Chapter 20: The Rabbit Who Committed Suicide En masse
The ten acres of land at the back of the yard are definitely too late to grow food, but it is better to plant some cabbage and radishes and the like and keep them for home to eat in winter.
Li Lao Er's brothers went into battle with hoes and sorted out an acre of land in one day.
Jiaren took his younger brothers up the mountain to chop firewood and dragged it home to pile it up, which is the key to the family's warmth in winter.
Only Wu Cuihua hides and is lazy from time to time, but when it comes to eating, she is more active than anyone else.
Although Zhao Yuru and Tao Hongying are diligent, they can do their work neatly without Wu Cuihua'er's help.
But Mrs. Li didn't look down on this cheating and cheating person, and planned to discipline her second daughter-in-law well after she was completely settled.
In the daytime, Jiaren Jiayi chopped firewood, dug a lot of wild vegetables on the back mountain, knocked down the soil on the roots, neatly placed on the dustpan, put it in the sunniest place to dry, soak in water in winter, and then blanch the dipping sauce in hot water, which is also a good dish.
On this day, Li Lao Er carried a pheasant that Li Lao Si had hunted in the mountains yesterday and went to the village chief's house to borrow a donkey cart, planning to go to the county to add more grain and prepare for the winter.
The village chief set up the donkey cart for Li Lao Er, but refused to ask for the pheasant, but Li Lao Er insisted on giving it, and said with a smile, "Uncle, this is a little bit of our family's heart, you can keep it for food!" ”
After saying that, he took a donkey cart to the town to buy food.
This time, Mrs. Li gave him five taels of silver, enough to buy hundreds of catties of sorghum noodles, and when the time came, he was hungry to add some fine noodles, steamed buns or pasted cakes.
Jiayin is lying on the kang at this time, playing with a rattle, trying to practice letting the little hands listen to the brain.
Mrs. Li commanded a few half-sized children to clean the storehouse, wash the pottery jars, and then put the grain to save the rat scourge.
Jiayin looked at the roof, thinking about going hunting in the back mountains with his father tomorrow.
There are dozens of eggs in the space, and hundreds of catties of sweet potatoes have been dug up, and they have to be taken out when they have the opportunity.
She is still too young now, and it is really inconvenient to rely on others for very simple things, and she desperately wants to grow up quickly.
The little chubby arms like lotus roots shook more and more cheerfully, and the rattle also rang with the sound of dong dong.
"Oh, are we so happy today?" Mrs. Li liked her granddaughter's cheerful appearance the most, and hurriedly hugged her in her arms, and Jiayin babbled twice, and began to cultivate the relationship time of grandchildren every day.
Jiaren came to the front and secretly touched the hands and feet of the little sister, and he was also laughing...
Early the next morning, Li Laosi had breakfast, and then put on his bow and arrow and prepared to continue hunting in the back mountains. Beat more pheasants, stew some chicken soup for Tao Hongying, replenish your body and save more milk, so you don't have to worry about your daughter being hungry.
Jiayin was drinking milk, and when she heard the voice of Li Laosi talking to Mrs. Li, she hurriedly raised her head from Tao Hongying's chest and said "ah" twice at Li Laosi's back.
"Fourth, Fu Niu'er called you." Mr. Li took his granddaughter carefully on weekdays, and he knew his granddaughter the best, so he tried to shout when he saw this, and sure enough, Jiayin waved his hand excitedly.
As soon as Li Laosi turned around, he saw his daughter stretching out her little hand to hug her.
He was really flattered, and hurriedly hugged his daughter from his daughter-in-law's arms, his arms stiffened, and he didn't dare to exert himself.
Tao Hongying sneered, got up and taught Li Laosi, "You hug like this." ”
Li Laosi adjusted his posture, teased his daughter for a while, and reluctantly put her back into Tao Hongying's arms. "When I wait for today, I will definitely find some wild eggs for my daughter. A child of this age can eat custard, right? ”
As he spoke, he turned his head to leave, but Jia Yin screamed again, still reaching out to hug him.
Seeing that Li Laosi ignored her, she cried at the top of her throat.
Li Laosi and Tao Hongying were both panicked, and hurried to see if their daughter was urinating.
Jiayin took advantage of pulling Li Laosi's sleeve and didn't let go, Mrs. Li thought about it, and then pointed to her granddaughter's head and asked, "Fu Niu'er, are you reluctant to let go of your father?" ”
"Ahh Jia Yin only responded.
Mrs. Li blinked twice, and then asked, "Then you want to follow your father up the mountain?" ”
"Ahh This time, the good news not only answered twice, but also danced happily...
There was something else she didn't understand, Mrs. Li decisively instructed her son and daughter-in-law, "Put Fu Niu'er on your back, and you can go together." ”
"No, mother, what if you encounter a black bear and a wolf on the mountain, and there are many mosquitoes!" Li Laosi was the first to object, and Tao Hongying was also hesitant.
Mrs. Li waved her hand, "Didn't Mrs. Sun send a piece of fine yarn, just wrap it for Fu Niu'er." My granddaughter said she was going up the mountain, but she didn't want to disappoint her children. ”
Li Laosi and Tao Hongying were a little crying and laughing, after all, the girl just said a few times, everything was guessed by the old lady, I am afraid it will not be taken seriously.
But they could only be obedient and hurry up to get busy.
Zhao Yuru helped find the yarn, and Wu Cuihuaer secretly pouted on the side, feeling very angry, but she didn't dare to say anything.
The mountains behind Qingshui Village are wooded, but because of this, there are many wild things, but they are also very clever, and when there is a wind and grass, they run into the low bushes and disappear.
Li Laosi, a sharpshooter with a hundred shots, also rarely missed.
Seeing that the sun was about to reach the top of her head, Tao Hongying found a vacant place and sat down to rest with good news.
Jiayin's dark eyes were dripping, and while Tao Hongying was not paying attention, he threw out two stunned rabbits from the space.
This is raised in her small courtyard of space, originally when she first returned to the village, the neighbor gave a pair of rabbits to pass the boring time, but the pair of rabbits is too good to give birth, and it will be flooded in a few months.
Take advantage of today to reduce the burden on the small courtyard of the space...
When Tao Hongying turned her head, she saw two more bloody rabbits under the tree, she was startled, and hurriedly shouted, "Fourth, fourth, come quickly!" ”。
Li Laosi, who heard the call, thought something was wrong and strode back.
Seeing the fat big gray rabbit, Li Laosi was also surprised, "This, maybe it's hot, and the rabbit is stunned?" ”
Jiayin giggled, Daddy really made a good excuse!
Such a big rabbit is enough for a large family to eat two or three meals of meat, and Li Laosi happily put the rabbit in the back basket.
The couple was no longer tired, and continued to wander around, only to find seven or eight "stunned" rabbits, and even two nests of eggs, more than thirty.
When he finally went down the mountain, Li Laosi's back basket was full, and he was still carrying a pheasant with a colorful tail in his hand.
Not only that, Tao Hongying also found a large piece of red mushrooms in a bush, which was very tender whether it was stewed or fried, which made her very happy.
The family of three returned with a full load and unloaded their things in the yard, and even Mrs. Li was shocked.
"You got this in the back mountain?" Mrs. Li looked at the mushrooms and pheasants and hares with a look of disbelief.
Li Laosi nodded, and when he saw that no one in the family had ever come, he secretly muttered in Mrs. Li's ear, "Mother, the rabbit that couldn't catch up yesterday hit the tree by himself today, these are all killed by the collision, and we picked it up." ”
When Mrs. Li heard this, she subconsciously looked at Jiayin.