An orphan girl from a farming family: Everyday farming in the mountains during natural disasters

Very good, the river fish in the basket were not disturbed.

Seeing the right moment, Xia Qingyue put her hands into the water and scooped up the basket without any hesitation. Even though she moved quickly, some fish and shrimps still escaped.

When the water had drained away, a basket full of heavy fish and shrimps was left. She picked out the small fish and shrimps and threw them back into the stream. She only took out the big river shrimps without eggs. After picking out all of them, there was only a little over a pound left, which she poured into the wooden barrel.

Put sweet potato grains and earthworms in the empty basket, and set the trap in another location.

She went to collect the second trap and picked out more than two pounds of river shrimp.

On the way to collect the third trap, Xia Qingyue found four large river clams in the grassy area near the shore.

The meat of river clams is edible, but it is rather troublesome to prepare. She was not very interested in the meat of river clams, but she was attracted by the possibility that there might be pearls inside.

In ancient times, pearls were valuable.

Don’t miss it if you meet it.

She walked over and picked up a nearby river clam. She held it in both hands with some weight. Its shell was slightly open, and she used a little force to open it, revealing the white clam meat inside.

I looked, but found no pearls.

Feeling a little disappointed, she put the clam back into the stream and said to herself, "Yeah, there won't always be such good luck in the world."

She had no hope anymore and picked up the next river clam. The shell of this clam was tightly closed and refused to open. She used the dagger hidden in her sleeve to pry it open, then turned it over and it opened.

The clam meat of this one was bigger than the previous one. She took a look at it and was about to throw it back into the stream, but she held it off-center in her hand. The tilted angle caused a corner of the clam meat to reveal a champagne-colored substance.

"No way, it can't be really Pearl!"

Her heartbeat quickened, a blush quickly crept up on her face, her neck and ears turned red. She opened her eyes wide, without blinking, and her hand holding the clam trembled slightly.

In her previous life, she often saw others winning the lottery while watching videos and TV. She was also an ordinary person, and was full of desire and expectation for this. She fantasized about winning the jackpot, becoming rich, and immediately quitting her hard and menial job. She wanted to go out and travel and buy a house and a car.

Therefore, she had bought several small amounts, but never won once.

Since then, she has realized that she has no luck in winning the lottery and has stopped buying lottery tickets.

If you are unwilling to immerse yourself in this, then you have lost your original intention and it is just gambling.

Gambling is the root of all evil, stay away from it!

With shaking hands, she used a dagger to pry open the clam meat, and sure enough, there were pearls underneath, one large and two small champagne-colored pearls. She picked them off and poured them into her palm.

The big ones are as big as peanuts and are quite round.

One is as big as a soybean, and the other is as big as a mung bean.

The surface of each grain is smooth and has a dazzling luster.

"Oh my, I'm really rich. It's no different from finding money while strolling on the street."

She was so excited that she put the opened clams back into the stream, rinsed the three pearls with stream water and put them into a small cloth bag.

There were still two clams, and Xia Qingyue opened another one, but unfortunately there was no pearl.

The last one was pried open with a dagger. As soon as it was opened, a bright and dazzling purple color inside instantly caught her attention.

It was a round purple pearl, slightly larger than a soybean, smooth and flawless. She picked it up between two fingers and held it up to the setting sun. It immediately shone brightly and was dazzling.

Xia Qingyue fell in love with it at first sight and couldn't let it go. She was afraid that it would accidentally drop into the stream and she wouldn't be able to find it, so she reluctantly put it into a small cloth bag.

She remembered that there were also river clams in the middle and lower reaches of the stream. She would go there to look for them some other day, maybe she could find some more.

The unexpected pearl made up for the bad luck in her previous life. She was in a very good mood and stepped into the stream. The waves were rolling and her whole body felt light, as if she could fly up in the next second like a butterfly.

She collected the third trap and turned back to collect the other two traps. The river shrimps filled half a wooden barrel, about ten pounds.

The sun is setting and it's getting dark soon. We have to get back as soon as possible.

We hurried and finally returned to the tiankeng before it got completely dark.

The wooden barrel containing the river shrimps is covered with a vegetable colander, as it would be bad if the river shrimps jumped out at night. The barrel is filled with stream water and kept overnight.

Xia Qingyue lit two mosquito coils, took out the pearls from the cloth bag, and looked at them over and over again. She was still impressed by their exquisiteness.

If you are short of money in the future, you can exchange them for money, which can be regarded as an extra guarantee.

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quack--

The noise of flapping wings came from the circle. She turned back and shouted in the direction of the circle: "Don't worry, I'll be there soon."

The chickens and ducks must not go hungry for any meal and they eat on time every day.

She put the pearls into the green sachet that originally contained the money, and then put it under the pillow.

The sachet was washed clean by her.

I poured out small fish and shrimps from the fish cage to feed the chickens and ducks, picked up three eggs, and replaced the wild grass and prickly ash for the rabbits.

After that, sweep the feces in the pen into a pile.

She has become adept at doing these things every day and it doesn't take her much time.

When she came out of the kitchen, it was completely dark. Fortunately, she had lit a candle on the table in advance.

The candlelight flickers and the light and shadows are blurry.

She lit the fire and prepared dinner. She cooked cassava rice in a pot. There was some leftovers from lunch, so she heated them up and poured them into a large bowl. She also picked a handful of watercress and made an egg drop soup.

Even if you are tired and exhausted after coming back from work, you can't just have a perfunctory dinner.

The fried duck with sour bamboo shoots had become more flavorful after being left for most of the day. It was still a little salty when eaten with rice, but luckily I made some soup, which was refreshing and helped to relieve the greasiness.

Cooked watercress is soft and moist, and much more delicious than most wild vegetables.

Before that, she had picked a few bunches of watercress and planted them by the canal. She didn't take care of it much, just watered the vegetable field with wood ash water, and watered it twice if there was any surplus.

Under such circumstances, some new watercress grew spontaneously along the canal.

It’s really easy to feed.

After dinner and finishing her evening training, she washed her hair, clothes and took a shower. After that, she lay on the bed drowsy.

Before sleepiness completely took over her consciousness, she sat up with sleepy eyes open and blew out the candle on the bedside table.

I slept until dawn and was woken up by the urge to urinate.

Originally, Xia Qingyue wanted to stay in bed a little longer, but she couldn't hold it any longer, so she got up in a hurry and ran to the toilet.

She came out of the toilet and Heihei also ran back from the grass not far away.

The river shrimps had been left out overnight, and she was worried that a lot of them might have died, so she took away the colander. Before she could take a closer look, the river shrimps in the bucket were jumping up and down, splashing water on her face.

They were quite lively. She looked around and saw that some were dead, but not many, only about ten or so.

Thinking that since they were dead, they should not be wasted and could be made into breakfast, she picked out the dead shrimps.

When the hot water in the pot boils, add some salt and pour the live shrimps in to cook.

The shrimp shells quickly turned bright red when exposed to high temperatures.