Chapter 57: Catching Sparrows in Winter
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Time flies, the days pass quietly bit by bit, and Zhoujia Village is about to usher in the new year.
This morning, Yang Yun just woke up, lying on the bed with her eyes open and not sleepy, the weather outside was sunny, but it was still so cold that people didn't want to go out. Yang Yun hid in the warm quilt, and had no intention of getting up at all. In the days of "cat winter" in Zhoujia Village, Yang Yun and Yang Xuan slept until the beginning of the day before getting up, and ran to sleep again at noon when they were bored.
Although there is snow in Zhoujia Village in winter, there is only a thin layer of snow, and children can't play snow fights or snowmen. And Yang Yun is naturally afraid of the cold, so she tries not to go out if she can go out less.
"Sister, Xiaoxuan get up quickly, let's go out to play, you guys get up and take a look, the weather is so good today, there is sunshine, the weather was always gloomy a few days ago, and it was too cold to go out to play."
"Well, got it, let's get up." Yang Yun answered Yang Yong, and Yang Xuan heard his brother call him to play, so he couldn't wait to get up from the bed without Yang Yun calling him.
"Xiao Xuan, what are you in a hurry, hurry up and put on your clothes first." Yang Yun watched Yang Xuan get up from the bed and jump to the ground, helping him put on his clothes first. A few days ago, the weather was always bad, and sometimes there was a little rain and snow, Yang Yun was afraid that he would freeze, so he didn't let him go out to play, and he was really stuffy during this time.
The two sisters and brothers got dressed and walked out of the room, Yang Yong was already waiting outside, Yang Yun saw him take a big bamboo basket with a long rope on it, and a small cloth bag in the other hand.
"Brother, what are you doing with a big bamboo basket?"
"Dabao, they said they were going to the back mountain to catch sparrows, sister, do you want to go with you?"
"Okay, let's take a look." In the memory of Yang Yun's previous life, when he was a child, in the autumn, many little sparrows ran to the uncle's house, and the attic where the grain was hidden stole to eat rice, at that time Yang Yun saw the uncle above the attic, with a long bamboo behind the door of the attic, and then the door was half opened, and the door was closed after the sparrow flew into the attic, and the little sparrow that flew into the attic became a caged bird and could no longer run away.
"Brother, Xiao Xuan is going too."
"Okay, hurry up and wash your face, let's go." Yang Yun and Yang Xuan hurriedly went to the kitchen and poured some warm water to wash their faces, rinsed their mouths with some salt water, grabbed two steamed buns from the kitchen, and followed Yang Yong out of the door.
When I arrived at the back mountain, there were a few children waiting there, Li Dabao also brought a bamboo basket, and Zhou Limin happened to be there.
"Brother Dabao, Brother Limin."
"Xiao Yun, Sister Yun." The two big boys and several small children all followed Yang Yun to greet her.
"Brother Limin, are you on vacation, you're back so early."
"Yes, I came back last night, and there are three days to go before the New Year, and the master has asked everyone to have an early holiday."
"Yes, Xiao Yun forgot to celebrate the New Year." I really didn't expect to spend the first New Year in Haoguo soon. Yang Yun sighed in her heart.
"By the way, you asked Limin to help carve it last time, a few dim sum molds have been done, and I brought it back yesterday, and I thought I would send it to you today, but Dabao said early in the morning that I would go to the back mountain to catch sparrows, and I didn't have time to send it to you."
"It's okay, after we catch the sparrows in a while, Xiao Yun can go to your house to get it, Brother Limin, how much do those stencils cost?"
"You don't need money."
"Why don't you want money, don't you be polite to Xiao Yun."
"Xiao Yun, it really doesn't cost money, it's all leftover waste wood used by some guests on weekdays, Limin saw that the materials were very good, and there was a lot left, so he took it to carve." When Zhou Limin heard that Yang Yun was going to pay, his face turned red, and he explained a little anxiously.
"In this way, then Xiao Yun will not be polite to you, and when the time comes, I will use the mold to make some delicious snacks for you to taste."
"Okay, Limin is waiting for Xiao Yun's dim sum, and I heard Chun'er say that the dim sum you made is delicious." When Zhou Limin heard Yang Yun say that he wanted to make snacks for him to eat, he felt that his heart was suddenly beating fast. And Yang Yun is a person with thick nerves, looking at Zhou Limin's flushed face, thinking that he was frozen. Besides, Yang Yun has an adult soul, what kind of man has not been seen in his previous life, and it is impossible to have any way to deal with a little child.
"Hehe, it's okay, but everyone doesn't dislike it." Just when Yang Yun and Zhou Limin were chatting, Yang Yong and Li Dabao had already put the bamboo basket on top of a clearing, bracked it with a thin bamboo, and then tied a thin rope under the bamboo, the rope was quite long, and there were some ground corn kernels scattered under the bamboo basket.
After the bamboo basket was set up, Yang Yong and Dabao shouted for everyone to find a place to hide. Yang Yun and Yang Xuan followed Yang Yong to run together and hide, Yang Yun looked at the wet on the ground, and disagreed to let Yang Xuan lie on the ground, afraid that his clothes would get wet and cold after a while. Yang Yong suddenly tricked a broken mat out.
"Brother, where did you conjure up the mat, I didn't see you take the mat when I just went out."
"This is prepared by Dabao, I have caught sparrows a few times, of course I have experience. The ground is so wet, you will definitely get your clothes dirty when you lie down, and you can't be beaten when you go home, Dabao was beaten by Aunt Li last time, and this will be experienced. ”
"You've caught sparrows a few times, why doesn't my sister know."
"It's all your own fault, every time you are asked to play, you hide under the covers and refuse to go out."
"Huh." Yang Yun told Yang Yong about the central matter, and smiled a little embarrassedly. Yang Yong did call Yang Yun to play a few times, but Yang Yun felt too cold and refused to get out of the bed, so he missed catching sparrows a few times.
"Then what about the sparrows you caught, why didn't I see you bring them home?"
"The sparrows are so small, there is no meat, and a few people can't eat enough to divide them, so every time they catch them, they are directly roasted and eaten outside." Pit daddy, where is the sparrow that has not been treated. However, a few children have meat to eat, so it doesn't matter if it's good or not.
Several people quietly lay on the broken mat, no longer talking, only heard the cry of sparrows around, soon under the bamboo basket sprinkled with broken corn kernels, flew a few little sparrows, a few little sparrows first cautiously approached the bamboo basket, tried to peck a corn kernel, saw that there was no movement around, they ate with confidence, the sparrows standing on the tree saw the sparrows on the ground, were happily eating food, and they couldn't wait to fly to the bamboo basket to grab food.
Yang Yun saw Yang Yong and Dabao gesticulating, it should have said that the two bamboo baskets pulled the rope together, and then saw the rope in Yang Yong and Dabao's hands suddenly pulled. With a snap, the two bamboo baskets were put on the ground at the same time, and the sparrows were so frightened that they flew up and fled in all directions. And the sparrows that were suddenly caught in the bamboo basket couldn't run away.
When the children saw that the two bamboo baskets were lassoed by the sparrows, they all cheered. Yang Yun is also very happy, feeling like reliving the beautiful memories of that happy childhood when she was a child.