Chapter 295 Insights
Zhou Silang has never caught a bird, and Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang have never caught one either. When it comes to taking bird eggs, Zhou Silang has the best record in the family.
So the two of them also suggested taking more bird eggs. When the hens at home were hatching chicks, they could put the bird eggs in for the hens to hatch. Maybe after twenty or thirty days they would have a flock of birds.
Zhou Liulang also said, "I heard from Erlu that bird meat is very tender and tastes better than chicken."
Manbao's eyes lit up, "Really?"
"Of course it's true. Erlu has eaten it. Besides, birds are so small, they certainly don't eat as much as chickens. We can raise a few more and eat one a day in the future."
Zhou Silang slapped him on the head and said, "What are you thinking? Try raising birds at home and see if the villagers will scold you."
Zhou Liulang was unconvinced, "Why are you scolding me?"
Zhou Silang raised his finger, indicating that he should prick up his ears and listen.
Everyone fell silent, and for a moment the only sound in the fields was the rustling of wheat being harvested. But soon, they heard shouting and cursing from somewhere in the distance, "Eat, eat, eat! You've wasted such a small amount of food! One day, I'll strip your nests bare..."
Zhou Silang looked at them with disdain and said, "Apart from locusts, the villagers hate these birds the most. There are many of them in the spring, sometimes they dig up and eat the seeds that have just been sown. There are also many in the summer, and they might bite the crops that have just sprouted. There are also many in the autumn, and we have to fight with them for the grain that has been harvested with great difficulty. There are also many in the winter. Well, but winter is not so bad. They mostly eat grass seeds, but they are also annoying. Haven't you seen my sister-in-law scolding them in the vegetable garden every now and then?"
Everyone: ...How do they know?
Zhou Silang rubbed his belly, feeling somewhat regretful. "We love to take bird eggs the most. Their nests are not hard to find, and there are always more than ten eggs in a nest. But besides in trees, they sometimes build nests in wheat fields and rice paddies. When we harvest them, some adults dislike the trouble and would rather smash them than leave them. That's because there are more birds every year. Look at those patches of land, there are more of them than people."
Manbao felt very sorry, and Keke also felt sorry. Each of these, even if it was just an egg, would be very valuable in the future.
However, the encyclopedia only collects creatures and eggs, which are not included in its catalog. Even if it is included, the encyclopedia will not give it or the host any points.
But that may not be the case in the future.
At this moment, Keke was looking forward to the construction of the forum even more than Manbao.
However, the bird eggs Zhou Silang brought back in the past were all cooked, and it did not detect any life in those eggs.
"Fourth brother, you know so much, why don't I know anything?" Zhou Wulang is different from Manbao. Birds are everywhere, and he doesn't feel any regret.
On the contrary, the words that Fourth Brother said were things he had never heard before, and he thought they were very powerful.
Zhou Silang coughed lightly and said, "You'll understand when you grow up. Okay, hurry up and get back to work. I think my brother and the others are almost done harvesting."
Zhou Dalang and the other older ones went to another piece of land and were not in the same group as them.
Old Zhou had already cut ahead, leaving his sons behind. Looking back, he saw that they were still whispering to each other, so he simply stopped to rest.
Waving at his two foolish sons, one foolish daughter, and a bunch of foolish grandchildren, Old Zhou said, "Come, I'll tell you how the fourth one knew."
Zhou Wulang ran up first.
Zhou Silang was a little unhappy and shouted, "Dad, there is no one like you."
"Hurry up and harvest your wheat. After you've harvested your own, help your wife." Then he said to the group of children who had gathered around him, "Your fourth brother knows all this not because he's smart, but because he's stupid. When he was only five or six years old, he was very timid. If he saw a dog being beaten, he would cry loudly. If he saw a cat being kicked, he would cry loudly too."
"Your uncle caught some birds and brought them back to roast. But when this kid saw the birds, he burst into tears and ran straight from home to the fields to complain to us." Old Zhou had obviously teased Zhou Silang about this incident many times, and he laughed happily when he mentioned it again. "We all taught him these lessons later."
Old Zhou curled his lips in disdain and said, "With his brain, it's strange that he can come up with such ideas."
Who could have thought that such a timid kid would end up like this?
So when Zhou Silang was growing up, the people in the Zhou family always talked about this matter with relish, and from time to time they would make fun of Zhou Silang and hope that he could learn from his younger self.
Aren’t softer children always more likable than more aggressive ones?
However, since Zhou Silang turned thirteen, no one mentioned this matter again, even the villagers who were already familiar with it no longer mentioned it, all because it involved Zhou Yin.
But the arrival of those three people last time exposed Zhou Yin's identity and put it in front of everyone, especially Manbao.
This child was at the age when she was most interested in her family members, and she would always ask about her uncle whom she had never met.
Old Zhou didn't dare to say much, for fear that she might know something, but he also didn't dare not say anything, because with the child's intelligence, she would definitely know something.
But there is also an advantage. He is still willing to talk about things that happened a long time ago and do not involve the incident six years ago. It is also for Manbao to get to know more about the "uncle" he has never met.
When he heard that those words were not original to Fourth Brother, Zhou Wulang was very disappointed for a while.
Manbao's focus was different. He asked, "Uncle can catch birds? How does he do that?"
Old Zhou scratched his head and said, "I really don't know about this. Why don't you ask Zhou Hu?"
In his memory, there were not many people in the village who could catch birds, and the only one who could do so consistently, besides his younger brother, was Zhou Huhui, who was used to hunting.
Old Zhou said, "Last time, you and the young master of the Bai family came up with such a good idea for their family and even gave them a sheep. If you ask him, he will definitely tell you."
"Okay, I'll go ask." He turned and ran
Old Zhou calmly grabbed her collar from behind and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? I'll ask you when we get back at noon. Now get to work."
He instructed the little girl, "Go with Santou, lead Sanya and Sitou to gather the wheat left in the fields."
Manbao stared at the sickle.
Old Zhou was startled and quickly hid the sickle behind him, saying, "You are still young, you can't hold a knife. Wait until you are eight, no, ten, before you go to the fields."
Old Zhou thought about it and thought this was a good idea. He smiled and said, "That's right. Let's do this. Go to the fields at the age of ten, work for four years, get tanned, and then take care of yourself for another year before you can get married. When you get married, take care of yourself for another year. By then, you'll be fair and tender again, just in time for marriage."
(End of this chapter)
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