Chapter 41 Wild Stone Ears Stuck in the Fur

Looking at the pine cones that were almost piled up into a small hill outside the door, Su Ran was stunned.

Then he couldn't help laughing and looked at the three little guys: "No, didn't you sleep all night and went all over the mountain to look for pine cones?"

One of the demon squirrels nodded, stared at Su Ran eagerly, and even went forward and hugged his thighs, as if begging Su Ran to help process the pine nuts.

Because the fried pine nuts are so spicy!
They remembered the smell all night.

"It's okay if I help stir-fry them, but how long will it take me to peel so many pine cones?"

The outer shell of the pine cone is very hard and not easy to peel off.

Su Ran had watched a host named "Li Ziqi" before. She peeled pine cones by scraping off the skin and then drying them, and the pine nuts embedded inside would fall out by themselves.

You can also use a hammer to knock the pine nuts out in one go.

But where can we put it to dry in the cold winter?

Obviously, the little guy also realized this problem.

The two-legged creature in front of me doesn’t seem to be able to peel pine cones?

The three brothers looked at each other, as if they were discussing something.

Then Su Ran saw the three little squirrels spontaneously starting to peel pine cones.

It was too cold outside, so Su Ran brought them into the room.

Three little squirrels sat around the pile of pine cones. Then they picked up a pine cone that was almost as big as their heads and started biting it with their big teeth.

If we were to ask who is the best at peeling pine cones, it would definitely be the squirrel.

They bite from the scales at the base of the pine cone, then gnaw upwards along the natural spiral direction until they have gotten all of the more than 100 pine nuts in the entire pine cone into their mouths, filling them up and finally spitting them all out on the ground.

It only took them five minutes to peel dozens of pine cones.

What's amazing is that when they chew pine cones, they never get sticky resin on their bodies, paws, or whiskers. Instead, they leave behind a pile of neat and colorful pine cone kitchen waste.

Su Ran couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "You three are really amazing."

The little guy raised his head proudly, and even felt that he was much more powerful than this two-legged beast.

After all, they can peel pine cones!

Su Ran didn’t know that these little guys had so many inner thoughts, but she still thought they were very cute.

Although he is a little naughty, his cute appearance always makes people like him.

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll help you process it."

Su Ran didn't mind being a slave. He put a bunch of pine nuts into the sieve, washed off the saliva on them and dried them, then put them into the pan and fried them.

The pine nuts crackled like popcorn.

The sound also attracted Chen Sisi upstairs. She followed the smell to the kitchen and looked at the big pot full of pine nuts with some surprise: "Su Ran, when did you buy so many pine nuts?"

Su Ran smiled and turned around to point at the three squirrels in the corner: "They brought them here for me to process."

"Then are we also in for a treat?"

"of course."

Su Ran said to the little squirrel, "Is it not too much to give us some?"

Apparently, the squirrels all agreed to charge the two-legged animals a fee for helping to process the pine nuts.

Su Ran couldn't finish this big pot of pine nuts for several weeks. After the pine nuts cooled down, she left some for her grandfather and the others, and then Su Ran and Chen Sisi started eating.

Enjoy the gifts from nature with Three Squirrels. This natural food without any technology can always bring great satisfaction to your taste buds.

The little squirrels stuffed the remaining pine nuts into their mouths. The bulging cheeks on their little heads made the squirrels look even more adorable.

After they slipped back into the mountains, Su Ran and Chen Sisi went back to their room to sleep.

The next day,

The mountain was blocked by heavy snow, so Su Ran had no plans to go up the mountain in the next few days, but to save his energy for the New Year.

Because Su Ran was woken up by squirrels last night, he didn't wake up until almost noon.

When I opened the door, I saw Grandpa and Aunt Wang sitting at the table, eating pine nuts and drinking hot tea, chatting and laughing. Seeing Su Ran got up, Aunt Wang smiled and said, "Xiao Ran, you're awake. I was just talking to your grandpa. These pine nuts are so delicious. Where did you buy them?"

Su Ran said truthfully: "I didn't buy it, I fried it myself."

"Ah? When did you go to the mountains to pick pine cones?"

"No, some squirrels picked them up for me."

Hearing this, Aunt Wang was a little surprised. She thought, are small animals so smart now?

"Is this true? I don't quite believe it. How can squirrels be so smart?" Aunt Wang said with a smile.

Grandpa also had a little curiosity about this matter.

Su Ran didn't know how to explain. She wanted Chen Sisi to come down to prove it to her, but then she heard a dog barking outside the yard.

When Su Ran went out, he was shocked to see a dozen squirrels running towards him from across the street.

Aunt Wang, who followed behind, was stunned and quickly called grandpa to come out to see.

The two people who had said they didn't believe it before were now speechless.

A dozen squirrels ran out of the yard, their faces swollen like pig heads, but they were not beaten. Instead, their mouths were stuffed with a lot of pine nuts.

I saw them spitting all the pine nuts in their mouths into the same place in an orderly manner, and soon a small hill was formed.

The devil squirrel came out, cut out a small half of the pine nuts from the pile, then put his hands in front of him and looked at Su Ran in a stupid and cute way.

Brother, can you help me process it again? This is the handling fee.

Su Ran: “?”

Upstairs, Chen Sisi, who was leaning out of the window, laughed out loud: "Su Ran, the little squirrel must have called all his relatives here."

It's simply a loss of morality and a distortion of human nature!

There’s no way, the pine nuts fried by Su Ran are so, so delicious!

They brought the pine nuts back to the mountains, shared them with their companions, and then they all brought their own stocks over.

Chen Sisi also quickly took out her mobile phone to record this scene.

Seeing such a large group of squirrels, netizens were also surprised.

More than ten pairs of eyes were staring at him, and Su Ran couldn't even say the word "refuse".

After he agreed to help the squirrels process the pine nuts, they ran back to the mountain and brought back the remaining pine nuts.

Su Ran never thought that there would be a day when she would work as a laborer for animals.

However, the amount of pine nuts that the little squirrel gave himself was very large, and if you bought them, it would cost at least a few hundred dollars.

Netizens think he did not lose out.

However, what really surprised Su Ran was that he actually saw a hint outside the yard:
【Stone ear*40】

Although the tip was only a few dozen dollars, what really excited Su Ran was the stone ear, a precious wild medicinal herb.

He had learned that dried stone ear could be sold for up to sixteen thousand yuan per kilogram.

When Su Ran walked out the door, he saw this hint on the demon squirrel.

Su Ran was a little confused.

Isn't this a squirrel?

Is there something wrong with the system?
Su Ran picked up the squirrel with a hint of guesswork.

The little guy who was held high was still a little excited. When Su Ran's hand was touching his body, the little guy blushed.

Da mea!

A large demon squirrel not far away almost jumped up in anxiety.

Two-legged beast, please let go of my Xiaomei!

Su Ran didn't notice the strange appearance of the two squirrels at all. After a while of searching, he found a small piece of stone ear in the furry tail of the squirrel!
(End of this chapter)