Chapter 252 Hiding deeply
Chapter 252 Hiding deeply
While the two brothers were beating the two chickens, Ning Yu got up and chased the other three chickens.
Two darts pierced two of the chickens, killing them instantly, and he chose to catch the other one alive.
When I was carrying the three chickens back, I heard Huo Yun shout, "Uncle, there are eggs."
After saying that, he raised his hand holding an egg.
Ning Jing counted the eggs in the chicken coop and shouted, "Uncle, six eggs."
Ning Ru found a piece of wicker to tie up the chickens, and also tied up the two chickens that the two kids had hit.
Then she picked up a few eggs from the nest, put three on the hems of their clothes for each of them, and then put them at their waists. She said to them, "Hold them well and take them home so that grandma can make scrambled eggs for you. If you break them, you won't have any to eat."
"Okay." The two kids immediately covered their waists with their hands to prevent their clothes from falling down.
"Let's go home and eat chicken." Ning Yu said.
With so many chickens and some mushrooms picked by Bai Lifen, the family can make a chicken stew with mushrooms today.
On the way back, we met a group of people, about seven or eight of them, who were also looking for food.
Huo Yun was walking in front, hunched over. Seeing so many people, he walked carefully and said, "Make way, don't bump into me."
If you hit me, I won’t have any eggs to eat.
The group of people were all men, and they were a little surprised to see the strange behavior of the little girl. The hem of her clothes was lifted up to reveal her underwear, and she walked with her back hunched, as if she had to pee urgently.
Someone wanted to tease him: "Little kid, what's in your pocket?"
Huo Yun saw a few people making way for him, and without even looking up, he said, "Egg, grandma is making scrambled eggs for us."
The man turned to look at Ning Yu who was following behind him, and seeing the chicken in his hand, he asked, "Brother, where did you catch this chicken?"
Ning Yu pointed to the direction where they had just caught the chickens: "It's right there. It's close to the water source. You can go and look for other chicken coops. I only caught this one."
"Okay, thank you very much." said the man.
Ning Yu waved his hand and left.
Bai Lifen looked at the two dolls and asked curiously, "Xiao Yun, Xiao Jing, what's wrong with you?"
Several villagers who were digging wild vegetables here also looked at the two brothers with puzzled expressions.
Huo Yun replied: "Grandma, there are eggs."
Eggs? Bai Lifen looked at Ning Yu, who was following behind her. He was holding a few chickens in his hands.
He understood immediately, and said to Ning Yu speechlessly, "I asked you to take the basket, but you refused to take it, and you let the two kids carry the eggs back like this."
She took two steps forward, quickly rescued the two children, and put the eggs into the small basket that Huo had been carrying.
Ning Yu said with a smile: "Doing some work will make the food more delicious."
Bai Lifen gave him a cold look and refused to pay any attention to him.
"Little boy, you caught so many chickens?" Aunt Zhou asked with some envy.
"It's just a coincidence. I searched for a long time before I found a nest." Ning Yu said with a smile.
After that, he asked again: "Aunt, have Brother Feng and the others returned?"
Zhou Youfeng is Aunt Zhou's eldest son.
"No, I just hope he can have some luck. Not too many, just one or two will be fine." Aunt Zhou said with a smile.
Ning Yu said, "That will definitely work."
Bai Lifen packed up her backpack, said hello to the others, and then said to Ning Yu, "Let's go back."
Now that the chickens were brought back, they had to be stewed. The mushrooms and wild vegetables she picked were enough for two meals, so she was too lazy to pick more.
Ning Chengyong had been guarding Bai Lifen by her side and picked up a bundle of firewood. Seeing this, he carried the firewood and followed her back.
When I arrived at the cave, I heard people discussing something.
The discussion was about the affairs of Wangjia Village. Today, Village Chief Wang specially sent someone to inquire about it.
Most of the people standing under the tree that day were from Wang Dali's family and his clan. The snakes came in fiercely that night, and many people standing under the tree were bitten.
But those people reacted quickly. When they heard it was a snake, they were so scared that they ran away without even having time to pick up their luggage. Wang Dali's family suffered the most casualties, with no one left.
Ning Chengyong listened to it once and stopped listening. This family deserved it. They failed to harm others and ended up being harmed. If they hadn't come up with such a cruel trick, their family wouldn't have been destroyed.
Most of the villagers who stayed on this side of the cave were aunts and husbands, because they had to stay to dry quilts and wash clothes.
