Chapter 30
This unusual lunch left the four of them feeling incredibly full and satisfied. Bi Chunliu thought it was a good thing she'd used a little hand-rolled noodles when cooking the dumplings, otherwise the four of them would have finished them all and nearly eaten up their breakfast for tomorrow.
Bi Qiuguo leaned back on the stool and slumped against the wall. He opened his mouth and burped twice loudly.
Bi Weiguo laughed heartily, and after a few laughs he clutched his stomach and cried out, "Ouch, I can't laugh. I'm too full."
Bi Chunliu: "..." Why does this kid look so stupid? "Don't lie there. It's not worth it if you have a good meal and then you overeat. Get up and move around."
"oh……"
Bi Xiahe touched her stomach. She had eaten too much today, and even when she stood up, she had to walk slowly. She said, "Sister, why don't we pack up quickly and go to the suburbs early so we can have a stroll. I feel like I won't be able to digest the food for a while."
Bi Chunliu nodded. Not to mention her three younger brothers and sisters, she was also now too full to sit still. She hadn't eaten any meat since she came back, and she was afraid she would get diarrhea if she ate so much all of a sudden. She secretly spat at herself in her heart, thinking she was such a loser...
They immediately got to work, packing up the pots, pans, and other utensils. The four of them changed into old clothes and found two small baskets at home. Bi Qiuguo also found a dusty sack from somewhere and put it in the basket.
The four sisters are ready to go out. Bi Chunliu looked at the newly bought wall clock at home with a happy look. It was only twelve forty, which was still quite early. The few of them could walk slowly and without worry.
Grandma Zhang was washing dishes at the sink when she saw the four Bi family members leaving the house. She smiled and asked, "Are you going out for a walk?"
Bi Chunliu: "Grandma Zhang, let's go to the suburbs and see if we can find some wild vegetables."
"That's good. It's a good time to go out now, neither too hot nor too cold." Grandma Zhang kept her hands busy. "Let's go quickly."
"Okay, I'll see you later, Grandma Zhang. If I can catch a rabbit or something, I'll take you to eat it together!" Bi Qiuguo was very ambitious.
Grandma Zhang laughed heartily at Bi Qiuguo's words. "Okay, I'll wait for Qiuguo to take me to eat meat."
"Grandma Zhang, let's go."
"Okay, go slowly." Grandma Zhang replied, then washed the dishes, carefully placed them in a small basin, and then carried the basin back to the house.
Bai Xingzi just came home from outside and saw Grandma Zhang with a smile on her face. "Hey, Aunt Zhang, what did you say to those four? Look how happy you are."
Grandma Zhang: "It's just that the child is making me happy. Besides, I am happy to see you too."
Bai Xingzi raised her eyebrows and laughed exaggeratedly: "Really?! I felt the same way when I saw you. Just two words: happy!"
"Mom——" At the Nie family, Nie Xiangxi was calling for someone.
Grandma Zhang: "Go back quickly, the child is calling you."
Bai Xingzi nodded and hurried home.
At the Nie family's house, as Bai Xingzi entered, Nie Xiangxi said disdainfully, "Mom, what are you talking to that old lady Zhang about? She's just a lonely old lady and can't help us at all."
Bai Xingzi waved her hand, signaling him to speak more quietly. "The textile factory originally belonged to her Zhang family. Even if she's the only one left now, she should have something to her name. Besides, there's also her salary from all these years of work. Instead of letting someone else take advantage of it, why not put in a few good words for her and let her pass it on to us?"
Nie Xuesong said with a serious face, "Don't listen to your mother. You still have to rely on yourself." Then he changed the subject, "Of course, your Grandma Zhang has had it hard. Eldest, second, and third, you three are all grown up. If you see Grandma Zhang in trouble, go and help her. We're all neighbors, you should be more considerate. Fourth, you're always very sweet to her. When you have nothing to do, chat with her. She was raised in a wealthy family. If you can learn a few tricks from her, it will be enough for you to use for the rest of your life. I remember she liked you very much when you were little."
