"Aze, I want to eat sour, but I don't want to eat sour plums." Tong Shuyao snuggled in Zhang Ze's arms and said in a slightly coquettish voice.

It had been a week since he returned, during which he had gone to sea twice, and the rest of the time he spent with his daughter-in-law.

During this time, Tong Shuyao became more and more fond of sour mouths, which made Zhang Huihong happy every day.

may be the saying of a sour girl, the daughter-in-law likes to eat sour so much that she thinks that the baby in her belly is definitely a boy.

"I don't want to eat sour plums!" Zhang Ze groaned, and his heart suddenly moved.

Now it's late May, and the bayberry is on the market, so he might be able to go to Yangmei Mountain to pick some bayberry.

There are many bayberry mountains around Wenshui City, including the nearby county seats, but there is no village that collectively grows bayberry on a large scale.

Before the market economy was opened, there were not many villages engaged in these things, and those who planted them were all free-range, and they would not take care of them.

Most of the bayberry trees on Yangmei Mountain grow naturally, and when the season comes, people in the village will go to the mountain to pick some if they want to eat.

However, now that the market economy is open, Zhang Ze has indeed seen a farmer on the road selling bayberry on the road in the past few days, but he didn't pay attention to whether the business was good or not.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ze immediately proposed: "Then why don't we go to Yangmei Mountain tomorrow to pick bayberry, and the whole family goes, how about playing?" ”

"I know there's a place you can drive there by boat, you don't have to take a car, and it won't be so bumpy when you take a boat."

Tong Shuyao suddenly moved, staying at home every day, although he was used to it, he often felt bored.

Especially now that she is pregnant, Zhang's mother does not let her work many times.

Sometimes it is difficult to control your emotions during pregnancy, and you will feel bored from time to time, so if you can go out for a walk, it is of course the best.

"Okay, then we'll pick bayberry tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Zhang Ze stopped Zhang's mother, who was about to open a store: "Mom, Shuyao wants to eat bayberry." I think she stays at home every day and has nothing to do, and she may be a little bored, so I thought I would take you to Yangmei Mountain to pick bayberry today, and the store would not be opened. ”

"And Shu Yao is pregnant, if you are next to you, you can be more assured when you go out."

Zhang Huihong didn't plan to go, but she could earn more than 20 yuan a day by opening a store!

But most of the world is not as big as the daughter-in-law who is pregnant now, and the daughter-in-law wants to go out with her, so she is really a little worried, so she immediately agreed.

Hearing that they were going out to play, Zhang Qian and Zhang Qing were very happy, but Zhang Wu was more depressed, and he was going to study today.

When he went to Yangmei Mountain, Zhang Ze felt that it was more lively when there were more people, and it might be difficult for a group of women to take care of themselves as a man, so he called Zhang Qinghe and others too, and by the way, he asked his brother-in-law to bring his father-in-law and mother-in-law with him.

Therefore, all four boats set off and entered the Oujiang River and went upstream.

However, today's first ten days belong to a small tide, and there has been no rain recently, so the current of the Oujiang River is not turbulent, and the fishing boats are driving very smoothly.

After sailing all the way and making two more big turns, I finally arrived at my destination this time.

"Look, there's really bayberry!" Several women stood on the side of the boat, and immediately found a few bayberry trees at the foot of the mountain, and the green and red bayberry on them was very conspicuous.

There are also a lot of bayberry trees on the mountain, but there are many other green trees, which block the relatively low bayberry trees.

Zhang Ze stopped the boat and lowered the anchor, and several other fishing boats also came over, lowered the anchor, and then as if they had encountered strong winds and waves before, several people cooperated to tie the boats together.

Tong Yuanhang looked at the continuous mountains in front of him, frowned, and said, "Aze, it looks like there shouldn't be many people coming from the back of this mountain, so you said that there will be any beasts or something?" ”

"That's why I called you, it's basically no problem for men to pay more attention, and we just pick some bayberry at the foot of the mountain and don't go to the mountain."

Zhang Ze also chose here because there were bayberry trees at the foot of the mountain, and he naturally wouldn't go to those locations where he needed to climb the mountain to find bayberry trees.

Not to mention that Tong Shuyao is pregnant and can't climb the mountain, the possible poisonous snake alone will threaten the safety of her family.

Secondly, Yangmei Mountain is not only this one, he also knows that there are two other Yangmei Mountains suitable for sailing over, but those places are not on the edge of the Oujiang River, but on the coast.

Hearing Zhang Ze say this, Tong Yuanhang has no problem.

Then they took the boat down and carried the people to the foot of the mountain.

"Aze, there seems to be something in that aquatic weed!" Tong Shuyao stood on the boat and looked around, and suddenly found something unusual in the dense grass next to him, and hurriedly patted Zhang Ze, pointed over there and said.

Zhang Ze turned his head to look, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "It seems to be a wild duck!" ”

The Oujiang River is not wide in all locations, the water is turbulent, and some locations are relatively narrow. Because of the lack of activity, some of the farther places are very dense with aquatic weeds and reeds.

"Wild ducks? Where, where! The group of men who heard the word duck were all interested.

It was a pity for everyone except Zhang Ze that he didn't catch a pheasant on the isolated island before, and then he went to take revenge after the slingshot was ready.

When Zhang Ze came back from Nanguang and went back, the few pheasants on the isolated island had been beaten by Zhang Qinghe and others with slingshots.

