Chapter 55: Weaving the Web
The three of them were lucky, they stopped all the way, but they picked five or six herbs, the three of them were quite surprised, and their interest became higher and higher, to say that there should be more herbs in the mountains, but now no one can go into the mountains, and they can also find so many herbs in the periphery, it is not easy, and it is surprising.
But the bigger surprise was still to come, Liu Yuanshan carried a pheasant and appeared in front of the three of them.
"Second brother, you didn't catch a rabbit, it's good to catch a pheasant." Liu Qing'er shouted happily.
It's not bad to have a pheasant open the meat, and the other two are also happy.
"This pheasant is just a little thinner, and there is no meat." Looking at the fluffy lump, there are really not a few taels of meat after plucking.
"If you catch a pheasant today, you may be able to catch a rabbit tomorrow, but it's good to have a bite of it."
"Mm-hmm, as long as we can have meat to eat, we don't dislike whether it's a rabbit or a chicken." Liu Yuanzhi nodded vigorously.
For there was a pheasant to eat, the three of them all showed happy expressions on their faces, and Liu Yuanshan saw that they were happy, but he didn't care if the chicken had meat or not.
The brothers and sisters happily returned home, and Liu Paner was also happy to see the pheasants they brought back.
Without being instructed, Liu Yuanshan went straight to the kitchen, boiled a pot of boiling water, plucked the pheasant and opened his belly, and cleaned it out, as he said, there were not a few taels of meat, but no matter how thin it was, it was still a chicken.
Liu Paner cooked, stewed a big pot of soup, and then added some radishes and weeds to cook together, smelling fragrant, eating tasted very good, even eating wild vegetables full of bitterness and astringency on weekdays, with the blessing of chicken soup, the taste was much better, a few brothers and sisters, a rare meal, all of them were extremely satisfied.
"If only I could eat meat every day." Liu Qing'er held her stomach and sighed.
"Don't think about good things, the richest rich man in the neighborhood, their family doesn't eat meat in the past three days, who do we expect to eat meat every day?" Liu Yuanzhi stretched out his hand and flicked her, he really couldn't agree with this statement.
"Not to mention eating meat every day, my family can live the same life as before, and I'm not picky." Liu Qing'er covered her forehead and said a little aggrieved.
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, the life at home was not as good as day by day, and everyone's mood was very heavy, it was rare to have a good meal, and I didn't want to evoke regrets again.
"As long as we work hard enough, life will always get better day by day, you see we don't have a vegetable patch, I quietly lay down to the soil, the vegetable seeds have already sent out small sprouts, and they will grow soon." Du Danshen said.
When several people heard this, they all looked at them with a surprised face: "Is there really a little bud coming out?" I couldn't believe it, after all, they had never grown vegetables, this was the first time, and it was still their own food, so they were naturally very attentive.
"Of course it's true, if you don't believe it, Ming'er will know when you open the soil and take a look." The water is thoroughly watered, the temperature on the edge of the mountain forest is also suitable, and even the wild grass can grow wildly, how can those well-cared for rapeseed not germinate.
"It won't be long before we can eat the vegetables we grow." When Liu Yuanshan heard this, he laughed lightly, and his expression was a little excited, he also made a lot of efforts here.
This stubble, the previous dullness, also gradually dissipated.
"Second brother, you go to town tomorrow, take me with you." Du Danshen thought for a moment and said, she wanted to go to the town to have a look, but what business opportunities were there, if she could make some money, the life of the family would be a little better.
"I went to the shop and came back soon, the foot is fast, and I won't delay coming back to work, if you want to follow back and forth, it will be slow." Liu Yuanshan was not very happy.
The main thing is to bring one, and you have to bring two or three, so a string to follow, but it's a troublesome thing, especially if Qing'er follows, she always thinks about buying this and that, which is also annoying.
He inadvertently raised his head, and sure enough, he saw Liu Qing'er looking at him with blazing eyes, as long as he should come down, he designated to bring this one.
"I just want to see what's available for sale in town, and let's do some business and maybe make some money."
