Chapter 5, the gluttonous uncle

Mama Li took advantage of the break to load a few pheasants and hares that had not been eaten during this time and went back to her grandfather's house.

The wild boar meat that had been distributed before was too small, so it was not sent, and although these pheasants and hares were small, they accumulated little by day, and they were just sent over for a tooth sacrifice.

The three children of Uncle Li Ya's family were playing crazy at the entrance of the village with the children in their village, and when they saw Li's mother, they immediately rushed over, screaming, screaming, so that Li's mother's heart was about to float. Children are like this, Li Ya was very happy to see his relatives come to his house when he was a child, as soon as his relatives came, they would bring delicious things, who doesn't like children?

The three children hugged Li's mother and walked home, chattering all the way, and Li's mother especially liked to listen to their noisy sounds. Li Ya has grown up, and now the house is always a little quiet, and only a few children from the second uncle's family come over to be a little lively.

Li's mother arrived at her grandfather's house, and only her grandmother cooked at home. Grandma was also very happy to see Mama Li come back.

Mama Li brought more things than usual this time, in addition to ten eggs, six pheasants and hares, and a bottle of wild honey picked by Li Yacai. Grandma looked at so many things, and complained that Mama Li brought too much, Mama Li smiled and said: "Mom, don't you know, the third year of junior high school has seen a new method of feeding chickens with insects in a book, and the chickens at home are diligent in laying eggs." There is also this pheasant and hare bee candy, which was also made for the production team to release pigs in the third year of junior high school, and there are still some at home, and I also brought some when I couldn't finish eating. ”

With Li's mother joining, the meal was quickly ready, and the grandmother said to the eldest granddaughter, "Peach, go and call your grandfather to eat." ”

Peaches ran outside, shouted a few times in the direction of their grandfather's work, and got a response, and returned to the house and said to grandma, "Shout yes." "Scoop the water into the wooden basin and bring it out, ready for the adults to come back and wash their hands.

Li Ya's grandfather and a few people came back, Li's mother greeted her, and when she put the tools and washed her hands on the table, her grandfather frowned and said, "This is rabbit meat, right?

Li's mother hurriedly replied: "It's the third year of junior high school." The third year of junior high school is now herding pigs in the production team, and I have time to fight. ”

Uncle Yang Chengxi said: "I haven't been working for a few days, I'm planning to go to your house and come back to eat a few rabbits or something." ”

Mother Li said happily: "It's just right, the family is raising insects to feed the chickens and pigs, you go over to take a closer look, and when you come back, you will raise them according to the style." ”

When the eldest aunt heard this, she was surprised and said, "Everyone knows that chickens eat insects, but this pig also eats?"

Mother Li said happily: "Eat it." The two pigs in my family were caught on the thirteenth day of the first month, when they were more than 20 pounds and a thin and small one, they were only fed with more than 20 days of insects, and now they are fat, and they grow much faster than others. ”

The uncle said eagerly: "Of course it's fast to eat meat and grow meat, Xiao Cheng will go and see carefully, and we will feed the pigs like this when we come back." ”

After eating, my uncle and Li's mother set off, and when they arrived at Li Ya's house, Li Ya and Li's father were eating. Li Ya was very happy to see his uncle, and took the dishes and chopsticks to add food to his uncle, but was stopped by his uncle. Dad Li saw it and said, "In the third year of junior high school, take another bowl, and I'll accompany your uncle to drink." As he spoke, he went to hold the jar of medicine and wine.

There are only big bowls at home (at this time, people have a large amount of food, and they can use a large bowl to fill rice a few times, especially when drinking porridge, a few bowls of stomach only hear the sound of water swaying in the stomach, that taste, who knows who has passed), Li's father poured a small half bowl in a bowl, and his uncle ate and drank on the dishes on the table, and Li Ya also took the time to ask his grandparents about their physical condition.

When the uncle said about the earthworm and took some rabbits and pheasants by the way, Li Ya said happily: "It just so happens that a few days ago I found a lot of hares and pheasants in a col. ”

After drinking, the brother-in-law urged Li Ya to go up the mountain. Li Ya threw his back on his shoulders and followed his uncle's footsteps with a sickle. The brother-in-law looked at Li Ya and asked, "You just hit the rabbit with a sickle?"

