Chapter 6: Ascending the Mountain

Early the next morning, Guo Hao woke up early.

He went downstairs and saw that his parents were up, and his mother saw it and said, "I got up so early, and I didn't sleep much." He nodded, "Hmm." After washing, he went out of the gate, Guo looked up at the mountains in the distance, the sky was hazy, and he couldn't see it very clearly.

Guo Hao thought about it, and ran up the back mountain, he suddenly wanted to exercise, which was rarely done before.

Running halfway up the mountain, Guo Hao turned around again and walked down slowly, he liked not to exercise too vigorously, so he jumped on the ground, walked down the mountain, walked to the side of the stream, he took the water and washed his face again, the feeling of cool water on his face made him feel very comfortable.

Guo Hao walked back home and found that his parents had already cooked breakfast, and his younger siblings had already gotten up.

Guo Hao's family also eats dry rice in the morning, unlike the school that eats porridge and steamed buns in the morning.

Family, sit down to eat.

After breakfast, my parents went out and didn't ask them to do anything. Guo Xiaoran asked Guo Hao: "Brother, let's go up the mountain to play, and pick up some firewood by the way." "

Guo Hao nodded and said, "Xiaohua don't go, stay at home and read a book." "

"My grades are better than yours, I don't have to study, but I don't go up the mountain either, I go to play with others. Guo Xiaohua's eyes seemed to despise the two elder brothers a little.

"Uh" Guo Hao was a little speechless, my grades in primary school were also very good, they were all first, second, and the brothers didn't speak anymore, Guo Hao naturally didn't care about anything with his sister, the two of them each held a firewood knife, carried a bag, and walked to the back mountain.

The brothers walked for half an hour and entered the mountains.

Guo Xiaoran said: "Brother, if you can catch pheasants and hares or something, you can have a big meal at noon." "He always wants to eat, in fact, it is normal, he is growing up, body, easy to get hungry, naturally wants to eat, the conditions at home are not very good, but it is really full, full, not his stomach.

Guo Hao said: "This depends on luck." Guo Hao also knew that his younger brother either wanted to collect firewood, or to catch pheasants or something.

The brothers walked aimlessly.

Suddenly, Guo Hao found that there were several wild orchids growing under the woods next to him, Guo Hao approached and squatted down to look at it carefully. "

"Brother, what are you looking at?, what's so beautiful about wildflowers," Guo Xiaoran asked.

"Don't you think this flower is beautiful?" Guo Hao said.

"Go, watch it often, what else is there to see" Guo Xiaoran couldn't help but roll his eyes, almost despising his brother.

Guo Hao had also been to Li Xueping's house before, and when he saw this similar orchid, he heard Li Xueping say that he spent thousands of yuan to buy it from others.

Guo Hao didn't know much either, Guo Hao said: "This is an orchid, I heard that the expensive one can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan." "

"What, it can't be a lie. Guo Xiaoran obviously didn't believe it, and secretly thought, I am also a scholar, so I can't fool me.

"I have a classmate who taught me how to drive, and I have seen it at his house, so I dug it up and gave it to him anyway. "Guo Hao decided, it's a convenient thing.

Guo Xiaoran also squatted down to look, "This flower is not very beautiful." As he spoke, he also helped his brother dig out the orchids with some mud, and there were four in total.

Guo Hao found some relatively large leaves, carefully wrapped the flowers, pulled a small vine and tied it, and put it in the bag.

The brothers continued to walk, and suddenly the two of them settled down together, and the brothers put their bags on the side of the road, walked lightly, walked about ten meters and secretly looked at it, only to see a few pheasants pecking at the grass on the small lawn in front of them.

The two squatted down and gestured, Guo Hao squatted in place, and Guo Xiaoran secretly walked over to the other side.

At about the same time, Guo Hao stretched out his head and saw Guo Xiaoran on the other side, and the two began to rush towards the pheasant.

When the pheasants saw that there were people coming on both sides, they went into the grass, and two of them got their heads into the grass, and the farts and strands were still exposed and did not move, and the other pheasants ran to the grass, and the brothers caught two pheasants one by one.

The brothers looked at each other and were happy. Speaking of which, why is the pheasant so stupid, always hiding his head and tail like this.

Guo Hao knows a little bit, pheasant, also called phoenix, pheasant. Lively temperament, good at running and flying, like to wander and forage, fast running, low flying ability, can only fly low distances and can not last.

Pheasant has high economic value, the meat is tender and delicious, the game is strong, and its protein content is high.

