Outside the cave, the chirping of magpies came from the cave.

When Wang Manyin opened his eyes, he saw that the cave was already dark. The orchid was like a child, her limbs wrapped tightly around her, and there was a sweet smile on her white face.

The two have been married for three or four months and are still in love.

This aunt has to pilllow his arm every time she sleeps, saying that she can't sleep like this. Of course, Wang Manyin enjoys this state of life very much, and is also grateful for Orchid's attachment to him.

Wang Manyin could feel that Orchid really loved him to death, loved him to the bones, and regarded him as the earth and the sky. When he first got married, Wang Manyin also cooked a few meals.

Later, Orchid said that he would not let him, and every time he was ready, he would serve him a bowl first. When she watches the man eat, she will serve herself food.

Outside the home, there are crevices, and they are cleaned up.

No matter what he does, Orchid supports him wholeheartedly and is almost obedient.

Such a woman deserves to be good to her for a lifetime, and it is also her greatest consolation in this era.

Thinking in his heart, Wang Manyin leaned his head over and incense it on his aunt's cheek.

Pricked by the stubble of the beard, the orchid opened her eyes dimly: "Full of silver, is it dawn?" I'll get up and cook!"

As she spoke, she grabbed the red belly pocket that was placed on the kang.

The belly pocket is also the intimate clothing of the aunt on the Loess Plateau, shaped like the front of the vest, and the surface is embroidered with various auspicious patterns.

The way to wear it is relatively simple, with two cloth straps at the top and two straps around the neck and the lower part around the waist.

Wang Manyin just lay down and watched, quietly admiring.

When Orchid began to busy in the stove, he went out with a bucket of water.

It's also a daily operation...... Even though the spring water in the space is inexhaustible, Wang Manyin still insists on going to the well at the edge of the village every morning to pick up a load of water to show his presence.

Of course, their daily cooking is mainly space spring water.

The village is backed by the Dongla River, and the whole village has three wells dug along the river, each of which is more than three zhang deep, and it is not difficult for the people in the village to draft water.

But in many parts of the Loess Plateau, dripping water is as expensive as oil, and there are often only one or two wells in the entire village. And because the groundwater layer is relatively deep, the depth of the well can reach dozens of zhang, hundreds of meters.

It takes more than ten minutes to shake a bucket and rotate more than 100 times, which can make people tired and panting.

Coupled with tossing and turning on the way back and forth, it takes almost an hour to pick up a load of water to go home.

Because of this, many people start queuing up at the well before dawn every day.

Wang Manyin had heard someone talk about a thing before. There is an aunt from a village in the south of the Shibi Festival who went to line up to fetch water at dawn, and only came back with a bucket in the middle of the day. As a result, when I was about to get home, my feet slipped and two buckets of water fell to the ground.

This aunt couldn't think of it in a fit of anger, and actually hanged herself, which is embarrassing.

By the time Wang Manyin arrived at the well, there were already many people in the village waiting there.

After saying hello, Wang Manyin also joined the team of nonsense.

By the time he returned with two buckets of water, Orchid had already cooked the meal.

The black noodles are nested, and the porridge is still corn paste mixed with sweet potato pieces, which looks simple.

But this porridge has a connotation...... Eggs are beaten inside. ….

This is the method that Wang Manyin figured out: the egg whites and yolks of the eggs are completely crushed and fused, and the color cannot be seen in the golden corn paste, but it is nutritious to eat.

As for the egg shell, it was burned directly by the orchid in the stove, and there was no trace.

Yesterday, I was busy going into the mountains, and I didn't get a single firewood, but I carried a big living person home.

After eating, Wang Manyin was ready to take his things and go to the mountains again.

Orchid said with some concern: "Man Yin, why don't you go to the Wolf's Den Mountain, go get some firewood nearby."

She had already heard men talk about collecting firewood, and she also encountered wild wolves in the middle, which was too dangerous.

"It's okay, I'll bring rhubarb this time!" Wang Manyin smiled and comforted.

Seeing that the persuasion did not move, the orchid could only tell him to be careful.

Without the educated youths to follow, Wang Manyin was much faster. In half an hour, I walked out of seven or eight miles. Being led into the mountain by the owner, Rhubarb looked particularly excited. They don't live in the grass and look around.

When passing by a depression, rub ...... Suddenly, an earthy gray shadow burst out from the side, and ran wildly into the distance, rushing twenty or thirty meters away in the blink of an eye.

Hare!

By the time Wang Manyin reacted, Rhubarb had already rushed after him.

He had little hope for that.

If it is replaced by a flat platform, the earth dog may be able to catch up. There are too many ditches and bumps in this depression, and the speed advantage of rhubarb cannot be brought into play at all.

Sure enough, after two minutes, the guy returned with his head hanging and dejected.

Just when Wang Manyin thought it was no show, Rhubarb suddenly roared at the depression again.

Immediately afterward, I saw a few fist-sized little guys jumping and running away.

Rhubarb pounced, its claws already holding one down.

This is, hare cubs? Wang Manyin saw the appearance of a few small things clearly.

Hares generally give birth in spring and summer, which is relatively rare in this season.

Since it is encountered, it is natural that it cannot be missed, and it can be used to prevent the inbreeding of space hares.

