The second trip into the mountains

Outside the cave, the chirping of magpies could be heard.

Wang Manyin opened his eyes and saw that the cave was already dimly lit. Orchid was like a child, her limbs tightly wrapped around her body, with a sweet smile on her fair face.

The two have been married for three or four months and are still in love.

This mother-in-law always puts her head on his arm every time she sleeps, saying she can't sleep otherwise. Of course, Wang Manyin enjoys this kind of life and is very grateful to Lanhua for her attachment to her.

Wang Manyin could feel that Lanhua really loved him to death, so much that she regarded him as the earth and heaven. When they first got married, Wang Manyin even cooked several meals.

Later, Lanhua said no matter what, she would bring him a bowl first every time it was cooked. After watching the man start eating, she would serve the rice for herself.

Inside and outside the house, the cracks and cracks in Ge Lao are kept clean and tidy.

No matter what he does, Lanhua supports him wholeheartedly and is almost obedient.

Such a woman deserves to be treated well for a lifetime, and it is also my greatest comfort in this era.

When he returned with two buckets of water, Lanhua had already prepared the meal.

Then, he caught a carp weighing more than a pound from the pond and set up a barbecue grill...

In just ten minutes, hundreds of grasshoppers were caught and all were thrown away to feed the chickens.

This is a method he figured out not long ago to catch locusts, which is much faster than manual work. He holds a wooden stick and swings the big net bag back and forth to beat it.

Wang Manyin just lay there and admired it quietly.

Immediately afterwards, several little guys as big as fists were seen jumping and running away.

After Wang Manyin took over, he threw them all into the pit of space.

It was almost noon when he entered the space with rhubarb, and immediately smelled the unique meaty aroma of native chicken. It was produced in the space, and the smell was certainly extraordinary.

"It's okay, I'll bring rhubarb this time!" Wang Manyin comforted with a smile.

In addition to the hassle of traveling back and forth and carrying a load of water home, it took almost an hour.

But it’s okay, you can fry the hare at home at night.

Is this a hare cub? Only then did Wang Manyin clearly see what these little things looked like.

The pit where the hares were originally raised was only about twenty square meters in size, but now it seems a bit crowded.

There are now more than a dozen hares of various sizes in the space. Except for four old rabbits caught last winter, the rest are all newborn cubs.

The speed of these young rabbits, which have just been hatched for a few days, is much worse than that of older rabbits. They can only jump and jump when running.

He didn't catch a few eels from the Donla River last year, but now it seems that they are also breeding in large numbers in the space. This is a good sign. Unfortunately, eels can only hunt insects near the water and cannot actually come ashore.

The grilled fish is ready and the chicken is stewed.

I don't pay much attention to it usually, I just glance at it occasionally.

Helpless, Wang Manyin could only hold up the snakeskin bag and continue busy.

Without the educated youth following him, Wang Manyin moved much faster. In half an hour, he walked seven or eight miles away. Being led into the mountains by his master, Dahuang seemed particularly excited. He did not want to wander around in the weeds.

After saying hello, Wang Manyin also joined the nonsense team.

By the time Wang Manyin reacted, Dahuang was already chasing after him.

Because of this, many people start queuing up at the well every day before dawn.

Seeing that he could not be persuaded, Lan Hua could only tell him to be careful.

With Dahuang beside him, Wang Manyin didn't worry about safety at all, he just kept his head down and worked hard.

From the looks of it, it should be edible.

Wang Manyin decided to take a hare with him when he returned, saying that it was caught by Dahuang.

The bellyband is also a close-fitting garment worn by aunties on the Loess Plateau. It is shaped like the front of a vest and has various auspicious patterns embroidered on the surface.

The aunt was so angry that she couldn't think about it anymore, so she hanged herself, which is very sad.

Rabbits usually give birth in spring and summer, but this season is relatively rare.

Wang Manyin tentatively picked one and punched it lightly with his fist. Bang...the melon exploded, and the melon fragrance rushed straight into his nostrils.

In fact, many people do this if they have too much firewood.

The only pity is that it cannot be shared with orchids.

If we switch to a flatter platform, the native dog may be able to catch up. There are too many ditches and bumps in this depression, and Rhubarb's speed advantage cannot be used at all.

