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Chapter 20 Catching Pheasants and Rabbits for Meat
"Sister, didn't I tell you to take a break? Why are you digging again?" When she was about to walk in front of Lin Qingxue, Lin Qingxue spoke, her tone full of reprimand.
"Auntie, sisters-in-law, you are here. Qingyue, I have rested. I just started working and you came." Lin Qingxue pointed to her basket with a helpless smile, letting them see that there were indeed only a few wild vegetables in it, proving that she had rested.
At this moment, Lin Qingxue felt that it was a close call. Fortunately, she collected a small portion of each wild vegetable and planted it in the space. Fortunately, she really had some rest, otherwise she would definitely be scolded by Aunt Lin and the others.
"Okay then! Qingxue, you go take a look around and leave the digging here to us," Aunt Lin glanced at the pitifully few wild vegetables in the basket and felt relieved when she knew that she was not lying.
This girl has just recovered, but she can't stand the fatigue. It's not like she can't support the three of them, mother and daughter. They have a whole family at home, so there is no need for her to work so hard.
"Okay, Auntie, sisters-in-law, then you guys take your time digging, I'll go take a look around," Lin Qingxue did not refute Auntie Lin. She knew she couldn't refute it, so she put down her tools, got up and left the area where they were digging wild vegetables.
"Qingxue, be careful and don't go too far," Aunt Lin reminded her worriedly, then squatted down and lowered her head to dig wild vegetables. There were so many wild vegetables here, she had to dig quickly to finish them all.
Otherwise, if I come back to dig them tomorrow, who knows if they will be dug up by someone else. If I dig up these wild vegetables and dry them, I can cook them into wild vegetable porridge later, which can be eaten for several days!
Seeing Aunt Lin and the others digging wild vegetables, Lin Qingxue concentrated on walking around the area. This place was quite spacious, and she could see that people often came here to hunt, because she had found several marks, two of which were marked, and the others were unmarked.
But there was no prey in each trap, so Lin Qingxue took a look and left. As she walked, she suddenly heard a noise, and tiptoed towards the direction of the noise. She saw several rabbits eating grass and pheasants pecking at the ground next to them.
Lin Qingxue looked at the six hares and four pheasants. They should belong to two families. She didn't want to let them go, but she couldn't think of a way to catch them.
Just as she was having a headache, Lin Qingxue saw the rabbit return to the rabbit hole. Two pheasants had their feet tied up by the weeds on the ground, and the remaining two flew away.
Lin Qingxue swaggered over to the pheasant, picked up the two pheasants with their legs tied, and held them in her hands. She shouted towards Aunt Lin, "Auntie, Qingyue, come here, come quickly."
Lin Qingyue and Aunt Lin, who were concentrating on digging wild vegetables, suddenly heard Lin Qingxue's voice. Thinking something had happened, they quickly dropped the wild vegetables and tools in their hands and ran towards Lin Qingxue.
"You damn girl, you scared me to death!" The two of them ran to Lin Qingxue frantically and saw her sitting on the ground with two pheasants in her arms. Aunt Lin scolded her angrily, "You were shouting so loudly and so anxiously, I thought something happened to you."
"Auntie, Qingyue, there is a rabbit hole over there. I just saw six hares go in, and two of the four pheasants ran away. We only caught these two," Lin Qingxue said cautiously while looking at Auntie Lin. She didn't understand how she had made her angry.
"Qingyue, go get the baskets from your sisters-in-law. Your sister and I will catch these wild rabbits." Aunt Lin rolled her eyes at her eldest niece. She felt very uncomfortable seeing her cautious look.
Lin Qingyue nodded, ran back to tell her three sisters-in-law, and came over with an empty basket.
When she came over, Aunt Lin had already broken off two vines from the side and tied up the feet of the two pheasants. Just as Lin Qingyue came over, she threw the two tied pheasants aside.
"Qingyue, where is the rabbit hole? Let's go catch the rabbit," Aunt Lin asked in a low voice while looking at Lin Qingxue.
"It's over there, come with me!" Lin Qingxue said, and took Aunt Lin and Lin Qingyue to the rabbit hole she found.
The three of them searched nearby and found four rabbit holes. Under Aunt Lin's guidance, they blocked two of them, asked the sisters Lin Qingyue and Lin Qingxue to hold a basket to block the entrance of one hole, and they went to the other hole.
Aunt Lin didn't want to block the entrance of the cave with weeds. She took out a lighter from her bosom and lit the weeds. The weeds were a little moist, and after they were lit, smoke was emitted, which made her almost unable to open her eyes.
Aunt Lin found a stick and pushed the fire into the cave, and soon the smoke drifted into the cave.
There was a lot of movement in the rabbit hole, with many footsteps running back and forth. Sisters Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingyue directly blocked the hole with a basket, and soon heard the sound of a rabbit falling into the basket.
"We caught him!" Lin Qingyue shouted happily.
"Shh, keep your voice down and don't scare away the other rabbits." Lin Qingxue reminded.
Aunt Lin also had a harvest. A big rabbit ran out of the hole and was knocked unconscious by Aunt Lin with a stick.
"Haha, we are so lucky today. We caught three wild rabbits." Aunt Lin said with a smile. Looking at the rabbits in the basket, the mother and her two daughters were very happy.
Lin Qingxue counted them carefully and found that the six rabbits were all in the basket. There was no other movement in the cave. The two sisters carefully put away the basket and picked up some leaves from the ground to cover it.
"Qingxue, Qingyue, it's still early. You two sisters should take these rabbits and pheasants home first. You three sisters-in-law and I will dig up the remaining wild vegetables. You can just rest at home! Have your uncle take you three brothers to pick out the pheasants and rabbits. Keep one for each of us to eat, and salt and air-dry the rest."
Aunt Lin picked up the two pheasants that were thrown nearby and put them in the basket. She looked at her two nieces with a gentle and serious tone.
"I understand, Auntie. Let's go back first," Lin Qingxue nodded and did not refuse Auntie Lin's kindness. She was also tired, so she took Lin Qingyue home.
After her two nieces left, Aunt Lin cleaned up the mess and covered the fire with soil to prevent it from catching fire. After making sure there were no sparks, she turned around and went to the side where she was digging wild vegetables to continue digging.
"Mom, did you catch the wild rabbit?" Seeing Aunt Lin coming back, Li Yan's mother looked up at her mother-in-law, asked, and then lowered her head to continue digging wild vegetables.
"We caught two pheasants and six hares. We'll save one for dinner and dry the rest with salt. Let's dig them up quickly."
Aunt Lin smiled. She felt much better when she thought about having meat to eat in the evening. There were many people in her family, and since it was a rare opportunity to eat meat, she just wanted to try it for the novelty.
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