In fact, the real scientific name of the wild grass "ground vegetables" is "shepherd's purse". This shepherd's purse grows everywhere in fields, fields, ditches, potholes and jungles. Although it is a wild vegetable, it is rich in nutrition, containing a lot of carotene, B vitamins, vitamin C, calcium and iron. Has the effects of clearing away heat, stopping bleeding, clearing liver and improving eyesight.
So, where did the custom of eating vegetables and boiling eggs on March 3 come from? The information tells me: "During the Three Kingdoms period, the famous doctor Hua Tuo came to Miancheng to collect medicine. One day, he was caught in a heavy rain. When he was sheltering from the rain in an old man's house, he saw that the old man had a headache and dizziness, so he immediately diagnosed the old man and picked a handful of vegetables from the old man's garden and asked the old man to take juice and boil eggs. The old man also ate three eggs, and the pain was gone. Hua Tuo treated the elderly on March 3rd, so it became a custom to boil eggs on March 3rd.
Every year on March 3, the elders at home will cook eggs with vegetables for the family to eat. Its sweetness often reminds me. Although it is only a custom in my hometown, it has become the warmest part of my heart.