Chapter 109 Salmon Fish
The Four-Legged Snake is an ugly name given by the locals in Changqing, because its cubs look similar to the four-legged snakes in the mountains. Everyone calls it the Four-Legged Snake, also called Water. Four-legged snake.
This thing is the familiar giant salamander, whose scientific name is giant salamander.
Why are they called salamanders? Because they mostly live in shallow water areas and often hunt in the water. Their calls are spread through the water, much like a crying baby, so they are called salamanders.
People of Zhang An's generation can no longer hear it. When Zhang Jianguo's generation was young, such sounds often came from the mountains, very frequently. At that time, no one knew it was this thing.
So the old people say that there is a man-eating leper in the mountains, and they have captured someone’s child.
But in fact, it was because there were so many giant salamanders in the mountains at that time, and you could basically encounter some small ones in the mountains.
Of course, big guys usually hide in caves and caves with water, or in streams in mountains.
Later on, this thing was slowly discovered by everyone, and everyone knew that it was this guy who made the cry-like sound of a baby in the mountains.
And because people’s living conditions were so poor at that time, it began to enter the dining tables of mountain people.
So from then on, their number gradually decreased, until later, some wealthy people in the city became superstitious about this stuff.
If there is no buying and selling, there will be no harm. If someone buys, someone will catch them, so there are fewer of them. Later, they were included in the national list.
But even so, many people will still go poaching.
In their words, the boss gave too much and they couldn’t refuse.
After the people in the mountains discovered that it was close to it, many adults also used this saying to scare their disobedient and crying children.
Don't tell me, this method is more effective than coaxing them with nice words. Zhang An was scared by Wang Fang when he was a child.
What kind of leopards, leopards, wolves, old people carrying babies, and old ladies are scared every time they cry.
There are three species of giant salamanders in the world. Among them, our domestic species are the largest and can grow up to about 1.8 to 2 meters in length, which is taller than most people.
Although everyone calls it a giant salamander, it is not a fish, but an authentic amphibian.
The body is long and flat, with short limbs, four toes on the forelimbs, five toes on the hind limbs, webs between the toes, and a short and flat tail. Those who don't know may mistakenly think that fish are actually amphibians. They breathe through gills in water and through lungs and skin outside of water. The skin is only covered with mucous membranes and is not covered by scales.
"Brother Jianguo, no matter what it is, you can catch it for several meals. Such a big four-legged snake is not easy to see even in the past. If you take it, it will be too much for everyone to eat." ”
Everyone in the mountains has eaten this stuff before, especially people of Zhang Jianguo’s generation.
After Wang Xinrong finished speaking, he walked over and picked up the giant salamander with both hands.
“Oh, it’s so heavy, at least thirty kilograms, just a lot more.”
Zhang An shook his head, this thing could be eaten in the past, but now it cannot be eaten.
"Uncle Xinrong, you can't eat this guy now, otherwise you will have to eat the national meal."
"What do you mean, what does it mean to eat the national meal." Wang Xinrong heard this , his mind was a little confused, and he couldn't quite understand what Zhang An said.
“Eating the national meal means going to jail, and you will be sent to a labor camp. If you eat it, you will have to go in and sing Tears Behind Bars, but I remember that Uncle Xinrong sang Tears Behind Bars quite nicely. . ”
“This kid knows how to joke with your uncle Xinrong, he’s not a kid at all.”
Zhang An could only chuckle after being told by Zhang Jianguo.
Then Zhang An remembered that there is no such thing as eating national food and using a sewing machine, but everyone still knows about making paradise umbrellas.
“This guy is now a nationally protected animal. It seems to have been on the list a few years ago. If you eat it, you will have to squat for a few years at least, and the country will provide you with free food.”< br>
When it comes to going to jail, these people are afraid.
“What is this thing? If you eat this thing, you will go to jail now?”
Wang Xinrong was startled by Zhang An’s words, and he quickly threw the salamander in his hand into the water. In the ditch.
This fright was no less frightening than the cry of the four-legged snake just now.
Not only Wang Xinrong was frightened, but even the giant salamander that had just been caught by it was also frightened and screamed.
