Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 3 Wild Duck Eggs and Fish

The spring and autumn are at the head, the spring flowers are at the end, and there are two small ones in the middle. The four of them approached the reeds all the way.

Casually peeling off the reed leaves that were as tall as two of hers, Chunqiu looked down at his feet and walked in cautiously, and told the people behind him to rest assured that when winter passed and spring came, all things revived, and the new reed leaves had grown to Chunqiu's chest Looking at the green and tender green shoots beside her fingers, Chunqiu felt a sense of relaxation. Living in the city since she was a child, she rarely had the opportunity to see this rural style.

"Ouch" interrupted the association in Chunqiu's mind, she turned around quickly, only saw the remaining three of the good four, looked down to see the last body that was about to sink into the reeds Spring shirts, not formal spring flowers!

"Huzi, help your second sister up quickly, it's cold in spring, you should catch a cold if your clothes are wet." Chunqiu is far away from Chunhua, and he can't reach it with his hands, so he had to say to Huzi beside Chunhua, and urged the still dazed Huzi hurry up.

After Huzi heard his third sister's words, he quickly nodded "yes" and stretched out his hand to pull the second sister up.

"Second sister, are you okay, does it hurt?" Xiao Shitou asked belatedly when he saw his sister get up, he was scared stupid just now.

"It doesn't hurt, the reed is very thick, so it doesn't hurt at all," Chunhua said with a smile while picking off the reed leaves stuck to her body.

"Second sister, be careful in the future, I'm scared to death" Chunqiu looked at the second sister with a bright face in front of her, Gao Xuan's heart was finally relieved, she was still worried that she would cry.

"Oh, it's not important, come and take a look." Chunhua waved her hand indifferently after listening to Chunqiu's words, and then stretched out her hand to peel off the reed where she just fell down. Chunqiu and the others took a few steps forward, and finally See what's inside, a round, green-skinned duck egg is lying quietly in a nest piled up with reed leaves.

"Duck egg" Huzi shouted, isn't this the duck egg they are looking for?Huzi suddenly stared at the proud second sister in front of him with wide eyes. He could pick up duck eggs even if he fell, the second sister is amazing!
"It's really a duck egg, the second sister is so amazing!" Xiao Shitou also yelled excitedly, his whole face was flushed, very excited.

"Hehehe, it's nothing." Chunhua scratched her head in embarrassment when she heard her brother's praise.

"There must be duck eggs here, so there must be duck egg nests around here." Chunqiu looked at the duck eggs in front of her, and she felt very excited. She hasn't eaten duck eggs that are really natural and pollution-free for a long time, and wild ducks should be social animals. Another nest, thinking of this, Chunqiu felt a lot of duck eggs beckoning to her, beckoning her to take them home quickly.

"Huh? There are still around? Then I'll look for it quickly." After Chunhua heard Chunqiu's words, she was immediately excited. The more duck eggs she had, the more she ate. This is a good thing!
"Well, Xiao Shitou stays where he is and watches the duck egg, Huzi and I, or the second sister, go to look around, and then go back to catch fish, how about it?" Chunqiu said his plan.

"Okay" Huzi nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, third sister, look for it more, Shitou will see it." Xiao Shitou patted his small chest proudly to Chunqiu, and said confidently.

"Yeah, little stone, come on, the second sister will definitely find you some more, hehehe" Chunhua said to Xiaoshi with a smile.

After Chunqiu explained, he told Xiao Shitou to call if he had something to do, and then the three of them centered on the duck egg in the middle and spread around.

"Oops, here are three"

"I found two"

"I have three too"

After a while, voices came and went...

When Chunqiu and the others came back, everyone had satisfied smiles on their faces, and they had gained a lot.

Putting all the duck eggs on his body together, Chunqiu and the others were frightened, there were thirteen, so many! ! !I would have known that taking Chunqiu’s family as an example, apart from five chickens and three ducks, they can drink a little egg soup every now and then, which is not bad, but after picking up so many duck eggs at once, they are as calm as Chunqiu, with smiles in their eyes Mind you, if this is used to buy money, a duck egg costs at least two coins.

"There are too many duck eggs, we have to hide them, we can't let others find them, otherwise they will all come to pick them up, and we won't have any duck eggs to eat." Chunhua said with a serious face when she was excited before it was gone.

"Yes, yes, the second sister is right, this is our secret." After Huzi realized it, he nodded in agreement.

When Chunqiu saw the reaction of Chunhua and the others, he also agreed in his heart, it was all money, especially in ancient times when the clothes were not warm and the food was not full.

"Well, then how do we take it back? We don't have that bag." Chunqiu thought for a while, but still didn't know what to do?She and her second sister didn't bring any belts when they came out, and Huzi and the others only had a wooden bucket, which was for fish, so they couldn't just throw it here and wait until it got dark.

"Oh, use the clothes, I'm getting dressed," Chun Hua clapped her hands on her palms and said.The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it made sense. Without further ado, Chunhua quickly took off her navy blue spring shirt, revealing the blue shirt inside. She knelt down and spread the clothes out. After picking up some weeds, he tied up his clothes and held them in his arms.

