Chapter 131 131 Danger in the bamboo forest (rewards will be added)
Only then did everyone understand. Yao Xiaoqing nodded and said with a smile: "No wonder he wasn't stabbed to death, good! We have pigs to feed."
"Qinggu, do you want to take the wild boar out to eat grass?" Asen asked curiously.
Yao Xiaoqing shook his head, "No, let's wash the dishes, wash the water in the jar, add some pumpkin peel and grass to feed it."
Yao Xiaoqing and Ah Chong took the piglet to the pen and shut it in. They saw it lying there and groaning feebly.
Ah Shui went to pick up some hay and put it in the wooden trough. He looked at the little pig and was a little worried, "Xiao Qing, do you think it can be fed?"
Yao Xiaoqing also had no experience in this area, so he shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I'll ask Shan Amu to cook the pumpkin skin and feed it to it later. Let's try and see if it can survive?"
Ah Chong has an optimistic attitude towards raising wild boars, "Ah Shui, let's try it and we will know. Look at those wild ducks, hares, cattle and goats, don't we also feed them? The weather is getting warm, we have to net some ducks.
Keep it."
Ah Shui shook his head, "Go now, the little duck isn't here yet!"
Yao Xiaoqing looked at the two of them, "Uncle Chong, the genius has recovered. Let's clear out the land first, and then we can catch wild ducks."
Ah Chong nodded, "Okay, let's go back to eat food first. After eating, peel off the pig skin, give it to Ah Yun and others, and then go out to the field."
The three of them returned to the cafeteria to eat. Yao Xiaoqing arranged the manpower for the work and said to the taro and flowers: "You two come with me to the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots."
"Xiaoqing," Yuzi looked at her, "What are bamboo shoots? Can they be eaten too?"
"It's the tender bamboo that just emerged from the ground in the bamboo forest."
Yao Xiaoqing turned back to Yun Amu and said, "Amu, please save a piece of pork belly. Let's eat roasted pork with bamboo shoots in the afternoon."
Ah Shui's eyes lit up, "Xiao Qing, if the bamboo shoots are edible, we can bring back a lot of them from that bamboo forest."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at him and said, "We can get a lot back, but we can't dig out all the bamboo shoots. We have to dig out the ones that grow densely. The bamboos will grow stronger."
"Yes, if we don't dig it out, we won't be able to use it anymore." When Ah Shui thought of cutting bamboo, there were holes dug by wild animals in the bamboo forest. "Xiaoqing, I think it's better to let Uncle Chong accompany you to the bamboo forest.
There are wild animals too.”
"That's fine. Hualiu and Amu took the taro seeds and seeds from the cave to the courtyard dam to dry." Yao Xiaoqing turned to look at Ah Shui, "Let's bring some food, Mr. Shui.
In the afternoon, a few more people will come and carry baskets to the bamboo forest to carry bamboo shoots."
"Okay." The two nodded in agreement.
Yao Xiaoqing, Ah Su, and Ah Chong carried baskets on their backs, bamboo tubes, and stone hoes and walked toward the bamboo forest. The three of them stepped on the soft mulch in the forest, and saw that the dry trees were rejuvenated.
The grass sprouted tender yellow buds from the loose soil.
Judging from these signs, the belated spring has arrived.
After such a cold winter, and with no almanac to refer to, Yao Xiaoqing did not know whether the weather would be good or bad. He could only block it with soldiers and water with soil.
After walking for more than two hours, the three of them arrived at the bamboo forest.
Looking at the still green bamboo forest, Yao Xiaoqing had a feeling that things were different. He approached a bamboo, picked a young leaf, put it horizontally to his lips, and blew out a crisp and sweet bird song.
After hearing this, Yuzi also picked off a bamboo leaf, puffed out her cheeks and blew it hard a few times, but no sound came out, "Xiaoqing, how did you make the sound?"
"Let me teach you," Yao Xiaoqing walked over and picked off a young bamboo leaf and handed it to her. "If you want a young bamboo leaf, pinch both ends of the bamboo leaf, straighten it, put it horizontally to your lips, and blow it gently.
It will make a sound."
Taro followed Yao Xiaoqing's instructions and tried it. The bamboo leaves made a sound of "Puff, Puff, Puff."
Uncle Chong laughed after hearing this, pointing to the bright yellow bamboo shoots emerging from the soil and said: "Xiao Qing, is that a bamboo shoot?"
Yao Xiaoqing gave Ah Chong a thumbs up, "Yes, that's bamboo shoots. Just dig the bright yellow ones. Only such bamboo shoots are fresh and tender!"
"Okay, the bamboo forest is so big, let's not leave." Ah Chong told the two of them.
No one has ever dug in the bamboo forest, and there are plump, tender yellow bamboo shoots everywhere.
"Okay!" The two of them put down their backpacks, found a bamboo shoot, and dug it up.
It is really troublesome to dig things with a stone hoe. What the hoe of later generations could solve with a few hoeings, it took more than twice the effort to use a stone hoe.
Yuzi picked up a bamboo shoot, shook off the soil, and looked at the white tender meat exposed at the break of the bamboo shoot, "Xiao Qing, can bamboo shoots only be used to cook pork belly?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said, "Let's dig it back and try a few more ways to eat it. We'll know after we try it." She waved the stone hoe and dug hard.
Yuzi nodded, "I like the sauerkraut we pickled. It's delicious no matter how you eat it!"
"Okay, let's try pickling some sour bamboo shoots!"
After hearing this, Ah Chong laughed and said, "You two are just talking about food, don't you feel hungry?"
Yao Xiaoqing glanced at Ah Chong and said, "Uncle Chong, I'm hungry and there is dried meat in the basket on my back!"
Ah Chong chuckled and said, "I'm not hungry! Just don't talk about eating."
Both Taozi and Yao Xiaoqing laughed.
The three of them have been busy for a long time, and the bamboo shoots they dug up have filled three backpacks. There are piles here and there on the ground.
Yao Xiaoqing sat down on the ground, rubbing his sore wrist, "I can't do it anymore, I need to take a rest."
Yuzi walked over distressed, took down the bamboo tube and dried meat hanging on the bamboo and handed them to her, "Xiaoqing, drink some water, eat some food, and have a good rest."
"Thank you!" Yao Xiaoqing took the bamboo tube and dried meat and drank a few sips. He saw that the two of them were still digging hard, "Taro, Uncle Chong, you guys should take a rest."
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Ah Chong shook his head happily, "We're not tired. Just get up and pick up the bamboo shoots and put them in a pile."
Yao Xiaoqing sat for a while and was too embarrassed to sit down again. He got up and picked up the bamboo shoots on the ground and put them in a pile.
Suddenly, she felt a thorn in her back. When she looked up, she saw four men with beards, short stature and dirty bodies, walking towards her through several bamboos with stone knives.
The four of them stared at Yuzi and her, their eyes making people feel indescribably disgusting.
"Uncle Chong," Yao Xiaoqing shouted and jumped to Yuzi's side. The two of them looked nervous when they saw the four people walking out of the bamboo dragon.
When the four of them saw that Yao, Xiaoqing and the others had discovered them, they laughed wildly at them.
Two of them pointed at Yuzi and Yao Xiaoqing, saying "Wow, wow" in a language they couldn't understand. From their eye movements, they could see their full malice.
"They are savages, Xiaoqing, get behind me." Uncle Chong clenched the stone hoe in his hand and blocked the two of them with his thin body.
"I'm not afraid!" Yuzi's face turned pale, and his hand holding the stone hoe was trembling slightly, "Xiaoqing, hide behind us."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled lightly and said, "You two deal with one, and I will deal with the others."