Farming fish and water love each other

Chapter 9

After walking in the mountains for a while, Yan Shan stopped and looked around, and found an open space for Li Qiu'er to spread the oilcloth that he brought when he came here, and let everyone sit on it and rest.

"Follow Daddy for a while, take this opportunity to teach you how to find prey." Yan Shan took out the bow and arrow he brought from the basket and asked, "Last time I taught you how to draw a bow and shoot an arrow and how to find it." Accurate, remember?"

Yan Dali nodded and replied: "Remember, when I was free, I used to practice with a tree on the edge of the ground, but I just don't know if I can be accurate when shooting living things."

"Well, just practice more."

Yan Shan and Yan Dali rested for a while, then took their bows and arrows and prepared to go to the depths of the forest to search, because the wasteland opened up these years was mostly near the foot of Xiaoba Mountain, so the animals in the mountain hid in the depths, and they were rarely seen outside.

"Father, I'm going too," Yan Xiaoyu had never seen a bow and arrow before, so he was very concerned and insisted on going with him.

"Father will take you there in the afternoon. This time, Father will take you Dali to make some traps first. We won't hunt for now, and we will hunt after lunch."

Yan Xiaoyu nodded obediently, and stopped pestering others to follow Li Qiuer to pick mushrooms.

It just rained a few days ago, and the people in the village were busy planting seeds and did not go into the mountain, so there are still a lot of mushrooms and fungus on Xiaoba Mountain this time. Yan Xiaoyu used to be able to do anything when he was in the orphanage. He is no stranger to mushrooms, so after Li Qiuer showed him several edible mushrooms, he concentrated on finding them.

Because Xiaoba Mountain is some distance away from Daba Mountain and separated by the Qinghe River, there are no large beasts here. The mountain is relatively small, and the outer forest is relatively shallow.

This time, Li Qiuer didn't mind Yan Xiaoyu and let him run around looking for mushrooms. Ever since she knew that her brother was healed, Li Qiuer deliberately started letting him touch all kinds of things. After all, due to physical reasons a few years ago A lot of things have been delayed. Now that I am better, I have to learn to adapt. I don’t want to be able to do well. At least I have to be able to do a few tasks that I should be able to do like other little brothers.

Yan Xiaoyu searched for mushrooms and fungus one by one along the roots of the tree. After a while, he filled up the bottom of his small pan, and all the problems were solved. Mu and Dad had accepted him, and now he was finally the real Be part of this family.Thinking of not having to play dumb in the future, and being able to act coquettishly and fooling around with his family, Yan Xiaoyu is full of energy!

Yan Xiaoyu, who was working in full swing, only knew how to keep his head down and look at the mushrooms on the ground as he walked forward. With his head in sight, he ran towards the tree trunk. When he was about to kiss the tree trunk intimately, he stretched out a hand in front of him to block it. On Yan Xiaoyu's head, even if it was like this, Yan Xiaoyu squatted on the ground all of a sudden because he couldn't control his strength.

Yan Xiaoyu rubbed his head and looked up to see Yan Cheng standing opposite him with arms folded, looking at him with a half-smile.

Yan Xiaoyu glanced at Yan Cheng's hand, which was flushed from the bump, and knew that he was wronged. Every time he saw Yan Cheng, it was when he was most ashamed. As a person who wanted to save face, Yan Xiaoyu was very embarrassed

Yan Cheng obviously didn't know about Yan Xiaoyu's thoughts. He and Yan Dali were brothers who had played together since they were young. They often saw Yan Xiaoyu when they were young, but after Yan Xiaoyu got sick, he often stayed at home and didn't see each other often. It's because I'm a little rusty.

Thinking of the last time they met because of Wang Guihua's meddling, he just thought that Yan Xiaoyu would take the initiative to show his affection to him because of this incident.

"Xiaoyu still remember me, I am your brother Yancheng, why are you here by yourself, where is your brother?"

"Brother Yancheng." Yan Xiaoyu let go of the messy thoughts in his head, and decided to treat Yancheng as a big brother who saved his life, "Our family is on the mountain, brother and father are going to trap The prey is here, I'm helping Amu pick mushrooms!" While speaking, he showed the mushrooms in the basket on his back to Yan Cheng to see, as if you are coming to praise me for my ability.

Seeing his appearance, Yan Cheng smiled and boasted as he wished: "Well, I picked quite a lot, Xiao Yu is really good. Did Aunt Li go up the mountain too?"

"Yeah, Eminem is right in front, you can see it when you turn a corner, is Brother Yancheng looking for Eminem?" Yan Xiaoyu pointed to the place where he came by himself just now and said, "I'll take you there."

Yan Cheng nodded, and walked behind Yan Xiaoyu, watching Yan Xiaoyu bouncing forward, and pulling the leaves around him from time to time, he was relatively short, with only a few curved leaves. The few shorter trees that have come down can be reached, otherwise the leaves of the trees on both sides of the road will be pulled bare.

Looking at the lively and active Yan Xiaoyu, a trace of doubt flashed in Yan Cheng's eyes, and then it became clear. Li Amu was always cautious, and there was another incident of falling into the water before, and now Yan Xiaoyu was letting Yan Xiaoyu out to pick mushrooms. There is a reason, and the reason is probably related to Yan Xiaoyu's current performance.

"Em," Yan Xiaoyu saw Li Qiuer laying the firewood he picked up on the tarpaulin from a distance and ran over excitedly, "Em, I met Brother Yancheng, and he wants to find you."

Li Qiu'er was a little surprised to see Yan Cheng on the minibus mountain, and hurriedly called him over to rest, "Ah Cheng, why did you go up the mountain by yourself?"

