Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 37 Snow Hunting
The snow has been falling for two full days, and it hasn't stopped until now. At a glance, it is a vast expanse of whiteness, and nothing can be seen, only the snowflakes like goose feathers keep falling down, covering the thick snow.

This is rare in the south. Du Xiaoyu tried to walk a few steps, only to find that the snow had buried her calf, and her face was frozen. The heart of the snowman disappeared immediately, and she ran away. When I came back, I turned around and went back to the house and got on the kang.In the middle, I was thinking about the calf and went out to have a look. I fed it some beans, and I never got out of bed after that.

In the afternoon Du Huanghua came into the house, the work at hand was done, and she was about to embroider on the kang, at this moment Du Xiaoyu asked, "What are father and mother doing?"

"Mother is picking up beans, and Dad is about to go out, and he said he was going to get some pheasants."

"Pheasant?" Du Xiaoyu's eyes widened, "Well, is dad going hunting?"

Du Huanghua sat on the kang and took off her shoes. She didn't notice her expression, and said indifferently, "Isn't it like this every year, as long as it snows, Dad will go out to catch some hares, pheasants and so on."

That's true, but she doesn't know these things. Du Xiaoyu is very curious about hunting, so she hurriedly got up from the bed and put on her clothes.

"What are you doing?" Du Huanghua gave her a strange look, "Aren't you afraid of the cold?"

Du Xiaoyu said, "I'll let daddy do it." He jumped and went out.

Du Xian was wearing a coir raincoat and was about to go out with an iron fork in his hand. When he saw Du Xiaoyu coming, he turned around and smiled, "Why are you up? It's just right, I'm going to catch pheasants with Dad."

"What nonsense, it's so cold that Xiaoyu won't suffer from frostbite?" Mrs. Zhao glanced at her husband displeased, and said, "Be careful too, don't fall, I don't know if my back hurts. It's a crime. Or don't go, the family is not so hungry."

"Hey, it's okay. It's rare. Give the child a change." Du Xian smiled and reached out to pat Du Xiaoyu's head, "Stay at home and wait for daddy to come back. Let your mother eat stewed pheasant at night."

Du Xiaoyu refused, and pulled his arm, "Father, I'm going too." Looking at Mrs. Zhao again, "Mother, I'm not afraid of the cold, so I'll just wear that dress too. Look, the snow outside is getting smaller." Well, let me go with Dad, so I can carry things for Dad, mother, okay?"

Mrs. Zhao sneered, "You're the only one who carries things for your father? It's fine if your father doesn't watch you all the time. If you two go together, I'm even more worried!"

Du Xiaoyu was discouraged, lowered her head and twisted her fingers. She really wanted to see how to catch a pheasant, but she couldn't find a good reason to convince her mother.

"Mom, why don't I go too, I'll watch Xiaoyu, and he can carry things for Dad."

The savior is here!Du Xiaoyu glanced at Du Wenyuan gratefully, and immediately answered, "Mother, let the second brother go too! Aren't you afraid that Dad will fall, and the second brother is here to help you, right?"

Seeing that he has been studying hard these days, Mrs. Zhao nodded thoughtfully, "That's fine, but Xiaoyu can't go, it's too cold outside, and she has asthma."

"Mom, I've recovered from my illness early, or can I wear more clothes?" Du Xiaoyu ran back to his room as soon as he said that, and when he came out, he turned into a big round ball.

Several people laughed out loud when they saw her. She was short in the first place, and she wore three layers of inner and outer layers, and a large handkerchief that was turned out from nowhere was wrapped around her head, and her whole body was wrapped like rice dumplings. Show two eyes.

"Oh, this child, you, go, go." Zhao laughed so hard that she coughed, "Wen Yuan, please take good care of your sister."

Du Wenyuan responded, saw that Du Xiaoyu laughed again, turned around and put a coir raincoat on her, which was rounder now, and the coir coir raincoat was long, walking like a rolling grass ball.

Several people laughed again, Du Xiaoyu bit her lip and rolled her eyes secretly, this is the price!
The three of them went out after getting ready, with Du Xian leading the way, Du Wenyuan holding a bamboo basket in one hand and Du Xiaoyu in the other, and several long strings of footprints gradually spread out on the snow.

Hunting is naturally going to be near the mountains and forests. When it snows heavily, the animals in the forest can't find anything to eat and run out one after another, and then throw themselves into the net. The saying goes that birds die for food, which probably means this.

"Did you see that?" Du Xian suddenly stopped walking, pointed to the front and whispered, "Don't make any noise, let's walk over slowly."

Du Xiaoyu concentrated, and found a bright red dot in the white, and immediately became excited, is this a pheasant?
She guessed right, the red dot was a poor pheasant. It was so wintery that he had the courage to run out. He wanted to find something to eat in the snow, but he couldn't find it. He met a hunter.But it was also very vigilant, and ran immediately when it heard the sound.

