"Don't worry, I will protect you. Even if we really encounter those big insects or wild boars, I won't feed you to them. You just need to hide behind me."
Looking at Lin Shuang's confident look, Xiao Ce sighed and thought, forget it, he couldn't beat her, so he would just listen to her. Even if they really met, he would just pull his younger brother and sister and run away first.
"Okay, listen to your stepmother."
Seeing the obviously different trees in front of him, Lin Shuang was sure that there were good things inside.
The trees on the periphery are sparse, and some weeds are trampled here and there by the villagers who often go up the mountain. Gradually, a small path is formed, which extends to the dividing line between the inner and outer areas and then ends.
After walking a few steps, we found that the weeds were so dense that we couldn't even step. This showed that the villagers at the foot of the mountain were much more afraid of the wild beasts on the mountain.
At first glance, there were only sparse trees in front of me, mostly weeds. Suddenly, a flash of grayish-white flashed before my eyes.
"It's a rabbit, stepmother, let's catch it quickly." Xiao Nanxin clapped his hands and jumped up with a look of joy on his face. His surprised and excited voice attracted everyone's attention.
Lin Shuang followed the rabbit quietly without trying hard to catch it.
The four children looked at their stepmother and saw that she did not catch the rabbit but was secretly following it from behind. They were very confused, but it did not affect them and they followed Lin Shuang closely.
"Brother, what's wrong with my stepmother? She let the rabbit run away." Xiao Jingyu couldn't stand Lin Shuang's behavior.
"My stepmother must have her reasons for doing this." Xiao Ce didn't know either. He only knew that rabbits were shot to death by arrows.
Xiao Jingyu curled his lips, feeling unhappy.
How could Lin Shuang let the cooked duck fly away? She is now playing the long game to catch a big fish.
Following the traces of the rabbit in front, they came to a small earth cave.
Lin Shuang squatted down and looked at the small hole in front of her. There was some rabbit droppings at the entrance of the hole. Lin Shuang smiled with satisfaction.
Lin Shuang turned around and said to the four children with a smile: "Come here quickly." Lin Shuang's smile made the children feel better.
Lin Shuang was standing with the light behind her, and the sunlight shone on her body, but the four children felt a different feeling.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up."
After being urged again, Xiao Nanxin immediately let go of Xiao Wangshu's hand and ran towards Lin Shuang quickly.
"Stepmother, why are you staring at this hole?" Xiao Nanxin looked at the small hole in front of him curiously.
"Because we want to catch rabbits all at once."
The three people behind also came over.
"Take off your backpacks and look around to see if there are any similar holes nearby."
Xiao Ce immediately walked around and checked, "Stepmother, there is one here."
Xiao Wangshu pursed his lips and started looking nearby. After a while, he found one.
He immediately ran back and looked at Lin Shuang, "Stepmother, I found one too."
"Okay, you just stay at the entrance of the cave and guard it." Lin Shuang smiled.
Xiao Wangshu turned around and went to guard the cave entrance. After a while, all five nearby cave entrances were found.
"Each of you stand guard at the cave entrance. Buckle all the backpacks you hold at the entrance and hold them down with your hands. Don't let go. Got it?"
"I understand, stepmother." Xiao Nanxin's face was tense, as if it was a big deal.
"Hmph." Xiao Jingyu didn't say anything, but his hands kept moving.
Xiao Ce was quite far away, and he seemed to understand his stepmother's thoughts.
Xiao Wangshu said nothing and just watched Lin Shuang from the side.
Lin Shuang felt Xiao Wangshu's gaze and immediately smiled at her gently.
Xiao Wangshu and Lin Shuang looked at each other, then immediately lowered their heads and looked intently at the small hole.
"All of you guard this cave entrance." Lin Shuang ran to the side and cut some dry grass with a machete, then ran to the cave entrance he was guarding, took out a lighter from the space, and lit it directly.
He put the lighter back into his coat pocket and watched the straw suddenly catch fire. A pungent smell wafted out, and most of the smoke drifted into the hole.
"It's coming out soon, you guys keep watch, especially Jingyu, you're young, I'll help Nanxin here."
Lin Shuang stuffed a handful of dry grass into the hole to block it completely, then immediately trotted to Xiao Nanxin's side and held the backpack together.
The black smoke at the entrance drifted into the cave. The rabbits inside could not hold it anymore and ran around in a hurry, running towards another entrance.
"Ahhh, so many rabbits!" Xiao Nanxin shouted in surprise when he felt the collision of the backpacks in his hands.
Hearing Xiao Nanxin's voice, several people held the backpack tighter. Now, they understood the stepmother's method of catching rabbits, and they really managed to catch them all in one go.
The rabbits in the rabbit hole ran out of each hole like crazy, and as expected, all got into the backpack.
When no rabbits came out of the hole, Xiao Ce grabbed the mouth of the backpack to prevent the rabbits in the basket from running away again.
When he returned to Lin Shuang's side, his tone was excited and his hands were tightly pressing the lid of the backpack.
"Stepmother, there really are rabbits, look." As he said that, he raised his backpack to show Lin Shuang.
"That's right, tie the rope on the backpack first."
Lin Shuang was also very happy. Now she had a solution. When she returned home, she would make spicy rabbit meat and serve a bowl to Aunt Li next door. After all, she had taken good care of this family.
Xiao Ce immediately tied the rope on the backpack, and Lin Shuang quickly picked up the rabbits in his hands.
"Wow, stepmother, so amazing, so many rabbits." Xiao Nanxin exclaimed in amazement, "Meat, there's meat to eat."
"Yes, we'll have rabbit meat tonight." Lin Shuang smiled as he watched Xiao Nanxin cheering and jumping for joy. A few rabbits were so happy, it must be so satisfying.
"Xiao Ce, you and Nan Xin stay here. I'll go over there and check on them. They're both weak, and I don't think they can control them myself."
"Okay, stepmother, please go over there quickly."
Lin Shuang went to Xiao Jingyu first. The child was young and weak, and he had just been injured.
"how's it going?"
"Stepmother, there are so many rabbits. Are we going to eat rabbits tonight? I didn't eat lunch, and now I'm starving. Stepmother, I was wrong at noon. I shouldn't have wasted food."
The rabbit in the backpack was trying hard to run out, so Lin Shuang quickly stepped forward and held it down.
"Tie the rope." Then he went to Xiao Wangshu. He turned around and said, "Jingyu, go to your elder brother."
Lin Shuang thought that she had to prepare a good meal in the evening. Xiao Jingyu was disobedient, so she wanted him to learn his lesson. Unexpectedly, he told her about this matter without any hesitation.
However, he never mentioned the fact that he scolded him, and only talked about the issue of food waste. He probably thought that scolding him was quite right.
The road to whitewashing is long.
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