After taking a few patches of medicine, Aunt Tao's body gradually improved.

And at this time, rumors started to stir up in the village, and because of these rumors, the third brother had several fights with the children of several families. He will carefully check the third brother's body to see if there is any place that is red or purple.

Because the third younger brother is desperate to fight, most of the time, the third younger brother is the one who wins.A parent brought a child who had been beaten to the door. Zisu didn't comfort the crying child, but just looked at the adult expressionlessly and asked, "Why did you fight?"

The grown-ups are naturally reluctant, and feel that their children have suffered a disadvantage, so they will inevitably say a few ugly words, Zisu will sneer and say: "If you feel that you have suffered a disadvantage, then let them fight again, how about it?"

After a long time, no one came to complain. They arrested their children and prevented them from playing with the third brother.The third brother didn't care, he followed Dahu and Erhu from Tao Datie's family to drill into the mountains all day long, catching rabbits and hunting birds.

In this way, November passed in a blink of an eye, and when December entered, the weather became colder and colder.

The radishes on the two acres of land are not as good as other people's radishes because there is no fertilizer, but no matter what, it is not a problem to fill the hunger.

This winter, if there is no illness or disaster, it will be no problem to go through it smoothly.But if, like Mrs. Tao, she suddenly suffers from a sudden illness, it will be dangerous!There is no possibility that people will not get sick if they eat whole grains.Zisu thought, she still had to find a way to make some money.

"Second sister."

Zisu looked up, and saw that the third brother came back dejectedly with empty hands.It seems that he didn't catch any prey, and he felt sad.

"What's the matter, you look so listless." Zisu stepped forward, took the bow and arrow from the third younger brother's hand, and said softly, "It's okay, luck is not always so good."

"No." The third brother raised his head and looked at Zisu hesitantly.

Zi Su paused, then said softly, "That's..."

The third brother shook his head, sighed, and walked towards the stove room with heavy steps. Zisu hesitated for a while, and followed.The third brother was picking up the gourd in the water tank, scooped up the water from the gourd, drank it in a few gulps, and threw the gourd back into the tank with a "pop".

It seems that I have been bored by something!Zisu thought of the rumors of the past few days, and thought to herself: Could it be that I heard some gossip from somewhere?The reason why she didn't stop the third brother before was because she felt that no matter who was bullied, of course she had to return it.Now, since the situation is gradually calming down, there is no need to linger on it.

"Did you hear some gossip again?"

The third younger brother shook his head, looked back at Tao Datie's yard, and walked towards the house, Zisu hurriedly followed.

"I shot a rabbit today, but Erhu said it belonged to him." The third brother lowered his head and said sadly, "But, obviously I shot it first!"

Only then did Zisu understand what was going on, and seeing the sad face of the third brother, she couldn't help but sighed inwardly.

"Uncle Da Tie is your master, so you should respect him." Zisu persuaded softly, "You practice with Da Hu and Er Hu. After a few days, Second Sister will accompany you into the mountain."

The third brother nodded. Although he was still sad, he felt that what Zisu said made sense.

On the other side, Zisu had just finished speaking with her third brother, and got up to make dinner, but Chunni ran over with a basket.

"Sister Zisu, my mother asked me to deliver this." Chunni handed the basket to Zisu.

Zisu took a look at the basket, and then said, "Rabbit?"

Chun Ni nodded and said: "Well, my mother scolded the second brother after hearing what the elder brother said, saying that he did something wrong, and asked me to send this rabbit to you."

"Hey, Chunni, take it back." Zisu handed the basket back to Chunni, and said softly, "It's the third younger brother who honors your father."

Chunni smiled sweetly, "I still have it at home, my elder brother killed a pheasant."

Zisu thought for a while, but didn't insist anymore. The main reason is that Aunt Tao is not in good health, and she really needs to make up for it.Then she said to Chunni: "Then thank your mother for me."

Chunni agreed, took the empty bamboo basket, and bounced back to her home.

As soon as Chunni left, the third brother came out of the room, looked forward at the rabbit in his second sister's hand, and said softly, "It's the one I beat."

Zisu patted his head, and said softly: "Look, Auntie Datie is a sensible person. In the future, you should be more open-minded, don't care about immediate gains and losses, and look at the long-term, understand?"

"Well," the third brother nodded shyly.

