The river water is crystal clear, and green aquatic plants are rippling with the water. In the gaps between the aquatic plants, you can see transparent shrimps, silvery fish, and snails stained with green moss. They are feeding in the aquatic plants.
There are several thick trees planted along the river bank, with green leaves blowing in the wind.
Under the shade of the tree, Cowgrass bent over and rolled up his trousers.
Niu Xiaodi and Niu Ergou were not so particular. They jumped directly into the water and quacked while playing in the water, just like two water ducks.
The water in the ditch was not deep, about as deep as the calves, so there was no need to worry about anything happening to them.
The water temperature in early autumn began to get cooler. The cowgrass flower shuddered when it first entered the water, but it quickly adapted.
"Sister, here you go." Niu Xiaodi grabbed a handful of small snails and ran over, with "please praise me" written on his face.
"Awesome." Niu Caohua touched her wet little head and praised without hesitation.
The snails in the water reproduce very quickly, and no one wants to eat them. They are everywhere in the rivers and ditches. If you catch them, you can pick up a handful. Together with the two little guys who also try their best, there will soon be half a basket.
In addition to snails, I also caught a bunch of small transparent shrimps. There are so many of them, you can just pick them up and there will be a bunch of them.
These little shrimps would not be cheap in the original world.
Coat it with a little flour, fry it in a pan, and sprinkle it with a little salt and chili. It shouldn't be too fragrant. The kids next door will be so greedy that they cry.
The pebbles in the river ditch are also very beautiful, colorful and crystal clear washed by the water.
Halfway through picking up pebbles, a loud cry suddenly came from beside me. It turned out to be a cow and a dog.
"Ouch~" Niuergou sat down in the water and cried so sadly.
"What's wrong?" Niu Caohua hurried to Niu Ergou's side.
This little guy is the treasure of the Li Zheng family, so nothing should happen to him.
"My feet, ooh ooh~"
Niu Caohua lowered her head and saw that on Niu Ergou's big toe, a crab the size of a broad bean was tightly clamped on it with its large pliers. It had a small body but a lot of courage, and it was showing its teeth and claws.
But luckily, there was no bleeding, just a little red.
The crab was very small, and Cowherd Flower pulled it off with a gentle squeeze and threw it away.
This thing is too small and doesn't have much to eat.
"Is my foot broken?" Niu Ergou hadn't stopped crying yet and looked at Niu Caohua with tearful eyes. '
Sister Caohua's heroic gesture of catching the big bug just now has been deeply imprinted on his young mind.
"Your feet are fine at all. We have caught enough snails, why don't we go catch birds together?" After taking the snails home, they still need to be soaked for one night, so they cannot be eaten. There is no food for lunch, so Niucaohua has her mind set on the birds again. .
The autumn harvest is over, but the number of birds in the village has not decreased. You can hear the chirping of birds in the woods every day.
Sometimes bird droppings fall from the sky while walking.
"Yes!" How could catching a bird be done without him?
The three of them worked hard all morning and harvested half a basket of snails, shrimps and more than a dozen plump birds.
After giving five to the cow and two dogs, everyone separated and went home.
After finishing the work in the fields, Niu Dadu didn't go out all morning. He was busy at home. Together with Xiao Cuier, he cleaned every corner of the house, even the spider webs on the roof.
The already empty home was cleaner.
As soon as I got home, my father took the things in his hands to the well and disposed of them.
"Dad, we'll eat the snails tomorrow. Soak them in water overnight." Niu Caohua didn't know if her father knew how to handle the snails, so she added one more thing.
"Okay." Niu Dadu nodded.
Niu Caohua, who had nothing to do, took out the Three-Character Classic from the room and taught her younger brother how to read.
"At the beginning of human beings, their natures are good, their natures are similar, but their habits are far apart..."
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"Grandpa, Grandpa, look what I brought back." Niu Ergou saw his grandpa standing at the door waiting for him from a distance, running faster, like a monkey.
"What did you bring?" Li Zheng smiled, holding the teapot, looking kind-hearted.
"Dang-dang-dang-dang~ Master, look." Niu Ergou took out the hand behind his back, holding the feet of five birds.
Those birds were tossed around along the way. Although they were still alive, they only had one breath left.
"Did you catch it?" Li Zheng was a little surprised. His eldest grandson could still catch birds?
These birds are extremely clever, and catching them is not an easy task.
"Sister Caohua took me to catch her. She is very good. She caught a lot as soon as she pulled the rope. Grandpa, I also want a sister." Niu Ergou grabbed the corner of Li Qiang's clothes and started acting coquettishly.
As soon as Li Zheng heard the previous words, he subconsciously began to think about how this grass flower became so clever. However, when he heard the next sentence, his face turned dark.
"There's no point asking my sister to find my grandpa. Go find your parents." How could he have the ability to turn into a sister.
"I know." Niu Ergou abandoned his grandfather without hesitation and prepared to go find his parents.
"Wait a minute, what did you do besides catching birds today?" Li Zheng didn't intend to let him go, so he grabbed Niu Ergou.
"Grandpa, why are you asking this?" Niu Ergou was very clever.
"Grandpa is just curious. You told me to give this to you." A copper plate shone brightly in his hand.
"Give it to me?" Niu Ergou's eyes suddenly turned into stars.
One copper plate can buy two pieces of maltose. When the time comes, give Niu a piece of land. Hey, hey, let him give half of his sister to himself.
Seeing his grandfather nodding, Niu Ergou snatched the copper plate away: "We also caught snails. Sister Caohua said that their family eats snails, but the snails are not delicious at all. By the way, my feet were also scratched by insects in the water. I took a bite and it turned red. It was Sister Caohua who helped me crush the bug to death. Sister Caohua is very powerful. Grandpa, please ask my father to give me a powerful sister."
As for eating the meat pie, Niu Ergou didn't say a word. He had promised it to Sister Caohua.
"..."
"Go, go, you little debt collector, go to your father, not me." Li Zheng's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"Grandma, Grandma, I'm back." Niu Ergou didn't want to pay attention to grandpa, and ran and shouted to the kitchen to find his milk.
He wants to eat birds for lunch.
"Oh, my dear grandson is back. My dear, my dear grandson, you have caught so many birds. It's really amazing." Grandma Chen was packing things in the house. When she came out, she saw that her eldest grandson still had something in his hand. Carrying something, a smile on his face.
"Hey hey hey, I want to eat meat for lunch, I'm almost starving." The half pancake and an egg in the morning have been digested long ago, and Niuergou is already hungry.
He thought that he would go to see Sister Caohua in the afternoon, so he hurriedly urged the family to cook.
"Okay, okay, my second daughter-in-law, where are you? Why don't you come and cook." The old lady, who looked kindly towards her grandson, turned around and yelled at her daughter-in-law.
Performing Sichuan Opera Face Changing.
"Mom, I'm here." Mrs. Qin trembled with fright when she heard her mother-in-law's voice. She hurriedly put down her work and told her eldest daughter to take care of her younger sister. She left the house and went to the kitchen to cook.
