"I don't know." Tiedan shook his head, looked at the surrounding bushes, then looked at the scars on the pheasant, and guessed: "Maybe two pheasants got injured in a fight, and ended up trapped in the bushes and couldn't get out, so they died!"
"It's possible." Jian Shu nodded in agreement.
"No matter how it died, it's better if it died. It's a good deal for us, Sister Shu. There are two pheasants, one for each of us!" After all, he was still a child. Tiedan had no intention of getting to the bottom of the matter. No matter how it died, he only knew that they would have meat to eat soon!
So he happily put everything else behind him and took Jianshu to divide the loot.
"No, you found this, and I didn't do anything to help. I feel embarrassed to ask for it. Just take it back, and you don't have to share it with me." Jian Shu took a step back and expressed his refusal with practical actions.
Tiedan disagreed, "No, I didn't catch this pheasant. We just happened to stumble upon it by luck. If I hadn't seen it first, maybe my pretty sister would have seen it first. We must each have half."
"If you see it first, it's yours. I can't have it." Jianshu insisted on refusing.
"I, I don't care, I want one each, otherwise I will never go up the mountain with you again!" Tiedan wanted to continue to refute, but didn't know what to say, so he simply used the privilege of a child - playing rogue.
In his opinion, when they went up the mountain before, they always shared the wild vegetables and fruits, so the same should be true for the pheasant this time. So even though he was drooling at the sight of the pheasant, Tiedan still insisted on the principle of half for each of them.
After saying that, without waiting for Jianshu to react, Tiedan quickly parted the bushes, lifted up the two pheasants by their necks, and put one of them in Jianshu's hand.
"You..." Holding the pheasant in his hand and looking at Tiedan's stiff neck, Jianshu felt helpless.
"Hmph! If the beautiful sister doesn't want it, then just throw it away. Who knows who will get the good deal then!" Tiedan snorted coldly with his neck stiffened, then ran away with the pheasant in his hand, as if he was afraid that Jianshu would catch up with him.
Now, Jianshu knew that he had to accept the pheasant. Tiedan was a stubborn kid, and if he said he didn't want it, he really didn't want it.
Could she really lose it? Wouldn't that mean someone else would get a bargain? She wouldn't do such a loss-making business.
Fortunately, she had anticipated this situation at the beginning and prepared two pheasants, one big and one small, in advance to prevent such a thing.
"Tiedan, come back!" Jianshu shouted after he figured it out.
"No!" Tiedan hid far away and refused to come over.
Jian Shu couldn't help but rub his forehead and said helplessly: "Okay, I agree to accept it. Come over here, please. Be careful not to fall."
"Really? You're not lying to me?" Tiedan was a little unconvinced and felt that he was being lied to.
"Really? When has your sister ever lied to you?" What can Jianshu do? She can only coax her in a gentle voice!
Tiedan recalled the days when he was deceived and suddenly flashed before his eyes. He immediately said in anger, "You always lie to me!"
Jianshu: “…” Wasn’t she just joking with him?
Oh my god, now it’s retribution.
An awkward smile suddenly appeared on her face. After coughing twice, she said, "Tiedan, wasn't that what I said to you before just a joke? You were pretty happy too, weren't you?"
"Not happy at all! You are the only one who is happy!" Tiedan didn't give any face and his voice became more and more sad and angry.
Jianshu: "...How about this, sister promises you that I will never lie to you this time. If I lie to you, I will be a puppy, okay? Just this once, and you will trust sister for the last time!" To prove it, she almost swore to the sky.
Seeing her solemn promise, Tiedan was a little shaken. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "You said it, if you lie to me again, I will never play with you again!"
"No, sister promises!"
Tiedan then walked over slowly with the pheasant in his arms, looking doubtful, with some distrust in his eyes, ready to run away at any time.
Fortunately, Jianshu really had no intention of deceiving him this time, so she didn't care. She held up the pheasant in her hand and negotiated with him in a gentle voice, "Sister Pheasant, take it, but can we exchange it? Look, you found the pheasant, so your contribution must be greater, right? In that case, shouldn't you also take the bigger pheasant?"
"Besides, my sister is the only one at home. The chicken is too big and we can't finish it. We can't let it go to waste, right?"
Tiedan thought about it carefully and felt that what she said made sense. He looked at the chicken in his hand and found it was indeed a little small, so he agreed, "Okay, let's exchange one."
"Okay!" Jianshu happily exchanged the chicken in his hand with him.
Because they were pheasants, neither of the two chickens was big. Tiedan's weighed about three pounds, and Jianshu's was only two pounds. After removing the internal organs, there was not much left.
However, meat is scarce these days, and few families eat only meat. Stewing it with potatoes, mushrooms, beans, etc. is enough for a full meal for the whole family. Everyone can eat two pieces of meat, and the vegetables taste good with the flavor of meat.
Jianshu doesn't dare to be too ostentatious. Two chickens is the limit. If it creates a group of wild chickens, it will immediately become the headlines of the news.
If Tiedan wasn't such a sensible kid that people couldn't help but feel pity for him, she wouldn't have done this.
After exchanging the pheasants, Jianshu seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "Tiedan, you said there are two pheasants here. Are there any pheasant eggs nearby? Should we look for them?"
After hearing this, Tiedan's eyes suddenly lit up, "Find it!"
If I could find pheasant eggs, I'd have another dish to eat. If I couldn't find any, that didn't matter, I already had a pheasant, so it was a win!
"Okay, let's not run too far, let's just look for it nearby. It doesn't matter if we can't find it, we can just pick more mushrooms." Jianshu was worried that the child was only thinking about finding pheasant eggs, so he reminded him all the way.
"Well! Let's look for it while picking mushrooms." We still can't forget the important things.
The two discussed for a while and decided to divide the work with the bushes as the center and each of them taking half of the area.
After the agreement, the two separated and lowered their heads to search carefully. This time, they had to turn over any bushes or grass they encountered to look for it. Maybe there were pheasants or pheasant eggs inside.
Jianshu looked very focused. In fact, she knew exactly where the pheasant eggs were, after all, she was the one who put them there.
But she couldn't just go straight to her destination, so she could only pretend to be looking for it.
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