Daily busyness
The sun is rising, and it is another busy day.
Yu Ying then tore off her shirt, which was already in disarray, and gave a strip of cloth to Fu An, asking him to blindfold Luo Shi.
When Yu Ying put on her backpack and prepared to go out to pick litchi fruits, Fu An said he wanted to go with her.
He puffed out his thin chest, looked like a little man, and said in a loud voice: "I won't be so shameless as to eat your food for free. I can work too. If you go into the mountains, I will go too."
Yu Ying glanced at Fu An. Although he was small, he was very capable and not necessarily a burden.
But the mountains are very dangerous, so I still have some concerns about taking him with me.
She glanced at Luo Shi. Seeing Luo Shi's hesitant look, she knew that she was worried about her grandson, but didn't know how to start.
Yu Ying didn't hesitate any longer and said, "No need."
But who knew that Fu An was a stubborn person, and he said: "Then I don't need you to take me there, it's not like I haven't been there before!"
Mrs. Luo remembered that her grandson had secretly run into the mountains to relieve his stuttering, so she became anxious when she heard this: "How can you go by yourself? If you want to go, you can only go with your aunt!"
Yu Ying: ...
After a moment's silence, she looked at him and said, "If you want to go into the mountains, you must listen to me, otherwise you can go into the mountains by yourself."
Fu An, however, was not at all shy and said, "If you are willing to take me with you, I will listen to you."
Yu Ying exhaled and told him to get ready: "Find a stick and pick a few mint leaves. Rub them to make juice and apply it on your ankles, wrists, and neck to prevent mosquito bites in the mountains."
Upon hearing this, Fu An hurriedly picked a few leaves and rubbed them vigorously in his palm, then smeared them on the places Yu Ying mentioned. After smearing them, he also found a thicker dead branch.
Yu Ying glanced at Fu An who was ready and was about to go out, but suddenly she seemed to remember something, turned around and looked at the little tail behind her, who bent down to face her.
His face was serious, but his voice was gentle: "You can't go into the mountains. Be good and wait for us to come back at home."
When Fu Ning heard that she couldn't go, her face suddenly became listless.
After washing her face and combing her messy hair into a neat braid, her face instantly became more pretty. If she keeps getting enough nutrition, her face will gradually become whiter and plumper. She will definitely be a beautiful girl in the future.
With a brother-in-law like Fu Wei who has a god-like appearance, the two children's looks will naturally not be too bad.
Yu Ying thought about it and still felt uneasy about the little girl, so she pulled her over to Luo's side and told her again, "Wait at home with grandma. When I come back, I'll make you some jelly."
Although the little girl was reluctant, she nodded.
Yu Ying carried the backpack and went out with Fu An. The two of them, one big and one small, walked on the road, attracting many glances.
Yu Ying still went to the place where she picked litchi fruits the day before yesterday.
She didn't pick many that day, and she didn't pick the unripe ones either. They should be ripe in two days. A large area of lychee fruits would allow her to make jelly several times.
Yu Ying cut through the thorny bushes and let Fu An follow her.
When they started picking the fruit, Yu Ying taught him how to distinguish male and female fruits: "If the fruit has a flat surface and a round bottom, it is male. If it is oval and has a pointed bottom, it is female. This is a female fruit."
Yu Ying picked one and showed it to him.
Fu An was stunned for a few breaths before he asked in surprise, "How come fruits are divided into male and female?!"
Yu Ying remembered asking the same question to her grandfather when she was little. A wave of nostalgia washed over her, and her expression gradually softened. "There are many miraculous things in the world. For example, there's an animal in the sea called a seahorse, also known as a sea dragon. Males reproduce, and of course females are also needed, but all offspring are born from males."
Fu An's eyes widened in surprise, and then he said, "You must be lying to me.
Yu Ying's voice slowed down: "Things you haven't seen before aren't necessarily fake, you just haven't seen them yet."
Fu An was still skeptical, and Yu Ying did not continue to explain it to him, but started to work.
Fu An glanced at Yu Ying who was carefully picking fruits beside him, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Then how did you know?"
