"Tiger... cough cough..." The little guy's confused eyes brightened up when he saw him, but he choked twice because he was brushing his teeth.
"Brush your teeth well and talk after you're done." Lin Su said with a smile.
"Hmm..." The little guy continued to brush his teeth obediently. The toothpaste was still a little irritating at this moment. His little face was wrinkled, but he was brushing seriously.
"Hu Zi is here." Li Aihong came out of the kitchen. "Just in time for dinner. Xiu Yan, after you're done scrubbing, you have to rinse off the foam. Don't swallow it, okay?"
The little guy grunted twice in response, drank water and washed off the foam obediently. After brushing his teeth, he knew to put his things away, put them on the steps of the balcony, and wiped his face with the hanging towel.
Lin Su was watching intently, but the little guy was trying hard to roll up his sleeves. He glanced towards the kitchen and then looked at Lin Su: "Brother Huzi, wash your hands."
Lin Su walked over, thinking that he wanted him to hold him while washing his hands, but he didn't expect the little guy to move a small stool to the front of the shelf, and then stand on it by himself, showing a very strong ability to take care of himself.
Lin Su put down the backpack, went over to wash his hands, and then picked up the little guy from the small bench.
He looked to be about three or four years old, but was shorter and thinner than the three or four-year-old children Lin Su had in mind. His body was soft when he held it in his arms. Although he had been weaned at this age, he still seemed to have a milky aroma.
"Thank you, Brother Huzi." Li Xiuyan stood on the ground and moved the small stool to the side. Then he put down his sleeves and looked at Lin Su, "Brother Huzi, eat."
"Okay." Lin Su touched his head.
Even in such difficult times, even in the face of so much resistance and abuse, the little one lived well-behaved and beautifully, like a pearl in the valley, precious to see.
Lin Su took his little hand and walked into the kitchen. The breakfast was quite rich. In addition to thin porridge, steamed bread, pickled vegetables, there was also a plate of fried rabbit meat mixed with vegetables on the table. It was enough to make the little guy salivate.
"Mom, meat..." Li Xiuyan stared at the meat on the table and swallowed.
"Mom will serve it for you. Eat it yourself and eat the vegetables too." Li Aihong served him some food while looking at Lin Su and said, "Huzi, eat quickly."
"Okay." Lin Su picked up the bowl.
There was a shortage of oil and salt in this era, but this plate of rabbit meat mixed with vegetables was particularly delicious, perhaps because it was rare, or perhaps because everyone gathered together to eat.
The little guy ate the meat with amazement in his eyes. After swallowing it and wiping his mouth, he commented: "Mom, the meat is delicious."
"Well, let's eat quickly." Li Aihong said with a smile.
The little guy rarely had a good meal, so he inevitably ate a little more. After dinner, Mother Li put him in the yard for a walk. Lin Su wanted to help wash the dishes, but she also drove him out: "That's a woman's job, go play."
Li Xiujian walked around the yard twice, while Lin Su took out the wood and tools he brought, planning to make a few rabbit cages.
In fact, those made of iron are stronger, but iron is expensive these days. Those made of wood are said to be easy to be chewed, but as long as rabbits eat enough grass and their teeth are ground short enough, they will not chew everywhere.
He measured the distance and sawed the wood, taking them out one by one. Li Xiuyan watched curiously from the side. When she reached out to touch it, she was stopped by Lin Su: "Tangtang, don't touch it. You will prick your hand."
The little white hand retracted, but his big eyes were staring at Lin Su's movements.
It is rare for ordinary children to be so well-behaved and quiet. Most of them like to make some trouble, making you busier and more chaotic, until you want to beat them.
Lin Su thought for a moment, then took a piece of wood, sawed off a piece, and carved it with the tools he wasn't very comfortable with. After he finished carving, he brushed off the sawdust and polished the surrounding sawdust bumps until they were smooth. After making sure they wouldn't hurt him, he said, "Stretch out your hand."
Li Xiuyan reached out her hand obediently. When she saw the wooden rabbit falling into her palm, her joy was beyond words: "Rabbit!"
"Yeah." Lin Su smiled, "Take it and play with it."
"Thank you, Brother Huzi. Rabbit, rabbit..." The little guy looked at it again and again in his hands with great curiosity. It seemed that he was not satisfied with just looking at it. He got up and ran to Mother Li who was busy washing clothes and held it up to show her, "Mom, look, a rabbit!"
Mother Li saw that they were having a good time, but she didn't know why her son suddenly ran over. She turned around and looked at the little rabbit in his hand and exclaimed, "It's so beautiful! Huzi's craftsmanship is really good."
"Is the rabbit beautiful?" Li Xiujian asked doubtfully.
"Yeah, it's beautiful." Mother Li smiled, but then she reminded him as if she remembered something, "Just have fun by yourself. Don't let others see you when you go out, okay?"
"Yeah, I know." Li Xiujian held the little rabbit lovingly against his heart. He knew that good things would be snatched away if he took them out.
This is a super cute rabbit given by Brother Hu Zi. I don’t want it to be taken away from me.
A grass mantis is enough to make the little guy happy for a long time, not to mention such a beautiful rabbit. He can jump all over the yard with it. Lin Su occasionally glanced at it and felt that if he had long ears on his head and a furry round tail behind his butt, he would not be much different from a little rabbit.
Lin Su worked quickly. He polished the rabbit cage until it was smooth and coated it with waterproof paint. He also made a drawer at the bottom for easy cleaning of feces. He then piled bricks against the wall to secure it to prevent it from being blown away by the wind. There were five rabbits in total, including the mother rabbit, so Lin Su also made five cages.
Nowadays, people raise rabbits not as pets, but for eating. This kind of rabbit is only cute when it is young, and it will become very ugly when it grows up, but the meat is still very good.
A row of rabbit houses were neatly arranged. Lin Su thought that putting a piggy board underneath would complete the work. But when he stood up to pack up his things, he found that the little guy was squatting beside the steps, muttering something.
Lin Su went over and looked at him from behind. He saw him putting the little wooden rabbit on the steps and saying, "What's your name?"
"Call Tiao Tiao..."
"Including you, there are a total of six rabbits in the house, one, two, three, four, five, six."
"You can't jump, I can..."
"Then jump around." Lin Su couldn't help laughing when listening to his mumbling.
"Ah!" Li Xiuyan turned around and blinked when she saw him, but smiled, "Brother Huzi, are you done?"
"Well, I'm done. I just need to put something else on it at the end. What are you doing?" Lin Su asked.
"Talk to the little rabbit." Li Xiujian picked up the rabbit and said.
"What did you talk about?" Lin Su asked.
"You said you wanted to be good friends with me and also with Brother Huzi." Li Xiujian said with a smile.
"What a good rabbit." Lin Su said with a smile.
"Yeah, very good!" Li Xiujian's eyes curved with laughter.
Lin Su went to the pig farm and bought some piglet boxes. He temporarily put all the rabbits into a cage with straw inside. He explained what the rabbits could and couldn't eat. Li Xiuyan listened carefully, but her mother was a little stunned: "Where did you know all this?"
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