"Xiao Xi'er, third brother."
Su Ningwen and Su Ningxi were sitting on the stone steps at the door. When they saw clearly what Su Lao Da and Su Lao Er were holding, they walked over with their short legs.
"One, two, three... Big brother, second brother, you are amazing! You caught six pheasants."
As Xiao Xier spoke, she grabbed a pheasant from Boss Su's hand.
A gleam flashed in Su Ningwen's eyes. He raised his little hand and grabbed a pheasant from Su Laoer's hand, then turned around and ran towards the Su family yard.
Xiao Xier quickly followed, "Big brother, second brother, let's take it in and show it to mother."
Su Ningwen was the first to run back to the yard and ran directly into Xiao Lingyu's room, holding the pheasant high and showing his fangs to Xiao Lingyu.
It seems to be saying: Mom, look, it's a pheasant.
Xiao Lingyu smiled warmly, put down the cloth in his hand, and rubbed Su Ningwen's little head.
"Third brother, you are so good."
"Mother, it's not just one pheasant, it's six."
At this time, Su Ningan, with his younger brother and sister, entered the room, "There is also a basket of mushrooms."
Su Ningjie walked over and calmly pulled Su Ningwen aside, "Mom, are we amazing?"
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, "Big brother, second brother, you are great. Mother likes you."
Xiao Lingyu then touched Su Laoer's little head, and Xiao Xier hurriedly pulled Su Ningjie away.
"Second brother, your pheasant has rubbed against mother's clothes."
Humph, no one can compete with her for my mother.
As Xiao Xier spoke, she used her little hand to pick off a piece of pheasant feather that was stuck on Xiao Lingyu's body.
Xiao Lingyu said, "Big Brother, Second Brother, you've worked hard. For lunch today, we'll have pheasant stewed with mushrooms."
Boss Su turned and left the room, "I'll go boil some water."
Su Lao Er quickly followed, "I'll go pluck the chicken feathers."
Xiao Lingyu didn't expect the children to be so considerate. "Mom is with you."
Su Ning'an came to the kitchen and lit a fire and boiled a pot of water in a short time.
Su Ningjie looked at the pheasant that had fainted in his hand and reached out to pluck its feathers.
“Ku…Ku…Ku.”
The pheasant was awakened by the pain, broke free from Su Ningjie's hands, and flapped its wings and ran around the kitchen.
Xiao Lingyu, who followed, was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and caught the pheasant with his hands.
Su Ning'an came over angrily, holding a kitchen knife, "Mom, I'll let it bleed a little and it will behave."
Xiao Lingyu subconsciously moved back, "Um... Boss, let's go to the backyard and kill a chicken."
Xiao Lingyu took a large bowl from the cupboard and took Su Ning'an to the backyard.
Su Ningjie hurriedly tied the legs and feet of the remaining five unconscious pheasants and took them to the backyard.
"Mother, brother, have you finished killing them?"
Xiao Lingyu nodded, "Second brother, take this bowl of chicken blood to the kitchen and put it away. Bring another bowl, and we'll kill two chickens."
Xiao Lingyu handed the chicken blood to Su Ningjie and looked at the five unconscious pheasants on the ground. "Boss, let's raise two female pheasants to lay eggs. Mother will make egg custard for you, okay?"
Su Ningan, "Mom, when we caught pheasants in the past, we just ate them directly. We never thought of raising them to lay eggs. Now we don't have to trade eggs with the villagers anymore."
Xiao Lingyu thought about the fact that the children were not well fed at the time, so he naturally cooked and ate the pheasant he caught.
"Yes, we raise pheasants and eat pheasant eggs."
"Mother, here are the bowls."
Xiao Lingyu picked a male, stretched the chicken's neck, and placed the empty bowl underneath. "Boss, you can kill it now."
Su Ning'an raised his knife and cut the pheasant's neck.
"Mother, mother, the bad grandma is here."
Xiao Xier ran over in fear and squatted behind Xiao Lingyu.
Xiao Lingyu frowned slightly when she saw this. Xiao Xier was so cute, who would scare her like this?
Could it be that the visitor has cast some shadow on Xiao Xier's young mind?
Xiao Lingyu hurriedly comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Xiao Xi'er. Let mother go and take a look."
Xiao Lingyu stood up and took the children to the front yard.
Su Ningwen stared at the sugar cake in Wang Xiufang's hand.
I really want to eat it.
But I can’t eat it. If I eat the candy cake, my sister will be taken away.
Wang Xiufang saw a yellow and green dress hanging in the yard. Although she didn't know what the fabric was made of, it was obviously of better quality than the dresses sold in the garment shops in Xishui County.
Then he remembered that this dress was worn by Su's daughter-in-law yesterday, and he couldn't help but feel secretly happy: I still have to do the rough work of washing clothes.
"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
Old Lady Li and Wang Xiufang looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman in green clothes, with red lips and white teeth, standing motionless at the kitchen door. She had a bright smile on her face and no makeup on.
Although Xiao Lingyu was wearing a simple green gown, it could not conceal her aura as a young lady from a noble family, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were afraid to speak for a while.
Su Ningjie poked his head out from behind Xiao Lingyu and saw a large bag and two small bags at the feet of the two men.
"Mother, Grandma Li and Aunt Wang should be here to exchange grain for pheasants."
Mrs. Li nodded quickly and said, "Yes, Su family... Madam Su, this is a bag of millet, a small bag of potato sprouts, and a small bag of sweet potato sprouts. We want to exchange them for two pheasants."
Xiao Lingyu's eyes flashed, and he was thinking about how to plant the vegetable seeds in the base?
"Boss, go get the pheasant first."
Su Ningjie said, "Mother, we just agreed on the mountain that we would get two pheasants in exchange for three bags of sweet potatoes."
Old Lady Li said calmly, "Second brother, it's been a long time since you two brothers have traded game for food, right? It's only May now, and we've just started planting sweet potatoes. There aren't any ripe sweet potatoes yet, and even if there were any, they wouldn't be edible."
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