When it gets dark, Li Long and Li Jianguo, who have had dinner, are smeared with wind oil essence on their bodies to smoke out mosquitoes. It was already cold in the evening in August. Both of them put on their coats and walked to the melon field.
Driving a tractor at night makes too much noise, and you can’t see the road clearly while riding a bicycle, so it’s better to walk.
Originally Li Qingxia was also coming, but Li Long persuaded him. It's late at night and you can't see the road clearly. It would be troublesome if you miss the mark or fall down.
So Li Jianguo and Li Long agreed to let him stay at home and just look after the house. Besides, school hasn't started yet, and there is a color TV in Li Qingxia's house. Many children follow the adults to watch TV in the house, and it's really hard to have no one watching.
Without the owner watching, those dolls really dare to change the channel on the TV. After all, there are naughty children all the time. At this time, there were many more people poking hornets' nests and digging out birds' eggs than in later generations. Almost all sparrow nests that appeared in the field of vision were not spared. Li Qiang had dug out several sparrow nests.
There are even children who destroy the swallow's nest - of course, the result is a beating by their parents.
It is a good sign that swallows enter the house. Some people build new houses and specially open the windows to let swallows in.
There were no street lights in the village at this time. Once it got dark, it would be difficult to see clearly from a distance, so Li Jianguo and Li Long went to the fields with flashlights after dark so that no one else could notice them. .
Li Long judged that they would not stay in the field for long. The best time for naughty children to steal melons is around 11 or 12 o'clock in the evening, no later. After all, it is impossible to get them up in the middle of the night, and once the family finds out that someone is missing in the middle of the night, they will really have to mobilize the neighbors to look for them. No matter what they are doing, they must be beaten first if they find them.
So children usually have to go to the melon patch before going to bed.
"For several days in a row, there have been cracked melons every day, so this kid will definitely come tonight." Li Jianguo judged, "After we catch him, don't do anything, see clearly which family he belongs to, and let him go back and give it to him by himself." The family said, "The adults should understand what's going on."
When Li Jianguo said this, Li Long also understood.
No one’s children want to be educated by others. No matter how big a mistake you make, you should pay for it and apologize, but you can't let others bully you.
Whether you use a belt or a stick to clean things up behind closed doors is your own family’s business, but outside, adults usually protect their children.
Most parents have this mentality, that’s why Li Jianguo said this.
"Brother, don't worry. The most we can do is catch and confirm the person." Li Long said. In fact, he also knew that if the person was really confirmed, as long as the parents were reasonable, they would be more ruthless than outsiders in dealing with their children.
After all, everyone wants their children to grow up and not grow crooked. It would be a big mistake for any farmer to do this to destroy crops.
The two looked at the road in the dark, chatting in low voices before arriving in the field.
Although it is hot during the day, after leaving the village at night, there is a cool breeze blowing from the ground. There were bursts of wind, either cold or cold.
It has passed the Beginning of Autumn. Although there is no dew in the morning and evening, it is no longer as comfortable as June and July.
When they arrived at the field, Li Long was happy and said with a smile:
"Brother, the temperature is so low that you can hardly feel the mosquitoes, which is a good thing."
"Well, you are at the field, I will go there Go inside. We are facing each other diagonally. Lao Zhuangzi, if there are people coming over there, we can see them at a glance."
"I'm going to go forward. If there are really people coming today, we'll catch them after they get into the ground."
"Okay." Li Jianguo walked into the fields.
One side of the land where melons are planted is a wheat field, which has been harvested and plowed, and the other side is a corn field. The corn stalks are relatively high, and this is where the trouble lies. When people dig into the cornfield, it will be really hard to find them.
But Li Long and the others could hide easily. If they burrowed into the cornfield, the melon thief wouldn't be able to see them at all.
After entering the cornfield for two minutes, Li Long got out. It was cool outside and there were no mosquitoes. Since the cornfield was not very breathable, the temperature was relatively high and there were more mosquitoes. As soon as he got in, he Surrounded by mosquitoes.
The ridges in the melon field are dotted with melons. According to Professor Wu’s instructions, there are about two to three thousand seedlings in one acre of land, with two to three melons on each seedling. An acre of land is about four to five thousand melons.
