While Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua were talking, Zhong Mugen and his wife were walking home with their hoes in hand, looking as beautiful as usual, carrying a basket of wild vegetables, and talking about the two little ones at home from time to time.

"Dad, grandma, you are back. Today we hunted a hare and a big snake."

Xiaohua stood in the middle of the path, looking at the path leading home. She finally waited until Zhong Mugen and his wife came back, and then she shouted loudly.

Zhong Mugen and the others were a little far away, and when they heard Xiaohua's shouts, they couldn't hear anything clearly. Then they heard the big snake, which startled Zhong Mugen and his wife, and they trotted towards Xiaohua.

"What? Xiaohua, what did you say? What big snake?"

"Dad, grandma, today my brother and I went to the mountains and hunted three hares and a big snake right there."

Xiaohua saw her parents running over and spoke to them excitedly.

"Big snake? Where is the big snake? Have you been bitten? Are you injured?"

Xiu took Xiaohua and turned around to check. She was almost going crazy with worry. Big snake, this is not an earthworm.

Zhong Mugen also trotted home quickly. When he saw Zhong Wen sitting on the stone in front of the open space, he hurried over and took Zhong Wenzai to check carefully, fearing that he had missed even a little bit.

.

Even Zhong Wen's pants were pulled off by Zhong Mugen. After checking, it was confirmed that Zhong Wen was not bitten by a big snake, and he felt relieved.

In Zhong Wen's mind at this time, there were ten thousand grass and mud horses floating by. What was going on? He was sitting quietly, and his father ran over and took off his clothes.

"Where did the snake bite? Are there any injuries?"

Zhong Mugen shouted anxiously to Zhong Wen, which could only be described as shouting, because Zhong Mugen had an angry look on his face, as if he was going to fight someone desperately.

"Dad, I'm not injured or bitten by a big snake. Xiaohua and I are fine."

Zhong Wen finally understood what was going on. It seemed that it was Xiaohua's fault, and he probably didn't explain it clearly, so he suffered such a vicious attack.

"Why are you going to the mountains and forests? There are either venomous snakes or wild beasts there. What should I do if I get hurt?" Zhong Mugen picked up a branch from a short distance away and held it in his hand, pointing at Zhong Wen. He didn't know whether to give him a lesson or not.

It's better to give him a beating.

"Dad, Xiaowen still has a wound on his head, don't be angry."

Xiu came back with Xiao Hua and saw that her husband was about to beat Zhong Wen. She quickly stopped him, fearing that Zhong Wen would be injured again.

Zhong Wen looked at his mother and felt warm in his heart. This is her mother. She only has children in her eyes. Even if her father wants to beat her, she will speak out to stop her.

"Dad, don't hit my brother. If he hadn't chopped the big snake to death today, I would have been bitten."

Xiao Hua also stood up and defended Zhong Wen. Although the villain's voice was a little soft, it sounded unusually warm to Zhong Wen's ears.

"Okay, you two tell me why you want to go to the mountains and forests. Don't you know that there are wild beasts and poisonous snakes in there? Haven't I explained it to you before?"

Perhaps Zhong Mugen really couldn't move his hands, so he held up the branch, but it never fell down.

"Dad, my brother took me to the forest today to trap a hare for my father and mother to recuperate. Look, there are three hares and a big snake with its head cut off in the basket.

."

Xiao Hua heard her father asking Zhong Wen sternly. Xiao Hua knew that if she didn't stand with her brother at this moment, the branch would definitely hit Zhong Wen on the butt.

Zhong Mugen and his wife looked in the direction of Xiaohua's finger and saw three big hares lying in a basket. As for the big snake, they did not see it.

After listening to Xiaohua's words, Zhong Mugen and his wife secretly shed tears. If their family hadn't been so poor, how could it have been their two children's turn to take such a big risk in the mountains and forests? Looking at the hare in the basket, they felt complicated and confused.

sad.

"My father made the mistake of blaming you. Don't go to the mountains and forests again. There are many wild beasts in the mountains and forests, as well as many snakes and insects. If you are really bitten, you won't be able to save him in a hurry."

Zhong Mugen threw away the branch in his hand and touched Zhong Wen's head, but the tears in his eyes fell on Zhong Wen's hand.

Zhong Wen was a little at a loss. His father was in tears at this moment. Thinking about it, he felt extremely miserable.

"Xiaowen, Xiaohua, listen to your father and don't go to the mountains and forests again."

Xiu came over, hugging her two children, comforting Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua. Xiu knew in her heart that the poverty of her family could not be changed. No matter how hard she and her husband worked, they could not get a full meal.

, it’s hard for the two little kids at home.

"Auntie, let's make some hare meat today. I haven't eaten meat for a long time."

Xiaohua said the most appropriate words at the right time, which made Zhong Wen have to admire his little sister's cleverness in order to resolve the embarrassment at this time. Maybe there was no so-called embarrassment in the first place, and it was only what Zhong Wen was thinking.

