The lady escaped marriage and became addicted

Chapter 29: Bugs Are Delicious

The days passed so busy and the weather became hotter and hotter, but the children's days became more and more joyful.

Summer is here, the pears are ripe, and the wild fruits on the mountain are also ripe. In the small river, there are children playing in the water every day to catch fish and shrimp.

An Ran was interested in all of this.

This year, the apricot tree at home has blossomed, but it has only produced a dozen fruits. Before they are ripe, my brother picked them off and gave them to her to eat.The wild pear tree on the mountain is really not tasty, it is still hard to bite after peeling, the juice is little, the sand is thick, there is only a little fragrance, almost no sweetness.It really is not delicious.

"Brother, which pear tree in the village do you think bears delicious fruit?" How about she do a grafting secretly?As long as it doesn't spread, it shouldn't be a big problem.It's just how to operate it, she has never done it before, and she doesn't know if it will be successful.

"It is said that the pears at Grandma Wu's house are delicious, but I have never eaten them." An Qi thought for a while and said to his sister, "Why don't I go to Grandma Wu's house tomorrow and ask for two for you to try? I'll take an egg over there In exchange, Fifth Grandma will definitely give it to you."

An Ran thought for a long time, then nodded.Always look at the variety first. If the variety is good, it is worth the risk.

"Brother, let's find sweet potatoes to eat!"

"it is good!"

The sweet potato in An Ran's mouth is the fruit of a wisteria plant that crawls on the ground, but it is the size of a thumb. When it is ripe, it is pink and beautiful in color. It is half buried in the mud. Take it out carefully and wash it in the small river. , Pinch off the stalks at both ends, and you can eat it.Sweet and sour, very delicious.It's just that this food is hot in nature, and if you eat too much, you will get angry. An Qi didn't dare to let her eat more, so he only took her to pick out twenty or so a day and didn't let her eat it.

There are also raspberries, prickly pears, and thornberries on the mountains. Although they are not as sweet and juicy as regular fruits, they are the ultimate delicacy for children in the country where there is no fruit to eat.An Ran observed while eating, the golden-yellow prickly pear looks very unique, it should look good as a hairpin, um, the earrings are also good, and the bracelet seems to be fine too; if the prickly pear is made of ruby ​​into hairpins and necklaces, it will look good, By the way, there are rings and earrings.Well, next time I will draw a picture for my little uncle to take back.

In order to pick these small fruits for his sister, Anqi's little hands were pricked with countless small thorns, and he had to pick them out with his mother's embroidery needle every day.

Seeing An Ran, she also felt very sorry, she was such a "big" person, and she was so greedy, causing her brother who was still a child to be hurt all the time.But An Qi always comforted her by saying that he also loves to eat. All the children in the village come here like this. Who hasn't been pricked by these little thorns?
The hillside is unowned, and the children are all greedy. If you want to be the first to pick the ripe wild fruit, you have to grab it!Since it is necessary to fight for speed, it is inevitable to be stabbed.The children in the village are used to it.

In fact, these are trivial matters. The big problem is that there are too many snakes and insects on the mountain, and you can encounter them if you are not careful.

Since An Ran and her elder brother were looking for prickly pears on the hillside but were almost bitten by a snake, she never went up the mountain again, nor did she let her brother go up the mountain.

So, their afternoon activities were changed to fishing in the small river.

The creek is only about a foot wide, and the water is not deep. Generally, there is no calf, but the depth is five or six feet, which is dug by the villagers to store water for washing clothes.

So, by the small river, An Ran could often be seen carrying a small bamboo basket, and An Qi rolled up his trousers, fishing in the small river.Fish are not often found, but crabs can be found from time to time. Although they are far inferior to the hairy crabs that An Ran ate in his previous life, they are still better than nothing.

In fact, the most fragrant is the bamboo heart worm caught in the bamboo forest. Its mouth is long and hard like a drill bit, which can penetrate the shell of bamboo shoots to eat the tender shoots inside. There are barbs on its feet, which can firmly grasp bamboo shoots. .Although it has wings, it seems that its motor nerves are not sensitive. It is only when it is caught by someone that it starts to prepare. How can it escape?
An Qi carefully broke off the barbed part of the insect's feet, and inserted a thin bamboo stick into the largest pair of feet, and then only needed to hold the bamboo stick to prevent the insect from running away. .Only then did An Qi hand it to An Ran to hold it.At this time, the person let go of the worm and only held the bamboo stick. The worm thought it was his chance to escape, so he flew and flew vigorously, fanning the wind like a small fan, which was interesting and fun.An Ran likes it so much, the natural fan doesn't use electricity, hehe.

When you get tired of playing, you will go home and put it in the hot ashes in the stove and burn it to eat. It is very fragrant.Then go out to catch them at noon the next day.An Ran has eaten locusts before, but she privately thinks that although locusts are insects like this bamboo heart insect, the taste is not as good as this bamboo heart insect.It's a pity that the children in the village like to go to the bamboo forest to catch the bamboo heart worms to eat. Brothers and sisters An Qi and An Ran need to be fast, clever in their eyes, and quick in their movements. The other children took the lead.

Alas, not to mention that eating bugs is disgusting, children who have no meat to eat can only eat bugs to satisfy their hunger.

The days passed day by day, and it seemed that the autumn harvest was coming.Zhao Shihua has to visit the fields every day these days.

An Ran hesitated for a long time, and finally said when she went to the field with her father to look at the rice: "Daddy, the leeks in the field grew after a few days. Do you think if the rice is cut, can it grow again?" ?”

Zhao Shihua was startled, and was about to refute that rice is not leek, but suddenly thought that his daughter is not a person who just talks nonsense.Moreover, who can draw conclusions without trying it?He remembered that after the autumn harvest, sometimes the plowing was delayed because of busyness, and didn't new shoots sprout on the rice piles?I just don't know if the rice ears will appear again and how long it will take.Moreover, he always seemed to feel that he had seen similar descriptions in some books.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shihua went home and took a sickle, cut off eight rice ears, and left eight kinds of rice piles of different heights for observation.

Seeing An Ran, she secretly sighed in her heart, Dad is really a smart and practical person.If I become an official in the future, I will definitely be a good official!

After returning home, Gu Wanniang was very surprised to see Zhao Shihua cutting the immature ears of rice.Zhao Shihua said with a smile: "I see that the leeks will grow another crop soon after being cut. I will try to see if the rice can grow another crop."

(End of this chapter)