Watermelons are not like watermelons, which come in all shapes and sizes. They only have one type, which is round. However, the ripe flesh is different, including yellow flesh, pink flesh, and light green flesh. The taste is not as sweet as watermelon, and it feels a bit slippery in the hand.
The melons were not yet ripe for hunting, so Li Long had no idea of hitting them. Seeing that his eldest brother was already hiding in the field, he turned around and entered the cornfield, found a corn stalk with a thinner stalk and broke it off from the root.
Li Long peeled off the skins and stems of the corn stalks, and then found a higher place on the stalk between the two fields to sit down and gnawed on it like sugar cane. Corn stalks.
There are very few snacks available in rural areas at this time. Watermelon is a kind of food, but you can’t eat it every time. Corn stalks are a kind of food, but you need to find something sweeter.
Usually the corn stalks with big cobs are not sweet, but the corn stalks without cobs, which grow later and are relatively tender, are relatively sweet.
After breaking off the corn, cutting the stalks and bringing them home to prepare for the fire next year, in the winter there will be children who will look for those corn stalks that are not completely dry from the corn stalks and use them to gnaw.
At this time, the sticks, as long as they are still green, are a little sweet.
In winter, there are even fewer snacks. To be honest, this thing is not very delicious, and the skin is easy to irritate the mouth.
But it’s better than nothing.
There are still people who eat the choking Elaeagnus angustifolia, let alone this one?
Li Long followed a corn stalk for only two sections when he heard a rustling sound in the corn field. This was the sound of people rubbing against the leaves when they passed by the corn field.
He threw the pole to the ground and looked in the direction of the sound.
As soon as this kid enters the melon field and prepares for action, Li Long is ready to rush out and give him a good education!
A short shadow emerged from the cornfield and looked around, quite wary.
He was only about ten meters away from Li Long, but because the grass was blocking his field of vision, he didn't notice anything. Then he stooped into the melon field.
Hey, you still know how to use tactical moves.
Just as Li Long was about to take action, he suddenly found another one emerging from the cornfield.
Two!
No wonder so many melons were in trouble, it turns out there was more than one!
The person who entered the ground first was relatively short. After entering the ground, he waved to the people behind him to come in quickly. Then he touched the melons in the ground and touched one. He felt dissatisfied, and then went again. Touch the other one.
The one in the back was slightly taller and his movements were a little nervous. Li Long felt that this figure was a bit familiar. The one in the front was already holding a knife and was about to open his mouth. The one in the back had not yet entered the ground, so Li Long was a little anxious.
"I opened twenty or thirty melon holes in front of me, but none of them were delicious. I still don't believe it. I really can't find a delicious melon?"
The side in front of me? While talking to Dagua, he did not forget to greet the people behind him:
"Tie Tou, hurry up! You are dragging your feet. If you do this, we should be scolded again when we go back!"< br>
Hey! The one behind him turned out to be Lu Tietou! The one opposite Li Jianguo!
Li Long was almost happy, there was no need to arrest him this time, he could just go to the Lu family to find someone.
The voice in the front is a little unfamiliar, but it doesn't matter. The one in front is the mastermind, and the one behind is the accomplice. Even if he can't catch it today, he still knows the leader.
Li Long saw Lu Tietou squatting down and finding a melon. When he was about to cut it with a knife, he stood up suddenly and roared:
"What are you doing? Stop!"
As he roared, Li Long had already rushed out. His target was the short man, and he wanted to hold him down to see who he was.
Lu Tie came here for the first time. He felt guilty about being a thief. He was yelled at by Li Long and sat down on the ground, his face turned pale with fright.
But the little man was a veteran. When he heard Li Long's shout, he not only didn't stop, he put away the knife, turned around and ran towards the cornfield.
Li Long didn't expect this kid to react so quickly. He immediately turned and ran into the cornfield, but the little man moved quickly and had already disappeared in.
Li Long followed and heard the rustling of corn leaves. The corn stalks were thicker and it was late at night. He couldn't see the other party at all, so he chased only by the sound.
This cornfield has about twenty acres. The field was about 450 meters long, and the twenty acres of land were about thirty meters wide. When Li Long listened to the sound, the little man did not run directly outside the field, but walked through the corn field. I want to distance myself.
Li Long understood what he was thinking, and after keeping a distance, he casually dug into the cornfield, making it difficult for others to find him.