That’s all.

"How did you kill this big snake?"

Zhong Mugen approached the basket and pulled three hares. Then he discovered the body of a large snake nearly half a foot long under the basket. His heart pounded and the hairs on his body suddenly stood up.

"Dad, when the big snake came out, my brother fell down, and then I fell down too. But my brother held a kitchen knife in his hand and fought with the big snake. In the end, my brother cut off the big snake's head."

Xiaohua's description may be too simple, but for Zhong Mugen and Xiu, this is a battle, and it is also an act of an elder brother saving his younger sister.

After listening to Xiaohua's words, Zhong Mugen and his wife were shocked. Xiaowen was not like this in the past. Whenever he saw a snake, he would definitely run away. But this time, he directly protected his sister and carried the snake.

The kitchen knife and the big snake started fighting.

"Dad was wrong, you shouldn't be blamed."

Zhong Mugen approached Zhong Wen again and hugged him. Then he turned around and picked out the big snake from the basket and prepared to throw it away.

"Dad, don't throw it away. The big snake is edible. You just need to peel off the skin and cook it for a long time, and then you can eat it."

Zhong Wen saw that his cheap dad was about to throw away the snake body he had paid for with his life, so he quickly spoke out to stop him, otherwise he would be really sorry for himself.

"Big snakes are poisonous and should not be eaten." Of course Xiu agreed with Zhong Mugen's approach. Snakes are basically not eaten in the village.

"Dad, grandma, snakes are poisonous, but the poison is all in the head. Just cut off the head and you can eat it. This is what the Taoist priest in the temple told me."

Zhong Wen didn't want such a big snake to be thrown away. It would be a pity if he threw it away. He could only speak in the name of the Taoist priest in Longquan Temple.

"What did the Taoist priests in the temple say? Well, since the Taoist priests have said it, let's just stay and cook it."

After listening to Zhong Wen's words, Zhong Mugen chose to believe the latter instead of Zhong Wen. After all, he knew better than anyone who his son was, but that was just the Zhong Wen of the past.

"How did you hunt these three hares? Hares are not easy to hunt. No one can outrun them."

Zhong Mugen was very curious about his son's ability to hunt three hares. Although he was slanderous, it was a matter of his own children, so it was better to ask clearly.

"Dad, I know, I know. This is the sling that my brother made this morning. It is made of rattan skin and tied to the edge of the tree. When we went there in the afternoon, we saw these three hares.

, the biggest one was not dead at the time, it was my brother who beat him to death with a kitchen knife."

Xiaohua is eager to show off, or even more eager to praise her brother's greatness to her parents.

"Xiao Wen, what's this sling? How do you know?"

Although Zhong Mugen and his wife heard it in confusion, as long as it was related to their children, they must ask questions to find out the situation.

"Dad, let's make the hare meat first. I'm almost starving. I can't explain this sling at the moment. You can only know it after seeing it. I'll tell dad tomorrow."

Zhong Wen didn't want to explain anymore. His stomach was already growling. If he didn't eat something, he would probably collapse to the ground soon.

"Okay, then Dad will pack up a hare and let your mother cook it for you later. Our family will have enough to eat today."

Zhong Mugen had already heard the growl in Zhong Wen's stomach, so he had to stop asking and called Xiu to go and collect the hares together.

Xiaohua also followed over to watch the fun. Maybe for Xiaohua, everything is new. From a poor farmer's family, it is rare to see meat once a year. Today, with great difficulty, there are three hares and a big snake. Xiaohua

I must be imagining the delicious meal tonight.

After packing up the hares, Zhong Mugen and his wife went to the kitchen to prepare a delicious wild vegetable and rabbit meat porridge for their children. Even they themselves were a little embarrassed. They had not tasted the taste of meat in half a year.

Xiu vaguely remembered that she only ate meat once during the Chinese New Year, and it was a small piece of bacon sent from the temple. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to eat it once a year.

Half an hour later, Zhong Wen's family, each holding a broken pottery bowl, sat on some stones in the kitchen and ate the cooked hare meat. Although it was hare meat cooked in gruel, the aroma was so delicious.

But it can float everywhere.

Although the hare meat is not very delicious, the faces of the family are full of happiness and enjoyment, especially Xiaohua, even her little face is covered with soup.

"Mom and dad, this hare meat is so delicious. I am the best. It would be best if I could eat hare meat every day in the future."

Xiaohua held a pottery bowl and was completely immersed in the world of hare meat. She imagined that if she could eat hare meat every day, she would be willing to do anything.

Today is the fullest Zhong Wen has ever eaten. In the past few days since he came to this world, he has never felt like this. With food in his belly, everything seems beautiful. When he is hungry, the world in Zhong Wen's eyes is

grey.

Perhaps for a hungry person, any food is delicious in his eyes, but for a person who has been hungry for a long time, nothing is more important than food, and the world cannot be used as food.
Chapter completed!