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That day, Xu Wenyan was cooking at home when she heard Xiaohu shouting in the field.

"Brother Xu! Brother Sanlin! There are rabbits eating vegetable leaves."

When Xu Wenyan hurried out, the rabbit had already disappeared.

Looking at the several seedlings that were damaged by the gnaws, Xu Wenyan felt heartbroken.

He only brought these few seeds. Every seedling here is life-saving. He can still find food in the wild in spring and autumn.

If it's winter, you'll die if you don't have any stock.

"This damn rabbit, I will kill you in one pot sooner or later."

Wang Cuijuan came over upon hearing the noise and sighed repeatedly: "Alas, this is how it is in the mountains, not only rabbits, but also tits and other animals, which will harm the crops, and there are also wild boars that cause trouble during the autumn harvest.

It’s really not easy to get a harvest.”

Xu Wenyan really didn't expect that this rabbit was so brave that it even came to his doorstep to provoke him. If he let it do it again, could Xu Wenyan tolerate it?

That day, I took the four little ones to the hillside to catch rabbits.

Zhou Jianye and a few other men still needed to do the housework, but the rabbit matter was also urgent.

The task Xu Wenyan gave to Chen Sanlin was to make a scarecrow at home. It didn’t really require straw, as long as it looked like one.

Make a few more and stick them in the ground, and the birds will fly around them when they see them. You can't make a fence, that would be so tiring.

Walking up along the field, I actually found a few holes. Because it was a loess slope, the rabbit holes were easy to dig and deep.

Xu Wenyan first took a stick and poked it inside. The soft rebound feeling made him sure that there was a rabbit inside.

"Xiao Liu, hold the basket. I'll shovel it in a moment. If a rabbit runs out, you can trap it."

Rong Xiaoliu nodded solemnly, and his hands holding the bamboo basket tightened a little.

As the shovel went deeper, after digging twenty or thirty centimeters, no rabbit came out, so Xu Wenyan simply squatted and looked into the hole.

A few furry little guys looked at him with horror and kept backing away. Xu Wenyan reached out and took out two little rabbits.

"Xiaohua, Rongrong, go on."

The two girls hurriedly spread out their hands, and their hearts melted when they saw the furry little rabbits, one black and one gray. The two little rabbits were grabbed by the scruff of the neck by fate and dared not move.

Xu Wenyan took out six little rabbits from this nest.

"Uncle, should we eat this rabbit?" Rongrong asked Xu Wenyan while holding the little rabbit. Although the little rabbit was very cute, it was better to fill her stomach at this time.

Xu Wenyan got up from the ground and dusted himself off: "This is just a few bites of meat, let's raise it and then eat it.

This rabbit eats everything, as long as it is non-toxic, such as leaves, bark, grass roots, and weeds.

Mix it with some plantain and dandelion to make sure they stay plump and white."

Seeing that the children all liked the rabbits, Xu Wenyan gave them the task of raising rabbits.

After searching for a long time, Xu Wenyan only found three rabbit holes and caught more than a dozen rabbits in total.

Xu Wenyan felt that it was a bit too much. Rabbits are straightforward and will poop as much as they eat. He wanted to kill a few of them, but Rongrong said that they could take care of them, so Xu Wenyan agreed.

Then place some lasso traps near the rabbit hole and in the surrounding grass to see if you can catch a few big rabbits at night.

Wang Dongmei was also happy to see the three children holding a rabbit each: "There are so many little rabbits. There was a family in the village that raised rabbits before. These rabbits may have given birth and they eat a lot."

"Yeah, we can open a zoo at home in the future."

Xu Wenyan planned to build a long rabbit hutch next to the chicken coop, using loess bricks. The space would be a little larger, and the rabbit hutch would stretch from the second floor to the ridge.

Even if you don't raise rabbits anymore, you can just raise something else.

With the rabbit, the family’s crops also have fertilizer. The crops can grow better when mixed with lime powder and dead leaves.

The reason why crop productivity was low in ancient times was because of the lack of fertilizers and the soil quality.

Acidic soil is relatively hard, which makes it difficult for plants to take root and reach underground. The roots have poor absorption capacity, so the plants will naturally become sick.

Alkaline soil causes severe nutrient loss, which reduces the solubility of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus, and their effectiveness, causing the crops grown to become short and malnourished.

If we can find effective ways to improve the land, the yield will naturally increase.

Chen Dong squatted beside the backpack and played with the little rabbit for nearly half an hour.

"Wow, wow, little uncle, my legs are not listening. They are flashing back and forth."

Xu Wenyan hurried in when he heard the sound. Chen Dong's words made him laugh: "Silly boy, your legs are numb. Who told you to squat for so long? Just stand for a while and it will be fine."

Little Chen Dong pouted: "The rabbit is cute."

After Zhou Jianye and his friends came back with the firewood, they built the rabbit house together. Since settling down here, they have never stopped the work of drying loess bricks and burning charcoal.

Every day is fully scheduled.

This busyness lasted a whole day.

I fed the little rabbit some wild vegetables in the evening and it ate them with relish.

The next morning, Xu Wenyan first checked the seedlings in the field.

Fortunately, there was no loss today. It should be the result of the scarecrow and the raid on the rabbit nest yesterday.

Carry the backpack and go up the mountain.

I set out a dozen nooses yesterday.

All the lassoes at the cave entrance and under the tree were retrieved, and only one bird was caught in total. It was very humid in the morning, and there were occasional bird calls.

Back in the house, the others were still building the rabbit house. This was quite a big project and Xu Wenyan estimated that it would take another day to complete it.

Skin the rabbit, cut it into pieces, blanch it in water, and stir a few wild onions into the rabbit to remove the fishy smell.

Stir-fry it with yam cubes, and it will satisfy your craving.

The garlic sprouts in the yard have already sprouted out. We will be able to eat garlic shoots in another month. It is still too early to eat ginger, so we will probably have to wait until autumn.

Wang Cuijuan and Wang Dongmei have been busy in the fields these days. After all, Xu Wenyan is not a professional, so they know more about farm work.

For example, people have started to build climbing frames around tomatoes, loofahs, cucumbers, and beans. It is said that this will save space and help them grow better.

After this meal, the family has to put aside the afternoon work and plant the wheat seedlings.

In fact, there is not much in total. Just two plots of land. Xu Wenyan estimates that if he can harvest 100 kilograms of rice, it will be a good harvest.

The next few days were nothing more than chopping wood, burning charcoal, feeding chickens and rabbits. The wild grass in the mountains grew very fast, and if the vegetable fields were not weeded on that day, they would grow very tall.