The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

"Third brother, what are you doing!"

Li Ziyin watched the rabbit fly into Li Zimao's backpack, and Li Zimao, who looked stupid and didn't react, screamed in shock.

The snow-white rabbit was much bigger and prettier than the one in his basket.

You must do it well.

It was the first time that Lin Xiaoman saw a white rabbit here, and her eyes were attracted to it.

The rabbits we raise at home are all gray, and occasionally there are a few with a little yellowish fur.

In short, it was all dusty. The key point was that even though Lin Jingzhe cleaned the rabbit nest every day, it still smelled strong.

If rabbits couldn't be sold for money, she would never raise them.

But the white-haired rabbit is different. Its mouth is bulging, like a pet rabbit.

Once there is one, there will be two. Not long after, two rabbits ran into Li Zhong's backpack, one with yellow hair and the other with white hair.

The white rabbit is very small, it looks to be only over two months old, a tiny ball.

After more than half an hour, no more rabbits ran out of the rabbit hole, so the group stopped.

Lin Xiaoman counted them and found there were thirteen, including two with white hair, one big and one small.

Seeing that his granddaughter was looking at the white rabbit, Li Zhong decided to put the smaller one into Lin Jingzhe's backpack: "Xiaoman likes white rabbits, take it."

The brothers had no objection and thought that Xiaoman was lucky to find the rabbit.

In fact, Li Shi only took everyone to wander around the mountains behind the village and never went into the deep mountains.

The hunting activities organized by Shadi Village for young and middle-aged people require them to climb over at least seven or eight hills to find larger wild animals. Even rabbits, pheasants and the like are mostly found on remote and sparsely populated hills.

"Jingzhe, we can raise rabbits like you in the future." Li Zian smiled.

He had heard his father talk about Jingzhe raising rabbits in the yard more than once, and he had also heard his third uncle talk about the interesting story of building nests for the rabbits.

The most important thing is that he knew that rabbits can give birth to one litter after another.

In the past, the rabbits caught by his father and three uncles were basically those that had fallen into traps and were dying, or had been killed by inferior iron arrows.

They were reluctant to eat it themselves and had to take it to the town to exchange it for money overnight.

The last time he heard his father say that a fat rabbit could be sold for a hundred copper coins, he had the idea of ​​raising rabbits.

Unfortunately, he went up the mountain to catch rabbits without telling his family and younger brothers. He went to several hills but failed to catch any. However, Black Ears picked rabbits one after another.

During those days, his mother cried in front of him every day and said sorry to him in every word.

It’s because his family is poor that he couldn’t get married.

He said that he couldn't afford the bride price the girl wanted and that his family was a burden to him.

Later he found out that his mother had misunderstood him and thought he wanted to earn money to marry a wife, so she ordered her younger brothers to go to the mountains to pick black ears so that they could save the rest of the food at home and sell it.

A misunderstanding made him realize the doubts in the hearts of his parents and several uncles and aunts: their family was really too poor.

Just because he is not serious about getting married doesn't mean his brothers are not serious either.

The second disciple Feng and the girl from the neighboring uncle Zhang Guaizi fell in love with each other, but Uncle Zhang Guaizi's family wanted a dowry of five taels of silver.

These words stumped my uncle and aunt.

At the beginning, the girl he was dating asked for a dowry of three taels of silver, but his family couldn't afford it, so the marriage fell through.

I couldn't even come up with three taels of silver, let alone five taels.

Even if we take a step back and agree to pay five taels of silver as a betrothal gift this time, what will happen in the future?

There are six younger brothers in the family.

Even if the family didn't eat or drink, they couldn't come up with so much money.

Grandpa’s hair turned white with worry, and he squatted at the door of the main room every day.

Whenever you have time, go for a walk up the mountain and take a look at the fields.

Ever since they learned that black ears were edible, his mother and three aunts either went to the fields or went up the mountains.

But black ears can only be eaten by oneself and cannot be sold for money.

Now that they have so many rabbits, he will definitely provide his cousin with good food and drink and learn from him how to raise rabbits. If they raise the rabbits well, the family will have endless rabbit meat to sell in the future.

Li Zian was immersed in his own fantasy.

With a "crack", Li Zian stepped on a dry twig and slipped, sliding into the ravine.

There were two rabbits in the basket in his arms. In order to protect the rabbits, he held the basket with one hand and grabbed the branches of the bushes beside him with the other hand.

Li Shi was startled and quickly grabbed his nephew.

Lin Dajiang was behind Li Shi. He hurried forward, grabbed Li Zian's arm, and pulled him up together with Li Zhong who had arrived later.

Li Zhong glared and scolded Li Zian harshly.

Li Zian didn't feel embarrassed when being scolded in front of his younger brothers and sisters.

His face flushed, and he said sheepishly: "Master, I will be more careful next time."

