After a long time, Jiang Saburo spoke again: "Chunniang, how did you say that Yingbao knew that you had a younger brother in your belly at that time?" ”

Chunniang paused and said, "I heard the old man say that children have spirituality since they were young, and when they grow up, those spiritualities will gradually disperse, which is not unusual.

He also said that the younger the child, the more he can see whether the mother is a man or a woman in the womb. ”

Jiang Saburo sneered, "It's true, my mother asked Yuanbao last time: Is your third aunt a younger brother or a younger sister in her belly?" Hehe, I hope it's a son and a daughter, and Sakura will have a younger brother to protect her in the future, and she will also have a younger sister as a companion. ”

The two gossiped for a while, and gradually fell asleep.

Sakura didn't sleep, blinking in the dark.

The rumors are still rising.

It is estimated that the family will soon hear the rumors.

Sakura Po sank her consciousness into the cave and looked down at her wrist.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but the color of the birthmark seems to be lighter, but it is still clearly recognizable.

The size of a copper coin and the shape of a plum blossom are very peculiar and unforgettable.

Sakura Po was worried.

I have been scrubbing for several months, and the birthmark has not changed much, so it can be seen that it cannot be washed off with Wudingzhi and pool water.

Then, there are only two ways to use it, either knife cutting or hot fire.

Seeing that his younger brother was about to be born, he quickly became the focus of the entire village, so he couldn't delay it any longer.

Can......

The knife cut and the fire hurt so much, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to do it.

But if you are afraid of this pain, what awaits you is only more pain.

It's the kind of pain that hurts all over the body.

Otherwise, wait until it's cold before you do it, in that case, the wound will be less infected.

The next day, Sakura got up early, dressed and washed herself, and still wrapped her wrists around with a cloth band.

Go and water the saplings first, and then continue to cover them with wicker baskets.

Then go to the chicken coop and pick up two eggs and put them in the egg storage basket.

Then he took up a small basket with a small shovel in it, and took the two hens out for a walk.

Don't go far, just wander around your home.

"Yo, it's Sakura." Aunt Wang was carrying the toilet and preparing to go to the river to scrub it, when she saw the little doll in shorts and shorts, she asked with a smile, "Why are you going so early?" ”

Ying Bao blinked, tilted his head and said in a milky voice: "Second mother-in-law, I'll dig earthworms and feed the chickens." ”

"Oh, what a good boy."

Second Aunt Wang's eyes rolled on Yingbao, and her eyes stopped on the baby's wrist, "Huh? Why are both wrists wrapped in cloth, is it hurt? ”

"Nope." Ying Bao said seriously: "It looks good when you wear it." ”

In order to coax her daughter not to take off her wristband, Chunniang also inlaid edges on two strips of cloth and embroidered plum blossom entwined branches.

In fact, Chunniang didn't know that even if she didn't coax and didn't embroider on the strips of cloth, Sakura Bao would always wear it and not give others a chance to find the birthmark.

In her previous life, Sakura was still an ordinary baby who didn't know what it meant for her to wear a wristcloth, and she didn't seriously follow A-Niang's instructions, which led to the family.

Second Aunt Wang laughed and asked in a low voice, "Ying Bao'er, tell the second mother-in-law, has your father and mother beaten you?" Did you not give you food? ”

Ying Bao secretly rolled her eyes, and said tenderly: "Daddy likes Ying Bao the most, so I don't fight it, and I leave the best food for Ying Bao, Daddy said that Ying Bao is their treasure, whoever dares to bully, Daddy will beat her!" ”

Second Aunt Wang's face darkened, and the corners of her mouth twitched, "Yo, this little mouth can really speak." "I turned around and walked away.

Sakura stuck her tongue out at her back and took the two hens to the small ditch.

Seeing that there was no one on the left and right, he took out the jar of earthworms from the cave and knocked it down directly.

The earthworm that had been smeared with Wudingzhi was also taken out, shoveled into several sections with a shovel, and fed to the hens.

The two hens cooed and pounced, and soon ate up a few sections of earthworms.

Then his head was crooked left and right, and he couldn't stop looking at his master, looking like he still wanted it.

The earthworms poured out of the jar crawled around, and were directly ignored by the two chickens.

Even if the little master cut off a few and pouted in front of him, the hen only took a few steps back and ignored it.

Sakura Bao thought for a while, and picked out a handful of Wuding Zhi from the stone wall of the cave and handed it to the hen.

The hen was very excited, stretched her neck and pecked quickly, and also pecked and bit Sakura's fingers with a very light force, which made her giggle.

Subsequently, Sakura spent the whole day observing the two hens.

Seeing that they were all right, I breathed a sigh of relief.

