Chapter 1325: Chapter 1326: The Young Widow of the Courtyard 53 Looking at the endless mountains around, Zhang Yu felt so good, as good as flying. Listening to the birds’ chirping, Zhang Yu could imagine, if she could catch a little bird, then roast it with some cumin and white pepper, the taste would definitely be amazing. Forgive her for not even sparing the little birds, she truly had no choice. With just a limited supply of meat coupons each month, she really wanted to eat meat. “Mom, can we catch a little rabbit today?” Zhao Hong looked at Zhang Yu expectantly. Initially, Zhang Yu was worried about how to communicate with Xiao Hong about their plans to catch little bunnies in the mountains on weekends. Previously, when Xiao Hong watched the story of The Tortoise and the Hare, she talked about how pitiful the little white rabbit was, and Zhang Yu worried the little girl might be reluctant to eat rabbit meat. Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Yu mentioned their plans to catch little rabbits over the weekend, the little girl blurted out, “Are we eating the little rabbit’s meat?” Alright, Zhang Yu understood. To a little foodie, nothing is more important than meat. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel⸺fire.net It’s nice; she’s an honest child. In this era, when you can’t just buy everything you want like animal care, lack of oil intake, lack of staple food intake, including vegetables, just having something to eat is good enough. Zhao Lei looked around the surroundings; all he could see was green grass and trees. After searching for half a day, he couldn’t find any fruit trees, and as for small animals, sorry, he didn’t see any either. Zhao Lei looked up at Zhang Yu, “Are there rabbits here?” Rabbits? Zhang Yu carefully locked the bike and hid it in the grass. No choice, here it’s sparsely populated; if they encounter a bike thief, even if the bike is locked, the thief can easily ride away. After checking several times and finding it well hidden, “Why would there be rabbits here?” “Many people come and go here.” Although food isn’t scarce now, wanting to improve meals is really expensive. Look at all the people fishing by the river; they’re trying to improve their meals. If possible, they hope to make some money too. As for the people coming to the mountains, there are quite a few. Zhang Yu lives in a courtyard and near a recycle station courtyard, where no one comes to the mountains, but it’s not far from the city, and families with cars often come to the mountains. It’s just that the mountains are quite dangerous, so people who are timid usually don’t venture into the mountains. If not for the craving for rabbit meat, Zhang Yu wouldn’t have bothered coming all this way. Using her experience from participating in a quest before, where she caught little rabbits in the mountains, Zhang Yu managed to find a rabbit hole near the mountain. After checking multiple times and feeling confident there were rabbits, Zhang Yu found some small branches and piled them at the hole entrance. Then she cleared the surrounding grass and debris, checked if there were other hole entrances, sealed them, and began lighting the branches. Soon, smoke started to spread. Once Zhang Yu estimated there was enough smoke in the hole, she removed the branches and placed a bag over the hole. Shortly after, she heard sounds from the hole, which relieved Zhang Yu; the sound indicated there were rabbits inside. Not long afterward, she saw something dart into the hole, prompting Zhao Lei to press down immediately. Zhao Hong excitedly said, “Mom’s amazing, Mom’s amazing.” There was speculation that there should be rabbits, but not seeing them in person left them feeling uneasy. Now seeing the rise and fall in the bag, everyone knew they had succeeded, at least her image was intact. Nice, today’s harvest was good; at least they didn’t come back empty-handed. After catching one rabbit, two more rushed into the bag. After waiting for quite a while and not seeing any more rabbits come out, Zhang Yu knew that was probably it. Carefully peeking through the bag, she found three fairly plump rabbits. Zhao Lei also carefully opened a small cut to look, smiling joyfully. This made Zhao Hong anxious, “I want to see, I want to see too.” Zhang Yu carefully lifted Zhao Hong, allowing her to peek through the hole. The little girl was very happy, “Little rabbits, little rabbits.” It was a good start; Zhang Yu was genuinely pleased, thinking today’s harvest should be good. But afterward, they walked in the mountains for quite a while without finding another rabbit hole. However, it couldn’t be said that they gained nothing. After wandering around, Zhang Yu was pleasantly surprised to discover a small pond at a relatively high point in the mid-mountain, about ten acres in size. Standing by the pond, Zhang Yu could see fish swimming around, “There are fish here.” However, the fish were quite small. Zhang Yu thought drying them into fish strips would still be edible. Or making fish floss, “There are fish,” Zhao Hong excitedly said. “Next time, Mom will bring the fishing rod.” Initially, before departure, Zhang Yu wondered whether to bring a fishing rod, but then thought, it’s a mountain, why would there be a pond? Turns out there was a pond here, and it had fish. Too bad they missed it this time. Just saying next time they’ll come again; Zhang Yu realized that when next time comes, who knows if they can find this place again. “Next time, if we can find this place.” Better not to say too much, otherwise if they can’t find the place again, it’ll be embarrassing. “Mom, I know the place.” Quietly holding Zhao Hong’s hand, Zhao Lei indicated he knew how to get here. “You know?” Zhang Yu felt excited too. After all, boys are usually better with directions. “Yes.” Zhao Lei all along had been noting how to descend the mountain. Though they could reach the mountain bottom by heading downhill, they might end up far from their bike. After being out for half a day, although they had brought food, water was almost depleted, and their stomachs were a bit hungry. So they hurriedly descended while they still had some energy. With Zhao Lei leading, the three of them reached the mountain bottom smoothly, which pleased Zhang Yu greatly, “Next week, we’ll come again.” “Little rabbit,” Zhao Hong whispered. She knew they couldn’t let others know they caught rabbits. When Zhang Yu and the others returned to the courtyard, everyone was interested in the bag attached to her bike’s handlebars. It was obvious there was something inside, and it was alive, which made everyone’s eyes light up. “Xiao Zhang, where did you go?” “Went to the mountains, originally to see if there were mushrooms, but ended up catching a few rabbits,” Zhang Yu replied calmly. From now on, she planned to go to the mountains every weekend to busy herself for her little storeroom. Went to the mountains and caught a few rabbits? Everyone was astonished by Zhang Yu’s words and demeanor. They weren’t unfamiliar with mountain trips. Unfortunately, every time they went, it was with great enthusiasm, but returned disappointed. “We wanted to catch rabbits, but we end up with just mushrooms.” “You went to the mountains for mushrooms but ended up catching rabbits.” If possible, they really wanted to switch places with Zhang Yu.