C30

In an afternoon's time, the courtyard that was not too big was filled with pears and haw.

The place was still not big enough, so Yang Xinyu used a piece of cloth to twist the fish into a piece of string, intending to hang the fish on a tree in the courtyard.

However, her heavy body was still not nimble enough. After crawling twice, she had fallen down. She was so angry that she stomped her feet on the ground.

Seeing that, Hee Zijun climbed up the tree quickly, and waved at Yang Xinyu, "Fifth Sister-in-law, hand the fish over to me, I'll hang it."

Seeing his nimble movements, Yang Xinyu couldn't help but think of Su Xigui.

He had done the same this morning, flying up to the tree to help her pick the fruit.

For some reason, she felt that this pair of figures, one big and one small, seemed somewhat similar.

"Fifth Sister-in-law, Fifth Sister-in-law!" Hee Zijun's words interrupted Yang Xinyu's train of thoughts.

She shook her head, feeling that she was overthinking it.

Firstly, the two did not look alike, and secondly, they were too different in size.

Why did she think it was similar?

She threw the idea out of her mind and stood on tiptoe to pass over the skewered fish.

Hee Zijun tied them one by one, and when they were all tied up, he saw that there were many salted fishes hanging on the tree, and they seemed to be bearing fruit.

What tree can grow fish?

Yang Xinyu smiled, and in the blink of an eye, she thought back to the injured pheasant in the house.

Hee Zijun was right, the pheasant should be raised, and eaten after a few days.

But where?

It was too smelly to be raised in a house, and one had to guard against the people in the yard.

For a moment, Yang Xinyu was in a dilemma.

Madame Hee-zhou did not come to find trouble with her today, but she was sure that she would come tomorrow!

If the mountain chicken was kept in the courtyard, wouldn't it be robbed by the Madame Hee-zhou?

Yang Xinyu thought about it and suddenly had an idea.

In the past, when she was on a mission from the seventies and eighties, she was also a peasant girl. At that time, people would raise chickens in chicken cages, so she knew how to make bamboo cages.

Not as good as... Why don't she try making a chicken coop?

She immediately made up her mind, and said, "Younger Brother, let's go to the bamboo forest to chop some bamboo and bring it back!"

Hee Zijun couldn't think straight away, "Fifth Sister-in-law, what are we cutting bamboo for?"

Yang Xinyu mysteriously pointed towards the house and said, "I want to use the bamboo to make a bamboo cage and keep the pheasant inside!"

This is the first time Hee Zijun has heard of using cages to raise chickens, he said excitedly, "Fifth Sister-in-law, I made up the bamboo baskets at home, you teach me how to make them!"

Seeing that he was eager to give it a try, Yang Xinyu smiled, "Alright, we will talk while we walk."

The two of them caught up with the guy and left the house in a hurry. When they returned, the sun had just set.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Yang Xinyu said without hesitation, "Younger Brother, let's cut the bamboo quickly!"

"But if we give the dagger to Mother, what would we use to split the bamboo?" Hee Zijun had a worried look.

When he had traded the dagger for the indenture contract yesterday, he hadn't felt that the dagger was important.

But chopping bamboo was a delicate task. It wasn't something that could be done with a hoe.

Yang Xinyu habitually touched her chest and pulled out a dagger.

Hee Zijun's eyes widened, "Fifth Sister-in-law, where did you get them from?"

Yang Xinyu was also startled, and then she remembered that after borrowing the dagger that day, she had actually forgotten to return it.

Or perhaps, she planned to return it, and gave Su Xigui a break and forgot about it.

"I... I picked it up from the Back Mountain. " "No," she said.

She was afraid that Hee Zijun would ask again, so she quickly picked up a bamboo and cut it open.

The bamboo was softer than he had expected. As soon as he sliced it open, he could smell a delicate fragrance.

Hee Zijun's eyes lit up, "Fifth Sister-in-law, that dagger is too fast!"

Yang Xinyu did not say anything. She placed the bamboo horizontally, calculated the length, and evenly split each bamboo into many pieces.

Then, she took a piece of bamboo and chopped it into a small soft strip from top to bottom.

With this, the materials for the bamboo chicken coop were gathered.

Speaking of the principle of the bamboo chicken coop, it was to create a cover, so that the chicken coop would not be able to come out. There was only a small hole left for the water and food.

Hee Zijun was extremely nimble, he knew the method and quickly finished preparing the majority of it.

Yang Xinyu appeared to be clumsy, and her fingers were almost cut open by the bamboo pieces.

Hee Zijun refused to help Yang Xinyu out no matter what, frowned, and said in all seriousness: "Fifth Sister-in-law, just watch from the side, what I do will definitely be better than you."

Yang Xinyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She knew that Hee Zijun cared deeply about her fingers, but when she heard his tone, why did she feel so indignant?

Without needing half a cup of tea's worth of effort, he only heard Hee Zijun saying "Done", and Yang Xinyu turned to look after the voice.

A chicken coop about the size of half a well was placed on the ground, completing the mission.

"I'll go and take a look at the pheasant!" Hee Zijun said and quickly ran off.

When he came back, he was holding the pheasant in his hand.

He put the pheasant into the chicken coop. Through the gaps between the bamboo branches, he saw the pheasant flutter its wings and shake the chicken coop.

"Fifth Sister-in-law, although this Mountain Chicken's wing is injured, it will probably recover soon. Let's put it inside, it will have enough to eat and drink, maybe it can escape and fly out." Hee Zijun said.

Yang Xinyu thought about it, then got Hee Zijun to weave a base, and fit the base together with the cover.

Finally, he tied the joint tightly with a rope. Then, he tied a rope around the hole on top of it.

Yang Xinyu lifted the rope and saw that no matter how the mountain chicken flopped inside, the chicken coop did not even budge.

Hee Zijun curiously took the rope from Yang Xinyu's hands, and lifted the chicken coop up to size it up.

There was a small hole on top of it, but it could not get out. It was also sealed underneath. The pheasant was trapped inside the chicken coop.

"Fifth Sister-in-law, you're so smart!" Hee Zijun said sincerely.

This was the first time Yang Xinyu was praised by someone, and she enjoyed it a lot.

She pursed her lips and said, "Younger Brother, you carry the pheasant into the house while I heat up the fish soup and Red Braised Fish."

She had only drunk four bowls of fish soup at noon and was already hungry.

Yang Xinyu then stewed the Red Braised Fish back into the pot and made some wild vegetables again.

As she did not have enough fish soup, she added more than half of the pot of water.

"Younger Brother, come and eat!"

She poured herself a big bowl of soup and drank it in silence.

Hee Zijun was reluctant to finish the remaining fish in one go.

After finishing all the farming work that they needed to do today, the two of them ate and drank their fill before falling asleep.

At night, Yang Xinyu was half hungry, half awoken by the stench of mountain chicken poop on her body.

Although she had just taken a bath yesterday, she could not help but feel disgusted with herself.

This time, she did not hesitate and immediately got out of bed.

Inside the house, other than the mountain chicken moving in the cage, there was only Hee Zijun's light breathing.

Yang Xinyu did not want to wake Hee Zijun up, so she quietly picked up her clothes and went out.

In the early autumn, the night air was cool.

Yang Xinyu could not help but shiver when she fell into the river.