Chapter 57 Slingshot

Author: pear wine

"There is a grain drying field ahead. The ground is full of millet. Miss, let's walk over."

The young girl pulled back the hair that had fallen from her forehead. She thought the hair on her face was in the way, so she used her hands to pull it back on her face.

She is still young, and her hair is yellow and has split ends, and many of them cannot be put into a bun very well. If she moves casually, her head will look like a little lion whose hair has exploded.

Lan Xi found it funny: "Okay, let's be careful not to step on the grain. By the way, why don't you braid your hair so that there are no broken hairs?"

When Lan Xi saw her messy appearance, the young mother felt a little embarrassed.

The young lady knows how to braid her hair, but no matter how well she does it, no one will look at it, and it delays her work. Her mother will just scold her when she sees it.

"I'm busy working every day, so I don't have time to make up that."

Lan Xi nodded and said no more.

She knew that some people had devoted all their efforts just to live, and such dispensable leisurely pleasures were not within their scope of consideration.

Lan Xi and the other two slowed down, and Bai Zhi and Bai Xue, who were chasing closely not far behind, also followed.

These two girls were also bought into the house after growing up outside. Bai Zhi's family background was better and she had never seen the barn. Bai Xue felt like she had returned to her hometown when she saw this place.

"Miss, look over there!" Bai Xue was now beside Lan Xi and looking into the distance. His eyes lit up when his peripheral vision passed over the golden plain ahead.

Of course, Lan Xi also discovered that drying fields are usually built from flat land. She had seen them in the countryside when she was a child. It seemed that that was their destination.

With the goal in mind, the group walked a few steps quickly, walked around a huge stone, and saw a flat square covered with golden millet in front of them.

The sun was dazzling, and Lan Xi looked at the scene from a distance.

At this time, there were many women and children standing on the drying ground. Some of them were carrying rice in baskets, and some were using a claw-like wooden rake to evenly push the piled rice.

As for the children, they were gathering in groups to chase away the birds in the sky that were attracted by the food.

"The grain drying farm is big. This is the biggest place in our village. When someone has a happy event, all the people in the village come here to eat without being crowded." Youniang introduced to Lanxi and others with a slightly satisfied look.

The latter had seen squares that were much more spacious and spacious than this one, but from the current perspective, this grain drying farm was really big, and Lan Xi affirmed her words with dignity.

"It's very big. You Zhuangzi built such a large grain drying field, and it will definitely be able to harvest a lot of grain every year!"

Lan Xi knew that all the farmland in Zhuangzi seemed to belong to the temple, and there was no need to pay taxes to the court. The monks in Hanshan Temple only took the portion for chewing, so the villagers in the village had a better life than the people in other places.

Not bad.

The young mother nodded, with a simple smile in her eyes, and learned from Lanxi what her mother often said: "We can live a living, thanks to the compassion of the eminent monks, and God's blessing on us. The harvest is not bad.

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You must know that their village is protected by the monks of Hanshan Temple. No matter how hard their life is, there is no one who sells their sons and daughters. It is different from other places.

"Miss, you will come with me later. Catching sparrows here is divided into territories."

The young girl walked through the path reserved for pedestrians in the barn, walking in front to guide a few people. Bai Zhi was curious.

"Catching sparrows also divides the territory? But the sparrows fly so fast, how can they be divided?"

What Bai Zhi asked was what Lan Xi was also curious about, but there was no need for the young girls to answer. Bai Xue, who had memories of farm life, explained to them first.

"Miss, don't underestimate this sparrow. Although it looks small and has no meat at all, if there are enough of it, it will be a rare meal if you save it. Everyone is rushing to get it!

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The young mother did not expect that there was someone "knowledgeable" among the noble ladies. She guessed that Bai Xue's original identity should be the same as hers, and immediately became close to her.

"That's right, in fact, this idea of ​​dividing the territory was proposed by your Excellency!"

The young lady led a few people to a corner of the square. The terrain was flat, and there was a small resting step built with stones. This step was just blocked by two intertwined and growing trees at the back. It was the entire grain drying ground.

A rare and wonderful place.

Squatting on the steps was a boy who was a few years younger than your mother. Lan Xi had seen him at your mother's home. He was your mother's brother Liangzi.

He was holding a slingshot and aiming intently at a sparrow on the ground. A string of sparrows was already tied around his feet. Lan Xi took a quick look and estimated that there were six or seven of them.

"This is it. There are trees here. Birds always like to rest on these trees. If you don't watch carefully, the rice will be eaten in the blink of an eye." The young girl pointed to the two trees and spoke to the people in Lanxi.

He was concerned about whether his voice would disturb the sparrows that his younger brother was targeting.

In fact, the location of this place is not good. For the farmers, food is the most important thing. There are always moments when they cannot take care of the millet when drying, and the food is easily eaten by birds.

Just for her and her brother's sake, her father didn't cut down the bird-attracting tree, and taught them how to shoot slingshots, so every year when the grain was drying, she and her brother could catch the most sparrows.

Everyone in Zhuangzi said that his father was a doting child. Every time I heard this, my mother felt as if she had drunk honey water. She had never drunk honey water, but she guessed that it must be a taste that can only be experienced in dreams.

It’s no wonder that the two siblings always caught the most sparrows. When the young girl made a sound, Liangzi quickly shot out the stone bullets in the slingshot, and the unlucky sparrows encountered this unexpected disaster and became his prey.

"It's amazing!" Bai Xue praised, looking at the slingshot in Liangzi's hand with shining eyes.

She can also use a slingshot, I really want to give it a try!

Lan Xi had only seen others use it, but had never tried it herself. Seeing Bai Xue drooling over it, she became interested.

"Liangzi, is this slingshot difficult to make? How long will it take if I want to make one now?"

Liangzi subconsciously looked at the slingshot in his hand before realizing that this noble lady was jealous of his slingshot and wanted to play with it.

There was some hesitation in his heart. This was a young lady from an official family. If she accidentally hurt herself, she wouldn't punish him!

After getting along with each other for a short period of time, the young lady had already understood that this young lady was good-natured and not that scary, so she agreed on behalf of her brother.

"Our slingshots are all made by daddy. They are not easy to handle. If you just want to play around, miss, we can make a few rough ones that will work just as well." As she said this, she took it from the waistband of her pants.

The slingshot that belonged to her came out.
Chapter completed!