The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

Little Cheng Yu sat in the basket, looking around curiously with his round eyes.

Not far away, her brothers kept throwing flowers into the basket, and the colorful flowers fell on her and around her, like a gorgeous rain of flowers.

She looked at everyone with a smile, her little face full of innocent smiles. She sat there like a cute little flower fairy, making people unable to help but love her.

Suddenly, little Cheng Yu's attention was attracted by something next to him.

That was the kettle that the adults in the family drank from, and it was now on the table. She blinked, looking at the kettle, and an urge to put the spiritual spring water into the kettle surged in her heart.

Action speaks louder than words, so she climbed out of the basket carefully and reached for the kettle stealthily.

Little Cheng Yu stretched out his little hand, gently lifted the wooden lid, and looked into the pot.

There was only half a pot of clear water in it, the surface of the water was as calm as a mirror, reflecting her big eyes. Her eyes were shining, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, revealing a naughty smile.

Then, she wiped her hands and carefully placed her chubby little hands on the mouth of the bottle. The spiritual spring water flowed down her chubby fingers and dripped five or six drops into the pot. Then, she quickly wiped her hands, fearing that she would be discovered.

Just as little Cheng Yu was about to put the lid back on, a voice suddenly came: "Sister, it's not finished yet!" She was startled, her hands shook, and she almost dropped the lid on the ground.

She looked in the direction of the voice and saw Xiao Ba walking towards her slowly, mumbling something, but his pronunciation was not clear.

He widened his eyes and pointed at the lid in Xiao Chengyu's hand, seeming dissatisfied with her behavior just now.

Little Chengyu's heart was pounding. She knew that her actions just now might have been discovered by Xiaoba, who thought she was playing with the water that the adults drank.

She gripped the lid tightly, trying to hide her nervousness.

However, Xiao Ba had already walked up to her, pointing at the lid with his chubby hands and mumbling something.

Little Cheng Yu was so scared that he quickly closed the lid, hoping to get away with it, and then put his hands behind his back.

But Xiao Ba refused to give in and insisted on seeing what she was holding in her hand.

"You are the one playing, I am adding delicious food for the family!" Cheng Yu looked at his grandparents and parents who were looking over here, and deliberately said in his heart.

Old Madam Cheng heard Cheng Yu's thoughts and saw Xiao Ba struggling to open the lid of the kettle. Fearing that he would spill the water, she stopped him and said, "Xiao Ba, stop it. I'll ask your second aunt to do it. My sister may be thirsty. Second wife, get some water for Xiao Nannan to drink."

Zhao Yunniang put down the small hoe in her hand with a smile, walked quickly forward, took out a clean bowl, poured some water, fed it to Xiao Ba first, and then to Xiao Chengyu.

As Cheng Yu drank the water, he thought silently, "I just added spiritual spring water to the water, but I don't know if it will work."

Looking at the remaining water, there was still more than half a bowl left, Zhao Yunniang was reluctant to waste it, so she lifted the bowl and took a sip.

However, after drinking the water, Zhao Yunniang suddenly felt something strange. How could the water be so sweet and delicious? She widened her eyes, her heart filled with confusion and surprise.

She stared at the water in the bowl, her eyes flickering with reluctance. She really couldn't bear to pour out this precious water, so she raised the bowl and drank all the remaining water in one breath.

After drinking the water, Zhao Yunniang felt extremely relaxed, as if all her fatigue had disappeared.

She couldn't help but wonder if she was hallucinating because she was too tired, but the feeling of comfort was so real that she had to believe that Xiao Nannan had indeed added the thing called spiritual spring water into the water.

On the other hand, looking at her mother's increasingly surprised eyes and increasingly energetic appearance, little Cheng Yu smiled secretly in her heart, it turns out that the spiritual spring water can really relieve people's fatigue, she can help in the future, everyone can drink some together, and use some for cooking... Well, it has many uses.

After Zhao Yunniang fed the two children, she called the older ones over and poured some for them. After they finished drinking, they went to dig wild vegetables and pick chestnuts.

The Cheng family happily walked deeper into the cave, planning to chop more firewood for future use, as the winter here is too cold.

Cheng Yu saw some ginseng and Polygonum multiflorum again. She quickly put them into the space, and Xiao Ou happily planted them beside the spiritual spring.

With a "bang", the bamboo basket that little Cheng Yu was in was knocked over. What hit the bamboo basket was a big gray wild rabbit. At this moment, it was already dizzy, but it was still fluttering on the ground.

Seeing this, Xiaowu quickly came over and caught it. Xiaoliu saw that the rabbit was a little big and that Fifth Brother had a hard time catching it, so he immediately stepped forward to help.

Several brothers worked together to tie it up. Mr. Cheng did not come forward to help, but just stood happily outside to prevent the hare from escaping.

