Through the small days of farming

Bai Niannian covered his neck by the collar to prevent the cold wind from blowing in. He hid from the villagers with a sack in one hand. In fact, most of the villagers were at home at this time. Occasionally, he met one or two people and told them They all go up the mountain to find some wild vegetables, and there are not many pickles at home.

Everyone in the village knew about his family's situation and looked at him sympathetically.

Bai Niannian greeted them as usual, but he didn't feel the pity in their eyes. Now he has two cubs!

After walking up the mountain for a while, his body became hot, and the cold wind didn't feel so uncomfortable, so Bai Niannian slowed down and walked more and more to remote places. After walking for a quarter of an hour, he didn't see him anymore. For the others, he left the main road and walked to a place where there was no road next to him. He scraped away the weeds above, and a small road could be vaguely seen below.

After walking for a while, a clearing suddenly appeared in front of my eyes. There were vague traces of labor, and there were some sweet potatoes dug out by wild animals. Judging by the size of the footprints, they were not ferocious animals. The paw prints of some small vegetarian animals.

After eating and drinking enough, his body has gained strength, Bai Niannian plans to dig these sweet potatoes back at once, the weather is getting colder and colder, his body can no longer get sick, the land here is not fertile, fortunately sweet potatoes are easy to grow Plants, the sweet potatoes left here to fend for themselves are not growing very well. Compared with the palm-sized sweet potatoes planted in the vegetable field, the sweet potatoes here are pitifully small, and the big ones are no bigger than three index fingers combined. The big ones and the small ones are about the size of a thumb, and Bai Niannian didn't dislike them, and put them all into the snakeskin bags taken out of the space, and then received them in the space.

When he was tired from digging, he would take a rest for a while, and then continue to work. After sweating, he didn't feel cold anymore, but he still didn't dare to take off his cotton coat outside. He was prone to catch a cold because of sweating and cold wind.

I made an agreement with the cubs at home that I will go back in the evening. After digging the sweet potatoes in the field, Bai Niannian looked at the sky. It was still early and he was not in a hurry to go back. He planned to take a stroll in the mountains He didn't have to transport the sweet potatoes down the mountain quietly like the original owner, which naturally saved a lot of time.

Accidentally crossed the boundary in the original owner's memory. People of the older generation often say that you can't enter the deep mountains, and once you enter, you can't get out.

And some people in the village didn't believe this, they ran into the deep mountain, and the people in the village went in to look for it, but all they found were the corpses bitten to death by wild animals, and the deep mountain was even more forbidden to enter.

There are few people in the deep mountain, and the wild animals in it are rich and fat, and they grow much better than other places. Not to mention this ordinary deep mountain, he has even been in the forest of mutant plants. Along the way, he saw two hares running by the side of the road. , a pheasant, unfortunately he ran a little too fast, he has more energy than energy, his broken body feels like he can't breathe if he runs so fast.

Bai Niannian could only watch the one in front of him run away alive and well, probably because the wild animals in the deep mountains have no natural enemies, the pheasants and hares here are fat and tender, especially the pheasants, they look like a meal.

It's still early now, and when the sky gets dark, it's a good opportunity to catch pheasants, but if you go down the mountain at that time, it's afraid that the time agreed by the two cubs will be much later.

Bai Niannian recalled the taste of the chicken. The chickens in the apocalypse are all mutated, and they are more difficult to deal with than the mutated plants. He hasn't eaten them since the apocalypse came, and this corpse, the last time he ate chicken, It was also because during the Chinese New Year last year, Aunt Chen's family killed a chicken and sent over half a bowl of chicken. Other times, I had never even seen the meat.

There are rich and poor families in the village. The rich ones, like the villagers, can eat meat every now and then, while the poor ones, like my own family, almost can’t even afford to eat.

Determined to have a good year this year, Bai Niannian walked deep into the mountains, and when he encountered danger, he entered the space, but he walked safely for a while. He followed the pheasant's footprints, and it was already dark. He poked around in the space for a while before he found the flashlight that he had thrown in the corner. He has slight night blindness.

I finally found the pheasant's nest. Pheasants live in groups. There seemed to be at least [-] pheasants in this litter. It was getting dark. If it was the original owner, they might be afraid, but Bai Nian who came through the end of the world Nian was not afraid, and rushed over excitedly, grabbing a rooster and a hen he was looking at. When it was dark, the pheasant's reaction ability was very low.

Bai Niannian grabbed their two companions and salivated at the other pheasants running around, but after looking at the sky, he gritted his teeth and quickly went down the mountain with the two pheasants. The two cubs were at home will worry about him.

Thinking of the two cubs in his heart, he unconsciously sped up his pace. Originally, the return time was a quarter of an hour slower than usual. He secretly took out the watch in the space and looked at it. It was 5 minutes shorter than the budget.

The winter night came very early. If it wasn’t for the moon, he would almost be blind. He removed the sweet potatoes in the space and piled them up at the door. He still held the feet of two pheasants in one hand, and opened the door with the key in one hand. After unlocking the door, the two little ones pulled out the wooden plank inside.

As soon as the door was opened, a small ball rushed out from inside, hugging his thigh, with red eyes, and crying, "Brother...Brother, you are finally back."

