Chapter 6: Snake Soup
"Mother, this snake is not poisonous, you see, I have killed it, and we will go back to make snake soup later."
"What? Snake soup? Can this be eaten? It can't be toxic, right?! ”
Aunt Wang looked at the snake in Xiaoxiao's hand with some suspicion, and unconsciously shuddered.
Although snakes and rats are often seen, she really doesn't like snakes very much, and she always feels cold and uncomfortable.
"Don't worry, mother, it's not poisonous."
After Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she and Aunt Wang went back with a bag of snow vegetables, the vegetable soup is really not full, even if it is full of vegetable leaves, at this hour, she really feels hungry.
Back at home, Aunt Wang was busy cleaning the cabbage, and Xiaoxiao was preparing to make a pot of snake soup.
After it was done, Xiaoxiao gave a big bowl to Aunt Wang, Aunt Wang said that she wouldn't eat anything, she was usually scared when she saw it, how could she dare to eat it?
Xiaoxiao saw that she couldn't move, so she had to eat it and took a bite of snake meat, which was a little fishy, but compared to the wild vegetable soup, she felt that this snake soup was still better.
After all, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, there is really nothing at home, only a large piece of salt, and now she can only make do with it.
She ate more than half of the large pot of snake meat, drank a small mouthful of soup, and the fishy smell was a little strong, so she had to pour it out.
Xiaoxiao is a pity, if there is oil and seasoning at home, she will definitely be able to eat this pot of snake soup with soup and meat, which also strengthens Xiaoxiao's idea of working hard to make money.
After Xiaoxiao was full, she began to pack up the things in the shed.
The thatched house, it must be impossible to live anymore, and now it can't be repaired if you want to, even if the mother-in-law really goes to find someone to help, and doesn't pay people, at least she has to prepare meals for others, right?!
But now, not to mention the extra meals, there are only two people, my mother-in-law and her, who can't eat enough, how can they take care of others?
Fortunately, this shed was slightly tidied up yesterday, and it can be done a little, so take advantage of these few days to think of more ways, and you can't owe others favors.
It is said that it is easy to owe money and difficult to owe affection, and what she hates most is to owe favors.
"Xiaoxiao, when you're tired, rest for a while, and I'll go to the village to find someone to help us repair this house."
Aunt Wang looked at the large pot of cabbage that had been washed, which was probably enough to eat today, and stood up.
"Mother, it's also warm for us to live here, so the house won't be repaired first."
"How can you do it if you don't cultivate, your body is just right, and you have already been left for one night last night."
Aunt Wang wiped her hands with a dry towel and was about to go out, Xiaoxiao had to stand up and pull Aunt Wang.
"Mother, you go and ask others for help, you can't ignore other people's food, right?! It's just, look at our ......."
Xiaoxiao didn't finish her words, but looked at the things on the broken table with her eyes, and Aunt Wang immediately understood.
"My mother knows what you said, but my mother is worried that your body can't stand it."
"It's okay, mother, people say that if you don't die, there will be a blessing in the future, you see that my health is much better now, this shed is not ventilated on all sides now, and it can still be better."
Xiaoxiao deliberately patted her chest to prove that her body was very good.
"Alas, then I'll wronged you first."
Aunt Wang looked at the sensible Xiaoxiao and sighed.
Xiaoxiao is right, you can't let people help without a little gratitude, it's still so cold this day.
However, this house must be repaired, otherwise it will get colder and colder in the future, and no matter how well the shed is sealed, there will still be wind coming in.
Aunt Wang looked at the snow cabbage in the distance, and had an idea in her heart, perhaps, she should go to the forest to dig more in the past two days, although some of them are not available, but they are also the best things she can come up with.
"Then go dig some snow cabbage."
After Aunt Wang finished speaking, she picked up the clean sack and walked out, and after walking a few steps, she seemed to remember something again, and hurriedly reached out and took it out in her arms.
"I only have two pennies left at home, and when the weather is fine and the road can be walked, I will go to the town to buy some food and come back. At that time, I will ask someone else to help us repair the house. ”
Xiaoxiao saw the two coins in her mother-in-law's hand, and the corners of her mouth twitched, two coins, is this the legendary jingle bell? !
After Aunt Wang finished speaking, she put the two coins in her hand into Xiaoxiao's hand,
"You put this money first, it's not safe in my mother's hands, I'll dig snow vegetables, you stay at home and don't move."
Xiaoxiao......
After Aunt Wang left, Xiaoxiao was not idle, she swept out a path, and when she saw the water tank that had seen the bottom, Xiaoxiao decided to get some water and come back, you can't keep boiling snow, right?!
The snow is so thick that you can hear the creaking sound when you step on it.
After walking for a long time, he finally came to the river, and looking at the still frozen river, Xiaoxiao walked down carefully.
After standing firmly, he picked up the flat pole in his hand and smashed it, and soon smashed a big hole, Xiaoxiao slowly squatted down to scoop water.
I carried two buckets of water back with a flat pole, and soon came to the river, and the first time, and the second time I was much more familiar with the road, until the water tank was filled.
Xiaoxiao sat down and rested for a while, thinking that this body would be weak, but she didn't expect that this body was still good.
After resting for a while, Xiaoxiao began to make a simple version of the harpoon, and when she was adding water just now, she found that there were still fish under the ice cubes, and she decided to try to fork the fish back.
Xiaoxiao came to the river, forked a fish, put it in the bucket, got a fish again, and when she was about to put it in the bucket, she found that the fish in the bucket was gone, Xiaoxiao was a little stunned, looked around, and didn't find a wild cat or anything.
Xiaoxiao didn't think much about it, after putting the fish in the bucket, she picked up the harpoon again, and when she got a fish, she found that the fish in the bucket was gone again.
Xiaoxiao was a little surprised this time, when she was catching fish just now, she deliberately peeked at the bucket, just to know what had taken her fish away, but she didn't find anything.
Xiaoxiao put the bucket in front of her, then picked up the harpoon and continued to spear the fish, forking several fish in a row, and no more things came to eat her fish.
After counting, there were two big fish and five small fish, Xiaoxiao picked up the bucket and went home.
After walking a few steps, Xiaoxiao stopped, for some reason, she always felt that there was something behind her, but when she looked back, there was nothing.
After repeating this several times, Xiaoxiao simply stopped, her intuition was definitely not wrong, it was just that she didn't find it.
Xiaoxiao threw the bucket on the ground and hid it behind a tree, staring at the bucket with both eyes without blinking.
She saw something as white as snow running in the distance, and it stopped very close to the bucket, first to take a look, and finally as it approached, the fur on its body gradually changed from white to the same color as the barrel.