Zisu said loudly: "Let's go, let's pack up the rabbits, and the second sister will cook rabbit stew for you tonight."

"Hey."

Once the winter solstice is over, it will be a day when dripping water will turn into ice. Zi Su expected the coldness of this winter, but she did not expect it to be this cold.The newly made cotton robe is like a cardboard cover, which can't resist the cold at all.

At this time, the firewood she prepared came into play. From time to time, she built a fire and roasted it in the house. By the way, she put a piece of potato at the bottom, and waited for the firewood to burn into charcoal, and the charcoal turned to ashes. Then you can hold the delicious baked potato and chew on it.

On such a day, Zisu can only boil a pot of boiling water as much as possible, cook and steam the previously stored mushrooms, bitter tofu, and various fruits and vegetables in exchange for different patterns. The radishes in the field are also sent at this time. When it comes in handy, I cook a large pot of radish soup from time to time, and my mother and I, one bowl for each person before going to bed, and another bowl for each person when we wake up.

When the weather is good, Zisu will take her third brother to drill up the mountain, trying to find animals that come out to look for food in winter, but they don’t know whether it’s because the little animals are not coming out in the cold weather or the animals are all hibernating. Nothing to gain.

In the twinkling of an eye, it entered the twelfth lunar month, and once the twelfth lunar month passed, it was the Chinese New Year.Zisu thought that there must always be a Chinese New Year atmosphere during the Chinese New Year, so she discussed with her third brother that the two of them would go to the mountains before the new year to see if they could hunt a rabbit or a pheasant, so that the Chinese New Year would be a bit of a mess. .

The third brother naturally agreed not to mention it, the two siblings chose a sunny day, the third brother carried a bow and arrow, Zisu carried a bamboo basket, took a hatchet, and confessed to Aunt Tao and the fourth sister. , The siblings walked towards the mountains.

"Second sister, we are running out of salt."

"It's okay, there's still a jar, it's no problem to eat until the beginning of spring."

The third brother nodded, seeming to comfort Zisu, or comforting himself, and said softly: "When spring comes, there will be more animals in the mountains. Then I will hunt more, and we can exchange them for money."

"Yeah," Zisu nodded and said, "Third Brother will definitely do it."

The third brother blushed, and smiled embarrassedly at Zisu.

"Second Sister, people have beaten up the outside area, why don't we go inside." When we got to the front of the mountain, the third brother said to Zisu hesitantly, fearing that Zisu would disagree, he said anxiously: "Now this God, there must be fewer ferocious beasts."

Zisu was still hesitating, but the third brother said again: "We're just doing a small-scale search, if it doesn't work, we'll quit."

"Okay then." Zisu nodded, and told the third brother, "It's agreed, but the small area can't go too deep."

"Hey, I remembered."

The two siblings raised their feet and walked towards the mountain. There was a light snowfall a few days ago, and there was still snow on the mountain from time to time. Occasionally, the snow accumulated on the treetops melted and fell, drenching the siblings It was all over the head and body, which made the siblings yell.From time to time, there were laughter in the empty woods.

"Second sister," the third brother stopped abruptly and called Zisu in a soft voice.

Zisu tensed up, stood still, looked around alertly, and also lowered her voice and said to the third brother: "What's wrong? Did you find something?"

The third brother swallowed nervously, he found something, but it was not what they wanted.

Didn't get the third brother's answer, Zisu was startled, then quickly turned back to look at the third brother, "What's wrong?"

However, when she saw the direction that the third brother was looking at, she couldn't help feeling a chill on the soles of her feet and froze in place.Wolf!Opposite them, about three feet away, suddenly stood an adult wolf, looking at the two of them with a pair of green eyes.

"Don't be afraid, as long as we don't move it, it won't attack us."

"Second sister, this wolf is similar to the one we met last time." The third brother suppressed his fear and said to Zisu, "The wolf had a tuft of white hairs on its forehead last time, and this one has it too."

Zi Su didn't think about it that much. To her, wolves are all the same, very ferocious.Who cares what it looks like!

The wolf looked at the two of them from a distance, and even stepped slightly on catwalks and walked up to them.

"Second sister..." The third brother was so frightened that he grabbed the bow in his hand and said anxiously to Zisu, "Run, I'll deal with it."

