Chapter 41: Digging Kudzu
Xia Qinghe put the bowl back in the stove room, she sat quietly on the side with mixed feelings, maybe everyone has their own secrets that they don't want to tell. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, after this incident, the relationship between Xiao Chu and her has become much closer.
Zhu Xiaochang picked up a load of thorns and came back, and directly spread it around the corner of the wall outside, and then clapped his hands and entered the yard with satisfaction.
He was in a good mood, happy at the thought that the bastards in the village couldn't enter the yard and couldn't trouble them, and he could sleep peacefully at night.
After a short period of calm, Xiao Chu's wine woke up most of the time, leaning against the wall in a daze.
This look is very scary, Zhu Xiaochang found Xiao Chu's abnormality as soon as he came in, and he wanted to say a few happy words, but he swallowed it deeply.
He looked at Xia Qinghe a little uneasily, but saw Xia Qinghe shaking his head at him.
It's not too early, she thinks that she has to go into the mountains, she has to dig kudzu and come back, otherwise it will be delayed for a day, and the day after tomorrow is the time to catch the market, so she can't just bring a little rock fungus and sweet potato starch, so how much silver can it be sold?
She glanced at Xiao Chu, who was still in a daze, worriedly: "It's not far from the woods, and Xiao Chang and I can find the way, why don't you have a good rest today?" ”
She asked, in fact, she was emboldening herself, believing that nothing would happen if she went to the woods.
Xiao Chu came back to his senses, the corners of his mouth hooked a faint smile, obviously returned to normal, he stood up and patted the clothes on his body, glanced at Xia Qinghe gratefully, and cried out of shape, feeling much more comfortable.
"What if you go into the mountains and encounter a bigger animal? Although the black bear has entered the cave, there are still wolves and wild boars, and your life is in danger if you encounter these things, and I am half a hunter, and it is much safer to have me with you. ”
He came out of his temper without a bow or arrows or a knife.
Seeing Xiao Chu insisting like this, Xia Qinghe didn't refuse, it was best to have Xiao Chu follow, but he still couldn't bear to look at Xiao Chu a few times.
The sweet potato starch was hard to get out, and she was worried that the people of the village would come to steal it again after she left, so she simply thought of a way to find a staircase and dry the dustpan directly on the roof, or the back half of the roof, and she couldn't see it from any direction.
The only thing worth a little in the house is the sweet potato, the seasoning is hidden in the stove, she believes that no one will be so bored to rummage through the stove, it is all dust, and the hand may be black when you go.
He took two handfuls and carried two baskets, took the firewood knife and went to the woods.
Xiao Chu left first, went home, got a bow and arrows and a firewood knife, and caught up with them.
People from the villages on the periphery of the woods still come often, but the further they go inside, the less people there are, even if they are hunting, the men in the village have to make an appointment until the cold winter when it snows, and it is relatively safe to enter the mountains at that time.
Xiao Chu is an anomaly, and he often enters the mountains alone, which can be regarded as a daring artist.
Xia Qinghe recognized Xiao Chu's hunting skills, if it weren't good, they wouldn't have meat to eat every day, you must know that there are many people in the village who can't even hunt rabbits.
Walking upstream along the stream, today I walked very fast because of the purpose, and after a while I saw the slope overgrown with kudzu, and the withered vines covered the whole slope, and the yams and kudzu and the vines were intertwined.
Xia Qinghe was excited when she saw this slope, this was completely a gift from God, such a large piece of land was estimated to be able to dig up a lot of kudzu.
Fortunately, the people in the village didn't know that kudzu could be eaten, and they didn't know how it could be used.
Zhu Xiaochang has been enthusiastic since he ate the cold noodles made by kudzu root last night, and he is particularly keen on such things as digging kudzu, and he has to dig it directly when he twists his head.
Xia Qinghe followed behind Zhu Xiaochang and directly began to cut the vines with your sickle, and after a while, several were cut.
She pointed to one of them and said, "When you dig deeper, this thing sometimes grows very deep, come on and dig to make cold powder for you another day, and if you sell it for money, I will buy you buns." ”
She found that as long as she said buns, Zhu Xiaochang was excited, and she was full of motivation, and she looked like a foodie.
Xiao Chu carefully observed the ground around him, and after making sure that there were no wild beasts, he walked towards Xia Qinghe with peace of mind.
Xia Qinghe was already in full swing, holding her cuffs and hoeing Kudzu one by one, the kudzu she dug had already revealed a head, and she felt very big when she looked at it alone.
Luckily, the kudzu roots in this patch have been growing for many years, so each one is very weighty when dug up.
Xiao Chu looked left and right and said: "I'll go to the woods to take a look, if I'm lucky, it's good to be able to hunt a wild boar, it's almost winter, if there is a wild boar, it must be a little better in winter." ”
He knew in his heart that Zhu Xiaochang's family didn't have anything to eat, and he knew that after making starch last night, there wasn't much left of sweet potatoes.
In the depths of winter, people in the village will go into the mountains to hunt, and he doesn't want to run into everyone, so he will reduce the number of times he goes into the mountains.
Xia Qinghe was frightened when she heard that Xiao Chu was going to hunt wild boars, wild boars are not as docile as domestic boars, wild boars may kill people in minutes, wild and untamable, she is really worried about Xiao Chu.
Xiao Chu smiled and shook the bow and arrow in his hand and said: "You can rest assured that you can also see my hunting skills, I said that if you hunt a wild boar, you can hunt one, in fact, not long ago I have been observing the traces of the wild boar, there are no wild beasts around here, you can dig with peace of mind, I will come back in a while." ”
Seeing that Xiao Chu insisted on going, Xia Qinghe had no choice, she was not Xiao Chu, and no one could tie up Xiao Chu.
I could only sigh in my heart and admonish: "You have to be careful, if you don't catch it, it doesn't matter." ”
Haosheng told her a few words before she watched Xiao Chu leave with peace of mind.
Zhu Xiaochang pursed his lips and was a little dissatisfied: "Qinghe, do you like this kid and care about him so much."
Although he is unresponsive, he is not really stupid, especially in the recent past after learning a lot of things in front of Xia Qinghe, no one has ever taught him seriously before, so that he has been raised by his mother as a fool when he is unresponsive, and he is not allowed to do anything, he will not blame him when he gets into trouble, and will stand up to support him.
But now he had to face problems that he had never thought of before and that he needed to solve on his own.
Xia Qinghe really didn't like Xiao Chu in her heart, now all she thought about was making money, and Xiao Chu was just a friend.
patted Zhu Xiaochang's head, and complained a little angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about in front of me, your one eye saw that I liked him?" ”