038 Collective Decision

Coming to the Xiaohegou, Gu Ning'an rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "Sister, it seems that this deep mountain is really not as scary as other villagers said."

Gu Xiaowan is unknown, who knows. Maybe it was their luck today.

If it's the next time, maybe they will encounter terrible things like those villagers who entered the mountain have encountered.

Gu Xiaowan felt that it was better to be vigilant, as the saying goes, be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years.

All the way back, there was still some firewood on the road. The two picked up about ten kilograms of firewood, tied a bundle with rope, and went home full of harvest.

Because it is winter, and the Chinese New Year is approaching, there will be no farm work in the fields. Even if there are people who do farm work outside, they will go home at noon, have dinner, have a rest, or huddle together to chat. won't come out either. So on the way back, Gu Xiaowan and the others didn't meet anyone, and they returned home all the way.

Gu Xiaowan's family also lived in the west end of the village, and across the distance, Gu Xiaowan saw two small figures standing under the eaves at the entrance of the courtyard, looking up.

Gu Ningping and Gu Xiaoyi stood under the eaves, looking anxiously at the way home, until they saw their brother and sister appear on the other side of the road, joy flooded into their hearts, they opened the courtyard door directly, Run towards Gu Xiaowan and the others.

Gu Ningping ran faster, and soon left Gu Xiaoyi behind. Seeing that his brother was running so fast, Gu Xiaoyi could not help but urgently shouted, "Brother, slow down, wait for Xiaoyi!"

Gu Ningping heard Gu Xiaoyi's crying voice, so he could only turn around and ran to Gu Xiaoyi again, then dragged Xiaoyi and ran towards the two of them following Xiaoyi's pace.

Come to the two of them. Looking at the two of them, they called out sweetly, "Sister, brother!"

Gu Ningping stretched out his hand to help Gu Xiaowan take down the basket, but Gu Xiaowan tilted her body and said, "Carry it for Ning An."

Gu Ning'an shook his head: "I'm not tired of carrying it for my sister."

Gu Xiaowan could only give up. With the help of Gu Ningping, she took down the basket. She felt that her shoulder was being restrained by the basket. She shook her arm, then hugged Gu Xiaoyi and kissed Gu Xiaoyi's face: "Has Xiaoyi eaten? ?"

"Eat." Gu Xiaoyi replied in a milky voice.

"Sister, let's eat." Gu Ningping was afraid that Gu Xiaowan would be relieved, so he quickly replied: "We ate the sorghum gnocchi that was left in the morning. Xiaoyi and I are full." After speaking, he glanced at Xiaoyi. Yi: "We're all full, aren't we?"

Gu Xiaoyi nodded her head and said with Gu Ningping, "Well, my brother and I are full. My sister is hungry, and my brother is also hungry."

After speaking, he turned his head to Gu Ning'an and said with some distress.

Gu Xiaowan felt warm in her heart and comforted: "Sister is not hungry, elder sister is going to get something to eat now. Sister also caught all kinds of good things." The mysterious appearance made Gu Ningping curious: "Sister, what kind of good thing is it? "

Gu Xiaowan smiled but said nothing, Gu Ningping could only look at Gu Ning'an for help, but Gu Ning'an just smiled and didn't speak. Gu Ningping couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, but it was almost home, and he would know right away, he immediately laughed, and the pace of going home was faster.

Back at home, Gu Ningping threw a bundle of firewood in his hand under the eaves, then the four entered the house, closed the door of the big house, and looked at the two full baskets, both Gu Xiaoyi and Gu Ningping stared at .

Gu Xiaowan cleaned up all the dry weeds spread on it, and a small head was exposed, with a pointed mouth.

"Chicken..." Gu Xiaoyi shouted excitedly.

"It's a pheasant!" Gu Ningping also said excitedly.

Gu Xiaowan nodded at the two children, and then took the pheasant out of the basket: "Sister will kill it later and give you some soup. This pheasant is so big that it can be eaten several times."

Gu Ningping clicked his tongue and swallowed excitedly. Gu Xiaoyi was the same. Hearing that he wanted to drink chicken soup, he asked curiously, "Sister, is the chicken soup delicious? Xiaoyi wants to drink it too."

Gu Xiaowan's eyes warmed when she heard it, and her heart was sour: "Chicken soup is very fragrant, very fragrant, we can drink chicken soup at night. Don't worry!"

"Wow, this pheasant is really big, it weighs several kilograms." Gu Ningping stroked the pheasant's shiny fur, unable to hide his excitement.

"Well, my sister caught it. It's estimated to be 3 pounds." Gu Ning'an looked at Gu Xiaowan admiringly. Now my sister is getting better and better. First she caught rabbits, then pheasants and ginseng. She has so many wild radishes at home, she will never go hungry again.

"Such a big pheasant, I followed Brother Shitou to see it this summer," Gu Ningping said.

Gu Xiaowan knew who he was talking about as brother Shitou. It was Aunt Zhang's eldest son, Zhang Xiaojun, and his nickname was Shitou, because people in the countryside liked to give their children an ordinary nickname. It was easy to remember. .

"That time, Brother Stone also caught a pheasant this big. But they didn't eat it. Aunt Zhang said that this pheasant could be sold for several hundred pennies in the town, and it was eaten after a few meals of chicken, but it was sold and bought. If you buy noodles with rice, you can eat them for a long time." Gu Ningping recalled.

Gu Ningping still remembered that when Brother Stone caught the pheasant and brought it home, Aunt Zhang was not willing to eat it, so he took it to the town and sold it the next day. Sold a lot of money, bought some noodles and came back.

Gu Ningping was talking, and suddenly said: "Sister, why don't we stop eating chicken, let's take the chicken to the town and sell it."

Gu Ningping knew that game in this mountain is very rare, and this time my sister caught rabbits and pheasants again, maybe she was lucky. Otherwise, like Brother Stone always

When I went to the mountains, I only caught a pheasant once.

If the chicken was just killed like this, it would only be able to eat a few meals. If, like Aunt Zhang, he sold the pheasant, he could exchange some money for some sorghum noodles, and he would eat longer.

Gu Xiaowan came over with a knife and a bowl from the kitchen, intending to wipe the chicken neck, when she heard Gu Ningping say this, she turned her head to look at Gu Ningan, and saw Gu Ningan lowered her head, hesitated for a while, it seemed After thinking about Gu Ningping's suggestion, he also said, "Yes, sister, let's sell this pheasant."