Cheng Yu looked at the big wild rabbit and felt secretly delighted. It was a rare delicacy!

She thought that she must ask her grandmother to make braised rabbit meat in the evening so that the whole family could enjoy this sumptuous dinner together and she could also smell the aroma.

Xiao Wu hugged the big rabbit and smiled happily: "Haha, we have meat to eat tonight!"

Xiaoliu clapped his hands excitedly: "Great, we caught such a big rabbit. Oh no, my sister actually knocked this big rabbit unconscious. That's amazing!"

Old Mrs. Cheng looked at everyone, quickly straightened the bamboo basket, checked Cheng Yu to see if he was injured, and found that Cheng Yu was not injured at all. Then she put Cheng Yu into the basket, and Cheng Yu also laughed with everyone, with a happy smile on his face.

The adults of the Cheng family also felt extremely satisfied when looking at the children's smiles.

Although the Cheng family is not rich, the harmony and happiness of the family together is priceless.

"This rabbit is coming for our daughter. Oh, daughter, from now on, your aunt will eat and drink meat with our good little daughter!" Li Huaxiang said with a smile, the smile on her face almost reaching her ears.

Boss Cheng said, "It's drinking and eating meat!"

"Who cares? As long as there's meat to eat!" Li Huaxiang said to Boss Cheng with a smile, without a trace of embarrassment on her face.

"That's right, little girl, you are really our lucky star! Ever since little girl came, we have never lacked food. We are so lucky." Lin Pan'er also echoed. She was also smiling. Seeing her own little baby, whose frail body had gained weight, she couldn't help feeling happy.

After hearing what the two said, Cheng Yu was speechless. She thought silently in her heart: "You are lying with your eyes open, right? It was obviously the rabbit that bumped into me by itself. What does it have to do with me?"

Old Mrs. Cheng was very satisfied to see that her two daughters-in-law were so good at speaking, and gave them an appreciative look.

Then she heard what her little daughter said and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hahaha, my dear granddaughter, this rabbit must be attracted by you. It must think you are cute, so it came here on its own initiative." Old Mrs. Cheng explained with a smile.

Cheng Yu sighed helplessly, thinking to herself: "Okay, since you all said so, then I can only accept this fact." Her chubby little face showed a helpless expression, and then she lay back, spreading her two little hands casually, and her cute little appearance made everyone laugh.

Cheng Yu decided not to dwell on this matter anymore. After all, for a rich man, being able to eat delicious braised rabbit meat is more important than anything else.

She also became happy with everyone else and looked forward to the delicious food in the evening. Although she was too young to eat it now, it would be nice to smell it.

Everyone immediately became busy again. Some men went to collect firewood, some went to chop dead wood; the women went to pick mushrooms, dig wild vegetables and pick chestnuts.

Xiao Ba ran happily and put many beautiful flowers into Cheng Yu's basket, occasionally picking up one or two chestnuts and throwing them in.

Cheng Yu looked at her starling helplessly and thought, "Is he trying to turn my basket into a treasure chest?" So she leaned lazily on the quilt again, with her hands resting outside the bamboo basket.

Suddenly, Cheng Yu felt the bamboo basket vibrate violently. She looked at the pheasant that was flying towards her in confusion.

She was speechless and could only quickly call out to her grandmother in her heart: "Grandma, help!"

Old Mrs. Cheng was sorting the herbs in the basket with her head down when she suddenly heard a childish voice calling out "Grandma, help!" She subconsciously looked up, but was so frightened by the scene in front of her that her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

I saw a colorful pheasant flying straight towards my granddaughter, flapping its wings vigorously as if it wanted to knock her to the ground.

"Ouch!" Old Mrs. Cheng couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise. Without thinking, she immediately dropped what she was holding, picked up a stick beside her, and rushed towards the pheasant aggressively.

"I'm going to beat you to death, you flat-haired beast! You want to hurt my precious granddaughter..." She cursed while raising the wooden stick in her hand high, ready to give the pheasant a fatal blow.

However, just as she was about to swing the stick, the pheasant suddenly stopped moving, as if it had been fixed by a spell, and stood there motionless.

Old Mrs. Cheng was stunned for a moment, but she reacted quickly and hit the pheasant on the head with a stick without hesitation.

There was a dull "bang" sound, and the pheasant fell to the ground instantly, twitched a few times and then became motionless.

"Wow! Grandma is so great!" Cheng Yu clapped his hands and cheered, his eyes shining with admiration.

Seeing her granddaughter's happy expression, Old Lady Cheng also laughed: "Haha, don't be afraid, grandma is here!"

At this time, other members of the Cheng family also rushed over after hearing the noise. Seeing the pheasant on the ground and the grandparents and grandchildren smiling happily, they couldn't help but exclaimed: "This is really amazing! How come our daughter is so popular with small animals?"

