LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 7 Food hidden in mouse holes
"Rat?! Where did the mouse come from in this winter?" Tong Xiaying sat up.
All the brothers from the Su family ran in, "Little sister, what's wrong?"
"Brother, yes, there are rats!!!" Su Xiaoshi was frightened. She had been afraid of rats, snakes and insects since she was a child.
"Where are the mice?" At this time of drought, the mice had long been slaughtered by the people in the village.
Where did the mouse come from now?
"It's just, it's in the house. I don't know where it went now."
There were only three people in the room just now. Tong Xiaying was lying on the kang, and Su Xiaoshi was coaxing the children to play.
"Little sister, are you dazzled? Where did the mice come from in this winter?" Su Erzhu covered his stomach. He hadn't eaten much these days. His stomach was hungry every day, and his belt was getting tighter. Tight.
His kidneys hurt. Compared with the feeling of being hungry, this pain reminded him.
"Really, second brother, I'm not dazzled. It's a really big mouse, bigger than our old hen." Su Xiaoshi was still frightened. The black thing just now was definitely a mouse, and there were also long What a long tail.
Attracting the Su family's fire, Su Hanlin released two more mice.
As soon as the field mice came out of the space, they cluttered around with their heads in their hands.
"Ah! Big brother, big brother! Rat, rat!" Su Xiaoshi was so frightened that she jumped onto the kang.
Naturally, the two Su brothers did not miss the two mice this time. It was really rare to see such fat mice in such a lean winter.
The children of the Su family are not afraid of mice at all. In their eyes, they are just meat.
Rats were everywhere in the Su family, and the Su family was in chaos.
"Brother, go into the kitchen!"
"Second brother, let's go to your room!"
"Dazhu, the mouse sneaked into the mother's house."
As soon as she entered the old lady's house, she was also frightened, and she randomly joined the camp.
Naturally, three mice were not enough to see, so Su Hanlin added several more, and one or two slipped out of Su's house and fled in the snow.
In the end, the Su family was busy and caught five big rats, each weighing two or three pounds.
Voles that grow up eating space rice are fat and strong, and have great strength.
After being caught, he was still flapping his limbs, trying to wait for an opportunity to escape.
The Su family, whose eyes were dim from hunger, just knocked on it with a brick.
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"Mom, is this a mouse? Why is it so big?"
Su Dachuan was holding a fat vole in his hand. It had brown hair and a round body. At first glance, people would think it was a plump vole.
The children of the Su family all gathered in a circle, swallowing their saliva.
"Wait a minute, how can such a big rat come from this winter?"
"Where did this mouse sneak out from?" Mrs. Su felt strange.
"Little sister, she said she saw a mouse in the house of her third brother and sister. She screamed and called us over.
We didn't see any when we entered the house, but it didn't take long before one or two came out of a corner. "
"In past years, it was only in good years that we could raise such a big rat. Our family has only four walls, so how can we raise it..." At this point, Mrs. Su was not thinking of anything.
"You guys, hurry up and search Xia Ying's house to see if there are any mouse holes."
"Then the mice have come out, why are we still looking for mouse holes?" Su Dashuan didn't quite understand.
"In previous years, some people said that rats can hide food..."
"Mom, are you saying that maybe we can dig out food from the mouse holes in our house?"
"That's my guess. It's hard to say whether we can dig out food. You go and have a look first and find the mouse holes first." Mrs. Su ordered.
A huge mouse hole was found at the end of the kang in Tong Xiaying's house, and there was also one next to the wardrobe.
"I found two mouse holes, but the holes are a bit small. I can't see inside." Su Erzhu lay on the ground and turned a blind eye.
"Second brother, get out of the way and let the children go. Whoever has a long and thin hand, let her put it in and touch it."
"Mom, wouldn't it be faster to just use a stick to explore?"
If there is a mouse nest here, it will scare the children.
"Then use a stick to poke inside to see if there are any rats escaping out."
Su Hanlin blinked and yawned. There were so many mice in the winter. It was already a big deal to find even one mouse.
"Mom, the stick hit a bunch of things... I don't know what they are, but there are a lot of them, and they are still rolling on the ground." Su Dachuan was lying on the ground, picking at the stick in his hand.
"Then let's cut some holes in this wall. I remember if there is a dust storage room behind this."
A big hole was opened in the wall, and the Su family looked at the scene in front of them in shock and disbelief.
"It's food!!!"
"Oh my God, where did so many sweet potatoes and corn come from?"
"There are still rice grains, which haven't even been shelled yet. Mom, rats have dug a big hole in our house."
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The family collected all the food. There were several baskets of food piled high, including sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, rice...
"We have to thank these rats. Not only did they bring us meat, but they also brought us food. If they hadn't stored the food, we would all have starved to death." Xie Lianhua held the food in her hands. , almost cried.
"How could this mouse hide for so long before coming out?"
"There is also a partition at the back. If you don't cut it open, you really can't find it." Mrs. Su pondered.
“This winter, mice are afraid of the cold. Where can they find food in the middle of winter?
Pointing to so much food for the winter, their plump bodies and bellies were bulging just now. There is meat. "
"If we had so much food, we wouldn't go out and stay at home." Chen Juhua rolled her eyes at her man.
He doesn't understand this. No wonder he is the most stupid and honest among the brothers.
"That's right. Wife, you are right." Su Erzhu stood stupidly and scratched his head.
"Don't talk about anything else. As long as we have food, our family can survive. I am really thankful to God. Thank you for God's blessing."
"Lianhua, hurry up and cook the grain so that the children can have a full meal. This rice needs a sheller.
In this winter, we can only peel it ourselves. "
The Su family finally had a full winter meal.
Tong Xiaying was holding a bowl of thick rice porridge. If it weren't for the rich fragrance of rice on the tip of her nose, she would have thought she was dreaming.
After eating and drinking enough, the children of the Su family all sat down in the yard to eat.
After a while, they started chasing each other and playing around. You build a snowman and I smash it. It was a lot of fun.
The tender voices of children in the courtyard made the Su family's stiff atmosphere for many days melt away.
"Xiaofeng Xiaomei, please slow down and keep an eye on your younger brothers and sisters. Don't let them fall." Xie Lianhua finished her meal and her face turned red. Seeing the child being so noisy, she warned with a smile.
"I know, Mom." The two daughters responded, and they took their younger brothers and sisters outside the courtyard to build snowmen and smash snowballs. Their little faces were as red as red apples from the cold.
They hadn't run so happily in a long time. In the past, because they didn't have enough to eat, all chasing activities were cancelled.
Now, once I start playing, I can't stop.