308. The Educated Youth and the Peasant Girl 7

The days that followed were rather ordinary. They worked in the fields during the day and came back to teach at night. Fortunately, the crops in the fields would be harvested in a few days. It was not up to them educated youths to do the planting. After all, food was related to As for the life of the villagers, these people from the city have never planted land before. If it is not done well, the villagers will firmly disagree.

Zhou Zekai feels that this kind of life also has a different kind of comfort. Of course, the most important thing is that Uncle Zhang made iron really well! I got a very sharp knife from Uncle Zhang, and something similar to a long stick. After Zhou Zekai fixed it on a wooden stick, he planned to go to the back mountain to have a look. The villagers always said that there were wolves in the back mountain. But Zhou Zekai believed that there must be other animals inside. He ate vegetarian food recently, and the birds were about to fade out of his mouth, so he decided to secretly cook something for himself.

Another night, after Zhou Zekai taught the children a lesson, he watched the children go home with a flashlight, and then saw Yang Yuehua who hadn't left yet. He already knew that this girl is an extremely sensible girl .

"Will your aunt come to pick you up later?"

Mother Yang always came over recently, Zhou Zekai saw that the 'classroom' had been tidied up, so naturally there was such a problem, Yang Yuehua shook her head after hearing this.

"My mother won't come today. She and my little uncle have gone back to grandma's house. I'll go back by myself later."

Hearing this, Zhou Zekai felt that someone could help him when he went up the mountain. He has been exercising recently, just to be able to respond to any beasts when he goes up the mountain. Seeing that Yang Yuehua hadn't left, he asked .

"I don't go to work tomorrow, do you have something to do?"

Yang Yuehua raised his head and looked at Zhou Zekai, although he didn't know what the other party wanted, he still shook his head.

"fine."

Originally Zhou Zekai wanted to go alone at night, but considering the other party's safety, he decided to go with Yang Yuehua tomorrow.

"I plan to go up the mountain tomorrow to have a look, do you want to come together?"

Zhou Zekai felt that Yang Yuehua seemed to have lost some weight recently, and planned to hunt prey this time to replenish her body.

"Going up the mountain?" Looking at Zhou Zekai in surprise, Yang Yuehua frowned, a little surprised, "I heard from my dad that this mountain is not peaceful, there seems to be wolves, what are you going to do up the mountain?"

No one in their village dared to go up the mountain privately, Yang Yuehua was very worried.

When Zhou Zekai heard this, he also felt that it was indeed dangerous, so he asked a girl to accompany him up the mountain, so he said.

"It's okay, I'll just ask. I wanted to go and see around. If there are wolves, I won't go."

He planned to explore the road by himself first, and then checked the time, and it was getting late.

"I'll take you home, I don't worry if you're alone."

Although it was from the same village, the other party was a little girl, and the house she lived was still some distance away from Yang Yuehua's home. Yang Yuehua was a little embarrassed, but she accepted it and was sent back home by Zhou Zekai.

Village head Yang was delighted to see Zhou Zekai sending his daughter back. He originally wanted to keep Zhou Zekai for a drink, but Zhou Zekai refused.

Back home, Zhou Zekai picked up the flashlight and the dagger and fork that Uncle Zhang had used, and headed up the back hill.

These days the mountains are actually not too scary. Such a mountain road is not a problem for Zhou Zekai. Walking along the way, Zhou Zekai used a fork to dig out a few traps while making a machine number. He will have to eat meat in the future. Some wild game is also available.

The back mountain is very big. After Zhou Zekai entered the mountain, he felt that there must be animals in the mountain. However, the animals were not found, but he found the bamboo forest in the back mountain. Seeing the bamboo, Zhou Zekai was very happy. He saw that there happened to be bamboo shoots. I put the flashlight aside and started digging bamboo shoots. I dug and found something different...

Seeing the mouse-like animal with the bamboo shoot lowered its head and probing its brain, Zhou Zekai smiled, thinking that there is finally meat to eat now!

That's right, this animal is a type of rat that loves to eat bamboo the most. It is called the bamboo rat. The meat is delicious. Zhou Zekai caught the bamboo rat as soon as he stretched out his hand. up.

He took out the prepared basket, put the bamboo rats in it, and continued to dig bamboo shoots. Unexpectedly, he was very lucky. I don’t know if it happened that the bamboo rats were eating. After a while, they met four or five bamboo rats. Bigger than one! Zhou Zekai wasn't greedy either, so he grabbed two and put them in the basket. This back mountain is full of treasures, and he will come more in the future.

After the bamboo shoots were filled with bamboo baskets, Zhou Zekai carried the bamboo rat in a burlap bag, and then began to descend the mountain. There was no place to cook in his house, so Yuehua had to cook this thing.

Back home, Zhou Zekai slept comfortably that night, and it was already half past ten. Fortunately, he didn't have to go to work today, otherwise someone would have called him long ago.

After waking up, Zhou Zekai finished washing, picked out the bamboo shoots, and put the bamboo rat inside. He was afraid that the villagers would see and ask, after all, he didn't know if the villagers had eaten this thing, and it was not easy to follow him about going up the mountain last night. The villagers said.

