Otherworldly Days

Chapter 226

"Oh--oh-oh--" Hearing the sound of cock crowing from the backyard, it was still dark outside, and the small village was still immersed in tranquility.

People who are used to waking up at this point wake up when they hear the sound of cock crowing, the bed is warm, and the person in their arms is still sleeping, breathing long and soundly, sleeping soundly, Cao Xiangnan turned his head and kissed still A person who is sleeping, he also lies down and does not get up.

Now there is no need to hurry up to grind rice before dawn as usual.

Not long after, the door of a room was opened from the inside, a child walked out, and opened the back door by himself.

The two dogs outside the door circled around the little master, wagging their tails, and the child had a pure and happy smile on his face.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Cao Xiangnan knew that the children in the family had woken up to work early in the morning, and there was a helpless smile on the corner of his mouth.Now I can sleep well for a while, why is this child disobedient?Anyway, enough sleep, he also got up.

The person on the bed was still sleeping, so he tucked in the quilt for the person who was still sleeping before going out.

The stove in the small kitchen has already lit firewood and is cooking porridge. The child sitting in front of the stove is watching the fire, moving the firewood with the stick in his hand from time to time, with a serious expression on his face.Hearing the sound of the door opening, Xiangzi knew that Uncle Xiangnan had also got up, and stood up from the small stool.

It was a bit cold outside, so Cao Xiangnan sniffed and rubbed his hands.When I entered the kitchen, I saw the child who got up early to cook, reached out and touched his head, and said, "Morning."

"Good morning, Uncle Xiangnan." Xiangzi raised his head and looked at the tall uncle with a pair of dark eyes.

Knowing that it would be useless for him to tell the child not to wake up so early in the morning, Cao Xiangnan knew what the child was thinking in his heart.Since he didn’t have to get up so early in the morning to grind rice to make rice noodles, this child came to wash rice and cook rice early. Thinking of the first day, this child cooked all the porridge before he got up to see it. It’s not surprising. , I was more moved in my heart.

Instead of worrying about the child not being able to do these things well and setting the kitchen on fire, it is better to teach the child these things so that he can do these things well by himself in the future.

Cao Xiangnan lifted the lid and took a look at the pot in front. Rice was in it to cook porridge, and the pot in the back was filled with water to boil.In the past, this child followed him by his side, learned everything by watching, and did it with style.

Touching his chin, he was thinking about what to have for breakfast today, so let's start with something simple.

"Let's make steamed buns. Today I will teach you how to make steamed buns." Cao Xiangnan said.

"Well, good." Xiangzi grinned, with a happy smile on his small face.

It's not difficult to make steamed buns. After reconciling the noodles, cut them and steam them in a pot.

Perhaps Cao Xiangnan would not have imagined that among the few children in the family in the future, only this child would learn his craft ten to ten times, and the food he cooked later was no worse than his teacher.But isn't that better?In this way, he can get rid of the fate of cooking and pass it on to the children below.

The sky outside is gradually getting brighter, and the sky is gray and gray.

White smoke was coming out of the chimney in the small kitchen, the porridge in the pot was already cooked, and the steamed buns with coarse grains were also steamed.Remembering that he was going up the mountain today, Cao Xiangnan made some extra steamed buns for taking them up the mountain later.

Ah Ning got up and came out to help with work.

When he got up, his child was still sleeping, and he didn't call the child to get up together, and let the child sleep a little later. When he came to Cao Xiangnan, he was more relaxed than he was in that mansion before.

There is a lot of work to be done at home, the chickens, sheep, horses, and rabbits raised in the backyard have to be fed, and the mushrooms and vegetables grown in the backyard have to be taken care of.There are still a lot of things to do in the future, and Aning doesn't need to be assigned, so he will find work by himself.

Someone knocked on the door outside the yard, and when it opened, Wang Dahu came over with a small bucket of goat milk. Cao Xiangnan said thank you, and invited someone to come in, but the person who brought the things didn't come in, so he left.

"Father."

"uncle."

The two little ones also got up, their hair curled up in a mess, and they looked very cute.

"You two little ones are awake too." Cao Xiangnan squatted down and straightened the clothes of the two little ones. When he saw the messy hair of the two children, he stretched out his hand to press it down. Said, "Okay, my brother and Aning are watering the vegetables, let's go over to help too."

"An'an and Xingxing also want to help." Being held by her father, An'an nodded seriously and followed her father.

By the time Qi Wanfeng got up, Fu Lang and Aning had done all the homework together with a few children.He took out the porridge from the pot, put steamed buns and eggs on a plate and placed them on the table, and Ah Ning helped bring over the side dishes for the porridge.

Cao Xiangnan also fried a small plate of golden potato cakes, which the children in the family love to eat.

They were just finished eating when someone called him to go up the mountain together. A group of people from the village also went in together. They were all men in their prime. The two deputy village chiefs also came together. The big boy also went in together.

There are steamed buns in the back basket and a can of water in a bamboo tube to drink, and a machete. Cao Xiangnan thinks that he will come out later, so just bring some food in.

"Then Xiangzi and I are leaving. You guys are waiting at home. We will be back soon." Cao Xiangnan put his back on his back, and Xiangzi on the side also carried his small back. As for the other two who were too small Yes, He Xuanxuan didn't have any experience in mountain climbing, so he didn't plan to take it with him.

