An Yi lowered his head and discovered that his smooth and white calves were actually covered with four or five round, dark brown leeches, whose scientific name is also called leeches.
"This is a good thing!" An Yi stamped his feet and dropped a few of them. They fell to the ground and hunched over, looking very attractive.
"Mom..." Xiaodouzi looked at An Yi in surprise. Normally, his mother wouldn't even dare to approach the river. Why is she not even afraid of leeches today?
There was another leech lying on Anyi's leg that wouldn't come down. Anyi bent down and pulled the leech off with two thin white fingers.
Xiaodouzi shrank in fear.
"Let's eat first. After dinner, I'll teach you how to catch leeches. These leeches can be sold for money!" An Yi said happily, holding the water jug forward and letting Xiaodouzi see her trophy.
Xiaodouzi looked at the crooked water snake in the jug and screamed in fright.
"Stop shouting when we eat later!" An Yi said, holding the leeches between branches and putting them in the basket at the door of the house, then squatting at the door of the house, calling Xiaodouzi to come out with a knife, ready to kill water snake.
Xiaodouzi went into the house and took the knife, and then watched from a distance.
He grabbed a water snake with one hand, chopped off its tongue neatly, then scraped off the snake's skin with a knife and dug out its internal organs.
The snake blood flowed down An Yi's hand, and Xiaodouzi trembled all over.
An Yi, however, didn't even blink. He dealt with the five snakes neatly, then took one of his old trousers and sucked the blood of the water snake with his trousers.
"Mom, those are your only pants..." Xiaodouzi reminded An Yi in an uneasy whisper.
When they were kicked out a few days ago, they only wore one piece of clothing. Now the clothes An Yi wears are still the betrothal gift that Butcher Wang sent to her door. Xiaodouzi is afraid that Butcher Wang will come back to ask for it again, and then his mother will have to go naked. Got it!
Anyi ignored it and threw the bloody pants by the river, then found a few bowls, boiled water and blanched the snake meat, then put it in the bowl, tied another bowl, tied it with a rope and breaded it. A layer of mud is placed in the fire.
"After we catch the leeches and sell them for money, we'll buy some pots and pans!" An Yi said while waiting for the snake meat to be cooked.
Xiaodouzi nodded.
When the time was almost up, An Yi pulled out the bowl and found a bowl full of snake soup, which was fragrant.
"Mom, is this thing really edible? Isn't it poisonous?" Xiaodouzi looked at the white and tender snake meat and really didn't dare to eat it.
"It's edible!" An Yi took two bites and then gave Xiaodouzi a piece of tender snake meat.
Xiaodouzi hesitated for a moment, closed his eyes, bared his teeth, and took the snake meat.
After blanching the snake meat, the fishy smell has been removed. Although there are no other condiments, the taste is still delicious, especially for Xiaodouzi who has not been exposed to meaty smell for a long time.
Xiaodouzi wolfed down several pieces.
An Yi smiled, let Xiaodouzi eat slowly, and got up again and went to the river.
The pants stained with snake blood were covered with large and small round leeches. Anyi found a stick, adjusted the pants into the basket, and then shook off the leeches.
He boiled a jar of water and suffocated all the leeches in the hot water. After a while, all the leeches were scalded to death.
An Yi dried the leeches in the basket.
This dried leech has the effect of breaking blood, removing blood stasis, and unblocking collaterals, and is considered a good Chinese medicinal material. There were also small thistles on the shore, which could stop bleeding. She planned to pick some after dinner later, and then go to the drug store to try their luck together.
With her abilities, how could she possibly starve to death!
But looking at the leech with a round belly, An Yi suddenly thought of the mysterious man last night.
