Chapter Forty-Six: Ploughing the Vegetable Patch and Grabbing the Fish
Shen Shuang greeted the one who looked dumbfounded, and the three of them moved together, eager to pick up the bamboo skewers and poke the river clam meat to eat.
Although there are so many fried river clams, but the shells are many and small, the three of them took the bamboo skewers to eat the last clam meat after a while, but the basket on the side is a pile of hill-like river clam shells.
The little hunter put down the bamboo sticks in a daze, as if he was embarrassed that he had eaten so much river clam meat, in his memory, he had not eaten such delicious food for a long time, although he could catch prey in the mountains every day, and usually after exchanging the prey for money, he would eat some delicious food in the restaurant in the town, but he just wanted to change the taste, in fact, he did not like the food.
But at this moment, he fell in love with the river clam meat that can be seen everywhere in the creek.
Shen Shuang was also unsatisfied, but she was even happier that the river clam meat she fried was snatched up, which was also a small sense of accomplishment for her.
"How? This clam meat is delicious, isn't it? ”
She raised her eyebrows, and looked at Xiao Orion and her younger brother Xiaoshan sitting opposite her with some smugness, the two naturally nodded in unison, Xiaoshan licked his mouth with his little tongue, his eyes were still staring at the plate of river clam shells, with a pity expression on his face, and he knew at a glance that he was careful.
Shen Shuang touched the little guy's head, and the little wolf cub who was also eaten by a few river clam meat was 'charred' on the side, and after seeing it in vain, he bit Shen Shuang's trouser legs, as if he was jealous of the "head touching" he could get.
Shen Shuang didn't shake it off, only looked at his younger brother and comforted, "If you like it, my sister will come back to fish with you tomorrow, and let them slowly spit out the sand in the remaining small half bucket of river clam meat, so that it will be more delicious when they eat it tomorrow, and it can also be used to cook river clam soup." ”
When the little hunter heard this, he looked at her with a little imperceptible yearning in his eyes, but Shen Shuang didn't notice it, just pointed to the plate of river clam shells, "This river clam shell is used as fertilizer, I see that there is a deserted vegetable garden next to your house, you can try it there." ”
Little Orion nodded, having a plan in mind.
Shen Shuang turned his head to look at the sky outside, then got up and said, "It's not early now, I have to go home with Xiaoshan, thank you for borrowing the kitchen to fry the river clams for me, and the rest of the river clams will be fried tomorrow." ”
Little Orion also stood up, nodded at her and shook his head, Shen Shuang understood what he meant, smiled at him, and got up and pulled Xiaoshan home with the big basket on his back.
The little wolf cub knew that Shen Shuang was going to go, so he naturally had to keep up, but because he couldn't keep up, he rolled down a few flights of stairs from the wooden house in a hurry, and rolled on the ground before he could rush forward and was picked up by the little hunter.
It couldn't make any trouble, Shen Shuang was afraid that it would make trouble, so he didn't look back at it at all, he could only watch Shen Shuang leave, and in the end, only a whining and whining cry of grievance remained.
In addition to not being able to take away the little wolf cub, the two siblings are also in a very good mood, and they are also a lot brisker with their steps.
The little hunter stood at the door of the wooden house with the little wolf cub in his arms, and followed the two siblings who were drifting apart, until their figures were blocked by the trees, and he turned back to the house, but his eyes were obviously disappointed, how similar the mood of a man and a wolf was, but they were not aware of this loss.
Little Orion sat down and looked around at the wooden house where he had lived for several years, there had been no guests here for a long time, the arrival of Shen Shuang's sister and brother made him feel a sense of fluffiness, remembering that she said that she would come over tomorrow to fry river clams, Little Orion's heart was hot, and he got up and picked up the broom at the door to clean the wooden house inside and out.
There was also a plate of river clam shells on the table, and remembering what Shen Shuang said that river clams could be used as fertilizer, the little hunter picked up a hoe that had not been used for a long time and worked in the long-abandoned vegetable garden next to the house.
Before evening, he had hoeed the weeds that had grown on it, turned the ground according to the method taught him by the old hunter, and poured the tray of clam shells into the turned field as fertilizer, and he thought that when he came to the town in two days, he would buy some vegetable seeds and go down to the vegetable field to plant some vegetables.
Thinking that this would turn into an old Orion who took him in and grow a lot of vegetables like when he was still there, Little Orion felt that there seemed to be more hope for the future, and his heart was even more grateful to Shen Shuang.
When she arrived home, she thought that there was no one in the Shen family, but she didn't expect Shen Cuini to be at home, and she was sitting in the yard with the two girls in the village talking and laughing while embroidering.
It's just that this conversation and laughter came to an abrupt end when Shen Shuang pushed open the courtyard door and came in, and the two girls stood up and looked at them with a defensive look when they saw Shen Shuang and Xiaoshan as if they had seen something terrible, while Shen Trini had a disgusted expression.
Shen Shuang frowned slightly, and didn't rush forward to deal with these impolite people, she led Xiaoshan into the kitchen and put down the big back basket, regardless of what the three girls outside wanted to say about her.
