Traveling through the mountains and farming

Luo Dashan approached the reeds carefully and gently pushed them aside.

When I saw the wild duck inside, I felt happy.

Then he turned to the others and said in a low voice: "Shh, keep your voice down, it's a group of wild ducks!"

Li Chongwu's eyes widened instantly and he didn't dare to make any noise for fear of scaring them away.

Everyone else stopped catching fish and quietly gathered around.

Luo Dashan signaled everyone to be gentler, but the wild ducks still noticed the movement and flapped their wings and tried to fly away.

Everyone rushed to surround them, and after a flurry of activity, they finally managed to catch seven wild ducks.

Everyone quickly handed the caught ducks to Lin Wan and the other person on the shore, and they found some vines to tie up all the wild ducks.

At the same time, they also found a lot of wild duck eggs in the reeds.

So everyone started looking for duck eggs happily again. Everyone searched carefully among the reeds, and finally picked up thirty or forty duck eggs.

After picking up the duck eggs, they continued to catch fish and eventually caught six buckets of fish.

Li Chongwu took off his coat and wrapped the duck eggs with it.

Look at the six buckets of fish and seven ducks in front.

Lin Wan couldn't help but sigh: This deep mountain is so rich in resources!

Maybe there are not many people coming in to hunt in the wild, so these guys will naturally reproduce in greater and greater numbers.

With a lot of harvest, everyone set out on the road back to the secluded cave.

When I returned to the cave, I saw that all the teams were still busy.

They would save part of the fish to cook that day.

Afterwards, they built a small fish pond downstream of the cave stream and released the remaining fish into the stream.

The children came running from the reclaimed land, gathered around the stream, and watched the fish swimming around with curiosity.

After a while, they had seen enough and ran back to open up new areas.

After the fish were settled, they prepared to build a simple duck pen using bamboo poles and rattan.

The duck pen is located on the east side of the gentle slope away from the cave.

Luo Dashan and his men cut some bamboo poles nearby, stuck them into the ground, and weaved rattan between the poles to form a tight fence.

Lin Wan and Luo Fang went to collect some hay and spread it in the duck pen to create a comfortable environment for the wild ducks.

To prevent the wild ducks from flying away, they took scissors and cut their flight feathers short.

In this way, the wild ducks were kept in captivity, and the plan was to slowly domesticate and cultivate the next generation of wild ducks, gradually turning them into domestic ducks.

Finally, they built a simple shed above the duck pen and covered it with thatch.

Lin Wan fetched water from the stream, put it in a large wooden basin, and placed it in the duck pen so that the wild ducks could drink water at any time.

At this time, Aunt Li, Aunt Luo, Aunt Wang, Mrs. Zhao and others had already started busying themselves with processing the fish.

Their main course for lunch today is fish.

Lin Wan remembered that Li Chongle had complained that the fish here was not tasty. In order not to waste the delicious ingredients, she took the initiative to offer to cook the fish herself.

Ever since the last time the bureau changed to wine, these families all knew that Lin Wan was an excellent cook.

When they heard that she offered to be the chef, everyone was eager to do so.

But later, seeing her adding a lot of oil, several aunties muttered in their hearts that they should not let Lin Wan take the lead in cooking easily in the future.

Although she used lard from her own home, the amount used really made them feel distressed.

If Lin Wan could hear their thoughts, she would definitely be in tears and amused.

The way they cook food is just to rub the bottom of the pot with oil, no dish can taste good.

She brought in her own lard because she expected they would feel sorry for the oil.

She has stockpiled a lot of lard.

Lin Wan prepared a big pot of fish stew, a pan-fried fish fillet and a fish ball and mushroom soup.

After several ladies prepared the ingredients according to her needs, Lin Wan started cooking.

With a lot of people helping out, Lin Wan was able to keep two pots running at the same time: one pot cooking fish balls and mushroom soup, and the other pot making a big pot of stewed fish and fried fish fillets.

Then stir-fry a big pot of wild vegetables, and the lunch dishes will be complete.

The ladies kept shouting "It's time to eat", and soon everyone came over with their bowls and lined up.

We don’t have time to make tables and chairs yet, so we can only get our meals from the cafeteria, and each of us gets our meals and finds a place to eat.

In fact, everyone had been aroused by the aroma of Lin Wan's cooking and had been looking forward to the meal.

Watching the big pot of stewed fish bubbling in the pot with fragrance everywhere, several wooden basins of fried fish pieces were fried crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with an attractive golden color, and the fish ball and mushroom soup was fresh and rich.

Everyone smelled the tempting aroma and their appetite was aroused. They stared at the dishes and held the bowls in their hands even tighter.

Finally, the meal started to be served. Everyone rushed to line up, wanting to taste this fresh and delicious food as soon as possible.

After Luo Dashan finished his meal, he found a shade under a tree, sat down, and began to eat with big mouthfuls.

While eating, he mumbled, "This tastes even better than what the chefs in the city cook!"

Others followed suit, and for a moment, the sounds of admiration and chewing were intertwined.

Lin Wan prepared the food for the two siblings, placed the bowls in a clean wooden basin, and waited for the two siblings to wash their hands and come over to eat.

When the two siblings passed by the place where they got their meals, they saw that their eldest sister-in-law had already prepared the meals.

Moreover, they had already smelled the aroma of fish outside, and they knew from the smell that it was the sister-in-law who was cooking today.

Especially Li Ke, the little greedy cat, trotting over.

He stared at the bowl of fish and kept muttering, "Sister-in-law, I want to eat it so badly!"

Li Chongle was more steady, but he also quickened his pace.

Lin Wan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've prepared it for you."

Li Ke nodded hurriedly and reached out to take the bowl.

Lin Wan patted his hand gently and said, "Go wash your hands first."

"Oh, I forgot in a hurry. I was going to wash my hands, but the fish cooked by my sister-in-law was so delicious, so I was attracted here." Li Ke said with a smile.

The two siblings quickly ran to wash their hands. After washing their hands, they ran back in a hurry, picked up the bowls and started eating.

Li Ke ate and said vaguely: "The fish cooked by my sister-in-law is so delicious!"

"Eat slowly and be careful of fish bones." Lin Wan quickly reminded.

Li Chongle put down his chopsticks and asked, "Sister-in-law, we will live here from now on. We won't go out, right?"

Just now when they were helping to reclaim the land, his cousin Xiaohu discussed with him how long they would live there, and also asked how long it would take for those who were conscripted to come back. He couldn't answer any of the questions, which made him miss his elder brother instead.

He looked up and saw Zheng Xiaohu, who was not far away, didn't look happy with such delicious fish in his hand. He was still in a daze, wondering if he was thinking about his father who was conscripted into the army.

After hearing what Li Chongle said, Lin Wan looked up at him and said:

"Xiao Le, don't think too much. Let's just live a good life first. We have beautiful scenery here, food and houses, and our life will only get better and better. And I guess the war may not last too long, believe me."

After hearing this, Li Chongle's eyes showed a glimmer of hope: "Sister-in-law, it would be great if brother could come back sooner."

Lin Wan was stunned for a moment when Li Chongle suddenly mentioned "Big Brother". Then she realized that he was talking about her husband, so she nodded in agreement:

"Yes, I will. You guys live well, and when Big Brother comes back and sees that you are doing well, he will feel at ease."

Li Ke also said, "I miss my brother so much."

Lin Wan touched Li Ke's head and said, "Xiao Ke, be happy and don't let big brother worry."

At this time, Zheng Xiaohu lowered his head and ate his meal silently, listening to Luo Dashan and others talking about how they could block the outermost hole in the afternoon and then set traps around it.