"Good boy, it's my brother's fault. I will definitely not come back so late next time. Forgive me this time, okay? Let's see what I brought back?" Bai Niannian looked at the poor Chen Mingde distressedly. Holding the chicken in one hand, he patted the little one's head and comforted him.

Chen Mingli stood inside the door, looking at his movements eagerly. He also wanted his brother to touch his head like this, but he was already a big boy, and he had to support the family in the future, so he couldn't act like a baby to his brother.

Bai Niannian smiled, the physical fatigue seemed to be relieved all of a sudden.Step forward, and give the big one a pat on the head.

Brother's eyes are full of tenderness, but Chen Mingli feels like crying, if only he could grow up quickly.

Hearing what he said, the two cubs looked at his hand, "Ah!" Chen Mingde yelled, and immediately covered his mouth again, his originally dull eyes became a bit like a child's, and his eyeballs looked around. He wondered if there was anyone, and he was worried that he would not be able to feed the cub, but as long as there was enough food, both the cub and he could survive.

Chen Mingli helped drag a bag of sweet potatoes, and Bai Niannian also dragged a bag with his empty hand. Chen Mingde originally wanted to drag a bag of sweet potatoes back home like his brother, but he was too weak to drag it, and then he went crazy I went to help my brother, and dragged a bag back with my brother.

Then the two little guys were left looking at the two pheasants in surprise, and Bai Niannian went out to bring back the remaining bag of sweet potatoes, and put the sweet potatoes in the utility room. When he came out, he saw the two little guys shining brightly. Eyes, even Chen Mingli couldn't help squatting aside and looking at the two pheasants in the bamboo cage.

"Brother, did you catch this?" Chen Mingde tugged at his sleeve in admiration.

Bai Niannian nodded and prepared to go into the kitchen to cook. The three of them hadn't eaten yet. He didn't plan to follow the habit of eating two meals a day here. If the nutrition of three meals a day keeps up, the health will be good.When I went to eat, I found that the rice in the house had already been cooked.

He came out and asked, "Who cooked today's meal?"

"My brother did it! But I also helped to light the fire!" Chen Mingde hurriedly replied.

"Both of them are very good. Would you like to have another roasted sweet potato today?" Bai Niannian looked at the pot, the rice was a little short, and one more sweet potato would almost fill his stomach.

"I want a big one." Chen Mingde said.

Bai Niannian looked at Chen Mingli encouragingly. Chen Mingli's face turned red slightly, and he whispered, "I want a big one too."

Nodding in satisfaction, "Then we'll all have a big one tonight. I'll cook the vegetables first, and you guys are here to watch them."

Bai Niannian cleaned the pot, waited for the fire to heat up, and then poured some lard into it. The bamboo basket on one side was already filled with washed lettuce. You could tell from the mark on the basket that it was sent by Aunt Chen's family. .Silently write down the friendship of Aunt Chen's family, and when their family develops in the future, let's help Aunt Chen's family.

Of course, before cooking, he didn't forget to put a few sweet potatoes into the stove. After the meal, the sweet potatoes were roasted and ready to eat. There wasn't much rice in the pot, so Bai Niannian took the bowl and divided the rice into three portions. It is less than a third of a bowl.

When Bai Niannian brought out the food, the two little fellows dug out an old wooden bowl from nowhere, filled it with water, and fed it to the pheasants.

"It's time to eat, wash your hands first." Bai Niannian said to the two little guys who were fascinated, it's a bit late tonight, and I'll kill the rooster tomorrow, and the hen will keep the eggs for the cubs They nourish their bodies.

Bai Niannian was thinking about it, but he didn't know how to raise the pheasant. There was not much food in the house. He knew to feed the chicken with rice, but the rice in the house was not enough for people to eat. Feeding the chicken was a waste.

"Brother, did you catch this chicken on the mountain?" Even the little guy asked without saying anything when he saw that the rice in the bowl was much less than yesterday's. He took a few mouthfuls of rice and asked.

"Well, I caught it on the mountain. Let's kill the rooster tomorrow, okay? The hen will keep the eggs. It's spring. Let's go to Aunt Chen's house to exchange some eggs and raise a brood of chicks. We will Then you can eat eggs." Bai Niannian said with a smile, and then there will be one egg per person per day, and the rest of the eggs will be kept, enough for a basket to bring to the town to exchange for money.

"Yeah, we will have eggs to eat in the future." Chen Mingde smirked.

"Brother, let's put this chicken in the chicken coop next to it. I'll just feed it. There's still a little crushed corn left at home. I usually feed it with these. We usually dig some earthworms and then go to the vegetable garden It won't cost much food to catch some bugs." Chen Mingli said, thinking that he could finally help the family.

"Me, me, me! I want to help too!"

"Yeah." Bai Niannian hesitated for a while, and quickly agreed. It's not an option for the two children to be locked at home all day. It's just a matter of asking Aunt Chen to watch over it. "Wait for Aunt Chen to finish it." Go out again with a new padded jacket, but don’t get your clothes dirty, and you can’t be too far away from home, if you have anything to do, call Aunt Chen, and you can go and play with Aunt Chen’s family.”

"Well, brother, I will take good care of my younger brother." Chen Mingli nodded solemnly.

"Eat it quickly, or you won't be able to see it later."

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly someone knocked on the door outside, Bai Niannian got up to open the door, who could it be so late?