Sea Buckthorn

  Unfortunately, less than a month later, Wu Wei was also taken away by his aunt. Bai Haoran cried as he saw off the good friend who had played with him for so long. Looking at the two boys' tearful eyes, she couldn't help but want to cry too. Since Wu Wei came, it seemed that she didn't have as many nightmares, and every night she could sleep soundly. Although she didn't know what the reason was, she was still grateful to this little guy in her heart.

  "Goodbye for now, I'll be back to see you all again, wait for me."

  Wu Wei and his siblings waved goodbye as the car drove further and further away. Bai Haoran, being a young child, was heartbroken to see his good friend leave, and he buried his face in Bai Xinyi's arms, looking up at her with big, watery eyes and asking "Auntie, will Xiao Shi Tou come back?"

  Bai Xinyi couldn't answer this question either. Adults often don't keep their promises, let alone a child of a few years old.

  Patting the back of his younger cousin, he said softly, "Hao Ran is well-behaved, little stone head has gone back to see his dad and mom. When he grows up, who knows, you might meet each other. So, you must study hard, can't let Wu Lei fall behind, besides, when you learn to write, you can write letters to little stone head."

  Yu Sai listened on the side and thought it was funny, Xiao Shi didn't even leave them an address, where can they go to write a letter, really deceiving children without drafting.

  She wasn't unaware of asking for his address, but some things are just a matter of fate. When fate brings people together, they can meet from thousands of miles away; when fate doesn't bring them together, it's hard to join hands even when facing each other.

  After Xiaoshi left, Bai Haoran felt a bit down, but children's forgetfulness is relatively strong, and soon he got along with the other kids in the village. From Yueting's perspective, it was just a bunch of naughty kids getting together to cause trouble, but as long as they didn't go too far, the adults at home were still quite tolerant of them.

  And she has nothing to do, wandering around, at most she goes to the east side of the big road to see the endless grassland and the houses on the grassland, the white felt house occasionally still wafts out the tempting milk fragrance, she is a little hungry for cow's milk.

  But thinking about it, I'm embarrassed to take out my wallet, being able to afford a meal doesn't solve future problems. Sighing, I look at my small hands and can't help but shake my head.

  "Sister, what are you doing?"

  Bai Haoran followed a big group of kids running over from the west, boys and girls, each with what seemed to be a piece of candy in their mouths.

  Yu Tong couldn't help but laugh, guessing that this big brother from his family must have bribed all these kids with money to buy candy.

  Look at these kids, they're surrounding Bai Haoran like a bunch of followers, "Sister, look, what's this?"

  Bai Haoran's hand was holding a string of bright red fruit, somewhat resembling a string of red flowers.

  Yu Tong didn't know what this was and looked at the thing in his hand with some surprise, "Brother, what is this?"

  Bai Haoran chuckled and said, "Brother Zhou Kai said that this is a sandalwood tree, and there are many more over there."

  Looking at the direction Big Brother pointed, Yu Tong knew it should be the desert edge zone, but he didn't expect these people to run so far away to have fun.

  That little boy named Zhou Kai is not much older than Hao Ran, and looking at others, they are all about the same age.

  A little girl came over, a bit thin but looked quite lively, pulling her hand and asking "Are you Bai Haoran's sister?"

  Yu Xuan nodded, and the little girl smiled and introduced herself, "My name is Zou Li, what's yours?"

  For a straightforward and easy-going kid like Luo Luo, Yu Tong has a good impression of him. Interacting with someone like this doesn't require using too many brain cells.

  "Hello, I'm Bai Yu Tong. You can just call me Yu Tong from now on. Feel free to come find me to play in the future. By the way, are those sand thorns over there edible?"

  Zhou Kai nodded, "It's edible, but it's a bit sour, and if you eat too much, your teeth will ache."

  Yu Sai was a bit skeptical, so he plucked a small fruit from the branch and took a bite, savoring the flavor carefully. It wasn't just sour, but also had a slightly wine-like taste that wasn't too strong.

  A little boy named Guo Qiang handed her a string of something from his hand, "Yu Tong, try eating this and see, it's a bit sweet."

  He took over the string of persimmons from the little boy's hand, and it was even sweeter than the first time he ate them.

  She knew about this thing in her previous life, but it was bought in a pharmacy. At that time, her father's body was not very good and the doctor prescribed medicine for him, one of which was sandwormwood.

  She had previously searched online, Hippophae rhamnoides, its characteristics are drought-tolerant, wind-resistant and sand-resistant, can survive on saline-alkaline land, so it is widely used for soil and water conservation. It is distributed in North China, Northwest China, Southwest China and other places. Sea buckthorn is a plant with the same origin as medicine and food. The root, stem, leaf, flower, and fruit of sea buckthorn, especially the fruit of sea buckthorn, contain rich nutrients and bioactive substances, which can be widely used in many fields of national economy such as food, medicine, light industry, aerospace, agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery. The fruit of sea buckthorn has the effect of relieving cough and asthma, invigorating spleen and eliminating food stagnation, activating blood circulation and dispersing stasis. Modern medical research shows that sea buckthorn can lower cholesterol, relieve angina pectoris, and prevent and treat coronary atherosclerotic heart disease.

  It seems that the sandthorn here is only used for windbreak and sand fixation, people have not realized its economic value yet. Good, no one thought of it as an opportunity for their family.

  "Brother, can you take me over there to have a look? I want to pick some more sand thorns back."

  Bai Haoran didn't know what his sister wanted to do with this thing, he had eaten it before, it was sour and not sweet at all. However, for the sake of his sister, Bai Haoran wouldn't refuse her request. He nodded his little head, "Okay, let's take my sister over there to take a look."

  The little friends around him all followed, only the desert area was still some distance from their home, but these bear children had too much energy and nowhere to vent, running and playing as long as they could.

  So, Yueting ran a distance that wasn't very close under everyone's leadership and finally saw the saxaul forest in her heart. Moreover, this large piece of desert land also grew some short and cold-resistant plants like camel thorn, which couldn't be cultivated at all. After thinking about it for a moment, she asked the children who followed to pick more saxauls to take home.

  Bai Xinyi is drying grains in the yard, and the corn grown in the vegetable garden behind has ripened. She has picked them back to dry and grind into powder for eating in winter.

  At this time, a man pushing a cart hurried in, but his figure was really not impressive, and he was actually quite short. He was also very dark and thin, "Sister, I've brought the grain for you."

  Bai Xinyi was delighted to see the newcomer, who was her brother's childhood friend and had grown up wearing open-crotch pants. Fortunately, her brother had this friend to help him out during his recent trip.

  "Li Rui, come in and take a rest, aren't you tired?"

  Bai Xinyi quickly twisted a towel for him to wipe his sweat, and pushed a cart of grain over, guessing that he wasn't too tired.