When he returned to the bamboo forest, Sankui had already cut more than a dozen bamboos and bundled them, and at the moment he was bending over to dig bamboo shoots everywhere in the bamboo forest, and there were many large and small bamboo shoots in the back basket beside him, which looked like a good harvest.

Seeing Zhang Ran return safely, Sankui straightened up and wiped the sweat on his forehead, greeted him with a smile and said, "Brother Ran, how did you catch something?" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Ran nodded slightly, unloaded the back basket behind him, and put it in front of Sankui, Nunu said: "Isn't it all inside, there is a rabbit, a pheasant, a bamboo rat, and three voles." Added up, it's enough for us to eat at night! ”

"Caught so many!?" Sankui's eyes widened, looked at the prey in front of him, which was full of half a basket, and grinned with joy on his face: "Brother Tuoran's blessing, tonight can be regarded as a good meal!" Brother Ran, when we go back, let's call Aunt Shang and Sister Sui'er, how about being lively together? ”

"Okay!"

Zhang Ran naturally readily agreed to Sankui's proposal, with the friendship of the two families, even if Sankui didn't say it, Zhang Ran would probably be like this.

According to his memory, Zhang Ran clearly knew that in the past, Sankui's father, Zhang Meng, often went into the mountains to hunt when he was not working, and once there was a harvest, he often called Zhang Ran's family to share the prey together. Now that Zhang Ran can support himself, he naturally has to repay the favor with a slight expression.

After discussing with Sankui, Zhang Ran was not in a hurry to go home, but took Sankui around the bamboo forest, and selected a suitable location to arrange a few rockfall traps.

"Brother Ran, you just relied on these stones and a few wooden sticks to catch so many prey?"

Observing Zhang Ran's method of arranging traps all the way, Sankui felt very incredible, no matter how he wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of it, it was so simple that it was outrageous, as if it was a three-year-old child's graffiti-like "trap", and it would have such a magical effect.

Facing Sankui's inquiry, Zhang Ran pondered for a moment and replied: "Although the rockfall trap is simple, the effect is still very good. In fact, whether you can catch the prey or not, the most important thing is whether there are animals in the place where the trap is arranged. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Ran pointed to the ground nearby and said, "For example, here, there are many bamboo rats eating the remaining bamboo residues, and the surrounding bamboo also has some traces of being bitten. Only by placing traps in such places will we be able to catch them. However, it also depends on luck. ”

"Oh, I see! I didn't expect there to be so many ways in this, but Brother Ran'er is still smart! After listening to Zhang Ran's explanation, Sankui suddenly realized and praised again and again.

"Pay attention to observe more when encountering problems, be good at summarizing experience, and you will become as smart as me!" Zhang Ran replied in a flat tone.

"Uh-huh..."

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After setting the trap, the two embarked on the return journey with the bamboo on their shoulders. After arriving home, after a short rest, Zhang Ran and Sankui brothers and sisters began to chop bamboo strips and weave fish cages, and they were busy until almost evening. Then I took the newly made fish cage and went to the river to put it.

When Zhang Ran and the others returned to Sankui's house again, it was already dark. Pushing open the gate of Sankui's house, Zhang Ran was pleasantly surprised to find that a large fire had been lit in the courtyard, and the fire flickered, illuminating the entire courtyard brightly.

Next to the fire, Zhang Ran's mother and sister were busy going back and forth with Sankui's parents, apparently preparing dinner.

"Brother is back! Brother~"

The moment she saw Zhang Ran, Sui'er cheered, dropped the firewood in her hand, and rushed towards Zhang Ran like a whirlwind, her little face full of excitement.

Seeing this, Zhang Ran hurriedly squatted down, opened his arms, hugged the little girl in his arms, rubbed her hair dotingly, but said angrily, "Sui'er, it's okay to run around, be careful if you fall, don't be so reckless in the future, you know?" ”

"Oh~~" Sui'er replied with a long voice, but her little face obviously didn't care much, but instead hugged Zhang Ran's neck, rubbed her little head on Zhang Ran's body, found a comfortable position, and hugged Zhang Ran without letting go.

Zhang Ran had no choice but to pick her up, take her to the fire, and say hello to her mother and others one by one. During this period, the little girl was naturally ridiculed and ridiculed by Zhang Ran's mother and others, and the shy little girl couldn't raise her head in Zhang Ran's arms.

After some laughter, Zhang Ran remembered the bamboo rat he caught in the morning, so he volunteered to ask for the processed bamboo rat meat from his mother, and prepared to make a pot of food for everyone to taste.

Zhang Ran first put the bamboo rat meat on the wooden board, used the kitchen knife of Sankui's family, chopped the bamboo rat meat into pieces, and then sprinkled some coarse salt grains and marinated it for a while.

Next, he found a clay pot, filled it with some water, placed it on a stone stove, and boiled it.

When the water boiled, Zhang Ran poured the marinated meat pieces into the pot, then added the cut bamboo shoots, stirred them with a wooden spoon, covered them with a lid, and cooked them over low heat.

With the passage of time, the bamboo rat meat in the casserole gradually began to exude a gluttonous smell of fragrant meat, and gradually filled most of the yard.

After simmering for about half an hour, the aroma became stronger, and Zhang Ran felt that the bamboo rat meat was almost cooked, so he opened the lid, scooped up a piece with a wooden spoon and looked at the heat.

The moment the lid of the pot is lifted, a refreshing fragrance spreads in the courtyard, and the tempting smell of meat is mixed with the special fragrance of shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots, which makes people can't help but salivate when they smell it.

Smelling this fragrance, not only Zhang Ran couldn't help but stir his Adam's apple and secretly swallowed his saliva. The other people in the courtyard couldn't help but stop their movements and turned their eyes to Zhang Ran's side, which was exactly the casserole in front of Zhang Ran.

In particular, Xiao Sui'er's reaction was the most exaggerated, and she directly dropped and ate less than half a bowl of fish, and swooped over, her two eyes stared at the meat in Zhang Ran's wooden spoon, and her big dark eyes flashed brightly in the firelight, shining brightly.

"Goo Dong~" Sui'er couldn't help but swallow her saliva and asked in a low voice, "Brother, are you ripe?" Is it cooked? When can I eat it? I want to eat it! ”

"Almost!" Zhang Ran looked at the heat and found that the meat was indeed six or seven points cooked, so he nodded, and then grabbed a little shallot, minced ginger from the pottery bowl next to him, and sprinkled it into the casserole.

Then he used a wooden spoon to stir the condiments evenly, and then he turned his head to look at his sister and said with a smile: "Want to eat?" Don't go get the bowl yet! ”

"Oh! It's finally ready to eat! ”

Sui'er cheered, immediately turned around, and ran to get the dishes and chopsticks!