Seeing Ning Ru and the others coming back with so many chickens, they all looked at them with envy, hoping that their own families could also catch so many chickens.
Huo Xi and Ning Gang came down from the mountain as soon as they realized that their family members had returned.
Seeing the chicken in Ning Lu's hand, Ning Yan said, "Today I will make chicken stewed with mushrooms for you."
"Do more, brother." Ning Yu said.
Huo Yun ran up to Ning Yan and boasted, "Dad, my brother and I are playing with two of them."
As he spoke, he stretched out two short fingers.
"That's amazing. Eat more of the meat I made today." Ning Yan praised.
Ning Jing said at this time: "Dad, we have eggs. Make omelets for Juju."
"Okay." Ning Yan agreed.
Ning Jian and Huo Xi prepared lunch. They had been lying down for more than an hour and it was time to stretch their muscles.
Huo? propped up a pot with stones in the open space outside the cave entrance. Ning Yan first made a pot of egg pancakes, and then started to make chicken stewed with mushrooms.
After the omelet was done, Ning Jing took a piece and ate it, then took another piece with his other hand, walked to the grass nearby with his short legs, and called out, "Juju, come back."
It was a sunny day today, and Orange had a rare opportunity to come out and eat fresh grass. He was grazing near the cave entrance with two other cows from the village.
Hearing the shout, it ran over and took the omelet from Ning Jing's hand into its mouth.
A man from the Wang family, who was washing clothes nearby and was from the same clan as Village Chief Wang, saw this and said distressedly, "Ning Jing, it's such a waste to feed the cow an egg pancake."
Ning Jing raised his hand and touched the horns of Juzi, and said seriously: "It's not a big deal, Juzi worked hard."
When Wang Fulang heard this, his eyes rolled and he coaxed her, "Auntie Wang wants to eat your egg pancakes too. Go get me one."
Orange next to him snorted at Wang Fulang, and the hot air from his nostrils sprayed on his face, scaring him.
The orange is very big and has two very ferocious horns on its head. If it hits a person, it can cripple him.
Mr. Wang was so scared that he quickly moved away from the orange, for he was afraid that the cow would hit him.
After Juzi drove the people away, he was satisfied and nudged Ning Jing to signal him to go back.
This person is so evil that he actually wants to cheat a child out of his food.
Ning Jing thought that Orange wanted to go back because he had eaten the omelet, so he took Orange back to feed it the omelet.
As for what Mr. Wang said, he didn't take it to heart. If you want to eat their egg pancakes, you have to pay. He won't give it to others if you don't pay. That's what his father does.
Zhou Youfeng's wife, Mrs. Zhou, who was washing clothes with Mr. Wang in an open field, saw this and spat, "How dare you, you cheat a child out of his food."
"What do you mean by cheating?" Wang Fulang argued cunningly, "A beast eats better than humans, don't say you're not jealous."
After hearing this, Zhou no longer paid any attention to him. No matter how jealous she was, she couldn't cheat a child out of his food. Besides, the eggs were also found by Ning Lu with great effort in the woods, so she could give them to whoever was willing to give them.
Mr. Wang thought he had hit the nail on the head, so he looked at her with disdain, snorted, and thought to himself: What a hypocrite.
Ning Yan carefully selected the mushrooms that Bai Lifen had picked. After making sure that none of them were poisonous, he washed them and prepared to put them into the chicken.
I killed three chickens today and washed a lot of mushrooms and wild vegetables. I will put a layer of mushrooms on the chicken, then a layer of wild vegetables on the mushrooms, and cook a pot of rice. It should be enough for them to eat.
During the few days in the cave, the most common food we ate was pancakes soaked in pickled vegetable soup, or pancakes soaked in white rice porridge. Today, I can finally have a good meal.
Before long, the open space outside the cave was filled with the aroma of chicken, and everyone present couldn't help swallowing.
Huo Yun couldn't help it, so he came to the pot, stared at the lid and said with certainty: "Dad, the meat is cooked."
Ning Jing also stared at the lid of the pot and swallowed his saliva. He hadn't eaten fresh meat for several days.
Ning Yan knocked Huo Yun's head with amusement. The meat had just been boiled after adding water, so it was indeed just cooked, but it needed to be stewed for a while to be flavorful. Huo Yun had no idea whether the meat was cooked or not. The reason why he said it was cooked was probably because he was greedy.
Seeing the two of them drooling with greed, Ning Yan lifted the lid of the pot, served out a bowl of meat, and asked them to take it and eat with their grandparents.
