Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

But we were almost there, and it was too late to regret.

Forget it, there’s nothing to gain, so just treat it as having fun with the guests!

Yesterday I ate the orange peel candy that someone gave me. It was a high-end candy bought from Beijing. It tasted sour and sweet and was very delicious. It was my duty to play with her.

Han Zhaozhao also realized that the silly boy might have regretted his decision, so he took out three pieces of fruit candy from his pocket and gave one to each of them. Since they were just children, he could just lure them with food.

"How can I have the nerve to ask for your candy again? Aunt Wu already gave me two pieces yesterday. You are young, keep them for yourself!"

Shuanzhu stammered, feeling very embarrassed. He felt that he was an adult, and it didn't feel right for a little girl to share his candy with him.

"Fifth Aunt? Who is that?"

"It's my mother! Didn't you give my mother a big bag of candy yesterday? My mother shared it."

Xiao Shitou was not polite. His cousin was very generous and he accepted whatever was given to him.

He took the candy, peeled off the candy wrapper and stuffed it into his mouth, urging Shuanzhu, "Brother Shuanzhu, come on and eat it. Mine is apple flavored. Come and try yours.

Do you want candy wrappers? If you want them, give them to me. I have already saved more than a dozen beautiful candy wrappers. "

Han Zhaozhao bought the fruit candies at the department store. They were assorted fruit candies with several flavors mixed together, including peach, red fruit, orange, banana, grape, and even pineapple and mango flavors.

Different flavors bring many surprises. Not to mention in the Northeast, even in Beijing, they are delicious things that children long for but cannot eat.

The candy wrappers are printed with patterns matching the flavors they represent. The colorful candies are very popular among children, and even children in Beijing love to collect them.

"This one of mine is sweet and sour, and it also tastes like apple! You already have a lot of candy wrappers, so I won't give you this one. I'm saving it for my little niece to play with.

The little girl loves these beautiful flowery papers the most. If you have duplicates, can you give me a few?"

"Okay! I'll go home and look for it. If I find a duplicate, I'll give it to you. Hehehe, I'm an uncle too. Don't forget to tell your niece that it was her uncle Shitou who gave it to her."

Han Zhaozhao didn't dare to say it. The candy that Shuanzhu ate was obviously pineapple flavored. She could even see the pineapple pattern on the candy wrapper.

Poor children, who live in Northeast China, have probably never seen southern fruits, and don’t know that apples are not the only sweet and sour fruit.

The three of them chatted as they walked and soon returned to the rat hole they had just been in.

"Oh, the entrance of this cave is so smooth, it must be newly dug, there must be mice.

Sister Zhaozhao, it seems you are really good at finding mouse holes."

Shuanzhu had also dug out rat holes and had some experience in this area. He knew at a glance that Han Zhaozhao was not making a mistake.

"That's right. I'm telling you, I may not be as good as you two in terms of physical strength, but when it comes to observation, I'm not looking down on you, but even if you two were tied together, you'd still not be my match. I rely on my skills to find rat holes."

He bolted up his tools, put them down, grabbed his pickaxe and started digging the soil.

"What kind of skills are needed? Just dig wherever you see a hole!"

"Stop, stop, stop! Why are you in such a hurry? We can't just do things recklessly. We have to pay attention to methods and ways."

Han Zhaozhao stopped him, picked up a branch and pushed it into the hole.

"Okay, you can start digging. Just dig along the direction of the branch and be careful not to break it."

"Oh, I see. This way the passage won't be buried and the rat hole won't be found!

This is a good idea. Why didn’t I think of it before? I dug rat holes several times and dug a lot of soil, but I often couldn’t find the hole entrance.”

Han Zhaozhao said proudly: "This is what they call difficult things that cannot be done, and easy things that can be done are not difficult!

You see, with just this little trick, work becomes much easier and less labor-intensive.

So, it won’t hurt to use your brain more! "

"Let me tell you a little story about mice. Legend has it that the ancestor of architects was a mouse, and the ancestor of carpenters even worshipped mice!"

Shut up and dig the soil, listening to Han Zhaozhao's nonsense, and retorted, "Impossible! Stop fooling me, do you think I'm stupid?

I have heard from the elders that Lu Ban is the ancestor of carpenters and stonemasons. He is in charge of building houses and making furniture. What does he have to do with mice?

If you say it has something to do with grave digging and tomb robbery, I would believe it, but if it has something to do with Lu Ban, who are you kidding?"

"Hey, haven't you heard of it? Today we're going to dig and talk at the same time. Just listen to me and I'll tell you in detail so that you can broaden your horizons."

Shuanzhu: "Okay, I'll listen to your nonsense!"

Little Stone loves to listen to stories, and hurriedly urged: "Sister Zhao Zhao, I love to listen to them, hurry up and make up a story!"

Han Zhaozhao was speechless. Who made that up? Pointing at the rat hole that was gradually getting deeper, he explained to them, "Look at the structure inside the nest. Rats are natural architects!

Look, this is the mouse's bedroom, oh, that is, the room where they sleep. Dig to the side, yes, yes, slowly, slowly, we will soon reach the granary!"

"Huh? It's true! This pit is very big, and it's filled with corn husks, hay, and feathers. It's quite comfortable, and it's really a nest for sleeping!

Where is the food? Where is it hidden? There must be some food, right? "

Little Stone was so surprised that he actually reached out and took out several handfuls of hay, corn husks and other soft grasses from the hole.

Shuanzhu also got excited: "There really is a room specifically for sleeping? This mouse is more careful than me. I even sleep in the kitchen!"

"That's right! Rats are very good at planning and building their own homes. A rat hole has all the functions, at least it has three bedrooms, a living room and a bathroom.

Moreover, they are very smart and will leave at least two or three escape routes for themselves, so even if a weasel comes, it will not be able to catch them. "

Han Zhaozhao searched carefully within a two-meter radius around him and called Xiao Shitou to go and see, "Look, this hole and this hole are both the eyes of the rat, which are also the safe doors for escape."

Unexpectedly, Little Stone was not happy after reading it. Instead, he stared at her with resentment: "Since you knew that the mouse would escape from here, why didn't you tell us just now?

The mouse must have escaped from here now. We were trying to catch it and eat it, but now it’s all over!”

Han Zhaozhao pretended to regret: "I forgot about this!"

Little Stone looked at her suspiciously: "You didn't do this on purpose?"

Han Zhaozhao smiled awkwardly: The answer is correct, but there is no reward!

Shuanzhu was waiting to hear what happened next, "Let her run away, girls are mostly afraid of mice. It's already great that Zhaozhao can help find the mouse hole, do you still want her to eat mouse meat?

Zhao Zhao, please continue, the story about the mouse is quite interesting!"

"Okay, let's move on!" Han Zhaozhao stuffed another branch along the passage and directed them to tie it up and dig inside.

"Be careful, next, we should dig up the rat's granary!"

Sure enough, after a few scoops of the pickaxe, as Han Zhaozhao and Xiao Shitou shoveled out the dirt and compacted the ground, some soybean grains began to appear in the passage.

"Soybeans! Oh my god, there really is food! Look, this mouse is so cunning, the soybeans it stole are all plump, not even a single rotten or shrunken one!"

Shuanzhu was so excited that he dug and dug, working very hard.