Tian Youqiu twisted his brows, and had no choice but to obey. He said that it had been several days since he broke the branches, and he hadn't broken a single one, and now the eldest sister was carrying the younger sister on her back, and she wanted to go with her, and if she didn't go, she really had nothing to say.

Tian Youchun has always listened to her sister, and when she heard that she was going to pick up a dry stick, she was a little eager to try.

"What about home? Who to watch? Tian Youqiu said uneasily.

"Let Brother Xiaoxu look at it, there are so many people, no bad guy dares to come. You two go first, and I'll be there. Let's go our separate ways. ”

Tian Qingqing said, ran over with Tian Miaomiao on her back, and said to Wen Xiaoxu.

Wen Xiaoxu insisted on following. Tian Qingqing said: "If you want to go, many people will follow, and you also need people to see here, so you can show me my home here." Even look at them, don't let them fight. When someone asked, they said that we had something to do, and we went to do things together. ”

Wen Xiaoxu thought for a while and said, "It's okay." Qingqing, you still have to carry the little seedlings on your back, and you have to pick up firewood, don't you get tired?! ”

Tian Qingqing's heart warmed and said, "Thank you, I'm fine." After speaking, he carried Tian Miaomiao on his back and walked quickly to Tian Youqiu and the two brothers.

The woods on the west side are very large, and there are many trees in them: willows, elms, acacia trees, pear trees, jujube trees, etc. It is an ancient forest. Even the oldest people in the village said that they used to play here when they were young. There are a lot of big earth gangs, big gourd ditches, ditches and ditches, which are places for people to collect firewood, dig wild vegetables, and play. It is also the territory of the three production teams, so despite the vigorous development of the agricultural village, this ancient forest still exists.

There were small grasses and wild plants growing on the ground in the woods, all of which were not large, and there were no dead branches or leaves. - It's winter, and it's been picked up by people for a long time.

Tian Qingqing looked up at the tree, and the branches were all showing young leaves, which were already green. However, on some tall trees, there are still no leafy trunks. The leaves of the tree are gray in color, and it is estimated that they are dead branches that have no life. Because of the height, it has not been folded away by people.

The small balls on the sycamore tree can be plucked with an ability, so I'm afraid this dry branch is fine, right?!

Try.

Tian Qingqing put Tian Miaomiao on the ground, picked a wild flower for her to play with, and then looked at the dead branches of a tree farther away, driving her thoughts-

Sure enough, the dry branch fell.

Wow!

The ability can break off dead branches!

There are a lot of dead branches in the trees in the woods that have lost their vitality, and they are also dried and burned, so that the firewood at home is completely solved.

After Tian Qingqing used his ability on a few large trees with dead branches, he received the large branches into the space, and left the small ones for Tian Youqiu and Tian Youchun to pick up. - They must carry a basket or more to prove that the dry branches were picked up.

At this time, Tian Youqiu had already climbed onto a large willow tree, broke a small willow branch to make an old eagle's nest (Note 1), and held it in his hand to tease Tian Youchun and Tian Miaomiao under the tree with trembling slightly.

Tian Qingqing really has no curse for this brother. I usually play with children, but I don't have time; Now they're all climbing trees, and they're not doing their jobs.

Tian Qingqing raised her little face, and said to Tian Youqiu on the tree with some anger: "Brother, where are the branches you broke off?" ”

"Isn't that just about to fold miles?" Tian Youqiu straightened up as he spoke, and his hand climbed to a branch beside him.

At this moment, Tian Qingqing suddenly saw a gray lump on the branch above Tian Youqiu's head, which was bigger than an adult's finger belly. With the memory of a past life, there is no doubt that this is a praying mantis egg mass.

The eggs of the praying mantis are all laid by the praying mantis, one after another, and the outside is wrapped with a layer of gelatinous material and sticks to the surface of the branches, which is very strong. If you want to collect, you can't do it unless you get a branch together.

"Brother, quickly break off the mantis egg masses on the branches above your head, and we'll go back and burn and eat."

"Can you eat this?" Tian Youqiu asked curiously.

"I can eat it. It's fragrant. Tian Qingqing was happy.

In fact, eating praying mantis egg masses was taught to her by Litian Youqiu in her previous life! She (Tian Miaomiao) was seven or eight years old that year, and Tian Youqiu was fourteen or five. One day, Tian Youqiu took a handful of branches with mantis egg masses and asked his mother to burn them for him, saying that the cooked mantis egg masses could be eaten. After it was to be burned black, Tian Youqiu gave her one and asked her to peel it off and eat it herself.

At that time, she (Tian Miaomiao) was still a little resistant. Thinking of the pair of sickle-shaped forelimbs of the praying mantis, I was a little panicked. Tian Youqiu encouraged her and said: "It's okay, these are all praying mantis eggs, but it's fragrant, I guarantee that you want to eat the second one after eating one." ”

So, she (Tian Miaomiao) plucked up the courage, peeled it off, broke a few eggs and put them in her mouth, chewed it, and her mouth was full of fragrance. She quickly finished that one and wanted to eat the second one......

Now that I see it, I suddenly remember this memory from my previous life. Now Tian Youqiu is only nine years old, and he doesn't know this.

Tian Qingqing suddenly felt that she was a little too mean. He is a person who has crossed over, and has the mind of an adult. And Tian Youqiu is just a nine-year-old child. As the saying goes: Seven or eight years old are annoying, nine or ten years old dogs are disgusting,—— it is the time to be naughty and playful, is my own requirements for him too high? In the future, you have to pay attention to it, don't pull out the seedlings and help them grow, causing a shadow on his young mind.

Tian Youqiu quickly broke a handful of branches with mantis egg masses on the tree, and after throwing them down, Tian Qingqing counted them, and there were a total of eight mantis egg masses.

"Brother, don't break the branches if you don't have mantis egg masses, there are dry branches over there, let's pick them up."

Although on the tree, the branches with vitality are not easy to break. When Tian Youqiu heard this, she hurriedly came down, handed the old eagle's nest in her hand to Tian Miaomiao, teased her, taught her how to play, and picked up the dead branches.

"Why are there so many dry branches?" Tian Youqiu said curiously.

"There's always a place where people can't go. Whatever, if there is, we'll pick it up. This one is good to burn and dry. Tian Qingqing said.

"Maybe the wind blew it down." Tian Youqiu asked and answered himself.

Tian Qingqing was amused in her heart, and she didn't say anything. Let Tian Youchun look at Tian Miaomiao, play in a flat place, and pick it up with Tian Youqiu.

Soon, the basket that Tian Youqiu carried was full. picked up two more small piles, and there were no more on the ground - let Tian Qingqing receive it in the space.

"I'm carrying a basket on my back, what should I do with these two piles?" Tian Youqiu was worried.

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(Note 1: The thin willow branch is broken from the thick end, and another willow branch is sandwiched to gather the tender skin on the willow branch to the tip to form a green ball.

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