Mao Haitao nodded and said: "There is a small lake on the edge of my backyard, the lake is a forest, I built a small wooden house by the lake, every winter after the lake freezes, I have to dig a hole in the ice, and then fish in the ice cave, while fishing, my friends who went with me hunted some rabbits and other game in the woods by the lake, and then stewed fish and grilled game together in the wooden house by the lake, which is really interesting!" ”

"Sounds really good!"

Nie Xiaohu rubbed his hands, nodded happily and said, "That junior is disrespectful!" ”

"Good! That's it, hahahaha! Mao Haitao and Nie Xiaohu both laughed heartily.

"Old man Mao, can you show me where to go for a picnic tomorrow?"

"Why not? Please! Mao Haitao stood up and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of please.

Nie Xiaohu, Cao Xiaohui and the others immediately stood up, followed Mao Haitao out of the living room and into the backyard.

The backyard is not big, the courtyard wall is about 20 meters away from the main house, on the left side of the back door, there is a 'small house' made of blue bricks against the wall, only one person is high, but the strange thing is that the 'house' has no door, and the upper and lower floors are divided into three layers, and each floor is arranged with six square holes.

"Old man Mao, what is this for?" , Nie Xiaohu looked at the 'small house' and asked suspiciously.

"Oh, this is a pigeon nest", Mao Haitao said with a smile, "The old man also likes to raise pigeons, and the pigeons are still outside at the moment, but they are coming back soon." ”

Nie Xiaohu nodded, and followed Mao Haitao out of the back door, not far from the back door is a small lake, at this time the lake has become frozen, the shore is about twenty meters away from the backyard wall, there is a small wooden house by the lake, the wooden house and the pigeon nest, the main house is in a straight line, and the opposite bank of the lake is a large dense forest.

"That's the wooden house for tomorrow's picnic," Mao Haitao said, pointing to the cabin.

Everyone came to the door of the wooden house, Mao Haitao took out the key and opened the door, everyone entered the house, the space in the house is not large, it is divided into two rooms, inside and outside, two doors in front and back; In the middle of the outer room was a wooden table with six chairs around it, and next to it was a brazier made of copper, in which there was still a little charcoal from the burning; Inside, there is a kitchen, with a wooden box in the corner and a wooden door that leads to the lake shore outside.

"The fishing tools are all in that box", Mao Haitao pointed to the wooden box and said, "When we catch fish and hunt game, we will roast the fire here and talk while eating, how about it, right?" Mao Haitao said with a smile.

"Hmm!" , Nie Xiaohu nodded, "It's really interesting, not bad!" Not bad! ”

When everyone came out of the wooden house, Mao Haitao pointed to a place not far from the lake where a lot of ice was scattered and said: "I have already let people dig the ice hole for fishing, just wait for the rod to be laid down early tomorrow morning, haha!" ”

The group wandered around the lake for a short while, and then returned to the courtyard through the back door.

"Brother-in-law, are you a guest at home?"

Just when everyone wanted to turn back to the living room, a loud shout suddenly came from the back door, everyone was stunned at first, and then they all turned around to see a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy standing by the pigeon nest and looking at everyone happily, with a half-meter-high stilt under his feet.

"You kid, you're sixteen, and you're still so naughty!" , Mao Haitao said with some anger.

"Come here, I'll introduce you!"

"Hey!" The boy agreed, quickly untied the stilts, leaned them against the wall of the pigeon's nest, and ran over happily.

"Lord Nie, everyone, this is my wife's younger brother, named Yu Jianji, who is sixteen years old this year, and he only knows how to play, which makes you laugh!"

Mao Haitao shook his head and said, "Jian Ji, why don't you hurry up and see Lord Nie and all the masters?" ”

"Yu Jianji has seen Master Nie, and I have seen all the masters!" , Yu Jianji clenched his fists and bowed down.

Nie Xiaohu and others also returned the salute with their fists.

"Brother-in-law, there's a bird's nest on the roof, I've been observing it for days, so I'm going up and digging it out!" , Yu Jianji grimaced, and ran towards a wooden ladder leaning on the side of the courtyard wall like a smoke.

Mao Haitao looked at everyone, shook his head, and smiled awkwardly, Nie Xiaohu didn't care, smiled slightly, and everyone immediately returned to the living room.

Not long after everyone sat down, a young man dressed as a scholar walked in from outside, and the young man walked into the living room and bowed to Mao Haitao, who was sitting at the top end, and bowed: "The child has seen his father!" ”

"Feng'er, you're back!" , Mao Haitao nodded and said.

"I'm back."

"This is the dog Mao Kaifeng, who knows how to read all day long, and he doesn't understand the world at all, so please take care of it," Mao Haitao said with a smile.

"Feng'er, this is Lord Nie, don't hurry up and see it!"

"Mao Kaifeng has seen Master Nie", Mao Kaifeng turned around and saluted Nie Xiaohu again.

Then Mao Haitao introduced Cao Xiaohui and others to him one by one, and Mao Kaifeng also saw them one by one, and then went up to the second floor to his room.

At this time, it was already evening, and guests came one after another, and everyone inevitably had another greeting and entertainment.

After the dinner, a faint snowflake floated in the sky, and the guests also said goodbye one after another, and Nie Xiaohu and the others were ready to go back to the arranged side rooms to rest.

"Jianji, what are you doing here?"

Just when Nie Xiaohu and the others arrived in the backyard, they suddenly heard Mao Haitao's voice coming from the back door, and when they got closer, they saw Yu Jianji standing at the back door, and there was a rope the thickness of a baby's arm lying on the ground, and the rope led from the back door to the outside.

Nie Xiaohu looked along the rope, and saw that the end of the rope was on the steps of the back door of the lakeside cabin, and a bamboo fence was erected diagonally on the steps, and the fence was supported by a thin wooden stick, and the bottom end of the wooden stick was tied by a rope.

"Brother-in-law!"

Yu Jianji said with a smile: "It's not snowing, the birds in the woods will definitely not find food in the morning, I can just catch a few of them to play, a few days ago I saw two green birds in the woods, very beautiful, I hope to be able to catch." ”

"Alas!" , Mao Haitao sighed, shook his head and said, "You are really playful, when can you learn from your cousin Kaifeng?" ”

"I don't want to read those sage books, I'm bored to death!" , Yu Jianji shook his head like a rattle.

Nie Xiaohu also smiled when he heard this, ignored it, and turned around and walked to his room.

Early the next morning, Nie Xiaohu and the others got up early and entered the living room, where Mao Haitao and his wife were already waiting, and a square table was set up in the living room, and the table was full of steaming breakfast.

"Morning, Lord Nie! Ladies and gentlemen! Mao Haitao greeted warmly.

Everyone also returned the salute.

"Let's sit down and eat, and when we're done, we'll go fishing and hunting game!"

"Good!" Hearing this, Nie Xiaohu suddenly came to his senses.