Old Mrs. Cheng smiled and patted her granddaughter's head: "Yes, my daughter is like a fairy from heaven. Even small animals want to get close to her!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, and became more and more fond of this cute and smart little girl.

That afternoon, the Cheng family was extremely busy, and everyone carried baskets of chestnuts down the mountain.

On the way back, they met many villagers. Seeing the Cheng family carrying baskets full of chestnuts, they couldn't help but laugh at them, saying, "The Cheng family is so stupid that they actually picked up inedible wild fruits and brought them home."

When the Cheng family heard this, they felt a little uncomfortable, but they still smiled and responded, "Our daughter likes it. We picked these up to make her happy."

"It's just a money-losing commodity, but your Cheng family treats it as a treasure!" said an old lady with a mean look.

"Fan Pandi! Keep your mouth clean, or I won't mind pulling out all your teeth one by one. If you don't want a mouth like this, then forget it!!" Old Mrs. Cheng heard this from afar and immediately said loudly to the person who said it.

When the person who was talking heard this, he ran away immediately, and the crowd dispersed. Are you kidding me? The old woman of the Cheng family is famous for doing what she says. She looks easy to talk to, but once someone provokes her, she can peel off a layer of skin from that person.

When Cheng Yu went down the mountain, he was sitting in his mother Zhao Yunniang's backpack, his small body curled up like a well-behaved kitten.

Next to her was Old Lady Cheng, in front of her were Aunt Cheng and Third Aunt Cheng, and in the front were the fifth, sixth and seventh children. At this moment, three generations of grandparents and grandchildren appeared together in front of everyone, making the rest of the people envious when they saw them.

Cheng Yu's eyes were shining, and he was silently muttering about chestnut roast chicken, braised rabbit meat, boiled chestnuts, and fried chestnuts.

She imagined the taste of chestnut roast chicken, as if she could already smell the rich aroma. As she thought about it, she repeated the method of roasting chestnut chicken in her mind...

Old Mrs. Cheng and Cheng's mother were the ones who could hear Cheng Yu's inner thoughts. The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing out loud.

They knew that little Cheng Yu was greedy again. Old Mrs. Cheng leaned over and teased Cheng Yu, who was sitting in the basket, with a smile: "Nannan, are you greedy again?"

Cheng Yu sat in the backpack and babbled in response to Old Lady Cheng. His little appearance made the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law feel soft-hearted.

As night fell, the aroma of food wafted from the Cheng family's courtyard.

The boys from the Cheng family didn't go out to play, but stood at the door and watched their grandmother and their mother/aunt/sister-in-law cook.

Today, the Cheng family’s staple food is the fragrant Erhezi steamed buns, which are emitting an enticing wheat aroma.

The main course was delicious chestnut stewed pheasant, the chicken was tender and juicy, the chestnuts were sweet and delicious. In addition, each child had a spoonful of steamed egg as a snack to make them eat more happily.

The family sat together and began to enjoy a sumptuous dinner. Xiao Ba picked up a piece of two-piece steamed bun, took a big bite, and chewed it with satisfaction. Then, he grabbed a piece of pheasant meat, put it in his mouth, and tasted it carefully. The wonderful taste intoxicated him so much that he couldn't help but close his eyes and feel the taste of happiness.

“Look, this delicious food has made Xiao Ba drunk!” Old Mrs. Cheng looked at Xiao Ba with narrowed eyes and immediately asked everyone to look over.

"Hahaha……"

"Hahaha…"

When Xiao Ba saw so many people staring at him and laughing, he immediately said, "Eat...it's delicious..." while drooling as he spoke. He handed the spoon to his mother and asked everyone to eat quickly.

"Hahaha, eat, Xiaoba, eat quickly, we have all," Old Mrs. Cheng looked at the cute Xiaoba, raised the chicken in her hand, and said happily.

This afternoon's harvest was really good, three big wild roosters, two little hens, and a nest of pheasant eggs.

But when Old Mrs. Cheng heard her daughter say that she wanted to keep the eggs for hatching, she didn't move. Because of Cheng Yu, they had no shortage of eggs to eat in the past few months, and they were now being hatched by the mother hen in the chicken coop.

When Xiao Ba heard his grandmother say that everyone had food, he stood up and made sure that everyone had chicken before he sat down and showed off his meal.

"You are such a smart kid, you are the one who worries the most." Seeing Xiao Ba being so sensible, Lin Pan'er was very pleased and couldn't help pinching his little face. Then she took out a handkerchief (a piece of cloth) and wiped her son's saliva before eating with peace of mind.

The family sat around the table, happily eating delicious chicken and braised rabbit, and their laughter echoed throughout the house.