Chapter 91 Rhubarb also gave birth
Early the next morning, Zhang An was woken up by peeing.
At this time, the sky was just starting to light up, and it was probably only about five o'clock.
After getting rid of the pressure in his body, Zhang An originally planned to go back to the house and continue sleeping, but when he walked to the door, a small sound suddenly came from the sound, which was a bit strange.
It sounds like a dog, but it doesn’t look very much like it. It sounds like a cat, but it doesn’t look very much like it.
Zhang An followed the sound and walked all the way to his deer shed.
At this time, I discovered that Dahuang, who had been given a luxurious single room by himself, had a deflated stomach, and was replaced by two cubs as big as rabbits, sleeping soundly under Dahuang's belly.
This guy Dahuang is not honest anymore. He secretly gave birth to the baby without informing him.
It wasn’t that Zhang An slept like crazy last night, it was really that he didn’t hear a sound at all.
The little guy has big ears and a pointed mouth. The more he looks at it, the more he looks like a rabbit.
But Zhang An soon realized that Rhubarb had given birth to two cubs.
The muntjacs usually give birth to single litters, and it is basically rare to have two litters.
It seems that we are very lucky this time.
Zhang Angang knelt down to take a closer look at the little muntjac, but Rhubarb and its two cubs, who had been sleeping soundly just now, had already woken up.
This is probably not the first time Rhubarb has become a mother. She looks very experienced. She has already cleaned all the fetal fluids from the little muntjac.
As soon as the two little muntjacs woke up, they buried themselves under their mother’s belly and drank milk.
Zhang An wanted to reach out and hug the two little ones, but he found that the two little ones were a little afraid of him.
Zhang An frowned, this is not okay, I will be your future parents, how can you be afraid of me.
Now, along with Rhubarb, we brought all three muntjacs into the space.
Maybe it was because they were just born. Even if they changed places, the little muntjacs did not panic and still followed their mothers.
After entering the space, after being baptized by the space, the two little muntjacs seemed to be a little smarter.
Standing at the edge of the fish pond, the two little ones took a full drink of water.
At this time, they seemed to have discovered that the water tasted better than their mother's milk.
I couldn't help but drink a few more sips, and didn't stop until my stomach became bulging.
At this time, Zhang An reached out to touch them again. It was no longer afraid, but moved against Zhang An's hand.
After taking a family of three out, I presented Rhubarb with fresh space grass.
Rhubarb has added two little ones to the family, which is a great contribution and deserves some recognition.
Looking at the two little deer following Rhubarb, Zhang An felt a little big-headed. It was time to choose a name again, but the fawn that was born not long ago was not there yet, so how many brain cells would be wasted now.
The number of animals in Zhang An’s family has been rising rapidly recently. The goats and two geese brought by Huang Erye, the newly hatched chicks and ducklings, and the two animals that gave birth to a litter of rabbits. A big white rabbit.
Cuihua gave birth to cubs not long ago, and today Dahuang gave birth to two more cubs. The eight little wild boars that Zhang An caught last time were wild boars.
Now the pigsty is completely full and there is no empty space at all.
Fortunately, Zhang An also built a large circle house next to his new house at the entrance of the village. Once the new house is built, they can be moved there.
There were several acres of open space left in the new yard. Li Hongbin and Chen Ze both persuaded Zhang An to dig a small fish pond next to the new house. Zhang An did not want to dig it at first.
In Zhang An's opinion, there is no need to dig a fish pond over there near the river.
But the two of them have always said that the river does not belong to Zhang An's family, so it is better to dig it by himself. They said this several times, every time they came. In the end, Zhang An couldn't stand it, so he listened to them. , dug a small fish pond of half an acre.
Chen Ze has been teasing Zhang An to expand the number and types of fish, and Li Hongbin is just following along.
Zhang An has eaten the fish he put into the river, although they were all raised in space and then released.
But there are some differences between the food in Dahe and the food in our own courtyard.
