When Xu Ning came back, Lu Xiaotang and Xu An were placing thorny saplings on the wall. Xu An looked at her guiltily and turned his head away.
Lu Xiaotang also glanced at her and ignored her.
She thought they were busy and didn't bother to talk to her, so she greeted them and went into the house to cook.
While eating, Lu Xiaotang asked, "Have you finished eating the wild boar meat? When are you going to go up the mountain to hunt more?"
Xu Ning paused for a moment as he picked up the food. He looked at Xu An, who was eating with his head down and looking guilty, and he knew that this was the guy who said it.
She smiled and said, "Brother Lu, you don't know how lucky I am. Last year when I went up the mountain, I happened to encounter an injured wild boar. I hit it twice with a stick and it died.
The two smaller ones were fighting each other and killed each other, allowing me to take advantage of the situation. ”
Lu Xiaotang nodded expressionlessly and said, "You're lucky, you ran into two wild boars fighting the year before last.
Last year a wild boar was injured and you caught it again.
This year, two wild boars fought and killed each other, and you picked up the meat. The meat is almost finished. Tomorrow I will go up the mountain with you. You can tell me where you picked it up and I will try my luck to see if I can pick up a wild boar. ”
Xu An finished his meal quickly, put the bowl there, and said, "Brother Lu, sister, I'm going to the Youth League Home in front to play for a while!" After that, he ran away without waiting for the two to say anything.
Xu Ning laughed dryly twice.
After eating, Lu Xiaotang washed the dishes, sat in front of her and said, "Xiaoning, don't go hunting in the mountains by yourself anymore, okay? I know you want them to eat better and keep their bodies healthy.
But I am really worried about you. There are not only wild boars in the Daqing Mountains, but also wolves and tigers. Even if you are a girl and are strong, do you know how dangerous it would be if you encounter these ferocious beasts?
I will try to come here once a year in the future to store more meat for you. If you want to go into the mountains, I will take you there when I come. Can you agree to this? ”
Xu Ning nodded and said, "Brother Lu, I understand. I won't go hunting alone anymore."
Lu Xiaotang held her hand and said, "Xiao Ning, you must not get into trouble, understand? If you still don't obey, I will go back and retire from the army and come back to watch over you."
Xu Ning looked at him in astonishment. Isn't it just going up the mountain to hunt? Is it really that serious? I still have to retire from the army.
Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, she immediately said, "Okay, okay, I promise you, I won't go hunting in the mountains anymore unless you take me with you, okay?"
Lu Xiaotang touched her soft hair and thought, I like this girl so much and I don’t want her to be threatened by any danger. What should I do? I wish I could be by her side all the time.
When Xu An came back, he listened at the door first to see if there was any quarreling inside. He just put his ear to the door.
Lu Xiaotang pushed open the door and came in. Seeing him acting sneaky, he said, "Xiao An, why are you standing at the door? You might scare your sister later."
Xu An smiled awkwardly, "Brother Lu, you're back. I wanted to hear if my sister had fallen asleep, but I was afraid of disturbing her."
Xu Ning was reading in the room. When he heard the two talking, he came out and asked, "What are you two doing sneaking around the door? Why don't you go in?"
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Xu An smiled and said, "Brother Lu and I were afraid of disturbing you, so we just talked at the door."
Xu Ning glanced at the two of them and said, "Come in quickly, what are you talking about outside?"
But she was thinking in her heart that it must be Xu An who was reporting her again.
Lu Xiaotang, who was walking behind, suddenly asked, "Xiao An, have you packed up the pheasants we brought back from the mountain?"
Xu An also remembered and quickly went to find his backpack. The pheasant was still in the basket.
Lu Xiaotang immediately went to boil water, and the two of them took out the chicken in the kitchen. It was not small, weighing about three pounds.
It's still a little hot now, and Xu Ning is afraid that it will go bad if left until tomorrow, so he marinates it with salt.
After packing up, it was already late and everyone was tired after a busy day, so they went back to their rooms and went to sleep.
After breakfast in the morning, Lu Xiaotang and Xu An went to work, and Xu Ning stewed the pheasant from yesterday, cut some bacon and put it in, and also added a lot of mushrooms and fungus.
As soon as we walked near the cornfield, Xu Mo came out with a small backpack filled with corn. He had just poured the corn onto the cart.
He saw Xu Ning coming over here. He cleverly put the backpack on the side of the road. Xu Ning put a clay pot in it and whispered, "It's soup. Be careful not to spill it."
Xu Mo also nodded softly, sat on the ground to rest for a while, and then walked carefully towards the cornfield with the backpack on his back.
When they were almost at the bean field, Wang Juanjuan, who was sitting at the edge of the field, saw Xu Ning coming to deliver food. She then looked at the man helping her work in the field, and her face was twisted with jealousy.
She took off her gloves and looked at her hands covered with blisters. She had never worked since she was a child, so she couldn't handle just two work points a day.
Whenever Gu Wenping had some time, he would help Lin Miao with work, and he never said that he would help her since they grew up together.
She planned to write a letter back that evening, asking her parents to find a way to get her back to the city, as she didn't want to stay here anymore.
Xu Ning put the pottery jar on the ground and took out the stewed beans and steamed buns from the backpack.
Lu Xiaotang said, "We will also bring food here tomorrow morning. You don't have to run back and forth so far."
"It's okay. I usually come here by bike. Today there was chicken soup, so I walked here because I was afraid it would spill."
After dinner, Xu Ning said, "Xiao An, you go back and rest in the afternoon. I'll be harvesting beans here."
Xu An hurriedly said, "Sister, why should a man like me take a break? You should go back soon. I want to eat the steamed buns you made. Go back and make some."
She had no choice but to go back. When she reached the cornfield, Xu Mo was already waiting for her there. Seeing that there were no one around, the boy whispered, "Sister, today's soup is really delicious. We drank it all up."
After that, he handed the pottery jar in the backpack to her. Xu Ning looked at him distressedly and said, "Xiao Mo, take your time. Don't carry so much at a time, or you won't be tall enough."
Xu Mo nodded and said, "Sister, I know everything. I will just carry a little at a time and run more times."
"Xiao Mo is so good. I'll make you some delicious food tonight."
Ever since Lu Xiaotang started helping her at work, she would prepare meals every afternoon and send them to the cowshed before others got off work, so that they could eat better and not be so tired.
Xu Ning returned home and chopped the meat he had taken out of the space that day into minced meat. He also cut some vegetables and vermicelli, intending to make more buns and send them over later.
After thinking about it, I steamed some more brown sugar buns. They can be eaten even when they are cold, and they can also take them to the fields to eat at noon tomorrow.
I put all of these in the backpack. The bean sprouts that sprouted a few days ago were ready to be eaten, so I filled another basket and sent them over together.
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