Ruo Zhou had been following closely behind Ruo Xuan, and when she stopped, he couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter, Xuanbao?"
The older brothers ahead heard and also stopped, "Sister, what's wrong?"
"This Zizania is almost old, why has no one picked it to eat?" Ruo Xuan pointed to the plump, white portion on the stalk of the Zizania and asked.
Upon hearing this, Ruo Zhou explained, "These are wild Zizania grains infested with pests and diseases. They don't produce ears and can't grow Zizania grains, so they're inedible."
Ruo Xian and the others nodded in agreement, "Right, can't eat them. We eat the Zizania grains, only pigs eat the Zizania shoots."
Villagers would sometimes cut them to feed to pigs, but this area was marshland, where water was everywhere; many found it too troublesome and were afraid of wetting their clothes, so they seldom came to cut them.
