The morning air is cool and fresh. Yu Xiaocao took a deep breath of the moist air, and slowly walked towards the west mountain with a small tail - a small stone.
"Xiao Lian, it's so early! Are you going to kill pigweed?" Since she got the Xiaobutian Stone, Xiaocao's body has become healthier day by day, and she often sneaks out for extra meals. Her little face and body have grown some flesh. The appearance is more and more similar to the twin sister, and people in the village often mistake them.
Xiao Shitou cheerfully said to another girl who mistook her second sister, "Sister Linglong, this is my second sister!"
"Second Sister? Xiaocao? Hey! As expected of twins, they look so much alike." Zhou Linglong pursed her lips and smiled, keeping looking at Yu Xiaocao.
Xiaocao smiled and said nothing. Xiao Shitou introduced her again: "Sister Linglong's house is not far from Xishan, near our old house. Aunt Zhou and Mother get along well. When you were sick, you often ate the eggs that Aunt Zhou sent."
It turned out to be the daughter of her mother's best friend's family. Yu Xiaocao smiled sweetly at Zhou Linglong, and the dimple on the left cheek was faintly visible: "Sister Linglong, I have to come to thank Aunt Zhou some other day. If there are no eggs from my aunt's house, I will It can't be so fast!"
Zhou Linglong stared at her dimples for a while, then said with a smile, "It's just a few eggs, nothing worth it—I know the difference between you two sisters. You have dimples, but your sister doesn't..."
Yu Xiaocao smiled again, and said to her: "Sister Linglong, we have an appointment with Brother Han to go up the mountain to pick wild fruits, will you go?"
Zhou Linglong lit up the sickle in her hand, shook her head and said, "I have to cut some pigweed to go home. The two pigs in the house are still howling with hunger. Go and play, be careful!"
Yu Xiaocao waved her hand, took the little stone, and walked towards the hillside where the Zhao family was located.
The villagers in Dongshan Fishing Village have been fishing for generations. The Zhao family is an outsider who moved here more than 20 years ago. The Zhao family lives on a small hillside at the foot of the West Mountain. There are three stone houses surrounded by high stone courtyard walls and surrounded by trees. Vegetables and fruits are planted in front of and behind the house. It feels like a hermit in the mountains. .
"Brother Han, Brother Han—" Little Shitou gently pushed open the wooden door that was concealed, and carefully poked his head in.
Zheng Fangyin, the aunt of the Zhao family who was feeding the chickens in the yard, turned her head to see the little guy poking his head, and smiled lovingly: "It's Xiaoyu Gang, come in!"
Zheng didn't know if she hurt her body when she gave birth to her son, but after giving birth to Zhao Han, she didn't get pregnant again. In the past few months, some fleshy little stones have grown, with a tiger head and a tiger brain, and a clever appearance, which makes Zheng's mother who loves children burst with love.
"Auntie, brother Han said that today he will teach us how to catch rabbits. The second sister is eager to learn, so she came early... Hehe!" The little guy rubbed his head embarrassingly and sold his sister.
Yu Xiaocao followed her younger brother into the yard, poked him on the back quietly, but a bright smile appeared on her beautiful fair face: "Aunt Zhao, good morning!"
"Xiaocao!" Zheng put down the basin containing the chicken food in his hand, wiped his hand on the apron, and lovingly touched Xiaocao's thin and pointed face, and sighed softly, "If you survive a catastrophe, you will surely die." Hou Fu, not getting sick is better than anything else! Still a little skinny, your grandma...whatever you want to eat in the future, come to my aunt's house. Auntie's cooking skills are pretty good."
"Thank you, Auntie, then I will not be polite in the future!!" Of course, Yu Xiaocao would not bluntly refuse the sincere care, but returned it with a brighter smile.
"Stone, Xiaocao! It's so early? Have you had breakfast?" Zhao Han came in from the door carrying a load of water. Seeing the two siblings, they greeted each other in surprise.
Xiao Shitou rushed ahead of his sister and said, "Our family only eats breakfast at the right time, who can wait for that time! Why don't you save your stomach and eat grilled fish!"
Mrs. Zheng took the two siblings one by one, walked into the main room of her house, and said disapprovingly: "It takes a long way to go into the mountain. You are so young, how can you persist without eating breakfast? Auntie cooked porridge in the morning. Cake, eat together before going up the mountain."
"Grandpa Zhao!" As soon as they entered the room, they saw Zhao Zixiong, who had white hair and long beard, sitting upright, with an undisguised majesty in his tiger eyes from time to time, and the two children couldn't help but feel a little cautious.
The old man raised his eyes and saw two shabby but pink and cute children, he smiled and said: "You are all good children, it's a pity that you have suffered with your father who can't get up!"
"My father is very good! He can fish, hunt, and weave some simple bamboo utensils, and he loves us very much!" Yu Xiaocao of course wants to protect her father's reputation in front of outsiders.
Mr. Zhao raised his bushy eyebrows and said with a smile: "You really protect your father! It's a pity that your father can't protect your brothers and sisters and your mother! He can't even protect his closest relatives. What kind of man is he?"
