Chapter 63: Rat Meat
Flowey was almost crying.
Today's harvest was poor, and she hadn't dug up a single wild vegetable so far.
Looking at the sky, Brother Xiao Zhi and they are about to leave, they have to practice martial arts at night, and they have to rest for a while after eating, so they eat earlier than other people's houses.
Last time, she was looking for wild vegetables, but she got separated, and she went back when it was almost dark, and she brought a horse with her, and after that night, Aunt Song found an opportunity to talk to her fiercely.
Strictly ordered her not to leave the brigade from now on, act privately, and handed over the task of monitoring her to Brother Xiao Zhi, Brother Xiao Jie, and Brother Da Zhu.
Aunt Song's tone was very stern, but Huahua was not annoyed at all, she knew that it was for her good, she knew that Aunt Song's eyes looking at her were kind and gentle, no different from the eyes looking at Xiaoying, Nan Nan and Niuniu, and she felt a strong sense of care from Aunt Song's seemingly stern tone.
Brother Xiao Zhi has already taken the girls to dig up a lot of yams, and the basket and basket are almost loaded, and the rations for tonight and tomorrow morning seem to be enough, not as bad as the wild vegetables she was looking for.
But the more this is the case, the more she can't tolerate her incompetence, they are the younger sisters of Brother Xiao Zhi and Brother Xiao Jie, and it is natural to be taken care of, but she is an outsider, and Brother Xiao Zhi has nothing to do with them, how can they enjoy all this with peace of mind?
"Huahua, don't run away!" Zhiwen saw Huahua running quickly into the distance, and hurriedly shouted.
Xiao Yingniang confessed to him that she should be optimistic about Huahua and don't let her get lost again, this family is not short of the little wild vegetables she is looking for.
Ke Zhiwen knew that Huahua had strong self-esteem and was reluctant to eat white food, so he wanted to dig more wild vegetables by himself, but now, as the drought became more and more serious, more and more people were fleeing, and it was becoming more and more difficult for adults to find some wild vegetables, not to mention that she was a child.
But it's a good thing to have this kind of heart, Zhiwen doesn't want to dampen her enthusiasm, and it's inevitable that there will be some negligence in taking care of her, and she was separated last time.
Zhiwen was a little scared when he thought about it, but fortunately, nothing happened, Aunt Song strictly ordered him to focus on Gu Huahua this time, and not let her run around, so Zhiwen had to put more thoughts on Huahua.
As for the three girls, he doesn't have to worry about it, not to mention that he has a certain amount of force, he has experienced some things somewhat, his mind is relatively mature, and no matter how crazy he is, he will not run away.
"Got it!" Huahua agreed, did not stop, still ran not far away, she really saw a wild vegetable, the leaves are a little big, the edge is not small, it is gray gray cabbage.
It was only due to the severe lack of water that made it look gray and dry, which made it less conspicuous, and perhaps escaped the fate of being poached by others.
However, Huahua doesn't plan to let it go, and with it, today is not empty-handed.
The distance is not far, Huahua is a few steps away, the left hand with the leaves and stems to pull, the right hand of the small hoe is about to dig down, but I feel that the plant in the left hand is a little loose, there seems to be a living creature below.
With a slight exertion of his left hand, the whole plant was taken out of the ground, and there was no rhizome underneath, and a gray-haired mouse was holding the tail of the wild vegetable and hanging on it.
Huahua was not surprised, she threw the wild vegetables to the ground with her left hand, and dug forward with the hoe in her right hand, and the mouse was already cut off before she even screamed.
"Brother Xiaozhi, I caught a mouse!" Flowey shouted excitedly.
"Come on, let's dig out its nest together!"
Zhiwen was stunned to see Huahua ostentatiously carrying his tail and the headless mouse, and suddenly had a feeling of dry mouth.
As a modern person who was a doctor in his previous life, Zhiwen was not afraid of rats, but he definitely didn't like or even disgusted them, and he couldn't understand Huahua, even the women who regarded rats as food, and their elated expressions were completely incomprehensible.
Some time ago, he noticed that there were people around him who caught mice and ate them, especially those households that ran out of food, but rats were difficult to catch, not to mention that these people were so hungry that they could not eat mice.
Wild dogs are also targeted, but there are even fewer who can eat dog meat, Zhiwen has seen it once, it is said that several families chased and intercepted a wild dog together for a long time.
When Dazhu was hungry for meat, he once plucked Xiao Jie, wanting to kill a wild dog to relieve his hunger, Xiao Jie was silent and half paid, and replied quietly, "Those wild dogs have eaten dead people!" The snowy night and the tragic scene of the next day left a deep impression on Xiao Jie.
From then on, Dazhu never mentioned eating wild dogs again.
Zhiwen deliberately didn't mention mice, the rest of the family had food and could eat enough, so naturally he wouldn't think of catching mice, but he didn't expect to be aroused by Huahua today.
After more than a year of continuous drought and almost two years, this mouse is also so hungry that it only has hair, and if it chops off its head, how much meat can it have?
Zhiwen spit out a groove in his heart, while watching a few little girls digging mouse holes with great interest.
In the past, when the years were good, this rat's nest, especially the rat's nest in the field, could always dig out a lot of grain, but now the harvest is failing everywhere in this field, and the rats can still make food?
As Zhiwen expected, when Huahua and the others reached the rat's nest, it was empty and there was nothing.
Zhiwen secretly rejoiced that if he really wanted to dig out any food, he would not eat it if he was killed.
The girls were sullen, especially Huahua, who thought that if they caught a mouse and then gouged some food out of the mouse hole by the way, they would have a long face today, and who knew that they would be happy.
Looking at the mouse still in her hand, Huahua herself felt quite faceless, such a small one, enough for anyone to eat.
"Brother Xiao Zhi, how do you divide this mouse?" Huahua still held the mouse up with her tail and asked Zhiwen.
Zhiwen sweated profusely, Huahua was generous, and he wanted to share it with everyone, he didn't want to eat it, and he didn't want others to eat it, who knows what germs this mouse carried.
"I'll get it, chop it up and mix it into the cake, and everyone will eat it together." Now everyone treats rats, especially in this year of famine, which is a life-saving thing, and Zhiwen can only follow the crowd.
Of course, he will definitely not make rats for everyone to eat, Zhiwen plans to use the processing workshop to make a pancake out, break it and mix it into the wild vegetable cake, the pancake has oil, it should be able to fool the test.
As for this dead mouse, let Huahua carry it now, and then transfer it to the warehouse when cooking later, if the mouse is still alive, Zhiwen will not be able to accept it.
As for Huahua, there are also Nannan, Xiaoying, and Niuniu, all of whom have dug mouse holes, no one wants to run, they have to watch them wash their hands.
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"Xiao Zhi, Nan Nan, I'm back!"
"Niuniu, Xiaoying, you have a good harvest today."
"Yo! Huahua, I caught a mouse, but it was a little smaller, and there was not much meat to eat. ”
There were still dozens of meters away from their own shacks, and Zhiwen and they were surrounded by enthusiastic people of all colors, and the greetings were endless.
Originally, Zhiwen and they were the leaders of the crowd in the neighborhood, and when they settled down at night, the shacks were very far ahead, with a few families on one side and very empty on the other.
But since their family's coffee level has risen, the area around the shack has become more and more lively, and it has only been a few days since the battle with Mazitou that night, and their shack has become the core of the surrounding refugees, perhaps these people feel that the closer they are to their home, the safer it is.
As a result, they don't even have a place to practice martial arts now, so they have to get up early and set off, walk a little way first, find an open place, and set off again after completing a day's practice.
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