pungent peasant girl

Chapter 259: Catching Birds
The sun rises high, and its bright light shines on the earth.

Bring a touch of warmth to this twelfth lunar month winter.

Those who agree to the child have to keep their word, so after breakfast, Meng Qianyan took this little dumpling out of Yihuanju to hang out.

From Meilin, to the Imperial Garden, and from the Imperial Garden to the Hall of Qinzheng.

On the side of Qinzheng Palace, there are already new female officials, leading the palace people to work.

Meng Qianyan looked over from a distance, and could vaguely see the figure of the emperor reviewing the memorial.

Xiaotuanzi followed her, rolling his big eyes, "Sister, father is really busy."

"That's right, Father is always in charge of everything."

"Tsk tsk, fortunately we are girls."

"Is the boy not good?" Meng Qianyan asked casually.

Mo Lianyi shook his head, "Boys are not good, and they work hard. They have to go out and do a lot of things, and both father and mother are very strict with brothers."

Hearing this, Meng Qianyan remembered Luo Ziyan's previous explanation, so he knelt down and asked in a low voice: "Lianyi, do you mean the Seventeenth Prince?"

"Yeah, yes, my brother is tall and powerful, but the mother concubine doesn't treat him very well, and he doesn't seem to like the mother concubine either."

Mo Lianyi was a little frustrated.

"Then do you know why?"

"I don't know. I asked my concubine, but she didn't tell me."

"Well, okay, let's go somewhere else."

Mo Lianyi followed Meng Qianyan, walking up the stone steps step by step, wondering if the question just made her sad, her small face became wrinkled.

Meng Qianyan was a little regretful, Mo Lianyi was only a seven-year-old child, the question just now was a bit heavy.

At this time, a large group of birds whirled overhead and flew to the south.

"Wow..." Mo Lianyi looked up at the birds, showing a little joy.

Meng Qianyan had an idea, "Rianyi, do you like birds?"

"Like it."

"Then sister will take you to catch birds, okay?"

"Okay! Where are we going to catch it?"

Meng Qianyan thought for a while, "Well, go to Merlin's side, it's more convenient there, you go there first and wait for me, while I find some tools."

Because it is a forest, birds should fly over, or just live there.

It snowed a few times in winter, and the plum grove was completely white, and on top of the white, there were red plum blossoms, with red petals and goose-yellow flower hearts, which were extraordinarily charming in this vast winter day.

Mo Lianyi's little buckskin boots stepped on the white snow, leaving a series of small footprints.

When Meng Qianyan arrived at the plum forest, Mo Lianyi was looking at a plum blossom with a smile on his face, stroking the petals carefully.

"Ripple." Meng Qianyan ran over.

"Shh..." Mo Lianyi made a gesture to silence her, and said in a childish voice, "Sister, be careful, don't touch the plum blossoms."

"Okay, just don't touch it."

This little cutie is quite caring.

"Sister, shall we catch birds?" Mo Lianyi asked in surprise when she saw a lot of things she brought.

"Yeah, we catch birds."

Meng Qianyan found a spacious open space after all, made sure that there were many sparrows around, and then sprinkled a handful of grains from the imperial dining room.

Then I found a branch and propped up a basket for vegetables.

In the end, she tied a rope around this branch, along which she hid far away, and Mo Lianyi followed her, squatting with her under the plum tree in the distance.

Mo Lianyi blinked her big eyes, "Sister, can I catch birds like this?"

"Yeah, it's like fishing."

Mo Lianyi smiled: "Hee hee, I understand. After a while, the bird went to eat, and when we pulled the rope, it was caught."

"That's right, that's right."

Meng Qianyan first learned this method from Lu Xun's "Hometown" when he was a child. It is said that Runtu and Brother Xun used this method to catch sparrows.

She later tried it with her little sisters, and it was indeed a good way to catch birds.

She and Mo Lianyi hid and waited silently with their cheeks resting on their hands.

Sure enough, after a short time, some birds came down and gathered around the basket to eat.

Mo Lianyi clenched her fists excitedly, staring at the birds without blinking.

Meng Qianyan pulled the rope decisively, and with a snap, the bird was caught in the basket again.

"Wow, that's amazing, sister!" Mo Lianyi jumped up and rushed towards the basket.

"Be careful, Lianyi!" Meng Qianyan stopped her, but it was too late, Mo Lianyi's speed was too fast, and the basket was lifted by her.

After a while, four or five birds flew into the sky.

"Ah..." Mo Lianyi obviously didn't expect such a result, looking eagerly at the birds, she suddenly burst into tears.

Now, Meng Qianyan was frightened.

"Whoo, whoo, my bird."

"Okay, my little sister, don't cry, can my sister catch you again?"

"Woo hoo, no, I let go of my bird, hoo hoo."

The crying was deafening, making Meng Qianyan's ears numb, she was really stunned by this girl's hard work.

"Okay, Lianyi, don't cry, my sister told you, in fact, birds also like freedom, and they will be happy when they fly away."

"Really?" Mo Lianyi stopped crying, her eyes dimmed with tears, "Why?"

"Because just like you, you don't like being locked up, you like being free, right?"

"Yes."

"So don't cry."

"Yeah, I set the bird free, I don't cry."

Meng Qianyan hugged her up, "What a good child."

"But if we don't catch birds, what are we going to play with?"

"Well... let me think about it, how about we go play with slingshots? Do you know that slingshots are as fun as archery?"

"Okay, okay, Ripple wants to play."

Meng Qianyan Mo Lianyi took her hand and walked outside the Merlin.

However, before walking out of the Merlin, he saw a bright yellow figure.

"Father!" Mo Lianyi rushed over in surprise and hugged the emperor's thigh.

"My sons and ministers refer to the father and emperor." Meng Qianyan followed the rules.

"Pingshen." The emperor smiled very kindly.

Mo Lianyi raised her head, "Father, why are you here?"

"I came here with you and your sister."

"what?"

"I just saw you two in Qinzheng Hall, and I followed you out to see what you were doing. It turns out that you are here to catch birds."

Mo Lianyi frowned, "Isn't that Lianyi's crying was also seen by the emperor?"

(End of this chapter)