The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 2

When it was daylight, the whole village began to be lively, with chickens crowing, and many villagers greeting each other.

All this is both familiar and unfamiliar to Nuan Bao.What is familiar is that she has lived like this for the past eight years. What is strange is that for the past 26 years, she has lived in an indifferent apartment building, looking out at the gray sky through the iron windows.

Every time Nuanbao goes out in modern times, she feels uncomfortable.The heavy traffic, polluted air, and noisy crowd all made her mind confused.Only when she looked at the wood and smelled the fresh wood, did she feel alive.She doesn't understand why other people have to work hard, just like others don't understand why she can exist in isolation from the crowd, but she can still get the guidance of a woodcarving master.

She shook her head.I started to think too far, which is not good.

Opening his eyes, he saw that Xiao Fu was still sleeping soundly with his pillow in his arms.She folded her quilt and used the quilt to protect Xiaofu before getting out of bed.

Wash as usual, heat up the wild vegetables, and wake up Xiaofu to have breakfast together.

Looking at Xiaofu's still bowed head, Nuan Bao secretly smiled, what a sleepy bug. "Xiaofu, my sister is going to the mountain today, you stay at home obediently, do you understand?"

Xiaofu rubbed his eyes, and said childishly: "Sister, Xiaofu wants to eat meat. Can you catch a wild rabbit and eat it?"

Listening to Xiaofu's childish words, Nuan Bao didn't break her dream, "Okay. If a hare comes out for a walk today, my sister will catch it and give it to Xiaofu to eat."

Xiaofu nodded heavily, "Sister, there must be some hares out to play today."

Nuan Bao cleaned up his job, let Xiao Fu continue to sleep late, and went out.

I still came to the foot of the mountain last night. Obviously, after a night, there were more fallen leaves.It seems that winter is coming soon.She felt that she had to save food in winter, but how to get the food, she still couldn't think of it.I used to go to the supermarket to buy it, so what should I do now that I have no money.

Nuan Bao started to enter the mountain with the help of a small tree beside him.The mountain road was a bit steep, and it was very difficult for the eight-year-old girl to climb up the mound with both hands and feet.Nuan Bao didn't pay much attention to the hare that Xiaofu mentioned, because even if there was a rabbit, she didn't know how to catch it.These raw poultry were terrifying to Nuan Bao.Can run, jump, bite, she thinks her sculpted hands don't know how to catch prey.

The young body needs to stop and rest after walking for a while.Nuan Bao stroked his chest, calmed his breath, found a big rock and sat down.Not long after sitting down, Nuan Bao heard the sound of weeds rustling.Until there was a rustling sound, from far to near, Nuan Bao knew that there must be some small animal coming in this direction.

Before she could figure out the result, Nuan Bao was stunned by a "bang".

Nuan Bao was a little curious, walked over slowly, and saw a little gray and white hidden in the grass, it must not be a hare.I broke a branch from the small tree and poked it towards the gray area, it was soft like a lump of meat.Pulling away the grass, sure enough, two gray and white rabbits crashed into the stone.

This... is this just waiting for a rabbit?Nuan Bao felt that the rabbits in his impression were very smart, and they would run away without a trace when they heard any movement.This really made her pick up this stupid rabbit for nothing.

Putting the rabbit into the bamboo basket, Nuan Bao felt a lot more relaxed, at least he didn't have to starve today, it seems that what Xiao Fu said was quite right.

Taking advantage of the spare time, Nuan Bao continued to walk deeper.Along the way, I also saw a lot of pheasants, probably in the final fattening stage before winter, they are very fat, big lumps of meat.It's a pity that Nuan Bao was really afraid of these ferocious animals, and he didn't even dare to walk in.

After entering the woods, Nuan Bao was really happy.Because she has been dealing with the tree in the previous life, the tree is as kind as her friend.In fact, trees are much more honest than people.If you like small animals to live on it, they will send out some attractive smells, telling the small animals that you can come to my house.If they hate small bugs eating on it, they will also bleed out some juice to drive away the bugs.

Humans are different.Those who smile at you do not necessarily like you, and those who scold you do not necessarily hate you.Nuan Bao didn't think she could understand these ways, so she didn't pay much attention to them.Just like in her previous life, she met many master's apprentices, who treated her well in front of the master, but turned around and hid and spoke ill of her.She doesn't get angry or fight back, why waste time on them, she loves woodcarving.

Speaking of which, since she came here, she hasn't touched a carving knife for a long time.It's like a person who writes every day suddenly loses his pen one day.This feeling made her feel empty.

