Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 93 Entering the Mountain for the Second Time

Outside the cave, magpies chirped.

When Wang Manyin opened his eyes, he saw that the cave was already dimly lit.Lanhua is like a child, her limbs are tightly wrapped around her body, and there is a sweet smile on her white face.

The two have been married for three or four months, and they are still in the period of passionate love.

Every time the aunt-in-law sleeps with her pillow on his arm, she can't fall asleep otherwise.Of course, Wang Manyin enjoys this kind of life very much, and is also very grateful for Lan Hua's attachment to him.

Wang Manyin could feel that Lan Hua really loved him to the bottom of her heart, and regarded him as the earth and the sky.When she first got married, Wang Manyin even cooked a few meals.

Later, Lanhua said nothing, and every time he finished cooking, he would serve him a bowl first.Seeing the man eating, she will serve herself a meal.

Outside the house, in the crevices of Gelao, they are kept clean.

No matter what he does, Lanhua supports him wholeheartedly, almost obediently.

Such a woman deserves to be treated well by me for a lifetime, and it is also my greatest comfort in this era.

Thinking in his heart, Wang Manyin leaned his head over and smudged one on the cheek of his aunt.

Stuck by the beard stubble, Lan Hua dimly opened her eyes: "Man Yin, it's dawn? I'll get up and cook!"

As she spoke, she grabbed the red bellyband on the kang.

The bellyband is also the personal clothing of mothers and aunts on the Loess Plateau. It is shaped like the front of a vest and is embroidered with various auspicious patterns on the surface.

The wearing method is relatively simple. The upper two cloth belts are tied around the neck, and the lower one is tied around the waist.

Wang Manyin just lay there watching, admiring quietly.

When Lanhua started to work in the stove, he went out with a bucket.

This is also a daily operation... Even though the spring water in the space is inexhaustible, Wang Manyin still insists on picking up a load of water from the well beside the village every morning to show his sense of existence.

Of course, they mainly use space spring water for their daily cooking.

Guanzi Village is backed by the Dongla River. The whole village has three wells dug along the river. Each well is more than three feet deep. It is not difficult for the villagers to drink water.

But in many places on the Loess Plateau, a drop of water is as expensive as oil, and there are often only one or two wells in the entire village.And because the groundwater layer is relatively deep, the depth of the wells dug can reach tens of feet, hundreds of meters.

Inoue needs to install a potter's wheel to shake the water. It takes more than ten minutes to shake a bucket, and the potter's wheel turns more than 100 times, which can make people tired and panting.

In addition to tossing back and forth, it will take almost an hour to carry a load of water home.

Because of this, many people start queuing at the well every day before dawn.

Wang Manyin had heard a story before.There is a village in the south of the Shige Festival. Aunts and mothers in a village line up to fetch water at dawn, and it takes a long time before they come back with buckets.As a result, when he was about to get home, his feet slipped and both buckets of water fell to the ground.

This auntie hanged herself in a fit of anger, which is embarrassing.

When Wang Manyin arrived at the well, many villagers were already waiting there.

After saying hello, Wang Manyin also joined the nonsense team.

When he came back with two buckets of water, Lan Hua had already cooked the meal.

Black-faced Wowo, mixed with red potherb as a dish, the porridge is still corn paste mixed with sweet potato pieces, it looks simple.

But this porridge has connotations... with eggs beaten in it.

This is the method Wang Manyin came up with: completely smash the egg whites and yolks, and pour them into the golden corn mash without seeing the color, but it tastes nutritious.

As for the egg shells, they were directly thrown into the pot and burned by the orchids, leaving no traces.

I was so busy going into the mountain yesterday that I didn't get a single piece of firewood. Instead, I carried a big living person home.

After eating, Wang Manyin prepared to take his things and go to the mountains again.

Lan Hua said worriedly: "Man Yin, why don't you go to Langwo Mountain and get some firewood nearby."

She had already heard the man talk about collecting firewood, and she also encountered wild wolves in the middle, which was really too dangerous.

"It's okay, I'll bring rhubarb this time!" Wang Manyin comforted with a smile.

Seeing that the persuasion does not move, Lan Hua can only tell her to be careful.

Without the educated youths to follow, Wang Manyin was much faster.In half an hour, he walked seven or eight miles away.Rhubarb was very excited to be led into the mountain by his master.Don't live in the wild grass and look around.

When passing a depression, Ceng... Suddenly a gray shadow jumped out from the side, and ran towards the distance, rushing to 30 meters away in the blink of an eye.

Hare!

When Wang Manyin reacted, Rhubarb had already chased after him.

He had no hope for that.

If it is changed to a flatter platform, the earth dog may be able to catch up.There are too many ditches in this depression, and Rhubarb's speed advantage cannot be fully utilized.

Sure enough, after 2 minutes, the guy drooped his head and returned dejectedly.

Just when Wang Manyin thought there was nothing to do, Rhubarb suddenly roared at the depression again.

Immediately afterwards, I saw a few little guys with big fists jumping and running away.

Rhubarb swooped forward, and one of his paws was already held down.

This is, the hare cub?Only then did Wang Manyin see clearly the appearance of the little things.

Wild rabbits usually give birth in spring and summer, which is relatively rare in this season.

Now that it happens, it can't be missed, it can be used to prevent inbreeding of space hares.

