Worried that the rabbit would wake up and run away, Old Man Zhou simply used a sickle to cut some branches and twigs and sat on the ground to weave a lid for the basket.
Li Mai found it incredible. She had gone into the mountains and forests so many times before, how come she had never seen a rabbit run into her and faint?
It wasn't in the original owner's memories either.
"Xiao Tao, Xiao Lei, will you encounter something like this when you go up the mountain together?" Li Mai asked Zhou Tao.
Zhou Tao and Zhou Lei shook their heads together, and the brother and sister quickly went to help their father cut soft branches from the bushes.
Zhuzhu glanced at the gray rabbit in the basket a few times, thought it was very cute, and even reached out to touch it.
"Grandpa, the bunny is so cute!" Zhuzhu said happily, lying on the basket.
"Yes, Zhuzhu likes it? Do you want to raise it?" Old Zhou asked with a smile as he knitted.
"Okay, is that alright? I'll come with Mom to dig wild vegetables for the rabbit to eat," Zhuzhu said expectantly.
"Okay!" Old Man Zhou agreed. They had also felt bad when they killed Luhua yesterday, knowing that Zhuzhu would cry. This one would be a good way to make up for it.
Seeing the father and daughter busy, Li Mai took Zhu Zhu to continue looking for insects and digging for wild vegetables.
However, a short while later, the mother and daughter returned.
Old Man Zhou and Zhou Tao looked up and saw Li Mai looking incredulous, holding a rabbit that had been knocked unconscious.
"Did he also get dizzy from hitting a tree?" Old Zhou remained relatively calm.
Li Mai nodded blankly and glanced at Zhu Zhu.
Zhuzhu quickly looked up at her mother.
Li Mai smiled, comforted her, handed the rabbit to Old Man Zhou, and said with a complicated expression, "Dad, tie this one up again, and I'll take Zhuzhu to try again."
Old Man Zhou didn't say anything, and Zhou Tao was also somewhat surprised.
Zhou Lei's mouth was agape, his eyes darting between his sister-in-law and niece; it was terrifying.
The mother and daughter went into the woods on the other side.
Less than fifteen minutes later, the mother and daughter returned. Li Mai held Zhu Zhu's hand in one hand and carried a pheasant whose neck was still bleeding in the other.
"What's going on?" Old Man Zhou asked again.
“We startled a pheasant. It was trying to run away, but it ran into a dry tree branch and got its neck pierced by the branch.” Li Mai finished speaking and glanced at Zhu Zhu.
She was starting to realize that Zhuzhu might be a lucky charm.
But to verify, she didn't bring Zhuzhu this time and wandered around the woods by herself.
Fifteen minutes later, she came out empty-handed.
Old Man Zhou and Zhou Tao exchanged a glance, then silently looked at Zhu Zhu, who was now happily perched on the basket watching the two awakened little rabbits chirping happily.
Could it be that this child has some good luck?
Zhou Tao quietly approached Li Mai and whispered, "Sister-in-law, we've brought Zhuzhu up the mountain before, but we didn't have this kind of luck."
Li Mai silently watched Zhu Zhu without saying a word, but she probably guessed what was going on.
Now that she's married into the family, Zhuzhu has both parents, so perhaps her good luck has finally arrived?
Or rather, now that Zhuzhu has both a father and a mother, she has become the little lucky charm of this family.
Li Mai was happy to think of this possibility!
"Zhuzhu, come on, let's go catch some more rabbits with Mommy." Li Mai decided to give it a try to see if Zhuzhu's koi luck was sometimes effective and sometimes not, or if there were any specific conditions.
"Wait, sister-in-law, I'll take Zhuzhu for a walk." Zhou Tao was clever and had figured something out. She stood up, took Zhuzhu's hand, and left.
Li Mai and Old Man Zhou exchanged a glance and silently went about their own business.
Zhou Lei stood there blankly, forgetting all his work, staring blankly in the direction Zhou Tao and Zhu Zhu had left.
Fifteen minutes later, the two returned. They had caught quite a few insects, but they hadn't encountered any rabbits or pheasants.
The three adults exchanged glances. Old Man Zhou and Zhou Tao looked at Li Mai in unison and whispered, "Okay."
Zhou Lei looked at the group of people, completely bewildered. What did they mean?
Li Mai felt it was all a bit surreal, and she left with Zhu Zhu again.
Not long after, the mother and daughter returned. Zhuzhu was holding a small white rabbit, and Limai was holding a large white rabbit.
She numbly said to Old Man Zhou and Zhou Tao, "This time it's even worse. When these two rabbits saw us, they just stood there eating grass with their heads down and stopped running. When we went to pick them up, they just picked us up."
Old Zhou plopped down on the ground, silently watching his daughter-in-law and granddaughter, chuckling foolishly.
God is so good to the Zhou family, giving them a granddaughter and such a wonderful daughter-in-law.
Now, Old Man Zhou understands that good luck only comes when his daughter-in-law and granddaughter go out together.
"Dad, how about we go to the river to catch some fish tomorrow?" Li Mai grinned. She also found it amazing and planned to go to the river tomorrow to see if the fish would jump onto the bank on their own.
"Sister-in-law, aren't we going to town tomorrow?" Zhou Tao was still thinking about going to town!
“Ah, right, I forgot about that. Then let’s go fishing by the river the day after tomorrow,” Li Mai said in a low voice.
Old Zhou smiled and agreed, "Okay, I'll make a few fishing nets at home tomorrow."
Li Mai and Zhou Tao exchanged a glance and chuckled together.
Zhuzhu, however, did not understand the unspoken rules between the adults. Instead, she happily hugged the little rabbit, coaxing it and feeding it the wild vegetables they had dug up.
With so many more mouths to feed, Li Mai stopped looking for herbs. The rabbits were kept in Old Zhou's basket, which Old Zhou had woven into a lid and sealed with branches.
They worked together to dig up a basket of lamb's quarters, a basket of purslane, and a basket of alfalfa, which were to feed the rabbits.
Zhuzhu had half a basket of shepherd's purse in her small basket, and Limai planned to make steamed buns for everyone when she got back that night.
Zhou Lei helped carry Zhuzhu's jar of insects, while Old Man Zhou carried the pheasant. The family finished packing before the sun had even set and prepared to go home.
But good luck awaited them as they descended the hill.
Zhuzhu, carrying a small basket on her back, was being led by Zhou Tao and Li Mai, hopping and skipping along. Suddenly, she cried out in pain.
"What's wrong? Zhuzhu?" Li Mai and Zhou Tao quickly stopped and checked on Zhuzhu.
"What's poking my foot!" Zhuzhu said, looking down and moving her foot to look.
Li Mai quickly squatted down, put down the basket, and examined it, thinking it was a stone.
Unexpectedly, when Zhuzhu moved her foot away, Limai saw not a pebble, but a piece of silver.
Li Mai: ......
Zhou Tao's eyes widened. This is possible?
Old Man Zhou and Zhou Lei followed behind, asking, "What's wrong?"
Li Mai said with a complicated expression, "Zhuzhu's foot was poked by the silver."
Old Man Zhou stared incredulously at the piece of silver. Although it didn't look very big, probably less than an ounce, it was enough to scare someone to death.
Zhou Lei's face was also blank; he seemed to have discovered something.
He looked at Li Mai with even more admiration, feeling that his sister-in-law was truly their family's lucky star.
My sister-in-law came into the family yesterday, and today the whole family is so lucky. She is truly a lucky star who brings prosperity to her husband and family!
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