After dinner in the evening, the two of them picked up all the fish they had caught by the light of the fire.
The scales of silverfin fish are tender and edible. You only need to cut open the belly and take out the internal organs.
Ye Luoxin is now very skilled at picking up fish. The two of them work together in a tacit understanding, one cutting and the other scooping out.
The next day was a sunny day.
After breakfast, Xiao Mu packed up the tools for going up the mountain and said to Ye Luoxin: "Today I will go to the mountains to find medicinal materials. You stay at home and dry yesterday's fish."
Without Xiao Mu's instructions, Ye Luoxin knew that today's fish must be dried in the sun, otherwise it would easily spoil.
Just yesterday I picked star anise, and Ye Luoxin simply marinated the fish with salt and star anise.
After Xiao Mu left, she pulled a rope in the middle of the yard, put the rope between the fish heads, and hung the fish one by one to dry.
While drying, I thought about waiting for the fish to dry, cutting it into pieces and frying it in a pan. The fried fish would be crispy and delicious, and it would definitely be a great addition to rice.
The rope's bearing capacity was limited, and it was almost unstretched after hanging halfway.
Ye Luoxin had to find a flat basket and put the remaining fish in the flat basket.
After cleaning up, Ye Luoxin went into the house and continued cleaning. After a while, she suddenly heard a "dong" sound coming from outside.
"A wild beast jumped in?"
In a hurry, she picked up the spatula beside the pot and ran out to check the situation. She looked around but saw no movement of the beast.
Lowering his head, he discovered that a large bird with brown feathers was pressed under the flat frame.
Half of the dried fish that was originally dried in the flat frame spilled out, and only half remained in the frame.
Ye Luoxin was angry and rushed over with a spatula, grabbed the big bird's feet and hung it upside down.
"You are really bullying me for being weak, aren't you? If you want to eat fish, won't you catch it yourself? Come to my house and steal it."
As she spoke, she hit it with a shovel and knocked off a few feathers of the big bird.
The big bird howled and struggled, flapping its wings vigorously. Only then did Ye Luoxin see clearly that what she was carrying was an owl.
The left eye of the owl is closed, as if it was injured, and the right eye is round and wide-eyed. Together with the white radiating feathers around it, it looks cute and cute.
But now it is about to die, and its cuteness has turned into a ferocious one.
After seeing who was coming, Ye Luoxin loosened her grip on her hands. She was protecting animals and couldn't kill them casually.
During this hesitation, the owl in his hand had already taken off his hand, flapping its wings and jumping around.
But its eyesight wasn't good enough, and it flew right into Ye Luoxin's unclosed door.
The door leads directly to the kitchen. After entering the kitchen, there is no way out.
It ran rampant like a headless fly until it knocked over the pot lid. With a "snap", the lid fell down and a lively owl was covered in the pot.
When Ye Luoxin chased in from outside, she watched the owl howl and cover herself up. She couldn't help but gasped, "What a good guy, you really know how to play. You can stew the owl in an iron pot."
This eagle is very cruel to me.
After sighing, she became even more angry when she looked at the messy kitchen. So she moved a pickle jar and pressed it on the lid of the pot. No matter how hard the cat struggled, she couldn't escape.
When Xiao Mu came back in the evening, Ye Luoxin was cooking fish fillet porridge in a casserole.
Cut off the most tender pieces of silverfin fish and put them into the boiling porridge. Wait until the fish is rolled up and you can eat it.
"What's in the cauldron?" Xiao Mu asked, pointing to the pressed lid.
"Open it and take a look."
There was no fire at the bottom of the pot, maybe it was left over from lunch.
Xiao Mu opened the pot lid with a trace of curiosity, and saw an owl with scattered feathers squatting inside. Even when the pot lid was lifted, it remained motionless, its eyes were distracted, and it was autistic.
"How did you catch this thing? Did it scratch you?" Xiao Mu asked with concern.
Night owls are generally active at night and rarely break into farmers’ homes.
"No, it was greedy and came to steal the fish and threw itself into the pot." Ye Luoxin summed up what happened during the day in one sentence.
"This night owl is too thin." Xiao Mu picked up the owl and looked at it. "It seems to be injured. It may not be able to find food. It came here after smelling fish."
Ye Luoxin also looked at Xiao Mu's hand. The bird, which was still fierce in the morning, shook its head, and there were tears in its round eyes.
Paired with its naturally cute look, it's a bit cute.
"I think it's a little pitiful. How about we feed it for a few days and then let it go when it's healed?"
Xiao Mu nodded in agreement, threw the owl on the ground, and took Ye Luoxin out to see what he had gained today.
Ye Luoxin walked out of the room and saw two more rabbits in the original rabbit cage.
Both rabbits are yellow-gray in color, and are larger than the white rabbit yesterday.
"Didn't you say you wanted to raise rabbits yesterday? I was lucky today and caught two more, one male and one female. Now I can give birth to rabbits."
Ye Luoxin was very happy to see the new rabbit. Now her breeding business has made new progress.
She picked up a handful of rabbit grass and threw it into the cage. When she turned her head, she saw the injured owl strolling out of the room.
"Don't worry about my rabbits. If you dare to eat them, I will wipe your neck." Ye Luoxin said, making a gesture of wiping her neck. The frightened owl trotted back to the corner and huddled up.
Seeing that the threat was effective, Ye Luoxin was in a good mood. She took out the dried fish from the flat frame, cut it into small pieces and fed it to the owl.
This guy only has one working eye, and he often eats in the wrong direction.
Ye Luoxin sometimes watched it struggle with the stones on the ground, but couldn't eat the fish. She felt funny and pitiful, so from time to time she would take a small stick and feed it to its mouth.
Xu Shi had never been treated like this before. It was as if the owl was relying on them. After a few days, it recovered from its injuries and showed no sign of leaving.
"It doesn't seem to want to leave." Ye Luoxin said looking at the owl that had been guarding the door.
"I can see it too." Xiao Mu nodded.
"Gu!" The owl also nodded.
"Then let's give it a name." Ye Luoxin was very happy.
She once had a cat in her previous life, which was very clingy and similar in color to this owl. The owl also has the word cat, so she regarded it as a little friend from her previous life and came to accompany her again.
"Then the name will be decided by the lady." Xiao Mu said.
"How about we call it Huzi." She chose the same name as the original kitten.
"Okay." Xiao Mu was a little confused. There seems to be no relationship between night cats and tigers, but the lady said they were called Huzi, so let's call them Huzi.
After deciding to keep it, Ye Luo admired it as a whole fish.
If you are promoted from a wild bird to a pet, your status will definitely be different.
As a result, Huzi did not disappoint her and brought her a big surprise the next day.
