenagers digging eels in the fields, crossed the city of Tianjin, and finally arrived at the town of Tanggu.

"Master Zhao!"

Zhao Dongshan looked at Chen Feng who came in carrying the bag, and temporarily stopped looking through the medical book.

"I was wondering when you would come, but I didn't expect you to arrive today."

"Next time you come, don't bring anything. You gave me so many things, and I didn't do anything. I feel embarrassed to see you."

Chen Feng handed the bag to Zhao Xiaoshan who came over with a smile. The latter opened the bag and took a look. She was extremely surprised and said, "Dad, pork. Such a big piece of pork."

"Master Zhao, don't be stressed. You can't go hiking to find medicine without eating meat. Fish can't replenish your nutrition."

Chen Feng smiled and said, "You should be more experienced than me in this regard."

Zhao Dongshan smiled bitterly and nodded: "I have seen many people who are exhausted after eating fish. Do you know the reason?"

"Fish can only provide some muscle strength, but without oil, it cannot replenish the vitality our body needs when exercising." Chen Feng tried his best to explain in words that he could understand.

It is obvious at first glance that Old Zhao is not a graduate of a regular medical school. He knows nothing about Western medicine, but he has rich clinical experience.

"So they are short of oil?" asked Zhao Dongshan.

Chen Feng nodded.

“That’s difficult!”

"Yeah, we're short on oil."

"Dad, do you want to cut the watermelon?" Zhao Xiaoshan asked after taking out the watermelon.

Zhao Dongshan didn't expect that Chen Feng brought this thing. After hesitating, he asked his daughter to cut it and use it to entertain Chen Feng. He lacked something to entertain guests.

"Comrade Xiao Chen, come this way, and see if those herbs are any good."

"Okay, little brother, help me watch the car and don't let the kids play around."

Chen Feng said this and followed Zhao Dongshan to the back.

In the backyard of the clinic, I saw a special wooden box. The wooden box was roughly round, a bit like the Japanese "Oden" cooking utensil commonly seen in later generations. The space was divided by thin horizontal and vertical wooden boards. Various herbs were planted in the small space, which was three centimeters wide and fifteen centimeters high.

"Master Zhao, did you ask someone to do this?"

"Well, I was worried that if I just dug out the roots and put them in the medicine basket, they would be crushed, so I asked the carpenter in town to make this for me, which can just cover the medicine basket."

Zhao Dongshan said with a smile.

"Uh, that's thoughtful!"

Chen Feng looked at these wild herbs with satisfaction, thinking that it was worth the effort he put in as gifts.

"Master Zhao, don't look for them next time. Switch to other varieties." Chen Feng glanced at the wooden cabinet and said, "I may have to take this cabinet away as well. I'll bring it to you next time."

"It's okay. The old carpenter didn't even ask me for money for this." Zhao Dongshan said embarrassedly, "If you don't have good cigarettes in the future, I'll send them to the old carpenter. He likes good cigarettes, preferably Daqianmen."

"Now you need cigarette tickets to enter Daqianmen, and I can't get them here."

Zhao Dongshan was too honest, and he actually felt a little indebted.

“That’s easy!”

Chen Feng reached into his pocket and took out two packs of Daqianmen cigarettes.

Zhao Dongshan was stunned and looked at his pocket.

"Why do you have two unopened packages of Daqianmen?"

"Oh, my grandma likes to smoke. I usually keep two packs of cigarettes, one for grandma and one for others. That makes sense, right?"

"Uh, that makes sense."

Zhao Dongshan couldn't help but nodded in agreement as Chen Feng said.

As they were carrying the wooden cabinet out, Zhao Xiaoshan just happened to be bringing in a watermelon.

"Dad, Comrade Chen, eat watermelon."

Chen Feng didn't hesitate, and Zhao Dongshan couldn't help but eat a piece.

Back in the car, Meng Xiaoer gave a small piece to seven or eight children.

"Thank you, little brother!"

"Thank you, second brother."

The children kept expressing their gratitude, and the nearby residents felt a little embarrassed and began to express their gratitude one after another.

The children took a small piece of watermelon and ate it. Like the Chen family’s children, these little guys almost ate the rind, leaving only a very thin layer.

Even so, they did not let go and prepared to wash the melon rind and eat the remaining skin.