Chapter 29: The Hare
Song Jiao turned her head and couldn't help but exclaim after seeing Gu Liuxi's appearance clearly, "My brother and sister are so beautiful, second aunt, why are your two daughters-in-law so good-looking?" ”
Aunt Song said with a smile: "Liuxi is the same as Luan'er, she is good-looking and kind, my wife can have such two daughters-in-law, it is indeed God bless, God bless." ”
Song Jiao came over and grabbed Gu Liuxi's arm and said affectionately: "Your name is Liuxi, right?" How did you get along with Song Yu's wood, he didn't bully you, did he? ”
"Thank you cousin for your concern, Song Yu won't bully me." That person won't bully her, she's sullen and soft-hearted, and he's very good to her, so how can he be willing to bully or something?
Song Jiao smiled: "I was worried that Song Yu's unfeminine wood would throw people out and ignore it, but I didn't expect him to care so much about you, what tricks do you have?" ”
Gu Liuxi couldn't cry or laugh, "Cousin said that I was laughing, how can I have any tricks?" ”
Aunt Song beckoned the two to sit and chat in the courtyard, and Gu Liuxi knew that Song Jiao had come to deliver pork to Aunt Song.
Song Jiao is different from Aunt Song, she is not the kind of person who hates the poor and loves the rich and does not know how to reciprocate, she often comes to visit Aunt Song who takes care of her growing up, and sends some pork during the New Year's holidays.
Just like today, Aunt Song repeatedly persuaded her not to take things here, so as not to be resented by her in-laws, but she always said with a smile that her father-in-law knew about it, and it was the good pork that her father-in-law specially picked and sent it.
Aunt Song couldn't refuse, so she went to the house and wrapped some rice noodles bought by Song Yu, as well as dried whitebait and so on for Song Jiao to take away.
The sky was getting dark, and Song Jiao hurried home before she had time to stay for dinner, her husband's house was in another village, and it would take a while to walk back, and there were still old people and children waiting for her to cook.
The day is about to pass again, and the afterglow of the setting sun is sprinkled on the distant mountains, covering the mountains with a layer of gold.
Gu Liuxi felt a sense of loneliness inexplicably welling up in her heart, in this era, she has no relatives and friends, she lives with a mask, no one can enter her heart and find out what she is thinking in her heart, this is a very sad thing.
If she could have friends to make friends with, she would be able to live better.
In the evening, Daddy Song and the others came back, and they were not in a good mood.
Many people in the vicinity came to hunt on the river together, and the boatmen saw that it was profitable, and the price of renting a boat also increased, and the river was densely packed with fishing boats, and the people were full of voices, and the fish were scared away long ago, how could they still be caught?
At the end of this day, the capital spent will not be earned.
In short, in a short period of time, it is impossible to make a living from fishing.
After the meal, Father Song went to bed early, Li An ran out to play with the boys of the same age in the village, Li Mu went back to the room to read, Aunt Song sat under the light and sewed clothes, and the family did their own work.
Gu Liuxi stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked anxiously into the night, Song Yu went out in the morning and hasn't come back yet, I don't know if he is in any danger, he only brought two pancakes at noon, hunting is a physical job, he must be hungry.
There is also the medicine on the face, saying that it is good to apply it twice a day, and it is estimated that he does not have that time, so it is good to have time to apply it once today.
Even Gu Liuxi herself didn't notice it, and unconsciously, she thought about a lot of things for Song Yu, and at least half of her heart was placed on him.
After a long time, Song Yu finally appeared from the twilight, and the figure of the great man almost blended with the night, if it weren't for Gu Liuxi's good eyes, he wouldn't have been able to see it at all.
"Are you waiting for me?" Seeing Gu Liuxi standing at the gate of the courtyard and looking out, Song Yu was a little surprised.
"Well, are you hungry? Are there any injuries? Why are you only coming back now? Gu Liuxi asked many questions in one breath.
Song Yu hooked his lips and smiled, "I'm not hungry, I'm not injured, and I didn't hunt anything good, so I came back a little late." He answered one question after another, which made Gu Liuxi a little embarrassed.
"Why are you covered in mud and have you fallen into a pit?" Gu Liuxi walked over and naturally brushed the grass clippings off his arms for him.
Her movements were very gentle, but they made Song Yu stiff. He was very unaccustomed to Gu Liuxi's touch, lest there was a peculiar smell on his body and annoy her.
After all, he ran in the mountains for a day, sweating, and ran all over the mountains in order to chase a few rabbits, and finally caught the live hares and came back.
"Here's for you." Song Yu opened the back basket and revealed several small hares that were tied.
"It's so cute, it's all alive!" Gu Liuxi was really surprised, squatted in front of the back basket and touched this one and poked that one, and forgot Song Yu out of the clouds.
Song Yu didn't mind, squatted down beside Gu Liuxi, his eyes looked directly at her bright and moving face, "I made a big bamboo cage, you can put rabbits in it to raise, and there is a fence in the backyard, you can also put it in to breathe if the weather is good during the day, but you must bring it into the house at night, there are many dogs in the village, don't accidentally let those beasts bite to death." ”
Gu Liuxi looked up at him in surprise, "Can I raise rabbits?" ”
"Hmm." If it weren't for the sake of catching alive, he wouldn't have made such a mess for a few rabbits in a day, as long as he encountered it, he could pierce the throat with an arrow within 100 meters, and no matter how fast the rabbit was, it would not be a problem.
Gu Liuxi immediately went to find the cage that Song Yu said, put the five rabbits in it, and checked them one by one, "It's just right, three females and two males, if they can be mated, there will be more rabbits to raise in the future." ”
If you can't raise it yourself, you can still sell it in the market, which is very cost-effective.
Gu Liuxi went to pick a few handfuls of weeds and came back to feed the rabbits, and she was happy to see them eating happily.
Although she wanted to raise rabbits before, but this thing was troublesome, and she was worried that the Song family would not let her raise it, but she had thought that when she didn't know, Song Yu even made a rabbit cage for her. He must have come back so late for the sake of the five rabbits.
Although Song Yu's archery technique is good, his legs and feet are not dexterous, how hard does it have to be to catch rabbits without hurting them at all?
Gu Liuxi thought that Song Yu might care about her more than she thought.
When Gu Liuxi had had enough of playing with rabbits, he remembered that Song Yu hadn't eaten dinner yet, and Aunt Song had already fallen asleep again, and no one helped him get food to eat.
Gu Liuxi ran to the stove house, Song Yu was burning the fire in front of the stove, and what was boiling in the pot.
"I'll cook the noodles you ate at night." The noodles should not be boiled too much, and they will turn into a ball of batter after a long time.
"No, I'll heat up the pancakes at noon and eat them." The firelight jumped on Song Yu's face, and the scars looked a little hideous.