Yan Cheng sat on the oilcloth, put the basket on his back aside and replied with a smile: "I've finished all the work in the field, so I thought I'd come to the mountains to hunt some prey, and it happened that my father had finished eating some of the medicine in his medicine." , I’ll go up the mountain to collect some.”

As the saying goes, relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, when people in the village are sick, they will go to the doctor to read and prescribe the prescription. If the medicinal materials can be found on the mountain, they will go directly to the mountain to collect some. If they encounter those that are not available on the mountain, they will spend money. I bought it, after all, I depend on the sky to eat crops, so I can save as much as I can.

Li Qiuer nodded and looked at Yan Cheng who had lost a lot of weight compared to the previous period, and sighed in his heart. Yan Shun is just a child like Yan Cheng, his illness and family work are all burdened on half-children, and Yan Cheng is also at a loss. My mother is capable, and his family has saved up their savings before, otherwise they might not be able to afford the medicine alone.

"Is your father better these days?"

"It's better than a while ago," Yan Cheng smiled, "I was able to get out of bed a few days ago."

"Well, it's good to be able to get up, your father has a good foundation, and he will definitely get better if you take care of him slowly." Li Qiu'er comforted.

The two were talking about this, Yan Shan and Yan Dali came back with something in their hands, Yan Dali was very happy to see Yan Cheng here, stepped forward and patted Yan Cheng on the shoulder and said hello, "Why did you enter the mountain today?" If you don’t say hello to me, it’s better to come together.”

"I just came here too. I didn't do some work in the field in the morning. I came up after I was done." Yan Cheng got up and greeted Yan Shan with a smile.

Yan Shan smiled and asked Yan Cheng to sit down, and he found an oilcloth to sit around the pile of firewood, "Is your father better?"

Yan Cheng smiled and answered a lot better, and then listened to Yan Shan telling him to find him at home if he had something to do, so he agreed.

Yan Shan and Yan Shun also grew up together. At that time, Yan Shun’s mother was Yan Shan’s distant cousin, and they both married in the same village. Naturally, they got closer. Later, Yan Shun’s Ah Mu When Mu died of illness, he entrusted his son to Yanshan's Ah Mu.

Yan Shan's mother is also sincerely kind to Yan Shun.At that time, Yan Shun's family was poor, so Yan Shan's mother took the money from her private house and gave it to Yan Shun so that he could get married smoothly, so the relationship between the two families has always been very good.

Back then when Yan Xiaoyu was born, the two families originally intended to get married, but something happened later, so this idea was never mentioned, but this did not affect the relationship between the two families, and they have always been very close.

"Okay, I can't stop asking when we meet, what are you and Dali coming back from? Hurry up and clean up. Ah Cheng will eat with you. After eating a piece of medicine, don't go down the mountain in a hurry." Li Qiuer interrupted. Said the words of the mountain.

Yan Cheng nodded and replied, "I told Eminem not to go back to eat at noon and make a makeshift meal on the mountain."

"That's fine," Li Qiuer told Yan Cheng and Yan Dali to take the pheasant and a rabbit handed over by Yan Shan, "You and Dali go to the riverside to clean up. I'll make soup first, and we can eat together at noon." .”

Yan Cheng didn't hesitate to follow Yan Dali to get up and pick up the prey.

Yan Xiaoyu saw that they wanted to go with them, but Li Qiuer stopped them in the end. Li Qiuer thought that killing animals by the river would scare Yan Xiaoyu who had never seen blood before, so he refused to let him go together. , but left the person behind to let him light the fire and cook. After all, this time a little brother should learn.

Yan Xiaoyu has always listened to Eminem's words the most, so he followed Eminem carefully to learn how to identify wild vegetables, and prepared to cook wild vegetable soup.

Yan Xiaoyu followed Eminem's example and took out the edible wild vegetables, washed them with the water he had prepared earlier, and threw them into the pot he brought to cook.I also saw Eminem take out a greased paper bag from the basket and sprinkle it in.

The wild vegetables here are fresh and clean, and the soup made with salt is delicious without any other seasoning.

When Yan Dali and Yan Cheng came back with the packed pheasants and rabbits, the wild vegetable soup was already out of the pot, and Yan Xiaoyu was holding a bowl and drinking it slowly.

Seeing that they had come back, Yan Shan quickly asked Li Qiuer to serve a bowl of soup for each of them, and took the pheasant and rabbit by himself, put them on the prepared branches and roasted them on the fire.

When Yan Shan was young, he learned from an old hunter in the town for a period of time. At that time, he often followed the old hunter to go hunting in the mountains during the slack season. It was also at that time that he practiced the skill of barbecue.

But later, because Yan Xiaoyu was sick and needed a lot of money, he often went to the town to find some work to earn money during the slack season, and it was a long time since he went to the mountains.This time, the little brother at home is finally healed, and the money is much more relaxed. Yan Shan also relaxes rarely. Yan Xiaoyu.

Yan Xiaoyu was very face-saving and completely obeyed his father's instructions, taking whatever he asked, and sweat broke out on his forehead after being tossed about for a while.

"Okay, you, hurry up and pack up and prepare to eat. The whole family is waiting for you here, but you are leisurely tossing my little brother." Li Qiu'er couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but said Say a few words.

Yan Shan responded with a smile, thinking that he was too excited, this little brother just happened to want him to learn everything, so he was a little anxious.

Yan Shan quickly roasted the pheasant and rabbit, and Li Qiu'er took out the bread that he had prepared in the morning and shared it. Several people shared the meat and ate it, but they were speechless for a while.

After eating, he buried the fire and watered it, and seeing that the mound was no longer smoking, Yan Shan took the people away with confidence and walked towards the mountain.