These young rabbits, who have just hatched for a few days, are much worse than the old rabbits, and they can run and jump.

In just two minutes, all of them became the prey of rhubarb.

After Wang Manyin took over, he threw them all into the space dirt pit.

Now there are more than a dozen large and small hares in the space, except for four old rabbits caught last winter, the rest are just born cubs.

Originally, the pit for raising hares was only about 20 square meters, but now it is a little crowded.

Wang Manyin decided to take a hare with him when he returned, and said that he had caught it by rhubarb.

When he arrived at the bottom of the cliff ditch, Wang Manyin found that the firewood he had cut yesterday was still thrown in place.

However, he did not rush to chop wood, but entered the space first and caught a small chicken to pluck its feathers. This is the chicken cub of the year ago, more than two months, and it has weighed two catties.

Clean up the chicken, put it in a clay pot and stew it with water, and put in the salt seasoning.

When the water was boiling, he added some firewood and simmered it before going out to chop wood.

With rhubarb next to him, Wang Manyin didn't worry about safety at all, just buried his head and worked hard.

In just over an hour, a hill of firewood was piled up beside him.

All of them were collected in the space, leaving only a load of bundled firewood. ….

It was almost noon, when he entered the space with rhubarb, and immediately smelled the unique aroma of local chicken. Produced in space, the taste is not ordinary.

Wang Manyin pricked it with chopsticks, it didn't feel too bad, and then filled up the firewood and continued to stew.

Then, he caught a carp weighing more than a pound from the pond and set up a barbecue grill......

The grilled fish is ready, and the chicken is also stewed.

Wang Manyin kept two big chicken legs for himself, and threw all the remaining chicken to rhubarb to reward it for its contribution during this time.

Eating chicken thighs and grilled fish is a fairy-like day for Wang Manyin.

The only pity is that it can't be shared with orchids.

But it's okay, you can fry the hare at home and eat it.

Filling his stomach, Wang Manyin did not rush to go out, but continued to wander around the space. When he came to the sweet potato field, he became worried again.

These locusts and grasshoppers can't be caught cleanly. I caught it four or five times in a row, and it didn't seem to be decreasing, but it seemed to be getting more and more.

Helpless, Wang Manyin could only hold a snakeskin bag and a large net bag to continue to be busy.

This is the method of catching locusts that he figured out not long ago, and the speed is much faster than that of manual work. Holding a wooden stick, a large net pocket is waved back and forth.

In just ten minutes, hundreds of grasshoppers were caught, and all of them were lost to feed the chickens.

After finishing his work, Wang Manyin walked around the space as usual.

Fortunately, although there are grasshoppers in other places, they are not as widespread as sweet potato fields. Especially when he came to the grass by the pond, Wang Manyin was surprised to find that there were many yellow eels clinging to the shore to hunt grasshoppers.

He didn't catch a few yellow eels from the Dongla River last year, and now it seems that they are also breeding in large numbers in the space. That's a good sign. It's a pity that the yellow eel can only hunt insects at the water's edge and can't really go ashore.

To completely eradicate locusts, you need to use frogs.

Hey...... The melon is not small!

When he saw the melon field by the reeds, Wang Manyin was a little surprised on his face.

Today's space is like opening a blind box, and you can surprise yourself at any time.

A few years ago, Wang Manyin went to his old father-in-law's house as a guest, and specially asked for some melon seeds, saying that he was going to plant some in his own land after the beginning of spring.

After getting it back, he casually threw a few grains in the space loess.

I don't usually care much about it, just glance at it occasionally.

Last time, I just produced a small melon the size of a horse bubble egg, but I didn't expect that in more than ten days, the largest one has grown the size of a white bowl.

Looking at that, I think I can eat it.

Wang Manyin tentatively picked one and gently pounded it with his fist. Boom...... The melon bursts open, and the melon fragrance rushes straight to the nostrils.

Back in the mouth, it is sweet and crispy, and I feel that even my stomach is full of comfort.

Refreshing!

It's great to have this stuff for dessert after dinner.

Many things that were taken for granted in later generations are now a luxury to eat. Wang Manyin thought he was full, but he was stunned and wiped out another big melon.

By the time it came out of space again, the sun was already in the west. There are still more than ten miles to rush, Wang Manyin did not delay, and carried a bundle of firewood towards home.

By the time I got home, it was getting dark.

Orchid was standing on the side of the field and watching, and when she saw the man returning safely, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ran down the cliff.

"Full of silver, rest quickly, I'll carry the firewood back."

"Don't be busy, Rhubarb went into the mountains to catch a hare, you take it back first...... I'll go outside the village again."

"What are you going back for?" Orchid took the hare and asked puzzled.

"I fetched two loads of firewood, and I carried them back and forth alternately." Wang Manyin replied. There is no way, firewood can't appear out of thin air, and I can only give such an explanation.

In fact, many people will do this when they beat too much firewood.

I didn't think that his words of lying made Orchid feel distressed, and tears fell immediately.

His man didn't do heavy work before he got married, and he kept wandering around. But he is married, and one person can work for two laborers.

"Man Yin, I'll go fetch firewood in the future."

"What are you crying about, as for you?" Wang Manyin hurriedly reached out to help her aunt wipe her tears.

Mountain farmer