Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 37 - Catching Frogs_1

Chapter 37: Chapter 37 Catching Frogs_1

Chapter 37 -37 Catching Frogs_1

That night, Lin Yuan didn’t get a good sleep.

After dinner, she lit a piece of firewood and took her two younger sisters to the side of a puddle.

Unusually, this time it wasn’t just Lin Wei with her unhappy face, even Xiao Linshuang sulked with a little frown, reluctant to come.

“So the little sister also has things she’s afraid of, huh?

I thought she was fearless!” Lin Yuan, balancing the small bamboo basket on her shoulder, teased Xiao Linshuang with a smile.

She didn’t expect that her little sister, who wouldn’t even blink an eye when holding a kitchen knife, would actually be afraid of frogs. freёnovelkiss.com

It’s a good thing she hadn’t seen those two snakes that day.

Lin Wei, standing to the side, had seen the eldest sister deal with snakes before—although she was not very afraid of frogs, she still felt disgusted: “Big sister, these, these frogs, can we really eat them?

I won’t eat them, don’t make me!”

“Ah, we have to eat them?” Lin Yuan had only mentioned cooking frog in passing while lighting the firewood in the kitchen, and she hadn’t expected the girl would take it to heart.

Hearing about eating frogs made Xiao Linshuang’s face turn even paler.

“Yep, we’re eating them.” As expected, Lin Yuan saw her sisters’ eyes widen in horror.

After having her fun teasing them, she stopped joking and said, “But they’re not for you to eat.

Despite its disgusting appearance, this thing is actually quite delicious when cooked.

Tomorrow when I go to town, I’ll take these with me.

Don’t worry, I won’t make you eat them.

But, you know, if someday you get curious and want to try, don’t come begging me.”

This wasn’t Lin Yuan boasting—the frogs are actually quite tasty.

People at this time just didn’t know they were edible.

If they did, they would definitely be a hit.

Assured by their big sister, Lin Wei and her sister didn’t fuss anymore.

As long as they weren’t asked to eat, that was all that mattered.

As for them begging their big sister to cook it for them to eat in the future—hmph, that day would never come!

Absolutely not!

Of course, when has anything been absolute in this world?

When the three sisters arrived at the puddle, all they could see was darkness.

It was the end of July, there was no moon in the sky, but fortunately they had the firewood in hand.

Being the smallest, Xiao Linshuang was responsible for holding the firewood to provide light for her big sister, while Lin Wei, who was a bit older and had seen her big sister fight snakes, was in charge of holding the bamboo basket for catching frogs.

But she was still too scared to touch them with bare hands, so she had found two small sticks ahead of time to use for picking up the frogs and placing them into the basket, to prevent them jumping out.

Lin Yuan had even made a small curtain for the basket, which only needed a little opening when putting the frogs in.

Although it was already night, the water in summer wasn’t cold at all.

Lin Yuan, who had changed into straw sandals and rolled up her pant legs, energetically waded into the water.

The night was quiet, not seeming like a prelude to rain, and the frogs seldom croaked, only occasionally emitting a ‘ribbit-ribbit’ sound.

Yet when the firelight shone on the grass, Lin Yuan could clearly see the plump, oily green frogs.

She was overjoyed, as if there were plates of stir-fried frog, dry pot frog, and spicy numbing frog dancing before her eyes.

With this thought, she became even more excited and, targeting carefully, swiftly caught at them with both hands.

However, either the frogs were deliberately opposing her, or she wasn’t meant to earn this money, because despite her busy efforts, she caught nothing.

Xiao Linshuang, on the other hand, found it amusing and giggled, “Big sister, you’re so clumsy!

You let them all get away!”

Lin Wei also covered her mouth, giggling.

Wiping the sweat from her brow, Lin Yuan wasn’t discouraged.

She took off her outer garment, folded it this way and that, and made it into a simple net—blaming only her too-small hands and the frogs being too big to capture in haste.

With this, it should work.

Since it was just the three of them, without anyone else around, she wasn’t afraid of being seen wearing only her undershirt.

Indeed, hard work pays off.

This time, Lin Yuan barely exerted any effort before she had already caught a frog.

To prevent it from escaping, she quickly tied its legs together with two blades of grass and then tossed it onto the bank.

Seeing there was finally a catch, Lin Wei hurriedly picked up a small stick, pinched the plump frog that was still reluctantly wriggling, and threw it into the bamboo basket.

With a catch, Lin Yuan’s enthusiasm soared.

She caught five or six frogs in one go.

However, tying their legs with grass was indeed a waste of time, so Lin Yuan simply called Lin Wei over to her side.

Whenever she caught a frog, she would directly throw it into the bamboo basket Lin Wei was holding.

This saved both time and energy.

Although Lin Wei was reluctant to approach the puddle teeming with frogs, it meant she didn’t have to pinch those twisting frogs with the stick anymore.

Besides, in order to earn some money, Lin Wei braced herself and didn’t mind going in without straw sandals, jumping straight into the puddle with her cloth shoes on.

Lin Yuan turned around and smiled in appreciation.

It turned out this little girl had a competitive streak in her bones.

The three sisters became more and more enthusiastic as they caught frogs.

Even Xiao Linshuang was holding a torch while jumping around, telling her elder sister where the frogs were, where the most frogs were, and which big one to catch quickly.

In a short while, they had caught three or four dozen frogs.

Seeing that Lin Wei was having trouble holding the bamboo basket, Lin Yuan knew they had had a good haul that day.

She stood up straight, vigorously massaged her back until it felt like her own again, wiped the sweat from her face, and called out, “Companions, let’s go!”

Her sisters were amused by her and laughed heartily, grabbing their tools and chatting merrily on the way home.

Their cheerful laughter filled the air the entire way.

Back at home, Lin Wei went to wash her shoes.

Essentially, each person in the family had only one pair of shoes, so she had to scrub them clean at night, or else she wouldn’t have any to wear the next day.

Xiao Linshuang was exhausted from playing and fell asleep as soon as she got back.

Lin Yuan, however, didn’t go to bed right away.

On the way home, she had spontaneously picked a lot of thin grass leaves.

Now she was twisting them into fine hemp ropes, then tying the frogs’ legs together and stringing them up to prevent the jumpy creatures from escaping at night.

Nevertheless, she still covered the mouth of the bamboo basket with two wooden stools, just in case.

The night passed without incident, and the next day, Lin Yuan rose early again.

After exercising, she packed up the frogs and covered them with a thick layer of fresh grass, on top of which she placed dried goji berries.

The goji berries were wrapped in clean white cloth.

Since there was no new cloth at home, she had washed and dried some of the existing rough cloth in advance.

It took half an hour to walk from Lin family’s house to the town, so after getting all this ready, Lin Yuan couldn’t bother with breakfast and just picked up the bamboo basket to leave.

Lin Wei ran after her, insisting on stuffing two cornmeal pancakes into her hands and also remembered to bring some sesame salt for her to eat with them.

She had agreed to meet Er Shuan at the village entrance.

Lin Yuan arrived early.

Lin Fugui, who was driving the cart, was gnawing on a WOWOTOU and greeted her from afar, “Yuanyuan is going to town too?”

Lin Yuan called out uncle and smiled as she boarded the oxcart, replying, “I’m off to the market.”