Li Xia pushed the cart back home.
When the two children saw Li Xia enter, they threw away the sandbags and bamboo balls in their hands and ran towards Li Xia with their short legs.
"Daddy! You're back!"
"Papa! Play with me! Play with me!"
Li Xia smiled and patted the two little fellows 'heads, then pinched their tender cheeks.
His eyes were filled with love.
There were still more than two hours before noon. Li Xia first played with the two little kids for a while, then picked up a basket, took a chopper, and threw it into the basket. Then, he threw the basket onto the cart.
He pushed the cart, went out, went up the mountain, and chopped bamboo.
Needless to say, the handcart had been very useful in the past two days.
After Li Xia's rebirth, he needed to be bold and decisive in his career, so the handcart was quite useful.
He calculated in his heart and decided to spend some money to buy the handcart from Jiang Shunwang and his wife next door.
It was already spring.
Many bamboo shoots sprouted from the bamboo forest on the mountain.
In this era, there were fewer ways for rural people to eat bamboo shoots. Other than sun-dried bamboo shoots and stewed meat, there were no other ways to eat them.
When these bamboo shoots were in Li Xia's hands, they could be used to make all kinds of delicacies.
For example, braised bamboo shoots, mushroom braised bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots stir-fried pork belly, preserved vegetables and shredded bamboo shoots, and so on.
They were all delicious.
There was a large bamboo forest on the mountain. No one cut the bamboo and no one pulled out the spring bamboo shoots.
These resources were all taken for nothing.
Li Xia naturally wouldn't stand on ceremony.
He plucked a basket full of spring bamboo shoots, weighing fifty to sixty catties, and all of them were tender.
One or two catties left at home was enough to eat, and the rest could be sold for money.
After plucking the spring bamboo shoots, Li Xia began to chop the bamboo.
He needed to make more cages.
To catch shrimps and crabs in a cage, the more the better.
Moreover, he only needed to throw the cage into the river and collect it the next day. There was no need for extra time and energy. It was very comfortable.
All these could be obtained by lying down, so why not?
As long as there were enough earth cages, it was a very objective additional income.
River prawns were rich in protein and could be eaten often at home.
The cart was fully loaded. Before going back, Li Xia did not forget to pick a handful of wild raspberries for the milk dumplings at home.
When they got home, Li Xia put down the things and washed the wild raspberries before giving them to the two children.
"Wow! Wild raspberries! Daddy is awesome!"
"Wild raspberries! Tian Tian! Nuan Nuan loves it!"
Duoduo and Nuannuan each held a small bowl of wild raspberries and sat on the bench to eat. Their little faces were filled with happiness.
They didn't forget about the well diggers when they drank the water. The two milk dumplings fed Li Xia wild raspberries from time to time.
"Daddy! I'll give you wild raspberries! It's very sweet!"
Li Xia opened her mouth and ate two of them. They were indeed very sweet.
It was time to get down to business and start making the cage.
This time, they cut down a lot of bamboo. Li Xia picked and chose, cutting the good bamboo into sections and flattening the opening.
Then, he broke the bamboo, pulled the bamboo strips, and pulled the silk…
Things like cages and bamboo baskets were the easiest to weave because there were no artistic elements in them. There was no need to weave flowers or make shapes. They only pursued firmness.
For ordinary people, even ordinary bamboo weaving was very difficult and took a long time to make.
However, for Li Xia, it was already a coincidence.
It was equivalent to a fool's work, and there was no difficulty at all.
When Li Xia was working seriously, the two little ones were very obedient and did not cause trouble.
Li Xia moved very quickly. In the blink of an eye, he had made eight cages, a bamboo basket, a bamboo brush, and a bamboo broom.
The bamboo brushes and brooms at home were in tatters, even though they didn't cost much to buy.
However, Li Xia knew how to do it, and he didn't lack materials. Of course, he had to do it himself.
When the two children saw Li Xia's masterpiece on the ground, their eyes were filled with admiration.
"Daddy! Awesome!"
"Papa! It's so greasy!"
Li Xia smiled and made two more toys with the extra bamboo.
One was a bamboo dragonfly, and the other was a bamboo bird.
He even made two bamboo whistles.
He drilled two small holes in the bamboo whistle, found two thin red ropes, and tied them around the necks of the two little fellows.
One for each person.
The two little ones were extremely happy.
F * ck!
F * ck!
They each kissed Li Xia on the cheek.
Li Xia hugged the two little ones in his arms. The little ones in the cotton-padded jacket were too cute.
Li Xia let the two kids play by themselves while he carried the cage out of the door.
……
Life in the countryside was dull and boring. There were no entertainment activities.
If there was anything new about a particular household, the village would immediately start discussing it.
Gossip became the entertainment of the villagers.
In the past two days, the people of Shangrong Village had been gossiping about Li Xia's family.
They had all heard that Li Xia's family had been cooking fish, eating pork, and even making eel noodles in the morning.
Such a scene made everyone extremely curious.
It was said that Li Xia and Chu Mengxi were about to get a divorce. Even outsiders could not bear to watch Li Xia's shameless actions in the past.
In everyone's eyes, divorce was inevitable.
Everyone thought that the two days of feasting was just a farewell dinner before the divorce.
The days couldn't go on anymore. The sooner they left, the sooner they would be free.
……
The spring breeze blew on his face, and the sun was warm.
Li Xia had long arms and broad shoulders. He carried eight cages on his shoulders, looking like a small mountain.
This scene caused the villagers working in the fields to stop what they were doing. They stood where they were and watched Li Xia pass by.
He had carried two of these things to the river last time.
This time, he memorized eight of them!
The group of people were very puzzled. What exactly was this thing?
Most of the people in the countryside were friendly, but they did not have a good impression of people like Li Xia. They usually ignored him and did not greet him.
In the past, Li Xia never talked to the villagers.
At this moment, when he was carrying so many cages on the ridge of the field, finally a villager working in the field could not help but ask,
"Hey, Street…cough…Li Xia! What are these cages on your shoulders? What are they for?”
Old Liu asked at the top of his voice. He almost blurted out the word "street scoundrel" but immediately changed his words.
Li Xia didn't stop. As he walked, he smiled and replied to Old Liu,"
"Oh, Uncle Liu, it's a cage. I threw it by the river to catch some fish and prawns to improve the food at home.”
After hearing Li Xia's answer, Old Liu was stunned.
Old Liu was a little surprised that Li Xia suddenly called him "Uncle" so affectionately.
When did this street punk become so polite?
It was very different from his previous impression!
At the same time, Old Liu was also very puzzled. He immediately asked,
"You call this a cage? It's strangely shaped. Can fish and prawns crawl in?”
"Of course, it's not a small amount in one night!”
" Oh-" Old Liu obviously didn't believe it.
Stop bragging!
In the past, he had specially bought two proper cages made from a pair of hemp nets in the town. After placing them by the river for a while, he had caught some small shrimps, seven-star fish, screws, and so on.
Those things were all meaty and oil-consuming, making Old Liu's hard work useless.
Now, these two cages were left in Old Liu's woodshed to eat ashes!
Old Liu didn't believe that Li Xia's strange-looking cages could catch anything good.
He even got so many of them, didn't he feel tired?
You're always idling around on this street. You don't find a proper job and waste your time on such boring things. No wonder your wife wants to divorce you.
Serves him right!
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