Fertile land

Chapter 124

"Mom, why do we come here at night to catch this eel?"

When she arrived at the ditch, she took out the flint and lit the torch. Miao Miao held the torch to help Luo Zhi'er illuminate it.

Luo Zhi'er lowered his head to search, "Because it just rained, and at this time they will come out to look for food!"

"Oh."

"Then what do eels eat?"

"Well, small fish, shrimps, insects, tadpoles, snails, and small frogs"

Miao Miao's eyes were boney, "Mom, what are insects?"

Little babies at this age are indeed full of curiosity about the world. There are always a hundred thousand whys?
It's just that in Lao Tou Li's house, girls are pushed to grow up very quickly.

She quite likes little girls like Miaomiao who still retain the innocence of children.

Luo Zhi'er stared at the ditch calmly and answered her patiently, "Well, insects are a type of six-legged animal with three pairs of legs and three body segments, and its cephalothorax and abdomen are separated from each other."

".In the process of evolution, it has developed rich morphological characteristics and adaptability."

She racked her brains and quickly searched for the knowledge she had learned in modern times before, and finally gave her some answers.

"Such as compound eyes, insect wings and mouthparts, etc. Insects have transdermal respiration and oxygen needs, have a certain ability to move, often parasitize or ingest parasitism on plants, and play an important ecological role."

It’s not easy. There is no limit to learning. Miao Miao seems to understand but not yet, listening with relish!

"Hey, mother, there is an insect here!"

Luo Zhi'er followed his line of sight and saw a spider spinning a web on a rice stalk. He chuckled, "No, this is a spider. Spiders are not insects!"

"Oh!"

"Ah but"

Miaomiao scratched the roots of her ears, but she still didn’t seem to understand.
"Remember a few points. The body parts of insects are clearly divided into three segments: head, thorax and abdomen. The head is not segmented and has mouthparts and a pair of antennae. It generally has a single eye and a compound eye. As the center of movement, the thorax has 1 pairs of legs.”

"Usually, adults have two pairs of wings, but there are exceptions."

“The abdomen contains most of the internal organs and organs and is the center of reproduction and nutritional metabolism.”

"Insects generally undergo a series of internal and external morphological changes during their growth, which is the process of metamorphosis."

"Mother, when you say this, Miaomiao seems to understand immediately!"

"Spiders have no wings, mother, you know so much!"

Miaomiao looked at her with admiration, which made her blush a little and lower her head, continuing to pretend to look for eels. She sighed, luckily she is still a little girl who hasn't grown up!

He did not continue to ask her: "Mom, where did you know this?"

Suddenly, Miao Miao said crisply again,

"Mom, are fireflies insects?"

"Um."

"Haha, Miaomiao understands that flies and mosquitoes are also insects!"

"Yes."

Luo Zhi'er caught the eel, and Miao Miao helped. The two of them caught it in the middle of the night and caught a bucket that was almost full!
My mother was right, I just caught one yesterday, and tonight there was one in the ditch, and then there was one.

Some even have several together.

When she touched her child, Luo Zhi'er felt a little cold, so she took Miaomiao back.

Miaomiao was still discussing on the road, "Butterflies and dragonflies are insects, and bees are also insects!"

"Where are the ants? Are they ants?"

"So are ants."

"Mom, Miao Miao knows what to do. The leech we saw last time was not just an insect. It didn't have six legs, and it also sucked human blood."

Luo Zhi'er was noncommittal, this girl is really a curious baby and Miaomiao who loves to learn.

When I got home, the village was indeed quiet on the road, except for the occasional barking of dogs.

Luo Zhi'er curled her lips. No matter what Li Ergou and his wife thought, they never expected that she would go out at night!
The next day, in the early morning, the big rooster crowed several times and it was bright and bright outside. Luo Zhi'er woke up and turned over. He tossed and turned all night and didn't sleep much. At this time, he planned to close his eyes and continue to sleep.

Miao Miao woke up first and rubbed her sleepy eyes, "Mom, aren't we going to the mountains to collect fungi this morning?"

"I'm not going, Miaomiao, let's just sleep in today!"

"Okay, mother."

Luo Zhi'er slept until three o'clock in the afternoon and didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning. Since there was no one at home, he tidied himself up in front of the bronze mirror.

Miao Miao also changed into clean and fresh clothes, and she mentally planned what to eat for breakfast.

First, she went to the back to take a look at the eel she caught yesterday. Miaomiao followed behind her and saw the eel blowing bubbles. It was indeed a bit disgusting because it was slippery and squeaky!

But, this is delicious. Let’s make braised eel today.

When Miaomiao heard that there was meat to eat, she couldn't help drooling. She ran out to grab firewood and help her make a fire.

She dug two small bowls of rice bought from the town and soaked it. She leaned over the barrel and fished out two thick eels. She ran to the yard, nailed them to a tree like before, and cut them open in the middle with a knife. , clean the internal organs.

The head and internal organs were removed and thrown into the chicken pen for the chickens and ducks to eat. It looked quite bloody, so she refused to let Miao Miao see it.

Clean it up, chop it into small pieces, take it to the backyard and scoop out a few scoops of water from the water tank to clean it.

