Yun Xiaoxiao planned to go hunting and find medicinal herbs in the mountains after the busy farming season.
I've been so busy with other things these past two years that I haven't stocked up on any dried goods.
I've never been down the mountain, so I don't know what's going on down there.
Has anything changed?
In addition, Yuan Shitou wants to get married next year.
She agreed to it back then, so there's no need for her to go back on her word.
In addition, there have been those young men in the village who have been trying to curry favor with the villagers in the past two years.
There were also people from the neighboring Old Wolf Village who would occasionally come to chat with her, which annoyed her to no end.
Don't think she doesn't know what they're up to.
She has one flaw.
She didn't think anything of approaching or greeting someone without any ulterior motive.
If it's purposeful, and the purpose is quite obvious, it makes her feel disgusted.
So when Yuan Shitou wanted to get married, she thought it was okay.
Once she's married, those flies won't be buzzing around her anymore.
Why say flies instead of bees?
In Xiao Xiao's eyes, none of these people could compare to Yuan Shitou.
Since she couldn't compare to Yuan Shitou, and therefore looked down on him, he was nothing more than a fly.
Since they got oxen, they work much faster than others.
Of course, some people also come to borrow cattle; their family isn't all stingy.
They will still lend money to any trustworthy family.
Of course, they wouldn't lend money to those with ulterior motives or who are unreliable.
Even if you plead until your lips are sore, you still won't agree.
If you lend a cow to someone like that, it would be one thing if he hurts you.
I'm afraid he'll pocket it for you and then tell you the cow ran away.
What should we do in this situation?
Make him pay, he has no money.
What will they use to compensate?
In the end, it will all just fizzle out.
Therefore, Yun Xiaoxiao repeatedly emphasized that you should never lend money to this kind of person.
In fact, most families in Laolin Village are quite honest.
However, there are also a small number of people who are greedy for small gains and have a heavy mind.
Since Yuan Shitou proposed marriage last time and Xiao Xiao did not object, he has been in an exceptionally good mood.
I have a lot of energy no matter what I do.
He also wanted to finish his work quickly so he could go hunting and stockpile more game.
It will be useful when hosting a banquet.
So, as soon as he finished his work, he went up the mountain the next day.
Yun Xiaoxiao didn't go because she had her period and it wasn't advisable for her to go up the mountain.
But she didn't sit idle. Carrying a basket on her back, she went up the mountain with Gou Dan'er—oh no, now I should call Yuan Ping'an—to cut grass and feed the rabbits.
Unexpectedly, I ran into Fan Tiesheng and Yuan Min, a married couple, who were also mowing the lawn.
Since Xiaoxiao gave them two baby rabbits, they have gradually multiplied and now have more than 100.
They also killed many adult male rabbits and some unruly female rabbits during this period.
They processed these into cured meats.
When you have time, you can go down the mountain to sell them.
Yun Xiaoxiao's family has even more. They now have about 500.
So every day I have to cut two large baskets of grass.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be enough for them to eat.
Fan Tiesheng didn't see Yuan Shitou, so he asked, "Xiaoxiao, where did Brother Shitou go?"
Why didn't I see him come out to cut the lawn with you?
They knew perfectly well how much Yuan Shitou clung to Yun Xiaoxiao.
I'll follow her wherever she goes, for fear that she might be kidnapped.
Yun Xiaoxiao didn't hide it and said with a smile, "He went up the mountain."
Fan Tiesheng immediately asked, "Did he go alone?"
Why didn't you call me?
"It'll be good if we go together, we'll have company."
Yun Xiaoxiao teased, "You can go? Aren't you going to stay with Minmin?"
Fan Tiesheng scratched his head, chuckled, and said nothing more.
Yuan Min also gave Yun Xiaoxiao's basket to Fan Tiesheng.
"Brother Tiesheng, go cut the grass."
"Cut off the small one too, and I'll talk to the little one for a bit."
Fan Tiesheng nodded, picked up his basket, and called Yuan Ping'an away as well.
Xiao Xiao and Yuan Min sat on the hillside, talking.
"Xiaoxiao, why didn't you go up the mountain with Brother Stone?"
Yuan Min asked.
Xiaoxiao used to love going up the mountain the most, why didn't she go this time?
She was also a little curious.
Yun Xiaoxiao plucked a blade of grass and played with it in her hand:
"I want to go too, but I'm on my period."
Let's go after we leave.
Yuan Min asked in surprise, "Xiao Xiao, you've got your period too? Me too."
What a coincidence! Let's go up the mountain together after we're done.
Yun Xiaoxiao turned to look at her, and seeing that what she said was true, asked:
So you're saying you're not pregnant?
Was Fan Tiesheng very disappointed?
Yuan Min's face was flushed, and she was a little embarrassed.
"How could it be that fast?"
Yun Xiaoxiao threw away the grass in her hand and said, "Yes, it's good that you're not pregnant. You're too young."
Getting pregnant again at eighteen or nineteen is also a good idea.
Yuan Min nodded, and the two stopped talking about that embarrassing topic. Instead, they returned to the topic of rabbits.
"Xiaoxiao, our family had ten more female rabbits give birth yesterday."
Including these 100 or so little rabbits, there are over two hundred now.
She thought this was a good thing.
We should share her joy with Xiaoxiao.
Yun Xiaoxiao nodded: "Our family also had more than a dozen litters yesterday."
I haven't even seen it yet.
The two were talking, and Fan Tiesheng was also quite quick with his hands and feet.
Before long, the basket was full of cuts.
He carried one basket on his back and another in his hand.
Yuan Ping'an also carried another basket inside his small bamboo basket.
When I came over, I saw the two of them were still talking. So I said, "Minmin, it's time to go home."
Yun Xiaoxiao took the basket from Fan Tiesheng's hand and thanked him with a smile.
Only then did he lead Yuan Ping'an home.
Such things happen frequently; sometimes Fan Tiesheng helps cut the grass, and sometimes Yuan Shitou helps cut the grass.
So they all felt it didn't matter.
Anyway, the two families have such a good relationship. There's no need to worry about it so much.
Yuan Shitou returned in the evening.
Besides many pheasants and rabbits, there were also two live wild boar cubs.
It looks like she was weaned not long ago.
Yun Xiaoxiao thought the wild boars were too small, so she decided to raise them.
We'll raise them until they're big and fat before killing them.
Yuan Shitou had no objections, of course, since his house was spacious and even had a pigsty.
Let them raise them; it's no big deal to have an extra basket of grass.
In order to grow more grain, Yuan Shitou would also go to reclaim wasteland when he had free time.
At first, Yun Xiaoxiao didn't want him to go.
They said that after the commune was established, all these lands would be taken over and managed by each village collective, so there would be no need to work so hard.
Yuan Shitou didn't take it seriously. He thought that since there wasn't any grain yet, he should stockpile more.
Surely they won't take away our grain too?
Besides, it's just a matter of putting in some effort.
If this method doesn't work out in the deep mountains and forests, then the land that's cultivated will still belong to their family.
Yun Xiaoxiao actually thought he was right.
Tell him to find some low-lying areas and cultivate some paddy fields to grow rice.
Yuan Shitou, of course, had no objections.
Anyway, he's strong, so he's just sitting around doing nothing.
He also mentioned that he's getting married next year and will have children afterward.
It will definitely consume a lot of food.
It's always good to prepare more while we still have time.
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