Farmer's Ruyi Manor

Chapter 7
"Mother, can you see if this works? You break a bigger branch, and I'll look for any sharper stones, bigger ones. Let's use this to dig, okay? Otherwise, it will take a long time to go home."

"Okay, that's the only way to go. When I came out, I brought a basket." So the two mothers separated and got busy.When Xiao Ting was looking for the stone again, she also found a small clump of leeks, so she pulled it out. At night, she could also make fried wild eggs with leeks. Just thinking about it made her salivate, as if it smelled delicious.

After finding the tools and digging the hole, and then pouring them into the hole and inserting branches that they thought were of acceptable density, it took almost two hours. Well, two hours in ancient times was an hour.Looking at the sun, it was already past noon, and it was estimated that it was already after one o'clock in the afternoon.

The couple quickly pulled out some weeds, spread a thin layer on top, packed up their things, and walked towards home.At this moment, Xiao Ting was so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back, and she felt dizzy.Fortunately, she drank a lot of water in her stomach, and fortunately, all she wanted was to eat chicken at this moment, so she had the perseverance to walk home. Her half-basket of weeds, wild eggs, and 2 eggs wrapped in leaves Half egg yolk and leeks, Jing Niang seems to have been used to this, carrying a basket and a pheasant, walking in front of Xiao Ting.From time to time, he turned his head and talked to Xiao Ting, telling her to follow quickly.

As soon as Xiao Ting and Cheap Mother arrived at the door, the little guy over there stumbled over. "Mother, sister." The little guy was excited when he saw his mother and sister.The little guy is more than two years old, probably due to malnutrition, and now he is thin and thin.Walking is okay, but when I run, I wobble as if I will fall at any time.Xiao Ting looked very sad, worried that this little kid would fall down.

"Jingniang, Xiaohua, why did you come back now? I left rice in the pot. Hurry up and wash up and eat first. Don't starve." Grandma came out of the house and came forward to take the food of her granddaughter and daughter-in-law. Baskets were taken to the kitchen so they could eat in the living room.The old lady's eyesight is not good, and when she got closer, she saw the pheasant in Jingniang's hand, and she took a deep breath. You must know how luxurious and precious the pheasant is for this poor family. .

"Jing Niang, where... did this pheasant come from?" Granny Ruan couldn't speak very clearly at the moment, she wanted this chicken in her heart, but she was afraid of where it came from...

"Mother, Xiaohua caught this pheasant today. She is no longer stupid, but much smarter. You would never have thought that she would be caught with a basket." Xiao Ting then told her. I told the old lady about the process of catching pheasants, the pancake Xiao Ting drew for her and making a trap to catch pheasants tomorrow.After finishing it, he looked like he was making a fortune and said to the old lady Ruan: "Mother, this is the reason why we came back tonight, thank you for your hard work. Today is my daughter-in-law's fault, I didn't expect to make you worry. Wait until tomorrow to catch the pheasant From now on, our days will be fine, mother, don't worry. By the way, Xiao Hua picked up a lot of pheasant eggs today. She also said that they are for your mother and Xiao Zhuzi. Now that the child is sensible, Be filial, God finally opened his eyes to our family."

Xiao Ting listened to it and just wanted to sweat like crazy. Is the pancake wrong? Why does the cheap lady have an expression that I am about to make a fortune.After grandma heard this, she became quiet instead.After thinking for a while, she said, "I know Xiaohua is sensible and filial now, but is it feasible to raise pheasants? Besides, we have nothing at home, so what do we feed the pheasants?"

Jing Niang calmed down when she heard what her mother-in-law said, yes, chickens are all food and vegetables, but now the family can't even support people, how can they raise pheasants.Just now I was just happy.

"Grandma, we can actually eat pheasants and don't need to feed them with grain. If grandma really thinks it's not possible, then we won't raise them. Let's find another way." After all, I have heard of raising chickens with earthworms before. , but Xiao Ting is not willing to kill her if she is asked to do this.And the chicken that hatches the egg is not allowed to move.If not, try other ways to make money.After all, no matter how hard it is, it is not as hard as it is now.

"Insects? There are insects in spring. I don't know whether to eat earthworms or not." Xiao Hua listened to her grandmother muttering to herself, and shivered all over. She was really afraid of something, and her scalp felt numb just thinking about it.

"Grandma, I think it should be okay. Anyway, they belong to bugs. It's just grandma. If we want to do this, don't we have to build a chicken coop, and someone has to dig earthworms. Grandma's body is not good, and her eyes can't see. My brother is still young, and my mother is busy, and I am afraid of this. Grandma, why don't we do this first, let's think of another way. By the way, grandma, my mother said that the seeds will be planted in a few days. I wonder if you can give me some millet, Let's soak it first to let the seedlings grow, and it will be better when it is planted. Although I haven't planted it before, I want to try it. I don't want a lot. Grandma, our family has an acre of land, and you can give me a share of the seeds. I'll give it a try, if it succeeds, our family will continue to plant like this next year, if not, at most I will make more money, and I will be filial to grandma in the future, and I will never let grandma starve you."

Xiao Ting is being obedient at the moment, and she can say all kinds of flattering words.After all, when I was young, I always watched my father raise seedlings. Although I was still young at that time, I didn’t know how to do it. I just remembered to soak it in a bowl. After it germinated, put it in a white plastic bag with soil in it. After that, they were planted in paddy fields to grow seedlings, and finally transplanted.However, since I was still young at that time, I knew the specific operation method, so I had to experiment by myself.

"Okay, grandma listens to you, our little flower is sensible now." Mrs. Ruan's mood at the moment is both happy and complicated, she is glad that her granddaughter is sensible and filial.It's a pity that my son can't be seen now. Thinking of her son, the old lady's heart aches faintly. Without a man in this life, there is only one son left, and he was forced to recruit again. Thinking of this old lady Ruan, her heart is full of panic. .From the old lady's eyebrows, one can see how miserable the old lady has lived until now.

"Gululu, Gululu" Xiao Ting's stomach sang again. "Grandma, I'm hungry!" Xiao Ting looked at the old lady's lonely look, and quickly grabbed old lady Ruan's hand and rubbed it, coquettishly.

"Oh, look at me, we are starving Xiaohua. Hurry up, Jing Niang, wash your hands with Xiaohua and go eat. I'll serve you porridge with wild vegetables." Granny Ruan quickly lifted her spirits, knowing that she In fact, he loves children, so he is not willing to let his precious granddaughter go hungry.

When the porridge was served, Xiao Ting and her mother had just washed their hands and were about to enter the hall.Looking at the porridge on the table, Xiao Ting's stomach was sour.This is porridge, sparse wild vegetables and rice that can be counted.

Closing her eyes, Xiao Ting imagined that this was porridge with preserved egg and lean meat, and she took a sip, feeling uncomfortable in her stomach.It is estimated that I have been eating this for too long, and I might get stomach problems, but I can’t do without it, and now I am so hungry that I have no strength.It is estimated that the family is too poor, the porridge doesn't even taste like salt, and there are no pickles at home.At this time, Xiao Ting had the urge to cry again, what the hell is this?In modern times, even when I was a child and my family was poor and had nothing, I was never as poor as I am now, even reluctant to eat salt.Not to mention that life got better later, and her husband loved her too.And I can't tell my mother and grandma that I don't want to eat this. She can't be spoiled now, and she can only toss about what she wants to eat.Bear with it, it will definitely work.Try to eat pheasant meat at night.

(End of this chapter)