Counting heads, they caught eight crucian carps, all about palm-sized.
Since we're going to eat, let's eat together.
The couple went to the riverbank under the moonlight to handle these little things.
A few field mice were also fattened up nicely, and there was a special basket where the little black and little kitty would put the ones they caught and bit to death.
"I was wondering why I hadn't seen them all afternoon. Six in total, who knows which field they caught these in."
Field mice are much cleaner than the house rats, they're plump, cute, and they don't have that rancid smell of regular rats.
During times of food shortage, field mice were also considered a delicacy, but now that there's no shortage, the little black and little kitty catch them daily, so they are given to them to eat.
"In the morning when I was doing laundry, they followed me to the river, drilling around Mr. Liu's field, and they went again in the afternoon. I guess that's where they caught them."
