A small plot of land in a mountain village

Chapter 101 The Little Girl in the City

After Xiaomei and Fatty Qian successfully held hands, even Wenwen next to her covered her mouth and secretly laughed.

The sugarcane and green sugarcane by the pond have already sprouted tender green leaves, and are now taller than knee-high.

After a while, you can start peeling off the pine husks at the bottom of the sugarcane, layer by layer, to reveal the whole sugarcane section. If you don't pull them off, the sugarcane won't be exposed in sections. The longer the sugarcane sections, the sweeter it is, especially the green-skinned sugarcane.

Sugarcane grows along the pond, so the only place to catch frogs is in the bamboo pavilion.

You don't need frog legs to catch frogs, so the little girl ran back to the inner room, pulled out her little bamboo pole, and went to Liangshan to get some white dough.

Watching the little girl running around, Zhang Niu thought that this Fatty Qian really had to make a bet with a child; wasn't he just asking to lose?

I placed a basket of cherries on the bamboo table and let my younger sisters eat them themselves.

Not satisfied with what he had just eaten, Fatty Qian grabbed a handful and popped them into his mouth one after another, exclaiming, "Delicious! This tastes absolutely delicious!"

"Look at the way you're eating, do you think someone's going to take this from you?" Zhang Niu said with a laugh.

"Isn't this just helping you eliminate some more? These things are meant to be eaten, of course. Are you going to leave them hanging in the tree for birds to fly down and eat?"

"Uncle, look, this is a frog I just caught." The little girl held a green frog in her hand, which was still struggling.

That's too fast! Fatty Qian felt embarrassed and said with a smile, "That uncle was chatting with your brother and didn't see if we could fish again."

Zhang Niu burst into laughter after hearing this. This guy is really funny. He can even say something like that.

"Uncle, you're cheating! Uncle is cheating!" he shouted angrily at Fatty Qian.

Fatty Qian shamelessly insisted, "Let's do it again, let Uncle see your skills, okay?"

"Okay, then I'll fish one more time. If you cheat again, Uncle, you're a little dog, shame, shame, shame!" he said, making a face.

The little girl pinched out a small ball of dough and wrapped it around the fishhook. Fishing for frogs requires a fishhook. These frogs are a bit smarter than field frogs; they'll open their mouths if the food isn't right. With a fishhook, they won't have to worry about opening their mouths.

Zhang Niu went back into the house, planning to pick some more to take home, and also to give some to the village chief and his third uncle. These smelled of milk, and he figured they would be quite surprised.

The cherry tree in front of the door alone can yield hundreds of kilograms of fruit, with clusters of cherries shining brightly under the green leaves.

The shaking bamboo poles caused many frogs on the lotus leaves to croak and jump into the water, swimming towards the pavilion.

"The frog is here—"

Fatty Qian looked on with frustration. It turned out this little girl was hiding something. What a loss! If people found out, they'd be laughing all the way to the bank.

There were at least four or five frogs circling around in the water, staring at the swaying white dough, croaking, and every now and then a few of them would suddenly leap out.

The younger sister is very familiar with catching frogs. The more the frogs jump, the higher she raises the bamboo pole. When they get impatient, she selects the fattest ones to catch.

The frogs in this pond are quite fat now. After shaking the rod a few times and then suddenly pulling it up, a frog is caught on the hook and struggling desperately.

"Uncle, how about it? Do you see it clearly now?" He put his hands on his waist and looked at Fatty Qian with a grin.

"As expected of Ah Niu's sister, your frog-catching skills are just as good. Uncle lost, but I'll definitely buy you a toy next time I come." You can't cheat in front of a child.

"Uncle, I want a big white bear, don't forget." Holding the bamboo pole, he turned and ran out.

Ugh, I was just thinking of buying one casually, but now I guess that's not an option.

I picked a basket full of cherries, and this was in a large basket; it must have weighed at least twenty pounds.

"Grandpa, is the place you're talking about behind this big rock?" Sweetie asked, gazing at the boulder outside the car.

"Yes, it's very beautiful inside, and there are lots of small animals. You'll definitely like it."

"Animales are what Sweetie loves most, but Mom usually won't let me keep them."

Chairman Zhang brought Tian Tian here this time, naturally thinking that there are many animals in Ah Niu, including adorable little ones and that cat.

As they drove uphill, Tian Tian, ​​inside the car, spotted Wen Wen and the others chasing each other in the open space.

Unexpectedly, Ah Niu's little sister was also there. Now she has company. I don't have to worry about Tian Tian being shy. Children are the easiest to get along with, especially since they are all little girls.

