Chapter 170 A lot of sugar cane!

Just when Qiao Ran was thinking about how to teach Qiao Honglian a profound lesson, Qiao Honglian lived up to her expectations and gave her a chance.

Because it stopped raining in the middle of the night yesterday, the water level in the creek gradually dropped.

But the current is still very fast and there are many fish in the water.

The sun came out in the afternoon, and in order to gain this rare free time, some people went up to the mountains to hunt, some went to catch fish in the creek, and some went to the woods to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms.

The mountains after the rain are the best for picking wild vegetables and mushrooms.

Qiao Sanhu and Qiao Sihai cut some slender bamboo leaves and simply made a fishing net, and took the four little ones Qiao Xi, Qiao Bei, Qiao Xing and Qiao Yue to the creek to catch fish.

Lin Sanniang still went digging wild vegetables with the women, and looked for any delicious mushrooms.

Qiao Erhe, Qiao Ran, and Qiao Dong were invited by the young adults in the village to go hunting in the mountains.

I walked around in the nearby mountains and forests. I wonder if it was because it was still humid outside, so there weren't many wild animals coming out to look for food.

A group of nine of them hunted three hares, five pheasants, two bamboo rats, and killed a non-venomous snake that was two fingers thick and three meters long.

Seeing that it was getting late, it was almost time to prepare dinner, and Qiao Ran was about to call everyone to go home together.

Suddenly, Qiao Dong, who was walking not far in front of him, slipped and fell down the steep hillside.

"Xiaodong!"

Qiao Ran was startled and quickly chased after him.

"Ah, why did Qiao Dong fall?"

"Quick, quick, quick! Go down and take a look!"

When the others saw this, they also ran down the hillside.

When everyone dragged shrubs and weeds taller than a person and ran down the hillside into the valley, they saw a large area of ​​weeds taller than a person.

Qiao Dong fell into a grass nest. There were grass everywhere, but he was not injured.

However, the trousers on his buttocks were torn by sharp thatch, exposing half of his white buttocks.

Several people saw it and were really dumbfounded.

Qiao Dong covered his butt with both hands in embarrassment, but he couldn't cover it tightly.

He turned red with embarrassment. He really didn't expect that he would be so embarrassed as a teenager.

Qiao Erhe still felt sorry for his nephew, so he took off his shirt and tied it around his nephew's waist to cover his buttocks.

Qiaoqiao also felt it was a bit funny, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud. After all, this was his biological brother.

"Xiaodong, are you not injured? How did you fall?"

Qiao Dong touched his butt uneasily, making sure it was blocked by his clothes, and then said a little shyly: "I'm not injured. I didn't notice that the grass on the right was empty, so I stepped on it and sat down. Slipped on that thatch.”

Qiao Ran nodded: "It's good that you're not injured. This hillside is too steep. Let's walk forward and see if we can find a way."

There are shrubs and weeds that are taller than a person everywhere, making it difficult to walk.

Fortunately, they brought a machete. Except for Qiao Ran and Qiao Dong, several other young adults took turns waving their machetes in front to clear the way.

Unexpectedly, they found several more nests of bird eggs along the way in this overgrown valley, and also hunted two pheasants and four wild birds.

While walking, Qiao Ran suddenly discovered that among the weeds, there were black "sticks" with sections as thick as a child's arms.

Above the "stick" are several long leaves like corn leaves.

Qiao Ran felt happy when she saw the machete in her second uncle's hand was about to chop at those "sticks".

She quickly shouted: "Second uncle, wait a minute!"

Qiao Erhe's hand paused in the air, and he turned to look at her: "What's the matter, Ran Ran?"

Qiao Ran pulled away the people in front and walked to her second uncle, taking a closer look at the "sticks".

It was just as she expected!

"Second uncle, don't cut it from the middle, cut it from the root. Then cut off the top leaves, and let's take the sugar cane back and eat it."

"What? Are these grasses edible?"

"What kind of grass? Qiao Ran is talking about sugar cane. Qiao Ran, is this the sugar cane you are talking about for making brown sugar?"

None of the people in Qiao Erhe knew sugar cane. When Qiao Ran said it was edible sugar cane, they all asked.

Qiao Ran nodded: "Yes, this is sugar cane. It can be used to make sugar, or you can chew it and eat it. The sugar cane juice is very sweet. It can also produce fluid and quench thirst, nourish yin and moisturize the lungs. It's also good to chop it back and eat it as snacks along the way. .”

Upon hearing this, everyone was happy.

They pulled away the weeds and looked ahead, and found that there were more than just a few sugar canes.

"Ran Ran, there are more over there! I don't know how many are left in this area, let's cut them all back, shall we?"

Qiao Erhe said excitedly.

Hehe, sweet sugar cane! The children at home are in great luck!

Qiao Ran nodded: "It's not dark yet, everyone hurry up and make as much as you can."

Everyone responded, tied up the prey in their hands, put it on the ground, and rolled up their sleeves to get started.

"Ran Ran, this machete is for you to use."

Qiao Erhe handed the machete in his hand to Qiao Ran.

"No need, uncle, I'm very strong and can pull it out."

Qiao Ran pushed the machete back again.

The machete in her space is much easier to use than this machete.

They only brought a machete, but they were reluctant to use it to cut sugar cane for fear of curling the blade.

So except for Qiao Erhe, everyone else pulled the sugar cane with their bare hands.

When you pull it up, remove the head and tail, leaving the edible part.

This piece of weeds looked very small when we were on the mountain just now, but when you are in it, you don't know how big it is.

Sugarcane grows among these thatch trees, which are taller than people. You need to remove the thatch grass to find it.

When Qiao Ran saw that these people were here, she pushed aside the weeds and went inside.

Everyone was excitedly pulling out the sugar cane, and did not notice Qiao Ran getting into the thatch.

Qiao Ran stopped when she was more than ten meters away from them. The thatch was so dense that no one could be seen even a few meters away.

Qiao Ran took out a sharp machete from the space and moved quickly, cutting down all the sugar cane in front of her.

No need to remove the beginning or end, just throw the whole piece into the space.

She estimated that she had chopped hundreds of sugar canes and put them into the space before throwing the machete into the space.

Then he took out a pair of labor protection gloves, put them on his hands, and started to pull up the sugar cane.

After pulling out dozens more roots, she heard Qiao Erhe's voice calling her.

"Ran Ran, where are you? We should go back!"

Qiao Ran agreed, pulled off a few long pieces of thatch, rolled them up and twisted them into a rope.

He tied up the dozens of sugar canes he had pulled out, and with a little force of both hands, he lifted the bundle of sugar canes on his shoulders.

When Qiao Ran walked over carrying a large bundle of sugar cane, she saw Qiao Erhe and several others were also tying up the sugar cane.

We are all farmers. We often go to the mountains to cut firewood and thatch for firewood. Bundling firewood with vines and thatch is a basic skill that we can pick up easily.