Ming Lan's eyes lit up when she heard this, but she didn't answer immediately. Instead, she sat on the ground and held her chin in meditation, and whispered to Xiao Tao for a long time.
In the end, Minglan and Xiaotao reached a consensus that they were tired of eating big fish and meat, and now they just wanted to eat barbecue.
They had just tasted the roasted fish, and for their next meal, they wanted to taste the roasted bird, and it had to be caught by Wei Chen himself.
Birdie?
Seeing Minglan's successful look, the corners of Wei Chen's mouth twitched feebly a few times, and he felt a headache.
However, a man is a true man and promises a thousand dollars. Since Wei Chen promised Minglan and Xiaotao, he will not regret it and will do it no matter how difficult it is.
Wei Chen called his scholar Yuan An: "Go to your sister Bai Zhi and ask her to find a net for catching birds. Find some rice grains and mix them with sesame oil."
Seeing that Wei Chen was really going to catch the bird, Minglan and Xiaotao became inexplicably excited: "We're here to help too!"
"Okay, come with me to clear the snow."
Wei Chen picked up the big broom on the porch and led the two jumping little girls to the pond in the courtyard.
Beside the pond, a thick layer of snow covered the nearby flowers and plants. Dozens of golden-scaled red carp were raised in the pond. When feeding the fish, a lot of rice grains and rice residue would always fall out.
In this snow-covered land, when there is nowhere to find food, this is undoubtedly a paradise for birds to inhabit.
At this time, more than a dozen small birds of various colors have fallen on the snow in a radius of several feet, and they are looking for food.
Perhaps because they were used to being pampered at home, these little birds were not very afraid of people. It wasn't until Wei Chen and the two little birds got close that they started to flutter and fly.
When Minglan saw the birds flying away, she quickly jumped up and wanted to pounce. As a result, the birds landed on the wall not far away and looked at her with their heads tilted, as if they were laughing at her shortness and weakness.
Minglan grinned in anger, but there was nothing she could do about them, so she turned to look at Wei Chen.
Wei Chen said with a smile: "Don't worry, the birds will come down after the arrangements are made."
"Hurry up, hurry up." Minglan pulled Xiao Tao and urged.
Wei Chen smiled, picked up the broom and began to sweep away the snow, sweeping out an open space about ten feet wide.
At this time, Yuan An arrived with a net, followed by a few people, but it was Bai Zhi, Banxia and Xiaodie, surrounding Wei Shuyi who had a big belly.
"Auntie!" Minglan threw herself into Wei Shuyi's arms, nuzzling her and coquettishly.
Wei Shu pushed his daughter away and scolded with a straight face: "You are getting more and more courageous, and you dare to light a fire in the courtyard yourself. Do you want to burn down my Qinyun courtyard?"
"My daughter has realized her mistake and will never dare to do it again." Minglan stuck out her tongue and hugged Wei Shu tightly without letting go.
Wei Shu shook her head helplessly. Of course she knew that her daughter was not born to be a peaceful person.
In the past, mother and daughter were in a difficult situation at home, and Minglan was more reserved.
Now with Wei Chen's support, Qinyun Courtyard is its own entity in the Sheng family, and the cost of food and clothing is no worse than that of Wei Ruixuan and Lin Qige. Minglan has no burden in her heart, and is carefree all day long, with a smile on her face day by day. It’s increasing, but it’s also becoming less and less disciplined.
Feeling the changes in his daughter, Wei Shuyi didn't know whether to be happy or worried.
At this time, Wei Chen stepped forward to salute: "Aunt, why are you out here? It's windy outside, be careful of catching a cold."
When Wei Shuyi heard Wei Chen's words of concern, his heart warmed, and he said softly: "It's okay, it's Zhao's mother who said that the fetus in my belly is a bit big, so I need to eat lightly and walk more. That's right, listen to Bai Zhi If you say it’s busy here, I’ll come out and take a look.”
"It turns out that it was Mother Zhao who told me."
Wei Chen was stunned when he heard this. Mother Zhao in Youyang is known as a living bodhisattva who can prevent miscarriage, save lives, and deliver children to ensure life. As far as obstetrics and gynecology is concerned, she is probably more proficient than those doctors outside. She can It’s not surprising to see that Wei Shu thought the fetus was too big.
