Farming in Primitive Society

Chapter 15 New Discovery
Fishing is a test of patience. Based on past experience, Mu Xiaohua knows that it is not easy to catch fish, but she did not expect that fishing here is more difficult than in memory. Watching a group of fish swimming around but not taking the bait is also anxious. .

Maybe the fish here is too full?Mu Xiaohua thought silently, no matter what, she had to wait patiently.

After another period of time passed, Cheng turned his head and looked at Mu Xiaohua: "Little..."

"Quick!" Mu Xiaohua pointed at Cheng's fishing rod with wide eyes: "Quick pull, the fish is hooked."

Cheng busy turned around, almost subconsciously, before his head could react, he hurriedly lifted his hands up, a big fish struggled in the air with splashes, Mu Xiaohua put down the fishing rod in his hand to help catch the fish, looked at Cheng with a smile Very happy: "Wow! This fish is so fat, it must weigh more than two catties!"

Cheng looked at Mu Xiaohua who was smiling happily, her crooked eyes were shining with brilliant brilliance, her heart seemed to be hit by something, suddenly there was a kind of Mu Xiaohua with such a smile that belonged to her, he I want to protect that smile.

Staring at Mu Xiaohua, Cheng smiled involuntarily. Watching Mu Xiaohua tie the fish through the gills with the prepared palm leaves, she sat back in her seat and said to him with a smile, "How? Fishing is all about fishing. Patience, so many fish can always be caught, right? Were you happy when you caught it?"

"Yeah." Cheng smiled and nodded, "Very happy, but seeing you happy makes me happier than catching fish."

Mu Xiaohua put away her smile in a second, put on a speechless face, and complained silently in her heart, and the love words came out as soon as she opened her mouth, did she want to be a lover?
"What I said is true." Cheng looked at Mu Xiaohua and said seriously.

Mu Xiaohua turned her head to look at him, seeing the sincerity in Cheng's eyes, her heart "thumped" two times faster, I have to say this kind of thing sounds very happy, but it's also quite embarrassing , Mu Xiaohua looked away straight away, not knowing how to respond, so she simply chose not to respond.

"Xiaohua!" Cheng said as he raised his butt and wanted to sit down close to Mu Xiaohua. Mu Xiaohua hurriedly grabbed an earthworm and stretched it over, Cheng froze all over.

"Sit back to your original position and don't move." Mu Xiaohua ordered.

Seeing the earthworm struggling in Mu Xiaohua's hand, Cheng secretly swallowed, sat back to his original position unwillingly, opened his mouth to say something, Mu Xiaohua immediately threatened with the earthworm, Cheng had no choice but to shut his mouth embarrassingly, Mu Xiaohua smiled triumphantly , hung the earthworms on Cheng's hook, "Continue fishing!"

"Okay!" Cheng nodded helplessly.

Seeing that Xiaohua Chengzhi was in a good mood, she picked up the fishing rod that had been baited and re-baited it to continue fishing.

Probably because she tasted the delicious bait, or because she relaxed her vigilance. After one success, Mu Xiaohua followed suit and the fishing became smoother. Not long after restarting, Mu Xiaohua caught the fish.

Less than an hour later, the two caught a total of six fish, and Ah Mei and Shi came back, and both of them were holding a bunch of pears with difficulty.

Seeing the appearance of the two, Mu Xiaohua said to herself: "I have to weave a basket."

"Basket?" Cheng asked doubtfully, his eyes lit up.

"Basket! A basket for things." Mu Xiaohua nodded of course, and pondered for a while: "Is there no basket?"

Cheng shook his head: "No, how do you weave the basket?"

"Weaving with bamboo chips."

Mu Xiaohua was born in a relatively backward small town. The conditions in the orphanage where she was a child were difficult. In order to make money, the dean took over manual work and came back to do it. Weaving bamboo baskets is one of them.

"It is true that it is woven with the bamboo skin of Nanzhu, that is, the kind of big bamboo that is broken and broken into small strips, and then the bamboo skin is taken off, and the bamboo skin is used for weaving. This requires special skills. of."

At the beginning, she learned to weave for half a month. During the summer vacation, she spent the rest of the day except the meal time. She could barely weave a bamboo basket in a day. It is common for partners to make up one in two days.

Cheng nodded, looked at Mu Xiaohua's eyes sparkling, and saw that he was about to approach excitedly again, Mu Xiaohua glanced at the unused earthworms, did not dare to move, froze, and then became excited Said: "I didn't bring a knife today, let's try tomorrow!"

"Yeah." Mu Xiaohua nodded, and suddenly she was very grateful for the hardships of her childhood. If it weren't for the hardships at that time, how could she have learned so many skills to survive in the new world?
While talking, Ah Mei followed Shi to the front.

"Second brother, quickly help me get it." Ah Mei tried hard to hold the pear that was about to fall in her arms with her stomach upright.

Cheng and Mu Xiaohua hurried forward, helping each other to take down the pears.

"This pear is delicious, second brother, try it." After being "rescued", Amei grabbed a pear and brought it to Cheng's mouth.

"Oh!" Cheng said in disdain, "Little sister, what's the smell on your hands?"

"What smell?" Ah Mei retracted her hand in doubt and sniffed, "It doesn't smell like it! Shi, you smell it, sister Xiaohua, do you smell it?"

Mu Xiaohua leaned close to Ah Mei's hand, and carefully smelled it, this smell?Mu Xiaohua grabbed Amei's hand and sniffed it vigorously. Under the terrified and confused eyes of the three people, she said pleasantly, "Isn't this the smell of pepper? Amei, do you remember where you caught a green or red round one?" A cluster of little grains?"

"Green or red? Round? A cluster? Small grains? Things?" Ah Mei recalled confusedly. Before she remembered it, Shi pointed to the woods on the right and said, "I remember, it's over there."

"Go, take me to have a look." Mu Xiaohua excitedly said.

"Xiaohua, what's the matter? What is Zanthoxylum bungeanum?" Cheng Mang asked.

"Prickly ash is a kind of condiment, adding some when cooking can enhance the taste."

"Wow! You have caught so many fish!" Ah Mei exclaimed in surprise, looking at Mu Xiaohua with eyes full of admiration.

Mu Xiaohua smiled and nodded: "Especially when cooking fish, it can effectively suppress the fishy smell."

The fish were almost caught, and it was getting late. The group went home after picking some peppers.

While walking towards the place where the peppercorns were found, Mu Xiaohua was biting wild pears one by one. This wild pear looks a bit like pineapple, but the taste is far worse. It is full of water and the flesh is very tender, but The sweetness is very light and a little astringent and a little sour. For some reason, Mu Xiaohua suddenly thought of the fruit tree in the spirit ring space in the dream.

(End of this chapter)