Li Zhong was furious: "There will be a next time? If there is a next time, I will ask your father to break your legs first, so that you don't have to go up the mountain to hurt yourself. It's ok if you fall to death, but if you are half dead, will your father and mother take care of you for the rest of your life? Or do you plan to let Zimao take care of you for the rest of your life?"

"Grandpa!" Li Zian lowered his head. He felt a little scared after being scolded by his grandfather.

"Don't call me grandpa! I don't know what you are thinking, but rabbits are more important than people. Don't make a fuss about what happened next..."

Lin Dajiang: "Dad, you are putting the cart before the horse."

Li Zhong said: "Yes, that's putting the cart before the horse. You little brat, think about it carefully, and you too!"

Li Zhong changed the subject and said to his grandsons who were almost as tall as him, "You guys, pay attention too. Don't think I don't know that you secretly went to the mountains to catch rabbits. If you do it again, bring your father along."

Li Shi took the opportunity to teach his son a lesson: "Yinzi, did you hear what your grandfather said? If you run into the mountains alone again, I will break your dog legs."

Li Ziyan was scolded by his father for no reason. He hummed and ran to Lin Jingzhe.

He needs to stay away from his father.

Don't get scolded for no reason.

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The crowd split into two groups, one group went down the mountain in a mighty procession, and the other group returned to the village from another path.

The people who came down the mountain in a large group carried wild vegetables in their baskets.

The basket in the backpack that I carried back secretly along the path contained the precious rabbit I had caught.

This idea was proposed by Lin Dajiang.

Every household was poor these days, especially in Shadi Village.

I don’t know why, but almost every household has more boys than girls.

They were born one after another, popping up like weeds.

What to do if the house is not big enough?

There is no other choice but to let the men in the family go out and become sons-in-law.

You can get some dowry when you marry your daughter, but if your son becomes a son-in-law, you will get nothing, and it means you have raised a son in vain.

But there was no other way. The sons could not afford to spend enough money to marry wives, so they could only keep the eldest and the youngest. The one or two unpopular ones in the middle would either go to other villages to marry or sell themselves.

Everyone in the village is poor together, so everyone is happy.

But if one day someone suddenly lives better than other families, that won’t be okay.

We are all still struggling in poverty, why should you be able to live a comfortable life?

But what if this person can make everyone rich?

Oh, that’s different again!

The Li family is large, so they built a simple rabbit hive in the chicken coop using wood.

Lin Jingzhe told Li Zian about his method of raising rabbits by raising them with bamboo strips, which prompted Li Zian to immediately call his younger brothers to get busy.

Zhang and her four daughters-in-law were busy in the kitchen. Li Taohua couldn't help much and was asked to leave by her eldest sister-in-law.

"Taohua, you haven't finished your housework yet. I can't let you work again when you go back to your parents' home. Go and take a rest." Li Shan's wife said with a smile, "Look, those brats are fiddling with something again."

Li Taohua couldn't resist her sister-in-law's enthusiasm and said with a smile: "Boys are all very active. Jingzhe is not much better at home. He is always looking around here and there. He is a scoundrel."

"It would be great if my two boys were half as smart as Jingzhe, but they are just two stupid boys, just like their dad."

Li Taohua didn't even think about it, "Big brother is steady and reliable, how great. I think Zi'an and Zimao are both good kids, and they are filial to you."

"Yes, these boys in our family are all filial children, but unfortunately our family is too poor, so they have been delayed. Zi'an is already twenty years old, and I, as a mother, feel so worried. When the head of the family was twenty years old, Zi'an could run and jump."

"Sister-in-law, Zi'an and his friends caught a lot of rabbits today. We can raise them and sell them. We won't have to worry about not having income." Li Taohua advised.

She also felt sorry for her eldest nephew. She was not married when Zi'an was born, and she raised Zi'an by herself until he was three or four years old. He was almost like a half son to her.

"That's why mother said last time that Xiaoman was a blessed child. I didn't expect that she would even bring up her grandparents' family." Li Shan's wife spoke one nice word after another.

In addition to the income for the family in the past two months, we also picked a lot of black ears, dried them and stored in the warehouse.

Li Shan's wife talked about Zi'an, then Xiaoman, and then about girls of the right age. Her words were all about asking Li Taohua to help Li Zi'an pay more attention.

Li Taohua agreed readily.

If Jingzhe is still not married by the time he is twenty, she would probably be more anxious than her elder sister-in-law.

"It's done, it's done. Jingzhe, how did you come up with this idea? It's amazing."

There was a cheer in the yard and everyone surrounded Lin Jingzhe.

"Jingzhe, how did you come up with this idea? We are older than you but not as smart as you."

Lin Jingzhe felt embarrassed by the praise, so he slipped away and sat next to Lin Dajiang and Li Zhong.

Lunch consisted of white flour pancakes, served with cold-mixed purslane and black ears, and a stewed old hen.

Li Zining, the youngest in the Li family, was eating the chicken with gusto. After he finished, he wanted to eat more, but was slapped on the hand and was not allowed to eat.

