Zhao Qingshan ran a long way and spat in Li Xiuxiu's direction.
"What kind of people are they! They have money but don't know how to help us poor people!"
Zhao Qingshan didn't even consider that you were her son or her grandson, and why she would insist on lending you the money!
Recently, Zhao Qingshan has been getting very close to Zhao Haixia, a young widow in the village. They often exchange flirtatious glances and have finally started sleeping together, though it's all done secretly. It's just that Zhao Haixia has quite a big appetite.
Zhao Haixia was, after all, a widow, and knew that it was better to keep things in her own hands than to find a man. So every time she made love to Zhao Qingshan, she would ask him to give her something, otherwise she would not agree.
Zhao Qingshan had experienced the benefits of having women around, so he naturally granted their every request. However, as time went on, he had less and less of what he wanted, and now Zhao Haixia was somewhat unwilling to pay attention to him.
If you don't have anything, then borrow it—borrow money, borrow things. But these past few days, the female educated youths haven't been returning to the educated youth compound, and he hasn't seen them at all. Today, he finally saw them, but Wei Mohao gave him a good scolding!
This couldn't go on. Having just learned his lesson, how could he forget it? Since he couldn't borrow money, Zhao Qingshan started to come up with other crooked ideas.
Li Xiuxiu and Wei Mo, one big and one small, went to the brigade leader to borrow tools. The brigade leader didn't ask any questions, but took the two of them to register and receive the tools.
In the eyes of the brigade leader, Wei Mo is now a little hero. His son set 10 fish baskets yesterday and caught more than 50 catties of fish early this morning!
The main problem was that the time was a bit short, but the harvest was still pretty good. The team leader was overjoyed, thinking that there were so many fish that they couldn't possibly eat them all.
"I'll lend you these tools for a month. Remember to return them when you're done."
Li Xiuxiu froze on the spot after hearing the captain's words, while Wei Mo obediently replied.
"Thank you, Uncle Dazhuang."
Then he pulled the somewhat dazed Li Xiuxiu away. Actually, it's not Li Xiuxiu's fault. Everyone often borrows tools, but they must be returned on the same day, otherwise you might lose work points!
After all, if everyone borrows, it could delay production, so most people only borrow for a day at most. But when it comes to Wei Mo, it's different; he borrows for a whole month. That's the difference between people.
The brigade leader didn't think there was anything wrong with it. If Wei Mo had any clever ideas, he could think of the village. In that case, it wouldn't be a problem to borrow money for a year.
The battalion commander has the authority to handle special cases with special measures.
Holding Wei Mo and carrying tools, Li Xiuxiu glared fiercely at him. As for the reason, this naughty child was becoming more and more impolite.
But Wei Mo is just a child, so he's spoiled!
Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, Wei Mo jumped down from Li Xiuxiu's arms and used his learned skills to search for traces of prey.
It's summer now, and large predators usually have enough food without having to come down from the mountain, so the two of them are relatively safe.
A larger mound caught Wei Mo's attention. It had several holes on it, and there were obvious footprints in front of the holes.
Judging from its appearance, it was probably a rabbit. Wei Mo directed Li Xiuxiu to start digging a trap.
“Aunt Xiuxiu, dig a hole half a meter deep here.”
Li Xiuxiu looked at the rabbit hole in front of her and started working neatly and efficiently. Wei Mo thought to himself, "For physical labor, you still have to rely on a violent woman!"
Wei Mo directed Li Xiuxiu to dig a large pit at each of the three entrances and find stone slabs and wooden sticks nearby.
Under Wei Mo's guidance, Li Xiuxiu set up a trap. As long as the rabbit stepped on the stone slab, it would fall into the pit, and then the stone would fall down. Given the weight of the stone, it was estimated that no rabbit could withstand it!
How could setting up three traps on the last trip up the mountain be acceptable? Wei Mo then led Li Xiuxiu to search the vicinity again.
He set up more than a dozen such traps, and also set several more in places where some animals would definitely pass by, all with nylon ropes that he took out of Wei Mo's pocket.
Li Xiuxiu, who had been working hard for a long time, sat down to rest on the ground, and the little brat came over to take advantage of her.
"Aunt Xiuxiu, let's go back first. We'll continue this afternoon. We haven't prepared anything suitable yet."
Wei Mo was telling the truth; he had spotted several roe deer and even saw some resting spots they used.
There's a saying in Northeast China: "Beat a roe deer with a stick and scoop fish with a ladle."
Actually, scooping fish with a ladle is possible, but beating a roe deer with a stick? You're overthinking it, even though there are many videos online that make the roe deer look silly.
But the roe deer's scientific name is Eurasian deer, and its nickname is "grass-flying." Just think about how fast that nickname means!
It starts with a jump, about two meters high. It's difficult to hit with a stick or even a gun, unless it's a sneak attack.
It is extremely timid and will run away at the slightest sound, but it is also curious. Once there is no danger, it will not run away and may indeed go to see what is going on.
To capture the robe-like creature, you need a special tool, like the steel wire used for bicycle brakes, to make a snare to bind it. Once it crawls inside, it's almost certain to die, and the more it struggles, the tighter the snare becomes!
Having discovered the robe's whereabouts, they naturally wanted to get one to indulge in some meat. Since it wasn't convenient to take out the wire now, they could only beg Li Xiuxiu to go back.
Looking at the baby nursing in front of her, Li Xiuxiu could only nod in agreement. It was still early, and if they went back, she could continue weaving fish baskets. That would be fine. If not, she could come with the little brat again in the afternoon.
On the way back, passing by the first three traps, Wei Mo saw from afar that one of them had already been triggered. After all, all three traps were blocking the rabbit's doorway. Once it came out to forage, it wouldn't be able to escape.
"Aunt Xiuxiu, hurry over there, the trap has been triggered."
Li Xiuxiu looked up and saw that the trap was indeed different from the one she had set. Overjoyed, she grabbed Wei Mo and ran over.
Li Xiuxiu lifted the stone slab, revealing a small crack, and saw the rabbit's gray fur. She smiled especially happily.
Yu Mo directed from the side, while Li Xiuxiu reached her hand through the gap, grabbed the rabbit, and then lifted the stone slab.
The rabbit had already passed away, but its body was still warm, clearly indicating that the trap had just been triggered. Li Xiuxiu swallowed hard, looking at the plump rabbit and Qian Manman's culinary skills.
I can't think about it, it's making me a little hungry.
Wei Mo tossed the now-cold rabbit aside and tried to pick it up again, but embarrassingly couldn't lift it. It must have weighed six or seven pounds!
After rearranging the trap, Li Xiuxiu took off her coat, wrapped the rabbit inside, tucked it under her arm, and then led Wei Mo back.
Li Xiuxiu couldn't help but sigh, realizing that she was quite strong and had even caught wild rabbits before, though not as easily as this.
Instead, they chased rabbits all over the place in the dead of winter, since rabbits are particularly conspicuous under the white snow. They would take big stones and sticks and hit the rabbits.
Of course, the chances of catching someone this way are very low, but Li Xiuxiu has managed to catch one before.
Li Xiuxiu couldn't help but admire Wei Mo's skill; he had so easily captured a wild rabbit, which gave her great motivation for the other traps and the afternoon's operations.
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