Chapter 44: Picking Up the Pine Tower
"Yuanyuan, if I hadn't eaten your buns, you wouldn't have been hungry. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info "Xiaocao is a little embarrassed.
"What are you talking about? We are good friends! We should have something to eat. Zhou Yuanyuan hurriedly comforted Xiaocao's injured heart. Oh mom~ Zhou Yuanyuan really didn't expect Xiaocao's mind to be so heavy, just a bun, Xiaocao has been chattering all morning.
"Mmmm, Yuan Yuan, next time my milk bakes sweet potatoes, I'll send you a few. Xiaocao thought for a moment and said. The sweet potatoes roasted by Grandma Xiaocao are fragrant, sweet and glutinous, and Xiaocao likes to eat them very much.
While the two little girls were talking, a lunch box wrapped in old cotton clothes suddenly appeared in front of them.
Following the hand on the lunch box, Zhou Yuanyuan saw an ice cube face, which one was not Wen Ziqing?
Zhou Yuanyuan's eyes widened as she expressed her doubts.
"Buns. Wen Ziqing sent the lunch box forward, showing a clear attitude.
"Wow! Brother Ziqing, you are so good!" Zhou Yuanyuan was happy. Just thinking about how nice it would be to have something to eat? Wen Ziqing sent steamed buns. For Wen Ziqing's sake, Zhou Yuanyuan decided that she would no longer bully this big ice cube in the future.
Looking at the two little girls who were gobbling up, Wen Ziqing's mind still echoed Zhou Yuanyuan's sweet and glutinous 'Brother Ziqing', and the tips of his ears slowly turned red. Brother Ziqing, this title is shouted from Yuanyuan's mouth, why does it become sweeter the more you listen to it?
Zhou Yuanyuan and Xiaocao happily finished eating the four big buns in the lunch box, and when they looked up again, there was no longer Wen Ziqing's figure in the same place.
Hey, it looks like Ice Cube is pretty good at being human. Zhou Yuanyuan sighed secretly.
Zhou Yuanyuan estimated that Wen Ziqing left in order to let the two girls have fun. After all, although the conversation between the little girls is not nutritious, they will also reveal some little secrets to each other. For example: Xiaocao said that her sister often robbed her of things, she didn't like her, and Zhou Yuanyuan also said that she hated several cousins.
The two were playing while picking up pine towers, and Zhou Yuanyuan saw a few weeds, and carefully picked them and put them in the basket.
Suddenly, the grass in front of me shook, and a pheasant flew out.
Pheasant?Zhou Yuanyuan and Xiaocao's eyes suddenly widened. This pheasant looks fat, and Zhou Yuanyuan estimated that it should weigh seven or eight catties. The feathers on the pheasant glow with a colorful glow when the sun shines on it.
To chase, or not to chase? Before Zhou Yuanyuan could react, Xiaocao had already rushed towards the pheasant.
The pheasant, startled by the grass, fluttered and changed direction.
Xiaocao continued to chase. In Xiaocao's eyes, such a fat pheasant represents a lot of meat. At her family's dinner table, she hasn't seen meat for nearly half a year.
"Hey~ Xiaocao, come back. Zhou Yuanyuan was in a hurry, so he had to chase after him. In his previous life, Zhou Yuanyuan watched many TV series, in which someone ran after a small animal such as a rabbit or pheasant, and then got lost.
This is Daqing Mountain, and Zhou Yuanyuan is really afraid that Xiaocao will chase the pheasant and get lost. However, if Xiaocao is left alone, she can't do it.
Unconsciously, Zhou Yuanyuan and Xiaocao chased the pheasant and ran over two small hills, but somehow, the pheasant fluttered and fell, and Zhou Yuanyuan pounced. Finally caught the pheasant.
Zhou Yuanyuan stood up straight and looked at his surroundings and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this hill is much higher than the original one, and standing here, you can still see the small hill where she and Xiaocao picked up the pine tower before and the houses of the villagers of Zhaojiagou.
"Xiaocao, we have chicken to eat today. Zhou Yuanyuan announced. If it weren't for knowing Xiaocao's self-esteem, Zhou Yuanyuan actually wanted to give the whole pheasant to Xiaocao.
"Uh-huh. Xiaocao smiled and narrowed her eyes. She helped catch this pheasant, and Xiaocao felt that she could accept Yuanyuan's kindness.
The pheasant was still struggling, and the grass pulled a few vines and tied the pheasant's feet into a knot.
"Shh~!" Zhou Yuanyuan made a gesture and signaled Xiaocao to silence.
Zhou Yuanyuan heard it, and not far from them, there were the footsteps of several people, but he didn't hear the sound of speaking.
The villagers of Zhaojiagou went into the mountains to get some branches to go home to use as firewood, and at most two or three people were in company. On the way to work, he will also talk and laugh loudly. There are only footsteps and no laughter, which is unreasonable.
Xiaocao listened to Zhou Yuanyuan's words very much and did not say anything more. The two men held hands and tiptoed behind a bush to hide. The pheasant, with his legs tied, was laid down by the grass on the ground behind the bushes, at the feet of the two of them.
There was a sound of footsteps from far to near, and it sounded like there were at least three or four people.
"Big brother, do you think that kid will lie to us in the morning? In two days, he will really have timber?" a man with a broken throat spoke, his tone full of suspicion.
"The third child, is there any, won't we know when the time comes? We haven't given money, and we won't suffer if there is one. "The person who speaks is likely to be gentle and slow to speak.
"Yes, I'll know when the time comes, what's the use of the third brother talking about this now?" said a man with a sharp voice.
"I'm not afraid of being cheated! That kid is a new face, and if it's a "snake man" put on the top, it will be a big trouble. Big brother, do you say it?" The third child who broke his voice was a little unconvinced. He is so focused on everyone, how did it become a superfluous move?
"Hmm. The third child is right, those who do our job are to be vigilant. This time there is a hurry, and several people who have cooperated with us have gone in a few days ago, so we have to cooperate with this kid once. The big brother spoke, his voice a little hoarse.
A few people whispered, and gradually walked away, and Zhou Yuanyuan and Xiaocao walked out from behind the bushes.
Listening to those few people, it seemed that they were wood dealers? Zhou Yuanyuan was a little surprised.
In those days, the trees on the mountain were collective, and no one could go up the mountain and cut them down without government approval. Who the hell is so bold to cut down the tree and sell it privately? You know, when the tree is first cut down, it is very wet, and no one will buy such wood. After the trees are cut down, they are generally placed in the mountains for more than ten or twenty days, and they will be transported out of the mountains when they are dry.
"Yuan Yuan, what kind of people are they? What do you say about wood?" Xiao Cao pulled Zhou Yuanyuan, who was silent.
"Xiaocao, don't speak. Zhou Yuanyuan hurriedly warned Xiaocao.
The people who dared to be wood dealers in those days were really ruthless characters. It's a little way from Zhaojiagou, and if the wood dealers knew that the two little girls had heard their conversation, something might have happened.
"Oh. Xiaocao obediently responded, took Zhou Yuanyuan's hand, and walked back silently.
That's right, pheasant.