But there's not enough fish for us to eat all the time. Ning Xiguang cruelly gave the little guy a fatal blow, "Little man, those fish are too small, it's okay to make fish soup, but you can't eat it as a meal, we can't eat enough like that, we have to be hungry." ”

The little guy was finally persuaded by Ning Xiguang, and the two sisters and brothers went up the mountain together. However, just in case, Xiao Mi brought the kitchen knife at home with a heavy face.

Ning Xiguang: Okay, as long as you let you go up the mountain, let alone bring kitchen knives, you can bring all the kitchen utensils.

As the two siblings walked along, they saw three children of three or four years old, holding frames to catch sparrows in a clearing far from the river.

When Xiao Qi saw it, he immediately couldn't walk.

Ning Xiguang's eyes flashed when he saw this, and he said, "Do you want to play with them, if you want to go, the eldest sister will send you over." ”

Originally, she took the little guy up the mountain, just because she didn't worry about leaving the little guy at home, for fear that he would accidentally hurt herself. But now there are three little dolls playing together, and she also has a sharp eye to see an old man, sitting in the sun not far away to watch the child, so she doesn't worry about the safety of the little one.

I thought to myself, it's better to leave Xiao Mi here, so that she doesn't need to worry about anything when she goes up the mountain to find things.

Hearing this, Xiao Qi quickly withdrew his nostalgic gaze and shook his head firmly, "No, I don't play with them, I want to go to the mountain with my eldest sister." ”

...... "Okay, if you want to go, go there."

It's the middle of summer in May, and it's green as far as the eye can see. It's a different view than it was a month ago.

At that time, it was the last crossing of the three-year drought, God did not drop a drop of water for three consecutive years, the rivers dried up, the earth cracked, the grain was not harvested, the people were hungry and had no choice, digging grass roots and picking tree bark, and life was miserable.

It is unthinkable to think of such a green scene, because of the drought and the stripping of the bark, many trees have died, and even a few grass shoots growing on the ground will be pulled out immediately, and it can be plugged between the teeth.

On the way up the mountain, Ning Xiguang saw many old trees that had been stripped of their bark, all of which had died.

While feeling sorry in her heart, she thought about when she was free, and she had to cut down these dead trees and bring them home. Can't you build a house, can't you use it as firewood?

As far as she knows, this willow tun is located in the north, and it will snow at the end of October, and it will not warm up until March of the following year.

The mountain on which Liushutun is backed is called Dafang Mountain, and I heard that it is because the appearance of this mountain is relatively square, so it is named. As for the truth, no one is exquisite.

Ning Xiguang took Xiao Mi's hand and walked towards Dafang Mountain.

In view of the fact that the little man had short calves and was not walking fast, Ning Xiguang also slowed down and walked slowly.

Just walked less than a hundred meters inside the mountain, Xiao Qi refused to go, and said to Ning Xiguang seriously, "Sister, this is the periphery, and if you go inside, it will be a deep mountain." You're talking about only going around the periphery, not going inside. ”

Ning Xiguang was speechless and pinched the little guy's cheeks, "It's true that this is the periphery, but we have only walked less than a hundred meters." There are more people coming here, you look at what is around, not to mention mushrooms, not even wild vegetables. ”

The people in the village were frightened by the three-year drought and were very hungry, worried that the current rain was only temporary, and the drought would continue this year, so they desperately stocked up on food. So even some wild vegetables were plucked, at least she didn't see any edible wild vegetables except weeds along the way.

Xiao Mi's brows furrowed, probably because he thought of the uncomfortable taste of being hungry, and had to agree with Ning Xiguang to go inside.

But just in case, he also held the kitchen knife in his hand, looked around with big eyes, and was alert to the movements around him.

There is no road on the mountain, and over the years, as the number of people on the mountain increases, a road has been stepped on.

But the road was narrow, the road on the mountain was rugged, and the little guy walked unsteadily, so Ning Xiguang simply picked up the little guy and put it in the back basket behind him.

Xiao Qi let out an "ah" in surprise, as if he was panicking why his vision suddenly rose.

Realizing that it was the eldest sister who carried herself, the little guy pulled Ning Xiguang's braided braid, and asked the eldest sister to put him down quickly.

"Eldest sister, you are still sick, and you are not well yet. I'm so heavy, my eldest sister let me down, and I ran fast. ”

Ning Xiguang raised his arm and patted the little guy's little head back, "Be honest, if you mess around, we will both fall." Don't worry, the eldest sister is mostly sick, and she has the strength in her body. ”

He said, "You're walking too slowly, and by the time we finish picking wild vegetables and mushrooms, your second sister and they will already be gone." The little one is obedient, don't move, big sister go quickly, let's quickly pick some wild vegetables and go home. ”

Putting Xiao Qi into the basket behind him, Ning Xiguang quickened his pace and walked quickly.

