Zhong Ling didn't expect her own fruit forest to be so big, she groped for each tree one by one, "Eldest sister, our family's money depends on these trees?" ”

"Yes!" Yuan Ning put down the basket and began to swing his scythe to cut down those crazy branches, there were not many that could be cut down on each tree, but such a large forest accumulated a lot.

Zhong Ling helped to tidy up and tie up the firewood.

It was almost noon when the two sisters stopped, but they also picked some of the missing fruits from the trees, but they were relatively small, and they did not taste very good.

When the two of them packed the firewood and were about to walk back, they suddenly heard a "cooing" cry behind them.

Yuan Ning raised an index finger on his lips, signaled Zhong Ling to silence, and turned around to follow the sound.

I found that a pheasant had tripped over the small mechanism set up by myself and Bo Zhong before.

She immediately pounced and grabbed the pheasant in her hand, and laughed: "Oh, I'm worried that there is no meat today, so you sent it to the door!" ”

It had been a while since he had eaten pheasant, and Zhong Ling was very happy to see it, and discussed with Yuan Ning how to eat it on the way back.

Yuan Ning had another plan, when he arrived at home, he put down the firewood, let Zhong Ling cook, and walked out with the pheasant himself, "You are all at home, I'll go out." ”

Shu Yu rolled his eyes and secretly followed.

Yuan Ning went straight to Lizheng's house. When she came out, she still had a chicken in her hand and a few eggs.

Uncle Yu hides behind a big tree.

Yuan Ning walked over and said with a smile: "Come out!" ”

Shu Yu ran out and hugged her arm, "Eldest sister, what are you doing?" ”

Yuan Ning smiled, "Let's go home and talk about it." ”

When they returned home, their younger brothers and sisters learned that Yuan Ning deliberately went to Lizheng's house and said that he was going to give gifts to others, but it was revealed that the family had not eaten meat for a long time.

Thinking that pheasants are better than domestic chickens, Zhang Dashan made the decision and asked his daughter-in-law to take a chicken and four eggs to exchange with Yuan Ning.

Yuan Ning smiled and said to Zhong Ling, "Look, there is something for Ji Xiu to eat." ”

Zhong Ling was naturally very happy.

After lunch, the sisters and brothers slaughtered chickens and plucked chicken feathers in the yard.

After eating pheasants a few times before, Yuan Ning and Bo Zhong were already very experienced, first cutting their necks and bleeding, then boiling water and removing chicken feathers.

Then he disemboweled, cut the internal organs, chopped them into pieces, and Zhong Ling took them to the kitchen to stew.

Chicken hearts and chicken livers can be stewed together, and the chicken gizzards are washed and dried, and stored. I heard that chicken gizzards are very effective in treating gastrointestinal discomfort, especially for children, if the stomach is uncomfortable, the chicken gizzards are calcined, crushed and served, and there is a miraculous effect.

This is what You Fanglang said, it is difficult to verify the truth or falsehood, and Yuan Ning has no experience in this area, but he knows that chicken gizzards can help digestion.

The chicken stew is very long, and some mushrooms are put in the chicken broth, so the flavor that comes out is particularly fragrant.

After the stew was done, it was not dark yet, and Yuan Ning asked Zhong Ling to fill a bowl, with a chicken thigh and a calf, and a large piece of chicken breast.

Then he sent Bo Zhong to take Shu Yu to send it to the old patriarch.

August 15 is a big festival, the old patriarch in addition to chickens and fish, see two little babies specially sent chicken, the old patriarch moved the heart of pity, not only did not ask for their chicken, but also gave two white buns, a piece of fish.

Bo Zhong put it off for a long time, but he couldn't refuse, so he went home with his things.

Uncle Yu jumped up, and as soon as he entered the house, he said to Yuan Ning: "Eldest sister, are you accurate, can we bring more things back?" ”

Yuan Ning frowned, squatted down, looked at him at eye level, and said earnestly: "No." Uncle Yu, the third old lady takes a lot of care of us, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, we should go to give gifts to the elders.

"Even if people don't give us anything, we can't say anything. Now the third old lady is taking pity on our sisters and brothers who are lonely, so they have given so many things, you have to be grateful. We can't feel that it's right to give things to others, and others will give us in turn, understand? ”

Shu Yu nodded, "I see." ”

Yuan Ning touched his cheek, turned his head and said to Bo Zhong and Zhong Ling, "You two are the same. Keep that in mind. The so-called exchange of courtesies can only be sustained if there are exchanges between them.

"For example, if we accept a gift from someone else, sooner or later we will return this favor, and people will think that we are worthy of contact, and they will think about us if there is anything.

"We don't have small scissors at home, so let's borrow them from Aunt Zhao Liu, and then return them in time and give them a little pear.

"People may not be rare with these pears, but they will feel that we are responsible and know how to be grateful. In the future, we will borrow something, or ask them for help, even if they are a little difficult, they will help us as much as possible. ”

After a pause, she added, "But not everyone in this world has good intentions. Sometimes when we are in trouble and we want someone to lend a hand, no one will help. What to do at this time?

"As long as you don't watch us fall and step on us, don't hold a grudge. After all, maybe people have their own difficulties.

"But what if we are bullied? One thing to keep in mind is that if you have the ability to solve things on the spot, don't put it off. But if you don't have the ability to retaliate on the spot, you have to hold back and wait until you have the ability to liquidate or find someone to help.

"It's like when Zhu Jiugu came to find us trouble before, we are small and can't deal with her, so we shouldn't be brutal with her, but we should turn to those who can help us. For example, the three old ladies.

"When you're making sure you're not getting hurt, you can think about the next step. It's as if I invited the third old lady and others to come over at that time, so that I can have the confidence to confront Zhu Jiugu.

"You all have to remember that your well-being is my primary concern, no matter what time it is. The rest are to stand aside.

"People say, 'Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood', which means that if we keep this breath, one day we will raise our eyebrows, and no one will come to bully us wantonly.

"We don't take the initiative to harm others, but we can't let people bully us."

Bo Zhong and the three of them nodded one after another, and even Ji Xiu, who was in the car, followed a few "ahhh

Night gradually covered the village.

The sisters and brothers put the table in the courtyard, looking at the bright moon slowly rising in the east, Bo Zhong sighed: "At this time last year, we were still a neat family...... although at that time, there were only a few extremely simple things on the table......

Yuan Ning and Zhong Ling successively put moon cakes, fruits, chickens and other things on the table, and when the moon rose a little more, they lit a pair of plain white candles and burned incense.