The children roared with excitement.
Where is the need to go to the shade of the tree and say something? They are talking here, and they can be heard under the shade of the trees. If there is no objection, they agree. The children immediately surrounded An'er and asked him enthusiastically, "What's your name?"
"how old are you?"
"What did you play?"
"What do you like to play?"
An'er had never been surrounded by so many brothers and sisters before, she was a little scared for a moment, and turned around to grab Shaoyin's clothes. Shaoyin didn't leave in a hurry, and stood there, held by her son.
After An'er grabbed her mother, she relaxed a little and dared to look back. Faced with unfamiliar but enthusiastic faces, he was a little curious, a little cautious, pursed his mouth, and said, "My name is An'er, and I am three years old. My mother and I collect snails and river mussels."
After hearing this, the children looked at each other with burning eyes.
"We will accompany you to pick up snails and mussels!"
So you can go into the water!
"Okay." Ann nodded.
The children immediately rolled up their trousers and splashed into the water. Howling repeatedly, he touched the snails.
When they got into the water, they played around one by one, and quickly muddied the clear river water, and they couldn't see anything. An'er pursed her lips, but said nothing, standing there looking at them curiously and enviously.
A few children still remember to take care of him so that they can eat fish, and soon they stopped making trouble and coaxed him to play. Others took the basin and threw it on the water, and asked An'er to pick up a snail and throw one into it.
An'er was very happy to be watched by so many people, her little mouth grinned wide.
The women sitting in the shade of the trees washing clothes did not allow their children to enter the water, but how could they control the children's skin? Moreover, they still have to wash their clothes, how can they have the energy to run wildly after a group of leather children
While washing clothes, she stared at the children picking up snails by the shallow water, and cursed, "She's the only one who can do it!"
"When Gu Tingyuan comes back, I still don't know how to deal with her!"
Someone laughed and said: "Come on! With her dog temper, Gu Ting is far more troublesome than her?"
"Alas, a flower stuck in cow dung!"
There are also women yelling at their children: "Stone! How dare you go in there! You don't want your ass anymore!"
The children can only play in the shallow water. Although it is a pity, it is satisfying to be able to go into the water. Someone played with An'er, and someone came to Shaoyin out of curiosity to watch her spear fish.
Older children know that fish should not be startled, and they will run away when they are startled, so they are very honest, standing there like a wooden stake, motionless.
Shaoyin didn't tease them, just grabbed the wooden fork and stared at Yuyu intently.
The sun was gradually rising, and she didn't plan to stay in the water for too long, so she quickly speared two fish and threw them to the shore one after another.
Now there are only four fish, two fish are fed to the children in the village, and two fish are kept for themselves.
"Auntie, you are amazing." Seeing her go ashore, several children chased her ashore, surrounded her and worshiped the tunnel.
Shaoyin smiled: "My father is Orion."
"So you can also hunt?" asked a child.
Shaoyin nodded: "Yes. My father taught me how to make traps, which can catch pheasants, rabbits, etc."
"Wow!" the children all exclaimed.
At this time, a child asked: "Why didn't Auntie go hunting before?"
"I used to be young." Shaoyin said casually. When they got ashore, they cut open the belly of the fish with a wooden fork, dug out the internal organs, buried them on the spot, and washed them by the river.
She is downstream and does not interfere with the washing of clothes upstream.
After cleaning up a few fish, the other children brought Ann over. Shaoyin looked at his son's flushed little face who didn't know whether it was sun-dried or excited, and then looked at the snails at the bottom of the basin, and said, "It's hot, let's go home and come back when it cools down."
An'er hasn't had enough fun yet, so she is a bit reluctant.
"I'll go back to stew the fish, you guys remember to come and eat at noon, don't let me call everyone one by one." Shaoyin looked at the children around and said.
The children couldn't help swallowing as they watched her pinch a few strong grasses to string the fish's mouth together, and the four chubby fish squeezed together.
A child said: "Auntie, shall I go to your house to play? I can take Ann to play."
Soon, another child said: "I will go too."
When An'er heard this, her eyes immediately became bright, and the disappointment that had just arisen dissipated immediately: "Mother, is it okay?"
"Yes." Shaoyin nodded cheerfully, "Anyone is welcome."
The children were very happy to hear that, and shouted to the shade under the tree: "We went to Aunt Gu's house to play!"
"Don't go!"
"Come here and help the old lady twist her clothes!"
"I told you to collect firewood, brat, how dare you run around!"
The children were very nervous, and they all replied loudly: "Got it!"
"Will go back soon!"
"Let's go!"
Wrapping An'er in his arms, he rushed forward like the wind, and quickly ran away.
An'er's little face was flushed when she ran, and she was a little puzzled when she was excited. Didn't he agree with what the old lady said just now
But it's also possible that he didn't hear clearly, anyway, he is very happy to be able to play with so many brothers and sisters!
Shaoyin picked up the fish and followed behind.
There was a boy who was very clever, holding a wooden basin containing snails, and followed her attentively: "Auntie, what else can you do besides spearfishing and making traps? I heard that there are wild boars and bears in the mountains. "
His eyes were shining, and his face was clever.
Shaoyin said: "That's all I know." After finishing speaking, he warned him, "Don't run into the deep mountains, it's very dangerous, my father was bitten to death by a big bug."