Who the hell doesn’t follow martial ethics? Pick me up gently and drop me high, right? It’s not that you won’t feel pain after being hit, right?
"Then what should we do if we ate so much before? We wouldn't be caught, right?"
"That's not the case. I didn't care about what you ate before, but in the future we will Don’t eat it, otherwise you may not only go to jail, but also be fined.”
Hearing Zhang An say that what he had eaten before did not count, the group of people who gathered around to watch the excitement relaxed.
Otherwise, every one of these people has a criminal record and no one can escape.
“Then what should I do with this thing now? I can’t keep it here. I keep saying it’s scary at night.” Tricky in hand.
“This four-legged snake is very sensitive to the environment. It will not come to a place with poor water quality. Coming here means that the environment in our village is very good.
I guess It has crawled into the village a long time ago, but maybe the smoke from burning buns in our village was too thick for it, which is why it screamed strangely, otherwise I didn’t hear it for the past few days. "
Zhang An thought. After thinking about it, he told everyone his guess.
"So, it's quite scary to put it here. Why don't you put it in the river and let it go wherever it wants to go."
No one wants to stay. With such a hot potato around, this thing is now like a Bodhisattva. If anything happens, it will cause trouble for nothing.
“It’s not a good idea to leave this around. If other people in the village who don’t know about it see it, and the family is caught stewing in a pot and asking for help, then the joke will be on. I think it’s better to let it go. It’s in Zhang An’s fish pond, and the people in the town will be notified to take it away tomorrow.”
It's not like you caught it yourself in the village, you can just take it home quietly and eat it. Even if you don't know it, it doesn't matter if you catch it by mistake.
There are too many ventilated walls in the countryside. You may think that what you are doing is airtight, but in fact, someone has known about it for a long time.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many examples in the remote mountains in future generations.
Although most people have no hatred or hatred, they will not take the initiative to report you without any big benefits.
But there are some people who are just arrogant. They know that you have this problem, so they keep it in their mind, and then they quietly file a lawsuit against you later. Moreover, most of the people who are accused like this are arrested by mistake. The cutting was not intentional.
Of course, you can’t say anything about others. After all, they actively help the country protect wild animals.
Zhang An rolled his eyes on the spot when he heard they said they should put it in the fish pond in his yard.
"You really have bad ideas. If you put this meat-eating thing in so big, the fish in my fish pond will not suffer."
"This is not simple. Isn’t the fish pond over there at your new house not filled with fish yet? Just put it there. There are no people there, and there are no people burning paper or cigarettes. I will call the town tomorrow morning and ask them to come over. Take it away.”
Zhang Jianwen originally burned buns in front of his home. Their home was relatively far away and he didn’t hear the cry of the giant salamander. When I was about to come out to place incense, I saw so many people gathered around me, so I also came around.
Zhang An finally thought about it and decided that this was all he could do.
If Zhang An hadn’t said it today, everyone probably wouldn’t have known that this stuff is now inedible.
After everyone dispersed, Zhang An grabbed it and walked towards the new house.
This dog kept struggling, swaying its head and tail.
When catching it, Zhang An was very careful. This guy’s teeth were no joke.
And its attack power is very fierce. It is said that in ancient times, the crocodile's death roll was learned from it.
But in the end, Zhang An did not put it into the fish pond, but threw it into the space. There were many fish in the space, so it could mess with it as it pleased.
It was fate that Zhang An met this big guy, so he let him enjoy the pleasure of being full in the space.
If you put it directly into the fish pond, it will be difficult to find it by then.
After entering the space, Zhang An took a closer look. There were actually some mixed red, yellow and brown spots on the back of this big guy, which was a bit rare.
Other giant salamanders may have some tiny spots on their bodies, but they are not so big.
The spots on this body are bigger than copper coins.
After crawling into the space fish pond, this thing timidly observed the situation in the fish pond for a long time. After calming down, it suddenly became fierce and began to prey on the fish in the fish pond.
Zhang An saw the way this guy was rising up. He was worthy of being the overlord of shallow water. It looked like he could have a full meal now.
The fish in the fish pond: "Yes, yes, you are noble, you are great, why did you get this guy and put it in our house, I **** you***."