The speed of these young rabbits that have just hatched for a few days is much worse than that of old rabbits, and they run up and down.

In just 2 minutes, all of them became the prey of rhubarb.

After Wang Manyin took over, he threw them all into the space pit.

Now there are more than ten wild rabbits, big and small, in the space. Except for four old rabbits caught last winter, the rest are all newborn cubs.

The original pit for raising wild rabbits was only more than 20 square meters in size, but now it seems a bit crowded.

Wang Manyin decided to take a hare with him when he returned, and he said that Rhubarb had caught it.

When he arrived at the bottom of the cliff ditch, Wang Manyin found that the firewood cut yesterday was still thrown in place.

However, he was not in a hurry to chop firewood, but entered the space first, caught a little native chicken and plucked its feathers.This is a chicken from years ago. It has weighed two catties in more than two months.

Clean the small chicken, put it in a crock pot and add water to stew it, and add salt for seasoning.

After the water boiled, he added more firewood to simmer, and then went out to chop wood.

With Rhubarb by his side, Wang Manyin didn't worry about safety at all, and just kept his head buried in his work.

In just over an hour, there was a pile of firewood beside him.

In all the income space, only a load of bundled firewood is left.

Seeing that it was almost noon, he entered the space with rhubarb, and immediately smelled the unique meaty aroma of native chicken.Produced in space, the taste is naturally extraordinary.

Wang Manyin pricked it with chopsticks, and it didn't feel too bad, so he filled the firewood and continued to cook.

Then, he caught a carp that weighed a pound from the pond, and set up a barbecue grill...

The grilled fish is ready, and the chicken is stewed.

Wang Manyin kept two big chicken legs for himself, and threw all the remaining chicken to Rhubarb as a reward for its contribution during this period.

Eating grilled fish with chicken drumsticks was a fairy-like day for Wang Manyin.

The only pity is that it cannot be shared with orchids.

But it’s okay, I can fry wild rabbits at home at night.

Filling his stomach, Wang Manyin was not in a hurry to go out, but continued wandering in the space.When he came to the sweet potato field, he became worried again.

The locusts and grasshoppers that are cowardly these days can't be caught at all.I caught it four or five times in a row, and it seemed that not only did it not decrease, but it seemed to be increasing.

Helpless, Wang Manyin could only carry on with his snakeskin bag and net bag.

This is the method of catching locusts that he figured out not long ago, and the speed is much faster than manual work.Holding a wooden stick, swinging the big net bag back and forth and beating.

In just ten minutes, hundreds of grasshoppers were caught, and all of them were thrown away to feed the chickens.

After finishing his work, Wang Manyin patrolled around the space as usual.

The situation is good. Although there are grasshoppers in other places, they are not as flooded as the sweet potato fields.Especially when he came to the grass by the pond, Wang Manyin was surprised to find that there were quite a few eels clinging to the bank to prey on grasshoppers.

He didn't catch a few ricefield eels from the Dongla River last year, and now it seems that they have also multiplied in large numbers in the space.This is a good sign.It's a pity that the eels can only prey on insects at the water's edge and cannot really go ashore.

If you want to completely eradicate locusts, you need to use frogs.

Hey... the melon knot is not small!

Seeing the melon field beside the reeds, Wang Manyin was surprised.

Today's space is like opening a blind box, which can bring surprises to oneself at any time.

Years ago, Wang Manyin went to his old father-in-law's house as a guest, and specially asked for some melon seeds, saying that he planned to plant some in his own plot after the spring.

After getting it back, he randomly threw a few grains into the space loess.

I don't usually care much about it, just glance at it occasionally.

The last time I just produced a small melon the size of a horse's egg, I didn't expect it to grow to the size of a white bowl in more than ten days.

Judging by the appearance, it should be edible.

Wang Manyin tentatively plucked one, then lightly thumped it with his fist.Bang... The melon burst open, and the fragrance of the melon burst into the nostrils.

When it comes back to the mouth, it is sweet and crisp, and it feels comfortable even in the stomach.

Cool!
It's so good to have this thing as dessert.

Many things that later generations take for granted are a luxury to eat now.Wang Manyin thought he was full, but in a daze he wiped out another big melon.

When he came out of the space again, the sun was already westward.There were still more than ten miles to go, but Wang Manyin didn't delay, he picked up a bundle of firewood and headed home.

It was almost dark when we got home.

Lan Hua was standing by the side of the field watching, and seeing the man returned safely, she was finally relieved, and hurried down the side of the cliff.

"Man Yin, take a rest, I will carry the firewood back."

"Don't worry, Dahuang went into the mountain and caught a hare, you take it back first... I'll go outside the village again."

"Why go back?" Lan Hua took the hare and asked puzzled.

"I packed two loads of firewood and carried them back and forth alternately." Wang Manyin replied.There is no way, firewood can't appear out of thin air, I can only give such an explanation.

In fact, many people will do this when they burn too much firewood.

She never thought of a lie he said, which made Lan Hua feel so distressed that she couldn't do it, and tears immediately fell.

My man had never done heavy work before he got married, and he had been wandering around.But married, one person can work for two labors.

"Man Yin, I'll go collect firewood from now on."

"Why are you crying, what about it?" Wang Manyin hurriedly reached out to help his mother-in-law wipe away her tears.

(End of this chapter)