He was frightened immediately, and his mouth opened wide.
"I didn't lie to you. If you don't believe me, ask your parents when you get home. They all know." Shaoyin said again.
The boy nodded: "I remember, Auntie."
This child is called Zhuzi. He is eight years old and can already help adults with a lot of work. After a group of children squeezed into the small courtyard of Gu's family, Zhu Zi didn't play along, but washed the snails in the basin, and then asked Shaoyin, "Auntie, do you want to pour it with that basin?"
"Let's pour it together." Shao Yin replied with a glance.
The pot was picked up yesterday, and it was soaked together until the snail vomited mud for two or three days before it could be eaten.
While the children were playing in the yard, Shaoyin scraped off the scales in the stove, chopped off the fish heads individually, and removed the bones and bones.
When these children come to eat at home, Shaoyin must ensure their safety and not allow them to be caught by fishbone.
But she underestimated these children.
When the two fish were stewed, the whole small yard was filled with aroma, and the children gulped their saliva, one by one holding bowls and crowded into the stove room, crowding the small stove room to the brim: "Auntie, Put it in a bowl for me, and I'll take it home to eat."
"Me too."
"Auntie put it in a bowl for me too."
Looking at the sly and immature faces, Shaoyin couldn't help but be amazed, and was moved by the children's cleverness and generosity.
It was just a bowl of fish soup, and they wanted to take it home and share it with the family.
"Okay." She smiled.
Take their bowls, no more, no less, two spoons per person.
There is soup and meat, very even.
After the children took the bowl, they compared each other to see if they were less than others. As a result, they were almost the same, so they were satisfied.
"Thank you, auntie, let's go."
The children got paid and left one by one without regret.
The lively courtyard suddenly became deserted.
An'er was a little disappointed, standing in the yard, watching their leaving backs, without moving for a long time.
"An'er, eat." Shaoyin took out the remaining bowl of fish soup, heated up the lunch that Gu Tingyuan left in the morning, brought it to the dining table in the main room, and called the dazed son in the yard.
Ann walked in sullenly.
Shaoyin knew what he was unhappy about, broke off a piece of corn bread for him, and said, "They will come to play with you."
"Really?" Ann's eyes lit up.
Shaoyin nodded: "Really."
Cannibals are soft-spoken, she invites them to eat delicious food every now and then, will they not play with her son
"Yeah!" An'er suddenly became happy, and only then did she notice the delicious fish soup in front of her, "Mother, it smells so good!"
Shaoyin was amused and shook her head secretly. I was so unhappy just now that I even forgot the fish soup.
"Drink it."
"Mother also drinks." An'er scooped up a spoonful, raised her small arms, and honored his mother.
Shaoyin lowered her head and drank it, then said: "You drink first, when you are full, I will drink the rest."
"En." An'er nodded obediently.
Before Gu Tingyuan left, he fried the eggplants, Shaoyin ate the entire plate of eggplants, An'er drank half a bowl of fish soup, and the remaining half bowl went into Shaoyin's stomach.
After eating and drinking enough, she lazily stretched her arms, thinking of Gu Tingyuan.
If he was at home, she wouldn't need to wash the dishes and chopsticks.
After sitting for a while, she pulled herself together, took the empty dishes to the kitchen, scooped up water and washed them clean.
It was noon, the sun was shining, Shaoyin twisted a wet towel, wiped An'er's face, hands, and neck, and then pushed him to the bed.
There were no toys at home, so Shaoyin dug out a few pieces of cloth and said, "Mother sews a sandbag for you to play with."
"What is a sandbag?" An'er asked curiously.
Shaoyin rummaged through Chen Caiyin's memory, and found that there was no way to play with sandbags, and neither did shuttlecocks. When the children were young, they chased the older children all over the mountains and fields, digging sweet grass roots, catching crickets, playing house and so on. When I get older, after the age of seven or eight, the focus shifts to farming, and I don't think about how to play.
"You'll know when I sew it up," she said.
She moved quickly, and quickly cut out six pieces of cloth of the same size, and sewed them up three times and two times.
This thing doesn't require any craftsmanship, it gets dirty easily if you throw it around, and even if you embroider flowers, it won't look pretty.
It's just that the sand is hard to find. She replaced it with sand and wrapped it with an extra layer to prevent the sand from overflowing.
An'er was young, and it was too heavy to play with, and it would hurt easily if it fell on her body. She only put a little sand in it, and after sewing it, she threw it for An'er to play with, and taught him to kick the sandbag.
Then two more were sewn out.
She moved quickly, and it took only an hour to sew three sandbags.
She held all three sandbags in her hand, threw them up one after another, and played tricks. Seeing An'er was very happy, she clapped her hands repeatedly.
After playing for a while, Shaoyin asked him to lie down and take a nap.
It was too hot, so she lay down beside him with a cattail fan and fanned him one after another. The cool breeze was blowing, An'er snuggled up to her mother, and soon fell asleep.
After he fell asleep, Shaoyin also lay down and fell asleep.
The mother and son slept until about four o'clock in the afternoon, and they had already escaped the hottest time before waking up slowly. An'er took the sandbag, climbed out of bed, walked to the door of the house, leaned against the door frame, and looked out with her mouth pursed.
When Shaoyin saw it, he knew that he wanted to find other children to play with.