After a few more days, Jiang Saburo finished harvesting the Beishan ramie, picked it to the pond behind the house, threw bundles into the water and began to soak the hemp.

These ramie seeds have to be soaked for several days before they can be peeled, so Jiang Saburo can finally relax for a few days.

"Sakura, do you want to go to Kitayama?"

Jiang Saburo still remembers that his daughter is going to Beishan, and he is ready to fulfill her little wish today.

"Yes! Think! Sakura raised her little hand and happily let her father hug her.

Jiang Saburo laughed and took a back basket over, "Ying Bao'er is sitting in the back basket, and Dad is carrying a light burden." ”

"Hmm!" Of course, Sakura had no opinion, and stood in the back basket happily.

Beishan is about three or four miles away from Dongchen Village, and the vegetation is denser than that of Xiaonanshan.

Jiang Saburo pointed to a mountain forest and said to his daughter: "This is our family's land, and next to it is your eldest uncle's second uncle's family." Your grandfather's land is close to Xichen Village, a little far from here. ”

Last year, when he went to pick cherries in the old man's field, he passed by a graveyard and heard a baby crying.

So he ran over to check, and saw a small swaddling baby in the grass, and the swaddling clothes were crawling with mountain ants, gnawing on the baby's little face.

The baby shook its little head helplessly and cried loudly, very pitiful.

Thinking of the scene that day, Jiang Saburo couldn't help but feel heartache.

Fortunately, the little baby's recovery is amazing, and within a few days of being brought back, the redness and swelling on the little face have subsided, and there has been no scar.

"Let's go, Dad will take you to see our mulberry tree." Jiang Saburo carried his daughter on his back and walked towards a mulberry field.

Although the villagers of Chuanhe Town are not good at raising silkworms, each household has planted some mulberry trees.

This is a rigid rule of the imperial court, not only to plant a certain number of mulberry and elm trees in each household, but also to plant trees that are easy to grow, otherwise the penalty will be doubled.

Jiang Saburo stood on tiptoe, pulled a handful of mulberry branches and handed them to his daughter, with several purple mulberries hanging on his head.

Sakura squinted with a smile, picked out the largest and purest mulberry fruit and stuffed it into Daddy's mouth, "Daddy eats." ”

Jiang Saburo smiled, found a few more trees, broke a large handful of branches with mulberries and put them in the back basket, and explained to his daughter, "Don't be greedy, let's take it back to your mother to taste." ”

Eating less of this thing can stop diarrhea, but eating too much will cause diarrhea, so Jiang Saburo doesn't let his daughter be greedy.

"Mm-hmm, bring it back to my mother."

Sakura Bao said that he still picked a few ripe ones and secretly collected them into the cave to keep them.

Hehe, she has one more fruit tree sapling.

The father and daughter wandered around the forest and found many wild fruit trees, such as chestnuts, wild mountain peaches, and wild mountain pears.

The fruit of these wild fruit trees is not only small, but the flesh does not taste good, so the villagers are not very interested, and only the children occasionally visit once or twice.

Jiang Saburo took his daughter around in a big circle, only to find a few ripe yellow apricots, and when he opened them, there were still worms in the yellow apricots.

Shaking his head, he asked his daughter, "Can we go home now?" ”

Sakura was reluctant to leave, she also wanted to see if there were mulberry ears here, that is, snow ears that grew on mulberry trees.

That thing is worth a lot, and if it is dried, it will sell for twenty taels of silver a pound in the big pharmacy in Fucheng.

Suddenly, two bob-tailed deer spun out from behind a clump of trees, blinking wide-eyed.

"Daddy, deer! Deer! ”

Sakura pulled her father's collar excitedly and pointed to the side to remind him softly.

Jiang Saburo also saw it, and he was even more excited than his daughter. "Daddy saw it. Well, let's hurry home and find your uncle and second uncle to hunt. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and left.

Yamaga was alert and had already run into the woods and disappeared.

Jiang Saburo hurriedly returned home, and after handing over his daughter to Chunniang, he took a bow and arrow and a rope and went out.

Kitayama hasn't been to Yamaga for several years, but I didn't expect to come to a group this year.

My wife is about to give birth, and I am worried that I have no money to prepare, but I didn't expect to meet a God-given opportunity today.

Jiang Saburo went to the old house to meet with the eldest brother and the second brother, and the three of them brought water bladders and a few cakes, bows and arrows on their backs, and quietly left the village.

Mountain deer are not easy to hunt, and they are clever thieves, and they will run into the woods without waiting for you to draw your bow, so you have to drive them into the open before hunting.

It takes a lot of work before the hunt, searching, driving, rounding up, to say the least, it takes a day or two.

Some hunters enter the mountain for ten days and a half months, just to hunt one or two large things, such as deer and bears.