Madam, She Has a Tender Heart

After returning from Renzhou, Xiaobao found that his brothers and sisters no longer came to play with him.

It was very quiet in the village. No one was seen moving around.

"Brothers and sisters are helping adults. They have to work to save money to buy sweets." Su Qingyu comforted him.

"Xiaobao has candy." After saying that, he patted the small satchel.

"Is Xiaobao going to give his candy to his brothers and sisters?"

Xiaobao nodded.

"So good." Kissed him.

"Then if my brother and sister don't come, how about mom playing with Xiaobao?"

"Okay!" Hearing that his mother was playing with him, he clapped his little hands happily.

Su Qingnao remembered that she had seen many small fish and shrimps in the stream at the foot of the mountain, so she turned around and ordered Lu and Siyuan to receive the goods at home, while Ruyi and Siyuan took the baskets and followed her.

"Miss, why are you going?" Ruyi and Siyuan took the baskets and followed them.

"Let's go see if there are any shrimps and bring some back for dinner."

"Okay. Miss, I know where there are more. I found quite a few when I washed the sheets there last time."

Su Qingyu turned to look at her: "There is water at home, why don't you go to the foot of the mountain to wash it?" I wanted to ask her last time.

"It's so fun to wash here in the mountain stream. I don't even have to fetch or pour water."

"Then it won't be difficult for you to move it up?"

"It's okay, I'll move slowly. I wash with everyone, talk together, and talk about home affairs. And now I can't even breathe when I climb up and down."

Su Qingyu smiled, she seemed used to it.

Siyuan hugged Xiaobao, bumped him up, and said, "Is Xiaobao hungry for meat? Then Siyuan and I will go into the mountains to hunt some wild animals for Xiaobao to eat."

"Eat meat." Xiaobao said to him happily.

"Okay." Siyuan was also happy, feeling sweet in his heart at being needed by such a cute child.

"We still have the wild animals you shot last time at home. Although we sent a lot to the Governor's Mansion, there are still some left." Su Qingyu said.

"Miss, I heard that it snows every year in the mountains, and sometimes it rains quite heavily. When the snow closes the mountains, you won't be able to hit anything." Ruyi said and looked at Siyuan.

In private, they are very familiar with each other and often joke with each other.

Siyuan was immediately understood by Ruyi: "Then I'll go into the mountains tomorrow. Hunt more and stock up for winter. It's snowy and we don't know when the snow will melt."

Su Qingnao couldn't resist him, so she said nothing more.

Now if I want to eat meat, I really have to go into the mountains to hunt wild animals. People outside have no food to eat, so there is no surplus food to feed chickens, ducks and pigs.

"Ruyi, you and the people in the village often chat together. Do you know which family has puppies? Find a puppy to keep and visit the house, and let it play with Xiaobao."

Ruyi nodded immediately: "I know. But I don't know if they have any puppies at home. I'll ask after a while."

After Ruyi finished speaking, she looked at Xiaobao, and when she saw him leaving the house, she looked around, very excited.

He said with some distress: "Then let's find two puppies to play with Xiaobao. No one has played with Xiaobao these past few days, and Xiaobao is bored at home."

Su Qingyu glanced at her son and saw that he was talking to Siyuan, with a look of interest on his face. It seemed that raising a child was like raising a puppy. He had to go out for a walk from time to time. Look, he came out. The eyes were shining.

Usually, there will be many people washing in the stream, and many children playing in the water. But now it was quiet, only the sound of running water could be heard.

Xiaobao became excited when he saw the water. He struggled to get out of Siyuan's arms and was about to pounce on it.

Su Qingyu grabbed him by the collar at the back of his neck.

"Mom." Xiaobao turned to look at Su Qingyu, unwilling.

"It's cold. You can't go into the water. Feel for yourself whether the water is cool or not."

Xiaobao blinked his eyes, squatted down and dipped his hand into the water, and immediately raised his paws: "Cool."

Su Qingyu looked at him funny: "Then do you still want to go down?"

Xiaobao pouted, looking at the water, twisting his little hands, why is the water cold? He was obviously still swimming in the water at that time.

Looking at Siyuan, he had already taken off his shoes and socks, got into the water, and suddenly became excited again.

Ruyi excitedly directed Siyuan: "Over there, there are so many!"

There are densely packed shrimps in the water plants on both sides. After a basket was put down, it was immediately covered with a full layer, and it was still alive and kicking, extremely fresh.

Xiaobao clapped his little hands: "Yes, Xiaobao wants it!"

"Okay, give them all to Xiaobao." Ruyi took Siyuan's basket, patted the basket, and poured the shrimps into the basket. Siyuan took the basket and fished it out again.

Xiaobao squatted and watched, fishing into the basket with his little hands. The shrimps jumped in his little palms, making him laugh. There were a few small fish mixed in, and he caught them for fun. A small fish or a small shrimp can keep him entertained for a long time.

The shrimps have never been eaten, there are many of them. After only fishing for a dozen meters, we almost caught a basket.

The water is very clear and there are no big fish. However, the aquatic plants are lush, there are many shrimps, and small fish are often seen swimming around.

There are also many snails. The water in the small stream was very clean, and there was no sediment in the snails. Su Qingyu and Ruyi picked up a lot of them and planned to fry them in a pot and eat them at night.

It wasn't until Xiaobao got tired of playing that everyone went back home.

Some of the vegetables Lu planted in the backyard were edible, and Su Qingyu took Xiaobao to pick a lot of them in a basket. Prepare for a while and stir-fry a plate with dried shrimps.

There were a lot of shrimps. In addition to what was eaten at night, some of them were spread out to dry and planned to be used for seasoning later, and some were made into shrimp paste.

Everyone was satisfied with the meal, and the food I caught was especially delicious.

"Miss, these snails are really exciting to chew and taste good." Siyuan ate the snails with great joy.

Su Qingyu nodded. The dogwood taste was still not spicy enough. It would be more exciting if some chili peppers were added.

Siyuan also ate without raising his head: "It would be better if I had some wine."

Lu said: "Now the price of food has become several times more expensive. I can't even afford food. I still want to drink wine."

Siyuan defended in a low voice: "I didn't want to drink it. I just thought it would be better to eat these snails with wine."

Su Qingyu then said: "If you want to drink it, ask your Aunt Lu to get some glutinous rice and make rice wine for you."

Mr. Lu disagreed: "I won't make it for them. Glutinous rice is so expensive now. I still have to save it to pound rice cakes for Xiaobao to eat during the New Year."

Xiaobao was eating rice with a bulging mouth. When he heard someone mention his name, he turned to look at Lu and smiled sweetly at Lu. He loved her so much.

I even plan to take more care of the food at home. Don't let the little baby go without food. It's okay for adults to suffer, but you can't suffer for children.

Siyuan touched his nose: "Auntie, I didn't want to drink it, I just wanted to talk."

"No way!"

Su Qingyao smiled. This family belonged to four families. They didn't know each other before, but now they live like one family.

After dinner, Ruyi went to find someone to ask about the puppies. Siyuan Siyuan was preparing things for hunting in the mountains tomorrow, Lu was packing tea seeds, and Su Qingyu took Xiaobao to take a bath and then played with him.

After she finished taking a bath, Ruyi came back with a basket: "Miss, we just have a puppy that's just a few days old!"

When Xiaobao heard this, he slithered out and ran out.

Su Qingyu also went out to watch.