Chunqiu looked at the second sister's smooth and fluid movements, and he didn't know what to do with emotion!Is this the foodie?
Several people packed up the duck eggs before heading back. Chunqiu ordered Huzi to put away the fishing nets in the river. Maybe today is their lucky day. Except for some small fishes as long as a finger, there are two big ones inside. Fish, Spring and Autumn and several people picked off the small fish and the biggest fish together and put them into a wooden bucket, and then used reed leaves to pass a two-jin big fish through the gills, tied a buckle and hung it in their hands. Ready to go home.

It has been a morning since they came out. Chunqiu was holding a fish weighing two catties in his hand, and he was holding a fishing net in one hand. Next to him were Chunhua holding a duck egg and Huzi carrying a wooden bucket. Stones were walking in front of him. The four officially returned Home.

Mrs. Yang and Li are holding some rotten leaves and some weeds picked from the backyard, while "clucking" teasing the chickens in the pen. Today, one of the five old hens has not laid eggs.

"Grandma, grandma"

Who is calling me?Yang Lishi turned her head in an instant, and it turned out that it was the little mud monkeys of her family. Seeing the four little ones running like her, Yang Lishi's wrinkled face bloomed like a chrysanthemum.

"Oh, dear grandson, please slow down." Yang Li muttered at the corner of her mouth, for fear that her good grandsons would fall down.

The four of Chunqiu stood in front of Mrs. Yang and Li. Although there was some dust on their faces, they still smiled and looked happy.

"Oh, dear grandson, what a good thing happened, why are you so happy?" Yang Li looked at the four villains standing in front of her, her heart melted, and she didn't care about the stillness in her hands. There were some vegetable leaves, and I reached out and touched the faces of several people.

"Grandma" Chunqiu looked at Chunhua and the others, smiled and said, "Look, we can eat fish at noon." He pointed to the fish in his hand.

Only then did Yang Lishi see the big fish in her good granddaughter's hands, which should weigh two catties, and then looked at Chunqiu, who was still red and swollen on his forehead, but full of smiles, and felt distressed to death, and said, "This I eat fish at noon, to nourish the brains of grandma's good grandson, oh, I feel so sorry for grandma." After Yang Li said, she still didn't forget to reach out her hand to touch it.

Chunqiu was his grandma who looked distressed, and was a little moved, saying, "Grandma, it's okay, look at the second sister and Huzi, they are all good things."

"Yes, yes, Grandma, there is a big fish weighing more than three catties in this wooden barrel, which we left for Grandpa." Huzi said with a smile, and motioned Grandma to look at the fish in the barrel. fish.

"Hey, my good grandson is amazing, I'll give you something to eat at noon." Yang Lishi laughed from ear to ear, each good grandson praised Hu Zi, and Hu Zi's face was flushed.

"Grandma, and me, Shitou also helped." Xiaoshitou was a little unhappy when he saw that grandma didn't praise him, so he hurried forward to let Mrs. Yang and Li praise him.

"The baby's little stone is also the best." Mrs. Yang and Li kissed the little stone with a smile, and praised the little stone very satisfied.

"Grandma, this is a good thing, and there are flowers." Chunhua handed the package in her hand to Mrs. Yang and said proudly.

Mrs. Yang Li looked down at the round package, reached out to touch it, and then glanced at the door, then put the package on the ground and opened it, "Oh!" From the exposed corner, Mrs. Yang knew what was inside. Immediately screamed out in shock, then quickly wrapped it up and held it in his arms.

Holding the package tightly in one hand, Li Shi Yang whispered to Chunhua, "My dear granddaughter, tell Grandma where this came from?" My dear, this is a package of duck eggs!How much can it sell for? Yang Li felt that she saw a lot of copper coins flying towards her.

Chunhua looked at her grandma with a look of money, and said, "I found this in the reed marsh with Huzi and the others. I'm going to eat salted duck eggs. Grandma can't sell it for money." Chunhua looked at her grandma worriedly, Grandma is too greedy for money, if this is sold, what will they eat, you must remind me.

"Hey, grandma is going to make food for my good grandchildren, don't worry, grandma sells money to buy you candy, okay?" After listening to Chunhua's words, Mrs. Yang Li turned her head and quickly coaxed her.

When Huzi and the others heard that there was candy to eat, they had long forgotten about eating duck eggs. The soft, sweet candy was better than duck eggs.

"Grandma, sell money to eat sugar" "Eat sugar, eat sugar"

Huzi and the others happily circled around Mrs. Yang and Li, yelling, eat candy, eat candy.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Chunqiu deeply admires your grandma, she is so amazing!

"You mud monkeys, go and change your mother's clothes first. It's dirty. Grandma will give you some money." Mrs. Yang and Li happily sent a child away, and then walked like flying with the package in her arms. Run to your own house, it's all money!

(End of this chapter)