Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

Hu Yanqiu looked at Sicui who looked unhappy.

"What's going on?" Hu Yanqiu asked Gu Siwei.

Gu Siwei replied: "This has nothing to do with me. She is sad that the geese and ducks in the family have flown away."

Hu Yanqiu couldn't help but feel happy when he heard it. He opened his mouth and teased Gu Siwei: "Just kill him if you want to. If you say you're flying away, Sicui has long seen that you lied to her."

"Where is this?" Gu Siwei also immediately made a bitter face.

"How could I kill so many geese at once? Now there are only a few in the poultry house. Even the geese and ducks are all with their babies. The ones without babies flew together," Gu Siwei said.

Hu Yanqiu saw that Gu Siwei seemed to be joking, and then asked: "Really?"

"Really, the poultry pen is empty," Sicui said.

Hu Yanqiu asked: "Have you ever seen it in other places? For example, there is a small pond at the head of the stream over there, where geese like to plunge into the water...".

"Oh, how could I forget this time?"

After hearing this, Sicui spread her legs and ran up the mountain.

Yu Dian bumped into two old men, Li and Yu, who were coming down from the mountain to eat.

"Oh, little girl, what are you so anxious about today?"

Old Man Li supported Sicui and asked with a smile.

Sicui said: "The goose at home ran away, let me see if it is over there in the pond."

Old Man Li asked: "What goose?"

"The goose we raise at home," Sicui said.

Old Man Li thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's not over there. We just came over there."

"What are you doing there?" Sicui couldn't figure out what he was doing there.

Old Man Li said: "Sharpen the knife. How can you sharpen it without water?"

Old Man Li and Old Man Yu actually went to sharpen their knives by the small pond. After working for so many days, the knives were naturally a little damaged, so they took advantage of the fact that the work was finished early today and went to the pond to sharpen their knives. Grind the flat end of the peeler to make it easier to insert into the bark.

"I'd better go take a look."

Sicui really wanted to believe the two of them, but she would not be at ease unless she saw it with her own eyes.

So Sicui continued to run to see if there were any geese in the pond, while the two old men went down the mountain.

"I just met Sicui. She said she was looking for a goose. What happened to the goose?"

The two old men arrived in front of the big house, and without saying a word, they squatted beside the ditch and began to wash their hands and arms. From time to time, they picked up a handful of water and rubbed their necks.

Hu Yanqiu then told the matter again.

"Can domestic geese fly away? If other people's domestic geese are still acceptable, can the geese and ducks raised here still be able to fly?"

Old Man Yu felt a little strange when he heard Hu Yanqiu talking about this.

After living here for these days, the two old men finally understood that all the land on this hillside was developed by Gu Siwei. Even if it were to be divided, no one would dare to divide it, because everyone understood that it would be difficult to divide the land. If you don’t come, when your land is allocated and you can’t plant it, how will you pay the public grain?

So even if someone has this intention, they don’t have the ability.

There is more than ten acres of land, and the land looks pretty good, at least the things growing on it are growing well. Who has such a big land, and the family will be short of food and drink?

Moreover, grain is not paid here. These places can feed a family of more than ten people, let alone a family of three.

If you have food, drink, and food, you will naturally want to eat some meat, so you will naturally feed chickens, ducks, and geese. The same is true for feeding, and even those who are rich and poor can hardly open the lid. Hey people, it must be different.

The two old men could also tell that Gu Siwei's family was living a prosperous life.

Can the geese and ducks fed by this family fly away?

Old Man Yu knew that what Hu Yanqiu said was true, but there was a voice in his heart that always told him that it was impossible, that this was completely impossible.

"Who knows, before I could just slide for a short distance and not fly very far, so I didn't take it seriously. Now that I really flew away this time, the loss was a bit big," Hu Yanqiu said.

Gu Siwei said at this time: "It's nothing. Things in the world are just like this. They come and go. After a while, I will go to Lao Xu's place to get some more eggs. Let's continue, but this time we will cut them every month." With one feather, let’s see where they can fly!”

Hu Yanqiu had no choice but to say yes, and she couldn't change into a goose or a duck.

"Eat, you have to eat," Hu Yanqiu said to the two old men Li and Yu.

Everyone is ready to eat.

As soon as the meal was put on the table, Sicui came back with an unhappy look.

No need to ask, just looking at the expression on the girl's face, she knew that the geese and ducks were not over there at the small pond.

At the dinner table, everyone tried their best to talk about happy things. The two old men Li and Yu also tried to make Sicui happy. Unfortunately, the stingy little girl kept thinking about the geese and ducks that ran away, and she couldn't be happy no matter what.

After eating, Sicui pulled Gu Siwei: "Brother, let's go look for it, okay?"

"Looking for it? Where can I find it here?" Gu Siwei really didn't know what to say about his girl.

Sicui didn't speak, just held the corner of Gu Siwei's clothes in silence.

