After inspecting the entire space, Wang Manyin confirmed that it had indeed become larger. Although the length of the side has only increased by half a meter, it is still dozens of square meters.

However, he was a little confused, and he didn't know what the reason for the growth of the space was.

After confirming that there was nothing else abnormal, Wang Manyin took off his padded jacket and continued to dig the pit only in his line coat.

I was busy for two or three hours, and I estimated that I would not return to the outside again until noon.

As soon as he appeared in the cave, the whole person suddenly shuddered.

No way, the temperature difference is too big.

Fortunately, he is in good health, and if he is an ordinary person, he tosses back and forth, and it is estimated that he has caught a cold.

As if hearing movement in the cave, Rhubarb immediately rushed out of the door, his paws clutching at the door panel, and constantly screaming with joy.

This guy, what's wrong?

Wang Manyin opened the door of the cave with doubts.

"Woo, woo......" Rhubarb wagged his tail a few times and sniffed in front of the door, exuding an air of excitement.

At this time, Wang Manyin noticed that there were seven or eight dead sparrows on the snow at the entrance of the cave.

Don't guess, it must have been caught by your own dog.

He had already discovered that this guy was much smarter than ordinary earth dogs. For his own commands, many times rhubarb can accurately comprehend.

What's even more amazing is that this guy is also a good mouse catcher. In the past, there were a lot of rats in the house, and at night the cave was like a war, chirping non-stop, and it could make noise for most of the night.

Since Rhubarb came, a few rats have died every once in a while.

In this month, at least ten were caught.

This guy seems to know that his master doesn't like it to eat mice, and every time he catches it, he puts it at the door of the cave to show off his credit.

In the past few days, Wang Manyin has not heard rats in the cave.

He had originally considered getting a cat, but now he has saved some rations.

Since rhubarb can catch mice, it is reasonable to catch sparrows, and there is nothing wrong with catching them.

But after all, it is a little less, not worth the braised sparrow, Wang Manyin decided to have a barbecue sparrow.

As soon as he thought of it, he immediately went back to the cave to boil a pot of warm water, plucked his hair and opened his intestines......

After going out to pour dirty water, Wang Manyin finally saw clearly how rhubarb caught sparrows.

It snowed today, and the sparrows couldn't find food in the wild, so they had to fly to the village to find it. There was also a group of acacia trees parked in front of his house.

This guy put his food bowl in front of the dog hole and lay down in the den to guard.

When a sparrow flew down to eat, it suddenly fluttered......

Soon, firewood rose in the space and roasted slowly.

On the wooden sticks erected, the skin of several sparrows turned brown and was bubbling with oil.

I didn't use any seasoning, just sprinkled some chili peppers and salt to taste.

Even so, Wang Manyin felt that the fragrance was overflowing.

Feeling almost, he grabbed one and blew it.

The heat is just right, the entrance is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and a spicy fragrance is swirling on the tip of the tongue.

As soon as you chew it, it will crumble, and even the bones are crispy, much like the fried chicken of later generations.

The only regret is that there is less meat.

After eating two, Wang Manyin still couldn't finish his hand.

However, his appetite was completely hooked. I was thinking about taking rhubarb to the hill in the afternoon to see if I could catch a hare and pheasant or something.

Anyway, on a snowy day, being idle is also idle, and you can't always be busy in the space all the time.

The combination of work and rest is the last word.

The other roasted sparrows didn't eat, and he dodged them outside.

As a hero, rhubarb naturally can't be treated badly, so he left two of them in the food bowl.

He planned to send the rest to Wang Qiusheng's house so that the other party could also taste it.

The last time Xiaoshi ate raw sparrow meat, Wang Manyin still can't forget it...... That's all you can do.

Crossing the deep ditch, Wang Manyin stood outside the courtyard and shouted a few times, and Wang Qiusheng went out with his rice bowl.

"Man Yin is here, have you eaten it? If you haven't eaten, eat some. This seems to be a common greeting in rural areas in the north, regardless of the occasion.

Wang Manyin still remembers going to the toilet once in later generations, and he also saw the two asking each other if they had eaten. At that time, he forced a smile and directly urinated and forked.

