Chapter 80: Chapter 80 The Rabbits Hold a Meeting Chapter 80: Chapter 80 The Rabbits Hold a Meeting “Little, what are you doing?”
Chiang Xiao was nearly ecstatic, scrambling to her feet, while still firmly pressing down on the basket, and excitedly looked up saying, “Grandpa, come help me, I caught a wild rabbit!”
Chiang Songhai’s eyes widened in surprise, “Caught a rabbit?”
At that moment, he thought it was just one.
However, catching one wild rabbit was already shocking enough for him.
“Little is so amazing? There are wild rabbits on Bai Gu Mountain, but the rabbits here are as cunning as spirits. Grandpa has tried to catch them before, but unfortunately, I’ve never succeeded! They run too fast.” He had also tried setting traps, but he always came up empty-handed and eventually gave up.
Chiang Xiao was taken aback.
“Rabbits from Bai Gu Mountain are that difficult to catch?”
“Aren’t they! Little managing to catch one is really lucky! It must have been one that got injured, right? There are snakes in the mountains, and rabbits that escape from snakes are also possible. Come on, Grandpa will help you catch it.”
Chiang Songhai even thought that the rabbit Xiao had caught would be an injured one, only because it was injured could it not run fast and be easily trapped.
He reached out to lift the basket, intending to reach in and catch the rabbit.
Chiang Xiao hurriedly called out, “Grandpa, Grandpa, there’s more than one! Opening the basket will surely let them escape! Let’s find some grass rope, and tie them up one by one!”
“More than one?” Chiang Songhai was shocked.
So, she had caught two? Could it be a mother rabbit with its baby, both of them disoriented?
“Grandpa, hurry and get the grass rope!”
Although she brought hemp rope with her, using hemp rope to tie rabbits was overkill.
Chiang Songhai responded and quickly got two lengths of grass rope, then heard Chiang Xiao calling out again, “Three, we need three.”
“Little, you, you caught three?” Chiang Songhai asked in disbelief.
Chiang Xiao nodded vigorously.
“Wow!” Chiang Songhai was deeply astounded.
After tying three lengths of grass rope, he reached his hand into the basket and quickly pulled out a rabbit by its ears, feeling its substantial weight and couldn’t help expressing his pleasant surprise, “This rabbit is so fat!”
Once all three rabbits were securely tied, looking at the trio, Chiang Songhai felt somewhat unable to process the situation.
“Little, how did you catch them?”
All three wild rabbits were very clever, and not one appeared to be injured!
Chiang Xiao blinked her eyes, hugging the small basket, “Grandpa, didn’t you see? I just used this to trap them!”
“…You caught three at once?”
“Yes!” Chiang Xiao’s expression couldn’t be more innocent.
She never expected that the painting created with the Magic Brush would have such an amazing use! It was just a stroke of inspiration! And the result was catching three wild rabbits!
Chiang Songhai still found it very mysterious, “All three rabbits just huddled together for you to catch?”
Chiang Songhai inspected the spot where the rabbits were caught, which was just a patch of weeds, nothing special.
What were those three rabbits huddling together for?
Chiang Xiao smiled like a little mouse, “Grandpa, maybe they were having a meeting!”
So, you mean to say, you caught them while they were holding a meeting?
He shook his head with a mix of laughter and tears.
“This is really odd.”
Even though he found it strange, since the three rabbits looked perfectly healthy, Chiang Songhai could only assume that Chiang Xiao was incredibly lucky.
“Grandpa, let’s keep these three wild rabbits for now, and go sell them in the market the day after tomorrow!” Originally, Chiang Xiao thought it was just one rabbit and planned to eat it.
But now that there were three, she decided to sell them all for money.
Rabbit meat can be somewhat gamey unless cooked with strong flavors, but spicy food can lead to health problems, which isn’t suitable for the constitution of their family of three.
It would be better to sell them and buy some pork instead.