In the casserole, add green onions, ginger and other condiments, and cook for a short time until it is almost completely flavorful, and the bamboo rat meat is crystal clear and more ripe. Zhang Ran picked it up with chopsticks, and a piece of bamboo rat meat with a ruddy luster was put in his mouth and tasted.

"Hiss..."The moment the hot bamboo rat meat was entered, a rich meat fragrance burst in Zhang Ran's mouth, and when he bit into it, the bamboo rat meat was smooth and smooth, with a little bamboo fragrance...

After tasting the bamboo rat meat, Zhang Ran couldn't help but pick up another piece of bamboo shoots and tasted it, and found that the bamboo shoots tasted very good, tender and delicious, and the wonderful feeling went straight to the taste buds, making people can't help but want to eat it immediately...

"Brother~~" Seeing that Zhang Ran was eating sweetly, Sui'er's saliva was about to stay, so he couldn't help but hold the pottery bowl, quietly stepped forward and pulled Zhang Ran's sleeve, looking at Zhang Ran pitifully, his big eyes were full of pleading,

"Hehe..., little gluttonous cat!" Looking at the little girl's expression, Zhang Ran smiled dumbly, reached out and rubbed Sui'er's hair, took the pottery bowl in her hand, filled a large bowl with a wooden spoon, handed it to her, and said, "Come, eat, be careful of scalding!" ”

The little girl took the pottery bowl, picked up the bamboo chopsticks excitedly, quickly picked up a piece of bamboo rat meat, lowered her head and took a bite, and suddenly felt a wonderful taste that she had never tasted, completely submerging her.

"Hmm... Thank you, brother...... It smells so good... It's delicious!! ”

The little girl thanked Zhang Ran with a squeak, and quickly picked up the hot bamboo rat meat, sighed hard, and didn't wait for the meat to get colder, so she opened her small mouth and bit it hard. It's like a hungry little tiger, like a whirlwind of clouds, and it is very difficult to swallow the pieces of meat in the pottery bowl one by one before giving up.

"Brother Ran, this bamboo rat meat is so fragrant!"

Just gave Sui'er a bowl of bamboo rat broth, and before Zhang Ran put down the spoon, Sankui here followed the fragrance, holding a pottery bowl in his hand and came to Zhang Ran, staring at the hot meat pieces in the casserole, and said with a blank eye: "Brother Ran, bring me a bowl too?" ”

"Humph!" For Sankui, a rough man, Zhang Ran didn't have so much patience, glared at this guy angrily, and said unceremoniously: "Just take a bowl?" You kid want to eat alone, huh? Go! Grab a few more and give everyone a try! ”

"Huh? Okay, okay, I'll go get it! When Sankui heard this, he hurriedly put his pottery bowl aside and ran to get the bowl.

After Sankui came back with a stack of pottery bowls, Zhang Ran put the bamboo rat meat in the casserole into the bowl and sent a bowl to everyone, including the three-year-old Xiao Kui, all of whom had a share.

When everyone held the pottery bowl in their hands and began to feast on it, a series of praises and exclamations soon sounded in the courtyard:

"Shhhh

"The meat is very tender! It's so delicious! ”

"It's really delicious, I never thought that Brother Ran would have such a hand!"

"Woo... Delicious... Delicious! ”

……

The bamboo rat weighing more than three catties has been dehaired and offalized, and there are more than two catties of meat left. Divided into seven or eight people, no one just has a few pieces of meat, that is, just a taste, it is impossible to fill the stomach.

Fortunately, there was a rich harvest today, and there was no shortage of ingredients at all, so after eating a bowl of bamboo rat meat, Zhang Ran opened his stomach and ate a lot of fish and a big bowl of corn and rice, until he couldn't eat anymore, so he put down the dishes and chopsticks and rubbed his stomach.

In the midst of laughter, the dinner was eaten for more than an hour, and it was not until the end of the day that everyone cleaned up the leftovers together, yawned, and said goodbye.

After returning to his home, Zhang Ran took a wooden basin and fetched a little water in the yard, washed up briefly, and just returned to the room and was about to sleep, but his mother Zhang Li suddenly pushed open the door and appeared in front of Zhang Ran.

