An Dashan picked out two of the fattest rabbits and put them in the basket carried by An Ning's uncle. Wang was about to take the rabbits out when she saw this, and said, "We don't want these rabbits, you should keep them and sell them for money!"
Gao quickly grabbed her mother's hand and said, "Mom, if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the children. Think about how long it has been since they had meat."
After hearing this, Wang finally stopped refusing and said, "Okay, I'll take it this time, but don't give it to me next time."
Gao smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, okay, I won't give it to you next time." As for what she was thinking in her heart, no one knew.
After seeing off grandma and uncle, An Dashan locked the courtyard door and pulled Gao into the main room.
Gao glared at An Dashan and said, "What are you doing? You are so secretive."
An Dashan did not explain, and said to An Ning: "Daya, go get the things and let your mother see them."
An Ning obediently turned around to get the backpack. When Gao heard what An Dashan said, her eyes sparkled and she said, "Dashan, did you get something good again?"
An Dashan smiled mysteriously and said, "Won't you know when Daya brings the things over?"
Gao pretended to be angry and pinched the soft flesh on An Dashan's waist, saying, "Okay, you're keeping me in suspense." An Dashan immediately grimaced in pain.
When An Ning walked in, she saw this scene, coughed lightly, and then said, "Dad, Mom. I brought the things in."
Gao felt a little uncomfortable when An Ning saw their little trick. She stood up and took the basket from An Ning. She saw the Ganoderma lucidum on the top and smiled, saying, "Daya, what kind of mushroom is this? It looks really good. Can it be eaten?"
After hearing what Gao said, An Dashan laughed out loud, "Hahahaha".
An Ning explained: "Mom, this is not a mushroom, it's a Ganoderma lucidum."
Gao was stunned and asked, "What? Daya, what do you think this is?"
Before An Ning could say anything, An Dashan interrupted and said, "Mother, this is Ganoderma lucidum, not mushroom."
Gao turned to look at An Ning blankly. An Ning nodded and said, "Yes, mother."
Gao's feet went weak and she almost fell. An Ning quickly reached out to support Gao and said, "Mom, are you okay?"
Gao sat on the stool, calmed down and said, "I, I am not dreaming!" Then she stretched out her hand and twisted An Dashan. An Dashan did not expect Gao's sudden attack and cried out in pain.
After hearing An Dashan's scream, Gao said, "It turns out that I'm not dreaming!"
Seeing this scene, An Ning was overjoyed.
An Dashan rubbed his waist which had been hurt twice, and muttered: "See if you are dreaming and not twisting yourself, why are you twisting me?"
However, Gao ignored him. She reached out to take the Ganoderma lucidum from An Ning's hand and examined it carefully. This was the legendary magical herb!
While the mother and daughter were looking at the Ganoderma, An Dashan went to find a wooden box and put some soft hay inside. Then he handed the box to An Ning and said, "Daya, put the Ganoderma in the box. Don't damage it."
An Ning nodded, put the Ganoderma lucidum into the box, and said, "Dad, leave this here with me." An Dashan and Gao Shi had no objection. They did not treat An Ning as a child at all, fearing that she would damage the Ganoderma lucidum.
An Ning packed up the Ganoderma lucidum, then poured out the other herbs from the backpack, took out the ginseng, and sorted the other herbs. An Dashan didn't expect there was still a ginseng, and was a little surprised. He said, "Daya, when did you dig up another ginseng?"
An Ning explained: "When we were on the mountain, I was so busy talking to you about the Ganoderma lucidum that I forgot to tell you about the ginseng I dug."
After sorting all the herbs, Gao went to cook in a daze. While cooking, she was still thinking about why it felt so unreal. Gao was in a good mood, so she cooked a big pot of rice, and followed An Ning's method to make a pot of pheasant stewed with mushrooms with the pheasant that An Dashan had caught yesterday.
Seeing that Gao went to cook, An Dashan went to the backyard and made a rabbit cage for An Ning with wooden boards. He also made a big cage according to An Ning's requirements.
While An Dashan was working in the backyard, An Ning went to the field to cut some grass for the rabbits. Chun Ya, a neighbor, was also cutting grass for her cow in the field. Chun Ya's family was one of the only two families in the village that had cows. Apart from Chun Ya's family, the village chief's family also had a cow.
Chun Ya saw An Ning cutting grass and asked in confusion, "Daya, why are you cutting grass?"
An Ning did not hide it and said, "My father caught a pregnant rabbit today, and I want to raise it."
Chun Ya said with a look of disapproval: "Daya, rabbits are not easy to raise. Have you forgotten that none of the rabbits raised by Uncle Zhang survived?"
An Ning smiled and didn't want to explain too much. She just said, "I want to give it a try, just in case it works."
Chun Ya did not persuade her any more. The two talked while cutting grass. After An Ning cut a bundle of grass, she said goodbye to Chun Ya and went home. A rabbit could not eat much, and there was still room. She cut grass to cover up her tracks, fearing that An Dashan and Gao would get suspicious.
When An Ning came back, An Dashan had already made the rabbit cage, and the pregnant rabbit had already moved into its new home. Looking at the rabbit curled up in the corner of the cage, An Ning took out a handful of grass and placed it in front of the rabbit. When the rabbit saw An Ning, it bravely went to eat the grass.
An Ning was relieved to see that the rabbit was willing to eat. An Dashan was also relieved to see that the rabbit was willing to eat and left the backyard.
After An Ning fed the rabbit a handful of grass, she went to the chicken coop and found an egg. She took out two more eggs from the space. It seemed that she would have to take out a few more hens from the space in the future, otherwise it would be easy to be exposed.
An Ning went to the kitchen and handed the eggs to Gao. Gao was used to this. She put the eggs in a basket and said to An Ning, "Go wash your hands and serve the food. The food is ready."
An Ning agreed, washed her hands with the hot water prepared by Gao, then put the rice into a bowl and brought it to the table. Gao also brought a small porcelain bowl of pheasant stewed with mushrooms to the table.
An Dashan was in a good mood today, and he poured out a glass of the wine he had treasured for a long time. Gao saw it, but didn't say anything, and the family started eating happily.
Gao said, "Today, mother and eldest brother came over and brought us half a bag of corn and ten eggs. Mother said to give them to Daya to nourish her body. She must not let them harm her health."
An Dashan was also very moved after hearing this, and said, "When life gets better in the future, I will definitely repay my mother and her family." The An family had few members and because they were a military household, An Dashan's father died early due to an illness he sustained on the battlefield, and An Dashan's mother also died the year before last.
The Gao family loved their daughter very much and did not want to marry their daughter to An Dashan. However, Gao fell in love with An Dashan, so the Gao family had no choice but to marry their daughter to An Dashan.
During the years when An Dashan served in the army, the Gao family often provided financial support to the An family, which enabled the Gao family to raise two children.
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