Wei Chen spent a lot of effort to invite this mother Zhao to Yangzhou. Now it seems that he really did the right thing. The hidden danger of Wei Shuyi's future miscarriage and dystocia was easily eliminated in this way.
In fact, having an oversized fetus is not a big deal at all. As long as it is discovered early and follows the doctor's instructions, it can be easily solved.
After Zhao's mother reminded him, although Wei Shuyi immediately followed the instructions, he did not regard it as a matter of life and death.
I'm afraid Wei Shuyi never imagined that what seemed to her like a small problem at this time would ruthlessly take away the lives of her and her unborn baby in another time and space.
In order to prevent the crowd from scaring the birds, Wei Shuyi and a group of female envoys stood under the corridor and watched from a distance.
Wei Chen followed the direction of the wind and placed a large net in the open space beside the pond. After setting up the net, I tried to pull it, and it turned over quickly. It was obviously very successful.
Xiaodie came over with a basin of rice soaked in sesame oil, and Minglan and Xiaotao volunteered to sprinkle half of the basin of rice under the net.
After setting up the trap, everyone hid behind the corridor and waited for the bird to fall into the trap.
Seeing that there was no one around, a few of the birds hovering in the sky boldly flew down and happily lowered their heads to eat.
Minglan was nervous and excited at the same time. She kept urging Wei Chen: "Pull it, pull it! If you don't pull it, they will run away!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute."
Wei Chen remained unmoved, suppressed his temper, and waited for a long time.
After careful observation of the birds, they saw that the few birds that fell first were not in danger, so they finally landed one after another and started chirping to grab food.
At this time, Wei Chen gave a loud shout and pulled with both hands, and the big net, which was about ten feet square, was suddenly snapped down.
The frightened birds flapped their wings and tried to escape, but they hit the big net held down by the wind. Only a few lucky ones were able to escape, and the rest were all caught in the net.
The moment the big net was buckled, Ming Lan flew out like a gust of wind, circling around the still turbulent big net: "Catch it, catch it!"
Wei Chen, Wei Shuyi and others also came forward to watch. They counted almost twenty birds, mostly sparrows, but also skylarks, willow warblers, spotted thrushes, etc. Most of them were still alive, and they were frightened. The ground was jumping and jumping.
After catching enough birds, it was natural to start roasting them. This time with Wei Shuyi watching from behind, Minglan didn't dare to find a place to light a fire in the yard anymore. She followed Wei Chen and sent a sack of birds to the kitchen. .
Not long after, Mrs. Zhang brought all the roasted birds to the table. It smelled delicious. Minglan looked at the table of delicacies infatuatedly, and her saliva almost flowed to the floor.
Wei Shuyi couldn't help but laugh, patted her little head and said softly: "Eat!"
Minglan looked at the roasted bird that was golden in color and overflowing with fat. She swallowed and then handed it to Wei Chen: "Cousin, you have done the most credit today. You eat first."
"Only when I take you to eat delicious food do you remember that I am your cousin, right?"
Wei Chen smiled and shook his head, without refusing, he took the roasted bird and took a bite. Sure enough, it was salty, delicious, and extremely tender. Wei Chen didn't care about how hot it was, while he took a deep breath and ate happily.
Seeing Wei Chen move, Minglan couldn't wait to start eating the delicacies on the plate in front of her. Her hands and face were covered with oil after eating, and she didn't even bother to wipe it off.
"Eat slowly, don't choke." Wei Shuyi sat aside and wiped his daughter's face with a smile.
She wanted to eat lightly, and barbecue was too greasy for her, but seeing Wei Chen and Minglan eating so happily made Wei Shuyi's mood brighter.
Minglan ate until she couldn't eat anymore, then she leaned back comfortably on the chair, bulging her belly and burping with satisfaction.
Wei Shuyi told Xiaodie to take Minglan out to wash up, leaving only Wei Chen talking in the room.
After watching his daughter leave the house, Wei Shuyi slowly looked away, looked at Wei Chen, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Chen, Minglan's temper is getting more and more wild. I want to send her to Shou'an Hall for a good upbringing."
