The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 4 So It Was a Crow

"Father, can I not go! I can't get up." Su Ho pouted and pulled Father Su's arm coquettishly.

"No, He'er, haven't you always wanted to visit the town? When the fungus is sold, my sister will bring you with me. When the fungus is sold for money, my sister will buy you delicious snacks." Sure enough, it was a sister, Su Ling knows Su He very well, as long as he talks about food, this snack food person will immediately smile.

"You really bought it for me? Didn't you just lie to the kid?" Su Ho looked at Su Ling with round eyes.

"Really, when did my sister lie to you?" Su Ling smiled and nodded at Su Ho's head.

"Well, tomorrow, you must remember to wake me up."

"Okay, sister understands, the custody will wake you up tomorrow."

"It has already been agreed, so we should eat quickly and rest early. After resting, we can pick more mushrooms and fungus tomorrow." Father Su said.

"Understood, dad." The three little ones replied unanimously, and then smiled at each other after speaking.

"You three brats!" Mother Su said with a smile, "Eat quickly! Eat more."

After dinner, the family washed up and fell asleep early, looking forward to a better life!

In the early morning of the next day, Su Ling woke up Su He early in the morning, Su He stayed on the kang and refused to get up.

"He'er, get up quickly, don't you want some delicious snacks? We're going to pick fungus!" Su Ling said loudly into Su He's ear.

"What, there's something delicious." Su Ho turned over and jumped up, "It's delicious, where else is there to eat? Sister."

"You get up first, then we will go up the mountain to look for it together." Su Ling said with a smile.

"Oh, I know."

Su Ling walked out of the room and saw that Su Dong had finished washing and was waiting for the two of them in the yard, Su's father and Su's mother had also gone to work.

"He'er, hurry up, brother is already waiting for us." Su Ling urged.

"It'll be here soon." He said, took a bun and ran out of the room.

"Big Brother, Second Sister, I'm ready, let's go!" Su Ho said.

"Have you eaten yet?" Su Dong asked, frowning.

"Look, here it is!" Su Ho took out two buns and showed Su Dong.

"You ghost girl." Su Ling nodded Su He's head and said, "Brother, I made an appointment with Xiaocao yesterday to go up the mountain with her today, let's go to her house and call her!"

"it is good."

After a while, I arrived at Xiaocao's house, and met Uncle Li and Aunt Li who were about to go out to work!
"Morning Uncle Li, good morning Auntie." Su Ling asked sweetly.

"It's Ling'er! Dong'er and He'er are here too! Xiaocao is eating inside, you just go in and look for her, your uncle and I will go to work first." gone.

The three brothers and sisters of Su Ling walked into Li's house, and when they entered the gate, they saw a big yard with some green vegetables, which were very cute. The gate was facing the hall, and there were two rooms on both sides of the hall, one on the left. The room is used for kitchen and storage of sundries.Uncle Li and Aunt Li lived in the room next to the kitchen, Xiaocao and the three brothers of the Li family lived on the right, Xiaocao lived alone, and the three brothers of the Li family lived in the room.The house is the kind of thatched house that will leak when it rains. The situation of the Li family seems to be worse than theirs.

"Xiaocao, where are you? I'm here to look for you." Su Ling called.

"Oh! Here we are!" He said and came out of the kitchen. "Ling'er, you're here! Brother Su and He'er are also here!" He said hello to Su Dong and Su Ho.

"Xiaocao, have you had breakfast? If we do, let's go up the mountain earlier! We can come back sooner later." Su Ling said.

"Sister, you guys go up the mountain! I'm going too." Xiaocao's younger brother, Xiaozhi, hurried over from the yard.About five or six years old, about the same age as Su Ho, wearing a coarse cloth shirt, two small dimples looming when he smiles, very cute.

"Then let's go!" Su Dong took the lead and walked to the back mountain in about half an hour. At this time, the sun had already risen and it was still cool in early spring. The sun was shining warmly, which made people feel special energy.

As soon as they entered the mountain, everyone cheered up and ran happily. Su Ling was carefully looking for fungus and mushrooms. When he saw the footprints of a little rabbit on the ground, he had a good idea in his heart. It's been so long since he came here After eating meat, my mouth is very gluttonous. It would be nice if I could make a rabbit tooth festival.

After thinking about it, he summoned the big guys and said: "Look, here are the footprints of rabbits. We can dig a hole here, cover it with branches, and put fresh grass on it. When the rabbits come to eat grass and sink into the hole, we will kill them." There is rabbit meat to eat, and it tastes delicious when you think about it, do you think it is good?" Then he took the lead in digging a hole.After everything was ready, Su Ling took the big guy and left and picked fungus nearby.

There was a sound of 'bang', a little rabbit was really fooled, the rabbit who had been hungry for a whole winter was stupid!When I saw something to eat, I ran here, but I didn't expect that what was waiting for it was a trap.Su Ling caught the little rabbit out. The rabbit was thin and weighed about 3 catties, but it was enough for them to fill their stomachs.

After peeling the rabbit skin and washing it, he lit a fire and roasted the rabbit. Of course, the rabbit skin was kept and not lost. Although it was a little small, Su Ling thought it could still be used as a scarf.

After the rabbit meat was roasted, Su Dong shared a rabbit leg with each of the four little ones, and everyone ate deliciously.Especially Su Ho, a snack foodie, he would smash it up after eating it!As if reminiscing.

"Sister, this rabbit meat is really delicious, you have to bring me next time!" Su Ho said to Su Ling, smacking his lips.

"Okay, I'll bring you here next time, let's pick fungus and mushrooms now!" Then he stood up.

Of course, after a day of hard work, everyone has gained a lot. The baskets and baskets brought are full of fungus, mushrooms, and wild vegetables.

After these few days of hard work, the fungus picked by Su Ling and the two sisters, Xiaocao and Xiaocao, are estimated to be about 20 catties after being dried, and the mushrooms are also about 10 catties. This day is just a market day. Huaxi Village is located The town called Qingshi Town is a relatively prosperous town nearby.Huaxi Village is about [-] kilometers away from Qingshi Town, which is far away. It takes more than an hour for ordinary people to walk to the town, and it takes nearly an hour to drive an ox cart.

The first day and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month are the market in Qingshi Town. During these two days, many people go to the market to buy some daily necessities.On the fifteenth day, Su Ling woke up early in the morning before dawn.

"Father, brother and I are going to sell the fungus in the town today, we will come back soon." Su Ling said to Su's father and Su's mother.

"Well, you go, pay attention to safety, Ling'er, come over here, mother." He said and took out a handful of scattered copper coins, "This is fifty big coins. You and your brother went to the village to be cattle. Remember to come back early!" Mother Su said kindly to Su Ling.

(End of this chapter)