Koi adopted daughter jumps over the farm gate

Chapter 17 Reeds

Bai Muban was very depressed.

Why can't Lao Bai's family save money for so many years? They have been living a tight life.

When he was seven or eight years old, his family was helped by his great-grandfather Baibazi and his brothers.

The brothers who worshiped Babazi and their great-grandfather passed the imperial examination together, but the great-grandfather failed the rankings, and the brothers who worshiped Babazi became the home of Zhongming Dingshi in high school.When he was young, he followed his grandma to the house to fight the autumn wind. He was given 150 taels of silver, clothes, food, gold and silver ornaments, and hired a car before leaving.

Lao Bai’s family bought a good field with 150 taels of silver from the autumn wind. The harvest in the field is very good every year. He sold a lot of silver to repair a big yard and build a big house. Life is full of vitality.

Unexpectedly, within a few years of the good times, the families of the descendants of the brothers and sisters were in trouble, the males were exiled and beheaded, and the female relatives were sold as slaves and prostitutes.

Lao Bai's family is not the kind of ungrateful people, in order to save those who are still alive in distress, they sold the land and took it as the family's property.

After this encounter, the old Bai family returned to abject poverty.

Never got up again.

Only the big courtyard and a few blue tile houses at home can still see the prosperity of those years.

The white board walked along the road at the door, wading through the thick snow, thinking while walking.

Unknowingly, I strolled to the river at the head of the village.

It is the river where Bai Erzhuang took Bai Zhaomei and Dalang Saburo to fish.

People in the village were envious when they saw the big fish caught by Bai's family. In those days, people smashed the ice surface to catch fish every day, but they found nothing, and they didn't stop until someone fell into the ice hole.

The broken holes on the river soon formed new ice, which shone brightly in the setting sun.

He won't go to the ice hole to catch fish by himself again, he doesn't believe that there will be two good luck like last time.

Looking around from the white board, the snow-covered river bank is covered with snow, and large areas of withered and yellow reeds are toppled in the wind in the setting sun, and clusters of snow-white reed flowers are blown away.

He walked towards the reeds, intending to pull out some reed strips and reed flowers, and weave double-haired nests for his youngest son and three grandchildren.

Of course, the little girl is also indispensable.

Maowo is a popular shoe in winter in various villages in the Nanguan mountain area. The poor people in the village can't afford cotton shoes, so they invented Maowo as a substitute for cotton shoes.

The bottom is clogs, which are woven with reeds and reed flowers. Walking in the snow will not slip or wet the feet, and the warmth is no less than that of cotton shoes.

The key is that the material is easier to obtain than cotton, and the reeds by the river can be picked up casually.

Bai Muban has a good handcraft of weaving fur nests, and he taught many families in the village.

He thought of his second daughter-in-law complaining that Saburo had no new clothes to wear, and he felt very uncomfortable.As a grandfather, he can't afford new clothes, so he can weave a warm woolen bed for his grandson.

"Cuckoo cuckoo..."

As soon as Bai Muban reached out to pull out the reed flowers, there was a sound of reeds not far in front of him.

He let go of his hand and took a few steps toward the depths of the reeds.

A pheasant jumped out, and it was still colorful.

Bai Muban's eyes lit up.

He shuttled through the reed marshes every winter, and it was the first time he encountered a pheasant.

He bent down and picked up a stone behind him, raised his hand and threw it at the pheasant in front of him.

The pheasant was frightened by the falling stone and panicked.The reeds are too dense, and there are a few willow trees here and there. The pheasant cuckoos around, hits its head on the big willow tree, and passes out.

Bai Muban was overjoyed that this stupid chicken was hit by him.

Pick up the pheasant and tie a reed to the chicken's feet.

Just as the reed was tied into a knot, there was another sound not far away.

"Cuckoo cuckoo..."

"Ooh oh oh."

Three or four pheasants fluttered across the reeds.

Bai Muban's eyes widened in shock.

It must have been his rock just now that startled the other brooding pheasants, and jumped up together.