Gu Siwei really had no choice but to say: "Then let's go look for it, along the river, and if we find the shoal over there, okay?"

Seeing Sicui nodded, Gu Siwei could only say to Hu Yanqiu: "Let's go find the geese and ducks."

"be safe"

Hu Yanqiu also knew that if she didn't look for her, this girl Sicui might be sad for a long time, so just look for her, it would just be a waste of more time.

Gu Siwei took Sicui around to look for it. It took him almost two or three hours before he came back.

When he came back, Hu Yanqiu was preparing noodles for dinner. Because Sicui lost something, Sicui was unhappy, so Hu Yanqiu specially made hand-made noodles to make mixed sauce noodles for Sicui.

Sicui really likes this, but of course Hu Yanqiu doesn't know how to make sauce, so he has to show off his skills to Gu Siwei. Hu Yanqiu can do it, and of course he will learn at the same time.

Seeing Gu Siwei back, Hu Yanqiu raised his chin.

The meaning is very clear. Ask Gu Siwei if he has gained anything.

Gu Siwei shook his head and looked at Sicui who went straight to the poultry house and said: "How can it be so easy to find here? Let alone these geese. Even if you lose a hundred sheep, where can you find them in the mountains?"

"That's right, it's just that Sicui is having a hard time," Hu Yanqiu said.

"I don't know who this girl learned from. She is just a miser." Gu Siwei looked at Sicui walking towards the poultry house, feeling really angry and funny.

After hearing this, Hu Yanqiu scolded Gu Siwei: "You didn't learn from me anyway. Okay, stop talking, go and show off your sauce-making skills. Let's eat mixed noodles tonight."

"Not bad, did you do anything?"

When Gu Siwei heard about eating noodles at night, he was no longer as resistant as he had been a few days ago. After eating rice for a few days, Gu Siwei's resistance to pasta had dropped to zero.

"Aren't the noodles dry?" Hu Yanqiu said angrily.

This is such an irritating question. He already mentioned mixed noodles, which are originally dry mixed noodles. He also asked if there are dry noodles. Why don’t you want to eat mixed noodles but dumplings?

"I can't feel full if I only eat noodles at night," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

Hu Yanqiu said: "Then when you are hungry, I will fry an egg for you, or I will fry you some rice or something."

These words were not sarcastic by Hu Yanqiu. Hu Yanqiu was sincere and was talking about the arrangements he was going to make for Gu Siwei at night.

Gu Siwei thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's wait until we are hungry at night."

After saying that, the young couple got together and got busy.

After a while, the aroma started to rise as soon as the pot came together.

The miscellaneous sauce noodles made by Gu Siwei are not the style of the old capital, nor the style of central Sichuan. The three fat and seven thin cubes are fried, add the sauce, and then add the potatoes.

Gu Siwei didn't like eating peanuts in it, but both Hu Yanqiu and Sicui liked it, so Gu Siwei added some chopped fried peanuts before serving it to add a sauce aroma.

The sauce is fried here, Hu Yanqiu's noodles are rolled out, and the water in the big pot boils immediately.

Put the noodles into the water, cover the lid and simmer for a few minutes, then take them out and put them in cold water. They are not completely cool yet, and they still need to be a little warm. After they are taken out of the cold water, put them in a large basin and use chopsticks to cut the noodles. Stir some to prevent the noodles from sticking together.

One pot of noodles is definitely not enough to eat. Not counting the big-bellied bear like Da Mao, the current pot of noodles can’t even fill the stomachs of Old Man Li and Old Man Yu, so we have to continue serving noodles.

As soon as the second pot of noodles was served, the two old men came back after finishing their work.

After a brief wash in the ditch, the two of them brought their own basins and put them together with everyone else's basins, waiting to meet each other.

Upon seeing this, Hu Yanqiu said: "Don't act like a cafeteria and wait for people to eat. Today's noodles are full, so open it up and eat."

At this moment, Sicui's voice suddenly came over.

"elder brother!"

After hearing this, Gu Siwei turned his head and looked towards Sicui.

Not only Gu Siwei, but everyone here looked in the direction of Sicui.

The geese at home flew back, not only the geese, but also the ducks.

These guys were clinging to the top of the treetops, slowly spreading their wings and falling downwards.

Quack quack!

Guaguagua!

The calls of geese and ducks are intertwined, which usually sounds a bit harsh, but today, I don’t know why, but it sounds so good.

"Brother, they are back. Our geese and ducks are back. I said they will not leave. They also don't want to leave our house...".

Sicui jumped up and down happily, and the big goose that fell down also came close to Sicui, flapping its wings, as if dancing around Sicui.

The geese and ducks were back, and Hu Yanqiu was in a good mood. Hearing Sicui say that the geese and ducks were reluctant to leave, he made a joke about Gu Siwei.

"Well, I can't bear to leave your brother. He gets a goose every three days and a duck every five days!"

Hearing Hu Yanqiu teasing Gu Siwei, the old man Li Yu next to him couldn't help laughing.