Chapter 159 Catching sparrows
On the threshing floor.

Fat Miao'er and Li Hongzao were separated by a distance, each cleaned out a clearing, and got busy separately, starting to make traps for catching sparrows.

First find a one-foot-long wooden stick, tie a rope, use the wooden stick to support the basket, sprinkle cornmeal inside and outside, and it is done.

"Fat Miao'er, why is cornmeal sprinkled outside?" Li Hongzao came over and asked curiously.

"Because the sparrow is very timid, if it is only placed inside, it may not dare to go in and eat."

"I sprinkle some cornmeal on the outside, and it goes in after eating, and it's easier to catch it."

"I see, Fat Miao'er, you know a lot."

Li Hongzao smiled sweetly, looked at Fat Miao'er adoringly, turned around and ran back to his trap, and sprinkled some cornmeal outside.

After spreading the cornmeal, the two pulled the rope and slowly retreated, and hid behind a snowdrift, waiting for the sparrow to take the bait.

After a stick of incense, Zhou Zhoulang, Xiao Hei and Erdan also came.

They held a basket and a basket in their hands respectively, only Xiao Hei was the most special, it was a big wooden basin for washing clothes.

The three of them didn't set up a trap first, but walked towards Fat Miao'er and Li Hongzao.

"Fat Meow, did you catch it?"

Thursday Lang asked.

"Shh!"

Fat Miao'er put one finger between his lips, making a silent gesture, and pointed at the trap with the other hand.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhoulang quickly shut up, walked to the side of the snowdrift, stuck his head out and looked forward.

I saw two sparrows eating cornmeal on the ground, walking towards the trap step by step, and occasionally raising their heads to check for danger.

Several people held their breath, clenched their fists, and quietly waited for the sparrow to take the bait.

One step, two steps, three steps, four steps...

Zhou Zhou Lang's breathing became heavy, and he stared at the trap intently.

Finally, the sparrow walked into the trap, and Zhou Zhoulang shouted excitedly: "Pull! Fat Miao, pull quickly!"

It seemed that Zhou Zhoulang's words startled the sparrow, and it flew into the air with a whoosh, and flew onto the nearby branch.

"What are you calling?"

Fat Miaoer looked at Zhou Zhou Lang angrily.

"me……"

Zhou Zhoulang faltered, didn't know what to do, then turned and ran away to set his own trap.

"Humph!"

Looking at Zhou Zhoulang who ran away, Fat Miao'er snorted with a small nose. This stick of incense was in vain, and the frightened sparrow would not come back.

At this moment, Li Hongzao tugged at the corner of Fat Miao'er's clothes, and pointed at his trap.

Fat Miao'er turned his head to look, just in time to see two sparrows walking into the trap.

Li Hongzao pointed to the rope in his hand and nodded, meaning to ask Fat Miaoer whether to pull it or not.

Fat Miao'er shook her head and whispered, "Wait a minute."

The two sparrows ate the cornmeal on the ground and walked towards the middle of the basket step by step.

Fat Miao'er held Li Hongzao's hand and pulled the rope with her.

The moment the sparrow lowered its head to eat, Fat Miao'er pulled the rope, and the two sparrows were caught under the basket.

"Caught it! Got it!"

Li Hongzao jumped up happily, grabbed Fat Miao'er's hand and ran over excitedly.

The sparrows under the basket were fluttering and flying, hitting the basket with a "pop, pop, pop" sound.

Li Hongzao squatted down, ready to lift the basket to catch the sparrow.

"Wait." Fat Miao'er reached out to stop her.

"Ok?"

Li Hongzao turned around and looked at Fat Miao'er suspiciously.

Fat Miao'er also squatted down, opened her arms to surround the bamboo basket, and explained: "There are two inside, let's be careful, don't let the other one get away."

After listening, Li Hongzao nodded, slowly raised a corner of the basket, and stretched his hand in.

After a while of groping, Li Hongzao finally caught one and took it out from under the basket.

The other sparrow was about to run away, but Fat Miao'er caught it right away.

The two threw the sparrow they had caught on the ground heavily, killing it like they would a frog.

Li Hongzao picked up the dead sparrow and held it in his hand, while Fat Miao'er set up the basket again and sprinkled some cornmeal on it.

After everything was settled, the two returned to the back of the snowdrift just now.

Two hours later, Li Hongzao rubbed his frozen red face with his hands, and looked at the sparrows on the ground with a wide smile.

"Fat Meow, we caught 25 of them, you are really amazing!"

In the past, one or two sparrows could be caught at a time in winter, and the cold weather was a waste of time, so no one would catch them.

The reason why Fat Miaoer can catch these things is related to her eyesight and reaction.

She can always pull down the stick at the best time, causing the sparrow to come and go.

At this time, Zhou Zhoulang, Xiao Hei, and Erdan from a distance came over, holding their own equipment in their hands.

Seeing this, Li Hongzao asked, "Silang, Xiaohei, Erdan, how many did you catch?"

Xiao Hei and Erdan spread their hands, each holding a dead sparrow.

Zhou Zhou Lang smiled and flaunted: "I was lucky today, I caught three more than the two of them."

"What about you?" Zhou Zhou Lang asked back.

Li Hongzao moved away, pointed to a pile of sparrows on the ground and said, "25 sparrows."

"what?"

Zhou Zhou Lang's eyes widened, looking at the small pile of sparrows with an expression of disbelief.

As the saying goes, grasshoppers are also meat. If you can catch 25 sparrows every day, it will be enough for the family to satisfy their hunger.

"Fat Miao'er, Hongzao, you are too powerful!"

After the shock, Zhou Zhou Lang looked at the two with envy, his throat moved, and he thought: If only he could catch 25 of them!

"It's amazing, it was all caught by Fat Miao'er, and I'm just helping out."

Li Hongzao, who was praised by Zhou Zhoulang, was a little embarrassed and lowered her head shyly.

Fat Miao'er saw the expressions of the three of them, and knew what they were thinking.

Turning to look at Li Hongzao, he discussed: "It's too cold, let's stop catching them, go to my house and burn them to eat."

"Okay!"

Li Hongzao readily agreed.

Zhou Zhoulang on the side interjected: "Fat Miaoer, can we go to your house to bake together?"

Everything Fat Miao'er cooks is delicious, and Zhou Zhoulang thinks that her roasted sparrows must be delicious too.

"no problem."

Fat Miao'er waved his hand: "Go, go to my house to roast sparrows."

"okay!"

Seeing that Fat Miaoer agreed, Zhou Zhoulang was very happy.

"I'll help you collect your things."

After speaking, Zhou Zhoulang turned and left.

……

Inside the kitchen.

Fat Miao'er threw the sparrow into the stove pit, and the unextinguished firewood inside started to burn, and it was cooked in a short while.

Fat Miao'er pulled it out with a stick, and when the temperature dropped a bit, he peeled off the black skin with his hands, and the smell of meat came out.

Li Hongzao and Zhou Zhoulang also knelt down to help, and they finished all of them, and the plate was full.

Several people came to the main room with plates and soy sauce and put them on the table.

They called Li Xiaodao, Wei Shu, Luopan, Liu Ye'er, and Qian Dazhuang, who had been staying in Zamabu, and ate them separately.

"It's so fragrant!"

A group of children ate happily, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces.

 Thank you for your reward, and thank you Baozi for your company.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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