"In the water and grass, we will pick the bayberry first, and then go to hunt wild ducks after picking the bayberry and returning to the boat."

Now that the father-in-law, mother-in-law, Zhang's mother and others have been sent to the foot of the mountain, Tong Shuyao will also arrive on the boat immediately, and if there is no group of men at the foot of the mountain, he will not be at ease.

Hearing him say this, Tong Yuanhang and the others also resisted the idea of finding trouble with the wild ducks, and obediently landed on the shore first.

After Zhang Ze and the others tied the boat, his father-in-law had already led a group of people to pick bayberry.

Tong Yuanhang walked over, picked a black and purple bayberry, and then rubbed it with his hand and threw it directly into his mouth.

"Hmm~ This bayberry is good, it's very sweet, almost no sourness!"

"Really?"

Zhang Qinghe also picked one when he heard this, his one was not so dark purple, dark red, and it seemed to be ripe.

The schoolboy rubbed it and threw it into his mouth, and the next moment, a strong sour smell reached the Tianling Gai, wrinkling all his facial features.

"The~"

Zhang Qinghe directly spit out the bayberry: "What kind of thing, how can you eat it so sour?" ”

"No!" Tong Shuyao had already picked more than a dozen in the basket she was carrying, she picked up one that was similar in color to Zhang Qinghe's, rubbed it and took a small bite, "This sour taste is just right." ”

"Hiss~" Zhang Qinghe gasped, "Sister-in-law, you're not sour?" ”

"You're not stupid!" Zhang Ze patted the back of his head, "Your sister-in-law is pregnant with a child, this will be the most sour, you ask her?" ”

Talking and laughing, the ripe fruits of these bayberry trees at the foot of the mountain were quickly picked by them.

In fact, the number is not much, and many ripe fruits are either eaten by insects or birds, so a group of people also picked more than 20 catties.

is very familiar with the kind similar to the first one eaten by Tong Yuanhang, which adds up to four or five catties. The rest are all sour, but it's just right for Tong Shuyao to eat.

However, these can also be used to make bayberry wine or boil bayberry soup.

Lu Man was a little unsatisfied, and everyone couldn't get much from more than 20 catties of bayberry, so she wanted to pick some more.

"Otherwise, let's go up there a little bit to find it, this bayberry is not enough to eat!"

Zhang Huihong also thought the same way: "I think it's okay, Aze, what do you say?" ”

Zhang Ze touched the slingshot and marbles he had brought over, and the weapon was not afraid of ordinary small beasts when he was down.

It is estimated that there is no large one here, so he picked up the bamboo pole placed next to him and nodded: "Then a few of our men are responsible for opening the way, Ah Qian and Aqing, you two are supporting Shu Yao." ”

Then a few young men with bamboo poles or sticks opened the way in front, and the women followed slowly behind.

Snakes are not necessarily frightened, but also poisonous insects and other animals.

Zhang Ze took the bamboo pole and hit the branch in the middle in front of him, and the movement suddenly scared out a hare in the grass not far ahead.

", hare!"

"Where, where!"

"It's already gone!"

"Damn, Aze is so fast, he's already catching up."

"We chase too."

"Don't don't, let's keep going, that rabbit is fast, Aze can't catch up."

Tong Yuanhang stopped the other people who were eager to try, picked up the bamboo pole thrown by Zhang Ze and continued to open the way.

The pheasant is not as fast as the hare, and it can't burrow, so it's really easy to catch.

So Zhang Ze couldn't catch up with the hare, he could only watch the hare burrow into a cave.

However, he did not leave, but waited for Tong Yuanhang and a few people to come over.

After a while, they came to Zhang Ze's side.

"What's the situation, the hare got into the hole?" Zhang Qinghe hurriedly came over after seeing him.

"I went into the cave, but there are a few bayberry trees next to it, so I'm just standing here waiting for you." Zhang Ze pointed to the bayberry tree ten meters on the left and said.

Not just that one, there are several scattered around the area, and there is obviously no need to continue looking for them.

"Aze, what are you doing standing by this hole, do you want to dig out the hare?" Lu Man saw that he had been standing on the edge of the cave, and couldn't help but tease.

However, Tong Guisheng asked, "Aze, do you want to catch the hare in the cave?" ”

Zhang Ze nodded: "Yes, when you go to pick bayberry, I will go with Ah Hang and them to find the exit of the hare's cave, and then block it when the time comes, and then smoke it out with smoke." ”

Tong Guisheng raised his eyebrows: "I originally wanted to tell you how to catch it, but I didn't expect you to understand!" ”

Having been a soldier, he naturally has the ability to survive in the wild, and he has also been taught in the army. Originally, he wanted to teach his son-in-law, but he found that he underestimated him.

Since this is the case, he will not get involved in the affairs of the juniors, and continue to pick bayberry with a group of women.

Zhang Ze and the others swept the bayberry tree and the surroundings, and after finding no threat, they came back to find other cave exits, and blocked them all after they were found.

"It's all blocked, right?"

"It's all blocked, and there's only one exit left."

"Okay, I'll go back to the boat and get the tossed net, you leave one of you to watch the exit, and the rest of you go and pick up those damp branches and leaves."

After the order, Zhang Ze went back to get the throwing net and fan. Throw the net and bury the hole, and when the hare comes out and catches one by one, it will not be run away.

(End of chapter)