Meng Qidi frowned, but had no choice but to walk over with the hoe.
Before she knew it, the little sister had dug to the foot of the mountain and there was half a basket of pig grass in the basket.
Meng Qidi looked at her, "What's wrong?"
"Fifth sister, look!" The little girl stood up excitedly and pointed to the bushes in front.
Meng Qidi glanced over and saw a nest of eggs, more than a dozen in total, in the grass not far in front of the little girl.
"Fifth sister, there are so many eggs. Can I take them all?" The little girl was particularly excited as it was the first time she saw so many.
"You want to take it back? There are many people in your family, so I guess there won't be any for you." Meng Qidi asked indifferently. There was everything in the space, so she was not surprised by these eggs.
She was not trying to discourage the little girl. There were many people in the Meng family, and among the dozen or so pheasant eggs, there was only one for each person. Perhaps the sister who was not favored because she was picking up the eggs could not even taste them.
The little girl was stumped by the question and looked a little hesitant. The fifth sister was right, she was not the fifth sister and she didn't dare to sit at the main table like the fifth sister.
Normally, if she didn't do enough work, she would only eat two sweet potatoes a day. This morning, she was so hungry that she dared to snatch the sweet potatoes and run away.
After a long while, the little girl bit her lips lightly, raised her head to look at Meng Qidi, and said timidly, "Fifth sister, I... I don't want to take it back, I..."
The little girl looked pitiful. Meng Qidi couldn't help but think of Xiao Chengzi and sighed, "Then pick a few and eat them here, and leave the rest here."
Let her take these eggs back to the Meng family, she would rather leave them for the pheasants.
The little girl's eyes lit up, "Then... Fifth Sister, do we not have to go back at noon?"
She didn't want to go back for dinner at all, as her mother would definitely beat her for what happened in the morning.
Meng Qidi paused. She had not expected that this cheap cousin would actually make such a request. She had originally planned to light a fire and roast two eggs to satisfy her craving...
He sighed, "Then pick up half of the eggs and put them in the basket, and leave the rest in this nest. I'll go to the waterside to get some fish later, and we can grill them when the time comes."
She remembered that there seemed to be salt in the space.
"Okay, Fifth Sister, do you want to save these eggs for the pheasants to hatch? Then we'll have more eggs next year, right?"
The fifth sister is not scary at home, the little girl asked excitedly while picking up eggs.
Meng Qidi twitched her lips and turned around. No, she didn't. The little girl thought too much. She simply didn't want to benefit the Meng family...
Around noon, Meng Qidi put down the work in her hands, carried her hoe to the nearby stream, and the little girl followed her excitedly.
Meng Qidi stared at the rushing water, at a loss as to what to do. How could she catch the fish?
It took her half a morning to find out the name of this cheap cousin: Meng Xiaofu...
"Fifth sister, how can I help?" Meng Xiaofu asked softly.
Meng Qidi, "Go collect firewood and move some big rocks, okay?"
"Yeah!" Meng Xiaofu turned around and ran away.
No one disturbed her. Meng Qidi squatted down and stared at the water for a long time before she saw a half-pound fish. She really thought it was simple. Was she going into the water just for this sister? It seemed a bit uneconomical...
Thinking of the little girl's hopeful eyes, Meng Qidi silently picked up the hoe and dug a small stream by the water.
Clear stream water rushed in, she touched her chin, what if the fish didn’t come in?
Thinking of the jujube tree behind the Ling family’s house, perhaps the Yuquan water is also useful to animals.
Glancing at Meng Xiaofu who was picking up firewood in the distance behind her, she simply took out a little Yuquan water from the space, wet a piece of cotton cloth and put it into the water.
A few minutes later, three or four fish swam in.
How to catch it was another problem. Meng Qidi looked at the lively fish under the cotton cloth in her hand with a headache. She felt that she had caused herself trouble.
Sure enough, as soon as she put her hand into the water and touched the fish, the fish slipped away swiftly. Meng Qidi also tried to catch it, and the moment she touched the fish, she had an idea and the fish disappeared out of thin air.
Meng Qidi breathed a sigh of relief and her eyes fell on the other fish...
Twenty minutes later, Meng Qidi came back with two killed fish.
She also just discovered that living things cannot enter the space. The fish she had put into the space before all died...
"Fifth sister, you are awesome! You actually caught two fish!"
When Meng Xiaofu saw the fish in Meng Qidi's hand, she wanted to jump up.
Meng Qidi glanced at her and said, "Build the stove and light the fire."
Putting the fish in her hand on a large piece of clean leaves, Meng Qidi shook the stone in her other hand.
This really put her in a difficult position. She had never made grilled fish or grilled eggs in her previous life. Should she grill them directly on the fire or on stones?
After struggling for a long time, Meng Qidi looked at Meng Xiaofu who was building the stove, "Xiaofu, can you do these?"
In her previous life, she lived in that village for decades, and the most common meal she cooked was boiled water...
I thought they were going to be hungry, but unexpectedly Meng Xiaofu nodded quickly, "Yes, Fifth Sister, I used to hang out with Seventh Brother and the others, and they let me do it..."
The little girl looked sad. She couldn't eat what she had made. She could only look at it...
Meng Qidi breathed a sigh of relief. While the little girl was fiddling with the stove, she took out a handful of salt and wrapped it in a piece of white paper. There was oil in the space, but it was difficult to take it out.
As expected of a child who grew up in the countryside, she lit the fire, took the eggs and fish into her hands, and started to toss them...
Meng Qidi squatted beside and watched. It seemed that this little sister was doing it very simply. She would probably be ruined if she tried...
"Fifth sister, I have baked one, would you like to eat it first?"
Meng Xiaofu touched her face and turned away. There were a few black and gray streaks on her face. She smiled brightly. There were so many delicious foods, and this was the most delicious thing she had ever eaten. Fifth sister was the best to her.
Meng Qidi shook her head gently, "No need, let's eat together after it's ready."
In the field, the two sisters were preparing food. It was lunchtime for the Meng family and everyone in the Meng family had returned.
Everyone sat down one after another, and no one cared about the missing two maids, except Meng Yuzhen and Sun Fang.
The Meng family was having dinner when a figure approached the side of the outer room, climbed over the courtyard wall, pushed open a window, and looked inside. Seeing no one, he quickly jumped in...
"Why didn't Xiaoqi come back today?"
Meng Yuzhen looked around. If Meng Qidi didn't come back, wouldn't all her efforts be in vain?
Sun Fang said indifferently, "She must have gone wild somewhere. It's not normal for her to not come back so often."
It’s better that she is not at home. Meng Qidi might have hidden something in her room, so she has to go and check.
Thinking that Meng Qidi would still come back in the evening, Meng Yuzhen felt relieved. It was okay. The worst that could happen was that she would just give her a little more money.
The two of them ate with different thoughts in their minds, both a little absent-minded.
Old Man Meng snorted, "Yuzhen, don't forget Xiaoqi's betrothal money and dowry."
Considering that he doesn't have to pay for a dowry and can even receive a betrothal gift, he reluctantly likes this girl.
Meng Yuzhen almost bit off her chopsticks, "I understand, Master. If someone from the Ling family comes, I'll give it to you."
Meng Qidi, don’t blame your sister for being cruel, it’s all your fault. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have suffered such a heavy loss!
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