pastoral beggar woman

Chapter 22
"Hmph!" Qin Tian turned his head awkwardly, looking ungrateful, but when Qin Shuang rubbed his hair, he accidentally touched the base of his ear, and the temperature on it was obviously much higher.

If it wasn't too dark now, and there were no street lights in ancient times, Qin Tian's red earlobes would definitely be visible.

Qin Shuang raised the corner of her mouth, pulled Qin Tian's wrist and said, "Okay, don't waste time here, let's go."

Qin Tian was dragged away passively, and couldn't help asking: "Where are you going?"

"Didn't I tell you, I'll take you to eat Xiaozao, I'm not full at night."

Qin Tian wondered, where to eat Xiaozao in the middle of the night?Could it be that she was sleepy?
When he came to the ruined temple and saw Ah Chen and the half-bald pheasant in his hand, Qin Tian's face darkened suddenly, and he looked at Qin Shuang in disbelief, "You, you sneaked out in the middle of the night just to see him! ? Are you crazy!? After you do this, no one will dare to marry you!" It's not that he hasn't heard about her having an affair with a beggar, but he just thought it was someone else's nonsense, and he never thought that it was real!

Qin Shuang was a little speechless, she came to see Ah Chen for a reason, but it is also important to eat Xiaozao to fill her stomach, okay?
"Don't worry, I don't worry about getting married."

Ah Chen looked at Qin Tian for a while, and didn't pay attention to the unfriendly eyes towards him. Instead, he casually put down the pheasant and put it on his shoulder, smiling and said: "This is the younger brother, right?"

Qin Tian was furious, "Who is your younger brother! Don't mistake relatives!" Then he glared at Qin Shuang.

Ah Chen turned his head to look at her suspiciously, and asked with his eyes: Why did you bring this kid along?
Qin Shuang just shrugged helplessly, grabbed the pheasant that Chen had handled halfway and continued to pluck the feathers, "Don't just stand there, it's time to light the fire, it's time to boil the water, if you don't do it, you won't have anything to eat!"

Ah Chen patted Qin Tian on the shoulder, moved closer to Qin Shuang, took out three wild eggs from somewhere, and said with a treasured face: "Shuangshuang, let's boil the eggs too."

Qin Shuang was also a little surprised, "You found it yesterday?"

"Yeah! I want to eat boiled eggs, let's make them together later."

"it is good."

Not to mention Qin Shuang now, even Qin Tian's eyes, who had been secretly observing Ah Chen, had changed. The two chickens raised by the Qin family originally laid few eggs, and those eggs had to be eaten by Qin Cheng and Qin Lian'er. There is no share in the sky, Qin Tian hasn't eaten eggs for a long time.

Qin Shuang was better than him. During the past three months when he came to the mountain to do trap hunting, he accidentally found wild eggs on the mountain. Although there were only two of them, they were not enough to fit between his teeth. Bijia eggs have higher nutritional value, and the taste is incomparable. Since the last time she ate it, she has been relishing it, and today she can finally satisfy her cravings!
Also, eggs are not as easy to handle as pheasants. Pheasants run around looking for food, but because pheasants, which are much smarter than domestic chickens, hide their nests quite secretly, it is quite difficult to find them.Because of this, every time she finds eggs with great difficulty, she kills them directly to supplement nutrition, let alone sell them to the system, and there is not much left in her backpack as inventory.

The three that Ah Chen took out were just enough for each of the three people after finishing today, so there was nothing left.

Qin Shuang picked up the bald chicken that had been plucked clean, and had an idea, "Ah Chen."

"Huh?" Ah Chen raised his head.

Qin Shuang rubbed his chin and said, "Tell me, how about we raise pheasants in pens?"

Ah Chen froze for a moment, "Captivity?"

Qin Shuang raised her eyebrows: "Don't you want to be able to eat wild eggs all the time?"

Ah Chen's eyes lit up, "You mean—"

Qin Tian, ​​who was adding firewood, also moved his ears.

"Anyway, the place behind your dilapidated temple is very large. You can enclose a part of it and make a chicken pen. In the future, you won't have to look for eggs all over the mountains and plains, and you may not be able to find them."

Ah Chen imagined the wonderful life of raising a flock of chickens in his backyard and picking eggs from the chicken coop every day. His face showed fascination, and he couldn't help wiping his mouth to wipe away the drool that was about to flow out. He pulled Qin Shuang's hand excitedly. Wrist said: "Let's raise them! Raise a few more!"

Qin Shuang said again: "If you really want to raise a pheasant, it must be a healthy pheasant. In this way, I have to modify my traps a little bit."

Ah Chen nodded in agreement. The prey caught by Qin Shuang's traps basically lost half of their lives, and they may not be able to live long after getting them back, let alone raising eggs to lay eggs.

"Have you dug all the pits I asked you to dig?" What she asked Ah Chen to do for her before was to go to the mountain to make new pits for traps.

Digging pits is physical work, and it takes time. The traps can't be kept in one place all the time, they have to be changed after a certain period of time. Although those pheasants and wild ducks are not smart enough, they are not so stupid that they don't know which fixed places always let them The compatriots never returned.

In order to ensure the number of prey, it is the wisest choice to change a place with one shot.

Ah Chen smiled complacently, "How could I fail to do what you told me! I promise to satisfy you!"

"That's good, I'll go make the trap again tomorrow." This time, I definitely can't get sharp branches into the trap hole.

Qin Tian suddenly said, "The water is boiling."

Qin Shuang saw that the water had already started to gurgle. He put the chicken in, took out the star anise, Chinese prickly ash, and minced green onion, put them into the pot, and covered the pot.

"You can run another errand for me tomorrow."

"Okay, where are you going?"

"Go to the town to sell some pheasants and ducks, and buy some seeds for me."

"Buy seeds?" Ah Chen wondered, "You want to farm?" He also knew about the situation of the Qin family. The land was allotted to Qin Fugui, the eldest uncle of the Qin family. Qin Shuang's father didn't have land to plant, so what did she want seeds for?
"I don't care about so much, just buy it if I let you, I have my own use."

"Okay." Ah Chen said helplessly, "How much should I buy?"

"Let's buy half a catty first." Half a catty of seeds is about 25 Wen. It should be enough to sell the few pheasants, ducks and rabbits left in her backpack. Anyway, I can get some prey back when I go to set traps tomorrow. Backpack, not afraid of not having enough stock to keep for food.As for the points needed to buy the catalyst, doesn't she have 120 five points? Use it first, and you already have the means to get a large amount of points in a short period of time, so you may not be able to level up.

"it is good."

Qin Tian looked at Qin Shuang suspiciously, not knowing what she was going to do.

But Qin Shuang didn't mean to explain at all. He took the almost cooked chicken out of the pot, cut the whole chicken into several large pieces with a knife, and cooked the red-braised rabbit meat according to the same process as the last time. chicken.

When the tangy scent wafted away, neither Ah Chen nor Qin Tian could care about the purpose of buying seeds. They sniffed their noses in unison with salivating expressions on their faces. After the stewed chicken was served on a plate and the wild eggs were cooked, It even showed eyes like a very hungry wolf.

(End of this chapter)