Splendid Pastoral: The Strong and Hot Wife

Chapter 6
The father and son picked the peppers and took a look, ho!There are about five or six catties of dried peppers in so many!Xu Xiaomi was so happy looking at the peppers piled on the ground!

Take this pepper back and take out the seeds and plant it yourself next year. The pepper can be made into chili sauce...but it’s a waste of salt to make chili sauce!who cares!Take it back first.

So, she took off her mother's clothes outside, put peppers on the clothes, packed them into a package and carried it on her shoulders, and said to Xu's father and son, "Father, Er Niu, let's go back!" After finishing her striding travels, she walked along the route.

Er Niu followed behind her, and Xu Erqiang hurriedly picked up the pannier carrying the motherless rattan and followed the siblings.When he walked to Xu Xiaomi's side and looked at Xu Xiaomi, he seemed hesitant to speak.

Xu Xiaomi noticed it, but didn't ask.In fact, she knew that her behavior in entering the mountain today was too abnormal, too inconsistent with a nine-year-old child.

This is very disturbing.Therefore, she understood Xu Erqiang's doubts very well.I also met an honest person like Xu Erqiang, who was also uneducated.If he met someone who was a little shrewd, he would have suspected her long ago.

Seeing his daughter's natural expression, Xu Erqiang didn't want to ask more questions, but his curiosity made him ask.

"Girl, who told you what you know? Why haven't I heard what you said?"

After hearing this, Xu Xiaomi had already prepared an answer in her heart, and said directly: "Father! In the past few years in the Zhang family, I have dealt with food and medicine a lot. This mother-free vine is the medicine that the doctor said when the master was sick. Introduction, at the beginning we didn't know each other and were often beaten.

Later, I didn't want to be beaten and went to the pharmacy to ask the drug boy what he told me while buying snacks for the young master.

And this pepper, it is a rare item, it was brought to us from far away, you have never seen it before, I guess only rich people can afford it! "Hearing what she said, Xu Erqiang must have nothing to say.

It seems that this previously sold body can still serve as a cover for all her abnormal behaviors now!

The father and son were walking home. Er Niu wanted to ask many questions, but he was not good at speaking.So, I can only follow Xu Xiaomi's side.

Xu Xiaomi was always walking in front. At this time, the sun made the shadow of the tree the shortest. It seemed that it was already noon, because Lin Zimi could only see the sunlight shooting down from the gaps in the leaves, piece by piece, circle by circle.

In this way, the weeds under the trees can reach the sun and have the nourishment of life.

The three of them walked for about half an hour, and came to the big rock where they had rested. Xu Xiaomi was just about to let everyone take a rest, when a burst of popping sound came from the head.

When everyone looked up, it turned out that a pheasant flew into the grass five meters ahead.Xu Xiaomi realized it all at once, yes!In so many forests, there must be birds like pheasants and turtledoves that do not hibernate.

Tomorrow, I have to come to the woods to get a few sets and dig a few traps to try my luck. If I'm lucky, I can even eat meat!

"Father, what kind of bird is it? It's so big, if only I could catch it!" Er Niu whispered to Xu Erqiang, tugging at Xu Erqiang's clothes.

This child knows too little about animals, teach him more in the future!Xu Xiaomi thought so.

"That's a pheasant, and it's a female!" Xu Erqiang told his son with a soft smile.

"Pheasant? Is it female? Dad, how did you find out?" Er Niu asked with interest.

"Yes! It's a pheasant. The baby hen has short tail feathers, but the rooster's tail feathers are colorful and beautiful."

The interaction between the father and son reminded Xu Xiaomi that the family was so poor that the child had never even seen a chicken.If only a few could be raised... Xu Xiaomi turned to look at the place where the pheasant fell.

Such a winter pheasant won't be hatching eggs, right?Thinking of this, she put down the burden in her hand, slowed down and walked quietly towards the half-person-high grass.

As she approached, she gently pulled the grass and looked inside.I saw a black and black pheasant raising its head and looking around with its eyes.Xu Xiaomi turned around and sat on the ground thinking: If only there was a net... Alas!

Seeing pheasants and not being able to catch them is really reconciled!But, so what?Before Xu Xiaomi could react, there was another popping sound from behind, and the pheasant flew away while she was not paying attention!
Xu Xiaomi turned around in surprise, and saw a few young pheasants with fast-grown feathers where the pheasants squatted just now. The hens flew away, leaving them chirping unwillingly!

