Hearing Ma Debi say this, Jiang Wenwan smiled and nodded.
"Okay! Take the day off tomorrow and come with me to gather pig feed. Bring your gun, and I'll teach you how to shoot!"
"Great, I can finally start practicing shooting properly."
If I catch a rabbit tomorrow, will you still make us spicy rabbit meat?
Jiang Wenwan nodded.
"I'll make it for you if you can hit it!"
Ma Debi was eager to get started, and the next day, armed with a gun, he followed Jiang Wenwan up the mountain.
He had never fired a gun before, so he immediately learned from Jiang Wenwan how to hold a gun and how to aim. After learning the whole process, he finally fired his first shot.
"Bang!"
Jiang Wenwan couldn't figure out what he was going to do.
What are you hitting?
"A rabbit!"
The recoil made him stumble back two steps, grimacing in pain.
"And then what? The rabbit is 30 points directly in front of you, and your bullet is 20 points to your left. Even if your hand is shaking, it shouldn't be that far off, right?"
"Come on, since the rabbit's already run away, attack here."
Jiang Wenwan went up to a tree, then used the knife in her hand to cut off a piece of bark and aimed it at him.
"See that? Shoot the part of that tree where there's no bark. It's such a big target. Don't tell me you won't be able to hit it even after two days!"
Maddie looked at the location of the tree and aimed, saying:
"I think I can, but I'm afraid my bullets might not be enough!"
It seems I was right to buy a thousand bullets in the first place.
Jiang Wenwan threw a knife at the rabbit, pinning it to the ground.
"Stop talking nonsense and get practicing!"
Her move made Ma Debi's eyes widen in astonishment.
"My God! My God!"
"How...how did you do that?"
Jiang Wenwan thought this person was really interesting.
"Don't tell me you want to learn too?"
Maddrey nodded.
"Then you shouldn't have come to be an educated youth; you should have joined the army!"
These words struck a nerve with Matthias.
"My family may have some minor issues with our family background. I'm already lucky to be able to go to the countryside. To think I could join the army is just wishful thinking!"
However, judging from the letters my dad wrote to me recently, things seem to be developing in a positive direction.
I really hope I can go back soon.
"Hurry up and practice your shooting!"
At this time, Suanmiao and Xiao Hongwei came to find Jiang Wenwan.
"Sister Jiang, we'll help you gather pig feed."
Jiang Wenwan finished gathering all the pig feed herself, so she didn't need their help at all.
"No need. Oh, by the way, does anyone have a fishing net?"
Let's go fishing! Don't go up the mountain these next couple of days; it's not safe there!
Garlic sprouts immediately raised their hands and said:
"I know, is it because Master Zhang and his men failed to kill that lynx?"
Xiao Hongwei also raised his hand.
“I know that lynx is very dangerous. It can roam around the mountains. My mom told me not to go into the mountains, in case that lynx comes back and carries me away.”
Listening to their conversation, Jiang Wenwan nodded.
“What you said is all correct, but the reason I won’t let you into the mountains is because Ma, the educated youth, has been practicing shooting on the mountains these past two days.”
He's a newbie, he's not always accurate, it wouldn't be good if you got accidentally hurt. Come on, let's go catch some fish, I'll make you some grilled fish."
"Fish? Fish doesn't taste good, does it? It has bones and a fishy smell."
Hearing what Garlic Sprouts said, Jiang Wenwan was delighted.
"I'll cook you a meal, you'll know if it's good or not after you try it!"
Jiang Wenwan left at some point; her first priority here was to try everything.
Beat the roe deer with a stick and scoop up the fish with a ladle.
She hasn't even used the fish scoop yet!
Several children followed her to the riverbank. The river was wide and the current was not rapid.
The river was still quite deep in the middle, so she rolled up her trousers to her thighs and went into the river.
The river water is so clear that you can easily see the fish swimming in it.
These days, to make fish taste good, you have to be willing to use oil. If you don't use oil, it will taste fishy, and grass carp has a lot of bones.
The same applies to carp; only bighead carp and catfish have the fewest bones.
Shout to the garlic sprouts who were about to go into the river:
"None of you go down into the river. Go gather some branches and wait for me to come up and start a fire."
Garlic Sprouts immediately obeyed and went to find branches to build a small pile of firewood on the bank.
Jiang Wenwan quickly used the net from the garlic sprouts' house to catch a fish and threw it ashore.
The two little ones cheered on the shore.
"Sister Jiang is so amazing! Sister Jiang is so great!"
Jiang Wenwan got lost in the cheers and encouragement, catching fish after fish.
When she came up, she saw seven or eight fish weighing two or three pounds each, as well as carp, grass carp, and her favorite, bighead carp.
Braised bighead carp and stewed bighead carp with vermicelli are both incredibly delicious.
However, what she's making now is grilled fish, so naturally she'll use the fathead fish, which has the fewest bones.
"Sister Jiang, how do you start a fire?"
Jiang Wenwan took out matches from her pocket.
"Look what this is?"
A child was standing not far away. Jiang Wenwan recognized him as Widow Wang's son, named Shuanzhu, who was seven years old.
He stood at a distance watching them, and Jiang Wenwan paused before waving at him.
The child did nothing wrong, but his mother went to jail because she wanted to harm him, and she can't guarantee that the child won't hate him.
But seeing him looking at her so pitifully from a distance, she figured she might as well share one of the fish she had caught with him.
Besides, she thought Granny Wang was a reasonable person, and how the child would grow up depended on how the people around him guided him.
If they are not properly guided and comforted, it is very likely that the seeds of hatred will be sown.
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