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

That afternoon, sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting a dappled pattern of light and shadow. Li Xiaoxiao sat in the shade, teasing the ants on the ground with a stick in her hand.

Suddenly, the chirping of birds caught her attention. Looking up, she saw a group of sparrows happily jumping on the branches not far away, occasionally swooping down to peck at insects and grains on the ground.

"If we can catch a few sparrows, we can also improve the family's food." An impulse surged in Li Xiaoxiao's heart. She turned to look at her younger brothers and sisters who were playing nearby, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "Fang'er, Linlin, let's go catch sparrows!"

Upon hearing this, Li Fang and Li Linlin perked up and ran over to Li Xiaoxiao. "Great, great! Sister, can you catch sparrows?" Li Fang asked curiously. When Li Shan was around, he'd taken Li Fang to catch sparrows before, but he hadn't managed to catch many.

Li Xiaoxiao thought about it and remembered that in her past life, as a child in the countryside, she often went to the fields with the other children to catch sparrows. She always caught one, so catching sparrows was easy for her. So Li Xiaoxiao said to Li Fang and Li Linlin, "Let's go home and get some supplies, then come back here to set the trap."

After returning home, Li Xiaoxiao asked Li Fang to go to the kitchen to get a bamboo basket.

Li Fang asked curiously, "Sister, what do you want the bamboo basket for?"

"If you want to eat sparrows, go ahead." Li Xiaoxiao felt a little helpless and a little funny. This stepfather had too many questions.

Li Fang immediately went to the utility room to get a bamboo basket. Li Xiaoxiao went to Bai's room to find a roll of thin thread, and secretly went to the kitchen to grab a handful of brown rice and put it in his pocket. It's no wonder that Li Xiaoxiao did it secretly, because he was really afraid that Su and the others would find out and beat him up again.

After gathering their belongings, the three of them trotted out of the Li family's courtyard. Li Lin, who had just emerged from her room, happened to see the three men in such a hurry, and asked Li Ren, "Master, what are they doing?"

Li Renzheng was squatting in the yard repairing a hoe. Upon hearing this, he replied without even looking up: "How would I know what they are doing?" After that, he ignored Li Linshi.

Seeing that Li Ren ignored him, Li Linshi trotted over to the woods with Li Xiaoxiao and the others, and just happened to see Li Xiaoxiao preparing to hang a bamboo basket on a tree branch with a rope.

She hurried forward and asked with a smile, "Xiao Xiao, what are you doing?"

Hearing Li Lin's voice, Li Xiaoxiao was so frightened that she dropped the half-hanging bamboo basket to the ground. She thought to herself, "Oh no!" She was lucky she hadn't taken the brown rice out of her pocket. Otherwise, if Li Lin saw her, she would definitely go and complain to Su, and she would be beaten again.

When Li Fang saw that it was his second aunt, he wanted to tell her that they were planning to catch sparrows, but he saw his sister secretly shook her head at him, signaling him not to speak, so he shut up obediently.

Li Xiaoxiao explained, "Second Aunt, we were just about to use a bamboo basket to catch a few birds for fun."

When she heard that they were just playing, Li Lin suddenly felt bored. She said "Puh", turned around and went home with her butt twisted.

After returning home, Li Lin told Li Ren about Li Xiaoxiao and the others catching birds with bamboo baskets. Li Ren said, "I think Li Xiaoxiao is still acting like a fool. She is already thirteen years old, but she doesn't act like a woman at all."

When this was mentioned, Li Lin sat down next to Li Ren and said, "Master, have you mentioned the division of the family business to your eldest brother today?"

Li Ren nodded.

"What was Big Brother's reaction?"

Li Ren looked around and whispered, "After I talked to my eldest brother today, he didn't say anything and just went to work in the fields. I don't know what he was thinking."

Li Lin thought to herself, does the eldest brother agree or not? If the family is really divided, shouldn't the eldest wife be more active than them? After all, the eldest wife has the most people who can work.

As for Li Xiaoxiao and the other two, they felt relieved after seeing Li Linshi leave. Li Xiaoxiao brought Li Fang and Li Linlin back to the tree, tied the bamboo basket with a thin rope, and hung it on the tree. He propped it up with branches, sprinkled some brown rice underneath, and then hid in the grass on the side, holding the thin rope.

After waiting for a while, a few sparrows were attracted by the food and walked under the bamboo basket. Li Xiaoxiao seized the opportunity and pulled the rope suddenly. The bamboo basket fell down and trapped the sparrows inside.

"Wow! We caught it!" Li Fang and Li Linlin ran over excitedly and looked at the sparrow struggling in the bamboo basket.

"Okay, take them out quickly," Li Xiaoxiao said with a smile. The three siblings carefully took the sparrows out of the bamboo basket, and Li Xiaoxiao pulled a handful of straw nearby and tied the sparrows up.

Afterwards, they repeated the same operation several times. By evening, they had caught eight or nine sparrows. Li Xiaoxiao tied them all up with straw.

"Let's go home and let mom roast some sparrows for us to eat!" Li Xiaoxiao held a sparrow in each hand and happily went home with his younger brother and sister.

After returning home, Li Fang and Li Lin were very happy to see the sparrows. They hadn't eaten meat at home for a long time, and although the sparrows were small, they were still meat.

Li Fang said to the others, "These sparrows were caught by my sister!"

After hearing what he said, Li Fangshi said directly: "Xiaoxiao, you are really amazing."

Li Xiaoxiao looked at her and sneered in her heart, but did not say anything on her face. This aunt-in-law was a hypocrite, so she was too lazy to pay attention to her.

When Li Zhi heard about the sparrows, he also ran out of the room. "Mom, let's make soup with the sparrows tonight. I haven't had broth in ages." Hearing Li Zhi's straightforward words, someone who didn't know him might have thought he had caught the sparrows. But Li Xiaoxiao didn't bother with him, just treating it like a dog barking.

However, when Mrs. Su heard that her eldest grandson wanted to drink meat soup, she walked out of the main hall and said to Li Xiaoxiao and the others, "Didn't you hear my eldest grandson say he wanted to drink meat soup? Let's make soup with these sparrows tonight."

After listening to Su's words, Li Xiaoxiao was completely speechless. It seemed that his plan to roast sparrow was ruined again.

Seeing this, Li Fangshi on the side did not forget to step forward and flatter Sushi: "Mother is the one who cares about our Li Zhi."

"Of course. If I don't feel sorry for my eldest grandson, how could I feel sorry for that thing that loses money?" After saying that, he did not forget to glance at Li Xiaoxiao next to him.

Well, I got shot again. Li Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes.

Under the pressure from Su, Bai, Li Fang and Li Lin worked together to deal with the sparrows. They cut the sparrows into small pieces and put them all into the pot. They added a pot of water and a few slices of ginger and started to stew the soup.

After the sparrows were stewed, the whole family ate with gusto, except Li Xiaoxiao, who couldn't eat a single bite. The sparrow soup smelled too fishy, and she, who was used to eating delicious food in her previous life, couldn't eat it at all.

Seeing that she was only focused on eating the corn porridge on the table, Mrs. Bai thought that she couldn't reach the sparrow soup, so she stood up and scooped a large spoonful of it into her bowl, which made Mrs. Su roll her eyes, but Li Xiaoxiao refused without thinking.

After dinner, Li Xiaoxiao and Bai washed the dishes together. Feeling a little tired, she simply washed up and went back to her room to rest.