Finally, after Zhang An’s experiment of eating it several times, he finally discovered that these fish were all the same when they were first released, but with the fish in Zhang An’s yard, Zhang An would usually release more fish. The space spring water goes in, and some grass in the space is often fed into it.
As for the fish in the river, Zhang An didn't care at all. As time went by, the gap became apparent.
Looking at the horizon, Zhang An lay back down and slept for a while.
Now he is no longer the person who liked to watch the sunrise last year. After watching the sunrise several times, he no longer remembers it so early.
It is rare to have such a leisurely day. I was busy all my life in my previous life, just for this kind of life.
After going back and sleeping for two or three hours, I got up and started to wash up.
"Xiao An, our four puppies have given birth, and two of them have still given birth, which is quite rare."
Zhang An was washing up by the faucet, and Wang Fang next to him saw When his son woke up, he said something to Zhang An.
“I know, I saw it when I got up in the morning and went to the toilet. At first I thought it was two rabbits running into our house. It was only when I saw Rhubarb’s deflated belly that I realized. Mom, please don’t call me Four Eyes in the future. It’s so unpleasant. Just call me Dahuang.” He said a lot of good things for it.
"Why is Four Eyes so unpleasant? Everyone calls it that. If you call it Rhubarb, people who don't know think it's a dog."
Wang Fang rolled her eyes at her son. Some disliked the names he gave to the animals in the house.
"Why is Rhubarb bad? You see, it is bigger than a dog. It has yellow skin and yellow fur. It is appropriate to call it Rhubarb. This is in line with its temperament."
I feel that my mother is suspicious. Zhang An, who was not good at naming himself, quickly defended himself.
"There is no salt at home. After washing your face, go to Zhang Xinmin's house and buy a pack."
Zhang An responded and went to buy salt after washing his face.
In the past, before Zhang Xinmin’s family started selling salt, MSG and soy sauce, everyone had to go to the town to buy it during the market. One purchase would cost several kilograms. At that time, what was sold in the town was not bagged salt, but salt in bags. A pound of loose salt.
At that time, even if there was nothing to eat at home, we could only borrow some from a neighbor’s house to use first, then buy it back and then return it to others.
It's better now. Zhang Xinmin's canteen now sells more and more things, making it more and more convenient for everyone.
It was only when everyone's life got better that his family dared to buy so many goods. According to the previous situation, if he bought a lot of goods, it would take a long time for the small mountain village to digest them before selling them out, which would not be worthwhile at all.
"Hey, Uncle An..."
Zhang An, who was walking in front, found someone calling him from behind. When he looked back, he found that it was Zhou Yang from the village.
"Oh, I told you not to call me that, just call me by name."
There are quite a lot of people with the surname Zhang in Changqing Village, and Zhang An is older, so sometimes they walk towards each other. If someone is older than me, he should call me uncle when he opens his mouth.
"Who do you think you are from the older generation? You are senior, so you can't do it without shouting. If you don't shout back, you will be criticized."
The two of them are not only from the same village, they have been together since childhood. They started going to school together until they were in the third grade of junior high school. Zhang An went to high school in the county, while Zhou Yang went to a vocational school because he didn't have enough grades.
"When did you come back? I heard from your mother and others that you went to work in the provincial capital."
The two of them walked side by side on the main road in the village, chatting as they walked. Although they haven't seen each other for a long time, there seems to be no unfamiliarity between the two.
“I’m going, but my mother’s ankle bones are injured, isn’t it? The family has to harvest crops soon, and my father can’t do it alone, and he has to take care of my two younger brothers and sisters, so I came back early. Help, I just got home last night."
"It's a bad luck for you to come. We just had June 6th yesterday. You can come early so we can eat together." Zhang An heard Zhou. Yang said he only got home last night and made a joke.
