Because of her hard work, Yu Xiaocao learned very quickly. By noon, I was able to set the noose independently. Unknowingly, they also entered the deepest part of the outskirts of the mountain forest.
Pop—a hard fruit fell and hit the little rock on the head.
"Oops! Who threw me?" Xiao Shitou held his head and looked around for the culprit.
Pa... Another fruit hit his forehead, and a little gray squirrel poked its head out from among the leaves, looking at the three humans curiously.
"Stinky squirrel, dare to hit me!!" Little Shitou picked up a stone from the ground and threw it hard towards the tree. The little squirrel, holding the picked fruit in its hand, jumped quickly among the branches.
Yu Xiaocao bent down and picked up the "weapon" on the ground - a hazelnut, and said with a smile: "Stone, we are lucky! This is a hazelnut tree, it smells delicious when it is roasted! Let's finish the noose, how about Hit some hazelnuts back, and you can eat a variety of snacks in winter!"
Little Shitou said disinterestedly: "Don't fight! Let's try to get it back, I don't know who is cheaper! Anyway, we can't eat it in our mouths!!"
Zhao Han thought about it and came up with a solution: "If you can trust Brother Han, you can put the fruit in our house. When you want to eat it, let my mother fry it. You can eat it in my house!"
Good idea! Yu Xiaocao suddenly smiled. With Lingshi water, there will definitely be more prey caught in the future. These wild animals must not be taken home, otherwise she will have nothing to do. She is worrying that there is no place to hide her prey! It's really drowsiness meeting the pillow!
Zhao Han was afraid of getting on a tall wild hazelnut tree, so he picked off the ripe fruits one by one and threw them on the ground. Yu Xiaocao saw that the speed was quite slow, so she took a stick and beat on the hazelnut, but she also knocked down a lot of branches and leaves.
This hazelnut tree is also some years old, and the hazelnuts are not too big, but there are a lot of them. After a while, the three of them had picked a basket full.
"Fortunately, brother Han came here with a basket on his back, otherwise I really don't know how to get these hazelnuts back!!" Xiaoshi's big eyes smiled into crescent moons.
On the way back, Yu Xiaocao opened her eyes wide and looked for the lasso they set. Seeing this, Zhao Han smiled and said, "How can I get a rabbit so quickly..."
Before he finished speaking, Yu Xiaocao had already screamed: "Look! What is this? A deer? It's so cute!"
This is a noose made by Yu Xiaocao himself, and inside it is a creature that is obviously a cub. She has grayish-yellow hair all over her body, pointed ears turned up, black and round nose, slender limbs, and the hair on her buttocks is actually white, just like wearing crotch pants.
This little guy didn't struggle at all when he was trapped, and stood there stupidly, gnawing on the nearby grass.
Zhao Han went over, grabbed the silly little guy, and said with a smile: "It's not a deer, it's a stupid roe deer. This guy is really stupid enough. He doesn't know how to struggle when he falls into the noose, and he just cares about eating."
Children love small animals, so they touched the little guy's ears on the little stone, and said happily, "Second Sister, this roe deer is a snack!"
Of course, Shitou heard the word "snacks" from her second sister, and used it on the little roe deer.
Yu Xiaocao was also very happy in her heart, but she said in a slightly disgusted tone: "Such a small prey has not much meat on it, and it can't be sold at a price!"
"Second sister, we can take it back and raise it! When it grows up, there will be meat to eat!" Xiaoshitou did not change his foodie nature, and used his small body to challenge the difficult task of picking up the little roe deer. He picked it up, staggered a few steps, and even the roe deer and himself fell to the ground. Fortunately, the weeds on the ground were thick and did not hurt them.
Yu Xiaocao removed the noose, tied it around the neck of the little roe deer, picked another handful of half-withered and yellow grass, and poured the last bit of Lingshi water in the water bag on it. She held the little roe deer in one hand, and pinched the grass with aura in the other. That little roe deer, with its black eyes wide open, foolishly followed her, as clever as it could be.
"Second sister, this little roe deer is not raised by humans, is it? Why is it not afraid of people at all, but also takes the initiative to get close to people." Little Shitou bounced around beside the little roe deer, touching it from time to time.
Zhao Han laughed, and said: "In this deep mountain, I can't see a single family. Who raised it? Let me see! This little guy must have been separated from his mother, and he took your second sister as his mother!" "
Yu Xiaocao's head is full of black lines, although her clothes are not gray, it is far from the color of a roe deer. How short-sighted this little roe deer is to recognize his mother!
To Zhao Han's surprise, on the way back, more than half of the nooses they set up caught the prey, and the other half was destroyed by some unknown animal. Careful, he noticed that the grass around the noose had been gnawed to pieces.
"The animals in the mountains are very active today. Could it be that they are preparing for the winter in advance?" Zhao Han, who had never encountered such a situation, was deeply confused. I am going to wait for my father to come back from hunting and ask what happened.
But Yu Xiaocao found a way to make money for herself, and was very pleasantly surprised: "Brother Han! Today's harvest is really quite a lot!"