Every household has a lot of burdens, and it will take a long time to burn them all. The whole village is now filled with smoke, and there is indeed that atmosphere.
After burning the baggage, the calculation is not over yet, because we still have to send our ancestors off.
After burning the paper money tonight, the ancestors invited to worship at home should be sent out, and the tablets worshiped at home should also be put away.
It is also very simple to say farewell to ancestors. Take out a large handful of incense and light it. Walk a few steps from the door of your home to the back of the village or in the direction of their tombs and insert a burning incense stick. After putting in the incense sticks on his hands, he was leading the way for them.
Changqing Village is special because there are mostly paddy fields near the village.
A long time ago, before an old man died, he used the time of reflection to tell his descendants not to bury him in a nearby fertile field.
If you have your heart, you can bury him on a distant mountain and visit him on the 15th day of the Qingming Festival.
Because the fertile farmland in the village is the lifeblood of everyone, if he is buried in the field, the descendants of their family will have less food than other families. When the time comes, there will be more people than enough to eat, and after he is gone, there will be no food for them. Can be pure.
After that, after the old people in the village passed away, they were buried in the mountains far away.
It’s just that this is a bit of a test for future generations. Some people in later generations are unwilling to visit the grave because they think it’s too far away and too troublesome.
This has become an unwritten custom in Changqing, so there is not a single tomb in the vicinity of the village.
Unlike other villages, they are everywhere from the entrance to the back of the village.
There are many children in the village who like to put incense sticks. You and I will put incense sticks next to the roadside.
But the children who go to place incense will not play or chatter on the road tonight.
Because the adults in the family have said hello, they can only put their own incense, and they are not allowed to talk nonsense. After the incense is done, they come back by themselves, otherwise they will be beaten.
This is considered a taboo, and the children are also worried about being scolded, so they just go home after doing it.
If there are no children at home, adults should do it.
Moreover, many people may not understand that rural people usually have poor food and poor clothing, but they don’t have much money. If you ask them to eat well and dress well, they will say that they need to save money. If they can live, then forget it.
But on days like Qingming Festival, I spend a lot of money on the deceased elderly people in my family, and I don’t feel bad at all.
This is because some people do this to pray for the blessings of their ancestors.
Another reason is to miss those who have passed away in the family. For example, the old man in the village whose son died in a mining accident is worried that his son will not have a good life down there, not only burning buns, but also I made some paper clothes and shoes and burned them.
Poor parents in the world.
For now, everyone still follows their own conscience in such sacrificial activities, but in the decades since, it has changed.
Some people really want to compare even with this, and the poorer they are, the more they want to compare.
Seeing that other people's homes have burned a lot, I have to grit my teeth and burn more than theirs. If I can't compare, I can't let the elderly people below me not be able to compare.
There are also people who did not treat the elderly family members so well when they were still alive, or even ignored them. But after the elderly people passed away, they did amazing things in this regard.
It seems that he wants to show others that he is really filial.
But everyone knows that if they really want to be so filial, why not treat them better when they are alive?
Of course, most people just know this in their own hearts.
Early the next morning, every household was already up and cleaning the ashes piled in front of the door from last night's burning buns.
The roadbed on the roadside in the village is full of densely packed incense sticks, and there are also a few unburned incense sticks.
If in future generations, such large amounts of paper money burning would definitely be recommended by experts to be banned.
Because they will say that burning such a large amount of paper money causes too serious pollution to the atmosphere, and it also pollutes the air and damages the environment.
Zhang An was cleaning the entrance of the yard with Zhang Jianguo, when uncle Zhang Jianwen came over.
"Zhang An, I called the town, but they can't help it. I've already called the county forestry department. They will send someone over at noon. The four-legged snake didn't run away."
Old Village Chief After talking to Zhang An, he asked another question.
He was worried that if the four-legged snake ran away when people came later, it would be hidden by them.
“Uncle, I can’t, I’ll put it in a fishing net so it can’t run away.”
After Zhang An got up early in the morning, he had already taken it out of the space and put it there. .
“Why use fishing nets? Just put it directly into the pond.”
“Then when people come to look for it, I will have to remove the water from the pond. It’s too troublesome to find it until it’s dry.”
(End of this chapter)