"Father, run after it!" Seeing that it was about to run away, Du Xiaoyu rushed up immediately, but unfortunately he was overdressed, and he fell to the ground with snow on his face after running a few steps.

"Why are you panicking? Didn't you see that its wings are covered with snow?" Du Wenyuan pulled her up and patted the snow with his hand. "It can't fly, it's very easy for dad to catch it."

So it turns out, Du Xiaoyu finally understood, no wonder he came to catch the pheasant when it was snowing, it turned out that it was so heavy that it couldn't fly.Hey, those who have never hunted are ignorant!

Relying on his experience and eyesight, Du Xian caught three pheasants in a short while, and also dug out a rabbit nest when he went back.The pitiful mother rabbit had four cubs, but Du Xian killed her with a fork. Du Xiaoyu closed her eyes because the rabbit looked so cute, and she had raised one before.

Of course, she took the four little rabbits back logically. Fortunately, the fur has already grown, so it shouldn't matter if they don't drink milk.

After returning home, Du Xian started to deal with the pheasants and hares.

Seeing Du Xiaoyu brought back four little rabbits, Mrs. Zhao frowned and said, "It's so cold that I can't keep them alive."

"Anyway, I can't survive throwing it over there. I'll take care of it." Du Xiaoyu found a tattered dustpan in the backyard, took some straw to cushion it, and put the four rabbits in it. After thinking about it, he put them one by one. Open the mouth to see, fortunately, all have teeth, eating grass should be no problem.

At that time, she had saved a lot of grass to feed the cows, so she picked some thin and tender ones, and she was relieved when she saw that the little rabbit was willing to eat them.

"Father, the wild rabbit also has two pheasants. I'll marinate it later, and give one to Pang's family tomorrow." Mrs. Zhao was picking a bowl of red beans, throwing out a lot of bad ones.

Seeing her picking red beans and peanuts, Du Xiaoyu asked, "What do you want to cook, mother? Get these things?"

"This child, it will be Laba in a few days, so you can't eat porridge?" Mrs. Zhao glanced at her, "Seeing that you are idle, come, pick some millet for me."

So it was time to eat Laba porridge, Du Xiaoyu gulped down his saliva, and went to pick rice in a hurry, and said, "Mother, put more glutinous rice, and red dates." She likes glutinous rice this kind of soft It feels glutinous, if possible, it is best to be sweet, but this place seems to eat mostly salty food.

"Red dates should not be sweetened." Sure enough, Mrs. Zhao was surprised.

"Sweet ones are delicious too." Du Xiaoyu said with a smile, "Mum, make two delicious ones, one sweet and one salty, which one do you like, okay? At most, I'll help you choose."

"Hey, it's up to you." The Chinese New Year must let the children eat well anyway, and Mrs. Zhao didn't object, and then talked to Du Xian, "Why is there no movement at Old Li's side? It's after the autumn harvest The one who handed over the fields, now it’s New Year’s Eve, and we’ll have to go and have a look after the snow stops in a few days. Last time we met, he said it was something urgent, and I always felt something was wrong.”

"Old Li is so honest, what are you afraid of?" Du Xian disagreed.

"People's hearts are separated by belly, who knows?" Zhao raised her eyebrows, "Anyway, I'm going to take a look, if you don't want to, I'll go by myself!"

"Hey, I'll just go." Du Xian said hurriedly, and then talked about Pang Yong's family, "Pang Cheng will be eighteen after the Chinese New Year. I think Brother Pang is also very anxious. Their family has only one son. You See if you want to talk to Sister Wu, let me pay attention to it, and it will be considered as a help to Brother Pang."

"Don't get meddled in this matter." Mrs. Zhao interrupted him, "If you find someone you don't like, maybe we'll have to blame it, not Brother Pang, he's a good guy."

That naturally refers to the Qin family, and Du Xiaoyu also agrees with her mother's words. Although Pang Yong and his son are good people, there is a person like the Qin family, and it is very likely that they will do bad things with good intentions.

The two talked for a while, and when Du Xian washed the pheasant, Mrs. Zhao was ready to boil it.

Du Xiaoyu couldn't help pointing fingers at the side, and Zhao Shi was used to her greedy attitude, and sometimes accepted what she thought was right, so the pheasant used the method of steaming it over water.

First wash off raw meat, pat green onion and ginger well, rub the inside and outside of the pheasant evenly with salt, then pour some rice wine and a little soy sauce, put it in the cage and steam it, and it will be ready to eat in about two hours.

In the evening, the whole family sat around, eating and laughing, and the house was full of fragrance.

The pure natural game is really different, the original flavor is delicious when boiled. After eating two bowls of rice, Du Xiaoyu was overwhelmed and exhausted from hunting in the snow, so he had to go to bed early.

Thank you Hexi, the PK ticket of [Lonely as Snow]~~~~~
(End of this chapter)