"Be careful and take good care of the children." Qi Wanfeng sent Fulang to the door with the two little ones by his side.

"Well, yes, don't worry." Cao Xiangnan stretched out his hand to hold Xiangzi's hand, met Aning's eyes, and nodded to him Sun Bailian brought her youngest son to Qi Wanfeng's side, her husband Lang went in with Kangkang, but he didn't go in with his youngest son at home.

They stood at the gate of the yard and saw a group of people walking towards the mountain, but when they were far away, no one could be seen.

"Let's go inside." The wind outside was a bit strong, Aning said aloud.

Nature is the treasure house with the most abundant products, and at the same time, there are many dangers in it. There are also many beasts that eat people in the mountains. A small poisonous snake on the tree will be poisoned to death. If you are not careful here, It is possible to die here, so people are also very cautious about entering the mountain.

Cao Gang, the village head, went to the two deputy village chiefs yesterday, and mentioned today's entry into the mountain. The two deputy village chiefs went to several households, and they rushed to tell each other, so they agreed to go into the mountain together today. .

Since Caojia Village elected a new village head, the village head has become their leader and their spiritual support in their hearts. They trust this powerful person.

In this season, the chestnuts in the mountains were ripe, burst open and fell to the ground. Picking up the chestnuts from the ground, Cao Xiangnan went over and whispered something to Cao Gang.Under Cao Gang's puzzled gaze, he bit open the shell with his teeth, took a bite in his mouth, and handed the other one to Cao Gang for him to eat.

"En." Cao Gang took it, and like Cao Xiangnan, he bit open the shell, ate the fruit inside, and found that the fruit was very sweet.He had seen little beasts eating such things before, but he rarely paid attention to them.

Later, Cao Xiangnan gave everyone a popular science on how to eat chestnuts, telling everyone how to eat these things, and someone was responsible for breaking down the chestnuts from the branches, and a group of half-grown children picked up the chestnuts and put them in the basket.

There were a lot of mushrooms on the ground, Cao Xiangnan led a few boys to pick up some edible mushrooms, and told everyone which ones were edible and which ones were not.

Wang Dahu had a big bow on his back, and the arrow he drew shot dead a roe deer with a bang.Liu Baishu was by his side, acting as the eyes behind Wang Dahu's back, habitually responsible for this person's safety, the two cooperated seamlessly.

As soon as he entered the mountain, Gan Weilin was very happy.

The arrows in Gan Weiqi's hands hit every shot. These people are all experienced in the battlefield of life and death. Using their fighting skills to hunt small prey is simply overkill, but it does not affect their performance.

There was the scream of a wild boar from that end, and it was impossible to escape the fate of being slaughtered without even thinking about it.

Seeing that the persimmons on the branches were ripe, Cao Xiangnan reached out and stroked his chin, and he had an idea.

"Good stuff!" Wang Dahu chopped off a thick-wristed snake with the big knife in his hand, and laughed loudly, "We can add meat tonight."

"..." Liu Baishu!

After noon, a group of people who entered the mountain went out.

Two men picked up a big wild boar, which weighed at least several hundred catties.They hunted a lot of small prey, and the big ones were mainly hunted by Cao Gang and Wang Dahu. The men in the village didn't have much hunting skills, but they caught a pheasant and a rabbit. There are also prey.

The backpacks of a group of half-grown boys are full of things, most of which are things like mushrooms and chestnuts picked up on the ground.After knowing that chestnuts can be eaten, these half-grown boys tried their best to take these things out as much as possible. I can have a bite to satisfy my hunger.

When they came out, they entered the house of Cao Gang, the village chief, and disemboweled the big pig on the spot. Cao Gang distributed the cut pork to everyone.As for the rest of the small prey, there are also many, and each family can get some.

Xiangzi's small back basket was also full, and he was very happy, with an excited smile on his little face.

Seeing the child's silly smile, Cao Xiangnan stretched out his hand and trampled on the silly boy's head, telling him to put the things he had carried back on the ground so as not to crush his shoulders.

"Here, village head, you all hunted this pig, how dare we take it away." Knowing that the big pig was hunted by the village head and others, the honest and honest man was embarrassed to take it.

"Yeah, we can't ask for these."

"Here, everyone will take a share back, and the boy who is half-grown will also take a share back." Cao Gang glanced at the men present, and a pig has been divided according to the share, and the extra part is agreed. For the old people in the village.

They also had a good harvest today. After removing the things that each family can get, there is still a lot left. When the time comes, a group of people who carry prey for the elderly in the village will go into the village. Less other food.People in the village would ask, saying, "Have you entered the mountain? This is a lot of things."

Last night, the village head came to inform that it was too late to enter the mountain today, so they didn't have so much time to inform everyone from house to house, and rushed away again this morning, so they didn't inform everyone one by one.The two deputy village chiefs told everyone about this when they entered the village, saying that they would go into the mountains in the next few days, and if anyone wanted to go, they would go to them and tell them that they would make arrangements tomorrow. .

Everyone in the village was very happy to hear that, thinking that the men and boys who can go at home can also enter the mountain together, and then they can get some prey or food, right?