While Gong Yue helped Gong Jian take out the food from the basket, she said happily: "That's great, brother. You actually bought so much food. We don't have to worry about food next month."
Gong Jian looked at his overjoyed sister with some sadness. Even these whole grains could make her so happy. He once again set a goal in his heart, and he must make sure that his younger siblings and their whole family can eat white rice and thin noodles.
Only then did he realize that the small courtyard was quiet. He asked Xiang Mei, "Little sister, where are your mother and your second brother? Where have they gone?"
Hearing her eldest brother's question, Gong Yue quickly replied: "My mother went to the river to cut grass, and my second brother went to the west end of the village and planned to cut down two moso bamboos."
Gong Jian agreed casually, and walked into the west room quietly to check on his father. He found that his father was resting, so he slowly backed out.
Gong Jian handed the medicine he had caught for his father to his younger sister. His father was too weak now and slept most of the day. He planned in his mind to take the medicine according to the original prescription for ten days.
After waiting for ten days, he estimated that he would be able to save some money. At that time, he would ask the doctor in the town to come to his home to check on his father's condition and see if the prescription needed to be modified.
Gong Jian returned to the yard and found the little girl fetching water from the well, her thin body struggling to swing the windlass. Gong Jian quickly walked over and replaced her.
Soon, he got a bucket of water, and without stopping, he brought it to the kitchen and poured the water into the water tank. He turned his head and said to Gong Yue: "Little sister, in the future, you will have to ask your brother to do these strenuous tasks. You are still too busy."
Small."
Gongyue showed a bright smile and nodded seriously. She knew that her family was very kind to her, and as long as they were around, she didn't have to do heavy work. So every time, she tried her best to do these tasks without them.
She will finish it when she is at home. She also hopes to do her best for this family.
Gong Jian didn't know that his little sister, although she agreed happily on the surface, was actually thinking completely differently from him! He was currently busy fetching water from the well to fill the water tank.
Just as he was carrying the last bucket of water, the courtyard door opened, and his second brother Gong Yu walked in wearing two thick bamboo sticks.
As soon as he saw Gong Jian when he entered the door, he immediately ran over happily, but he just called "big brother" innocently, and nothing more happened.
Gong Jian took a look and dragged in two moso bamboos. He couldn't help but ask: "Second brother, why are you cutting these bamboos?"
Gong Yu immediately replied: "Build a house for Da Hui."
Gong Jian was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the big gray in his brother's mouth was the gray hare he caught in the morning. It seemed that Gong Yu came back from cutting bamboo to build a cage for the hare.
He smiled and nodded: "Okay, you have to be bigger and stronger, and don't let him run away."
Gong Yu immediately reassured his elder brother: "Brother, don't worry. I guarantee he won't be able to escape."
Only then did Gong Jian realize that their mother had gone out to cut the grass, probably to feed the hare.
"Okay. I don't worry about what you do. But you must also pay attention to safety and don't hurt yourself." Gong Jian knew that his younger brothers and sisters were very clever children. But he still couldn't help but remind him again.
"Okay, brother." After saying this, Gong Yu went to find the tools and started to build a bamboo cage.
Gong Jian walked into the woodshed. Since his younger brothers and sisters could be taken care of, he decided to take an ax and go to the mountain to cut some firewood. He planned to go deeper into the back mountain today and set up a place where the villagers generally could not reach.
, look for a location to set larger traps in the future. It is estimated that more prey can be caught.
He spoke to his younger brothers and sisters, took the ax and walked out of the courtyard. Soon after arriving at the back mountain, Gong Jian checked the trap set yesterday again. But he found nothing. This is normal. Occasionally, people would pass by during the day.
Back mountain. I guess there are very few prey here.
He directly bypassed these traps and continued walking into the mountain. As he went further in, there were more and more trees. At first, there were still some faint trails, but gradually weeds and bushes became overgrown, making it impossible to walk.
Gong Jian walked out of a trail and walked hard into the mountains while recording the nearby terrain.
From time to time, one or two birdsong came from the mountains. Some birds stopped on the branches, looking down at Gong Jian curiously. They were observing this rarely seen animal.
From the grass, the joyful songs of many kinds of insects could be heard. Listening carefully, it seemed like a symphony of the jungle. Occasionally there would be one or two squirrels jumping around among the trees, protesting against this intruder who broke the tranquility.
Gong Jian kept walking for about half an hour. At this time, where he was, there was no human habitation at all. He did see traces of some animals.
There were several ideal locations for setting traps, and Gong Jian kept them in mind. He raised his head to see the sky, but only saw a dense leaf blocking it. There were wisps of sunlight coming from the gaps in these leaves.
Gong Jian estimated the time and felt that he should go back. Then he returned along the path he had just opened.
Gong Jian's luck was not good when he went into the mountains this time. Along the way, he didn't even see a rabbit or other animals. He suppressed his impatience. He must be patient when hunting. Being nervous and impetuous is the worst thing.
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When he almost reached the edge of the back mountain, he simply took out his ax and started chopping firewood. As he walked further out, there were often villagers chopping firewood around, and all the smaller trees had been chopped down by the villagers.
Soon Gong Jian chopped down a large bundle of firewood and tied them up. He put the firewood on his back, picked up the ax, and prepared to go home.
Gong Jian had already checked the traps when he came here. When he returned, he planned to take a detour to see the patch of water he had dug out.
When he approached the shallow pool, he discovered that in the shallow pool he had created, there was actually a carp more than a foot long swimming leisurely in it.
Gong Jian was very surprised. He did not expect that this method could actually catch fish. I wonder if the fish was attracted by the few small fish and shrimps in the pool? Anyway, now, in addition to
Apart from this big fish, the three or two small fish and shrimps he saw yesterday have disappeared.
Gong Jian quickly put down the firewood, took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and found a big stone nearby to firmly block the entrance to the small stall. All that was left was to catch fish in the urn.
Soon, after chasing and intercepting him three times, he finally caught the carp before it rolled up the mud and sand at the bottom of the water. (To be continued)