The feathers of the male pheasant are gorgeous and have ornamental value, and the specimens can be used for teaching, scientific research and exhibitions, and can also be used as elegant and valuable decorations.

Guo Hao took a closer look at the pheasant, the body is slightly smaller than the domestic chicken, but the tail is much longer, and the long tail is good.

The males are magnificently plumage, distributed in several subspecies in the east, with a white collar on the neck, which contrasts sharply with the metallic green neck, and long, transversely spotted tail feathers.

Females have dull plumage, mostly brown and brownish-yellow, mixed with black spots, and short tail feathers.

Guo Hao took a serious look at the two pheasants, the feathers on the forehead and the base of the upper beak were black, the top of the head was bronze brown, and there were white eyebrow lines on both sides, the skin around the eyes and cheeks was bare and crimson, and on this bare part, there was a small piece of blue-black short feathers, located under the eyes, the ear feathers were black and flashing blue, the feathers were square, and they could stand up when they were alive, the neck was black with green or purple metallic reflections, and there was a white neck ring under the neck (this white ring was interrupted in the front neck). Guo Hao thinks that the pheasant looks very beautiful when he looks closely.

Guo Hao looked at the feathers on the upper back, the shaft was black and brown, most of the feathers were white, with "V" shaped black stripes on the outside, and there were light golden yellow wide edges on the outside of the lines. The lower back and waist are light blue-gray, and the feathers near the center also have short horizontal spots arranged in yellow, black and dark blue; the tail feathers turn to dirty yellow-gray; and the waist is full of chestnut yellow hair-like feathers, Guo Hao actually doesn't know very much, what are the specific names of these two pheasants.

Guo Hao turned the pheasant, looked at the lower chest, and found that it was purple copper-red, with metallic reflections, and the feathers had inverted anchor-like black spots; the two flanks were pale yellow, and each feather had a large black spot at the tip; the abdomen was black and brown, and the tail was covered with chestnut feathers. The wings are covered with yellow and white feathers, and mixed with dark spots, how do you look at it, the more you feel beautiful, do you like this pheasant very much, heh, think too much, no matter how beautiful it is, take it back, it is also to be killed.

Guo Hao estimated that these two pheasants were roosters.

Guo Hao thought that this pheasant might still be a protected animal, but he didn't care about it now, his brothers had to protect it first, and said, "Okay, there's a harvest, we should go back." The two tied the pheasant and stuffed it into their backpacks, and the other tied up a handful of firewood casually, carried it on their shoulders and walked back.

The brothers rushed home with wind at their feet all the way. It was just ten o'clock in the morning when the two of them got home, and there was still a little time before lunch.

His sister was also at home, and when she saw her two brothers coming back from catching two pheasants, she shouted happily and hurriedly helped to boil hot water.

Guo Hao put the orchid in a shady corner, and then prepared things, ready to kill the pheasant.

Soon the water boiled, and the brothers began to bleed and pluck their hair, Guo Xiaoran, a snack, was even more busy and positive.

As soon as the brothers were done, their parents returned, and they were very happy and immediately went into the kitchen to get busy.

At noon, the family had a lively meal, Guo Hao and his parents were fine, the food was more Sven, and the younger brother and sister ate with a mouth full of oil, and their stomachs were rolling.

After dinner, after resting for a while, Guo Hao began to prepare to leave for school. Guo Hao took a bag, went to the storage room on the second floor, filled a bag of rice, and lifted it, dozens of catties, these rice are enough for him to eat for about two weeks, and when there is no rice, he will have to go home to get it, he is used to going home once every two weeks.

My younger brother also wants to go to school, but in a different direction from him, Guo Hao is far away, so I have to set off first, my younger brother will leave at four o'clock in the afternoon, and you can arrive at school in less than an hour, and you can also have dinner in advance before leaving, Du Mu has a problem.

Guo Hao's father gave him 100 yuan, Guo Hao picked up his backpack, carried the rice bag and said, "Dad, Mom, I'll go first." His father nodded and said: "Study hard", his father also knew that Guo Hao's academic performance was average, and he had to repeat his studies for another year if he didn't take the exam, Guo Hao's father didn't know that in fact, his son has improved a lot now, Guo Hao doesn't want to say more, he will improve more in the future, take the report card back to his parents, and the rest, it makes sense to say anything.

Guo Hao said to his younger brother: "You also study hard." Then he said to his sister, "At home, listen to your parents." Then I didn't say much, I turned around and left, if I didn't leave, maybe my sister would despise herself again.