Li Ya said with a smile: "The bow and arrow are placed on the pass, the bow is too long, and it is troublesome to take it down." ”

On the pass, Li Ya walked to the place where the bow and arrow were put and took the bow and arrow, and the uncle took it and tried it, and said, "It's not bad, it's made according to the English longbow, right?" The uncle, who graduated from high school and served as a compulsory soldier for two years, saw that the people in the production team could not compare, and everyone in the production team still didn't know the origin of this longbow.

Li Ya nodded and pointed in a direction and said: "That col over there, there is only one path that can go down, rabbits and pheasants have no natural enemies in it, and they breed quickly." It used to be a small lake, and the water receded before revealing the col, and it was not very long, otherwise the grass in it would not have been enough for pheasants and hares to survive. ”

Li Ya pulled away the barb thorn that cut the road, the two walked and recovered, and went down the mountain road, and the uncle said: "It's good to put pigs in such a place, as long as you block a few intersections." Your uncle arranged this errand for you very easily, no wonder I still saw a book on the pass, and I want to go to college? ”

Li Ya said with a smile: "Anyway, being idle is idle, and it's good to learn more." It will always be useful, and even if you become a production captain at that time, you will not be worse than others. ”

The uncle smiled: "Your uncle didn't scold you for being a white-eyed wolf when he heard this." ”

Li Ya affirmed: "At that time, the uncle was already the captain or the secretary of the village branch. The village party secretary is not in good health and may retire at any time, as long as our production team does a good job, Uncle Tie will definitely be able to become the captain. ”

The brother-in-law also agreed: "Your Li family has practiced medicine for generations, not to mention that you have a high reputation in the brigade, but also have a lot of influence in the surrounding villages within a radius of dozens of miles. Back then, your Li family could be regarded as landlords, but because they had practiced medicine for generations, they were not beaten up as local tyrants, but only returned part of the land. Look at which production team has a good house in the surrounding area, and everyone lives in a large tile house with slate walls. It must have been a trip to the savings of the past. However, after counting so many years, there should not be much, after all, the price of gold and silver has not been high in recent years. According to me, even if you are not the captain of the production team, you must study medicine first, this thing can ensure that you will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life. ”

Li Ya listened to his uncle's words, his heart moved, his memory is very good, and he learns much faster than others, just by the way. Not to mention anything else, you don't have to go to the hospital if you have a minor illness, and you don't dare to get sick when you think about the expensive cost of the hospital decades later.

Walking all the way, the two of them arrived at the col that Li Ya said, Li Ya signaled his brother-in-law to pay attention and shouted on the side. Suddenly the grass in the col swayed, and some hares rushed out of the grass and disappeared.

Li Ya stopped shouting and said to his uncle, "Isn't it a lot?"

The uncle said excitedly: "Many, really many! The hare gives birth to a litter of cubs in three months, and there are several in a litter, and the pheasants are not bad, so it seems that they don't worry about eating meat." You can't use a bow and arrow here, you have to put down a sleeve, and the female one will be released, as long as the male one is fine. ”

Li Ya thought so, and said: "This col is not small, if you have the opportunity to catch a few deer and roe deer, just put them in it to stop this opening." ”

The uncle said: "You think too much, it is not easy for deer and roe deer to catch alive, it is better to raise a few sheep." Go down and see if you get anything from the cover you put down first. ”

I went down and looked around, and there were actually seven sets of rabbits, but there were four of the females, so I had to let them go. Put all the covers away, and today will be over.

The uncle said: "It's so easy, no wonder your mother sent so much." ”

Li Ya smiled: "It's the first time I've put on a sleeve here, and those don't get it from here, so I'll keep it here and wait for it when I need it." ”

Li Ya carried the back on his back, and his brother-in-law held a bow, and walked as his brother-in-law said, "I didn't pay attention when I came, there are a lot of wild vegetables." It's good to eat wild vegetables just now, so pick more and go back. ”

Li Ya said: "There are still at home." ”

The uncle said: "It's not fresh, come, you take the bow, I'll pick it, eat a wild vegetable feast tonight, there is oil and meat, this wild vegetable is delicious." ”

On the pass, it was only four o'clock, Li Ya felt that his uncle sent the hares and wild vegetables back first, it was dark at about seven o'clock this season, and Li Ya had to wait until six o'clock to go back.

Looking at the location of the pigs, Li Ya looked at it with a textbook. In the sparse sound of birds, Li Ya was completely immersed in the book, and for two hours, Li Ya felt that the efficiency was twice as good as usual. Such wholehearted devotion is hard to come by, and it may never appear again, but Li Ya is still very happy. It is worth rejoicing when you have learned.