What Shen Shuang didn't know was that these two girls from the village had made a special trip to follow Shen Cuini to Shen's house to see her, one was Xiugu and the other was Chunyan.
This Chunyan's surname is Han, she is the daughter of the sister-in-law of the gossip fighter Han in Xishan Village, she is very short, thin and dark, if she stands next to Shen Shuang, it is not enough to see, her pair of mung bean eyes are completely inherited from her mother, at this time she stretched her neck and turned to look in the direction of the kitchen, and she didn't know what the idea was, "Trini, your cousin looks quite spirited, and she doesn't care about people." ”
Trini put down the embroidered handkerchief in her hand and stood up unhappily, "No matter how angry she is, it's useless to see that my milk won't sell her in two days." ”
Today, the villagers who saw the scene had spread the news that Wan was going to sell his granddaughter to a bad old man as a concubine all over the village, and even brought Trini outside to be pointed at and asked what was going on, otherwise she wouldn't need to come home so early.
But she didn't think about anything else, she hoped that her milk would sell Shen Shuang soon and not be an eyesore at home.
Xiu Gu on the side is a timid person, because she has a red birthmark on her face since she was a child, and the children in the village call her ugly, except for Cui Ni and Chunyan who are willing to stay with her, no one else wants to get close to her.
Of course, the two of them just reluctantly stayed with her to play with her just to get her to help with the work.
Hearing the words of the two of them at this time, Xiu Gu felt some envy for Shen Shuang, thinking that although she was very fat, there were people who were willing to marry and dared to go out. Looking at her again, not only does no one want her, but she usually doesn't dare to go out often.
She couldn't help but reach out and touch her hair-covered birthmark, because no one dared to come to her house to propose her birthmark, and her mother was almost crying blind because of it.
Hearing what Shen Trini said, Chunyan retracted her gaze and lowered her voice and asked, "Trini, is it true that your cousin and Little Orion are drilling in the grass?" ”
Shen Cuini's eyes flashed, this matter also made a fuss in her house, but in the end, it was over, even her grandmother couldn't do anything about Shen Shuang, she was a person who had seen Little Orion, so she naturally felt that what everyone passed on was false, "How do I know?" But the little hunter can look down on the fat pig. ”
Shen Trini's tone was contemptuous, but when it came to Little Orion, the three girls were silent.
Not to mention Xishan Village, even in the eastern villages and towns, you can't find a handsome man like Xiao Orion, who is not only handsome but also very capable, and can often hunt prey on the West Mountain.
But everyone said that he was unlucky, and everyone believed it, so no one dared to approach him, but occasionally met the little hunter in the mountains, especially some girls were fascinated by him, and secretly it was rare to be able to marry him, of course, that is, secretly.
In the kitchen, Shen Shuang took out the water celery, gray cabbage and big grass carp and put them away, in addition, she also pulled back a few mint plants and planned to plant them in the vegetable garden, the vegetable garden behind the Shen family house was taken care of by her mother Xu, so she was not afraid that she would be pulled out if she planted it.
Xiaoshan's back basket was full of some wild fruits and Chaotian peppers, and he took a basket and handed the picked Chaotian peppers to Shen Shuang, but she was having trouble staring at the big grass carp at this time.
It is true that she will use large grass carp to make sauerkraut fish or boiled fish and all kinds of fish, but it is absolutely impossible to let her slaughter fish, looking at the sky, her mother is coming back soon, so she can only wait for her mother to come back.
Shen Shuang was not in a hurry, and after making a fire in the kitchen, he stared at his younger brother Xiaoshan, who was sitting on a small bench and eating small fruits, "Xiaoshan, you watch the fire here, and my sister will go to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables and come back." ”
Seeing that the little guy nodded, Shen Shuang picked up the mint plants and walked out of the kitchen.
At this time, Shen Cuini was the only one left in the courtyard, she was packing up the embroidered handkerchief that Xiu Gu helped embroider today, and planned to take it to Li Xiuniang tomorrow, so she said that she embroidered it.
Seeing Shen Shuang come out, she glanced at her with disdain and turned around and entered the second room.
Shen Shuang, who was unprovoked and despised, felt very speechless and innocent, she was despised almost every day, and those who didn't know thought she was a vicious person, she sighed, turned around and walked out of the yard and walked towards the vegetable garden.
Shen Shuang found a place in the vegetable garden to plant the mint, and watered them before digging a piece of ginger and pulling two garlic plants in the vegetable garden.
It's just that she didn't expect that she walked to the gate of the yard and before she entered the door, she saw Shen Cuini walking out of the kitchen triumphantly, still holding the big grass carp she had finally fished out, and there was a bulging bag in her pocket, which was obviously a wild fruit picked by Xiaoshan.
Before Shen Shuang could react, he saw Xiaoshan rushing out of the kitchen with tears in his eyes to snatch back the big grass carp, but he was kicked to the ground by Shen Cuini, "You little dumb little bastard, dare to rob my things, you are impatient, give me death." ”
Seeing that Shen Cuini was scolding and angry, and was about to stretch out her foot to kick the hill, everything happened too fast, and Shen Shuang, who reacted, shouted and stopped and dragged her body towards Shen Cuini.