Bai Muban continued to pick up stones and throw them at the pheasant. Unexpectedly, the pheasant didn't respond at all. It pretended to be blind and slammed into the big willow tree, and then passed out in the reeds.

One wave just flattened, and another wave rose again. Before these few pheasants had time to pick them up, several pheasants followed and rushed towards the big willow tree.

Bai Muban was stunned, terrified, clasped his hands together and shouted to God.

This is all meat picked for nothing!

The last time he was in this river, the image of the big carp pounced on him was not far away, and another wave of silly pheasants slammed into the tree in front of his eyes, and after being knocked unconscious, they overlapped with the previous wave.

After waiting for a while, no other silly pheasants appeared, and Bai Muban started to go forward to pick up the "trophy".

Good guy!
The white board counted, and there were at least ten pheasants.

It's unbelievable. He grew up in Shenshu Village since he was a child. Not to mention the reeds by the river in the village, even the reeds in other mountain villages, and even on the mountains, he has never seen or heard of anyone who caught such Many pheasants.

Not to mention the old Bai's family, luck has always been bad, since his grandparents have never picked up a pheasant feather.

The point is, this pheasant was not hunted with all the hard work, but the pheasant delivered it to the door by itself, and he didn't need to do it at all.

No one is lucky.

Thanks to the little girl, if it weren't for the little girl's full moon wine, he wouldn't be able to come out to relax, and it would be impossible for a blind cat to bump into a dead mouse and encounter so many pheasants.

Bai Muban put the credit on Xiaofu's round head.

The white wooden board happily pulled the reeds and tied the chickens. Just as he was about to turn around and leave the reeds, he suddenly found a pile of eggs not far in front of him.

Wild eggs!
He counted them, thirty in total.

This harvest is a blessing from heaven.

In the yard of the Bai family, Xie Chuntao cooks, and Bai Sanzhuang helps to light the fire.

When Bai Muban appeared at the kitchen door, Xie Chuntao and Bai Sanzhuang shouted in shock.

Old Mrs. Bai Zhenshi and Bai Erzhuang were led into the yard by exclamation. Seeing the funny shape of the white wood board, everyone was shocked from ear to ear.

I saw white wooden boards threading pheasants into strings with reeds, hanging them around their necks, and holding one panting in their arms.My stomach is bulging, and I don't know what to pretend.

"Well, eldest daughter-in-law, hurry up and get a basin, I have wild eggs in my arms, I'm exhausted from this journey." Bai Muban laughed happily, and ordered Xie Chuntao, who was chopping vegetables in the kitchen, to bring wild eggs in a basin.

He was exhausted from the journey. He was afraid that the pheasant eggs would break, so he carried them carefully in his arms. He couldn't spare so many pheasants, so he hung them around his neck.After the snow accumulated on the road, he walked home step by step.

The old lady Bai had quick eyes and hands, walked to the white board, untied the pheasant and threw it in the yard.

There are so many pheasants, all fat and smooth, this is the first time the Bai family has seen such pheasants.

"Where are there so many pheasants?" asked the old lady Bai.

"I picked it up in the reeds." Bai Muban unloaded the eggs with a relaxed expression on his face.

"Can Luweidang pick up so many chickens? Dad is lying." Bai Sanzhuang stood at the door of the kitchen with a look of disbelief.

Bai Erzhuang also felt that his father was joking.

"Stinky boy, why did I lie to you? You really picked it up. I just arrived in the reed marsh, and these chickens stunned in front of my eyes one by one, and I couldn't stop them." The white wood board described it truthfully.

Bai Erzhuang and Bai Sanzhuang looked at each other, but they still didn't believe it, thinking that this was too unbelievable.In such a big life, I have never heard the story of self-sacrifice of pheasant.

Don't blame them, because they have never experienced the scene of fishing in the river and diving straight into their arms.

The old lady Bai, Mrs. Zhen and the others were very calm. They had experienced fishing incidents, and they no longer had doubts about the pheasant knocking them unconscious.

But I still feel that this is too incredible. This is the second time that Lao Bai's family has had great luck since Xiao Fuyuan came to the house.

(End of this chapter)