"Did you hear what I said?"
Li's voice was particularly clear in the night, and after she finished speaking, she pushed her drowsy husband.
After being pushed like that, Old Man Wang regained his composure and said, "It's just that Miao Miao caught two prey with her slingshot. That's pretty good."
He turned around and muttered, "It's just right to add some meat and vegetables to nourish the family. Miaomiao has become thinner."
As he was talking, he fell asleep and could hear a soft snoring sound.
Seeing this, Mrs. Li sighed, feeling helpless. Hitting the prey was naturally a good thing, but as a mother, she felt a little uneasy when it happened to her daughter.
This is not something that an ordinary girl would do.
Wang Miaomiao didn't know about Li's worries. In the next few days, she brought back some prey intermittently. There were some left after eating. Seeing this, Old Man Wang took her to the town to sell them for money.
I sold a few rabbits and pheasants at a stall for two strings of copper coins, which was considered a windfall.
Father Wang looked at his daughter beside him and said with a smile, "Miao Miao, if there is anything you want, Dad will take you to buy it."
Wang Miaomiao smiled and said, "Dad, I broke the slingshot I had before. I want a sturdier one."
In fact, the slingshot was just a children's toy after all. The force she used to drive it was too strong, and it broke into two pieces two days ago.
Hearing this, Father Wang nodded and said, "That's easy. I'll make you a new one when we get back. Is there anything else you'd like to buy?"
Seeing the look in Father Wang's eyes, Wang Miaomiao smiled and made a small request: "Dad, I want to eat noodles. Let's buy some flour and ask Mom to make some noodles for me."
"Okay." Old Man Wang agreed with a smile.
The two went to a rice shop that sold flour.
As soon as I entered, I happened to bump into the waiter changing the price tags. He saw a customer coming in and came over to ask, "Sir, what are you buying?"
Old Man Wang said, "We need to weigh a pound of flour."
Wang Miaomiao watched the clerk change the price tags and noticed that the prices had all gone up a lot.
What is going on? !
"Brother Xiao Er, why have the prices of rice gone up?" Old Man Wang also noticed this situation.
The clerk sighed and said, "Things are not going well out there. Our boss said there were bandits rioting in the west a few days ago, so the price of food has gone up."
Old Man Wang frowned when he heard this, but didn't say much. He paid some more copper coins, took the weighed flour and left with Wang Miaomiao.
After returning home, Li made noodles that Wang Miaomiao wanted to eat in the evening.
It was a rare occasion for her to let herself go and eat more. She finished all three bowls of noodles and still felt a little hungry.
Father Wang on the side smiled and advised: "Miao Miao wants to eat more. You look so thin because you have been hungry for the past two days."
Her mother, Mrs. Li, had a worried look on her face. She said with concern, "Miao Miao, eat in moderation. Don't overeat."
Wang Miaomiao knew that the two of them were talking out of concern, so she smiled and explained to Li: "Mom, I'm fine. I've eaten just the right amount now."
"Like my eldest brother, I naturally have a big appetite."
She used Wang Yi, who was eating noodles next to her with great relish, as an example to cover up the matter.
Mrs. Li looked at her son who had also eaten three bowls of noodles, and reluctantly accepted her daughter's explanation.
After returning, Wang Miaomiao stopped running in the mountains because her slingshot was broken. Instead, she concentrated on practicing the Green Water Technique by the stream at the foot of the mountain, waiting for the new slingshot that Old Man Wang promised her.
As there have been a lot of things going on in the village these days, Old Man Wang has been rushing around outside every day, so the new slingshot has been delayed for some time.
After a few days, when the weather became hotter, Old Man Wang took some time out and finally finished making a new slingshot and gave it to Wang Miaomiao.
The new slingshot is much stronger than the previous one and is polished very smoothly. It can be seen that a lot of effort was put into it.
Wang Miaomiao took it in her hand and tried it. She felt that it felt quite good, so she wanted to go out and go to the mountains.
Seeing her daughter excitedly walking out, Mrs. Li knew she was probably going to the mountain to get her slingshot to go hunting. She frowned and said, "Miao Miao, be careful when you go up the mountain. Don't go too deep into the mountains, okay?"
Dashi Village is next to an unnamed mountain. The foot of the mountain and the mountain have been cleared, and there are no large wild animals. So even though Li knew that Wang Miaomiao was going to the mountain, he did not object.
But her daughter went hunting every day, and she was worried that she would go too deep into the mountains and get into danger, and this slingshot would be useless.
Hearing this, Wang Miaomiao assured: "Don't worry, mother. I know. I won't go deep into the mountains."
She was self-aware and knew that the higher she went up the mountain, the easier it would be to get lost. She didn't know the way, so whether she could hunt prey if she went in was one thing or another. The real problem was how to get out.
Therefore, when hunting in the mountains on weekdays, the places chosen are always near flat mountain roads that have been trampled, so there is no need to worry about not finding the way back.
After saying that, she went out and walked towards the mountain. The sun was high in the sky and the air was scorching hot.
Wang Miaomiao feels that the weather seems to be a little too hot recently.
At the same time.
Old Man Wang stood with several villagers, also worried that the weather had been too hot recently, and the crops in the farmland were almost drying up due to lack of water.
"Head of the village, what can we do in this weather?"
"Some of the crops in my field have already died. If this continues, we will have no way to survive."
"yes……"
Everyone was talking.
Old Man Wang frowned as he looked at the situation in the fields. After a moment, he reassured everyone, "The current situation is indeed not good. Let's do this: starting tomorrow, I'll arrange for the villagers to take turns watering the fields to stabilize the crops in everyone's fields."
"This is the only way." The villagers sighed.
"We'll have to work hard for a while, but after the next rain, when the weather cools down, we won't have to worry anymore." Old Man Wang smiled and comforted everyone.
After everyone left, he showed some worry on his face, thinking, "God, please make it rain soon."
God obviously did not hear Old Man Wang’s prayers. For a period of time afterwards, the weather became increasingly hot, and the crops in Dashi Village inevitably withered even though they were watered every day.
This kind of weather lasted for several months, and the river in the village gradually became shallower, not to mention the crops in the fields. Cracks appeared on the ground. Even if water comes now, this year's autumn harvest will be over.
As the head of the village, Old Man Wang tries to find jobs for the villagers every day.
He gathered the villagers to discuss it. After a long discussion, someone suggested that they could go to the mountains to hunt and sell the animals for money. This idea was agreed by most of the villagers.
"Dad, are you going into the mountains to hunt?"
When Wang Miaomiao heard the news at dinner, she was stunned.
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