Chapter 11: Goodbye Grandma
Grandma's house is not far away, ten minutes away. There is an old apricot tree at the entrance of the courtyard, and there are many small green apricots mixed with green leaves. The layout in the yard is about the same, and there is one more chicken coop than at home. An old hen, lonely in it catching green leaves to eat. The layout of the house is similar to that of home.
The grandparents seemed to be in good spirits, and when they saw the three of them coming, they quickly let them go into the house to talk. Seeing that there was a lot of food brought, I was worried that my family would not have enough to eat, so I had to go back to get some. After some explanation, let me put it down. In the end, I stuffed two eggs and let them take them back to the children to eat, although there were two sons of filial piety, but the lives of the two old people were not rich, and a chicken was not fat, and could not lay a few eggs. It is not uncommon for a few days not to lay an egg.
When Zhang Xiaoxue saw her grandmother for the first time, her eyes couldn't help but moisten, how many years have I not seen my grandmother, my grandmother in this life and my grandmother in my previous life look the same. What a blessing to be able to live with my grandmother again. In the past two days, the faint hesitation in my heart has dissipated at once. The son wants to raise but the parent is not there, Zhang Xiaoxue made up her mind in her heart that she must have a good life for her grandmother. Make up for the regrets of the previous life.
"What's the matter, Snow girl, is it still painful? Come over and let grandma see, I haven't seen you here for a few days." Grandma Zhang saw that Zhang Xiaoxue's eyes were a little red and couldn't help asking. "Grandma is fine, I'm fine now, but I forgot some things in my brain. Zhang Xiaoxue walked to her grandmother's side and sat down.
was saying that the eldest aunt also came to deliver food, and when they saw Zhang Xiaoxue and they were there, they chatted together for a while. The eldest aunt looks like a sharp person, doing things and speaking neatly. Wearing a blue linen dress, the hair bun on the back of her head is meticulously combed, and her eyes are also loving, this big family is all boys, just Zhang Xiaoxue, a girl, everyone is very rare, no wonder Zhang Xiaoxue is so favored. Usually a girl as big as Zhang Xiaoxue has already helped the family do all kinds of housework, how can she be like her and wander around all day long. The eldest aunt brought twenty catties of corn, and the life of the eldest uncle's family was a little better, and the eldest son had set up another account after getting married, and there was filial piety to them every month.
Zhang's mother and aunt made an appointment to dig wild vegetables together, and Zhang Xiaoxue also had to follow by the way, of course, the slingshot must be brought. In the end, even Xiaodouding went up the mountain with him.
Zhang Xiaoxue has only one bamboo basket at home, of course, it is carried by Zhang's mother, this time she traveled lightly, and before leaving, she found a small cloth bag to load the stones picked up on the road. For the slingshot in Zhang Xiaoxue's hand, everyone was also surprised. After knowing the usage, especially the little bean Ding looked envious. In the end, Zhang Xiaoxue let him hold the slingshot, and he didn't know how many flowers and plants were harmed with stones along the way.
When they arrived at the place where they were digging wild vegetables, Zhang's mother told the two sisters and brothers not to go far and play nearby. The two of them quickly dug up wild vegetables, and the efficiency was much faster than that of Zhang Xiaoxue. The two siblings were busy looking for the pheasant, but when they really wanted to find it, it didn't appear. I haven't even seen a single chicken feather for a long time. Zhang Xiaoxue was depressed, fortunately I saw a gray-yellow rabbit, so excited, Zhang Xiaoxue pulled the slingshot to hit the stone out, but unfortunately it didn't hit the rabbit, the rabbit was frightened and ran away all of a sudden, while chasing and hitting or not hitting, the technique is too annoying! This rabbit is also absolutely amazing, and it disappeared after a few turns. I felt like a big piece of meat was flying away from me. I made up my mind that I must practice accurately, not to mention hitting every shot, but also hitting nine times out of ten.
The sister and brother were depressed, Zhang Xiaoxue didn't seem to have the talent to play the slingshot, so she simply threw the slingshot to Xiaodouding, Xiaodouding was happy now, although there were no pheasants and rabbits next to him to practice his hands, he took the slingshot and beat the birds on the tree. Unexpectedly, his blind cat touched a dead mouse, hit a small sparrow, and took it casually in line with the principle that no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat. Now it's terrible, wherever you go, the bird will fly away, don't want to stand on the branch safely. Maybe the boy himself has this kind of talent, this time he encountered a gray-haired pheasant, and was hit on the right leg of the chicken by a stone from Xiaodouding, and when the pheasant limped and ran to fly, he was hit by a stone on the chicken wings, and was finally caught by Zhang Xiaoxue and the two.
I can finally eat meat today, and Zhang Xiaoxue naturally has no idea of selling it for money in her heart. I looked around the side, but this time I wasn't as lucky as last time, and I didn't find a wild egg. has already harvested, and when Zhang Xiaoxue finds Zhang's mother and them, it will inevitably be praised again.
When I went down the mountain, the sound of laughter and laughter did not stop. When she returned home, Zhang Xiaoxue hid in the house and entered the farm, collected the flour in the processing workshop, and processed all the rice. I wanted to take out some rice to eat outside, but I didn't want to deduct gold coins. took care of the farm and went out soon, because Zhang Xiaoxue, who was a foodie, was still thinking about pheasants.
The pheasant that was cooked at noon, the pheasant was packed up and put a lot of potato pieces, of course, even the little sparrow, put it in the pot and simmered it slowly, except for the salt, but I couldn't help the freshly caught pheasant in the mountains tasted delicious, even if it was so original, it was not comparable to the modern feed-fed livestock, and Zhang Xiaoxue was called a fragrant eater, and I couldn't wait to eat my tongue into my stomach. There is enough food at home, and I can finally stop eating bread with bran, this time I made corn tortillas, and finally ate normal food once.
Zhang Xiaoxue sent a bowl of chicken and potato stew to her uncle's house not far away. Of course, I didn't forget to bring some chicken stewed potatoes to my grandparents, and Xiao Douding, a follower, naturally followed him, not to mention the look on his face. Holding his chest out like a proud little rooster. After all, grandparents are old and have bad teeth, for stewed soft potatoes. I like it very much, Zhang Xiaoxue brought half a basket of potatoes in the afternoon and told me about various practices before going home.
decided to continue the matter of hunting pheasants, so he simply made three more slingshots, one for the eldest brother, one for the second brother, and one for the younger brother. It is true that boys are more talented, and after that, the food in Zhang Xiaoxue's family will appear meat from time to time, and the men in the family will beat it with slingshots, and the stupid Zhang Xiaoxue has never hit a pheasant. But it made her depressed. There are also two uncles and two cousins of the uncle's family also asked Zhang Xiaoxue for a slingshot, and there is a five-meter rubber band in his hand, Zhang Xiaoxue simply made five slingshots, and even the uncle gave one, and now the dearest relatives have one.
For the rubber band used to make the slingshot, everyone didn't ask, and was given by Zhang Xiaoxue's master, and they prevaricated. Of course, I didn't say what kind of immortal the master was.