"There is no other way. You also know that the last bus back from the county is at five or six o'clock, and it is already dark when you come back. Speaking of which, I have to thank you. Fortunately, you have a car and helped to send me off in time. Mom went to the hospital and the doctor said she might be lame if she was late."
After Zhou Yang came back, his parents told him the story.
"We are all from our own family. Why are we so grateful? We behave like outsiders. We used to fight together in school. Now you have the nerve to tell me this."
"By the way, where are you going? Oh." As the two were chatting, Zhang An almost forgot about buying salt.
"I went to the store to buy a light bulb and came back to replace it. The light bulb in the room was burned out."
When Zhou Yang came back last night, he found that the light bulb in the room was burned out, but the big light bulb was burned out. I didn't come to buy the one in the evening, so I planned to buy it and exchange it early this morning.
Today's light bulbs are still incandescent lamps, and the light at night is a bit yellowish.
"Let's go together. I'm going to buy a pack of salt. I don't have any salt at home."
Both of them went to Zhang Xinmin's canteen, which was a coincidence.
Long time no see, the two of them were asking each other about each other's affairs, chatting and then arrived at the door of the store.
After Zhang An bought the salt, Zhou Yang insisted on paying him.
Nothing came to fruition, but the price of a bag of salt was one dollar. After Zhang An pushed it back, he let Zhou Yang pay.
"Uncle An, come to my house for dinner tonight."
Before leaving, Zhou Yang shouted to Zhang An.
“Ah, do you have something to say?”
Zhang An had already left with the salt. When he heard Zhou Yang calling him to go to his house for dinner in the evening, he stood down immediately Asked.
"When did you become so polite? When I was a child, I often went to your house to eat, and you often went to my house to eat. Well, you have become shy when you grow up."
Zhou Yang somewhat jokingly said that when Zhang An was in elementary school, he didn't find any of his adults at home when he came back, so he had lunch at Zhou Yang's house.
The same goes for Zhou Yang. Sometimes the adults at home were not at home and no lunch was prepared, so he would deal with it at Zhang An's house.
Why not at other people’s homes? At that time, Zhang An had many peers in the village. Half of the students in a class were from the village, and the others were all children from nearby villages.
The main reason is that the two of them have known each other since childhood. They live close to each other and are relatives. After going to school, they always make appointments together.
As time went by, this feeling came out.
"I'm just asking casually. I'll go over in the evening." Zhang An smiled. This was true when he was young.
“Don’t think so much, it’s nothing. I didn’t learn how to cook in school. If you don’t come back now, I’ll let you try it. I’ve learned this craft for several years. In the evening Come early, don’t let me call you.”
“Okay, got it.”
After that, the two of them went back to their homes.
Back in the yard, Li Hongbin at home had already gotten up and was washing his face in the yard.
"How is it? Did you sleep well?"
Zhang An looked at Li Hongbin, who looked a little haggard, and smiled.
Li Hongbin really drank too much yesterday. He has been drunk since last night and has not gotten up until now.
I saw him patting his head, "Stop talking, I'm still a little dizzy and uncomfortable."
"Okay, don't look at how much you drank last night. Fortunately, I gave you a bowl of hangover soup last night, otherwise you would suffer even more today."
People usually wake up with a hangover. In the future, not only will they feel dizzy and uncomfortable, some people may even suffer from nausea, headache, palpitation, and even vomiting.
Li Hongbin’s dizziness alone was already the easiest thing to do.
“Ah, you gave me hangover soup last night? Why didn’t I react?”
“You had a fart reaction. If you don’t drink it when I feed it to you, I will too. Just drink it down."
Zhang An rolled his eyes. When he was giving Li Hongbin the hangover soup last night, the man moved around, and a lot of the hangover soup spilled on Zhang An's clothes.
While the two were talking, a group of children from the village had already arrived at Zhang An's house.
These children are just like going to school now, and they make appointments to come over every morning to report.
But the adults at home can rest assured that there will be no accidents when playing here at Zhang An's house, and it will be easy to find them. If you lock them at home, they will have to make trouble with you.