"You'll never go wrong if you listen to your dad!" Bai Xingzi emphasized.
The four children of the Nie family all exclaimed in unison.
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On the way to the suburbs, the four Bi family members walked slowly. It was just past dinner time, and the road was not crowded. As they staggered, Bi Chunliu smiled, thinking that they looked a bit like street urchins.
Bi Qiuguo pulled two blades of grass from the roadside, swung them in his hands, and hummed a song.
Bi Chunliu looked at her and asked, "Why is our Qiuguo so happy today?"
Bi Qiuguo nodded heavily, "I'm happy! We had delicious dumplings today, and Big Sister took us out to play together. Of course I'm happy."
Bi Xiahe said softly, "You'd be happier if you finished your homework."
"Ahhh - Third sister, you are so annoying!" Bi Qiuguo pouted. Third sister was such a killjoy!
Bi Xiahe smiled. "I don't hate you. Big sister, can we go for a walk in the woods today? I heard someone in our class say that in her uncle's village, when she wants to eat meat, she can go to the woods to find pheasants or something. Can we go?"
Bi Weiguo chuckled, "Third sister, I just had meat at noon today, are you craving it again?"
Bi Xiahe looked at him and asked, "Second brother, don't you want to eat meat?"
Bi Weiguo puffed out his chest and said, "I want to eat it, but I can't catch it. We only brought two baskets. I can't imagine that the pheasant will be so stupid as to jump into our baskets, right?"
Bi Chunliu yawned and rubbed his stomach, feeling a little better than when he had just finished his meal. "We'll see what happens when we get there. If we can catch some, it's a win. If not, we can just get some more wild vegetables, so it won't be a wasted trip."
"good!"
The further we walked toward the suburbs, the clearer and taller the two mountains, one large and one small, became. From afar, we could even see the winding path hidden between them. The original name of this suburban mountain is unknown, as there's a smaller stone mountain next to it. To distinguish them, people later called the larger one "Big Mountain" or "Green Mountain," and the smaller one "Small Mountain," also known as "Stone Mountain."
There are many rocks on the hill and few grasses or plants. Except for a few villages close to the two mountains that go to the hill to move rocks to build houses, people don't often go to the hill at other times. There is really nothing edible to see at a glance.
The two mountains are apparently very close, like two people standing shoulder to shoulder, but both their appearance and the things they inhabit are strikingly different. The small mountain is rocky, while the large mountain is lush and green. Someone once vividly compared the two mountains: if the small mountain is a tortoise shell, then the large mountain is a tortoise shell with fur.
Bi Qiuguo looked at the mountain getting closer and closer and asked, "Sister, third sister, I read in a book that there are a lot of things in the mountains of Northeast China, such as ginseng and other valuable things. Do you think there are any in our mountains? If we can find one, won’t we be rich?! We can buy so much meat, and then we can eat not only dumplings but also braised pork. Eat one and look at one!" The little girl's eyes sparkled when talking about delicious food.
“…”
Bi Xiahe said uncertainly, "There should be some, ginseng doesn't only grow in the Northeast."
Bi Chunliu nodded. Everyone wants to dig ginseng, but the key is that not everyone is lucky enough to dig it.
Bi Weiguo frowned, "Laosi, why don't you ask me?" He felt that he was looked down upon. He was already in the third year of junior high school, and Bi Laosi, a first-year junior high school student, actually skipped him when asking questions. How could he be better than her?
Bi Qiuguo was extremely surprised when he heard this, and his face was full of expression: Don’t you know the reason if I don’t ask you?
"Shh—stop talking." Bi Xiahe lowered her voice and called out, "Sister, do you think that gray thing is a rabbit?"
