Chapter 68: Going up the mountain to find wild goods and encountering pythons
In the days that followed, Yun Xiaotang's home was a lot more lively.
It's like a chicken jumping like a pig every day.
After resting peacefully and calming down, I thought of the little piglet again.
When I'm not working, I go to the pigsty and look at the piglets. I don't mind the smell of the pigsty.
Yun Xiaotang wondered if it was time to get a dog, which could not only guard the door but also play with Ping An.
After things got better, many families in the village raised dogs.
Sometimes, you can hear the barking of dogs at night, breaking the tranquility of the village.
She kept this idea in mind for the time being, and when she had the opportunity, she would find puppies and raise them from an early age.
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Another half month passed in the blink of an eye.
After several spring rains, the new shoots emerging from the branches of the elm trees in the yard became increasingly green.
At this time, it is a good time to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables.
Although they have passed the age of living on wild vegetables, the village members are still used to going to the mountains to dig wild vegetables.
Bracken is quite delicious in spring, and it is also fragrant when stir-fried.
If your family is willing to use oil and eggs, scrambled eggs with bracken are also delicious.
Not only the bracken on the ground, but also the toon on the trees.
There are several Chinese toon trees on the back mountain, and their buds are growing vigorously.
After lunch, Yun Xiaotang, carrying a bamboo basket and a sickle, went up the mountain with Zhao Xueer to dig bracken and pick toon.
The mountains and forests in spring are verdant, and every frame is a scenic masterpiece, and it is as mysterious as a fairy tale forest.
Large patches of bracken dot the ground, complementing the green grass and wild flowers.
Yun Xiaotang put down her backpack and squatted down to dig wild vegetables carefully.
Probably because it had rained a few days ago, the soil in this area is soft, making it particularly easy to dig up bracken.
After a while, she dug a lot and filled half of the bamboo basket.
Zhao Xueer was also very fast and almost dug the bracken.
This bracken is relatively tender and cannot be dried and stored like purslane in summer, so there is no need to dig a lot.
Next time you need it, just dig it out again.
After digging the bracken, the two continued towards the back mountain.
Pick toon!
The buds grown from the toon tree are purple-red, and at first glance they look like the tree is full of red flowers.
There is also a mess of lush green grass growing under the tree, hiding many insects and ants.
When they arrived under the toon tree, Yun Xiaotang and Zhao Xueer put down their bamboo baskets and started picking toon buds.
The toon tree is too tall and the trunk is too thin to climb up. You can only pick the buds from the lower branches.
Zhao Xueer is taller, so she stands on tiptoes and pulls down the soft branches to pick.
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A gust of wind blew by, and the white clouds in the blue sky changed instantly.
At this time, something was crawling through the lush grass, and occasionally a "hissing" sound was heard, but it was covered up by the sound of wind and grass.
The two sisters concentrated on picking young toon buds, and no one noticed anything wrong in the grass.
Zhao Xueer was picking toon buds and felt something approaching her.
She subconsciously looked back and saw a snake head spitting out a snake core and showing its fangs.
Instantly, a chill ran down her spine, and her whole body felt creepy.
This was a big python, half an adult's height, and its tail was swaying, trying to wrap her up.
At this time, she didn't have any tools in her hands. They placed the hoe next to the bamboo basket, but she was a certain distance away from the bamboo basket.
Yun Xiaotang was picking toon buds on the other side. When she had just picked a handful and was about to put them into the bamboo basket, she subconsciously looked over to her sister and was surprised to see a big python about to attack her sister.
She was so frightened that she almost lost her wits. She suppressed her subconscious screams for fear of irritating the python.
Picking up the hoe, she rushed over quickly, slashed at the snake, and threw the other hoe next to her sister.
"Sister, let me save you."
They say that if you hit a snake, it will hit the seven inches, but she doesn't know where the seven inches are.
Anyway, I guessed the snake's weakness, so I let my sister escape from the snake first.
The snake's body was as thick as a thigh, and because of panic, the hoe's blade did not hit the snake directly.
When the hoe hit the snake, it bounced back.
Yun Xiaotang held the hoe tightly and hit the snake head with all her strength.
The python finally released its tail from Zhao Xueer and attacked Yun Xiaotang.
Zhao Xueer immediately panicked. As soon as she was free, she quickly picked up the hoe on the ground and slashed at the python's seven inches.
She had heard her father say before that a snake's weak point is seven inches.
Aiming the hoe blade at the seven-inch position, she slashed at the snake like crazy.
No matter it is people or things, no one can hurt her sister.
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After Su Yuchen had lunch today, he looked at the clear blue sky in Yushu Village and the cascading green peaks not far away.
I suddenly got interested and wanted to go up to the back mountain to have a look.
This is the first time he has been so close to nature.
This place is different from Beijing. There are mountains, forests, and beautiful scenery.
Just as he was walking around in the back mountain, admiring the scenery in the mountains.
Suddenly I heard a noise not far away.
He looked sideways and saw the two sisters fighting with the python through the gap in the trees.
He had seen those two people before.
He is a member of his team.
He looked around, picked up a stick and hurried over.
It's important to save people.
This python was so difficult to control, Zhao Xueer felt that she was clearly aiming at the seven-inch position, and the huge body of the python did twitch for a while.
But the snake still clung to the sisters.
Spring is the time when snakes wake up from hibernation and come out.
The python, which has been hungry all winter, may regard them as food.
They were all a little tired, but they didn't dare to relax. They felt like the snake was about to become a spirit.
At this moment, without paying attention, the python aimed at Zhao Xueer's arm and was about to bite it.
At the critical moment, Su Yuchen finally arrived, stuffed the stick into the snake's mouth, took the hoe in Zhao Xueer's hand, and nimbly started fighting with the snake.
Zhao Xueer quickly took Yun Xiaotang's hoe, told her sister to stay away, and joined the fighting team.
The boa constrictor was actually already scarred, but it just kept insisting on biting people.
At this time, the two of them worked together, and the python finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell to the ground.
Su Yuchen poked it with a stick to confirm whether the snake was really dead.
This was the first time he had seen such a big python.
Now that he had rescued the person, he was now thinking about other things.
This snake doesn't look like a venomous snake, and I don't know if it can be eaten.
For such a big one, there must be a lot of meat.
Zhao Xueer watched the man in front of her stabbing the snake with a stick. She thought he was worried that the snake was still alive, but she didn't know that he was thinking about whether the snake meat could be eaten.
"Comrade educated youth, thank you for your help."
She opened her mouth and thanked her, her voice a little hoarse.
When Su Yuchen heard the thank you, he finally woke up from the question of whether the snake could be eaten. There was a smile in his peach blossom eyes, "You're welcome, we are all in the same production team, so we should help each other."
After saying that, he paused and said, "My name is Su Yuchen. Please take good care of me in the future."
Of course Zhao Xueer knows his name.
In his previous life, this man was particularly popular among the members of the production team. I don’t know how many girls liked him.
However, he later returned to the city early, which made many female members secretly sad.
Facing those smiling peach blossom eyes, she said, "Hello Su Zhiqing, my name is Zhao Xue'er, and this is my sister, Zhao Chun'er."
Chapter completed!