It was noon when Qiao Wei took the children back to the yard, and the cold wind was blowing, but the three of them were sweating lightly under the sunlight after working.
The three of them were a little tired, sitting on a small bench and panting, Qiao Wei put the basket on her back on the ground, fetched water to wash the children's hands, and after washing, she touched the heads of the two: "Are you hungry? Mother Go cook."
Qiao Jingyun said, "I'll help my mother wash the rice."
Qiao Wei didn't dare to tell the child that there was no more rice in the rice jar. She smiled and said, "No need to wash the rice, mother will make radish cakes for you! I really want to help my mother, so I washed these radishes, mother." Pickle and pickle, and turn it into pickled radish.”
Qiao Jingyun happily took the four white radishes from Qiao Wei, squatted by the basin, and washed them carefully. Qiao Wangshu rolled up his sleeves while watching his brother wash, and helped.
A child who is only four years old, how can he be so sensible? Qiao Wangshu seems to have seen her years in the orphanage, but she suffered because she had no father and no mother. Jing Yun and Wangshu have mothers, so why should they suffer like this
Qiao Wei wiped the red eyes, turned and went into the kitchen. When she was in the orphanage, she was basically able to eat enough, but if she wanted to eat well, it depended on luck and ability. She couldn't compete with those older children, but she had her own way of survival. She often goes to the kitchen to help, washing dishes and mopping the floor, washing and chopping vegetables, rushing to do all kinds of work. Seeing that she is well behaved, the adults secretly feed her a few mouthfuls of meat each time. She learned to please others at a young age, but she didn't like her own children growing up to be this kind of person.
Wash the radish, peel it and chop it into pieces, mix it with fermented flour and roll it into small cakes the size of a palm. There were still endless carrots in the morning, so Qiao Wei cut a few crooked little moons and stuck them on the cakes, all the carrot cakes became emojis.
When Qiao Wei brought a whole plate of radish pancakes fried to a crispy yellow color to the table, the two children instantly wowed. Is it really carrot cake? Why are there no radishes at all? Qiao Wei's cooking skills are not bad at all, and with such a cute pattern, the two little buns almost swallowed their tongues.
Seeing the children eating so deliciously, Qiao Wei was both gratified and sad: "I can only eat these now, but believe me, I will be able to eat meat soon."
In the afternoon, Qiao Wei decided to take a trip into the mountains to see if she could gain something. She heard from Mrs. Luo that there is a hunter in the village who hunts all year round, which shows that you can indeed meet things in the forest. Of course, hunting is a very dangerous thing. Qiao Wei dared not take the child with her. After some hesitation, she took the child and radish cakes to Aunt Luo's house.
Aunt Luo is very willing to help Qiao Wei take care of the children, but she does not approve of Qiao Wei going hunting: "It's too dangerous, you are a woman, how can you go hunting in the mountains like a man?"
The food chain is scarce in winter, and beasts are prone to starvation, which is relatively more dangerous than beasts in summer and autumn. Aunt Luo's worry is not superfluous, but what Aunt Luo doesn't know is that Qiao Wei at this time is no longer the weak village girl who knows nothing.
Aunt Luo couldn't hold back Qiao Wei, she took a step back and said, "I don't mind if you want to hunt. You wait for Da Zhuang to come back, and I'll let him take you there. He's gone to the town to sell hares, so I can come back tonight."
Xu Dazhuang is a hunter in the village.
Qiao Wei didn't want to owe others favors, not to mention she couldn't handle it herself, so she politely declined Aunt Luo's kindness and went into the forest alone. Qiao Wei didn't have enough tools, so she didn't set her goal too high at the beginning, and she was satisfied with catching a pheasant and a hare.
Qiao Wei found a relatively secluded and fertile place based on the footprints on the snow, opened the prepared cage, and put carrots and earthworm bait in it. These are used to lure hares and pheasants, whichever comes first. Qiao Wei found a suitable big tree, climbed to the trunk and waited.
Probably today's luck was good. Before her butt was hot, she saw a stupid rabbit get into the cage. Then there was a snap, and the cage door was closed.
Qiao Wei went down and put the stupid rabbit into the prepared cloth bag.
After a while, another stupid rabbit fell into the trap. Qiao Wei still installed the rabbit. After harvesting three wild rabbits in a row, no rabbit was fooled. Seeing that it was still early in the sky, Qiao Wei wanted to go hunting again in another place. She was looking for the pheasant's footprints in the snow, and when she was halfway there, she suddenly heard a thunderous roar. Her little heart trembled, and she instinctively felt a great danger. She threw the cage on the ground and climbed up the big tree with the cloth bag on her back.
A yellow adult tiger rushed over, chasing a little white dumpling less than half a meter long. The little white dumpling reacted quickly and sensitively. Scratching the tiger's paw, several bloodstains appeared on the tiger's face.
The tiger was completely enraged, and with a roar, the birds in the jungle were startled. That Bai Tuanzi seemed to be frightened too, and his figure froze for a second, which was the gap of a second, so the tiger seized the opportunity, slapped the little Bai Tuanzi away with a slap. The little white dumpling hit the tree hard and fell into the snow again, unable to get up again.
The situation of the tiger is not optimistic either. Qiao Wei didn't see it clearly when it was running fast. Now that it is quiet, Qiao Wei realized that both of its hind legs were injured. No wonder it was played around by a little white ball. It took revenge, calmed down a little, and walked slowly towards Xiaobai Tuanzi.
Xiaobai Tuanzi should be dead, Qiao Wei thought.
Unexpectedly, the next second, the "dead" little bai tuanzi jumped up with a swish, and climbed up the tree with a limp.
Qiao Wei yelled that it was not good: buddy, there are so many trees, why climb my tree
Just crawling was not enough, Xiaobai Tuanzi threw herself into Qiao Wei's arms, her little claws grabbed Qiao Wei's skirt tightly, unable to tear it off.
The tiger also found the "companion" on the tree, and roared angrily and ran towards the big tree.
Ah, brother, don't hit it, it will fall if you hit it again!
The tiger didn't respond after bumping for a while, and began to climb the tree.
Qiao Wei is going crazy, isn't it that tigers can't climb trees? Why did this man come up here
The tiger's hind legs were injured, and it was very difficult to climb up, but in the end it climbed up, one meter, two meters...