"There are a lot of people in the town, and there are a lot of people doing business, but what can we do?" Liu Qing'er pouted, how many people want to make money, but adults can't do it, let alone a group of children, she just thinks it's not feasible.
"There are a lot of people selling things in the town, some sell food such as porridge and cake shops, some sell clothes such as clothing shops, and there are also craftsmen on the side, we don't know anything, how can there be anything to sell?" Liu Yuanshan scratched his head helplessly.
If you can do something novel, you don't need to grab business with others, and fresh things can also attract the market, but the most important thing is to understand the market first.
"We don't have anything to sell, we can find something to sell!"
"What to sell, in the past, the family used to hunt prey to sell, but now if you can't hunt prey, what else can you sell?" Liu Qing'er answered quickly, and her mind also followed this line of thought.
"The prey can't be hunted, but there is a river ahead, why don't we catch fish and sell it?" Du Danshen asked with a wink.
"Fishing? We don't know how to fish! Liu Yuanshan scratched his head.
They all know the river in front of them, when the weather is too hot, a group of little hairy children take off their clothes and jump into the river, there are fish in the river, and they can catch one or two from time to time, but no one makes a living by fishing, after all, the fish in the river are not so easy to catch.
The fish in the river is really not easy to catch, many people who don't know the nature of the water, they can't catch it when they fall into the water, and every summer, there will be people drowning, adults and children have, so many people are afraid, and when they have nothing to do, they will tell the children at home not to go to the river to play, which causes more people to not be water-based.
Of course, because many women wash clothes and clothes by the river, people come and go, but those fish do not emerge in this area, so it is easy for people to ignore and think that there are no fish in the river.
Du Danshen thought about it in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible, such a big river, and there were no fishermen, it was conceivable that there were definitely a lot of fish in this river, but where people often walked, there was no shadow of fish.
"No, we can learn, second brother, don't you know how to be water-based?" Du Danshen said with blazing eyes.
Liu Yuanshan is not such an honest person, He didn't let him go to the river, but he would go secretly, and he was bold, and he slowly learned to swim after coming and going.
"But no one teaches, how can you learn like this?" Liu Yuanshan hesitated a little, he followed his father to learn the ability to hunt in the mountains and forests, the river was far away from their home, and they used to secretly follow the disobedient children in the village to play in the river.
"Well, you don't have to learn much." Du Danshen raised his eyebrows, and then said: "Let's weave a fishing net by ourselves, and then scatter the net in the river, and catch the fish. ”
I've never eaten pork, I haven't seen a pig run, the methods are all thought up by people, and no one will teach them, so I will explore it myself.
"Weaving fishing nets, what do you take?" Liu Yuanshan was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, this is a completely unfamiliar business, he really can't touch the north.
The rest of the people were also dumbfounded, but Liu Qing'er heard about fishing, and when she caught a fish, she must have fish to eat, but she didn't want to do anything, so she raised her hand to support it.
"Danshen, you said what kind of thread to use to weave fishing nets, let's do it tomorrow, such a big river, I don't believe that you can't catch a few fish." If it weren't for the late day, she would have to go out to fish and try it at this time.
She is really hungry for meat, every big bowl of porridge in her stomach, mixed with water and still feels empty, she wants to eat something good, she wants to go crazy.
Liu Pan'er listened to the use of thread to weave nets, and suddenly felt a pain in her flesh, the thread is not cheap, to weave a net that can catch fish, it may be how big it is, how much thread you have to use, and the family doesn't have so much money to buy thread.
Suddenly he looked nervous, opened his mouth, and saw that everyone was full of interest, and it was not easy to say anything.
"We don't need to weave thread, the thread is too thin, the bearing capacity is not enough, and it is easy to break ......" Du Danshen thought for a while, and then said: "I want to use Sang Qingteng's skin to weave the net, the village people use this to rub the hemp rope, the rope is also very strong, we use this to weave the net, it must be very strong and durable." ”
"Do you want to make it as thick as hemp rope?" Liu Qing'er asked, she has been completely mobilized, as long as she can eat meat, she is willing to do a little more, she really doesn't have any oil and water in her stomach, and she is hungry all day long.
