Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

Shuanzhu was so excited that he started digging and digging. His hands and feet were as nimble as if they were equipped with motors, and he worked very hard.

"That's, you don't know, it is said that mice evolved 2300 million years earlier than humans."

"What is evolution? Just talking? I've never heard of mice talking. You're not talking about Gray Immortal, are you?

I have heard of this. Legend has it that Gray Immortal is very powerful and has the ability to bring good luck, increase fortune and change luck.

They can also move money, set up confusing formations, and have many children and grandchildren. In some places, the Gray Immortal is revered as a warehouse god! They are the best at storing food."

How did he end up talking about feudal superstition while telling a story? Han Zhaozhao quickly stopped him, "Chairman Mao said that spirits were not allowed to be created after the founding of the People's Republic of China!

Don't follow the old ladies in their feudal superstitions. The government doesn't allow it now, so don't say anything nonsense in the future! If this happened in the city, you would be criticized and paraded through the streets if you were reported."

Little Stone nodded, "Yes, we should not be superstitious. In my grandmother's village, there was also a person who paraded through the streets with a pair of old shoes hanging on his back. The whole village went to watch the fun. It was really embarrassing for our ancestors!"

Shuanzhu interrupted and said, "That's not feudal superstition, that's just cheating on someone else. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense."

Cough, cough, cough, why do these two kids always go off topic when talking?

Han Zhaozhao pretended not to understand and brought the topic back on track. "Let me tell you about the three-bedroom, one-living-room, one-bathroom life of mice. Continuing from the last time, mice came first, and humans came 2300 million years later.

At that time, humans were still climbing trees to pick peaches like monkeys, but mice had already evolved for 2300 million years.

Look here, are there five holes? One, two... five. Based on my many years of experience in digging rat holes, this hole must be a granary, full of soybeans.

The mice are very careful. They distinguish things very clearly. They only pack soybeans and won't mix other grains together. There must be another layer of granary underneath.

This field is corn, so the lower granary must be corn kernels!"

"Oh my, it's true, this nest is full of soybeans, not a single other grain!" Little Stone exclaimed in surprise while digging out the soybeans with his hands.

Three people used spoons to scoop out a large winnowing basket, which contained more than 20 kilograms of soybeans, before they finally cleaned out the upper granary.

Then we continued digging about twenty centimeters deeper, and the second granary appeared in front of us.

Shuanzhu was even more excited when he saw the yellow corn kernels, "Hahaha, there really is a second floor! Why do I feel like this granary has more grain than the one above?

Hehe, it looks like we are going to get rich today! This food is enough for the whole family to eat for half a month."

As expected, Shuanzhu was not disappointed. From the second granary, they took out eighty to ninety kilograms of corn kernels. Each one was plump and clean, more uniform and cleaner than those picked by hand.

They only brought one sack, so they had to mix the soybeans and corn together and pack them together. At last they took a look and found that half of the sack was filled!

Little Stone was still not giving up, and was still digging with a pickaxe, "There are only three houses, how can there be three bedrooms, a living room and a bathroom?"

"Stop digging. Dig down from the sleeping room. There's another sleeping room on the second floor. On the other side, if you dig further, you'll find the bathroom, which is where you pee. Why are you digging it out? It stinks!"

Shuanzhu also came over curiously and was determined to dig it open completely to verify whether what Han Zhaozhao said was true.

He exclaimed, "Oh my god, it smells really bad. Is this rat shit? It's quite big, look, like peanuts. The rats in this nest must be big and fat. It's a pity to let them escape!"

Han Zhaozhao was disgusted when he saw a few grains of rat droppings in his hand and observed them carefully.

"Isn't it dirty? Why are you holding it with your hands? Throw it away quickly. What's so good about rat shit? Shouldn't we go home?"

Shuanzhu rubbed a handful of new soil, which was considered washing his hands, and looked up at the sky, saying: "It's only eleven o'clock now, and there are people coming and going in the village. We can't go home like this.

If people find out that we took out so much food, they will definitely ask us to hand it over to the canteen.

Let's find a place to hide the sacks first, and then carry them home after dark."

After discussing it, the three of them dug a hole on the spot and buried the sacks.

It was still early and there was nothing to do at home, so the three of them unanimously decided to dig another rat hole.

"The more I dig out this thing, the more addictive it becomes!" They found a new target in a peanut field not far away and continued to work hard.

Han Zhaozhao and Xiao Shitou took turns shoveling the soil out. All three of them felt hungry.

He tied the pickaxe and swung it, making a whirring sound, hoping to dig out peanuts from the hole.

"There must be peanuts. Once we dig them up, the three of us will eat our fill first, and we can take the rest home."

Little Stone nodded repeatedly, "It's a pity that we didn't bring matches, otherwise we could have dug out some peanuts and roasted them, it would have been so delicious!"

Shuanzhu: "If there is fire, soybeans and corn kernels are also delicious when roasted!"

"Yes, yes. With fire, you can burn anything to eat. Burn corn cobs, sweet potatoes, potatoes, grasshoppers, katydids, mice, sparrows, and worms..."

Han Zhaozhao lowered his head to work, listening to the two of them talking about barbecue hodgepodge. Oh! Rural children are so happy, because everything can be grilled!

The two of them became happier as they talked, and Little Shitou was drooling with greed!

With Han Zhaozhao as technical guidance, they gave up digging the rat's bedroom and bathroom this time and went straight to the rat's granary.

This way of doing things was much more efficient. Half an hour later, the three of them had dug a half-meter deep pit and found three granaries, harvesting 15 or 16 kilograms of shelled peanuts, over 40 kilograms of soybeans, and more than 30 kilograms of sorghum.

The total amount of grain harvested was not as much as that from the first rat hole, but the variety was richer.

"Oh, there's also sorghum rice! By the way, the field below was planted with sorghum last year.

This nest of mice is really capable. They have everything in their nest that is around them, and they have quite a variety of species!"

Shuanzhu admired these mice very much, "Last year, we humans didn't harvest and store much food, the people above were busy with this and that, and there was a lot of food in the fields.

In terms of living, we are really not as good as mice. We are all hungry, but look at the mice’s granary, which is so full that it is bursting.”

After digging out the peanuts, the three of them picked out those with intact shells, gathered some weeds and spread them on the ground, then sat down and started to eat them with a crunch.

"Let's continue tomorrow. I'll steal a box of matches and take out some food and we'll cook it." Shuanzue was chewing peanuts, feeling a little dissatisfied.

"Yes, if you eat too much raw food, you might get diarrhea. It tastes better when cooked."

Han Zhaozhao interrupted their sweet dreams and said, "I will be returning to the capital tomorrow afternoon. From now on, you two should act together!"

Shuanzhu was looking at a pile of food with a silly smile on his face, but he became unhappy when he heard these words.

"It's not easy to come all the way here, why don't you stay a few more days? Let's take advantage of the good weather and dig a few more rat holes!"

Han Zhaozhao: I said I can't be moved. It's not that I can't bear to part with her, it's that I can't bear to see her go away. There's no one to help them find the rat hole!