Having experienced later generations, she had seen many good things.
But this body lacked oil and water.
The craving in her stomach was completely uncontrollable.
Alas, it was all due to poverty.
However, this Wild Chicken can also supplement the family's health.
Thinking of this, Lin Tang looked delighted and walked briskly toward the foot of the mountain.
After walking a few steps, she encountered another plump, snow-white Rabbit.
"...What a little cutie," Lin Tang swallowed her saliva.
She had just picked up the Rabbit.
Before she could look closely, a familiar, slightly crying voice drifted over.
Lin Tang listened carefully; it was Gou Dan.
Her heart panicked, thinking her nephew was in danger, so she quickly grabbed the Wild Chicken and carried the Wild Rabbit down the mountain.
"...Little Aunt, Little Aunt, where are you?"
Gou Dan, who imagined his Little Aunt had been snatched away by a big wolf, was terrified.
Tears stained his dark and thin little face.
He had lost his aunt, and he would be beaten to death by his grandmother when he got back.
His Parents would no longer have him as their Son.
His younger brother would have no one to play with...
The more he thought, the more scared and wronged he felt.
Gou Dan finally couldn't hold back and burst into loud sobs.
Lin Tang emerged from behind him, placed the Wild Chicken whose neck she had twisted and the Rabbit whose legs she had tied into the bamboo basket.
She patted Gou Dan's Shoulder, "Gou Dan?"
Gou Dan's little face froze. He wiped the face smeared with tears and snot, and turned his head.
"...L-Little Aunt?"
The child's eyes and nose were red.
Because the crying stopped suddenly, he couldn't help but let out a little hiccup.
Lin Tang was almost amused to laugh by his dazed and cute appearance.
However, knowing it wasn't the time to laugh, she said with a smile in her eyes, "It's me."
Gou Dan stared at her blankly, and for some reason, couldn't stop himself from bursting into loud sobs again.
"...Little Aunt, where did you go? I thought a big gray wolf grabbed you... I, I was so scared..."
Lin Tang didn't realize that her brief disappearance had frightened Gou Dan this much.
Seeing the little fellow crying miserably, a wave of embarrassment and guilt rose in her heart.
She quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe Gou Dan's face.
"...Alright, alright, it was Little Aunt's fault.
I just wanted to walk further to see if I could catch some wild game; I didn't mean to."
"Will you forgive Little Aunt just this once? Otherwise, I'll give you both Chicken Drumsticks?"
Gou Dan was stunned by the mention of Chicken Drumsticks, almost drooling.
"Little Aunt, you're lying. Where are the Chicken Drumsticks? It's great enough if we have Eggs to eat."
The crying stopped instantly.
A transparent snot bubble blew out as he breathed.
Lin Tang's face darkened.
It's over, it's over!!
She scared her nephew silly; he couldn't even see the fat Wild Chicken anymore.
"Gou Dan, look what I have?" Lin Tang held the plump Wild Chicken in front of Gou Dan and asked.
How could such a clever and sensible child like Gou Dan be scared into this state by her?
It was truly sinful.
Gou Dan mechanically looked at the Wild Chicken suddenly appearing before him, his little mouth slightly open.
He remained stunned for a long time without recovering.
"...It, it really is a Wild Chicken!!"
Lin Tang was speechless, "..."
What else would it be?
Gou Dan's Expression was cloudy. He poked the colorful feathers of the Dahua Wild Chicken with his finger, his eyes shining like a Little Sun.
"Little Aunt, it's real, it's really a Wild Chicken..."
He sighed like a Little adult, saying with envy, "Little Aunt is truly amazing! If only I were this capable."
If he could catch a Wild Chicken like his Little Aunt, he could eat his fill.
He wouldn't wake up hungry in the Evening.
The little boy kept swallowing his saliva while looking at the chicken.
Lin Tang didn't know what he was thinking, but felt the child needed encouragement.
So she said, "Gou Dan is also great. You are still young; you will be capable when you grow up."
Gou Dan, hearing the praise from his new idol, Little Aunt, lifted his little chin slightly.
"Mm, I take after Little Aunt; I'm very smart, and I will definitely be capable in the future."
Lin Tang, having comforted her nephew, silently gave herself a thumbs-up in her mind, feeling quite capable.
"Let's Go home, we're eating meat tonight," Lin Tang waved her hand and said spiritedly.
Gou Dan grabbed her arm, "Little Aunt, you're just going back like this?"
As he spoke, he pointed at the Wild Chicken in her hand, his little face full of disbelief.
His grandmother had said that everyone was short on Grain now, and no one was hiding any food they had.
If outsiders saw bean cakes, they would snatch them like crazy, so wouldn't meat be snatched even more?
Meat was so delicious; people in the village would surely want it if they saw it.
Thinking of this, Gou Dan decided to empty the Back Basket full of Firewood first.
Upon looking, there was actually a fat Rabbit inside.
"?!"
The little fellow's eyes widened in shock.
"Aunt, Aunt, a Rabbit? There's a Rabbit!"
Lin Tang nodded her chin, "Mm, I caught it casually too."
Gou Dan: "!!!" Little Aunt is so amazing!
The way he looked at Lin Tang was shining, as if looking at a deity.
"Alright, stop looking, shouldn't we go down the mountain now!" Lin Tang patted his head and said.
Gou Dan quickly came back to his senses.
He looked at the fat Rabbit with longing.
His eyes glowed red, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva again.
It was all meat!!
He first lined the small bamboo basket with dry grass, then placed the fat Rabbit inside, and covered it with another layer of grass.
He handed the small basket to Lin Tang and said seriously, "Little Aunt, you hold this Back Basket."
Saying that, he placed the fat chicken vertically at the bottom of the Back Basket, covering it with small Firewood on top.
Luckily, he had brought a large Back Basket today, otherwise, it wouldn't have fit.
Lin Tang's jade-like little face was slightly stunned, "...Gou Dan, what are you doing?"
Why was he acting like a thief?
Gou Dan furrowed his little brows into a small mountain range, looking at her disapprovingly, "Grandma said that people nowadays act like dogs seeing a bone when they see food.
This is meat, of course, we have to guard against it."
Lin Tang didn't quite process it, but knowing the Grain situation was tight, she tacitly accepted her nephew's actions.
Led by Gou Dan's guerrilla-style maneuvering, Lin Tang wearily followed him all the way home.
The work in the fields wasn't much at this time; everyone went home after finishing their own tasks.
There was still some time before the mealtime.
There wasn't much entertainment in the countryside, so the women sat in the shade of the Production Brigade, doing their chores and gossiping.
The topics were always about the neighbors.
Lin Tang was 'honored' to catch the attention of these distant relatives.
"Why did the Liu Family's boy want to Break off an engagement with the Lin Family's girl? Weren't the two children quite well-matched?
Didn't the Liu family's wife, Yang Chunfang, beg for this marriage?"
"I remember that too; it was indeed Yang Chunfang who begged.
To secure the engagement with the Lin Family's young girl, she ran to the Lin Family every day; she almost wore out the threshold of the Lin Family's door!"
"The Lin Family's girl was indeed cute when she was little, always smiling at people.
That little face she had, oh, she didn't look like anyone from the Lin Family at all!"