You can't just cut down all the poles. How can you find someone who is just trying to make a fool of himself?
Li Long is not in a hurry. Even if he can't find him, Lu Tietou can still find him.
He slowed down and listened carefully to the other party's position. Li Long's hearing was better than that of ordinary people, and he quickly locked onto the opponent right in front of him, and his speed was not slow.
This is normal. After all, the opponent is small and the gaps in the cornfield are small. Where the opponent can easily pass, Li Long has to squeeze through.
Li Long took a shortcut and rushed towards the opponent, making a lot of noise. The kid originally wanted to keep the noise as small as possible and hide in the cornfield. At this time, he heard Li Long rushing towards him. Knowing that he had been discovered, he ran out immediately!
Outside the corn field is an unploughed wheat field, and beyond that is an oil sunflower field. The oil sunflower has not been harvested yet. Although the poles are not as high as the corn, they are difficult to find even if they are hidden inside.
This is what this kid had in mind - Li Long heard the movement in front of him and knew that the kid had gotten out, so he immediately increased his speed.
“Ouch!”
The boy’s scream came from outside. Li Long was a little surprised. Did he fall?
He burst out of the cornfield and smiled.
The eldest brother Li Jianguo was standing in the wheat field, and the boy fell on the stubble.
Although wheat stubble is not hard, it is easy to scratch the skin if you drop it directly.
"I didn't move him. He was startled when he saw me and fell down."
"Whose family is this?" Li Long hadn't recognized it yet.
"Ma Yinbao's son Ma Ming." Li Jianguo knew.
Ma Yinbao, Ma Jinbao’s younger brother.
This family is considered to be quite weird. They are delicious, lazy and dishonest. Ma Yinbao is slightly better. His brother herded sheep and did not work in the fields, but he farmed honestly. However, because the family had always been poor, his son followed Ma Jinbao's family and became a slippery man.
I was dropped out of junior high school before finishing junior high school. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, it is the time when people hate dogs. The family can’t control it, and outsiders can’t control it either.
After two years of development, it became a scourge in the village. Petty theft was common, until one time someone came to the door and asked Ma Yinbao to beat him severely until he cried like a ghost and howled like a wolf, and then took him with him to follow. They are not allowed to go out to hang out while doing farm work. This is considered a change.
After all, a bastard also needs soil to mix with, so how can he mix it in the ground? Rolling?
Looking at Ma Long, Li Long smiled. This guy had the same name as himself, so he was caught.
He turned his head and shouted into the cornfield:
"Tietou!"
Lu Tietou emerged from the cornfield tremblingly, not daring to look down. personal.
"Go home and tell your dad." Li Long said, "Go back."
Tietou was crying. If he went home and told his dad, he would be whipped.
But if you don’t say it, when the Li family does, they may be beaten by both parents!
It’s all Ma Long’s fault. He wasn’t the one who persuaded me to come over and taste the melons. He is sleeping at home now.
There is no such thing!
Malone was still thinking of countermeasures at this time.
If the Li family asked him to run back and tell his father, he would never say anything. He would go back to sleep and run away early tomorrow morning. Even if the Li family told Dad, they would not be able to find him by then.
Ma Long had a good idea, but it was a pity that Li Long said to Li Jianguo:
"This kid from the Ma family is a very thief. We cannot let him go back by himself. We have to take him to find Ma Yinbao."
Li Jianguo nodded, a little strange. Li Long didn't even recognize who this guy was. How did he know he was a thief?
But this Ma Long is a real thief and he is used to it.
When Ma Long heard this, his face was longer than that of Iron Head. He looked left and right. Li Long saw what he was thinking and said with a sneer:
"You can try running. If you run out and I catch you again, I will beat you first when you get back! Beat you up! Tell me, how many times have you cut melons? Do you have any accomplices? "
"Only for one day..."
" Are you looking for a fight? Seeing how skilled you are, I’ll look for a pair from Lu Tietou..."
"Two days... no, three days... okay, a week, I came here a week ago... I didn't open a few melons in total, and they were not delicious..."
Ma Long was glib and thought. He denied it, but as soon as Li Long raised his hand to fight, he immediately revealed the truth and confessed.
I came here almost every day for a week and brought two people over. The last one was a boy from the third team. That boy didn't dare to come after he came once.