In the past, Daddy and Aunt were used to her, she didn't worry about anything, but now although the eldest sister and second brother are also very good to her, the family is really poor, even if she wants to eat meat again, the family has no spare money to buy it, and she can't really let the family run out of food.
"It doesn't need to be that thick, I think it's almost enough." Du Dan participated in her detailed talk, Liu Yuanzhi's head also leaned over, and he listened very seriously with his ears, he also wanted to eat fish.
Liu Pan'er looked at them and was a little worried, but they were a few children who were not very old, how could they come up with any good way, are the fish in the river so easy to catch, there are so many adults in the village, how many people don't see meat all year round, and they don't dare to fight the idea of fish in the river!
"Look at a few of them, don't care, if they want to fall into the river, who can pull them up!" Liu Pan'er looked sad and bitter.
The river is not a good place to forage.
"Can it be done, you have to try, sister, don't worry, I will follow them, if they are really going to fall into the water, I will pick them up one by one, and they will definitely not be drowned." Liu Yuanshan said.
He really thinks that the method said by Du Danshen may be successful, the river is so big, there must be no shortage of fish, even if it doesn't work, he can catch one or two a day, it is also earned, and besides, he is also well aware of the three small tempers, and if they don't let them try, they will definitely not be reconciled.
Rather than letting them sneak into the river to catch fish, it is better to agree now, follow them, if there is really something, he can still help by the side.
"How come you are as ignorant as they are?" Liu Pan'er glared angrily, the river was so dangerous, she really dared to run over them one by one.
"Auntie, don't worry, the first time we do this, we must not be familiar, when the time comes, let's try it in a crowded place, even if it falls into the water, someone will definitely come to the rescue, so you don't have to worry about this." Liu Yuanshan persuaded.
Liu Pan'er listened to this, and was a little relieved, if someone watched, they would definitely not see death without help, so that some dangers could be avoided, and then they were all hungry like this, and she really couldn't take out the money to buy meat, not that she couldn't take it out, but the family always had some savings, and the days ahead were still long.
"Then try it, if it doesn't work once, then it won't be able to do it again next time, it's too dangerous." The river is very wide and the water is very deep, and people who do not know the nature of the water will definitely not be able to get up if they fall down.
"I know, I'll watch them, and as for myself, you don't have to worry, I've long learned to swim in the water, and even if I fall into the water, I won't be able to drown." He patted his chest and said.
The three little ones didn't hear them talk at all, and they were only worried about how to weave nets, and Du Danshen told them all about the fishing nets he knew, and the two of them also had a bottom in their hearts, and the more they listened to her, the more confidence they had in fishing.
Liu Pan'er couldn't interject at all, a few small decisions were like this, no matter how much she objected, it was invalid, and her opposition was not so resolute, the only thing she was worried about was their safety.
Early in the morning of the second day, the genius was slightly bright, and all of them got up, Liu Paner went to the kitchen to work, but these people greeted them and went out of the door, which made Liu Paner laugh for a while.
"I don't know who I look like one by one." but he cooked with peace of mind, and did not pay attention to them.
Only her breakfast was ready, and a few small ones came back one after another, each holding a large bundle of Sang Qingteng's bark, which was very fresh, and at first sight she knew that it had just been peeled off the tree.
Seeing Liu Pan'er's speech, she slammed her tongue for a while: "How old is this, you have peeled so much bark and come back?" ”
"This Sang Qingteng is not a rare thing, it can be found everywhere in the mountains, there are a lot of wasteland next to us, and it is easy to peel it off, it doesn't take much effort, but you can't just peel these all at once."
"Is it enough?" Liu Pan'er looked at them and only felt that everything they did was extremely positive, like this in the previous wasteland, and now the same is true for peeling the bark.
Du Danshen pondered for a moment, and then shook his head: "It's not enough, these will be cleaned up first, and then peeled after a while, I'm afraid it will take four or five more to complete." ”
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