"Uncle An, when did you catch two more rabbits? Their legs are so long."
The little glutinous rice balls were playing with two little muntjacs in the yard. The two little muntjacs were still very afraid of people in the morning, but after being brought into the space to get acquainted with Zhang An, they are now not afraid of people at all. The doll is playing around.
Little glutinous rice balls often run to Zhang An’s yard during the holidays, except when they go back to eat.
Because their family still lives in the same room with his grandparents. In the past, Xiao Tangyuan’s grandparents often treated Xiao Tangyuan badly. Every time Xiao Tangyuan was not at home when eating, they would scold him several times. sentence, and then didn’t look for her.
Later, Little Tangyuan’s father, Brother Dagui, proposed to separate the family and live on his own for the sake of his daughter.
I live my own life alone with my daughter, but even if the family is separated, they still live in the same house, but they are divided into two wing rooms, and they live and eat their own food.
Even though the family has been separated, the two elders of the Tang family still feel uncomfortable with their granddaughter.
There is no love without reason, and there is no hate without reason, everything has a reason.
Although the two elders tend to favor boys over girls, Xiao Tang Yuan is always their granddaughter.
It's more that the two elders particularly hated the woman who left their son and ran away with someone else.
I have seen Xiao Tangyuan’s mother, Zhang An, and she is one of the better-looking ones in rural areas.
The family is usually very kind to her, and they don't let her do much farm work every day. She only does as much as she can.
This is already the best treatment for a daughter-in-law in rural households. It is impossible to say that a daughter-in-law will not work at all after marrying into the family. Zhang An has never seen it anyway.
But after Xiao Tangyuan was born, the two elders had some traditional values of favoring sons over daughters, so they may not have paid as much attention to their daughter-in-law as before.
But unexpectedly, when Xiao Tangyuan was two years old, his daughter-in-law ran away with someone, and she also followed a young boss who had just come from out of town.
From then on, Xiao Tangyuan’s grandmother’s family could not hold their heads high in the village, and the two families were like enemies when they met.
Because she was good-looking, the bride price was an extra 200 yuan at that time.
As a result, the two elders became more and more dissatisfied with the little glutinous rice balls.
So, if you are poor, don’t marry a beautiful girl. Wu Dalang Chi Guoguo’s lesson has been passed down for so many years.
Looking at the little glutinous rice balls teasing the two little muntjacs.
“It is not a little rabbit, it is the child of rhubarb. The rhubarb you often feed gave birth to babies last night.”
Zhang An patiently explained to several dolls.
Li Hongbin heard Zhang An say that Rhubarb had given birth and came over to take a look.
He hadn't noticed it when he got up in the morning.
"Zhang An, is Rhubarb the wild muntjac you brought back?"
Li Hongbin had heard that Zhang An had caught a muntjac on the mountain before, but he never looked carefully.
He had eaten this when he was a child, and people in town would occasionally sell it.
“Yes, that’s the one, but it gave birth to two cubs at one time, which is rare.”
At this moment, Zhang An summoned the two little muntjacs. Squat on the ground and play with them.
“This thing is delicious, but it’s a bit difficult to catch. I’m too timid and will run away as soon as I find someone.”
“Don’t take advantage of them. I’m still thinking about raising them.”
Zhang An looked at Li Hongbin's eyes with glistening eyes, looked at the Dahuang family of three with some evil intentions, rolled his eyes and said something to Li Hongbin.
This guy has turned into an old man now. He wants to eat everything he sees.
As if Zhang An had seen through what was in his mind, Li Hongbin looked a little unnatural.
“Just saying, it’s rare to find a home that can raise these things. Why don’t we see them running away?”
It seems that we haven’t heard of raising yellow muntjacs in captivity, unless they are in zoos. Lock up.
However, later generations of artificially bred deer did not dare to open them in deer sheds like Zhang An's. They kept them in high walls for fear that they would escape.
