70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 175 Fulfilling the Promise
This made Xu Zhongjun very regretful. Why was he so cheap at the beginning? He gave half a catty of beef jerky to the old leader and asked him to taste it. eat it.

From winter to spring, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, and people gradually take off their heavy cotton-padded clothes and put on thin spring clothes.

In mid-February of the lunar calendar, the villagers began to get busy again. Not only did they go to work in the production team every day, but they also took time to plant sweet potatoes and vegetables in their own plots and open spaces in the yard, and even hatch chickens and ducklings. Catching piglets and raising poultry, busy feet don't touch the ground.

Xie Xiaonian is more than 3 months old now, so she doesn't work with the production team, but is slowly busy with her family affairs.

With the help of Xu's mother and the others, Xie Xiaonian didn't do much work, so she planted sweet potatoes, potatoes and various vegetables on the 2 parts of her family's private plot and the open space in the yard.

Although she doesn't grow much of everything, it is enough for her to eat just by herself in the house.

Xie Xiaonian now also raised 10 chickens and 6 ducklings, and brought back 2 piglets from the production team. Although she is inconvenient, she is still capable of simple tasks.

Moreover, her family will have to hand in mission pigs starting this year, so Xie Xiaonian has to catch two of them and bring them back to raise. When it is really inconvenient, she will ask her sister-in-law to take care of them. time to eat.

Like the original owner, Xie Xiaonian’s birthday is on the second day of March in the lunar calendar, because only the elderly and children celebrate birthdays here, so Xie Xiaonian didn’t tell anyone about his birthday, except that he cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for himself at night, and it was still the same as usual. Live the same way.

Up to now, Xie Xiaonian has almost traveled through time for a whole year. Looking back on this year, although he was not satisfied at the beginning and was a little hesitant, but then it was smooth sailing.

Although there is a shortage of supplies in this era, there is no air conditioner, no heating, and no internet, but Xie Xiaonian feels very happy. Now that he has a child connected with his blood, he believes that he will get better and better in the future.

I don't need any vigorous days, as long as I live a simple life like my parents and have small but definite happiness.

Because Xie Xiaonian can't carry water, the elder brother helped to pick the water for eating and watering the vegetable fields at home, and even the pigweed at home was cut by Lanhua and Weiguo, so Xie Xiaonian thought about how to repay Let's go to the big brother's house.

If you give money to the elder brother's family, they will definitely not want it, after much deliberation, Xie Xiaonian finally decided to teach Weiguo how to hunt.

Wei Guo is already 13 years old this year. According to the custom here, if counting the false age, he is already 14 years old. In the countryside, he is a big kid at this age. He will be able to work in the team in two years, so Xie Xiaonian taught He can also hunt.

This not only fulfilled the previous promise, but also satisfied Weiguo's wish. In the future, the sister-in-law's family will also be able to see meat from time to time. After all, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

Anyway, she was going to take orchids up the mountain to collect herbs, which happened to kill two birds with one stone.

Originally, the boys in the village who were as old as Weiguo knew how to get down nooses and dig traps all day long in the mountains, but most of them were not professional hunters after all, and had never really learned it. , there are few prey on the mountain, so ordinary people, usually when they are lucky, can catch one or two prey.

So Xie Xiaonian decided to teach Wei Guo what he knew, the methods of observing animal tracks and making traps, so that he could catch prey as much as possible.

Just do it when you think of it, this evening when everyone was there, Xie Xiaonian went directly to sister-in-law's house.

When Xie Xiaonian arrived, the sister-in-law's family had just finished eating, seeing Xie Xiaonian coming, the sister-in-law greeted: "Xiao Nian is here, have you eaten yet?"

"Eat it, sister-in-law, hurry up and eat, let me tell you something." Xie Xiaonian replied.

"What's the matter, tell me." Mother Xu said straightforwardly.

"I think starting from tomorrow, I will officially bring orchids up the mountain to collect herbs. She has learned written knowledge with me for so long, and it's time for a field inspection of the learning results. And didn't Weiguo Qian say that he wanted to learn how to hunt with me?" , it just so happens that he will be resting tomorrow, so take her with him, otherwise I won't be able to go up the mountain when I'm a month old." Xie Xiaonian said with a smile.

As the saying goes, Artemisia chinensis in March and Artemisia in April are cut for firewood in May. The same medicinal material is picked at different seasons and at different times, and the medicinal effects are very different. At this time, there are many medicinal materials on the mountain that can Picking, if this time has passed, there will be nothing left.

"But you are pregnant now, how can you go up the mountain? I think it's better to let Lan Hua go up the mountain to collect medicine, and then bring it back for you." Mother Xu said disapprovingly.

"Mom, my stomach is more than 4 months old, and the fetus has been stabilized. It's okay to go up the mountain. Look at the many pregnant women in the village, don't they still go to work every day? Compared with them, I have It's enough to enjoy life. And let me stay at home every day, I can't stay, just let me go, okay, I promise to only go to a safe place." Xie Xiaonian shook Xu's mother's arm, coquettishly and cutely said .

"That's fine, but do you have to be careful in everything?" Xu's mother was tortured by Xiao Nian, so she could only compromise.

"Don't worry, mother, I'm a doctor, I know how to protect myself and my children." Xie Xiaonian said happily.

"Xiao Nian, it's great that you are willing to teach Wei Guo, he has long wanted to learn how to hunt!" Li Suxin said happily.