Nuan Bao was thinking about something on her mind, when she was suddenly abducted by something under her feet.I looked down curiously, hey, isn’t this a pecan?In the past, she often ate pecans, because pecans are rich in zinc and manganese, which can promote brain development and intelligence, and are most suitable for her to use her brain frequently.

Nuan Bao squatted down, picked up a fruit, squeezed it with both hands, the shell was broken, and seeing the flesh inside, it turned out to be a pecan.She continued to search for it, and there was another one not far away. Following these scattered fruits, she soon came to a tree, "Ah, this is a black walnut tree." Nuan Bao couldn't help crying out.

Nuan Bao walked around this black walnut tree. It was a thick tree, estimated to be hundreds of years old. It just stood there quietly, stretching its branches and shaking its green leaves.Nuan Bao couldn't help hugging it, it was so good, coming here, thinking that he would never see these woods again, unexpectedly it was waiting for him here.

Looking at this black walnut, Nuan Bao really wanted to bring the whole tree back home.But thinking of my small body, this is too unrealistic.Now I have to pick up all the fallen pecans, and I have to pick up all the thick branches of the fallen black walnuts.These are all treasures.

Without further ado, Nuan Bao picked up the pecans on the ground, and chose a black walnut to carry home.

When Nuan Bao came down the mountain and appeared in the village, the villagers saw Nuan Bao holding a big branch, and they all joked that Nuan Bao didn't need to be so big to burn firewood.Nuan Bao smiled at them and went home happily.

For them, this is firewood.But for Nuanbao, this is a famous tree.People in Dashan have treasure mountains but don’t know treasures. Nuan Bao feels a little guilty in his heart. If he tells them that this is a famous tree, their lives will be improved, but in this way, the black walnut will not be able to keep. A hundred-year-old tree was cut down like this.

Xiaofu at home saw her sister coming back, and ran to Nuanbao with her calves and hurriedly asked, "Sister, where is Tutu?"

Nuan Bao put the wood in the hall and took down the small bamboo basket, "Xiao Fu, you are amazing. My sister really picked up two stupid rabbits today."

Xiaofu touched the soft and smooth fur of the stupid rabbit, and murmured: "Although you are cute, but Xiaofu is very hungry. So I have to eat you."

Nuan Bao felt that Xiao Fu was really a cute child, and stroked Xiao Fu's hair, "Xiao Fu, let's eat rabbit meat today. I'll take one to Mrs. Zhang's house next door to exchange for some flour, and we will keep the other for ourselves."

Xiao Fu raised his head and said, "Sister, go and come back quickly."

Aunt Zhang's family is much better than Nuanbao's. Aunt Zhang has three sons, all of whom have married wives. The four older men in the family are very strong, and the daughter-in-law is not noisy. They live a peaceful life.

Nuan Bao walked outside the fence of Mrs. Zhang's house, and asked inside, "Ms. Zhang, are you at home?"

In the kitchen, a woman in her thirties wearing blue clothes and gray trousers said aloud, "Is it Xiao Nuan? You can just come in by yourself. The door is not closed."

Hearing this, Nuan Bao pushed open the wooden door, walked outside the kitchen door, and saw Aunt Zhang picking vegetables, so she said, "Auntie, I picked up two stupid rabbits in the mountains today, and I was wondering if I could exchange some flour with you." ?”

"Hey, Xiao Nuan, have you gone up the mountain? You can't enter that mountain, because there are wolves." Aunt Zhang said hurriedly, checking to see if Nuan Bao was injured.

Nuan Bao smiled and said, "I didn't go up the mountain, but it's at the foot of the mountain. I picked it up after seeing a rabbit hit and died."

Seeing that Nuan Bao didn't seem to be in the way, Aunt Zhang was relieved, and then she looked at the rabbit, "Hey, this rabbit is fat enough, and the stew must be delicious. It just so happens that my little doll is clamoring for meat, so I followed You change it."

Nuan Bao knew that Aunt Zhang wanted to help her, so she was not polite, "Then can you cook for us, Xiao Nuan can't stew meat."

"Sure, you go home with some rice noodles first, and I'll bring them to you after I've stewed them at noon." Aunt Zhang picked up the two rabbits.

"Then thank you, ma'am."

Mrs. Zhang packed the rice noodles with a linen belt, and handed it to Nuan Bao: "Take it. Go back and rest, I guess you are tired."

Nuan Bao obediently carried the rice noodles home, and finally had food.Last night's wild vegetables were really scarce, and the most important thing was that there was no oil, so I wasn't full at all.

(End of this chapter)