Chapter 79: Xiao Liu is frustrated
"You go guard over there and don't let the rabbit run away." Shen Zhi pointed to the hole where the cloth bag was fixed, and he took a handful of hay, lit it and stuffed it into the entrance on this side. Thick smoke instantly drilled into the hole.
"Plop, plop," the thick smoke forced the rabbits to escape from another exit, but they all unexpectedly fell into the net of cloth bags tied by Shen Zhi.
Only when no more rabbits appeared did Shen Zhi put away the cloth bag, tied it with a rope and threw it into the backpack.
Looking at the bulging cloth bag, Song Rou was excited and grinned. It was so easy to catch a rabbit.
"Let's go pheasant hunting," Shen Zhi pulled Song Rou, who was still looking for a rabbit hole, "catch a few pheasants and make chicken soup."
Shen Zhi picked up pebbles on the roadside as he walked.
"This pheasant likes to hide in the grass the most. Your skills will be tested when you find a pheasant later. Use this small stone to knock it out on the head," Shen Zhi demonstrated and hit a pheasant in the grass.
Song Rou was surprised at Shen Zhi's kung fu. She could hit the target with just a small stone thrown casually. Moreover, she didn't even notice the pheasant, but she actually found it. It seems that Shen Zhi is not an ordinary peasant girl.
"Look, there's a nest of pheasant eggs here," Shen Zhi picked up a pheasant from the grass and tied its wings with a straw rope.
"Where are they?" Song Rou ran over and saw a nest of light green pheasant eggs. The two carefully put them into the basket Song Rou was carrying and spread thick weeds underneath so that the eggs would not break easily. The two counted them and found that there were as many as thirty pheasant eggs.
Song Rou imitated Shen Zhi and actually caught a few pheasants.
"Xiaozhi, it's so fun. I want to go up the mountain every day," Song Rou exclaimed with a smile.
Shen Zhi glanced at them speechlessly: "Sister Song Rou, there are many brave generals on the mountain."
Song Rou raised her eyebrows and said proudly, "I'm not afraid. Hey, Xiaozhi, look, there are so many persimmons on the tree over there. They are red and beautiful. Let's go pick some and take them home to eat."
They did it right away. They put down their backpacks and ran to the persimmon tree. Song Rou climbed to the top of the tree in two steps. This time it was Shen Zhi's turn to be surprised. Where is the lady from a noble family?
This persimmon tree is full of fruits, which look like little lanterns and are very festive.
Song Rou picked a persimmon and ate it directly on the tree. It was so sweet that Song Rou's mouth almost opened.
"Let's pick less, it's not easy to carry. Come back next time when you want to eat." Shen Zhi shouted under the tree.
"I understand," Song Rou simply chopped off a tree trunk and planned to carry it back without worrying about crushing the ripe persimmons.
Song Rou slid down the tree, picked up the trunk and walked back, not looking like a lady from a noble family at all.
Shen Zhi curled his lips and picked up the backpack on the ground resignedly. The two of them walked down the mountain like victorious generals.
"Xiao Zhi, that old lady has been staring at us," Song Rou pointed at an old lady digging wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain.
Before Shen Zhi had time to look, the other party's harsh voice came.
"Er Ya, you went up the mountain and found something good. Don't forget your aunt. Come, show the backpack to your aunt."
Shen Zhi looked over and saw that this was Liu's biological sister, Xiao Liu. She used to call her aunt. Xiao Liu and Liu were married to Shitou Village at the same time, but Xiao Liu became a widow not long after she got married. Fortunately, she was pregnant and had a son, so she and her son had been dependent on each other.
Over the years, Liu has been giving a lot of subsidies to her younger sister. Little Liu's son got married only last year, because the family was too poor. Everyone in the village knew that Little Liu had been harassing her daughter-in-law, and she had not given birth to a child yet.
Shen Zhi had a very bad impression of Xiao Liushi. When she was a child, whenever Xiao Liushi went to her house, she would pinch her behind her parents' backs. She often got bruises on her arms and was threatened not to tell her parents.
Shen Zhi retracted his thoughts and replied: "It's none of your business."
Xiao Liu was used to bullying Shen Zhi. After not seeing him for a few months, she didn't expect Shen Zhi to become so arrogant.
"You little bitch, I'm your aunt, how can you speak so unculturedly? No wonder your grandmother and her family were thrown into jail because of you. You even sued your father into jail, you damned unfilial daughter." Little Liu kept yelling and cursing.
It was the first time that Song Rou saw an old rural woman cursing like this, and she was so angry that she wanted to rush up and tear her mouth. Shen Zhi smiled and held her back.
"Please don't bother Widow Liu with my unfilial behavior. You should worry more about your own family's troubles. I heard that Widow Liu's son has been wandering among countless flowers all year round, but none of them bear fruit. Do you think it's the flowers' problem or your son's problem?" Shen Zhi walked up to Little Liu, picked a few wild flowers and sang to them in a coquettish voice: "Why don't you bear fruit? Why don't you bear fruit?"
Xiao Liu's face was gloomy. She raised her hand angrily and slapped Shen Zhi hard. However, she underestimated Shen Zhi's reaction ability. Shen Zhi dodged cleverly, and Xiao Liu fell heavily to the ground due to the imbalance of her center of gravity.
"Oh, oh, someone is murdered, someone is murdered." Xiao Liu kept shouting.
Shen Zhi sneered and said, "Go ahead and shout. I'll see who will come to save you in this wilderness. I'll thank you when you call the blind bear. Also, don't bother me in the future. I remember clearly how you used to pinch me for no reason." After that, Shen Zhi took Song Rou away.
Xiao Liu was so angry that she smashed the basket of wild vegetables. No, I can't let this little bitch go. Xiao Liu picked up the basket, twisted her hips and limped back home.
"Changsheng, Changsheng," Xiao Liu cried as she entered the house. If a young wife cried in such a delicate tone, it would only arouse the man's desire to protect her. However, Xiao Liu, an old lady in her 50s or 60s, pretended to be young, which would only make people scold her for being disrespectful.
Look, the daughter-in-law Wei, who was cooking in the kitchen, frowned when she heard this, thinking that her mother-in-law was going to make trouble again.
When Liu Changsheng heard his mother crying, he immediately ran out and supported Xiao Liu. "Mom, what happened to you? Who bullied you?"
Little Liu snorted and said, "It's Erya from your aunt's family, an unfilial thing." Little Liu angrily recounted the whole story with exaggeration.
Liu Changsheng's face turned pale after hearing this. Although he was a scoundrel who followed the gambling house people all year round to collect debts and do all kinds of evil, he was a very filial person in his heart. He vowed to avenge his mother, Xiao Liu, so he gathered a group of hooligans in the town that day and planned to go to Shen Zhi's house to rob it at night.