Farming and reading family

There are a lot of spring sprouts in spring, but they contain no oil, and wild vegetables with high oxalic acid content cannot be eaten every day.

Gao E missed the days of digging traps to catch wild boars, thinking that they hadn't caught any wild boars since the flood.

Just as I was thinking this, Peng Can ran in excitedly.

"It's born, it's born, it's born." He was as excited as a child.

Several people looked at Peng Can as if he were a fool.

"Did the sow give birth?" Gao E was the first to react.

Peng Can nodded excitedly: "Twelve, all good."

Gao E was also quite surprised: "Let's go and take a look."

"I'll go too." Lei followed and walked out.

The pigpen was built not far from the Chen family's old house. It was a good place sheltered from the wind and facing the sun. Peng Can also cut a lot of hay to build a shed.

At this time, the sow was lying there, and her twelve little pigs were all sticking their butts out to suck milk.

I have to say that Peng Can took good care of this sow. Now it no longer looks like the skinny sow it used to be.

"I'm awesome, I saved them all." Peng Can boasted.

Gao E had to admit that Peng Can was indeed quite capable in this area: "I have to keep a close eye on this."

"Don't worry." Peng Can smiled apologetically. "We just need to get some food to feed the pigs, otherwise there won't be enough milk."

Gao E glanced at Peng Can and said, "Just tell me how much you need."

"Okay." Peng Can was even happier.

Gao E saw Peng Can's happy expression and felt that Peng Can really liked raising these things.

Although I didn’t get to eat pork during the Chinese New Year, I was comforted by these twelve little pigs, and the issue of not being able to eat pork during the Chinese New Year was over.

And now that pig grass has started to grow, raising pigs is no longer a problem.

In the afternoon, Gao E took the older children in the family to look for bamboo shoots. It must be said that children are better at this job than adults. When you tell them what to look for, their eyes are like radars, able to accurately lock onto the target.

Gao E used a knife to cut the bamboo shoots and peeled out the worms inside.

I originally thought it would be good enough to just have enough for a plate, but with this group of kids joining in, I ended up finding half a bucket.

When Lei saw the half bucket of bamboo shoot worms squirming, he immediately thought of white grubs and turned around to retch.

Gao E laughed: "Don't react so strongly."

Heat oil in a pan, pour the bamboo shoots into the pan and fry them until golden brown. The whole yard is filled with the aroma of the bamboo shoots. The greedy Lei stretches her neck to look into the cave.

"Are these really those bugs?" Lei said with a look of disbelief.

"Yes, look, it can still move." Gao E said exaggeratedly.

Lei couldn't accept it and swallowed her saliva. How could it be so delicious?

Yang also laughed over there.

When Chen Qing and Chen Jie came back from outside, they smelled the fragrance all over the yard, and heard three sisters-in-law joking there, which was impossible before.

Although Mrs. Lei said she was disgusted, she ate faster and faster, and the children also ate with gusto.

"Let's look for it tomorrow," Lei suggested.

The group of people laughed even more happily.

In the middle of the night, Gao E was awakened by the sound of a gong. Just as she was about to ask what was going on, she heard the courtyard gate open.

Yang went out to take a look and came back nervously saying, "The wild boar has come down the mountain."

"Wild boars are coming down the mountain?" Gao E thought that she hadn't seen even a single wild boar hair recently, so how come wild boars suddenly came down the mountain?

"These beasts come down the mountain to cause damage every year when the seedlings grow, and come back to cause damage when the crops are ripe." Lei was so angry that her teeth were itching.

At this time of year in previous years, the village would organize young and strong people to patrol at night to prevent wild boars from coming down the mountain.

They had experienced a flood this year and the crops had just been planted. In addition, they couldn't catch wild boars in the winter, so they relaxed their vigilance.

Who knew that the wild boar would come down the mountain at this time.

The first person to discover the wild boar was Peng Can, who was guarding the pigpen.

Maybe the wild boar didn't find the large area of ​​green seedlings, so it came to the pigpen. Peng Can was not afraid of the wild boar but rather a little excited. The noise still alarmed the villagers.

Now all the villagers gathered together, came out with weapons, and quickly scared the wild boar away.

When Chen Qing and Chen Jie arrived, they only saw groups of wild boars running away.

After driving away the wild boar, the villagers did not dare to neglect it and asked a few young men to patrol at night.

Although there are no large fields of seedlings now, every seedling planted in spring is their treasure and no accidents can be allowed to happen.

Gao E frowned when she heard Chen Jie talk about the wild boar's condition. "Is Peng Can injured?"

"Not only was he not injured, he even shouted that he wanted to chase them and catch a few more." Chen Jie rolled his eyes.

Chen Yuning wanted to laugh when listening to it, thinking that the idiot would indeed do such a thing.

"What's the current situation of the traps on the mountain?" Gao E suddenly asked.

Chen Jie paused for a moment before his eyes lit up. "Yes, the wild boars have come out of the mountains. Maybe the traps on the mountain can catch them. I'll go check it out tomorrow."

"Call two people to go and take a look. There are so many wild boars coming down tonight. The wild animals in the mountains are probably starting to move around. It's better to be careful." Gao E reminded.

Chen Qing and Chen Jie nodded. It was indeed not very safe in the mountains now.

In the morning, Gao E planned to personally deliver food to Peng Can and see how Peng Can was doing.

"Second Aunt, I'll go with you." Chen Yuning rarely took the initiative to go out with Gao E.

"Help your second aunt carry the things." Yang said hurriedly.

Gao E smiled and said, "Okay."

Peng Can was in good spirits despite not sleeping all night. When he saw Gao E coming, he vividly told Gao E about how he fought the wild boar and protected the piglets last night.

Chen Yuning's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she thought Pang Can was so brave.

"Stop bragging." Gao E looked at Peng Can unhappily. "Next time you encounter something like this, don't worry about anything else, just don't get yourself into trouble."

Peng Can chuckled apologetically, "I have a good idea."

Gao E felt that Peng Can was unsure: "Hurry up and eat. Then I'll ask Big Brother and the others to place some spikes around the pigpen."

Peng Can nodded.

After making sure that Peng Can was fine, Gao E went back first, and Chen Yuning stayed here waiting for Peng Can to finish his meal and clean up the dishes.

"How many wild boars were there yesterday?" Chen Yuning asked curiously. "My father and my third uncle are both out. I heard that people from the village are here too."

"You don't know, it's so crowded..." Peng Can was really bragging this time.

Zheng Fengan and his team went to check on the seedlings in the fields. Some of them were damaged by being stepped on, but fortunately, they were not damaged too much and could be repaired with some repairs.

The key point is that some of the taro and yam that Gao E planted as treasures were also trampled on. The fewer of them were trampled on, the less damaged they were, and there were no extra seeds.

Gao E couldn't do anything even though she knew about it. She hadn't known for years that wild boars could cause such harm.

Fortunately, peppers and pumpkins have many seeds, so there is no need to worry about them being damaged after planting.

Just when they were worried about the wild boars coming down the mountain, Chen Jie and his team brought good news: four wild boars were caught in a trap on the mountain.

This greatly excited the villagers.

The Chen family is generous. When they eat meat, they will definitely let others drink some soup, which is also a fragrant broth.

As for how to divide the wild boar, no one thought about it. After all, they had already eaten a lot of meat from the Chen family, so it all depended on how the Chen family divided it.