I found old ginger that had shriveled up before I had eaten it, cut a few slices, poured it into the wine jug that Lao Li Tou had left in the corner, poured a few drops of wine, and marinated it for a while.She turned around and went to the vegetable field to pull out a few green onions, a handful of hot peppers, a handful of garlic, peeled the garlic cloves, cut the garlic sprouts into sections, and took out the sugar she bought in the town.

Add oil, dissolve sugar, pour eel, add green onions, ginger slices, stir-fry constantly, then add soy sauce, vinegar, salt, pepper and other seasonings
After a while, the kitchen was filled with aroma, and Miaomiao kept swallowing her saliva, "Mother, it smells so good, Miaomiao is drooling!"

"Haha, mother, keep cooking!"

This thing doesn't work well, but it contains parasites.

Seeing that the meat was starting to rot, he said, "If you can eat it, let me give it to my precious Miaomiao to taste."

"Thank you, mother."

Miaomiao took the eel section and ate it first, her eyes sparkling: "It's so delicious, so delicious, mother, Miaomiao loves you so much!"

"Haha, you girl, it's delicious. Mom, I'll make it tomorrow!"

After cooking the eel, she cut a handful of garlic sprouts, beat five or six eggs, stir-fried the garlic sprouts, and fried a garlic sprout egg.

The pot inside was cooking rice. I took a spoon to scoop up some rice and squeezed it with my hands. Then I used a filter to filter out the rice soup. Then I poured the rice grains into the pot, covered it with a lid, and steamed it.

Lao Li's family must have never eaten white rice. These days, Lao Litou and the others are not here.

She bought some rice in the town and became wild. If Mrs. Zhou came back, she would point her nose in her nose and curse her as a prodigal woman!
What's wrong with her spending her own money to eat some rice?
Do you still need to hide it?

However, it’s not easy to be a little daughter-in-law!This married daughter-in-law was stared at, said something unpleasant, and even farted under the covers!
"Mom, we eat so well, will grandma say anything?"

Miao Miao mentioned her grandma's face with fear on her face!

"It's okay, they don't know, this is how we eat these days."

"But, isn't Daddy hungry too? Daddy is so pitiful!"

Miao Miao felt sorry for Li Sanmao, and Luo Zhi'er felt a little sorry for a moment. Her man was still squatting in jail, suffering, while she was eating and drinking at home!
In the prison, Li Sanmao had an unkempt beard and disheveled hair. He looked lost and had a trace of worry in his eyes.

His wife and daughter have been out for several days, and all the rice, flour, food and oil in the house are locked by her!

They didn't know if they had food to eat. Did the people in the village bully them?

Just thinking about it makes my heart ache!
Mrs. Zhou was swearing like a crazy woman, and her whole body exuded a foul stench.

In the past few days, I have been telling Lao Litou that Luo Zhi'er's little hooves are determined to pick the lock of her house!
The thought of stealing the food and snacks she had hidden makes my body ache!

Old Li Tou can no longer describe his hatred for her, and it feels better to treat her like nothing!

Seeing that Old Li Tou didn't talk to him,

"How come this fat hooves who was struck by lightning is so lucky? Why did you let her mother out first?"

"Yes, mother, if I didn't know, I would have thought that the third brother and sister were having an affair with the prison boss!"

Little Zhou puts on eye drops!
Li Sanmao glared at her so hard that she turned pale with fright!

"This fat hooves has no idea what kind of bad luck he has. Oh, my belongings are all there!"

"Luo Zhi'er, if you want to pick my lock, I'll see you!!!"

"Mom, Zhi'er is not that kind of person. I wonder how hungry you two have been these past few days?"

Li Sanmao defended!

Will Zhi'er faint?Thinking about it makes my heart ache.

"Hungry, she's so fat and cowardly, it's better to be hungry! If she really remembered you, she would have thought of ways to save you long ago!"

"Now that she's out, she doesn't know how to go to Zeng Mansion to find someone to help us out. She is happy and free, but where are we?" Li Zhuzhu, who was a few meters away from her mother, added.

Little Zhou was so indignant that the straw in his hand almost broke!
"Zhi'er is also a wife. All the valuable things in the family are in her mother's house. We are the one who was imprisoned because of the second child. What can she do?"

In just ten days, several people here were reduced to skeletons!
Hunger and mental torture!
Old Li thought that his second son had made off with all the family's money and had worked in vain for decades, and now he was in jail and his reputation was completely ruined.

My heart is gripping and hurting, and I feel uncomfortable in every way!
Li Gui looked at this family with disgust, his eyes full of hatred!
"Third brother, just protect her. Maybe she's out there enjoying the hot drinks, stealing from wild men, and she'd have run away long ago without you!"

"Mom, shut up!"

"What?"

"Mom, we don't even know if we can go out. You gave your second son all your money and he put us in jail. Why didn't you say anything?"

"Obviously Zhi'er is also a victim, but you are worrying about the food and cursing people who have nothing to do with it?"

"Old man! This family has gone against the grain! How dare this son challenge me!"

Mrs. Zhou slapped her thighs and cried, saying.

"Damn! Noise, noisy, what are you arguing about?"

"Your cell is the noisiest in the whole cell, especially you, a busy old woman. It seems you have too much food! You are too busy!"

The jailer swung his saber and scolded loudly with a black face.

Zhou was so scared that she almost wet her pants.

"Come here! Remember this old woman, there is no food for her in the afternoon!"

"Yes!"

"No, Cha!"

"Humph!"

(End of this chapter)