Li Long asked Li Jianguo to go back first, but Li Jianguo refused, and he and Li Long escorted Ma Long to Ma Yinbao's house.
It was past eleven o'clock at this time, and most people had already gone to bed - there was no way, most people didn't have TVs at home, and there were no entertainment activities. Although there were electric lights, the power went out from time to time, so I simply went to sleep.
Li Jianguo and Li Long escorted Ma Long to Ma Yinbao's house, and sure enough, the lights had been turned off. It seems that Ma Yinbao's family is used to Ma Long coming back late and doesn't care much about it.
In the busy farming season, when you are too tired, you can’t take care of so much.
When they arrived at Ma's yard, the dog barked. Ma Yinbao got up when he heard the noise and shouted in the house:
"Longlong, are you back?"
Li Longxin I guess it's a good thing that I called him Longlong instead of Xiaolong, otherwise what would I do if I got mixed up?
Ma Long said feebly:
"Yes, Dad, get up."
"What's wrong? Let's talk about it tomorrow..."
Li Jianguo didn't speak. Long was impatient and wanted to go back early, so he shouted:
"Something happened to Ma Long, please get up."
The lights suddenly came on.
More than ten seconds later, Ma Yinbao opened the door and walked out of the house. He was a little surprised to see Li Jianguo and Li Long, and was stunned for a moment.
Li Jianguo was not easy to talk to, so Li Long said:
"Brother Yinbao, your Malone went to my melon harvesting field and caused disaster to dozens of melon harvesters, all of whom had triangular holes. , I haven’t eaten it yet. The melon is not yet ripe and the seeds are still there. White, these melons are useless.
Let me tell you, when the melons are ripe, you can eat them as long as you keep the seeds. It may take about ten days. No, please educate me.”
After saying that, he nodded and went back with Li Jianguo.
"Why don't you go home in the middle of the night and go to other people's fields to cause trouble to the crops? Are you sick? The crops belong to living people, so can you cause trouble to them casually?"
Ma Yinbao's violent voice sounded, followed by Ma Long's screams.
It is normal to use hitting to educate naughty children at this time. There are very few children in this era who have never been spanked, or almost none.
When Li Jianguo and Li Long returned to the courtyard, Lu Yingmingcong and Lu Tietou were already at the entrance of the courtyard.
Seeing Li Jianguo and Li Long coming over, Lu Yingming kicked Lu Tietou down, and the imitation armed belt with iron buckles he waved in his hand hit Lu Tietou hard on the back!
“Ah——!”
Lu Tietou screamed.
If he didn't scream, Lu Yingming wouldn't be particularly angry. But when he screamed, Lu Yingming became even more angry:
"You still have the nerve to scream? You don't know whether to beat melons or not?" Can’t you eat it if it’s cooked? You still go to the fields to eat melons? Don’t you know how hard it is to farm?”
"Pah!" Another belt came, Lu Tietou screamed again, and Li Long hurried over and snatched the belt.
“Stop fighting,” Li Jianguo advised. “He also let others take him there. It’s okay as long as he knows his mistakes. Children, who hasn’t made a mistake yet? Okay, okay, Tiandu It’s so late, two beatings are enough, go back.”
Seeing Li Jianguo’s statement, Lu Yingming knew that this was a change of course, so he cursed a few more times and turned around to walk into the yard.
Li Long lifted Lu Tietou up and said:
"Okay, your dad is relieved of his anger, go back. Just don't do such stupid things in the future."
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Lu Tietou also knew that he had passed this level, but he was still a little frustrated and had a little backache. Needless to say, there must be two red marks on the back, maybe even blood.
Of course, this pain is nothing compared to passing the level.
I think this matter will spread in the village tomorrow. The naughty children in each family should know the seriousness of the matter and will not do similar things again.
Li Long returned to his yard with satisfaction. Chen Lirong and her two children had already gone to bed in the spare room in the West House. Li Long entered the room quietly. He didn't turn on the light at all, simply washed his face, then fell on the bed, and fell asleep after a while.
One of the biggest consequences of running back and forth these days is that the quality of sleep is very good. Except for necessary activities with Gu Xiaoxia in the compound, I basically fall asleep at other times.
I'm tired, but after a night's sleep, I feel energetic the next day. (End of this chapter)