When Tian Cai got home, Mimi was not in the yard. She called its name while looking for it inside and outside. She searched for it for several rounds but couldn't find it. She couldn't help feeling anxious.
She originally thought that what she picked up was an ordinary wild cat, but after raising it for less than half a month, it had grown a lot bigger!
This made her feel a little strange. One day when Qin Ling came to work, she casually asked about it and found out that it was actually a bobcat.
Bobcat is what the locals call it, and the scientific name of this little guy is lynx.
When it is young, it looks no different from a domestic cat, but it is much larger than a cat. An adult bobcat can weigh up to 60 kilograms. It has extremely strong fighting power and can easily fight against wild wolves alone. It is known as a wolf hunting expert.
Tian Cai has been feeling complicated ever since he knew it was a mountain cat. There aren't many explanations for this thing now, but it was considered very dangerous in later generations.
In fact, this is just an enlarged version of a cat. Its personality is not much different from that of a cat, and it likes to sleep in high places.
High up?
Tian Cai looked up at the crabapple tree.
But she saw the cat she had been looking for inside and outside for a long time, lying on the bed, looking at her calmly, with its short tail wagging.
"I've been looking for you for so long, and you couldn't even call out?"
Tian Cai was so angry that he laughed. It seemed that this guy thought he was playing with it and was watching Tian Cai running around in circles.
The big cat blinked at her, let out a soft "ow", yawned leisurely, lowered its head, rested its chin on its paws, and squinted its eyes.
"Hey, I just don't believe it," Tian Cai pointed at it and said angrily, "I'm going to catch some rabbits soon, and then I'll cook them for you! Humph, just wait!"
When she went to wash her hands, she couldn't help laughing at herself. She was becoming more and more childish, like a cat.
Tian Cai picked out some medicinal herbs needed for the summer heat soup, added a bucket of water to the pot and started to boil it. She took some firewood from the bamboo shed in the backyard, built a fire, and made sure it would last for a while before she carried the bamboo basket and went up the mountain in the south.
Tian Cai walked very fast all the way until he climbed over the hill and reached the other side of the hillside, then he slowed down. The woods were sheltered by trees and were much cooler than the village.
She concentrated on searching on the ground. There were many rabbits here, and the villagers would come here to trap rabbits if they wanted to have a snack. Not long after, she found a rabbit hole.
Tian Cai stuck a branch at the entrance of the cave as a mark, then turned to the other side to look for other exits. When he found one, he blocked it directly. Then he returned to the entrance of the cave, lit some hay and fanned it inside. Soon, the rabbit family of three was smoked out.
It took her less than an hour to carry the heavy bamboo basket down the mountain. At that time, there was plenty of grass on the mountain and the rabbits were particularly fat. One rabbit was enough to stew a pot.
As she walked home, she cleared the leaves and spider webs from her hair.
After turning the small bridge, I saw a familiar figure standing at the door.
"What's wrong?" Tian Cai asked curiously.
These days, Qin Ling came to help her with the heavy work every two days. After so many days of contact, the two became more familiar with each other.
"I'm going to bring you some summer heat-relief soup."
Qin Ling's eyes fell uncontrollably on the hair on the forehead of the girl in front of him. There was a long gray-white strip there, with a trembling silk thread connected to the back. It looked like she had scratched a spider web while walking, and she tried to tidy it up but couldn't get it off. He moved his hand but didn't dare to reach out.
Tian Cai looked up at the sky and couldn't help but click his tongue. "It's too early. It's not even cooked yet. Have you eaten yet?"
Qin Ling hesitated for a moment and finally shook his head. He had caught a pheasant and roasted it at noon, so he really hadn't eaten.
"That's perfect. You can take one back later. I caught some rabbits!" After getting to know him more, Tian Cai got to know him a little bit. This guy was really quiet when he wasn't familiar with him.
She was quite normal after they got to know each other, but she was too stubborn. She had told him many times that he didn't have to work for her, but he just wouldn't listen. Tian Cai had no choice but to repay her favor in other ways.
Qin Ling wanted to say no, but Tian Cai didn't even look back.
The two entered the yard. Mimi might have smelled the meat this time. She jumped down from the tree, stretched in front of Tian Cai, and then circled around her.
Tian Cai reached out and patted its head, then took out a rabbit from the basket and handed it to Qin Ling, "This one is for you. I caught three in total."
Qin Ling took the rabbit and shook it. "It's this big?"
Tian Cai nodded and looked at him doubtfully.
"Let me help you kill them," Qin Ling said, taking out a kitchen knife from the chopping block and cutting the rabbit's neck. "You can take the remaining two to the purchasing station to sell them."
"Can it still be sold?" Tian Cai had just lifted the wooden board of the cellar and was stunned when she heard this. She didn't even know.
"When the time comes, go find Liang Yushan there," Qin Ling added, "and tell him I told you to go."
Liang Yushan and he are old acquaintances, so if he doesn't accept others, he will definitely accept his.
Tian Cai's scrutinizing gaze swept across Qin Ling, and his clear and beautiful eyes became deeper. This guy was hiding something quite deep, and he didn't know if he was deliberately exposing himself in front of him.
But then she thought, who doesn't have some secrets? Besides, relying solely on her to make money from medical treatment is too slow. If she can sell some game, it can be considered an income. With her skills, if she saves for a while, she can buy a watch even without tickets. It is really inconvenient to rely on the weather to tell the time.
Moreover, she will have to go back to her hometown to visit her parents in the future, which will require money.
Well, life suddenly has a purpose.
Tian Cai happily brought up three potatoes. There was still half a bag of potatoes in the cellar. If they were not eaten up, this year's harvest would be over.
She placed the washed potatoes and rabbit meat on the chopping board, dicing what needed to be cut into pieces or cubed what needed to be cut into pieces.
Wash and blanch the diced rabbit meat, then heat oil in a pan, add chopped green onion and chili pepper and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in the diced meat and potatoes and stir-fry, add water and seasoning after a while, then cover the pot and simmer over low heat.
Tian Cai doesn't care whether this order is correct or whether it tastes good. She is used to this order for any stew.
Qinling was in the yard, using a small knife to scrape the grease off the rabbit skin bit by bit.
Mimi squatted beside Tian Cai with her eyes wide open, and refused to leave until she knew there was food in the pot.
Tian Cai thought it was too late to go to the county today. Just as he was about to pour the two rabbits out, he saw the bamboo basket fall to one side, and a rabbit bit through the vines and quickly rushed out of it.
Before she could make a move, Mimi rushed out first, and in a few moments the rabbit was bitten to death at the kitchen door.
When Tian Cai rushed out to stop it, it was too late. This was the first time that she witnessed the fighting power of the bobcat. The little guy came back with the rabbit in his mouth in a proud and confident manner.
"Okay, I can eat one more." Tian Cai spread his hands helplessly and snatched the poor rabbit that was already dead from Mimi's mouth.
"Woo woo woo—" The big cat was obviously dissatisfied. It stood up by grabbing Tian Cai's thigh. In its eyes, this was its prey.
Tian Cai reached out and touched its head, and said seriously, "Be good, cats eat too much and rabbits become stupid."
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