Li Suxin knows that Xie Xiaonian is capable, and now she is willing to teach Weiguo, she will be very happy, so that the family can also add meat from time to time, so that the children in the family will not be able to eat meat once a year.

On the other side, Wei Guo's eyes lit up immediately after hearing Xie Xiaonian's words and seeing that the family members agreed, and he forgot to eat.

And Lan Hua was also very excited. After studying books for such a long time and memorizing a lot of pharmacology, she can finally do it herself.

"Of course, sister-in-law, which one of us is with whom? Maybe when I am in confinement, the chickens at home will not be enough, and I will have to rely on my nephew to hunt pheasants for me. If you are willing, then I will do it now." Start teaching Weiguo how to make a noose, and tomorrow I'll take him and Lanhua up the mountain." Xie Xiaonian said with a smile.

"I also want to learn, I also want to hunt." The Wei family said not to be outdone.

"Okay, when our parent Wei grows up, let your aunt teach you too." Mother Xu coaxed her little grandson and said with a smile.

Early the next morning, Xie Xiaonian took Weiguo and Lanhua up the mountain. Because they didn't want others to know, they carried baskets on their backs and pretended to go to the mountain to chop firewood and pick mushrooms.

Because digging herbs is time-consuming, Xie Xiaonian planned to teach Weiguo how to hunt after arriving on the mountain.

They first went to the place Xie Xiaonian used to go to before, only to find that someone had already set a trap there, it seemed that others had noticed this place years ago.

This mountain is first-come-first-served, so Xie Xiaonian took the two of them to other places, and while setting up, taught Weiguo how to judge whether there were animals passing by based on factors such as feces, footprints, and the surrounding environment. What kind of animal is it, where is the best place to place the trap, etc.

Of course, for the sake of safety, Xie Xiaonian always looked for places where small animals haunted.

Originally, Xie Xiaonian was mainly teaching Weiguo, but I didn't expect Lanhua to be very serious about learning beside her.

After setting up the noose and digging two more traps together, Xie Xiaonian told the two of them as much as possible about the main points and the experience he had summed up.

But what she said is not as true as their actual experience, so how much they can learn, how proficient they are, and whether they can catch prey depends on themselves, and I can only talk about the main points as much as possible. .

"Auntie, can we catch prey during the day?" After the arrangement was completed, Weiguo asked uncertainly.

"I don't know about this. Whether we can catch them will be known when we go up the mountain tomorrow, but many animals are active at night, so the trap we just set up, the possibility of catching prey during the day should not be too great " Although Xie Xiaonian knew Wei Guo's mood at this time, he still told the truth.

"Then what if I catch it today, can't I come and see it in the afternoon? I have to go to school tomorrow, and if I come back from school and look again, will the prey be taken away by others?" Wei Guo said worriedly.

"If you're really worried, why don't we come over again at 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon." Xie Xiaonian said with a smile.

"Okay, okay!" Wei Guo shouted excitedly.

"It's fine if you set up the trap. If you don't want Weiguo, you can go back first and come back in the afternoon." Xie Xiaonian suggested.

"No, little aunt, I'll go dig herbs with you, maybe I can help." He was still thinking about his own trap, but he didn't want to go down the mountain.

"That's fine, you follow us." Afterwards, Xie Xiaonian led the two of them and began to dig up the medicinal materials.

Because Xie Xiaonian's main purpose is to teach orchids to know medicinal materials, not to find any valuable medicinal materials, so they have been digging common medicinal materials such as Anemarrhena and Polygala.

A few people didn't go back at noon, so they boiled some hot water on the mountain and ate some corn-bread pickles that they brought.

"Auntie, let's go see if we have caught any prey!" Seeing that the sun was about to set, Wei Guo said anxiously.

Seeing that Wei Guo had been waiting absent-mindedly for a day, Xie Xiaonian said with a smile: "Okay, let's go and have a look now."

Seeing that Xie Xiaonian agreed, Wei Guo quickly walked towards the trap.

"Wei Guo, slow down, pay attention to safety! Lan Hua, follow Wei Guo to see, don't let him run around, I will follow you slowly." Seeing Wei Guo walking so fast, Xie Xiaonian hurriedly instructed.

Because Xie Xiaonian walked relatively slowly, when the three of them met again, Wei Guo and his two had checked all the nooses and traps they had set up.

Seeing Wei Guo's wicked smile, Xie Xiaonian knew that the two must have gained something.

Sure enough, Wei Guo ran up to Xie Xiaonian, took out something wrapped in hay from the basket, and when he opened it, he saw that it was a pheasant whose neck had been broken.

Wei Guo said excitedly: "Auntie, look, you really caught him. Go to my house today and let my mother cook chicken soup for you. I haven't eaten meat for a long time."

At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten that he only ate the bacon sent by Xie Xiaonian half a month ago.

Xie Xiaonian saw how excited he was, and how thoughtful he was doing, knowing that the money was not in vain, she responded, "Okay, then today my aunt will take advantage of our Wei country and eat some meat."

After they picked up some more firewood, they went down the mountain and went back to the sister-in-law's house together.

Because Xiao Nian was pregnant, Li Suxin cooked the pheasant into chicken soup.

Xie Xiaonian took the orchids and cleaned and dried the herbs picked today in the yard.

"Hey, sister-in-law, your family is eating meat again, what a happy life!" Just as the family was busy, Fan Min's piercing voice suddenly came from the gate.

(End of this chapter)