Chapter 13 Fighting the Sparrow
After waking up from a nap, I happily went out to meet the two brothers Chaomei Chaosu. The two brothers were carrying empty baskets and seemed to have no intention of picking wheat ears.
After having a good time, we ran to the drying field, and sure enough, sparrows flew in to eat the wheat.
Chaosu Chaomei each had a slingshot, and they took out stones from their pockets and started shooting. Unfortunately, their accuracy was not good, and they couldn't hit a single sparrow in a long time.
Jinhuan asked Chaomei to secretly bring over a dustpan from the drying yard, and then directed Chaosu to tie the rope made of wheat straw to the dustpan.
Then I found a small wooden stick to prop up the dustpan, took out a handful of broken rice from my pocket, sprinkled it on the dustpan, and then took the two brothers and hid behind the wheat straw pile while holding the rope.
"Little aunt, can we catch sparrows here? There is so much wheat drying in the sun?" Chaosu's voice was very soft.
Just thinking about the attraction of things in space to animals, even a meal of wheat can't compare with it.
Chaomei raised her finger to her mouth to signal her brother to stop talking.
The three of them stared at the dustpan without blinking, and soon they saw two sparrows flying under the dustpan, pecking happily at the broken rice.
"Auntie, auntie, pull the rope quickly!!" Chaosu urged Jinhuan eagerly.
Jinhuan glanced at the sky: "Wait a moment, there will be sparrows coming in! I scattered a lot of broken rice!"
"Little aunt, you actually took rice from home, and you weren't afraid of being beaten?" Chaosu felt that rice was a precious thing, and broken rice was also rice, so he became worried.
Chaomei looked at her younger brother and then looked at her with joy, with a serious expression: "Don't talk nonsense! Who in the village doesn't know that Taizu treated my little aunt like a ball in his eyes, not to mention beating her, he couldn't even bear to say harsh words!"
Jin Huan was not in the mood to talk to the two brothers, because in just a moment, there were not only more than ten sparrows under the dustpan, but also two gray pigeons.
Well, that’s it now!
Jin Huan pulled off the rope quickly with quick eyes and hands: "Hurry over and have a look!"
Chaosu opened a slit in the dustpan and reached in to catch it. Chaomei took over and tied the sparrow's feet with a straw rope. They cooperated tacitly. It seemed that they often did things like hunting sparrows.
The harvest was pretty good, with two pigeons and seven or eight sparrows, but the two brothers let Jinhuan make the decision to distribute the spoils.
"Then I'll take a pigeon! The rest are yours!"
"No, it was my aunt who came up with the idea. You also brought out the rice! You only took one, and we took a huge advantage!" Chaomei is a young adult and speaks very seriously.
Chaosu also helped: "My dad knows, we have to eat fried meat with bamboo shoots!"
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"Stop arguing, I'll just take one. This pigeon is fat enough. It's almost two pounds!" Jin Huan finally said, "When you go back, tell your father that one pigeon is enough for two people in my family.
The sparrows are too small and plucking them is too troublesome!”
Just at this moment, Grandpa Xu came back to pick up Jin Huan.
He happily presented his treasures: "Look, Zuzu, the pigeon that Chaomei Chaosu and I caught!"
"This is not a pigeon, it is a turtle dove! You kids are very capable!" Grandpa Xu recognized what the kids were carrying after just one glance.
The two brothers quickly said that it was all thanks to Jin Huan and they should not have shared so much.
Grandpa Xu waved his hand indifferently and asked Chaomei Chaosu to take it back quickly, while he led Jinhuan home.
On the way home, Grandpa Xu asked Jinhuan: "There are so many things, but you only took one. Don't you think it's unfair?"
"Zuzu, I share the things. We only have you and me in our family, one is enough, and we already eat enough every day, so we don't lack two sparrow meats. Chaomei Chaosu has been playing with me these two days
"We are just playing companionship, we shouldn't worry so much!" Jinhuan explained to Grandpa Xu seriously.
"Xiao Yu'er is right! We should be generous!" Grandpa Xu agreed with Jin Huan's generosity: "But generosity depends on the situation. People who take advantage of you should be stingy or stingy!"
Jinhuan nodded: "Zuzu, I understand! I'm not a melon. Anyone who eats me will bully him. I will let him walk around without eating! Besides, those sparrows have more hair and less meat. When the hair is plucked, it will be dawn.
Ouch~ Not worth it!”
Hearing what he said next, Grandpa Xu couldn't help laughing:
Just now I was afraid that if my great-granddaughter was too generous, others would take advantage of her.
It turned out that this girl, who originally disliked the sparrows for being difficult to groom, made the two brothers take the sparrows away with guilt on their faces and gratitude.
Is this fine or more fine?
Grandpa Xu went home, removed the feathers and internal organs of the turtle dove, cleaned it, put it into a clay pot together with Codonopsis pilosula, astragalus and wolfberry, and prepared to stew it in a large pot with water.
Jinhuan walked around this clay pot twice, mainly because this pot is so beautiful.
The whole body of the jar is covered with thick, oily and shiny deep vermilion glaze, and there are golden dragon-shaped and auspicious cloud-like relief patterns on the jar.
The lid and handle of the jar are both in the shape of a dragon. It looks rich and domineering. Is this an antique?
"Zuzu, where did this jar come from? And it has a dragon? Is it used by the emperor?" Jinhuan felt that this jar was quite old and had dragon patterns on it. At first glance, it looked like an antique.
Grandpa Xu put the lid on the pot and said with a smile: "This jar is quite old. It was probably purchased by your great ancestor. It has been there since I can remember!"
But it’s not an antique! This is called Guihua pottery, and its place of origin is Guihua Commune in our county.
This kind of ceramics is quite famous outside. I heard that last year it even went abroad and participated in the West German Expo!"
The West German Exposition in 1961? Is this ceramic so awesome? “Aren’t all antiques really so awesome?” Jinhuan felt that he had finished the soup in a while and must take a good look.
Seeing Jin Huan's gleaming eyes, Grandpa Xu couldn't help but be happy: "This kind of jar is stupid and ugly. Even if it is an antique, it can't be sold at a high price! If you like it, I'll finish the meal later."
Let me get you some nice ones to take a look at!"
After the soup was simmered, Grandpa Xu also rolled out the noodles, thick hand-pulled noodles, with sauteed meat and black beans stir-fried with small green peppers.
Because Turtle Dove Soup is considered a medicinal diet, Grandpa Xu did not put cooked sea pepper (chili oil) in the noodles, but the green pepper and black bean sauce has a strong aroma, and there are small pieces of meat in it. It tastes salty, delicious and has a special flavor.
While eating the noodles, I gnawed on the turtle dove. The turtle dove meat was very delicate, not fishy or smelly, and had a faint medicinal aroma.
After finishing the last mouthful of soup, Jinhuan sighed: "Zuzu, I'm bloated again! I've eaten too much in the past few days, and I feel like I'm going to grow into a big fat man!"
"Nonsense, it's a blessing to be able to eat! A baby needs to eat more to grow taller. Our family is all tall, but we can't raise a dwarf!" Grandpa Xu said earnestly, patting Jin Huan's head.
Chapter completed!