"The more you see, the more you will know. Then you will know naturally."
Fu An curled his lips, thinking that this answer was the same as no answer, and did not ask any more questions. Instead, he went to pick the fruits and identify them according to what she said.
Although he didn't ask any more questions, he couldn't help but wonder whether what she just said was true or not.
If that's true, then how much is there in this world that he doesn't know?
Thinking of what she said, that the more you see, the more knowledgeable you are, he couldn't help but turn his head and look in the direction of Lingshui Village.
But if he lived in Lingshui Village all his life, how could he have the chance to see all those strange things?
The two of them quickly filled the backpack to 70% full, and Yu Ying stopped picking and went to look for some herbs.
Fu An carefully identified the herbs she picked, then searched among the weeds, and after finding them, he pulled them out by the roots.
Although he is small, he is very strong.
Seeing that everything was almost done, Yu Ying was about to go back when she suddenly heard Fu An's surprised voice: "Come over here and take a look, what is this?!"
Yu Ying turned around and saw Fu An standing about ten feet away, pulling away weeds with a stick, his face filled with both surprise and joy.
Yu Ying walked over curiously, and when she got closer, she found a nest of eggs. These eggs were larger than quail eggs, and there were about ten of them.
Yu Ying was afraid that there might be some danger nearby, so she didn't let him in. Instead, she walked in cautiously. After a closer look, she found that there were gray-brown feathers around the egg nest, which must be a wild pheasant egg nest.
Yu Ying was overjoyed. She squatted down to pick up the pheasant eggs and said to Fu An, "Come here and put these eggs inside your clothes."
Fu An immediately lifted up his clothes and stood beside her.
Yu Ying picked them up one by one and put them gently into Fu An's clothes.
After picking up eleven eggs and with four still left in the nest, Yu Ying stopped.
"Why didn't you pick it up?" Fu An wondered.
Yu Ying covered the nest with weeds and said, "You have to leave a way out when doing things. Eggs lay pheasants, and pheasants lay eggs, and only then will there be an endless supply."
Fu An pondered the meaning of this sentence, but because he was still too young to comprehend such a profound truth, he didn't quite understand it.
Yu Ying glanced at him without further explanation.
Then she looked at the pheasant egg in his arms, a smile on her face: "When we get back, make some nightshade egg drop soup."
She picked a handful of common cauliflower, also known as false chili vegetable, and used it to make egg drop soup, which was not only delicious but also very nutritious.
Today was a fruitful day. I returned to the Fu family. Before I even entered the yard, Fu An's excited voice came into the yard: "Grandma, sister, I'm back!"
Hearing the sound, Fu Ning, who was playing in the mud, stood up immediately, looked out of the yard, and when he saw them coming back, he ran out.
When Fu An saw his sister running towards him like a little butterfly, he also trotted towards her happily, but the next moment, his sister walked past him and ran towards Yu who was behind him.
Fu An's smiling face suddenly froze.
Fu Ning ran to Yu Ying, tilted his little face up, and looked at her with his big eyes blinking, full of anticipation.
Seeing that her face was dirty again, Yu Ying knew that she had gone out to play with the mud in the yard alone again.
Seeing the anticipation in her eyes, Yu Ying smiled and said softly, "Let's go back and make something delicious."
The little girl also smiled, then timidly reached out and grabbed Yu Ying's sleeve.
Yu Ying glanced at the hand on her sleeve, then opened her hand, took her small hand, and walked into the yard.
When Fu Ning saw that his sister was close to others and not to him, he immediately hung his head and his face fell.
Not happy.
After returning to the yard, Yu Ying got out a few handfuls of rice, put half a pot of water to cook porridge, asked Fu An to watch the fire, and then went to pack up everything.
It was neither too thick nor too thin, just right. She added three or four red mushrooms and simmered it for a while longer before removing the pot from the stove and placing it on the ground. While the porridge was still boiling, Yu Ying cracked three pheasant eggs and stirred them in. Finally, she added salt, and the aroma immediately wafted through the courtyard.
The yard is filled with fragrance.
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