Li Mingxia concentrated and picked up the slingshot wrapped with small stones. After a whoosh! ! sound, the pheasant fell to the ground without even making a sound. Li Mingxia picked it up and weighed it. It was really not light, weighing four or five pounds. If it was roasted, it would probably be enough for the whole family to share.

After walking around for a few more times, Li Mingxia didn't see anything. Seeing that it was almost time, she was ready to go down the mountain. At this moment, Li Mingxia seemed to see something in the grass nest not far away. She tilted her head and slowly approached. When she got closer, she realized that she was not dazzled. It was ginseng! And it looked like it must be hundreds of years old!

Li Mingxia stared at the ginseng, his eyes glowing like a hungry wolf. A 100-year-old ginseng can only be considered precious, but a ginseng that is several hundred years old is a different level of stuff! When necessary, this thing can hold the life of a dying person so that he can have a chance to survive. Just say how rare this thing is.

Li Mingxia never thought that he would gain such a reward from going into the mountains on a whim!

She slowly approached the ginseng, with a ball of red silk thread and a small shovel in her hand.

It took Li Mingxia almost an hour to dig the ginseng out of the ground.

Although this process took her a long time, Li Mingxia felt that it was all worth it when she saw each ginseng root lying quietly in the box. Without stopping for a moment, Li Mingxia tied up each ginseng root with a red thread. It is said that ginseng that is hundreds of years old has almost become intelligent, and this method is necessary to trap it. However, this is just a rumor. After all, no one has ever seen ginseng escape.

After Li Mingxia put the ginseng into the space, he hurried back home carrying the basket.

Thinking that he came back so late, Zhang must be worried to death. But as soon as he entered, he saw Zhang cleaning the rabbit and fish in the yard. The rabbit had been chopped into small pieces of even size and placed in a basin, and the fish had been scaled and gills removed. When Zhang saw Li Mingxia coming back, she looked up.

"Didn't you go fishing again? Didn't you catch anything? It's okay, there's enough to eat anyway. Don't come back so late next time. If you don't come back after I pack these things, I'll go find you." Zhang glanced at Li Mingxia and said with some blame.

Li Mingxia then realized that it was probably because Zhang saw the fish she put in the bucket and thought she went to the river, so she was not too worried. She didn't expect that her casual action could help her a little.

"Mom, I know I was wrong. I will come back earlier next time. In fact, the reason I came back so late is because I saw a pheasant by the river. I spent a lot of effort to catch it. Let's stew fish soup, braise rabbit meat, and roast a chicken tonight!" Li Mingxia couldn't control his saliva just by muttering the names of the dishes.

Zhang was used to living frugally. When she heard about these dishes, she wondered how could she eat like this. But before she could open her mouth, Li Mingxia interrupted her, "Mom, the fish was caught from the river, and the pheasant was caught from the roadside. After all, only the rabbit cost money. It's not too much to have a few dishes occasionally. The four of us are growing up!"

Well, Zhang admitted that she was convinced. It really didn't cost much. Besides, these dishes could at least last a day. Meat and eggs were not cheap these days. If she didn't eat this, she could eat something else, right? Thinking about it, Zhang felt that she could accept it.

"Oh, right, the crayfish has been delivered. He also brought us some small fish. He said they are not very tasty. I thought if we don't want to eat them, we can feed them to the chickens."

Small fish? Li Mingxia thought about it and had another idea in his mind, "Mom, don't feed the small fish to the chickens first, I can use it."

Zhang agreed and lowered her head to continue preparing the ingredients.

Li Mingxia put the fish into the pot and mashed it all when the water boiled. The fish meat and bones melted into the water and turned into a milky white, delicious fish soup.

The fish has been processed thoroughly before being put into the pot, and there is no fishy smell at all, so the fish soup is now full of the sweetness of the fish meat. Even extra seasoning is not needed, just some salt and pepper and the fish soup is ready.

There is no chili in the braised rabbit meat. To be honest, it is made according to the method of braised spareribs, but this time Li Mingxia added a little taro in it. It tastes crispy and soft. When you take a bite, you can smell the rich aroma of the taro, which makes people unable to stop.

Li Mingxia handed the job of making corn pancakes to Zhang. She also built a fire in the yard with the pheasant and started roasting it. It was summer at that time, and when Li Mingxia roasted the chicken and started to sprinkle salt on it, the aroma inevitably spread out. Occasionally, people passing by would look in, and they were surprised to see that the aroma came from Li Mingxia's house.

Didn't they say they were going to have no food to eat? Why is there still meat smelling?

So after dinner in the evening, the topic of conversation among the aunties, grandmas and young wives under the big tree in the village revolved around what Li Mingxia's family had eaten that smelled so delicious.

"How can you say this is a lie? My son almost cries of greed when he passes by his house! That smell, it's definitely meat, there's no way it can escape!" Erdan's mother slapped her thigh hard and shouted loudly as if she was afraid that others couldn't hear her.

Anyway, everyone knows that Zhang and Li Mingxia never gossip about other people's private affairs, so they definitely won't hear anything.

"Is this true? Aren't they so poor that they can't even afford to eat? How come they can eat meat? Don't tell me that Erdan from your family is craving for meat and is talking nonsense!" An old lady nearby expressed doubt about what Erdan's mother said.

"That's right, don't let your Erdan be the one talking nonsense here. It's good enough for Zhang and her children to have enough food to eat. Where can they get meat? Did you give it to them?"

If it was said by someone else, it might have some credibility, but no one thinks highly of Erdan's mother, so just listen to half of what she says and discard the other half.

Aunt Cheng had dinner early today and had nothing to do so she sat under the tree with everyone else. She didn't say a word and just kept her head down, sewing shoe soles.

Erdan's mother became anxious and immediately saw Aunt Cheng.

"You and their family are neighbors, tell me, did you smell it?" Erdan's mother grabbed Aunt Cheng's hand and asked anxiously.

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