Xiao Qi didn't realize this, and after he was persuaded by the eldest sister, he looked around curiously.

In the end, it was a child's heart, and he was full of curiosity about the forest, he only cared about watching the birds and flowers and dragging the branches above his head to play, and he didn't notice that he was full of trust in the eldest sister, but after a while, he went into the mountains.

With the reminder of Ning's father's miserable fate earlier, the villagers of Liushutun did not dare to step into the mountains even if they were hungry. As a result, the vegetation here is almost undamaged, and wild vegetables and mushrooms can be found everywhere.

Ning Xiguang swept over at a glance and saw a lot of wild vegetables in this season, purslane, mother-in-law, thorny sprouts, willow artemisia sprouts, dandelions, and a lot of camellia.

That's a lot of money.

She used her mental power to scan around, and only after making sure that it was safe enough did she release Xiao Mi from the basket.

Xiao Mi was obedient, didn't run around, didn't add to the chaos, just stood behind Ning Xiguang with a kitchen knife, and looked around vigilantly, as if he was ready to use a knife to cut it when he saw any danger.

Ning Xiguang picked all kinds of wild vegetables, and then picked mushrooms.

There are many kinds of mushrooms in the mountains, and because it rained only two days ago, there is an abundance of moisture here, and mushrooms have stubble after stubble.

However, wild grasses grow vigorously in the deep and middle and often obstruct the view. After all, the mushrooms that can be swept by the field of vision are limited, so Ning Xiguang used his mental power to cheat and find the mushrooms.

Ning Xiguang's mental power is strong, and it is naturally not difficult to find mushrooms. She soon found a piece of the chicken leg mushroom growing area, and found a lot of other mushrooms sporadically.

Later, she found a lot of fungus on the rotting wood and picked some of them.

Some yams were also dug up.

There are even bamboo shoots here, perhaps because the terrain in the mountains is also high, these bamboo shoots are tender and delicious at this time, Ning Xiguang cut five or six very unproductively, and then returned the kitchen knife to Xiao Mi with satisfaction.

When he was about to go down the mountain, Ning Xiguang finally used his spiritual power to scan the area around him a few hundred meters, but found a nest of wild eggs. And right near that nest of wild eggs, there was a fat pheasant pecking around.

Eggs, meat, I can't help but drool just thinking about it.

This shouldn't be, obviously in the last world, she was tired of eating meat every day.

Ning Xiguang blamed this urge to drool on this body's desire for meat.

I actually met it, and naturally there was no reason to let it go.

Heaven and God are to blame.

Ning Xiguang took Xiao Qi to sneak over, knocked the pheasant unconscious, and the wild eggs were also packed up and put into the back basket.

Because of the pheasants and wild eggs that he got by accident, Xiao Mi smiled all the way, and his mouth couldn't be tightened.

He was so happy that he naturally didn't notice it even more, and he took his sister in his arms and strode off again.

And Ning Xi saw that it was still early, so she took a lot of wild onions, ginger, dogwood and other seasonings down the mountain, and when she reached the foot of the mountain, the back basket behind her was stuffed full, holding Xiao Qi in one hand, and grabbing a lot of plants in the other hand.

When he arrived at the bottom of the mountain, Xiao Qi struggled to jump down, and Ning Xiguang let go. The road is good now, but I'm not afraid that Xiao Yi will fall again.

While the adults were still working in the field, the sister and brother trotted home, and when the courtyard door was closed, they breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at each other and laughed.

Xiao Qi was very happy, and before he could return to the room, he pulled the pheasant out of the back basket, and carried it with difficulty, smiling with crooked eyebrows, "Sister, we have chicken to eat." ”

"Yes. Now that we have chickens and fish at home, do you want to drink fish soup or eat chicken at night?"

The little guy took a sip of saliva and touched his stomach, he had eaten too much at noon, and now he didn't feel hungry at all.

But looking at this fat chicken, saliva is still dripping.

"Eldest sister, shall we eat chicken at night?" the little guy seemed a little embarrassed, and made an excuse for eating chicken, "If you don't eat chicken, it will cluck, and it will be bad if someone finds out that we have chickens." The fish can still be kept, it can't speak, it doesn't attract people. The eldest sister said okay?"

"Good. Then we won't drink fish soup today, let's make mushroom stewed chicken at night. ”

"Great, great. The little guy wanted to jump up excitedly, but the pheasant he was carrying was too fat, weighing seven or eight pounds, and he padd his feet twice, but he still didn't jump up. This was embarrassing, and Ning Xiguang couldn't help laughing.