“Maybe Rhubarb is a relative of Dahua and their family. Seeing that Dahua’s family is living so well, it doesn’t want to run away. When it runs into the mountains, it has to worry about being chased by green wolves and leopards. We live in There is food and drink at home, and Xiaohu and the others are working as security guards at night. It’s so comfortable. It’s you. Do you know how to leave?”
Zhang An casually fooled Li Hongbin to death.
"That's right. It's me. I definitely won't leave. You don't kill them for meat. How comfortable it is to live here. But how come they are related to sika deer?"
< br>Li Hongbin looked at the rhubarb and the big flower, and the reminder was several times worse.
"They are both deer, so why are they not relatives? Although they are not very close, they may have evolved at different times and in different directions, but distant relatives are also relatives, right."
Rhubarb does not have Cuihua. Protecting the cubs like that, I lay down in the shack to rest, watching the little muntjacs running around in the yard. When they were tired from running, they would go back to Rhubarb's side and lie down to drink milk.
The two little cubs are not as afraid of people as other wild muntjacs. On the contrary, they saw the group of dolls in the village and played with them very happily.
“They are Rhubarb’s children, but Rhubarb is so big, why are they so small?”
Big question marks flashed in the little glutinous rice balls’ eyes.
The two little muntjacs are indeed too small, just as big as one of Zhang An's feet.
“They are so small when they are born, and then they will grow up very quickly. Just like chickens, they are small when they are hatched, and then slowly grow into a big chicken.”< br>
Soon, Wang Fang in the room prepared lunch, and a smell came from the room.
"Little glutinous rice balls, let's eat at my house today."
Seeing that his mother had already brought out the food, Zhang An called out to the little guy.
"Uncle An, my dad is at home today, I'm going home to eat."
It turns out that when Xiao Tangyuan's dad was not at home, her grandparents didn't call her back for dinner because the family was separated.
Zhang An often leaves her to eat at home. This child is so pitiful. He can help her a little.
And when Guangguang had something to do at home, her father Tang Dagui always came over to help enthusiastically without being called out.
So no matter what the reason, Zhang An is still very good to the dumplings.
Except for the first time when the little one was a little shy, she later learned that Zhang An was good to her and she was also very close to Zhang An.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter recently, and everyone wants to eat something cold and vegetarian. Zhang An and Li Hongbin also drank a lot of wine last night. Today, Wang Fang did not cook anything too oily or meaty.
Zhang An watched as his mother made a bowl of cucumbers and a bowl of tomatoes mixed with sugar.
This tomato was bought and planted by Zhang An in the town, because the tomato seeds left at home from previous years are very small, basically only the size of a thumb.
Usually, it’s delicious when broken into pieces for cooking, but it’s not so good when used for cold dressing because it’s too small, so it’s better to slice it into pieces and mix it with food.
When Zhang An was a child, he often picked small tomatoes from other people's fields, rubbed them casually and put them in his mouth to eat.
It seems that many people in later generations called this small tomato cherry tomatoes, and fruit shops even sold them as fruit.
A plate of fried duck eggs with red pepper is not too greasy and goes well with rice. Zhang An’s mother always makes fried eggs with green pepper, mincing the peppers, adding some red oil and stir-frying the peppers, and then adding them Mash the fried duck eggs and stir-fry them together.
Zhang An thinks it is delicious and easy to eat like this, much better than the scrambled eggs with green peppers sold outside.
Because of this way of eating, the chopped peppers are mixed with rice and eaten. It is not like the fried eggs with green peppers that Zhang An ate outside in later generations. The peppers are in big chunks and there are not many eggs. , I finished picking the eggs, and there was still a big bowl of green peppers that I couldn’t eat.
At this time, Zhang Jianguo, who was summoned by the village to hold a village representative meeting, also came back, along with the village elder uncle.
"Uncle is here, come and have dinner together."
(End of this chapter)