"Father! Don't talk about this in front of the children, let's have dinner!" Afraid of the embarrassment of the siblings, Mrs. Zheng stopped the conversation and brought porridge and cakes to the old man and the children.
The Zhao family has always maintained the habit of eating three meals a day. Breakfast is thick rice porridge, cakes are baked with white flour, and two dishes are stir-fried - soy cabbage in vinegar and fried mushrooms with bacon.
I feel very happy if I can eat rice porridge and white noodle cakes, and it is actually meat! Xiao Shitou stared at the sumptuous breakfast in front of him, stiffly refusing to move his chopsticks. It was Mrs. Zheng who rolled the bacon and mushrooms with thin bread for him, and then looked at his second sister with a little embarrassment.
Seeing this, Zhao Han also rolled a noodle cake, brought it to Xiaocao, and said with a smile: "Eat it! Let's go far away today, how can we have strength if we don't eat? I won't be able to carry you siblings by then. "
"Thank you, then I'll be more polite!" Every day, Yu Xiaocao missed the taste of white flour and refined grains after eating coarse grain pancakes and drinking bean soup. She took the pancake, nodded at her brother, and took a big bite.
She had never thought that white flour pancakes would be so fragrant, coupled with the umami taste of bacon, it was simply supremely delicious.
Mrs. Zheng said to her son while picking up vegetables for the two children: "You take the two children with you, don't go deep into the mountains. There are wild boars, wolves and other wild animals inside. Be careful to hurt the siblings."
Zhao Han peeled an egg, put it into Xiaocao's porridge bowl, nodded and said, "Mother, don't worry! I've been there many times, and the biggest animals I've seen are roe deer and wild sheep. It's safe. very!"
After breakfast, Zhao Han took Yu Xiaocao and his siblings, who had accidentally overfed, and headed up the mountain along the trail.
"As a trick, first you need to look at the paths that rabbits often come and go. Generally, hares have some small paths that they often pass... Look here, there are traces left by rabbits in the grass!" Zhao Han pointed to a slightly messy grass, Explain patiently to the siblings.
Yu Xiaocao eagerly said: "Then let's play a trick here! Maybe when we come back, some rabbits will be hooked!"
Zhao Han smiled and said, "It's too close to the outside, so there won't be too many rabbits. Why don't we go inside again?"
"Let's practice with this first, how to put on the condom? Brother Han, teach me!" Yu Xiaocao refused to let go of any chance, after all, we have a secret weapon!
Zhao Han stretched out his bushy eyebrows, with a smile on his face, and said in a indulgent tone: "Okay! We have a lot of rope, so let's lay it down here!"
He looked around, broke off a large forked branch, and trimmed off the twigs around the forked branch. One side said: "The selected branch must be able to bear the weight of the rabbit, otherwise it will not be able to trap it."
Yu Xiaocao nodded, silently remembering it in her heart.
Zhao Han placed the pruned branches on the path of the rabbit, making sure that the pruned branches were in the middle of the road. In this way, the rabbit will get into the trimmed clean big tree branch.
"Is it enough to add a cover?" Xiao Shitou looked at it with interest, thinking it was quite simple.
Zhao Han stroked his little head, and said: "We also need to insert some twigs on both sides of the trap. The purpose of inserting twigs is to prevent the rabbit from going to the side of the noose, and to block the way out on both sides of the noose, so that the rabbit can only I can obediently get into the noose."
Then, he made the rope he brought into a noose and tied it to the tree branch, the noose was about ten centimeters above the ground. Yu Xiaocao measured the amount with her own hands and memorized it carefully. In the future, this is the way to make money for yourself!
"Brother Han, the cover is so big, will the rabbit run away!" Little Shitou looked at Zhao Han innocently and asked worriedly.
Zhao Han looked at him, then at Xiaocao who was staring at him, and replied: "No, did you see this rope buckle? When the rabbit jumped into the noose, the more he struggled, the tighter the noose would be. .If it is bigger, let alone a rabbit, even a wild boar will not be able to break free."
The siblings nodded and looked at the little boy with admiration.
Thirteen-year-old Zhao Han, whose vanity was greatly satisfied, waved his fist triumphantly and said, "Go! There will be more prey inside!!"
Yu Xiaocao took advantage of his turning around, opened the water bag, and sprinkled some Lingshi water on the front and back of the lasso. Then he followed casually.
[Smelly grass, bad grass! You are reckless, do you know that? The bath water of this god stone is more nourishing than ginseng ganoderma. You used it to attract rabbits!]
The little butian stone drilled out of the colored stones, in the image of a golden miniature kitten, lying on top of Yu Xiaocao's head. However, at this time, no one can see it except its owner.
Xiaocao comforted the arrogant Butianshi in her heart: "Little Tangyuan, when you catch the prey, I will reward you with deep mountain bamboo root water. Didn't you say that the water there is more helpful for your spiritual power recovery?"
In fact, helping the master in exchange for the gratitude of the master is the fastest way to restore spiritual power. The little butian stone didn't say anything, fearing that its owner would assign it more despicable tasks.
Seeing Tsundere Butian Stone, he finally stopped. Yu Xiaocao's footsteps became lighter, and she could concentrate on learning the trick.