Facts have proven that sometimes the human hand can react faster than the brain. As soon as Bi Xiahe finished asking if that was a rabbit, Bi Chunliu, with all his might, flung two rocks in the direction. The first rock startled the rabbit, and before it could jump away, the second rock arrived, hitting it squarely on the head with a "bang!"
Seeing the rabbit fall motionless, Bi Chunliu was a little bit in disbelief. Wow~ I still have such accuracy?! Did some god bless my hand when I came back?
Bi Weiguo: "I'll go pick it up!!!" Then he ran towards the rabbit.
"Sister!! You are so awesome!!! You will be my sister forever!!!" Bi Weiguo came back shouting while holding the rabbit, his joy beyond words.
Bi Chunliu: "..." If you didn't know, you would think someone's monkey had become a spirit...
The light in Bi Qiuguo's eyes was about to burst out, "Big sister! You are really amazing!!"
Bi Xiahe nodded and gave a thumbs-up. "Big sister is really getting more and more awesome!"
"Hahaha, low-key, low-key, what a coincidence." Bi Chunliu waved his hands happily. He took the rabbit from Bi Weiguo. Wow~ It's quite fat, it must be more than four pounds. Now his mind is full of spiced rabbit, spicy rabbit head, cold rabbit, slurp~
The rabbit's hind legs twitched twice. Bi Weiguo handed over a stone with both hands and said respectfully, "Big sister."
After hitting the rabbit twice, the four of them squatted in a circle around it and observed it silently for a while. The rabbit did not move again. The four of them were relieved, thinking that the rabbit should be dead now.
Bi Qiuguo clapped his hands: "Come on, applaud our greatest sister Bi Chunliu!! Thank you for taking us to eat meat again!"
Bi Xiahe and Bi Weiguo: "Applause! Thank you, big sister~"
Bi Chunliu felt a little embarrassed by what the three of them said. "Alright, all three of you, push the rabbit to the bottom and don't let anyone see it. Now let's go find some wild vegetables!"
"good!"
Just as Grandma Zhang said, this season is also the time for outings. The wild grasses and vegetables on the mountain are growing lushly, making people feel happy and satisfied just by looking at them.
Bi Chunliu took a deep breath. Ah~ Of the four seasons, her favorite was spring. Not only because she was born in spring, but also because she felt that spring evoked a sense of brightness, health, and hope. With the arrival of spring, everything revived, and good things began to brew.
"What season do you like?" Bi Chunliu asked in a good mood.
"I like autumn! There are so many things to eat!" Bi Qiuguo said first.
Bi Xiahe thought about it carefully and said, "I like summer. It feels so warm and like there are no secrets."
Bi Qiuguo rubbed his nose with his hand. "Third sister, what you said is so sophisticated!" Third sister is obviously one year older than me, so why are I so different from her? Bi Qiuguo scratched his head.
Only Bi Weiguo was left. Seeing the three people looking at him, Bi Weiguo, who was squatting and digging vegetables, first looked at his eldest sister: "Sister, do you like spring the most?"
"Yes, what season does Weiguo like?"
Bi Weiguo: "Me?" He said uncertainly, "I think I like them all... There's always something delicious. Dumplings stuffed with wild vegetables in the spring, watermelon and popsicles in the summer, corn in the autumn, roasted sweet potatoes in the winter... slurp~" He concluded, "I like them all."
Bi Chunliu: "It's good. The three of us like something more unique. Our Weiguo appreciates the beauty of each season."
Bi Qiuguo curled her lips, "Big sister, second brother doesn't just like everything, he likes to eat everything!"
Bi Weiguo said unconvincedly: "What's the matter? You don't like it? If you don't like it, just give me tomorrow's dumplings first. Don't be so hypocritical, I still remember you cheated me out of a steamed bun last time!"
"Ah! Eldest sister, third sister, second brother, look, there are good things over there!" Bi Qiuguo changed the subject in time.
Bi Weiguo: "..." He waved his fist at Bi Qiuguo to scare her, do you think I'm stupid?
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