Chapter 7: Pheasants
The next day, there were stars in the sky and the stars did not fall, Zhao Qianqian got up, she was still thinking about the kiwi fruit on the mountain, the ancient people did not know and did not dare to eat, she recognized that it was still in the era of lack of food and clothing, she could pick it to eat, but it was a pity that the government did not allow it to be sold, so it would not be illegal for her to pick it and eat it herself.
When Zhao Qianqian went to the mountain, the sky was only exposed to the white of the fish's belly, and she walked to the kiwi tree and picked a few kiwi fruits for breakfast.
"Coo, coo, coo,......" I heard the cooing of chickens in the woods behind the kiwi trees.
Zhao Qianqian walked around to the back of the kiwi tree, and approached the forest lightly, the scene in the woods surprised Zhao Qianqian, and it turned out to be a natural pheasant farm in front of him.
Zhao Qianqian counted silently: "One, two, three...... Seventeen, wow, seventeen pheasant nests! ”
Seventeen pheasant nests are all on the ground, and there is a pheasant living in each nest, and then look at the trees, there are also pheasants on the trees, but the sky is not very bright, and it is not clear how many chicken nests there are in the trees.
There are so many pheasants that no one has noticed, this is too cheap for her, these ancient people, who are so hungry all day long that their chests are close to their backs, but they don't know that they come to the mountains to find food, which is really tyrannical.
Zhao Qianqian picked up a stone on the ground, aimed at a tree with pheasants, and hit the treetops, the leaves made a swishing sound, and the pheasants flew up in fright, and for a time the whole forest was full of pheasants.
Zhao Qianqian grabbed two more pheasants in her hand with one arrow step, she immediately turned back to the kiwi tree, found a grass vine and tied the wings and feet of the two pheasants and put them under the kiwi tree, and returned to the pheasant house.
At this time, the pheasants on the ground had flown up the trees, and the seventeen hen nests were full of colorful wild eggs, all kinds of colors had eggshells such as olive, dark brown, light brown, gray, blue, green, etc.
Zhao Qianqian opened the backpack and began to load wild eggs, she did not pick up all the eggs in each chicken nest, but left at least two in each nest, each color was left, she didn't think about what color pheasants would hatch in these colors, since they have different colors, then leave some for each color.
The eggs in the two pheasant nests that she captured were all picked up, and then the nests were also dismantled, so that the other pheasants would not find out that their accomplices were missing.
Zhao Qianqian picked up the eggs in the eight chicken nests, and half of the gap in the backpack was filled, she immediately stopped, returned to the kiwi tree, picked out the eggs, and began to pick kiwi again, almost put the eggs on top of the kiwi, just full of a bag.
Put on your backpack and carry the pheasant back to the county seat.
By the time we reached the outside of the city, it was already dawn, and the merchants and peddlers had already begun to shout and buy.
Zhao Qianqian found a position, put the pheasant down, and picked out half of the wild eggs.
After a while, a middle-aged man with handsome facial features walked over: "Girl, what kind of chicken are you?" looks so good, it's just smaller, and how are these eggs colorful, each one is so small, and the feelings are not fed, right? ”
An uncle selling fish next to him stopped the middle-aged man: "Money shopkeeper, will you put these two fish on today?" ”
The money shopkeeper smiled with a smile on his face: "Uncle, you have a good fish today, put it on!" ”
It turned out that the money shopkeeper was a restaurant and a cheerful and upright person, and selling it directly to him would cost him more money than selling it to a hawker.
Zhao Qianqian pointed to the pheasant on the ground and said: "I'm afraid that the money shopkeeper has never seen this kind of chicken, this is not an ordinary chicken, this is a free-range running pheasant, looking for food in the field every day, this meat grows strong, better than the domestic chicken in captivity at home, don't look at this chicken is small, the weight is heavier than the captive chicken of the same size, the fragrance of this chicken can be fragrant two streets, if you take it back, it will attract a lot of diners for you!" ”
The shopkeeper looked at the chicken sold by an old woman next to him, and it looked really fat, but the chicken was dozing listlessly, and it didn't look like Zhao Qianqian's chicken was energetic.
The shopkeeper reached out and flicked the pheasant's head, and the two pheasants immediately raised their heads in alarm and cooed.
The shopkeeper pointed to a larger one and said, "Get me this one, I'll buy one first, and then I'll have twenty eggs." ”
Zhao Qianqian lifted the two pheasants and said to the shopkeeper: "You take these two chickens away, I will give you a way to ensure that you don't have enough to sell in a day." ”
The money shopkeeper half-believed and questioned: "Is it really as good as you say?" ”
Zhao Qianqian's face was full of confidence: "If you don't sell it, in the afternoon, you go to the rouge gouache shop opposite Yihong Courtyard on Yuhutong Street to find me, and I will return all the silver to you, what's the matter?" ”
"The rouge gouache shop is your home?" The shopkeeper asked.
Zhao Qianqian hurriedly said: "I work there, don't worry, according to the method I said, you are willing to earn twice as much silver."
