newbobooks Chapter 247 Little Squirrel
Chapter 247 Little Squirrel
"Not bad. If there are jujube trees on the mountain, we can use some molasses."
"I've been to the mountains so many times, but I've rarely come across sour jujube trees."
Everyone was tucking into the rice in their bowls. They were hungry and tired after doing so much work today.
"By the way, what did you dig out from the backpack?" Old Mrs. Zhou had already noticed what was in the basket.
"Grandma, those are medicinal herbs. San Ya led us to dig them. We can exchange them for money." Zhou Mingqi explained first.
"Is that so? You dug so much, so you must be able to sell it for a lot of money, right?" Old Mrs. Zhou didn't know what this thing was, but if she could exchange it for money, it must be a good thing.
"This can be sold for money, but it can also be made into food. It can be used to nourish the body and can also be made into delicious food! What I mean is that we don't sell it, but make it delicious."
Zhou Mingshu expressed his ideas, and everyone agreed with them.
Since this thing can be made into something delicious, let’s make it into something edible.
The children were panting with exhaustion, just wanting to have a couple of bites of fresh food, they didn’t have to rush to sell it for money.
Besides, the family is not short of money now!
"Okay, then you guys can do it when you have nothing to do."
Hearing this, Zhou Mingshu became happy, as he would have Pueraria powder to eat from now on.
In autumn, it gets dark quickly.
By the time we were almost done with dinner, it was completely dark.
Everyone hurriedly cleaned up their chores, and the children began to fetch water and wash.
Zhou Mingshu put his feet in the basin of hot water and shivered comfortably.
She dug up the kudzu roots and took them home, but she also wanted to pick up some acorns and chestnuts.
Even if the things in the warehouse are sold together with the mung bean jelly, they will not be enough for next summer.
The mountain breeze made the window paper rustle, and the moon was hidden in the clouds, dim and lightless.
Zhou Mingshu folded the duck down quilt tightly and enjoyed the warmth and comfort of the bed.
Someone's cat was meowing against the wall. Zhou Mingshu listened carefully and fell asleep unknowingly.
The next day.
As usual, Boss Zhou and Mrs. Liu went to the street to set up a stall.
Zhou Mingshu suggested going to the distant mountains to pick chestnut acorns.
They invited Uncle Shangcai to join them, borrowed the village chief's ox cart, and the four of them went out.
This amount of time was far from enough to collect supplies, so Zhou Mingshu directly stored the items into the system and exchanged them for points, and then redeemed them with the points when needed.
Anyway, whether it is an acorn or a chestnut, the system has them all.
You can have as much as you want and use as much as you want.
As long as they are picked up and brought back to the warehouse, she will have the final say on the quantity.
Zhou Laoer and his wife were picking acorns on the ground.
Wang Youcai was carrying a basket and picking chestnuts.
Comparing the two things, his family prefers chestnuts more.
"Saya, come and see, there is a squirrel here."
While picking up acorns, Zhu found a wounded little squirrel under a tree. When it saw someone coming, it hid aside in fear.
"Is he going to fall from a tree?" Zhou Mingshu looked up at the oak tree. This height was indeed a bit dangerous.
"If you leave it here, it will definitely die. It's better to take it home."
Zhou Mingshu picked up some straw mats and put them in the basket, then put the little squirrel in it.
There are only chickens and ducks at home, but no other pets.
It would be a good idea to keep a squirrel.
"Okay, let's keep it. We've picked so many acorns and chestnuts, which will be enough for it to eat."
The four people picked up four large bags of things, and several other backpacks and baskets were also filled with things.
They picked all the mushrooms and fruits they came across and took them home.
"This little sea buckthorn is quite sweet. San Ya, try it." Wang Youcai was not afraid of being prickly, so he broke one open and tasted it.
"Okay, Uncle Youcai." Wang Youcai peeled one and handed it to her. Zhou Mingshu tasted it and found it was indeed sweet.
"It's delicious, sweet, and has an indescribable fruity aroma."
"Hahaha, that's right. I asked you to pick more just now but you refused. Now you regret it." Wang Youcai sat on the side and laughed.
"Yes, I regret it a little." Zhou Mingshu scratched his head.
Before leaving, Wang Youcai left some of the sea buckthorn in the basket for the children of Lao Zhou to taste, and he took the rest back home.
"Grandma, there are so many acorns on the mountain. You don't even have to pick them up. You can just jump on them and dig them up, haha."
What Zhou Mingshu said was a bit exaggerated, but it was actually true. Apart from the small animals in the mountains, no one ate them.
"That's because no one knows what these acorns are used for. If they knew they could be used as food, it wouldn't be your turn to pick them up. Hey, what's in your basket? I see something moving."
Old Mrs. Zhou took a casual glance and saw some living creature in the basket.
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. I found a wounded little squirrel in the mountains. It was lying on the ground and couldn't move. So I took it home to nurse it back to health."
"Then tie it up with a rope, and it will crawl away when you can't see it anymore."
After saying this, Mrs. Zhou went to the side to scoop some water and began to prepare lunch.
When they heard that their sister had caught a squirrel, Zhou Mingyuan and Zhou Minghua ran over to see.
Zhou Mingshu added some warm water, first gently wiped the affected area of the little squirrel, then cleaned its entire body, and then poured some anti-inflammatory powder to coat it.
I made a nest for it with straw and put the little guy in it, letting it keep company with the quail nearby.
These little quails grew very fast under Zhou Mingshu's care.
Over the past month, its wings have grown fully and it has been jumping up and down in the cage all day long, looking very lively.
Considering that they were still small, Zhou Mingshu did not move them outside. If they encountered a cat, they would definitely not be able to fight it.
……
After the people in the prefecture received the letter from Lord Silin of the Ministry of Justice, they immediately handed it to the prefect.
When the governor of the prefecture found out that the situation was true, he took out the prepared memorial early in the morning and asked someone to deliver it to the court urgently over a distance of 800 miles.
The rest will depend on the court's arrangements.
If we are lucky, the person we send might arrive before the New Year.
The governor frowned and sighed as he listened to the howling autumn wind outside.
It’s a cold autumn this year!
Winter has come so early, and the people are going to suffer again.
He and his staff still need to discuss more strategies to deal with the cold winter.
……
"Grandma, it's the end of October, let's make some bacon!"
Zhou Mingshu was greedy. If there were less bacon and sausages in winter, it would be a lot less delicious.
"Haha, you little foodie, you're talking about this all the time. Okay, I'll ask your uncle to buy more meat."
Old Mrs. Zhou and a few of them were washing kudzu roots with loofahs by the river behind the house.
She didn't expect that the loofah flesh could be so useful, much better than her thatched handle.
"Okay, give us some pig tails and pig feet so we can make some soup, and some pig intestines so we can make some Chinese sausages..."
"Okay, buy them all. You can talk to your uncle and the others when you get back."
Old Mrs. Zhou didn't care about this matter anymore. She just bought whatever the children wanted to eat and she was only responsible for paying the money.