Sweetie, who was leaning against the car window, looked out at Wenwen and the other girl and immediately became happy. Especially the cat that Wenwen was holding.

The little girl running around stopped when she saw the car coming in, and through the glass she could see the little girl inside.

"Come here, come to Grandpa." Sweetie, who had just left the car, was still a little shy and huddled behind Chairman Zhang, watching him quietly.

Chairman Zhang waved to the younger sister, signaling her to come over.

He pulled Tian Tian aside and said, "When you play with them later, be polite, okay?" He really had a headache dealing with his shy granddaughter.

The younger sister had a vague impression of Chairman Zhang; it seemed he had eaten at her house before, and she was very interested in Tian Tian, ​​who was hiding in the back.

"You must be Zhang Niu's sister."

Nodding, unsure why she was asking, she listened patiently nonetheless.

She pulled Tian Tian to her side and said, "This is my granddaughter, Tian Tian. Call her 'sister'."

Sweetie called out in a clear, crisp voice, "Hello, sister." But her eyes remained fixed on the cat in Wenwen's arms. At this moment, the cat opened its eyes and looked at Sweetie in front of it, then shrank back as if it was afraid of something.

Hearing someone call them "sister," the two were overjoyed and found Tian Tian more agreeable.

"This is Sweetie's first time here, I hope you can take good care of her." Turning to Sweetie, she said, "Sweetie, play with your sister later, don't cause trouble, or Grandpa will be very angry." Although she said this, she didn't seem angry at all.

Wenwen and the other girl looked back at their grandfather and said, "We understand."

Chairman Zhang was very pleased to see his granddaughter give such an answer.

After Chairman Zhang entered the bamboo house with a lot of things, Tian Tian looked at the cat.

"Can I hug this?" she asked timidly.

Wenwen was very generous. "Here you go, this guy is called Cat." She handed over the cat she was holding.

Sweetie was puzzled. A cat? Could it be the cat at home? What an interesting name. She gently stroked its feathers. Sweetie chuckled and asked curiously, "Sister, what kind of animal is this?"

"Oh no! You don't know what this cat is called? I'm a little confused. Don't people in the city recognize this owl?"

Looking at her younger sister, Tian Tian nodded shyly, "Yes, my mom doesn't let me keep pets at home, saying they're unclean."

So that's how it is. City people really have a lot of habits. "This cat is called an owl."

"Does this cat eat insects?" I asked after realizing it was a bird.

"It won't eat it, this cat doesn't eat worms," ​​Wenwen said from the side.

"If they don't eat insects, then what do they eat? Sweetie learned from her book that birds eat insects."

"Come on, I'll take you over to see." He pulled Tian Tian and ran towards the pond.

After putting the items away, Chairman Zhang looked at Tian Tian, ​​who had run off into the distance, and smiled knowingly. It seemed that bringing her along was the right decision.

"Old Zhang, you're back pretty fast." Zhang Niu saw him as soon as he pushed open the courtyard gate.

With a smile, she said, "I've fallen in love with your cherries; I wonder if they're ripe yet."

"The bamboo pavilion isn't there, but I have a surprise for you," he said with a smile.

"What surprise? Why are you being so mysterious about these cherries?" Chairman Zhang decided to go over and see what the surprise was.

As soon as I entered the bamboo pavilion, I heard a lot of croaking. "Fatty, you've had quite a haul today, haven't you?" Hearing the croaking, I didn't need to guess that this guy had caught quite a few frogs.

"Here it comes! The frogs in your pond are so fat, look at them!" He said, pulling a fat frog out of the net bag.

"Look, isn't this frog pretty good? And look at its legs." He smacked his lips as he spoke.

"Fatty, you can really eat a lot." Looking at his big belly, one couldn't help but say a few words.

Upon hearing this, Fatty Qian laughed heartily, "Food is the most important thing for people. If you don't try it, you've wasted your trip." He spoke as if he were spouting a profound truth.

Zhang Niu simply ignored the guy. He sat down on the bamboo chair, grabbed a bunch of cherries, and put them in his mouth.

"Come on, Lao Zhang, have a taste. These cherries were just picked." He called out to Chairman Zhang, who was still watching the frogs.

"Oh, here it is. Look at this frog. To be honest, how did you raise this frog? It's much bigger than the ones in the wild."

Zhang Niu shrugged. "I don't know."

Nowadays, many paddy fields in rural areas are sprayed with pesticides, and frogs carry pesticide residues on their bodies. Unlike Zhang Niu, which is purely natural and pollution-free.

Beep beep————

The sound of a car came from the mountain road. Who's here? They really know how to time things right, Zhang Niu muttered to himself.

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