The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 62 - Returning to the County Town (1)_1

By now, Pei Qin had already climbed up the mountain and was swiftly making her way toward the bamboo forest.

“Big sister!

Are we still going to catch them?” It was already turning cold, and San Ya snuffled from the chill.

“Bamboo rats like to come out to look for food at night, in the morning, and at dusk.

If we catch more, we can sell the bigger ones and eat the smaller ones!” Pei Qin really wanted to make a big score.

With the money, they could say goodbye to Old Pei’s House forever!

Si Ya was very curious about how they caught the bamboo rats and followed behind actively, asking all sorts of questions, “Where did you discover the bamboo rats?

Where did you catch them yesterday?

How many are there in the cave?

How much money can one sell for?”

“Shut up!

You’re not a walking encyclopedia!” Pei Qin saw that they were nearing the bamboo forest and ordered her to be quiet.

San Ya quickly pulled Si Ya aside and whispered, “Don’t make any noise!”

Pei Qin glanced at the sky and tiptoed through the bamboo forest, but today they were not as lucky as the day before; they didn’t see a single bamboo rat moving around outside.

“Forget it!

Let’s just look for their burrows!” Pei Qin, holding a stick, began to search for the entrance to the Bamboo Rat holes.

San Ya also hurriedly started to help look.

Si Ya followed and, curious about how to search, joined in the effort.

Pei Qin, who had experience looking for things in the forest from betting with others, found that searching for bamboo rat burrows was somewhat easier than looking for winter bamboo shoots.

“Come over here!” Pei Qin found a burrow and called San Ya and Si Ya over.

The three sisters each guarded an exit, lit tobacco, and waited with sacks at the other two holes.

It wasn’t long before bamboo rats began to dart out of the holes, one by one, into the sacks.

Si Ya saw this and pounced to hold it down.

“Don’t press!

There’s more coming!” Pei Qin shouted; she pressed down on the sack, but the cover at the entrance was not secure enough, and a gray figure shot out, followed by another dark shadow that also sprang forth.

“They’re getting away!

They’re getting away!” exclaimed San Ya.

Seeing that two had escaped, Si Ya quickly let go of the sack and ran after them.

Although bamboo rats were round and seemed clumsy, they were very fast, and she could not catch up at all.

Meanwhile, Pei Qin quickly tied up the sack’s opening and turn to look at Si Ya, “Do you think your two legs can outrun their four?”

Annoyed, Si Ya stomped her foot, thinking about how much money they had lost with two escaping.

Seeing that Pei Qin seemed to find it funny, Si Ya retorted, “Why can’t two legs beat four?

There are four-legged ones that run slowly too!”

“Sure!

Turtles also have four legs and they do run pretty slowly!” Pei Qin nodded in agreement.

Si Ya’s face reddened with frustration, but seeing the bamboo rats scrambling inside the bag, she came over to change the topic, “How many did we catch?

How much can we sell them for?”

“Let’s first go to town and ask around!” Pei Qin called her two siblings to drag the sack back to where they hid the bamboo rats the day before.

They had caught four big ones the day before, each weighing about ten pounds.