37: Xiao Niannian realized that she was lucky.
This trap was as well-designed as those made by people in their camp, arguably even better than some of them.
"Uncle Lu, these are the traps we just made."
Xiao Jiang was anxious. After Uncle Lu threw the trap they had just reset, they would have to spend a good while restoring it again.
Fortunately, his sister taught them how to make traps.
"Uncle wants to see how effective your traps are."
Hearing Lu Jing's words, Wang Jiang and Wang He said nothing more and began to reset the trap again.
Lu Jing then looked at Xiao Niannian and said,
"Niannian, take me to see the other two types of traps."
Yesterday, when they were killing chickens and rabbits, Wang Jiang and Wang He told them about the three types of traps Xiao Niannian taught them to make. Both Lu Jing and Regiment Commander Wang thought these traps were good, so he specifically came today to see how powerful they were.
"Okay."
Xiao Niannian didn't refuse and led Lu Jing to the other traps.
Lu Jing looked at these traps, astonished.
These traps were all taught by their Military Unit, but Xiao Niannian's traps were much more effective than the ones they taught.
Lu Jing watched Xiao Jiang and Xiao He repair the traps, then looked at the prey in the sacks beside them.
"Not bad."
Lu Jing praised Xiao Niannian.
Lu Jing left with his men. Xiao Niannian taught Wang Jiang and Wang He how to spot rabbit tracks and Wild Chicken footprints.
After more than an hour of teaching, the two boys successfully found rabbit and Wild Chicken nests and caught all the Wild Chickens and rabbits inside. The three of them returned home with their harvest.
Cheng Yu went to work at the school today. Grandma Xiao was at home.
"Grandma, look, we caught ten more Wild Chickens and rabbits!"
Wang Jiang and Wang He were overjoyed; their harvest these past two days had been immense.
Many children's voices rang out from the doorway.
"Brother Xiao Jiang."
"Sister Niannian."
More than ten children rushed into the courtyard.
"I heard you went to the back mountain. Did you catch any Wild Chickens or rabbits today?"
"Yes, look!"
Wang Jiang opened the bag.
"Wow."
"Wow, so many."
"Wow."
Xiao Niannian heard a chorus of 'wows' from inside the house.
"Brother Xiao Jiang, your sister is too amazing."
"Brother Xiao He, can you take me with you?"
"Brother Xiao Jiang, take me with you next time."
Xiao Jiang and Xiao He's voices rang out.
"You have to ask my sister about this. We can only take you if my sister agrees."
"That's right, my sister makes the decisions."
The children all looked at Xiao Niannian, their faces full of anticipation. Xiao Niannian then said,
"Xiao Jiang, Xiao He, if you're willing to take them, I agree. However, I have other things to do these next few days, so I won't be going to the back mountain with you. You can go yourselves."
Hearing their sister say this, Wang Jiang and Wang He were stunned.
"Sister, are you angry? We won't take them then."
"Sister isn't angry, Sister has other things to do..." Xiao Niannian explained to Wang Jiang and Wang He.
The two brothers were very obedient to Xiao Niannian's words now. Knowing that their sister wasn't angry, they didn't say anything more.
"My sister agreed, so we'll take you tomorrow. But you have to listen to us..."
"Right, you have to listen to us, or we won't play with you."
Listening to the two boys talk to the other children like big brothers, Xiao Niannian smiled.
"Okay."
"Thank you, Sister Niannian."
Xiao Niannian looked at these chickens and rabbits. They could indeed be raised, but raising them would require finding grass and vegetable leaves to feed them daily.
However, vegetable leaves now were not like decades later, when you could pick them up freely at the vegetable market. Nowadays, as long as the vegetable leaves weren't rotten, they would all be eaten.
Otherwise, she could sell these dozen or so. Pork could sell for fifty cents a jin now, and these were several dozen jin, so they could sell for ten or twenty yuan.
However, she definitely couldn't sell them like this. Xiao Niannian planned to wait for Regiment Commander Wang to come, then ask him to find the Quartermaster to inquire about selling these items at the price of pork, which wouldn't be bad.
Yesterday, Aunt also said that these things should no longer be shared with them. These traps should allow Xiao Jiang and Xiao He to catch a few now and then.
When the holidays came, she would also go catch them. Selling them once could earn ten or eight yuan, which could also help Grandma. Xiao Niannian found that her luck was good.
Grandma Xiao called Xiao Niannian, Xiao Jiang, and Xiao He to eat.
"Come quickly and eat."
After eating, Xiao Jiang and Xiao He went home to do their homework.
Grandma Xiao looked at Xiao Niannian and asked,
"Niannian, did you save up all that money by catching rabbits and Wild Chickens in the mountains?"
Hearing Grandma's words, Xiao Niannian nodded.
"I didn't dare let outsiders know. I secretly caught these things and then carried them to the black market to sell for money..."
Grandma Xiao felt incredibly heartbroken hearing this.
"It's Grandma's fault for making you suffer. How dangerous those mountains are..."
Grandma Xiao felt relieved that her Granddaughter hadn't encountered bad people; otherwise, she couldn't even bear to think about it.
"Grandma, I'll ask Uncle Wang if we can sell these things for money. If we can, you keep the money..."
"Grandma still has money," Grandma Xiao said with a smile. "You keep this money. You'll need money for many things in the future..."
Hearing Grandma's words, Xiao Niannian didn't say much. She planned to sell the items for money and place it directly under Grandma's pillow.
County Town.
Second Uncle Xiao and Xiao Yueyue were carrying several large bags of luggage, asking around.
"comrade, where is this Military Unit located?"
"comrade, do you know where this Military Unit is?"
Some people waved them off, others sized them up.
"Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for my Fiancé," Xiao Yueyue said somewhat proudly.
With this jade pendant in her hand, she was Xu Yang's Fiancé, the one chosen by Grandpa Xu and Grandma Xu.
As for Xiao Niannian, she would absolutely not let Xiao Niannian snatch this identity.
She knew that Xiao Niannian and Grandma had come here. She would first secure Xu Yang, then go find trouble with Xiao Niannian. She wanted to make Xiao Niannian unable to stay here.
She was pretty, could sing, and could do some work. She believed that Xu Yang would definitely fall in love with her. By then, she would ask Xu Yang to help her find a formal job, and she could then be worthy of Xu Yang.
Camp.
Xu Yang sneezed several times.
"Company Commander Xu, are you catching a cold?"
"Company Commander, I heard that continuous sneezing might mean someone is thinking of you."
"Is that so? There's such a saying?"
Several comrades-in-arms around Xu Yang joked with a smile.
"Hurry up and train. If we don't get a ranking in the Division Headquarters in this competition, the Regiment Commander won't let us off..."
Xu Yang sternly lectured his subordinates.
"Yes."
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