Soon, Mr. Meng found another cave entrance. He blocked the entrance with stones, walked around nearby, and found the last cave entrance. He squatted in front of it, took off his outer coat, tied a few knots to make it into a cloth bag shape, stood in front of the cave entrance, and signaled her to light a fire.
The flames ignited, and because the hole was tightly plugged, thick smoke rushed into the cave. After a while, there were a few "bangs" from Meng Lao's side. Meng Lao quickly grabbed the opening of his pocket and asked her to come and see with satisfaction.
I opened a small hole in the pocket and saw three rabbits, two big and one small, huddled together inside, looking very well behaved.
"Grandpa Meng, you are so awesome!" Wen Guoer praised sincerely.
"Take these back?" Old Meng gave her the bag of clothes and asked her to take the rabbit home.
"No, Grandpa Meng, go back and cook it. You have to take good care of your body." It's so hard to eat meat these days, not to mention Su Lao's current status. It's even harder to eat meat! How could she take it?
"I, an old man, can't make it either. It will be wasted." Seeing that she didn't want to take it, Mr. Meng looked disappointed like an old child, turned around and walked back with it.
Wen Guoer trotted over to catch up with him, snatched the "cloth bag" from his hand and put it into her backpack, teasing mischievously:
"Since you can't cook, just give it to me! Rabbits are so cute, of course they should eat braised ones!"
Mr. Meng looked at her playful little face with a doting smile on his face.
Wen Guoer said goodbye to Mr. Meng and gave him a sly smile before leaving:
"Don't cook tonight, wait for me to bring you something delicious."
After saying that, she walked down happily. When she reached the foot of the mountain, she called up Xiaolong and Xiaohu. She could be considered to have returned with a full load.
After returning home, Wen Guoer told Tang's mother about catching rabbits with Mr. Meng, and also secretly told Tang's mother about the relationship between Mr. Meng and her family.
"Mom will stew these two big ones in a while. Wait until no one is around in the evening and bring a pot of soup to Grandpa." Mother Tang said as she went to the kitchen to get busy.
In the evening, the family happily enjoyed a meal of braised rabbit meat, and then everyone returned to their rooms.
Wen Guoer took a basket and put the pot of meat and big white steamed buns that Tang's mother Wen had put in the pot, and took out 3 kilograms of rice, 3 kilograms of white flour, two bags of noodles and two bottles of spicy meat sauce with the labels removed from the space.
He took the medicine that he had prepared for Mr. Meng to recuperate and secretly went to the cowshed.
There used to be two people living in the cowshed, but last year one of them died from the cold, leaving only Mr. Meng alone.
Wen Guoer thought of Old Meng's clothes. She remembered that the gardener at home had a similar build to Old Meng. She flashed into the space and found the room where the gardener used to live.
Sure enough, she found some very simple cloth clothes, which were very suitable for Mr. Meng. She also took out a military coat from the warehouse, put it on, and knocked on Mr. Meng's door in a low voice.
Mr. Meng knew that she would come over tonight, so he opened the door as soon as he heard the slightest movement.
Wen Guoer walked in and looked at the small and cramped room. The kang took up two-thirds of the room. A kerosene lamp flickered, and the room was cold and deserted.
"Grandpa Meng, it's still hot, come and try it." She took out the meat and steamed buns from the basket and pushed the other things to the side of the table.
When Mr. Meng saw that she had quite a lot of things in her basket and in her arms, he looked unhappy:
"You girl! Why are you carrying so many things?"
Wen Guoer pretended not to see his expression:
"I used your clothes to pack rabbits today, so I'll give you a few as compensation. You can patch up this army coat a few more times so it can be worn and used as a blanket. If you catch a cold, I won't save you! And take this medicine, it's good for your health."
As for his things, she knew that Mr. Meng had too many things here and it would not be good if others saw them, so she didn't take much.
Mr. Meng already knew the identity of this little girl, and he didn't doubt the source of her things, so he just left it to her.
Before leaving, Mr. Meng handed Wen Guoer a few paper bags. Seeing Wen Guoer looking at him with puzzled eyes, he explained:
"Aren't you looking for seeds? These are what I, an old man, collected in the mountains over the years. Take them back and see if they are useful." After saying that, he drove Wen Guoer out.
Wen Guoer returned home and took Xiaobai into the villa.
The medicinal herb seeds that Mr. Meng gave her included Rehmannia root, Chinese angelica root, Astragalus root, Lycium barbarum, Schisandra chinensis, Acanthopanax senticosus, Gastrodia elata, Rhizoma Cynoglossi, Asarum sieboldii, American ginseng... Finally, she also found a bag of ginseng seeds.
With the original owner's memories, cultivating a medicinal garden wasn't difficult. She cleared a patch of lawn east of the villa and turned it into a medicinal garden. In half a day, she had planted all the herbs. The entire yard was equipped with automatic sprinklers and irrigation systems, saving her the trouble of watering.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