The black noodle wowo is mixed with a potherb as a vegetable, and the porridge is still corn paste mixed with sweet potato chunks. It looks simple.

When we got home, it was almost dark.

As she said this, she grabbed the red bellyband placed on the bedside of the kang.

As for the egg shells, they were thrown directly into the stove by the orchid and burned, leaving no trace at all.

She had already heard the man talk about collecting firewood, and she also encountered wild wolves in the process, which was really too dangerous.

"Man Yin, take a rest quickly, I'll carry the firewood back."

Rhubarb swooped down and caught one with its claws.

When Orchid started busying in the stove, he went out with a bucket.

Now that we have encountered it, we cannot miss it. It can be used to prevent inbreeding of space hares.

After finishing his work, Wang Manyin patrolled the space as usual.

A windlass needs to be installed on the well to shake the water. It takes more than ten minutes to shake a bucket, and the windlass rotates more than a hundred times, which can make people panting from exhaustion.

Wang Manyin once heard someone tell a story before. In a village south of the Stone Ge Festival, an aunt went to line up to fetch water at dawn and came back with the buckets after a long while. As she was about to get home, her feet slipped and both buckets of water fell to the ground.

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However, in many places on the Loess Plateau, dripping water is as expensive as oil, and there are often only one or two wells in the entire village. And because the underground water layer is relatively deep, the depth of wells drilled can reach dozens of feet or hundreds of meters.

But this porridge has connotation...it contains eggs.

After filling his stomach, Wang Manyin was not in a hurry to go out, but continued to wander around the space. When he came to the sweet potato field, he became worried again.

"What are you going back for?" Lanhua took the hare and asked puzzledly.

Just when Wang Manyin thought there was no chance, Dahuang suddenly roared at the depression again.

When he saw the melon field next to the reeds, Wang Manyin was surprised.

Lan Hua said worriedly: "Man Yin, why don't you stop going to Langwo Mountain and go get some firewood nearby."

However, he was not in a hurry to chop wood. Instead, he entered the space first and caught a small native chicken and plucked its feathers. This chicken was from a year ago. In more than two months, it already weighed two kilograms.

He had little hope for this.

After getting it back, he randomly threw a few grains into the space loess.

After eating, Wang Manyin was ready to take his things and go to the mountains again.

Gu Guan Village is backed by the Dongla River. There are three wells dug along the river, each more than three feet deep. It is not difficult for the villagers to get water.

Cool!

It's so good to have this as a dessert after a meal.

Hey...the melons are quite big!

Wang Manyin kept two large chicken legs for himself and threw all the remaining chicken to Dahuang as a reward for his contribution during this period.

Lanhua was standing on the edge of the field watching. When she saw the man returning safely, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ran down the cliff.

When Wang Manyin arrived at the well, many villagers were already waiting there.

Clean the small native chicken, put it in a crockpot, add water and stew it, then add salt and seasoning.

Yesterday I went into the mountains and was very busy. I didn't catch a single piece of firewood. Instead, I carried a large living person home.

Of course, their daily cooking mainly relies on space spring water.

A few years ago, Wang Manyin went to his father-in-law's house as a guest, and specifically asked for some melon seeds, saying that he would plant some on his own land after spring.

When passing by a depression,... suddenly a gray shadow jumped out from the side and ran towards the distance, rushing to twenty or thirty meters away in the blink of an eye.

After the water boiled, he added some more firewood and simmered it slowly before going out to chop wood.

Today's space is like opening a blind box, you can surprise yourself at any time.

"I packed two loads of firewood and carried them back and forth alternately." Wang Manyin replied. There was no way, firewood couldn't appear out of thin air, so he could only give this explanation.

When he arrived at the cliff ditch, Wang Manyin found that the firewood chopped yesterday was still thrown in the same place.

"Don't be busy. Dahuang went into the mountains and caught a hare. You take it back first...I'll go outside the village again."

This is also a daily operation... Even though the spring water in the space is inexhaustible, Wang Manyin still insists on going to the well next to the village to pick up a load of water every morning to show his presence.

In just two minutes, all of them were captured by Rhubarb.

Eating chicken legs and grilled fish is a fairy-like day for Wang Manyin.
To be continued...