The two of them each held a small wooden bowl and left contentedly.
When Sun Huzi returned, he smelled the aroma of meat wafting from the cave entrance. Seeing Bai Lifen and the others eating, he said to Huo Xi, "Brother Huo, you guys are really quick!"
Huo took a bite of the chicken Ning Yan had served him, and when he saw the two chickens in Sun Huzi's hands, he waved his hand and told Sun Huzi to go back and cook quickly. The sooner it was done, the sooner they could eat the meat.
As soon as Sun Huzi left, a little boy came to the pot where Ning Yan was cooking. The little boy was about 4 or 5 years old, his clothes were a little dirty, he was chubby, and his eyes were rolling around. He first looked at the pot, then looked up at Ning Yan and said obediently:
"Uncle Ning, my father is sick. Can you give me a small bowl of meat? My mom said she will return it to you when she has more."
Ning Yan and the others stopped what they were doing when they heard this and looked at the little boy in front of them.
When the villagers heard the noise here, they also looked in the direction of Ning Yan.
When the little boy saw Ning Jian looking at him, he immediately smiled obediently. His grandmother said that as long as he behaved well, he could eat meat.
Ning Yan also smiled and said to him, "I can treat illnesses. Call your father over and I can check what's wrong with him."
The little boy was stunned for a moment when he heard this answer. Then, not knowing what to do, he turned and looked in the direction of Mr. Wang. Why was this different from what Amo said?
Wang Fulang cursed Ning Yan for being stingy, then walked over with a big smile on his face and said to Ning Yan, "Don't take it too seriously, Yan'er. He's just a child and doesn't understand things. I'll talk to him about it later."
Her husband was not sick and was sleeping in the cave. He just found an excuse, thinking that Ning Yan would give him some meat for the sake of the child.
Ning Qiang's family caught so many chickens and eggs today. What's the harm in giving the child a few pieces of meat?
Ning Yan smiled and didn't respond to him.
Wang Fulang picked up his son awkwardly, spanked him on the buttocks while walking away, and taught him a lesson: "I let you be greedy, I let you be greedy."
The little boy didn't get to eat the meat and was beaten. He felt wronged and shouted, "I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat. Didn't you say that if I behaved well, I could have meat?"
When the villagers outside the cave heard this, they all looked at Mr. Wang with understanding. No wonder his son ran directly to Ning Yan to ask for meat.
Mr. Wang noticed the gazes of the people around him, and his expression became even more embarrassed. He stopped beating his son and quickly carried him into the cave.
Ning Yan didn't pay much attention to this episode. Everyone in the village knew the situation of Wang Fulang's family. She married a lazy husband and he himself was not very hardworking.
The two adults and their son often go from one house to another, taking advantage of small things. They have no intention of harming anyone, but they just can't read other people's expressions and don't know how to deal with things, which is very annoying.
Their youngest son was also taught very differently. When he was in the village, he often snatched food from other children. Every time the adults from other families went to argue with Wang Fulang and others, the matter was always left unresolved.
After all, the food has been eaten and it is not very valuable, so there is a reason for the quarrel. In the end, the only thing they can do is to keep their own children away from their children.
When the little boy came over, Ning Jian knew what Wang Fulang was planning, but he was too lazy to bother with such a person.
Sun Xiaoxi, the wife of the Sun family, who was preparing to cook near them, smiled and said to Ning Yan, "Brother Yan, your trick is good, but can you really treat illnesses?"
Ning Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you think?"
Seeing his expression, Sun Xiaoxi thought he was deliberately trying to scare Wang Fulang, so she didn't take it seriously. However, when he lowered his head to prepare dinner, he suddenly remembered that his son had a fever a few days ago and recovered immediately after drinking a bowl of medicine given by Ning Yan.
Thinking of this, he suddenly looked up at Ning Yan. No way? Is Yan really a good doctor?
He originally thought that Ning Yan only knew some herbs, but he didn't expect that Yan Ge was so talented and actually learned to treat people?
That’s really amazing, Sun Xiaoxi exclaimed.
When the meal was ready, people who had gone out of the village came back one after another. Everyone had more or less harvest in their hands. The open space at the entrance of the cave was suddenly very lively, and the air was filled with the aroma of food.
Huo? removed the firewood and placed the iron pot for cooking directly on the ground. There was no table or benches, so the family sat directly on the ground and ate around the pot.
It was sunny for the next few days, and the speed of the flood at the foot of the mountain slowed down a bit, but the current water level is still very high.
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