"Ran!" Zhang Li held on to a soybean oil lamp, took Zhang Ran's hand, sat on the edge of the bed, with a gentle smile on his face, stroked Zhang Ran's messy hair, and then said softly: "Listen to Sankui's mother, you can not only weave fish cages, but also lay rope sleeves and catch prey... Can you tell your mother, where did you learn these methods? ”

Hearing his mother say this, Zhang Ran couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and secretly screamed "Oops". I guessed in my heart that I had done too much during this time, far beyond the ability of the "original body", and I am afraid that it had aroused my mother's suspicions.

Although he was panicked in his heart, Zhang Ran still tried his best to maintain a calm face, and replied slowly: "Mother, this method of making a fish cage was learned by my son from an old man in Chang'an City. A month ago, Uncle Zhang and Sankui and I went to Chang'an City to sell fox skins. In Chang'an City, Sankui and I met an old man who came to Chang'an from other places to sell fish, and saw that the fish he sold were big and fat, and the cage for the fish was also very interesting, so he begged to lend me the cage to play for a while. Therefore, my son also roughly remembered the appearance of the fish cage, and I thought that the two fish cages we had changed with a basket were too ugly, so I re-made a few good-looking ones in the shape of the old man's fish cage.

As for the rope nooses and traps, I found them all by myself when I was cutting bamboo in the mountains. For example, the rockfall trap is to use a wooden stick to prop up a large rock and put some corn underneath... When the prey goes to eat the rice, it touches the stick, and the stone falls and kills the prey..."

Saying that, Zhang Ran asked his mother suspiciously: "Do you still need to learn such a simple thing..."

"Such a simple thing..."Hearing his son's words, Zhang Li's expression suddenly froze, and he didn't know how to answer his son's question for a while.

Although his son's words sounded very reasonable, it didn't mean that Zhang Li completely believed Zhang Ran's words, so after a slight hesitation, Zhang Li continued to ask: "Ran'er, since this method of making a new fish cage was seen by you and Sankui, why wouldn't he do it?" Need you to teach him again? And, why do you only use what you learned a month ago? ”

"Bang!" Speaking of this, Zhang Li slapped the bed board, stared at Zhang Ran with burning eyes, and said angrily: "Say! Where the hell did you get your idea? What else is there to hide from me!? ”

"Mother!" Zhang Ran smiled bitterly, met his mother's compelling gaze, and replied stubbornly: "What kind of character Sankui has, others don't know, don't you know?" In addition to working in the field on weekdays, this guy only knows how to work hard, and when he grows up, he learns from his eldest brother to join the army and make contributions, how can he take other things to heart! Moreover, at that time, only his son was interested in the fish cage, and Sankui didn't like these things at all. Besides, it's been so long, and I'm afraid Sankui has forgotten about the fish cage for a long time. ”

Quietly glanced at his mother, and found that her face softened slightly, Zhang Ran calmed down a little, and continued to explain: "Don't talk about Sankui's wooden head, even if my son didn't care about having fun before?" If it weren't for a serious illness this time and a walk in the ghost gate, where would the son have thought of using a fish cage to catch fish to honor his mother? ”

As he spoke, Zhang Ran suddenly bent his legs, knelt down in front of Zhang Li, and choked up: "Mother, the child was ignorant before, and it was the son's unfilial piety to break your old man's heart." From now on, the son must change his past mistakes and honor his mother! Later, when the son earns money, he will cook food for his mother every day, build a big house for his mother, and buy a few small slaves to serve his mother well..."

"My son..." Zhang Ran was just halfway through his words when he was hugged by his mother.

Zhang Li hugged Zhang Ran with tears streaming down his eyes and sobbed: "Ran'er, don't blame your mother for being too kind, you also know the situation of our family, and I really can't stand any toss." Mother, I don't want a big house, and I don't need any slave girls to serve me, as long as my son is safe, I'm satisfied..."

As he spoke, Zhang Li suddenly let go of his embrace, looked down at Zhang Ran's eyes, and said apologetically: "Ran'er, my mother doesn't mean anything else, I'm just afraid that you will go down the crooked path... Since you came up with these methods yourself, not stealing... Then the mother was relieved. ”

"Uh" Zhang Ran's heart was suddenly relieved when he heard this, he secretly patted his chest, and said secretly: "I was worried that my methods were stolen!" It almost scared me to death..."