With the things in hand, Zhou Zekai went to the village chief's house. Along the way, he met many villagers and greeted each other. Those educated youths were probably resting in the yard today. Zhou Zekai didn't go that way, but he didn't touch any of them. arrive.

Arriving outside Village Chief Yang's house, after Zhou Zekai yelled a few times, Yang Yuehua came out.

"Brother Zhou, why are you here? Are you looking for my dad?"

Village head Yang was not at home today, and led the villagers to check the sowing in the field outside. Yang Yuehua's mother hadn't come back yet, so she was doing housework alone at home.

"No, I'm here to find you, is it convenient for me to go in? I want you to see something."

Zhou Zekai didn't know if everyone had eaten this bamboo rat, he was afraid of scaring Yang Yuehua.

"Well, come in."

He opened the door to let Zhou Zekai in, only then did he see what Zhou Zekai was holding, and hurried over to help, but suddenly saw something moving in the basket, which shocked Yang Yuehua.

"This is a bamboo shoot. I dug it from the mountain. It can be fried and eaten. It tastes very delicious."

Take out the bamboo shoots first, Zhou Zekai said, but Yang Yuehua who was beside him suddenly grabbed his arm.

"Brother Zhou, did you go to the back mountain? When did you go?"

Zhou Zekai was taken aback by this tense appearance, but thinking that the other party was worried about him, he concealed it for a while.

"I got up in the morning and had nothing to do, so I went up to have a look. Don't worry, I didn't go inside. I just found some bamboo shoots, thinking I could make something delicious."

"There are really wolves on that mountain. Believe me, don't go up the mountain anymore. It's very dangerous." Yang Yuehua was very anxious, and looked at Zhou Zekai worriedly. Then he realized that his movements didn't seem to be very good, so he immediately withdrew his hand, but It was even cuter in Zhou Zekai's eyes.

"Yuehua, don't worry, I'm in good health, there's no problem going up the mountain, and I won't go inside, so I won't meet wolves. Take a look, what is this?"

Zhou Zekai was well aware of Yang Yuehua's worries, and because of this, he didn't want to make the other party worry too much, so he opened the basket and let Yang Yuehua look inside.

"Ah! Rats!"

Taking a closer look, Yang Yuehua was stunned by the mouse inside, such a big mouse! It was the first time Yang Yuehua saw him, her voice trembled with fright, and she couldn't help standing behind Zhou Zekai, her face turned pale.

Girls are probably afraid of these things, snakes, mice, cockroaches and the like.

"Yuehua, don't be afraid. You see, although it looks like a mouse, its name is Bamboo Mouse. It doesn't steal food, it only eats bamboo. That's why it can grow so big, and its meat quality Delicious, very good cooking.”

Covering the basket, Zhou Zekai understood that Yang Yuehua was afraid, and explained.

The pale-faced Yang Yuehua didn't expect such a big mouse to be eaten! Now he refused even more, shaking his head and said.

"Brother Zhou, how can this mouse be eaten? Although it has grown to such a large size, the meat won't be poisonous if eaten, right?"

It's true, Yang Yuehua has never seen a mouse eater at such a young age, and this mouse is too big, it looks so scary...

"Yuehua, you have to believe me, I have seen this before, and there is information in the book, this is called a bamboo rat, this kind of animal can only be found in large bamboo forests, it is not an ordinary mouse, it does not contain any bacteria , you won’t get sick if you eat it.”

Zhou Zekai explained to Yang Yuehua that in the end, Yang Yuehua still couldn't refuse the request of the person he liked, so he brought Zhou Zekai a kitchen knife, prepared water, and asked Zhou Zekai to kill bamboo rats...

Of course, she didn't dare to look at it at all. Although Zhou Zekai was killing bamboo rats for the first time, he had killed other animals before. He quickly killed the two bamboo rats, skinned them, and then chopped them into pieces of meat. The two were the fattest ones Zhou Zekai had chosen, and the two together weighed almost eight catties... So even after peeling the skin, the meat and bones weighed more than six catties, enough to last for a day or two.

"I've done it, Yuehua, don't be afraid, just take a look."

Zhou Zekai brought the processed meat in front of Yang Yuehua, and Yang Yuehua finally dared to open his eyes to take a look, and found that the meat looked no different from pork, mutton, or beef... That's why he didn't feel too scared.

"It seems to be no different from pork..."

"It's not the same. Its meat tastes a bit sweet. If you taste it after cooking the soup later, you will find that it is completely different from pork. After eating, it can help the circulation of blood vessels and delay aging. Actually The old man eats better..."

Zhou Zekai still knew a little about this thing, Yang Yuehua said that he was in the dark, anyway, he agreed to make this kind of bamboo rat for Zhou Zekai, although he was still worried that this thing was poisonous.

When it was ready, it was almost noon, and a small bowl was brought out first, Yang Yuehua didn't even dare to taste it.

"Look, is that so?"

Looking at the stewed meat with bamboo shoots in the bowl, Zhou Zekai picked up the chopsticks and ate it. Yang Yuehua couldn't stop him. When he put a bite of meat in his mouth, it was really sweet and delicious.

"tasty!"

He raised his thumb and gave Yang Yuehua a thumbs up. Before Yang Yuehua could be happy, he heard his father's voice.

"Yuehua, what kind of food are you cooking today? It's so fragrant? You can smell it from afar..."