Chen Wang didn't care what Qiao Zhijie was thinking and just focused on his own business.
While digging winter bamboo shoots, the three hunting dogs helped him find bamboo rats' nests.
With her keen sense of smell, Ruyi found the bamboo rat's nest and called out to Chen Wang twice. Chen Wang then walked over to take a look, and after confirming that it was the bamboo rat's nest, he set a noose trap.
It would be best if we could catch a few more, but it doesn’t matter if we can’t. Two bamboo rats are enough for the whole family to eat.
Qiao Zhijie went back and brought the shovel from home.
After great difficulty, I finally found a bamboo rat's nest and started digging just like Chen Wang had done before.
It's because he doesn't know how to make a noose trap, so he can only use this simple and crude method.
To his surprise, there really was a bamboo rat inside, and he could clearly see it shrinking into the hole.
Qiao Zhijie dug even harder, but the bamboo rat escaped from another exit not far away.
“Don’t run!”
Qiao Zhijie shouted urgently, dropped his shovel and started chasing after him.
However, despite the bamboo rat's short and chubby legs, it can run quite fast.
Especially in this familiar bamboo forest, Qiao Zhijie couldn't catch up at all.
"Woof!"
A majestic dog bark was heard.
The big tiger rushed out from the side, pounced on the fleeing bamboo rat, and bit it with its bloody mouth.
Qiao Zhijie was stunned for a moment and looked at Chen Wang in surprise.
"You've heard of the saying that a cunning rabbit has three burrows, right? Bamboo slippers are similar, and they are good at digging holes, so they usually have several exits."
Chen Wang said this calmly and gave Da Hu an instruction.
Dahu walked up to Qiao Zhijie and put the bamboo rat, which was still breathing, on the ground.
Qiao Zhijie glanced at the bamboo rat on the ground, then looked up at Chen Wang and said hesitantly:
"That... your dog caught this, you..."
"You found the hole, so it's yours. Take it!"
Chen Wang waved his hand, interrupted him, and turned around to continue looking for winter bamboo shoots.
"Awang, thank you!"
After a moment of silence, Qiao Zhijie thanked him.
Chen Wang did not respond to him.
Qiao Zhijie didn't say anything else. He looked around, picked up a stone and smashed the bamboo rat to death, then continued looking for the bamboo rat's nest.
Time passed quickly and it was noon. Chen Wang felt a little hungry and prepared to go back.
We have dug up dozens of kilograms of winter bamboo shoots, which will be enough to eat for ten days or half a month.
Even the traps he set up were still unable to catch Zhuliuzi.
This is also normal.
Bamboo snipe are more active at night, and most of them sleep in their caves during this time. They will not trigger the trap if they do not come out of the cave.
Chen Wang didn't plan to keep watching here, he would just come over and take a look in the afternoon or tomorrow.
Chen Wang picked up the medicine basket on the ground and put it on his back. He then picked up the shovel beside him, called the three hunting dogs searching around, and prepared to leave.
Glancing over there, he found another bamboo nest and saw Qiao Zhijie digging the soil with a grunt. Chen Wang pondered for a moment but still said nothing.
If it were before, he would definitely be worried that Qiao Zhijie would set his trap.
This shouldn't be necessary now.
If he really was wrong, then it didn't matter. I could just think of it as a stupid mistake.
"You went back?"
Qiao Zhijie looked at him and asked.
"Well, go back and eat."
"Then... I'll help you watch these traps."
"Okay, you don't want to go back for dinner?"
"No, I ate a lot this morning, so I'm not hungry."
"Okay, I'm leaving now."
After saying that, Chen Wang quickened his pace and went back with the three dogs.
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When I got home, my wife was making lunch and the little girl was playing with the little one in the room.
It’s too hard to hold the little guy in my arms, so I can only put him on the bed and let him crawl and play. I just have to make sure he doesn’t fall down.
After Chen Wang put away the shovel and medicine basket, he fetched a basin of well water to treat the two bamboo rats and also washed some winter bamboo shoots.
After the bamboo rat is processed, take it into the kitchen and cut it into pieces with the skin, then add ginger, salt and cooking wine to marinate it, and then cut the winter bamboo shoots.
By the time his wife had finished cooking the dishes she had prepared, Chen Wang's bamboo rat had been almost pickled.
"Take the dishes out first, I'll do this."
Chen Wang said to his wife with a smile.
Lin Xiuqin nodded with a smile and went to the main house with two plates of food.
Chen Wang walked to the stove, added cold oil to a hot pan, then poured the marinated bamboo rat into the pan and stir-fried it slightly. He then poured in an appropriate amount of water, added dried red dates, Codonopsis pilosula and other ingredients, and after a little seasoning, added the winter bamboo shoots.
Cover the pot and let it simmer for about fifteen minutes.
Helped to serve the rice and took the bowls and chopsticks to the table in the main house.
"Come out for dinner."
Chen Wang shouted into the room.
“Here I come.”
The little girl responded loudly and came out with Lin Xiuqin who was holding the little one.
The family sat down together, and Chen Wang served a bowl of rice to his wife and the little girl first.
"Eat slowly, there's bamboo rat soup in the pot that will be ready soon."
"Mmm, bamboo rat meat is delicious."
The little girl nodded with a smile.
The little guy sat in Lin Xiuqin's arms, waving his chubby arms like lotus roots, staring at the food on the table with his big eyes, and smacking his little mouth, looking like he wanted to eat it too.
But he is only two months old now and definitely cannot eat food.
It takes about six months before you can start eating complementary foods.
After eating a few bites, Chen Wang got up and went to the kitchen, and soon brought the cooked bamboo rat and winter bamboo shoots soup in an enamel basin.
“It smells so good!”
The little girl stared at the soup in the bowl and said with a bright smile.
"Finish the rice in your bowl quickly."
Chen Wang pursed his lips and said.
The little girl nodded vigorously and said, "Give me a spoonful first, I'll eat it with rice."
“You know how to eat.”
Chen Wang smiled, picked up the soup spoon and scooped a spoonful for her to pour on the rice in the bowl, along with the winter bamboo shoots and two pieces of bamboo rat meat.
"Thank you, brother!"
The little girl smiled sweetly, stirred the food with chopsticks, then picked up the bowl and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
"Wife, do you want it?"
Chen Wang looked at his wife with a smile.
Lin Xiuqin smiled and shook her head, pointing at the rice in the bowl with her chopsticks, indicating that she should finish her meal first.
"Then I'll get you some of this meat first."
Chen Wang scooped a full spoonful of winter bamboo shoots and bamboo rat meat and put it in her bowl.
Afterwards, he put a big spoonful of it in his own bowl and ate it with rice just like the little girl.
The soup made by stewing bamboo rat with winter bamboo shoots is even more delicious than the crucian carp and tofu soup.
Even if there were no other dishes, Chen Wang felt that he could finish two large bowls of rice just with this soup.
After finishing the meal, each of them drank a big bowl of soup. Chen Wang and the little girl felt a little full.
Lin Xiuqin was fine. Seeing the little guy started crying and looked hungry, she carried him to the room to feed him.
Chen Wang cleaned up the dishes with the little girl and then went back to his room to take a nap.
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