Tianyuan Shoufu is two and a half years old

Chapter 7 Snake Soup
When Chen Qiuxiang and Qin Chunying returned halfway, they met Qin Muzhang who was carrying his son on his back and carrying another bamboo basket. The tall man with a child on his back seemed to have a strong and tender feeling.

Qin Xiaobao on Qin Muzhang's back had already fallen asleep. This child spent the whole morning playing with his parents and hunting with his father. He was very excited before, but after the excitement passed, he fell asleep comfortably on his father's back.

"Azhang, what good things did you hit?" Qin Chunying became very curious after seeing Qin Muzhang carrying a bamboo basket and a bloody spear in his hand.

The mountains and forests near Qinjiazhuang are still very rich in products. There are a lot of pheasants, rabbits, wild boars, and other animals. Everyone in Qinjiazhuang occasionally goes up to the mountains to hunt.

However, it is not always possible to hit relatively large prey, more birds or squirrels will be hit, and it is impossible to face such large prey as wild boars without suitable weapons.

The reason why Qin Chunying was sure that Qin Muzhang hit something was because his spear was bloody and the bamboo basket in his hand looked heavy.

"I hit a few hares and a snake." Qin Muzhang said.

"Wow, did you hit a snake? How big is the snake?" Qin Chunying asked in surprise. You must know that snakes are really easy to come across in the south. The poisonous and non-poisonous ones are basically encountered as long as you go up the mountain, that is, there are big and small. It's just small.

For example, there is a kind of green snake that is very common. In the past, Qin Chunying had seen a large group of green snakes together several times. It was really scary.

"About two or three catties, enough to eat."

Qin Chunying didn't go home with Qin Muzhang and his wife to see what kind of prey he had caught, but went home with a look of envy.

Of course, she didn't envy Qin Muzhang for killing a snake, she just envied that he also killed a few hares, their family had meat to eat today.

"came back?"

When Qin Muzhang returned home with the child on his back, the prey and his wife, Qin Songtao was already at home, and Wang Mingya was choosing vegetables for lunch.

"Are you still hunting in the mountains?" Qin Muyu was reading a book, and seeing his younger brother's appearance, he knew that he had gone hunting, and he had caught the prey very well.

"Well, I shot a few hares and a snake." Qin Muzhang put down the bamboo basket containing the prey, and then said to the others, "I'll deal with the snake in a while, and stew the snake soup. Everyone should make up for it."

"Snake stew? Why don't you stew a dragon and phoenix soup?" Qin Muyu said with a smile.

"It's better to stew snake soup. If I don't catch pheasants, I won't kill the chickens at home." Qin Muzhang said, "Anyway, there is no shortage of meat today, so I won't kill the chickens at home."

Qin Muyu nodded with a smile, then looked at his younger brother and said, "I copied a copy of the "Three Character Classic" today, and I have finished copying the "Analects" before, next time you go to the county, help me copy it. Take a good book to the bookstore and show it to the shopkeeper."

"Okay." Qin Muzhang nodded.

Qin Muyu couldn't go to the ground because of his poor health, he couldn't cook, and he couldn't help his mother and younger siblings with laundry, so he could only sweep the floor, feed the chickens and so on.

Apart from doing some housework that he can do, most of Qin Muyu's job is to copy books, and then take these copied books to the bookstore in the county to exchange for money.

Qin Muzhang put Qin Xiaobao down and handed it to Chen Qiuxiang to let her take the child back to the house and let him continue to sleep, and then began to deal with the prey he brought back.

Qin Songtao also helped, the hares should be peeled, the snakes were also skinned, and then the internal organs were disposed of. After washing, Qin Muzhang put a few hares into salt, green onion and ginger to pickle them.

Qin Muzhang washed the words of the snake, chopped them into pieces, and then put them in a pot to blanch in water. After the water was boiled, skim off the foam and continue to cook until the snake meat was cooked.

While cooking the snake meat, Qin Muzhang fried some green vegetables by the way, and chopped a marinated rabbit meat and stir-fried it. When the vegetables and rabbit meat were cooked, the snake meat soup was almost ready.

After the lunch was ready, Qin Muzhang hung the remaining hares above the stove and roasted them over charcoal fire, and brought out the other dishes for lunch with everyone.

"Today I went to see the dry fields on the west mountain side, and I plan to plant sweet potatoes and corn in the dry fields." Chen Qiuxiang said while eating, "The rice still needs to raise seedlings, and the seedlings can only be transplanted when they are full moon. During the month of raising seedlings, We should be able to plant all the dry fields there."

"Growing sweet potatoes and corn?" Qin Songtao nodded upon hearing the words, "Yes, the yields of sweet potatoes and corn are relatively high, and they are also quite delicious."

"I told others that the seeds of sweet potatoes and corn were bought from businessmen from other places when I went out to work with my father. Then, father, you will help me make up for this argument." Qin Muzhang told his father Jiacai said.

"Okay." Qin Songtao nodded to show that he knew it. He took a piece of rabbit meat for his daughter-in-law and ate with a bowl. "The source of sweet potatoes and corn can be explained. If the yield is high after planting, we have to help Anyone from the village?"

"People in the village can pay for it if they want to grow it, or they can exchange it for things. We definitely can't give it to everyone for free." Chen Qiuxiang shrugged, "But sweet potato vines can also be planted, and the sweet potato vines we planted Yes, if other relatives want to plant, you can also give them some sweet potato vines to see, if there are too many, there will definitely not be any."

Qin Songtao expressed his understanding, "In this case, let's plow the paddy fields first in the afternoon, and then go to the dry fields after finishing the paddy fields."

"Ah."

"Qin Xiaobao, eat well." Chen Qiuxiang looked at Qin Xiaobao who was playing with his own food and said helplessly. The two-and-a-half-year-old Qin Xiaobao can already eat by himself, especially the food made by Qin Muzhang is very fragrant and delicious, and he never needs others worry.

Compared with those children in later generations who need their parents to chase after their buttocks with a bowl to feed them, Qin Xiaobao is very obedient when it comes to eating, and can eat by himself.But when he was naughty, it was also a headache.

No, obviously today's food is also delicious, but he is playing while eating, making Chen Qiuxiang wish to join him for a meal.

"Xiaobao, eat obediently." Qin Muzhang looked at his son after hearing what his wife said, and found that he was poking a vegetable not far away with a spoon, and said expressionlessly after picking up a vegetable for him.

Qin Xiaobao: "..."

For some reason, the instinct of the little animal told him that it was dangerous, so Qin Xiaobao hurried to eat obediently after his father spoke, not daring to be a monster.

Of course, the food cooked by his father was so delicious, he didn't have time to play after eating such delicious food, so he ate delicious food happily.

　You can eat wild game in novels (and it’s still fictional ancient times), but it’s not allowed in reality.

　　The male and female protagonists have supernatural powers and skills and are not afraid of eating game. There is no such thing in reality, so please don't imitate it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)