Chapter 44 Caught a Nest of Rabbits
Li Wanyue drank a glass of water, rested for a while, put on the backpack, and shouted to the children: "Xiaolan, Xiaotao, Xiaohe, Xiaoan, let's go with aunt to the foot of the mountain to dig wild vegetables."
"Okay." Several children said in unison and went to get the small backpacks.
Li Wanyue handed them the straw hat in her hand: "Everyone wear a straw hat, especially the girls. Sun protection is very important. Wear a straw hat whenever you go out in the future."
The children nodded seriously and then went out together.
Li Kang followed.
Under the big locust tree, an ox cart passed by with a mahogany box on it. Mrs. Cui had her hair combed neatly and was wearing new coarse cloth clothes. She couldn't suppress the smile on her face.
Someone recognized the Gao family from Kaoshan Village and greeted them, "Hey, isn't this Gao Tongsheng and his mother? Where are you going?"
Gao Zhiyuan greeted him warmly and said nothing more.
Mrs. Cui raised her head and said proudly, "Aren't we going to propose marriage to Mr. Liu's family in the town? Mr. Liu's daughter, Liu Ruyun, is pretty, virtuous, gentle, and can read, write, and play the piano. There are not many such people in our entire Anping County.
Many wealthy families came to propose marriage, but the girl didn't like any of them. She only liked my Zhiyuan because he was talented and a good person. So she came to propose marriage a few days ago and exchanged the engagement letter. Today she is going to propose marriage.
Alas, some people are just unlucky. Only a girl like Ruyun is worthy of my Zhiyuan. Sister, I won’t say anything more, so as not to delay the time. When my Zhiyuan gets married, come and drink in the wedding wine, haha.”
Mrs. Cui smiled and waved to the people, and the ox cart swayed away.
Everyone started talking about it.
"Which scholar's daughter are you talking about?"
"Isn't he the Liu scholar in the town? He teaches in the town academy. I heard that Gao Zhiyuan proposed to her before. At that time, the scholar's wife asked for a betrothal gift of 20 taels of silver. The Gao family couldn't afford it, so they married Li Wanyue."
"Twenty taels? You're marrying a fairy, right? Who among the peasants can afford so much?"
"You can't afford it, but someone else can. They got engaged not long after that. I don't know how this has become associated with the Gao family?"
"Who knows? But this old lady Cui praised her so much. I am really curious about what the young lady from the Liu family is like."
"Hey, the marriage will take place soon after the engagement. The people in Kaoshan Village are always discussing whether the Gao family boy is in poor health. We must marry him back quickly to prove it. When Gao Zhiyuan gets married, we will go and see the new bride."
Li Wanyue stood at the corner and listened to the whole thing. She couldn't help but laugh in her heart. Could Miss Liu adapt to the life in the Gao family? She was looking forward to it. Now that Gao Zhiyuan married Bai Yueguang, what kind of life would he live?
She took the child and took another route. Soon they arrived at the foot of the mountain. Looking up, she saw lush vegetation and green grass. Clusters of wild flowers bloomed all over the mountain, and butterflies and bees flew among the flowers.
However, the wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain had been pulled out long ago, but there were still many children looking for wild vegetables and collecting firewood. There were only a few wild vegetables that could be counted in their backpacks. I guess their family members saw that they had nothing to do, so they gave them the vegetables.
She asked a few children to collect firewood and dig wild vegetables while she wandered around. She wanted to make facial cream and soap, but was afraid that the smell would be bad. She used to add essential oils to these, but there was no essential oil here, so she had to find a way herself.
When she sees a flower, she smells it. It would be even better if there is a rose, as she likes the smell of roses.
Li Wanyue wanted to take a walk into the forest, but a long rat snake crawled past her feet, scaring her so much that she almost died.
He stomped his feet violently several times, and finally calmed down after a while. He picked up a wooden stick and walked up the mountain while hitting the grass.
When I saw some mugwort, I picked some.
The more I walked, the more I was amazed. There are really all kinds of trees in this forest, but there are too many insects.
After walking for a while, she saw a tree. She stared at the leaves for a while, and her eyes lit up. Isn't this a soapberry tree? She was excited. She could pick soapberries in August and September, and save some raw materials for making shampoo in the future.
She continued walking forward in a good mood, thinking silently: Since God didn't give her a golden finger, could he give her some good luck?
Isn’t it said that people who travel through time will encounter precious medicinal herbs such as ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum once they enter the mountains?
Or maybe you picked up an injured prince, noble, or some handsome man like a prince?
Then she fell in love at first sight and pledged herself to him.
At worst, you might just run into a stupid wild boar that runs its head into a tree.
As a result, after walking for a long time, we didn't see any ginseng or wild boar, let alone a pheasant feather.
I don’t know if the novels are all lies, or if only the heroine has such good luck after wearing it.
This shouldn't be the case. She often beats the wooden fish, burns incense in the temple, and always praises the heavens and God. It's probably that she didn't burn the right incense.
But she was not unwilling, because the knowledge and insights she learned in her previous life were her golden finger.
As she was thinking, a scent of flowers wafted over. She looked around and saw vines entangled on several trees not far away, with small white flowers blooming on the vines.
Isn't this windmill jasmine?
Just use it first.
Li Wanyue quickly picked a basket of jasmine flowers, then looked around and saw a hole next to the grass. She squatted down and took a look. It was a rabbit hole. In her previous life, when she was a child, she went back to her grandmother's house during the winter and summer vacations. Her uncle took her to the mountains to catch rabbits, take bird eggs, and go to the river to fish. This was obviously a rabbit hole.
She looked around again and sure enough, there were several holes around.
I thought of catching them with a basket, but the basket was full of flowers.
She immediately found three larger stones and blocked the holes.
Then she ran to the foot of the mountain, picked up Li Ang's small backpack, called Xiaolan and Xiaotao to take the backpacks and come to the entrance of the cave, asked Xiaolan to block one opening with the bamboo basket, and Xiaotao to cover the other opening with the bamboo basket. She walked to the other entrance of the cave, took out the tinder, lit the straw, and stuffed it into the cave.
After a while, Xiaolan felt something hitting the bamboo basket in her hand. She was very excited, but she didn't dare to let go.
On the other side, Xiaotao's bamboo basket also moved.
Xiao Tao lowered her voice and said in surprise: "Aunt, there is movement."
Li Wanyue immediately walked over and picked up the backpack. She saw a big gray rabbit and a small gray rabbit in Xiaotao's backpack, and four small gray rabbits in Xiaolan's backpack: "It seems like they are a family."
Xiaolan and Xiaotao said excitedly: "Aunt is so amazing, she caught so many rabbits at once."
Li Wanyue was also happy and picked up some straw vines to seal the mouth of the backpack.
"Let's go back."
On the way, Xiao Tao asked, "Aunt, I heard that the rabbit's cave has several exits. This is the first time I've seen one."
"Yes, they have three burrows. They are very smart."
"A cunning rabbit has three burrows. I've learned another phrase." Xiaolan clapped her hands happily.
In a blink of an eye, we were back at the foot of the mountain.
Seeing Li Kang bending over to pick up firewood, his hands were almost full, his eyebrows raised slightly. No matter what the reason was, it was a good sign that he started working.
She looked at the sun. It was noon, so she took the children home.
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