An old hen that can lay eggs is eaten by more than ten people, and it is gone in just a few bites by each person.

You can see that the eyes of the younger ones are shining. After they ate one piece, they didn’t even reach out for the second piece.

Lin Xiaoman knew that this was the best food her grandparents could provide.

After lunch, Lin Jingzhe and Li Zian explained the precautions for raising rabbits.

When they arrived, Lin Xiaoman's backpack was full of chicken mushrooms.

There is also a pair of furry snow-white rabbits.

Lin Xiaoman was still savoring the delicious old hen. The chicken soup stewed with chicken mushrooms in her backpack was so delicious that it made her mouth water.

Back in Shanglin Village, the Lin family met Wang Chunxiu.

"Brother and sister-in-law, why aren't you doing business today?"

"Sister-in-law, I took the child back to my mother's house."

Wang Chunxiu saw that they had a lot of purslane in their backpacks and felt envious and jealous: "You only brought back some wild vegetables? Sister-in-law, your family is a hunter, so why didn't they bring back any meat for you?"

Li Taohua hated to see people sowing discord, so she smiled at Wang Chunxiu and pointed at the purslane in the basket, "Sister-in-law, every household is short of food nowadays. My mother asked me to bring back these wild vegetables, which were picked by my sisters-in-law and nephews from the mountains. I originally wanted to give a handful to you, but now it seems that it is unnecessary. You have high standards and look down on these wild vegetables."

Wang Chunxiu immediately regretted it and cursed herself for talking too much.

Otherwise, you can get some wild vegetables for free to satisfy your craving.

Unexpectedly, Li Taohua refused to give in and said in a mocking tone: "My parents packed most of the fresh wild vegetables for me, but I wonder what your family can bring for your sister-in-law?"

Wang Chunxiu felt Li Taohua's naked mockery.

What can her parents bring her?

Not to mention bringing anything, he came with empty hands and when he left he even wanted to take the wild onions with him.

Comparing people to each other is really infuriating.

How did she end up with such a family?

Wang Chunxiu's teeth were itching.

But Li Taohua didn't scold her openly. She could only yell in a sarcastic tone that she had something to do at home and then fled.

"Mom, you are so awesome."

Lin Xiaoman likes Li Taohua's character of never being at a disadvantage.

"Everyone in the village bullies the weak and fears the strong. The softer you are, the more they want to bully you and act wildly." Li Taohua seized the opportunity to educate her daughter: "It's the same when you get married and go to your husband's house. You have to be reasonable with your parents-in-law and sisters-in-law, but you can't let them control you, let alone let them bully you and look down on you. You have to use both soft and hard methods on your husband, make him work with you, and stand on your side in everything..."

ahhh-

Lin Xiaoman really wanted to cover her ears.

My God! She is only twelve years old.

And he is a developmentally retarded twelve year old.

Isn't it too early to tell him this now?

Li Taohua knew when to stop. Xiaoman was still young, so she could teach her personally for a few more years.

After arriving home, Lin Xiaoman was eager to deal with the chicken mushrooms in the basket.

Chicken mushrooms are not easy to preserve after they are removed from the soil, and fresh ones are easy to rot. Lin Xiaoman saved some for cold dishes in the evening, and she planned to dry the rest.

Soak the chicken mushrooms in clean water several times and wash them clean. Spread the small ones directly on the cloth to dry.

For fear that the core of the large ones would rot before they were dried, we cut them into two.

The first thing Lin Jingzhe did when he got home was to go to the backyard to see the rabbits. Lin Guyu also treated the chickens in the back as treasures.

The two of them ran to the backyard at the same time, making Lin Dajiang laugh.

It really feels like a long time since we last met. I'm so worried about you in such a short time.

Li Taohua shared some purslane with the Li family next door, and the Li family picked a handful of beans from the backyard and gave them back to Li Taohua.

There was too much purslane, so she asked Lin Dajiang to send two bunches to the old house.

"When my second brother's wife sees us bringing back so many wild vegetables, they will definitely go back and tell our parents about our faults. Go there and don't let them find faults. It would be bad if they come back and find an excuse to come to our house."

Now we have rabbits and chickens at home, we must be careful not to be discovered by the Lin family who come to visit.

Lin Dajiang rolled two ropes out of hay, sorted out two bunches of purslane, tied them up with the ropes, held one in his left hand and one in his right hand, and swaggered out of the house.

Choose to walk in crowded places.

"Dajiang, where did you pick those wild vegetables? They look quite fresh."

The person asking the questions was Linda's wife, and there were a few women from the village beside her.

Lin Dajiang was so happy that he was worried that others didn't know about it.

"Today Taohua went to her mother's house and brought back a basket of wild vegetables. I saw that there were no fresh vegetables in the fields, so I gave some to my parents and my second brother."

One of the women looked at the fresh wild vegetables with envy: "The wild vegetables in our Shanglin Village are less than those in other villages. It really makes me angry."