After the separation, I took my whole family to eat delicious food and drink spicy

The autumn breeze brought a refreshing coolness. That morning, the sun shone through the sparse clouds and sprinkled into the Li family's courtyard, adding a bit of warmth to this quiet morning.

Li Xiaoxiao was preparing things for going up the mountain in the yard. Li Fang and Li Linlin also begged to go with her, so Li Xiaoxiao had no choice but to take them with her.

Along the way, several people were talking and laughing as they walked in the mountains. It is said that you can make a living from the mountain, and it seems to be true. In the future, I must find more time to go to the mountains to see if I can find other ways to make money. After all, the bamboo shoots are almost ripe.

Li Xiaoxiao walked to the place where he had picked bamboo shoots before, but there were not many edible bamboo shoots left. Li Xiaoxiao walked around and looked around before picking a handful.

Suddenly, the sound of hurried footsteps interrupted her thoughts. She saw her younger brother Li Fang running towards her excitedly, holding a few thin branches tightly in his hands, with excitement shining in his eyes.

"Sister, sister! Come here quickly, I found something good!" Li Fang shouted breathlessly, his face filled with the innocence and joy unique to children.

Li Xiaoxiao put down the bamboo shoots in her hand and looked at her brother with a smile, curious about what he had found. "Oh? What's so exciting?" she asked as she stood up and followed Li Fang towards the other side of the mountain.

After passing through a small forest, Li Fang stopped at a weedy clearing where Li Linlin was waiting. He pointed to a patch of grass not far ahead and said in a low voice, "Sister, look over there! There are signs of rabbits. I just saw a little rabbit grazing there! It's a pity that Lin'er and I accidentally scared it away."

Li Xiaoxiao's heart was stirred when he heard this. Rabbit meat is not only delicious but also nutritious, a rare delicacy. If he could catch a few, it would not only improve his family's diet but also bring in some extra income. With this thought, Li Xiaoxiao shushed the two of them, picked up a branch, and began searching around.

As expected, Li Xiaoxiao soon found a rabbit hole next to the grass. She squatted down and carefully observed the hole. The hole was covered with fine grass debris and paw prints left by rabbits entering and exiting. It was obviously a well-used hole. She thought to herself, since she found this rabbit hole, there must be another hole nearby.

"Fang'er, Linlin, come here." Li Xiaoxiao called her younger brother and sister softly. The two of them immediately gathered around her and looked at her with curiosity.

"Look, this is a rabbit hole. We need to find a way to catch these rabbits," Li Xiaoxiao explained, her eyes gleaming with wisdom. They both examined the hole curiously, while Li Xiaoxiao considered the methods she knew to catch rabbits. Setting a trap? It seems I'm not very good at it. I got it. When I read novels in modern times, the heroines seemed to use smoke to catch rabbits. Perhaps I could give that a try.

"Fang'er, Lin'er, you guys put the bamboo basket on the entrance of the cave first. I'll go home and get some things to see if I can catch these little guys." After Li Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she ran towards home.

After returning home, Li Xiaoxiao went to the kitchen to get a tinder and ran away. Bai, who was still mending shoe soles in the room, wanted to ask what happened so urgently, but before she could ask, the person disappeared.

Li Xiaoxiao ran back to the mountain as fast as she could. Seeing that Li Fang and Li Lin were still holding the bamboo basket tightly, Li Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief.

She picked up the branch and started searching near the cave entrance again. Li Fang asked curiously, "Sister, what are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for another rabbit hole." While she was speaking, she had already found it next to a big tree.

"Fang'er, Lin'er, you two have to hold on tight. I'm going to smoke them over here, and the rabbits will probably squeeze out from your side."

"Sister, don't worry, we will definitely not let the rabbit run away." Li Fang promised.

After Li Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she went back and cut a handful of dry straw, picked a few fresh branches, mixed them together, lit them with a tinder, and stuffed them into the rabbit hole. After a while, a thick smoke came out of the hole, which made Li Xiaoxiao cry.

After waiting for a while, the sounds of rabbits began to echo from the hole near Li Fang and Li Linlin's side. Li Xiaoxiao hurried over to help hold down the bamboo basket until she felt no more rabbits were coming out. Then, with a powerful push, she lifted the basket up and, looking closely, saw she had indeed caught rabbits—quite a few. She counted them, and there were two large ones and three small ones. It seemed all five members of the family were there.

"I caught it! I caught it! Sister, you are so awesome." Li Fang and Li Linlin cheered excitedly, their faces filled with the joy of success.

Li Xiaoxiao also showed a satisfied smile. She directly pulled a handful of straw from the side and tied up the rabbit legs, then stuffed them all into the bamboo basket. "Let's go home. Sister will make delicious food for you at noon."

Li Fang and Li Linlin happily followed Li Xiaoxiao. When passing by the bamboo forest, Li Xiaoxiao picked up a handful of bamboo shoots he had just picked, and the three of them went home.

As soon as he reached the door of his house, Li Fang called out loudly, "Mom, Mom, come out quickly and see what we caught."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Bai put down her needlework and walked out of the yard. "Oh, so many rabbits, how did you catch them?" Mrs. Bai asked happily.

"Mom, it was my sister who caught it, and we also helped." Li Linlin said, looking up.

Mrs. Bai patted Li Linlin's head and said, "Our Lin'er is amazing." Li Linlin was so happy. Li Fang was also telling Mrs. Bai about the process of catching rabbits, which made Mrs. Bai startled.

"Mom, the cabbages at home should be ready to eat. How about we pick some and stir-fry them for lunch?" Li Xiaoxiao said to Mrs. Bai.

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"Okay, Mom will go pick some right away."

"Mom, let me go. You take care of the rabbit. We'll make braised rabbit meat later. I want to take the rest to Xiangmanlou in the afternoon to see if I can sell it." Li Xiaoxiao said as she caught a smaller rabbit and handed it to Bai. She really didn't know how to kill a rabbit.

Bai took the rabbits and sent Li Fang to boil water. Li Linlin was sad to hear that the rabbits were to be sold, and wanted Li Xiaoxiao to keep the two smaller ones for her. Li Xiaoxiao thought about it and thought that the restaurant would prefer the older ones, so she agreed.

Then he took the basket to the vegetable garden and picked a handful of green vegetables. Looking at the bean, eggplant and pepper seedlings next to them, they had grown quite tall and would probably bloom and bear fruit soon. Li Xiaoxiao thought about getting some bamboo to support the bean seedlings and the tomatoes as well. It looked like he would be busy again.

After returning home, Mrs. Bai had already steamed the rice and processed the rabbit and cut it into small pieces. Although it was a bit small, the chopped rabbit meat filled a whole large plate.

Li Xiaoxiao asked Li Fang to continue to light the fire while she started to cook. After the pot was heated, Li Xiaoxiao poured the rabbit meat directly into the pot to stir-fry until the moisture was dry. Then she added a small spoonful of lard and ginger slices and stir-fried it. After the aroma came out, Li Xiaoxiao poured a spoonful of boiling water into the pot and simmered it. The seasonings at home were really limited, so Li Xiaoxiao could only do her best to make the rabbit meat taste better.

After simmering on high heat for a while, Li Xiaoxiao estimated that it was almost done. He opened the lid of the pot and the aroma of meat wafted out. Li Fang couldn't help but take a breath, "What a nice smell."

Li Xiaoxiao smiled without saying anything, and stir-fried the rabbit meat a few more times. She put the rabbit meat out of the pot only after the water in the pot dried up. Then she washed the pot and stir-fried some cabbage, and then she could start eating.