There is also this egg, which is very nutritious, rich in DHA, lecithin, and vitelline, which is beneficial to the nervous system and physical development, can strengthen the brain, improve memory, and promote liver cell regeneration; Wild eggs contain more vitamin B, zinc, selenium and other trace elements, which can decompose and oxidize carcinogens in the human body, and have anti-cancer effects! ”
The shopkeeper looked at Zhao Qianqian with a blank face: "Girl, what are these things you are talking about, why can't the old man understand a word?" ”
Zhao Qianqian picked up an egg and said to the money shopkeeper: "Let's put it this way, if you have children or elderly people at home, boil one of these eggs every day, the child's memory will become very good, people will become smarter, and the body will grow very quickly, and the elderly will eat one of these eggs every day to prevent serious illness!" ”
Zhao Qianqian continued: "You don't lack this bit of silver, if your son or grandson is well nourished, his brain is smarter, he is expected to study, and he may be a big official in the future, why not eat it and try it?" ”
The shopkeeper looked at her suspiciously: "I see that you are only fourteen or fifteen years old, do you know this?" Mo is not Cui's? ”
Zhao Qianqian shook his head and said: "It's definitely not Cui's, you have to be willing to try, you observe carefully, it only takes half a month to see the effect, if the effect is not obvious, you won't have any loss, at least it's an egg, right!" ”
The money shopkeeper laughed and said, "You little girl is very good at business, okay, put it on me!" ”
Zhao Qianqian installed thirty for the money shopkeeper, and kept more than a dozen for himself.
The money shopkeeper quipped: "The girl also wants to keep her brain?" ”
The money shopkeeper didn't understand anything else, so he listened to the brain.
Zhao Qianqian told the shopkeeper about several common condiments they had here, and told him about the method and dosage of pheasants, and the shopkeeper was skeptical, but he still listened very carefully.
The chickens and eggs were sold, Zhao Qianqian packed up his backpack and returned home, it was still early, and everyone hadn't gotten up yet.
Put down the backpack, pick out the kiwi and put it on the table, put the eggs in the kitchen, add some cornmeal and a few eggs, cook a pot of pancakes, cook another pot of gnocchi, sprinkle with chopped green onions, and serve it to the table.
It's not too early to see the time, Zhao Qianqian knocked on the door one by one and told everyone to get up.
went into his house again to wake up Zhao Qingyao and teach her to wash.
Maybe I moved into a new house, and there were dry straw mats and clean quilts, and I didn't want to get up when I slept comfortably, except for my dad who got up, no one else moved.
Zhao Qianqian opened the door of each room, and the fragrance of green onion cakes wafted: "If you don't get up again, the flatbread will be eaten." ”
As soon as the words fell, Ling Feng and Ye Qianfan were already standing in front of the table, reaching out to grab the pancakes.
Zhao Qianqian slapped the hands of the two of them: "Go wash first, and then eat." ”
Ling Feng said: "What are you washing?" I didn't eat like this before, when did I wash it, and I was very particular about ......"
Zhao Qianqian glared at him: "I just said yesterday that if you want to get rid of the bad habit of being a beggar, you must wash before you can eat when you get up in the morning, and you have to wash your hands before every meal." ”
Ye Qianfan crossed his hands on his hips: "We won't wash it, what can you do with us, and sit down and prepare to take chopsticks." ”
Zhao Qianqian picked him up from the stool: "Don't think about eating if you don't wash your face and rinse your mouth today, do you two want to try it?" ”
Zhao Yu had already finished washing up with his father's help, walked to the table and stood with Qing Yao, staring at the pancakes and gnocchi on the table, swallowing his saliva.
Dad sat down at the table and beckoned Zhao Yu and Zhao Qingyao to come over for dinner, ignoring Ling Feng and Ye Qianfan.
Zhao Qianqian also sat down, and the four of them ate a lot, not to mention whether it tasted good or not, none of them had ever eaten pancakes, and there was this kind of gnocchi, they had never seen it.
Ling Feng couldn't help but reach out and grab the cake, but was slapped away by Zhao Qianqian, and he had no choice but to ask his father for help: "Dad, you see that she won't let us two eat." ”
Daddy glared at the two: "Do you want to eat or let you wash before eating?" Is it so difficult for you to wash? I'm here today, and you two don't want to eat without washing. ”
Ye Qianfan stretched out his hands: "Dad, we all washed it last night, don't you think it's quite clean?" ”
Zhao Qianqian didn't look at Ling Feng and Ye Qianfan: "Then didn't you two eat last night?" Why do you want to eat today? You two grind and chirp again, and we will eat it in a while. ”
Seeing Zhao Yu and Zhao Qingyao gulping down gnocchi and taking pancakes, the two glanced at each other, slipped into the kitchen, and heard a string of pans rattling, and the two hurriedly ran out, grabbing pancakes before they sat down.
This time, Zhao Qianqian didn't stop them, got up and ordered: "Today, you two clean up the house, and then accompany your father to buy vegetables and come back to cook lunch, the kiwi fruit here, you can eat it if you want, but you are not allowed to go outside to cause trouble!" ”
Zhao Qianqian said something to his father again, turned around and went out, Zhao Yu and Zhao Qingyao grabbed her clothes: "Sister, we have to go with you too......"
They didn't want to stay with Ling Feng and Ye Qianfan, as long as they were given together, they would be bullied.
Zhao Qianqian could see that they were afraid of Ling Feng and Ye Qianfan: "You two are obedient, if they dare to bully you, Daddy will clean them up, you two just follow Daddy, help me monitor them, if they are disobedient, I will come back to clean them up!" ”
Ling Feng and Ye Qianfan shook a roll of their eyes at Zhao Qianqian, and continued to eat cakes.
Zhao Qianqian went out and went directly to the blacksmith, she didn't order much, but this little thing was also made by the ironshop overnight, the blacksmith didn't forget to complain, Zhao Qianqian gave an extra fifty wengong.
came out of the iron shop and went directly to Qingyunzhai, and as soon as the shopkeeper opened the door, he saw Zhao Qianqian standing at the door.