Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 321 Small Notes (3)

"Huh, the sky is not bad today." Chunqiu straightened his waist, half-closed his eyes and sighed at the bright sky.

After dinner last night, Chunqiu and the two children had some simple activities in the yard of the main house. After finishing their digestion, they went back to the house and fell asleep early.

Because Chunqiu and the others came back, the auntie's family came over after dinner, but Chunhua went to Chunni's house in Heishan Town two days ago and did not come back, and Xiaoshitou also went to the county school, so only the auntie Gu came over And uncle Yang Weimin.

The two adults didn't stay for long when they came. Originally, according to her aunt's own thinking, she wished that their family of four would stay in Linfang and not come back.

Chunqiu got up early, went to bed early last night, and woke up early with energy.

The two children were still sleeping, and they didn't call them when they woke up. The children said they were full of energy, but they were already very tired after playing wildly outside for a day.

Because of the house, the four of them slept together with the two children last night, and they woke up very carefully in the morning, for fear of accidentally waking the two children awake.

"Qiu'er, what are you doing standing in the yard? Come and eat quickly"

He heard her mother, Yuan Shi, calling her.Chunqiu hurried back and said "immediately". Today, her mother and father are going to go to the rice fields with grandpa and the others. According to his grandma, the weeds in the field have grown again. Go over and take a look. It’s a good number, and one day, hiring someone to weed will not catch you blind.

But these things have nothing to do with Chunqiu. After all, Chunqiu doesn't go to the fields with them to weed. Chunqiu plans to go for a stroll by the river after dinner.

It's been a long time since I went to pick up duck eggs in the reed marshes by the river. Chunqiu felt a little itchy and nostalgic.

When Chunqiu quickly finished her meal and went out, she found that her aunt's house had been quiet for a long time, she probably got up early in the morning to go to work, Chunqiu shook her head, her aunt's family is really capable of work.

Before going to the river, Chunqiu found out the fishing nets that had been abandoned a few years ago. In addition to the fishing nets, Chunqiu also took a small wooden bucket, which can be used to hold fish and duck eggs, killing two birds with one stone.

After getting the tools, Chunqiu didn't stay at home too much, Huzi ran away early in the morning by himself, and when Chunqiu came out, he asked her mother what Huzi was doing, but her mother didn't say why. Come, just talk about going up the mountain with her father Yang Weibai.

After Chunqiu heard this, she pursed her mouth secretly, probably because she was going crazy in Linfang, otherwise she wouldn't be able to run to Montenegro with her father.

The riverside has not changed much from a few years ago. The long reeds are still blowing in the wind. In the endless reeds, there are occasional wild ducks flying up. Chunqiu first patched the fishing nets with reeds and threw them into the river. Carrying a wooden barrel, he plunged into the reeds.

The reed marsh is not as difficult to walk as it looks from the outside, and there are many footprints and paths stepped on by people inside. Chunqiu estimated that these footprints were left by the children in the village. In summer, there are more wild ducks in the reed marsh. , Children also like to run to pick up duck eggs, and if they pick up too many duck eggs, they can get rewards from their parents. Although one copper plate seems to be very little, one copper plate can buy two pieces of jellybeans.

In a small village like their Yangjiacun, there are peddlers coming from the streets every day. They have cheap and fun gadgets on the shelves, which are the favorites of the children. Back then, Chunqiu was still in Yangjiacun When I was a child, I spent a lot of my pocket money.

After walking for a short distance, the reeds were not as easy to walk as before. Chunqiu looked at the narrowing path in front of him, hesitating about where to go, "Oh, forget it, just choose a road." Chunqiu After saying this, the footsteps that had just stepped down paused, and walked to the right.

The end on the left was next to the river, and Chunqiu didn't want to fall into the water with a "bump" as he walked, and besides, there was still mud in the water where the reeds swam.

The field of vision is getting wider and wider. From time to time in Chunqiu, I lower my head to pay attention to my feet, and then wave the surrounding reed leaves to look for the wild duck nest in the reed. The wild duck is a kind of animal that is more affectionate. When making a nest, if the nest is not damaged, it will It will always lay eggs in one place.

Chunqiu came across many wild duck nests along the way, but there were no duck eggs in the wild duck nests.

Chunqiu bent down, casually picked up a duck egg from the newly discovered wild duck nest and put it into the wooden barrel, and put the reed blocking the wild duck nest back to its original place.

He bowed his head and counted the duck eggs in the wooden barrel. It was okay. In such a short period of time, Chunqiu picked up no less than ten duck eggs. This efficiency is quite high. Of course, this is also due to the fact that the places where Chunqiu walked are sparsely populated. place, not many people have been there.

He kept walking until he reached the end of the reeds, and Chunqiu stopped to take a breath. The small wooden barrel in front of him was already filled with half a bucket of wild duck eggs. Chunqiu was humming an unknown song. As usual, when she was happy, she would unconsciously hum a little song to express her happiness.

Chunqiu didn't rest for too long. When she was panting evenly, Chunqiu got up, took the wooden barrel in her hand and started to rush back. When going back this time, Chunqiu took the left road so that she could pick up more duck eggs. Chunqiu picked up duck eggs purely because she felt itchy, because she thought that picking duck eggs would satisfy her.

On the way back, Chunqiu picked up another five duck eggs, and now her small wooden barrel is almost full.

Putting the barrel by the river, Chunqiu took off his cloth shoes, went down to the river and carefully picked up the fishing nets in the river.

The lively carp struggled constantly on the fishing net, Chunqiu also found that there were a few heavy guys on it, Chunqiu almost threw the fishing net in his hand because of their struggle.

The smaller carp were put back into the water by Chunqiu. Chunqiu left a few big fish that looked fat and tender. He twisted the reed leaves on the side into a straw rope and threaded it along the gills. Chunqiu held the carp in one hand. , carrying the wooden barrel in one hand, happily went home.

Even though Chunqiu only did these two tasks, it took her a whole morning. It took Chunqiu to go back and forth to the reed pond for more than an hour, which shows how big the reed pond in Yangjia Village is. .

On the way home, Chunqiu saw two brothers who were having fun with the village children at the entrance of the village. He stopped, and Chunqiu called them over to go home for dinner.

The two little guys were tired from playing, and they didn't refuse when Chunqiu called them to go home for dinner. They made an appointment for the afternoon with the friends at the side, turned around and ran towards Chunqiu.

The two little guys had sharp eyes, and when they ran over, they noticed the things in Chunqiu's hands. They also knew that the things in Chunqiu's hands were heavy, so they offered to help Chunqiu share some of the burden.

Chunqiu smiled and did not refuse, divided the fat fish in his hand into two parts, let each of them carry half, and the three returned home talking and laughing...

(End of this chapter)