Yue Jiuyue even specially chose a retro-style fishing net, the kind made of coarse cloth and hemp. But when she set it up, a flock of birds caused a ruckus, which really made her furious. She wanted to stew all the birds in one pot.
Fortunately, hard work pays off.
"Grandma! Chenzi (bird)! Mother! There's a Chenzi!"
Two-year-old Xiaoman was lying listlessly on Liu Shi, only straightening up curiously to look in the direction of any sound she heard.
This time was no different. As soon as she heard the fluttering sound, Xiaoman looked over curiously and saw Yue Jiuyue catching sparrows in the fishing net and putting them one by one into a bamboo basket with a lid. She immediately reached out to grab them, her little body darting around, and Liu almost couldn't hold her.
After Liu put the child down and let her run around, she looked up and saw many sparrows in the fishing net. Some were flapping their wings trying to escape, while others were still leisurely eating wheat. Liu exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my!" and then hurriedly went to help.
"Oh my goodness! How come there are so many sparrows!"
Liu was so focused on the birds that she didn't even notice that the fishing net used to catch them was something her impoverished home didn't have.
Yue Jiuyue originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that no one was home to quickly collect the sparrows and then hide the fishing net in her spatial storage.
Now, we're just giving up and letting things take their course.
“There are too many domesticated weeds, and we can’t get rid of them no matter what we do. So I’m trying to catch them all so they won’t come and eat the wheat.”
Yue Jiuyue explained guiltily.
Fortunately, Liu didn't pay attention to the details and focused all her attention on the sparrows, which were all good for her!
After Liu helped catch all the sparrows and put them in the basket, she caught one of them and tied one of its legs with a scrap of cloth for Xiaoman to play with. She left the rest of them aside. After lunch was prepared, she delivered it to the three brothers who were harvesting wheat. Then she hurriedly returned home to boil water to pluck the sparrows' feathers and gut them.
The three Lin brothers: ...
What's wrong with his wife/sister-in-law? They're usually quite capable, so why are they "slacking off" at this crucial time of harvest?
It wasn't that Liu was being lazy or deliberately keeping quiet; she was mainly afraid that walls have ears. If people found out that her family had countless descendants, would they then separate from the family or not?
The whole village is one family, so to which family should the land be divided? If we don't divide it, wouldn't that offend people for no reason?
Therefore, Liu chose to say nothing and see what her mother-in-law did; she wouldn't interfere anyway.
Yue Jiuyue hadn't really thought that much about it. She just disliked how these sparrows ate wheat and made her run around for so long, so she came up with a solution that would solve the problem once and for all. She didn't realize that although these sparrows didn't have much meat, they were still a rare treat for the villagers, a meat that they could only eat once a year!
So, after finishing her meal, Yue Jiuyue continued to sit leisurely on the stool, watching the wheat, occasionally going up the mountain to turn it over and dry it. Even if sparrows came to bother her, there were only one or two. She had a truly relaxing afternoon.
"Grandma, eat, Chenzi."
Xiaoman, holding a cooked sparrow in each hand, ran unsteadily toward Yue Jiuyue.
Yue Jiuyue was surprised. Wasn't Liu Shi most afraid of her being alone with Xiaoman? Why was she having Xiaoman bring her food?
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