Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

The adults also started to prepare. Xu Damao had already exchanged the glutinous rice yesterday. The glutinous rice for making rice dumplings must be soaked in advance, otherwise it will be difficult to cook. The soaking time must be at least two hours, the longer the better, so the first aunt, the second aunt and the third aunt got up early to prepare to soak the glutinous rice.

Zhang Jialiang got up very early today and went to the river to pick reed leaves. The round trip would take more than three hours. Everyone in the yard was waiting to eat zongzi, so they didn't dare to delay, otherwise they would be blamed by everyone.

Liu Guangtian and Yan Jiecheng also arrived at Zhang Jialiang's home early, waiting for him to set off together.

"Let's go, let's go early and come back early, and try to be faster on the way. It's still okay on the way there, but when we get back it's hot and we'll definitely be sweating."

It has been nearly two months since Zhang Jialiang came here. He has been walking to get out of the city. He was not used to it at first, and it took him more than two hours to walk a distance of twenty or thirty miles.

Today we went to the river not to fish, but to pick reed leaves. Zhang Jialiang chose a relatively close place, about seventeen or eighteen miles away.

They arrived in more than an hour. There was a large field of reeds here. Due to the abundant water, the reeds grew well. The reed leaves were broad and thick, very suitable for making rice dumpling leaves.

"Here we are. This is the reed patch. How do you think it is? Not bad, right? Let's split up and start picking. Each of us only needs to pick five or six pounds. We don't need too much. If we pick more, we will be too tired on the way back."

After Zhang Jialiang, Liu Guangtian and Yan Jiecheng agreed, the three of them went their separate ways to pick reed leaves.

After leaving the two people at a certain distance, Zhang Jialiang entered the hunting space.

Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. In addition to rice dumplings, he also plans to hunt some prey to add a meat dish to his family. His hunting skills have improved in recent times, and the hit rate of his slingshot has increased to 20%. As long as there is prey, he can usually hit it once in 5 times.

Yesterday, Zhang Jialiang changed his hunting spot. He had been hunting near the small puddle for more than a month. He walked down the stream for about 10 miles and found a pond. The pond was not small, about ten acres in size, and was formed by the confluence of several small streams.

However, we spent too much time on the road yesterday, and it was already very late when we arrived at the pond. We left the space without having time to hunt.

However, he has discovered a lot of water birds here, and these water birds are quite large, so Zhang Jialiang's target today is these large water birds.

After cautiously approaching the pond, Zhang Jialiang slowly observed the location of his prey. He saw twenty or thirty large water birds swimming in the water.

From time to time they preen their feathers, flap their wings to splash water, or suddenly dive into the water and emerge from the water a few seconds later with a fat, fresh fish in their mouths. Some of them fly high into the sky and glide in the air.

In addition to these twenty or thirty large water birds, there is also a group of wild ducks looking for food in the water, quacking from time to time.

After observing for a while, Zhang Jialiang tiptoed around to a suitable location. The water birds in the pond were not suitable for hunting, and it would be difficult to pick up the prey even if he hit them.

The location chosen by Zhang Jialiang is the location of a water bird's nest. In addition to the water bird itself, there should be quite a few bird eggs in the nest.

This place is only about 30 meters away from the water bird's nest. He hid behind a lush aquatic plant, quietly waiting for the water bird to return to its nest.

More than two hours later, the water bird may have eaten its fill and remembered its nest and the eggs in the nest, so it began to return. After reaching the shore and getting out of the water, the water bird returned to its nest.

Zhang Jialiang slowly took out the slingshot, loaded it with stones, raised his left hand, quickly tightened the bowstring with his right hand, aimed at the water bird's head, and finally decisively released his right hand.

I saw stones flying in the air quickly and shooting straight towards the head of the big water bird.

It was a pity that the one-fifth chance of hitting the water bird did not hit the head, but flew past the feathers on the back of its head, scaring the big water bird so much that it screamed violently and briefly, then quickly flapped its wings and flew high into the sky.

"Depend on!"

Zhang Jialiang couldn't help but curse. What a pity! This water bird was quite big, probably weighing about eight or nine pounds. If he could hit it, it would be a good harvest, equivalent to two old hens.

However, although the water bird left, the eggs in its nest did not run away. Zhang Jialiang quickly ran over and came to the bird's nest. Sure enough, he saw five or six large bird eggs in the nest. The eggs were very large, as big as three or four chicken eggs.

Zhang Jialiang happily put the bird eggs into the storage space. Even though he didn't hit the big water bird, it was good to still have bird eggs. This was the only way he could comfort himself.

He had no idea what kind of birds these large water birds were, but they were indeed quite large, so they might be wild geese.

No matter what, whether it is water bird or wild goose, it can be eaten anyway, but you have to be able to catch it.

This action startled the flock of birds in the pond. A group of large water birds flapped their wings quickly and flew high into the sky, disappearing in a short while. The group of wild ducks also screamed and flapped their wings and quickly left.

Zhang Jialiang was not in a hurry. He knew that these big water birds had just moved away temporarily after being frightened, but since their nests were still here, they would come back sooner or later.

He used this time to quickly change the location and spent time looking for a bird's nest again. After more than an hour, the panicked flock of birds came back and circled in the air for a while before returning to their own nests. Zhang Jialiang hurriedly memorized the locations of several large waterfowl nests.

A large water bird landed next to the bird's nest in front of Zhang Jialiang, and kept shaking its head to observe the surroundings very vigilantly. After making sure there was no danger, it walked into the bird's nest and lay down quietly.

Zhang Jialiang raised his hand again, pulled the bowstring to its full extent, still aiming at the big water bird's head. After decisively releasing his right hand, the stone flew quickly towards the big water bird.

This time the stone hit the big water bird's head perfectly. After being hit, the big water bird twitched a few times and then died in the bird's nest. Zhang Jialiang, who was far away, was overjoyed when he saw it, and he quickly walked towards the big water bird's location.

This time the attack was indeed very accurate, the entire bird's head was almost completely broken. He picked up the big water bird in his hand and weighed it, it should weigh about 10 pounds.

Wow, this time we have a huge harvest. This big water bird should be a wild goose, which is as heavy as two or three pheasants. We can make a good stew when we take it home.

I kind of miss the goose stewed in an iron pot. There is not much difference between wild goose and big goose. I made the decision happily. The goose stewed in an iron pot must be very delicious.