"Yes, yes! There are not only rabbits, but also pheasants! Many of them are alive. Dad said, live prey are better for sale!" Little Shitou was overjoyed.
Zhao Han also had to admit: "Today is very lucky! There are too many prey, we can't finish it. In the afternoon, aren't my father and Uncle Yu going to the town to sell the prey? Or, let my father take it over and sell it. ?”
"I also want to go to the town to have a look!" Yu Xiaocao looked at the dozen or so prey on the ground, with Brother Han's personality, no matter what, she should get two or three of them!
Knowing the situation of her family, Zhao Han thought for a while and said, "I've been to the town many times, and the road is quite familiar. How about I take you two to the town?"
Yu Xiaocao was overjoyed upon hearing this. Although the father of the family can hide a game or two for the children's tooth sacrifice, he never acts selfishly to hide money from his own house.
In his opinion, devoting all the efforts of the family to provide a scholar or raise a person is also of great benefit to the children's future. This is also the biggest reason why he is willing to make money in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
If you let him know that your daughter has a small treasury, she might not be able to say it normally, but when she is poor, she will inevitably reveal it! Yu Xiaocao became more determined to make a little money without telling her parents.
Seeing that it was still early, she asked Zhao Han to bring the prey and hazel back to his house first, and ran home with the little stone to get the broken earthen jar.
"Ouch!" As soon as he entered the door, he came face to face with her grandma, Mrs. Zhang, and almost stunned the old lady.
Zhang's triangular eyes hung up, and several deep grooves between his brows were revealed: "You damn girl, you ran away early in the morning, and you don't know how to help with some work!"
Yu Xiaocao blinked her eyes and said with an innocent face: "Grandma, I also want to help with hogweed and firewood. But you also know that I have always been in poor health. If I get tired and sick, I can't spend money Please ask the doctor for money! Me, it’s better not to add trouble, do you think it makes sense?”
Mrs. Zhang was blocked by her words and didn't know what to say. Seeing her coming out with a big earthen jar, her brows slightly stretched, she nodded and said:
"Are you going to catch fish? Although the fish you brought back last time was a bit small, it tasted quite fresh. The little beans from your uncle's house are delicious. Catch more, and I'll send them to your uncle tomorrow." go."
Yu Xiaocao frowned and thought about it, smiled and said: "Why wait for tomorrow, brother Han from Uncle Zhao's family caught a few hares today, and wanted to sell them in the town. Otherwise, I caught fish and went with them." Let’s go, my uncle will be able to eat delicious fish soup tonight.”
Mrs. Zhang didn't even hesitate, and agreed: "Your jar is too small, how many fish can it hold? You bring the jar of pickles at home, and you can catch enough for your uncle to eat."
Yu Xiaocao thought of the half-meter-high pickle jar, and looked at her grandma speechlessly: "Grandma, do you think my small body has the strength to hold that big jar? Besides, those little fish are not It's so easy to catch, my broken crock may not even be able to fill it up! Grandma, I'll go first, and Brother Chi Han won't wait for us any longer."
Without waiting for Mrs. Zhang to say anything, she stuffed the earthen pot into Xiaoshi's arms, ran into the kitchen, took two steamed buns with steamed noodles, wrapped them in oil paper, put them in the small basket and carried them on the back of the bag. shoulder.
"Hey! You prodigal girl, the steamed buns are steamed for your father and the others..." Mrs. Zhang came in right after her, yelling distressedly.
Yu Xiaocao had already taken her younger brother's hand and ran out the door, and the voice came back: "It will take more than an hour to walk to the town. How can you get strength if you don't eat enough? Don't worry, grandma! I promise to let your precious grandson drink it at night." Serve the fish soup…”
It was too late for Mrs. Zhang to chase after her, so she was so angry that she beat and cursed in the yard.
By the time the Xiaocao siblings went to the valley to catch fish, it was almost the end of the hour (nine o'clock in the morning). When I came to the hillside of Zhao's house, I saw Zhao Han carrying a big pannier on his back, gesturing to them not to go up from a distance.
A thirteen-year-old boy is already over 1.7 meters tall, and with years of martial arts practice, a dozen prey is no more than a piece of cake for him. Zhao Han strode forward with strong long legs, carrying the prey on his back, and soon joined the siblings.
Zhao Han took the earthen jar from Xiaocao's hand very naturally, and said with a smile: "I think you two like that silly roe deer, so I decide to keep it. Whether to take it home or keep it in my house is up to you. .”
Xiao Shitou's eyes were bright, and there was a smile on his mouth: "Second sister, let's take it home and raise it? The little roe deer doesn't have much meat, so grandma probably won't kill it for food."
"Okay!" The little roe deer is indeed cute, and it should be very good with Lingshi water. Yu Xiaocao made a decision without thinking.
"If you are afraid that your family will harm it, just say that I caught it and let you help raise it for a while." Zhao Han turned his head and talked to the siblings while walking.