It's so big, it seems that it came out in late autumn.God really took care of her!I really can give whatever I want!Xu Xiaomi lowered her voice excitedly and shouted: "Father! Quickly bring me the clothes wrapped in peppers." After she finished speaking, she had already stood up and was about to catch the chick.

After hearing this, Xu Erqiang hurriedly stood up to get the clothes that Xu Xiaomi had put on the ground, picked it up and shook all the dried peppers on the ground.

He took the clothes and walked over quickly, Xu Xiaomi reached out and grabbed the corner of the clothes, and told Xu Erqiang to hold the collar of the clothes with gestures and walk slowly to the opposite side of her.

Cover the chicks with clothes so as not to disturb them. Such a big chicken runs very fast, and it will be difficult to catch if it gets strung in the grass.

Following Xu Xiaomi's gestures, Xu Erqiang walked across to her, and slowly put the clothes on the chicken coop from top to bottom. The chickens inside were strung together in confusion, and Xu Xiaomi hurriedly tightened the clothes in the middle.

"Erniu! Quickly pour out the contents of the basket and bring the basket here!" Xu Xiaomi nervously shouted to Erniu who was still standing by the stone.

Er Niu hurriedly ran to the side of the basket and poured out the motherless vine inside two or three times, took the basket and ran to Xu Xiaomi to put the basket away.

Xu Xiaomi slowly took out one, two, three from under the clothes...all of them were taken out and put in the back basket, there are seven in total.

Xu Xiaomi and Er Niu saw so much, the siblings laughed until they lost their eyesight!Xu Erqiang also happily looked at the seven chicks inside the basket and smiled.

Now, if we want to hold chickens in the back basket, we have to think of another way to do it. Xu Erqiang cut the dead grass with a knife, twisted the dry grass into ropes, tied up the vines and carried them on his shoulders. There were not many, but now that he had straw ropes, he could still Picking up firewood while walking!

When the father and son returned home with what they had harvested, it was already afternoon, and they had nothing to eat in the morning!Er Niu was starved to death.

As soon as he entered the door, he yelled: "Mom! I'm starving to death! Have you and your sister had lunch yet?"

"Eat it, I left it in the pot for you guys, it should be still hot! If you're hungry, eat first!" Zhou Yuqing laughed so hard seeing her son rushing into the house that she burst into tears!

Xu Xiaomi walked a little behind. When she entered the door, she put the basket gently in the living room, and then poured the peppers into the dustpan in the yard to dry.At the door, my mother was sitting mending clothes, saw the chili pepper Xu Xiaomi brought back and asked, "Xiao Xiaomi, what did you pick?"

"This is chili, it can be cooked and eaten!"

Xu Xiaomi walked up to her mother and knelt down while talking, "Mom! We caught a few little pheasants in the mountains!"

After hearing this, Zhou Yuqing asked in surprise, "Really? Come on, let's go and have a look!" Saying this, she hurriedly put down the needle and thread in her hand and took Xu Xiaomi's hand to walk to the basket.

"Xiaomi! Tell me how you caught it?" Zhou Yuqing asked excitedly while touching the chick with her hands.

"This is an unexpected harvest. I didn't expect to meet a pheasant in the forest in winter, let alone catch a small pheasant." Xu Xiaomi was excited about how to meet the pheasant and how to catch the small pheasant. The chicken told his mother again.

"Mother! We stepped on a lot of motherless vines!" Er Niu mumbled while drinking from a bowl.

Zhou Yuqing didn't know what this motherless vine was, but she liked these chicks very much!

At this time, Xu Erqiang, who was carrying a large bundle of firewood, walked in.

"I'm back! Wash your hands and eat! Erniu is starving, so I'll eat first when I come back!" Zhou Yuqing said to her husband while walking.

Xu Erqiang put the firewood on the side of the yard and walked into the house with the motherless vine in his hand, and asked Xu Xiaomi who was serving dinner: "Girl, where do you put these?"

Xu Xiaomi hurriedly put down the rice bowl in his hand, took the mother-free vine from his father, took it out and put it in the yard to dry, then turned back to the kitchen and sat at the table to eat with Er Niu and his son.

(End of this chapter)