He glanced at it and responded, "Brother Qiusheng, is this breakfast or lunch?" ”

Wang Qiusheng's bowl is filled with sweet potatoes and corn grits, and a few slices of sauerkraut are placed on top.

This is an adult's ration, which has no nutrition and does not fill the stomach.

"Now it's two meals a day, early and late." Wang Qiusheng took a bite of the hot rice before noticing what Wang Manyin was holding in his hand.

"Brother Qiusheng, the sparrows I caught in the morning have just been roasted, send a few to your family......" Wang Manyin said and handed over the branch.

"That's embarrassing." Wang Qiusheng said in his mouth and hurriedly took it.

"It's okay, I've already eaten, you go back quickly, it's cold outside."

Now that the wind is blowing, Wang Manyin just stood for a while and felt that the padded jacket was cold, and he didn't plan to talk more.

"Wait, Man Yin, I'm going to go to you after dinner, will you be okay tomorrow?" Wang Qiusheng saw that he was leaving, and hurriedly shouted and asked.

"What can happen to this sky?"

After staying with the members for a long time, Wang Manyin occasionally came out of his mouth with one or two dirty words.

"Just now, Uncle Lian Shun came to explain, saying that tomorrow I will call a few more people and let us go to the cliff ditch behind the village to pick rabbits."

"Okay," Wang Manyin nodded, and then said, "Why don't you wait for tomorrow, let's just go and find out if we can catch one!" ”

"How can the two of them catch it, and there is no rabbit net. Besides, it just snowed for a day, and the rabbits are not hungry......" Wang Qiusheng said a lot, which actually makes sense.

The main reason is the terrain of the Loess Plateau, where there are ditches and bumps, and there is no way to launch a sea of people to fight rabbits like the plains.

Only when the snow has fallen for several days, reaching a depth of more than ten centimeters, the hare's running is greatly restricted, and it is possible to be overtaken.

However, Wang Manyin does not believe in evil, and plans to go to the hill to find a circle, in case he encounters a stupid rabbit.

When he got home and had lunch, he took the rhubarb and set off.

It's lunch, but there is no watch these days, so naturally there is no punctuality.

As soon as I walked out of the village, I saw a string of bird tracks in the snow. It should be a pheasant...... Wang Manyin immediately became excited.

It is a few hundred meters away from the village, and it is impossible for the farmer's own chickens to run too far.

He took the rhubarb and followed the footprints all the way forward.

Soon, the earth dog let out a low whining sound.

In stock at the front!

However, before a man and a dog could get closer, several pheasants fluttered up from the bottom of the gully.

Rhubarb ran wildly, but chased a lonely one.

A few pheasants flapped their wings, flew a distance of hundreds of meters in an instant, landed on the other side of the cliff and disappeared.

Not long after, another hare was picked up.

The thing also ran fast, and Rhubarb ran after him for a while, and soon returned dejectedly.

The next few times, the same.

There are too many ditches and bumps here, and its speed advantage can't be brought into play at all.

Seeing that the meat couldn't be eaten, Wang Manyin was very unwilling to give up, and finally decided to take rhubarb to the Dongla River for a walk.

There is a lot of dead grass along the river, which is theoretically more suitable for hares to hide.

A snowfall, the Dongla River was completely cut off.

Standing on the cliff side, you can see a distinct ice belt stretching into the distance.

After finding a slightly gentle slope, Wang Manyin went down to the river with rhubarb.

Probably because of the fresh snowfall, the ice is not blurry and most of the place is still clean.

After walking along the river for some distance, Wang Manyin suddenly stopped and looked down at a puddle of ice beside him.

I saw that under the ice, more than a dozen loaches and small fish gathered together.

Got a fish nest? It stands to reason that even if there is a fish nest in this season, it should be in deep water.

No matter how small the sparrow is, it is also meat, although Wang Manyin can't figure it out for a while, but it does not hinder fishing.

Without saying anything, he went into the space and took out an axe, smashed the ice in three or two strokes, and then rolled up his sleeves and reached out to pinch a loach.

This guy seemed to be frozen, only slightly squirming, completely lacking in his usual flexibility.

Seeing that the owner was busy by the puddle, Rhubarb ran away by himself.

It didn't seem to be cold at all, still sniffing in the snowdrifts.