"Nonsense." Zisu pulled the third brother behind her, took the hatchet in her hand, and said with a trembling voice, "Go, I'll deal with it."

"No, Second Sister, you go." The third brother rushed forward anxiously, but was blocked by Zisu, almost crying out of anxiety.

Unexpectedly, the wolf stopped when it was about ten steps away from the two of them, and looked at the trembling siblings vigilantly, especially Zisu. It even tilted its head, as if confirming something.

Zisu felt that the clothes inside were soaked with sweat, and her feet were so soft that she didn't even have the strength to stand there.But he had to grit his teeth and put all his strength on guard.

"Ow!"

The wolf suddenly looked up to the sky and let out a long howl.

Such a creepy whistling sound scared Zisu and the third brother to stagger and fall to the ground.At this time, let alone step forward to shoot and kill, even the strength to stand up again is gone.The siblings hugged each other tightly, looking at the wolf howling in fear.

"Second sister, will it eat us?" The third brother's voice was already crying.

Zisu comforted him with a trembling voice: "No, don't be afraid."

As soon as she finished speaking, small and broken voices rang in her ears, and after a short while, there was a stench in the air, Zisu raised her head abruptly, and she almost closed her eyes in fright, and fainted to death. past.

A few wolves ran around, and some wolves even had bloody rabbits and pheasants in their mouths.At this moment, those wolves all glared at the two of them covetously, with murderous intent penetrating into the bone marrow from their green eyes.

"Ow!"

There was another wolf howl, and the next moment, the wolves surrounding the siblings took three steps back in unison.The next scene made Zisu never forget it for many years later, and it also made her feel that comparing those people with animals was really insulting animals when she wanted to call "animals" in later days !

Stepping on graceful catwalks, the wolf slowly walked up to Zisu and stopped three steps away. The next moment, it suddenly bent down, then exposed its white belly, drooped its ears, and drooped its tail to crawl on the spot. .

"Second sister, it..."

Zisu hugged her second brother tightly, fearing that he would be careless, she shot the arrow in her hand, and said softly, "It is saluting to us, it has no malice toward us."

"Salute?" The third brother looked at Zisu suspiciously, "Why? Aren't wolves ferocious? Don't they want to eat people?"

Zisu shook her head, she didn't know why this wolf was so friendly to them... No, a scene flashed in Zisu's mind, could it be that the wolf in front of her was the one she just came here? The rescued wolf?Thinking of this, Zisu couldn't help but let go of her second brother, straightened her body slightly, and carefully looked at the wolf in front of her.

However, several months have passed, and she really can't see any difference between this wolf and other wolves. There is a real difference, that is, as the third brother said, it has a tuft of white hair on its forehead.

After showing off his cuteness, the wolf got up and backed away.Then, those wolves with prey in their mouths walked up to the siblings one by one, put the prey in their mouths in front of them, and then backed away.

Three rabbits, two pheasants!

Zisu stared blankly at the things in front of her eyes.The eye sockets suddenly turned red, is this the so-called giving away a rose with a lingering fragrance?

There was another long howl of wolves in the woods, and the next moment, thin and broken sounds rang out again, and Zisu watched the wolves leave.Holding the stunned third brother in his arms, he said softly: "Look, third brother, they also know how to repay their kindness."

"Second sister, have you ever helped it?"

"Well, it fell into a trap a long time ago, and I lifted it out."

"But you didn't tell me."

"I forgot."

"..."

Zisu patted the face of the third younger brother who had a little resentment, pointed to the pile of things in front of him and said, "Let's go, let's go home."

"Hey!"

The third brother got up from the ground, only his feet were still a little soft, but his eyes were full of joy.He quickly picked up the rabbits and chickens on the ground, put them into Zisu's back basket, and said loudly, "Now, I won't have to worry about running out of food for Chinese New Year."

"Yes." Zisu said with a smile, "We can have a good year."

The third brother looked at Zisu with some embarrassment and said, "Second sister, when spring comes, I will definitely catch a lot of prey."

"Well, Second Sister believes in you."

Zisu habitually raised her hand to pinch the third brother's face, but the third brother turned his head to avoid it.

"Second sister, I have grown up, you can't keep pinching my face like this, you will be laughed at."

"Hey!" Zisu looked at the third brother who was growing up, and said depressedly: "You are only seven years old after the new year."

"Then I've grown up too!"

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like