When Chen Dajuan learned about Li Erlin's decision from Li Ping'an, Chen Dajuan's face suddenly became ugly.
Also, no one would be in a good mood if their food was handed over for nothing. But Chen Dajuan also understood that if no one had anything to eat, her family would be the only one who had something to eat, and no one was sure what the consequences would be. The combined number of their families is far less than that of others, let alone the young ones and the old ones.
However, despite understanding, Chen Dajuan was still angry and complained: "You didn't tell me earlier. If you had known this, I would have put more rice in the porridge."
"Blame me, blame me!" Li Ping'an took the pot and complained about his father. He thought Li Erlin had discussed it with Chen Dajuan before making this decision, but his father didn't?
It's really a bit too much.
But he never thought about passing the blame to Li Erlin. He didn't need to say it at all, his mother could think of it herself.
In short, the pot must belong to Li Erlin in the end, and Chen Dajuan wouldn't say anything to him even if he hugged her now.
Suddenly, Chen Dajuan remembered something and asked Li Ping'an: "Has your father ever told you what to do with the chickens at home?"
"And there are chickens?" Li Ping'an was stunned, and then slapped his forehead. One thing happened after another in the past two days, and he was a little exhausted mentally and physically. He didn't even remember that there were still chickens at home. But part of the reason was that he couldn't even see a chicken feather in the past two days.
"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Chen Dajuan was speechless. This child usually thought about killing chickens to eat, but he didn't think about it at this time.
Li Pingan smiled awkwardly, "Where is the chicken? Why didn't I see it?"
"Kill them all, and I didn't take them out. Of course you can't see them!"
Chickens are also valuable things. Although chickens are relatively cheap when they are small, it is not so smooth to raise them up. There are not many households raising chickens in Xiaochen Village. Her family raises about ten chickens, which is the only one in the village. She usually sells eggs without going to the market or the county town. Xiaochen Village alone is not enough to sell eggs.
In addition to being killed by Li Ping'an for food, there are only ten chickens left, two roosters and eight hens, which are worth eight or nine hundred coins in copper coins. How could she not bring them with her? However, Chen Dajuan still kept an eye on it. Before going up the mountain, she was cruel and asked her two sisters-in-law to kill all ten chickens, chop them into pieces and put them in clay pots.
However, when she got to the mountain and found so many people, she didn't dare to take it out and cook it.
Now it's Li Ping'an's turn to be speechless. His mother killed the chicken and didn't eat it quickly. She actually hid it for two days! It would be fine if it was winter. It would snow in winter here, and the temperature could still be kept fresh when the temperature was low. But the key point is that it is summer now. Although it has been cloudy these two days, the temperature is not low. Can this chicken be eaten?
Asking his mother to bring out the earthenware pot containing the chicken, Li Ping'an opened the lid and smelled it. Chen Dajuan muttered next to it: "I rubbed it with salt, and it still doesn't stink after only two days."
It’s just that it’s not air-dried, conditions don’t allow it, and time doesn’t allow it either.
Li Ping'an did not smell any stench, but he was not sure whether the chicken had gone bad, so he reluctantly said: "Forget it, no more, if something goes wrong after eating, I can't go to see the doctor now. "
Chen Dajuan felt like her heart was bleeding, so she came over and twitched her nose to take a closer look, "It doesn't stink at all, why can't we just leave it? We'll cook it for dinner in the evening. Each of our families will share some, and we'll all finish it today." "
"..." Are you planning to destroy the group?
Li Ping'an firmly objected and advised: "Mom, just treat these chickens as being washed away by the flood. If you don't want to eat them, I will throw them away right away."
As he said that, he picked up the clay pot and hurried out. Without giving Chen Dajuan a chance to stop him, Chen Dajuan chased out of the hay shed. Seeing Li Ping'an running fast, she knew she couldn't catch up, so she had to stop and wipe her tears.
Why can't you eat it? Ten chickens, what a waste and a pity to lose them all?
Li Ping'an stopped when he couldn't see the hay shed when he turned around, and put the clay pot on the ground. He put his hands on his hips and gasped. He also felt that it was a pity to throw away all the chickens like this.
In the end, he didn't want to throw it away casually, but struggled to carry it to the outskirts of the mountain. He planned to throw the chicken on the trap dug in the morning to lure some wild animals.
Just as he was about to go in, he saw two vague figures in the dark forest from a distance. He looked around for a moment. When the figures approached, he realized that they were Li Erlin and Zhang Yu, so he raised his hands and shouted.
"What are you doing here? What's in this jar?" Li Erlin asked.
Li Pingan explained the matter in a helpless tone. Li Erlin, always in a stable mood, just nodded gently, "I'll move the jars, and you will lead the way."
So the three people came to the place where Li Ping'an and Zhang Xiaoshan dug the trap. Zhang Yu observed it and found that there was no need to adjust the trap, so he helped arrange the bait.
"I've really spent a lot of money now. I hope I can get a good harvest." No matter how good the hunter is, he can't guarantee that he will get something every time he hunts. Zhang Yu only hopes that these chickens can attract some wild beasts. In that case, Not a loss either.
"I hope so." Li Erlin said lightly.
Li Ping'an thought of the purpose of the two entering the mountains, and now that he had some free time, he asked: "Dad, have you found the water source?"
"Found it." A smile appeared on Li Erlin's face. "There is a pool. The water is relatively clean, but it is a bit far away."
This is the first good news I've heard in the past two days. As long as there is water, it doesn't matter if you stay far away.
Things happened here. When they returned to the hay shed, Chen Dajuan's eyes were red. When she saw Li Erlin, she looked like a little girl who had done something wrong. She lowered her head after taking one look.
"Ping An told me that it's not a big problem. It's better to waste it than to ruin your body. Besides, it can't be said to be a waste. It's all used to lure wild beasts. If you can catch one, it won't be a loss." Li Erlin comforted him. It is true that the selling price of wild animals is much higher than that of domestic chickens. Even if you catch one pheasant, it is worth as much as two or three domestic chickens.
Then he looked at the gruel that was half water and half rice in the bowl, and said, "There is something I forgot to tell you..."
They were talking about food. Li Erlin's meaning was the same as Li Ping'an's. They should eat more while the food still belonged to them. It was unreasonable to wrong the children first.
Chen Dajuan had this plan in mind and nodded after hearing it.
After Li Erlin had eaten his fill, he hurried to the village chief's house without taking a rest. They are not the only ones who are short of water. Everyone's home is short of water. It is impossible for them to fetch water without telling everyone.
Therefore, we need to tell the village chief about finding the water source and organize people to collect water together.
Chen Song was also worried about the water source. When he heard Li Erlin's intention, he was overjoyed and quickly asked his son to gather all the heads of each family. A quarter of an hour later, hundreds of people carrying buckets and sticks, led by Li Erlin and Zhang Yu, marched into the mountains in a mighty manner.
Li Ping'an, who was forced to stay again, looked at the momentum and thought that as long as he didn't encounter a pack of wolves, the beast would have to take a detour when seeing so many people.
