The Snail Spirit Travels to the 1970s

Tian Yuan said that he would bring his younger brothers and sisters to stroll around here, and Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin would send them over here after they cut the Ula grass so that they could keep an eye on it.

After Tian Lisong and his two brothers left, Tian Yuan took them to find a hawthorn tree on the roadside.

I haven't found the hawthorn tree yet, but I did find a few azalea plants. They have buds on them. When the weather gets warmer, these buds will bloom into small pink flowers. There are no leaves on the dry branches, only small flowers that look like candle wax.

Tian Tian picked a few and prepared to take them back into the house and put them in glass bottles. It was warmer inside the house than outside, so maybe they would bloom earlier.

Holding the azalea branches, they walked two steps forward and saw a particularly tall walnut tree. There were many walnuts under the tree. They were black and all had the green fruit-like things growing outside the walnut shells. Tian Tian also picked some and took them home.

Two steps forward is a hawthorn tree with snow still on top. On it hang red hawthorns that look like small lanterns. They feel soft and wrinkled when pinched. Tian Tian ate one and found it was indeed much sweeter than those picked in autumn.

Tian Tian, ​​Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo each picked a bunch of hawthorns and put them in their pockets, filling them up. After all the hawthorns were in their pockets, they walked back along the same path they came from.

I ate hawthorns while walking, and spit the seeds directly onto the ground. Maybe a new hawthorn tree will grow here next year.

When they arrived at the place they had agreed to meet with Tian Lisong and his friends, there was already a patch of Ula grass on the snow, but there was no sight of Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin. They must have delivered the Ula grass here and then went over there to cut it.

They walked around again and unexpectedly saw a frozen pheasant in the bushes nearby.

Several people's eyes lit up. Tian Zhuo, the shortest one, went in to pick up the pheasant. The others stood by and waited for Tian Zhuo to come out with the pheasant. Tian Tian quickly put the pheasant into the Ula grass bundle, and then tied the pheasant tightly with a freshly rolled grass rope.

After finishing all this, the group of people stood there with shining eyes.

Tian Zhuo sat on the Ula grass and didn't dare to move.

Not long after, Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin came back, each carrying a bundle of grass on their backs. Tian Lisong was holding something carefully in his hands.

Tian Tian was the first to see the two of them coming over, and excitedly raised her hand and called them, "Dad! Second Uncle! Come here quickly!"

"Tian Tian! Look what good stuff we found?" Tian Lisong heard the noise and shouted to Tian Tian from a distance.

"What?" Tian Tian became even more excited when she heard it and trotted over.

"Ah!!!" Tian Tian just ran over and saw Tian Lisong holding a black thing in his hand. After taking a closer look, she found that it was a black snake. Tian Tian jumped away instantly and ran away screaming.

"Why are you running? Snakes are hibernating now and can't bite you!" Tian Lisong said.

"Does it matter whether it bites me or not? I feel sick just looking at that snake!" Tian Tian said, shaking off the goose bumps on her body.

The things in this world that she fears most are insects without claws, and those with many kinds of claws.

When Tian Tian thought of the cool, sticky touch of the snake, she felt cold all over.

"Why did you pick up snakes? Aren't you scared? And aren't snakes hibernating now? Where did you dig out these two snakes?" Tian Tian asked in a series of questions.

Nowadays, people are generally very superstitious about snakes. They think that snakes have a kind of energy, and if they catch too many snakes, the energy will affect the person's luck, which is the well-known Daxianer.

Even if some people don't believe in it, they will still be a little taboo, not to mention that some people still secretly worship the statue of the immortal at home.

Old Mrs. Tian’s family doesn’t believe these things, nor will they deny them. Even if they don’t believe them, they won’t get involved.

It is said that except for the time of famine when a snake chased Tiantian and he ate a snake once, he stayed away from snakes the rest of the time.

Who would have thought that this time Tian Lisong actually took the initiative to catch two snakes.

"There are more than just these two snakes. We found a snake nest with a lot of snakes inside. We picked up two of them. We specifically picked out the two biggest ones." said Tian Lilin on the side.

Tian Tian heard the pain mask on the side. Tian Lilin was still describing the feeling of the pack of snakes they encountered. "We were both shocked when we saw the coil of snakes. The snakes were entangled with each other. It felt like they were all tangled. It took a lot of effort to untangle one. I don't know where so many snakes came from in that grass nest. They were so densely packed!"

Now even Tian Yuan, who was quite courageous, felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this.

"Didn't your uncle just give our family a jar of good wine a few days ago? It just so happens that there are not many people in our family who like to drink, so we can use that jar of wine to soak a snake. Snake wine is really good. The snake skin is also a good thing. Go back and peel off the snake skin and dry it. If you have any disease, you can use the snake skin to make an egg and eat it. It will be effective." Tian Lisong said.

Tian Lisong wrapped the two snakes with straw, then stood up and asked Tian Tian, ​​"What did you just say to me?"

Tian Tian was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that they had caught a frozen pheasant today, and immediately and happily pulled Tian Lisong and the others to look at the Ula grass bundle.

"Look what we found today? It's a pheasant!"

Tian Tian pulled aside the Ula grass and showed the pheasant to Tian Lisong and the others. Tian Lisong saw that there was really a pheasant in it and his eyes widened in surprise. "You guys are really good. You can catch a pheasant. How did you catch it?"

"We didn't catch it. We found it. It's in the bushes over there."

"You guys are pretty amazing! You were able to pick this up!"

"We have to hide it well and don't let anyone see it!" Tian Lilin said, and then he wrapped the pheasant more tightly.

Several people finally had a good harvest, and one of them went home with a bundle of Ula grass.

After returning home, Grandma Tian and the others saw so much Ula grass and came to help. They wanted to spread the Ula grass in the yard to dry it in the sun.

The Ula grass was buried under the snow for a winter. Now when it is dug out, it is all wet and needs to be placed outside to dry for a while before it can be used.

"Grandma!" Tian Tian quickly pulled Old Lady Tian and winked at her, "It will take too long to dry the Ula grass outside. We won't have enough time to make a mat. Let's spread it inside the hut to dry."