Because Gong Jian and his family are located on the edge of the village, the backyard is very wide and enclosed by a fence. However, there were too many large and small stones in this land before, so no one in the family could manage this situation.
A piece of land was reclaimed.
So this big backyard has always been deserted, with nothing of any kind. Now it's convenient for Gong Yu to do whatever he wants in the back.
As soon as Gong Jian came to the backyard, he saw a large bamboo cage built by Gong Yu for Dahui. He walked over and touched it up and down. He couldn't help but sigh that his second brother was really smart. Although this cage was built
It's very big, but every edge and corner has been trimmed very smooth, with no burrs at all.
The bottom of the cage was raised by about one foot, which made it easier to clean the rabbit cage. Gong Yu also built a small door that can be opened to facilitate the rabbit's entry and exit. Gong Jian shook the bamboo cage with his hand and found that the cage was very
It's solid. He patted Gong Yu on the shoulder and praised: "Second brother, you are really good and you did a good job."
When Gong Yu heard his elder brother's praise, he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, grinning almost to the back of his ears.
Gong Jian looked at the backyard again, and it seemed that the backyard was still somewhat empty. He silently planned in his heart: This time he had basically bought all the necessary food and medicinal materials in the past few days, and next time, he would buy some daily necessities and medicines.
Cotton cloth. I guess there is still some left, but I don’t know if it is enough. I went to the market to buy some chicks and brought them back.
If you can build a chicken coop in the backyard to raise chickens, when the chickens grow up, they will have eggs to eat every day.
Gong Jian still remembers the day he woke up, how everyone was reluctant to eat an egg and had to give in to each other. At that time, he thought that in the future, his family must be able to eat eggs at will. Maybe this goal
, not far from myself.
In the evening, the family sat around the West Room and had dinner together with laughter and joy. There were not many activities in the countryside at night. Once it got completely dark, the only thing left was sleeping.
Early the next morning, Gong Jian woke up early. As soon as he started here, his second brother also got up with him. The two brothers finished washing in a hurry and did not bother to eat breakfast. One of them picked up his basket and walked towards the back mountain.
The other one went to take care of his precious big gray.
Gong Jian's harvest this time was not small. He actually caught two more hares and a pheasant in those traps. However, these three wild animals were all tied around the neck, and because they struggled too much
It's amazing, when Gong Jian came, they were all out of breath.
Gong Jian untied the prey from the rope and put them in the backpack. Then he reset several traps according to the original method.
After doing this, he came to his shallow water beach again. The water in the small water bay was calm now, and there seemed to be nothing. I don't know if the tortillas Gong Jian dropped yesterday had melted into the water. In short,
Now there is not a single scumbag to be seen.
Gong Jian walked further into the mountains, chopped some firewood and put it on top of his backpack, and then he walked home with the basket on his back. This time he came out early, and the sky was only dimly lit. He didn't meet anyone along the way.
The others just quietly returned home.
As soon as Gong Jian got home, before Gong Jian had time to hand the basket to his younger sister Gong Yue, Gong Yu hurried over from the backyard. Before he had time to stand still beside Gong Jian, he looked at Gong Jian anxiously: "Brother, Big Gray.
There's something wrong with him."
Gong Jian was a little confused. Big Hui was the hare he had just caught yesterday. He only remembered that hare, lying docilely in his second brother's arms. Why did he say something was wrong today?
The second brother looked very anxious, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead. Gong Jian hurriedly comforted him: "Second brother, don't worry, I'll go with you to see what's wrong with it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gong Yu took his arm and walked towards the backyard. Soon the two of them came to the big gray cage, and saw the gray hare curled up in a corner of the cage, huddled together.
group.
Gong Jian looked around and found that the rabbit cage looked very clean. There were piles of green grass on the side of the cage. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that the rabbit would be very satisfied.
Could it be that because it was a hare, it was locked in a cage and it felt uncomfortable? Gong Jian stepped forward to take a closer look at the big gray squatting in the corner.
But after looking at it for a long time, he didn't see anything unusual about the big gray. He turned around and asked Xiang Gong Yu: "Second brother, what's wrong with Dahui? I don't see anything wrong with it."
Gong Yu also scratched his head: "Brother, I just saw Big Gray plucking his own hair."
Plucking? Does the rabbit pluck its own hair? Gong Jian seemed to have heard some joke: "Second brother, can you see clearly, it is really plucking its own hair?"
Gong Yu nodded affirmatively and answered seriously: "Yes, brother. Big Hui was plucking the hair on his hind legs just now, and the hair on his neck was also plucked. I saw it, but now it doesn't move."
Of course Gong Jian believed in his brother, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't figure out why the rabbit wanted his fur when it was so good.
In the end, he could only comfort Gong Yu: "Second brother, let's observe for a few more days. I don't know what's going on with this rabbit now. Maybe it's because Big Gray is a hare, which is different from the ones we raise at home.
Rabbits are different."
He hesitated for a while and continued to talk to Gong Yu: "Otherwise, if he plucks his hair, he might want to make a nest. Second brother, you might as well find some hay and put it in that corner. Maybe there will be hay
, it won’t pluck its own hair anymore.”
After hearing his elder brother's words, Gong Yu couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Yes, he remembered that when the swallows under the eaves of his home made nests, they would also look for some animal hair from other places to make their nests.
So he walked excitedly to the woodshed in the front yard, ready to find some dried hay to make a nest for his big ash.
Gong Jian touched his head and felt something was wrong. Aren't rabbits supposed to make holes? I've never heard that rabbits need to build nests like birds.
He felt that he might have given Gong Yu a bad idea, but then he thought about it. At least this way, his second brother would not be as anxious as before. Moreover, hay can also be eaten, so this gray rabbit can be replaced.
There is no way to change the taste.
In this way, a small episode passed. After Gong Jian finished breakfast, he carried the basket on his back and took the prey he caught from the trap in the morning to the grocery store in the town to sell. After changing the money, he bought some for his family.
I bought some daily seasonings and went to the cloth store to buy some coarse cloth. I planned to give my mother time to slowly make new clothes for the whole family after returning. (To be continued)