Since he decided to eat mushroom stewed chicken at night, Ning Xiguang is busy now.

She put the basket in the kitchen first, and then put the sheets and clothes that had been dried into the box.

After returning to the kitchen, I boiled a pot of hot water, prepared to scald the chicken feathers for a while, and when the hot water was ready, I took a knife to kill the chicken.

Ning Xiguang is very skilled in killing chickens, but after a while, he cleaned the chickens, cut them into even small pieces, rinsed them with water several times, and soaked them in cold water to control the blood water.

At this busy moment, the sun has set, and the sound of the end is heard in the distance, and the big guy is rushing home briskly.

Yueguang and Mingguang almost arrived home one after another, they had just called their eldest sister, and Ning Xiguang didn't have time to respond to them, and the two of them were pulled aside by the excited little man and muttered.

After a while, the two looked at each other with incredible faces, and asked Ning Xiguang in a low voice, "Did you really catch a pheasant?"

Ning Xiguang smiled and pointed in the direction of the cupboard, "I'm afraid that people will see it badly, so I'll put it in the cupboard." ”

The two of them pulled the cabinet door, and they were shocked to see a wooden pot full of meat.

After being shocked, Moonlight couldn't help but mutter, "What a fat pheasant this, how did the eldest sister catch it?"

"That's all. The younger sister said, "The eldest sister took a clod of soil, and as soon as she threw it away, the chicken fell." ”

Moonlight is speechless, and Mingguang is suspicious. Ning Xiguang was afraid of revealing his stuffing, so he hurriedly said, "The blind cat has met a dead mouse, and this is a good luck." ”

"The eldest sister is lucky, but no matter what, you shouldn't go up the mountain again, you're still hurt, let you rest at home, you just don't listen. ”

Ning Xiguang was busy begging for mercy, and Yueguang didn't talk about the eldest sister, but looking at the pot of chicken, he couldn't help but feel pity, "If this is sold to the purchase station in the city, it can be sold for at least a few yuan." We just ate like this, and I feel a sense of guilt. ”

Ning Xiguang hurriedly said, "Isn't it that our body has lost too much in the past few years, and I'm worried that we will establish a root cause in the future." We'll eat this chicken first, and if we can catch it later, we'll exchange it for money. ”

Moonlight and Xiao Qi nodded one after another, "That's good." But then I thought that something seemed wrong, and the moonlight exploded, "Sister, you still want to sneak to the mountain!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, the eldest sister is measured, I only walked around the periphery, and I didn't go inside at all. ”

"I walked in for a while, a little while," he said, gesturing with the tip of his little finger, "and after a little while, I stopped, and picked a lot of wild vegetables, mushrooms, and by the way, wild eggs!"

Yueguang was dragged by Xiao Qi to see the wild eggs again, while Mingguang sat next to Ning Xiguang and watched her light the fire, "Eldest sister, don't lie to me, there is nothing outside Dafang Mountain for a long time." The people in the village go up the mountain every day, and they can't wait to clean up that piece of land, where will there be wild vegetables and mushrooms? Not to mention pheasants, which may only live in the mountains. ”

Ning Xiguang smiled wryly.

She wanted to explain something, but in her brother's eyes that knew everything, she could only shut up helplessly.

I know that the most difficult thing to fool in the family is this younger brother, he is still so young, his thinking is so clear, and he will definitely be a character when he grows up.

Mingguang said again, "I don't say that I won't ask my eldest sister to go to the mountains, my eldest sister is stubborn, and you won't listen to what we say in this case." What's more, there is really nothing to eat at home, and if we don't look for it in the mountains, we will all starve to death. ”

"In this case, let's discuss it, if the eldest sister still wants to go up the mountain in the future, let me accompany her. Otherwise,......"

"Otherwise?" Ning Xiguang asked.

"Otherwise, no matter what the eldest sister brings next time, I won't eat it, I'd rather starve to death than risk my eldest sister's life to get food. ”

Ning Xiguang sighed convincingly, "Okay, whatever you say is what you say." It's just that I still want to take advantage of the rest of these days, go up the mountain to pick more wild vegetables, and dry them for the winter. You still have to herd sheep and earn work, and you can't leave, so what should you do, you can't let your sister sit at home and wait for you all the time, right?"

Mingguang frowned, thought for a while and said, "I want to find a way to do this, in short, the eldest sister can't go to the mountains by herself anymore." ”

Ning Xiguang also wanted to quibble that she didn't go alone, she obviously took Xiao Qi with her.

But the thought of saying this would only make her seem more brainless, and it would completely anger Mingguang, so she didn't say anything.

Okay, since Mingguang has the intention to fool this stubble over, so let's do it.