Chapter 51 Be obedient and don’t be clingy

Several people were cutting the tender grass along the ridges of the fields or on the roadside. As people passed by, they would greet Su Heng and ask her if she had eaten.

Chen Xiang teased, "You've really become our team's treasure now. Look at that auntie just now. She wasn't as loving to her own daughter as you are."

Su Heng: "Stop teasing me and go back to mowing your pigs."

Chen Xiang: "No, I'm telling you, you'll have a bad day too. I don't know how you got such a pretty and smart head, yet you managed something that even the expert found difficult."

Luo Yan also nodded: "Yes, now our brigade is famous in the commune."

Chen Xiang: "As friends of Comrade Su Heng, we are now very proud!"

As they talked, several people burst into laughter, and the girl's clear laughter echoed far away in the fields.

After cutting the grass, Chen Xiang and Su Heng went to hand in their work, and Su Heng went to Grandma Huang's house by herself.

As soon as I entered, I received a warm greeting. There was only a little grandson playing in the yard at her house, and the adults had gone to work.

The cat in Grandma Huang's house is a big orange cat, and the litter of kittens she gave birth to are also golden, with chubby heads and very cute.

Su Heng couldn't help but touch the heads of each of them, and the little orange cats immediately made "mi-ya-mi-ya" sounds, which looked very pleasing to the eye.

One of them barked particularly loudly and stretched out its little white claws to hook Su Heng.

It turned out to be a white glove, with soft white hair from the chin to the abdomen and even the limbs.

The patterns on its body were very symmetrical, and its big eyes, with the blue film still not fading, blinked curiously at Su Heng.

When Grandma Huang saw that she liked the cat, she grabbed it and showed it to Su Heng. The big cat was in its den and didn't even protect its cubs.

"It's the one that loves to grab food the most, howls the loudest, and is very energetic!" said Grandma Huang.

Su Heng noticed that all four paws of this kitten were particularly large. Cats with big paws have big skeletons, so it was obvious that it would be a good mouse catcher.

Taking the kitten over and pinching its soft little paws, Su Heng said, "Then let's take it."

So this little orange cat became a member of Su Heng's family.

Just as the recliner was finished, Su Heng asked Lu Mingchuan to make a cat bed for the little orange cat.

The kitten was curious about the new place and kept following the two people around. Su Heng found it very novel and sat aside to tease the kitten.

"Lu Mingchuan, look, it's not even as long as your foot."

Lu Mingchuan was sawing wood while dodging the kitten that pounced on him. He looked up at Su Heng and said, "If you don't catch it, I'm going to step on it."

"He's so cruel," Su Heng said, picking up the kitten. "We won't play with him anymore."

The kitten didn't understand and was only focused on exploring the new territory. The whole yard was filled with the meows of Su Heng and the kitten.

"Lu Mingchuan, let's give the kitten a name. What do you think it should be called?"

Lu Mingchuan said without even turning his head: "Da Huang."

"It's a cat, not a dog?" Su Heng felt that Lu Mingchuan was being perfunctory.

"That's Xiao Huang."

"Can you be a little more cultured?"

Lu Mingchuan only finished junior high school before joining the army, so he really doesn't have much literary literacy.

Su Heng suggested that he read more books, otherwise he would not be able to go far in the future if he works and earns money without education.

"So what's your name?"

"Let's call it Zhaocai."

Said the very cultured Su Heng.

"When I get a dog from now on, I'll name it Wangcai."

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At night, the kitten wanted to run into Su Heng's room to sleep, but Lu Mingchuan quickly grabbed it by the scruff of the neck.

"The cat has fleas and can't be allowed into the room."

When Su Heng heard this, her overflowing maternal love suddenly subsided, so she said, "Then let it sleep in the main room."

Lu Mingchuan held the kitten and said calmly, "Isn't it raised to catch mice? Let him sleep in the west room."

After catching a cat, Su Heng's mind was completely focused on the kitten.

"It's still so small, a cat would be scared sleeping there."

In the end, the kitten slept in the main room on a rag mat.

The next day, when Su Heng was feeding the kitten corn porridge, she thought that since she was going into the mountains today, she might as well get some fish.

After Su Heng left, Lu Mingchuan picked up the little orange cat that was still licking the bottom of the bowl, looked into its innocent eyes, and scolded it, "Be obedient and stop being clingy. Got it?"

The kitten didn't know and just held his fingers and sucked them a few times.

Entering the mountain along the direction of the hidden river from last time, Su Heng, as usual, released his special powers to attach to the surrounding grass and trees to prevent himself from being attacked by wild boars and other large beasts.

Unexpectedly, he encountered a rabbit first. Thinking of his plan to raise rabbits, Su Heng's eyes suddenly lit up.

She didn't rush to catch it. She deliberately approached it and made some noise. The gray rabbit was frightened and immediately kicked its legs and ran away.

Su Heng was not in a hurry. Every time the rabbit was about to run away, it would be tripped by the vines or bushes beside it, and would stumble and get up before running again.

Anyway, I ran to the doorstep but didn't catch up with the person behind me, and I almost knocked myself unconscious.

When Su Heng saw the rabbit hole in front of him, he smiled and used vines to roll up the shivering rabbit, tied its limbs and threw it into the backpack.

It is said that a cunning rabbit has three burrows, but Su Heng was lucky. This nest of rabbits seemed to have just given birth.

She used vines to climb in, and before she got very deep she hooked a baby rabbit.

The big rabbit inside saw its baby being hooked away by a vine, so it jumped forward to bite it, and was caught in a net bag in the process.

The same procedure was followed for the two rabbits, one big and one small, whose four legs were tied up and thrown into the cage. The remaining rabbits in the nest were also caught out one after another.

The little rabbit had just opened its eyes and didn't need to be tied up. When it was thrown into the backpack, it immediately squeezed under the big rabbit in fear.

The fluffy lanugo was very soft, and Su Heng stroked it twice in a good mood.

It was still early, so she tore off a few leaves and threw them in to provide shade for the rabbits, then continued walking towards the small pond.

On the way, Su Heng saw some Atractylodes macrocephala and Gentiana scabra with small blue flowers. It was difficult for her to put them in her backpack, so she made a simple small basket with vines and carried it.

I saw some more gentian, but they didn't look old enough.

The price of wild gentian should not be low. Su Heng thought that there was such a large area of ​​it in the yard, which was empty anyway, so he might as well pick some and raise them.

The scattered ones here are not as easy to find as the Codonopsis field, so we don’t have to waste time looking for them later.

She got to work right away, wielding a small shovel and digging out the soil around the roots.

When he set out again, the vine frame in his hand suddenly became much heavier.

Fortunately, they were not far from the small pond. Su Heng planned to go there to wash her face, rest for a while, and then go home.

The rumbling sound of water could be heard, and misty water vapor spread in the bamboo forest.

Su Heng put down the basket, scooped up the cool water and applied it to her face, instantly reducing the heat a lot.

She didn't seek too much coolness, as the fish in the pond were still swimming carefree.

But Su Heng discovered that the water volume of the waterfall did not seem to be as strong as the last time.

The top of the waterfall is very high and you can't see what's going on above.

Su Heng first used vines to spear fish, while thinking about how to cross the mountain.

While I was busy, I suddenly saw some unusual movement on the top of a distant mountain.

There were faint sounds.