Traveling through the mountains and farming

The next morning, Lin Wan got up and went to check on the two wild goats.

I saw them eating hay quietly in the sheepfold, and they seemed to be in good condition.

Before they were tamed, Lin Wan didn't dare to let them graze freely on the gentle slope.

She tied them up with hemp ropes and then tied them to tree trunks on the gentle slope, which meant they were semi-free-range.

Thinking that winter would arrive in another month or two, she had to prepare some hay for them to survive the winter, so Lin Wan prepared to take the two siblings to cut grass nearby.

There are people patrolling the area around the secluded cave where they live, so there is generally no danger.

The three men carried baskets and sickles and walked towards the pond where they had caught fish before.

Lin Wan had seen large areas of grassland there before, but the road also required passing through a forest.

"Sister-in-law, here are some dog kidneys." Li Chonghao, who was walking in front, shouted.

Lin Wan was shocked when she heard this. Could it be the wax gourd? In her hometown, the wax gourd was also called "dog kidney".

When I got closer, I saw that it was indeed a wax gourd.

The vine of the wax gourd was growing around a big tree, with more than ten or twenty wax gourds hanging on it.

Some had exploded and been partially eaten by birds, but some were intact.

Li Chongle had put down his backpack and started climbing the tree.

Lin Wan looked up and said hurriedly, "Be careful."

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, my brother can climb trees." Li Ke also looked up.

"Go up a little further, there are three 'dog kidneys' on your right."

Li Chongle quickly picked the three wax gourds.

Since it hadn't cracked yet, he threw it down gently, and Li Ke and Lin Wan caught it below.

Some of them fell to the ground and I didn't catch them, but fortunately the skin was thick and hard, so they were not broken.

Li Chongle picked the cracked wax gourds, put them in his clothes, tied them around his waist, and then brought them down.

The three of them sat under the big tree and ate the wax gourds they had just picked.

Very sweet! But there are a lot of seeds.

Lin Wan recalled that when she was a child at her grandmother's house, every autumn she would look forward to her grandfather coming back early from the mountains to cut bamboo.

Just to be able to wait and eat wild fruits.

Grandpa brought her different things every day.

There are kiwi fruit, wax gourd, trumpet fruit, hairy chestnut, wild persimmon, and wild lychee.

When I grew up, I learned that every autumn, besides chopping bamboo, my grandfather had another task when he went up the mountain every day, which was to find wild fruits for her.

Lin Wan’s favorites are wax gourd and trumpet fruit.

But after I went to school, I couldn’t eat it every year anymore.

After spitting out the last seed, the three of them packed up the wax melons and continued on their way.

Not far away, Lin Wan found a tree full of red fruits in front of her.

The surprising discovery was a kind of wild fruit she had just missed, the lychee, which is also called wild lychee because it looks like lychee.

"Sister-in-law, can I eat this?"

"You can eat it. It's a chicken vegetarian fruit."

It’s not the brother and sister’s fault that they didn’t recognize each other. There are few fruit trees of this kind growing outside their mountain.

Lin Wan had not seen them during the month or so they had been going into the mountains frequently.

When they heard their sister-in-law say that it was edible, the two siblings immediately ran over to pick some, wiped them with their hands, and put them in their mouths.

"Sweet and a little sour."

Lin Wan had almost forgotten what this chicken vegetarian fruit tasted like.

She can still remember what it looks like, mainly because it was the first time she picked chicken fruit when her grandfather took her to the mountains to pick it.

At that time, I saw several trees full of red fruits.

The impact on a small child was really too great.

More than 20 years have passed, but she still remembers that scene.

They started picking chicken fruits again.

Lin Wan and Li Ke picked the ones below, while Li Chongle went up the tree to pick them.

They have almost plucked out all the berries from this tree.

Thinking that there are many children at home, I wanted to pick more.

Before they even finished cutting the grass, their backpacks were already half full.

Fortunately, we didn’t have to walk too far, there was a large meadow ahead.

"Before you mow the grass, hit it a few times with a stick."

Lin Wan was worried about snakes, so she specifically warned the two siblings.

They were very obedient and after beating them with sticks, they prepared to start mowing the grass.

As soon as Lin Wan squatted down, she heard Li Ke in front of her say softly:

"Sister-in-law, there seems to be a little rabbit."

Li Chongle immediately took out his bow and arrow and shot.

"Oops, I almost shot it."

"It's okay, you've only been practicing archery for a little over a month."

Lin Wan continued to mow the grass while comforting Li Chongle.

Li Ke blinked and said, "Do you think there is a rabbit nest here?"

Lin Wan thought for a moment and replied, "It's possible, but let's cut the grass first and then look for it later."

So the three of them continued to cut grass, and soon, the backpack was more than half full.

"Sister-in-law, I think I saw the rabbit hole." Li Ke, who was at the front, shouted excitedly.

After she finished shouting, she immediately realized that her voice was too loud, "Shh~ Let's keep it down."

After hearing this, Lin Wan and Li Chongle hurried over and saw a small hole hidden in the grass.

Li Chongle immediately suggested: "I will guard the cave entrance, and the eldest sister-in-law and the younger sister will go around to see if there are other exits."

Lin Wan and Li Ke searched carefully nearby and indeed found two more cave entrances.

They used some branches and grass to block the two holes they found behind.

Then Li Chongle returned to the original cave entrance, lit a handful of hay and leaves, and fanned the thick smoke into the cave.

Lin Wan didn't expect that Li Chongle actually brought a fire starter.

After a while, a fat rabbit jumped out from the hole. Li Chongle was quick to pounce on it and caught it.

"Haha, I caught it!" Li Chongle shouted happily.

They continued to wait at the entrance of the cave, and two baby rabbits really came out from behind.

The three men used vines pulled nearby to tie up the three rabbits.

Li Ke smiled and said, "Now we can have an extra meal tonight."

"Then you can raise the two little ones."

After settling the three rabbits, they continued to cut grass until it filled three large backpacks.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Lin Wan called the two siblings to prepare to go home.

As soon as she returned to the entrance of the cave, Lin Wan was stopped by Luo Fang.

"Your ewe has been restless."

Lin Wan looked towards the tree where the ewe was tied and saw it frequently getting up and lying down there.

Walk over quickly and take a closer look.

I didn't see anything.

Lin Wan frowned and walked around the ewe several times, but still had no clue.

"What the hell is going on?" Lin Wan murmured to herself.

Luo Fang said, "Are you sick? How about finding someone who knows about this to take a look?"

“It seems that no one else has raised sheep before.”

At this time, Granny Zheng, who was passing by, walked closer to observe and said with a smile:

"It's likely that she's going to give birth to a lamb."

"Grandma, how did you know?" Lin Wan asked curiously.

Granny Zheng replied cheerfully, "I'm a midwife. Although I deliver babies, the signs of birth in sheep are similar to those in humans. This ewe has a tight belly, paces back and forth, and has an anxious look in her eyes. Aren't these signs of birth?"

Lin Wan hurriedly asked: "Grandma, what should we do?"

Granny Zheng said calmly, "Don't worry, get it into the sheepfold first."

After hearing this, Lin Wan immediately led the sheep into the sheepfold.

Everything is ready, and all we can do is wait and watch the ewe work hard on her own.

The ewe had already laid down, and Granny Zheng explained that this meant she had started giving birth.

After a long while, the lamb's hooves could be seen, and then its head.

Finally, the first lamb was born safely.

Afterwards, a second and third lamb were born.

I didn't expect it, triplets.