Chapter 247 Dark clouds treading snow
Xiang Guoqiang watched Zhang Jianwen start pouring white wine from a large bowl, and quickly stood up to stop him.
"Lao Zhang, this drink is waived. We have to train when we go back in the afternoon, so I won't drink."
"It's okay. Just drink a little for fun and it won't affect anything. ”
Zhang Jianwen thought Xiang Guoqiang was being polite and continued to pour them drinks enthusiastically.
"It really can't be done. Now we have regulations, which are very strict. You can't drink even a little bit."
As Xiang Guoqiang said, he also picked up the lid on the table and covered the barrel. , to prevent Zhang Jianwen from pouring wine later.
"Since it is a rule, I can't hurt you. Let's eat vegetables."
Zhang Jianwen saw that Xiang Guoqiang's serious expression did not seem to be polite, so he did not continue. Encourage drinking.
Although he has been urging people to drink, he is not an alcoholic. Even this barrel of wine was just brought back from Wang Xinhua's house.
Because during the last pig disaster, Xiang Guoqiang brought people over to help hunt pigs.
The conditions in the village were not good at that time, so everyone’s family had to scrape together the food for the last day.
There were dozens of people, and there was only half a pound of wine on the table. (One scale is equal to ten pounds)
In the end, when it was divided, each person had less than two taels in his bowl.
Because of this incident, Zhang Jianwen kept it in mind and felt very embarrassed.
I always feel that people come and help the village a lot, but they don’t entertain them well when they leave.
It was at that time that Xiang Guoqiang realized that life was not easy for everyone in the village.
So he and Zhang Jianwen discussed sending the killed wild boar to the city to exchange for money and help the village a little.
So when Xiang Guoqiang brought people here again this time, Zhang Jianwen had prepared a lot of food, whether it was the dishes on the table or the liquor in the flask.
The purpose is to make up for what was not done before.
Although there was no drinking, everyone ate happily during the dinner.
"Boy Zhang An, I see that your physical fitness is not bad. Do you want to consider staying with us for two years?"
While eating, Xiang Guoqiang followed him while eating. Zhang An was talking.
While on the mountain, he was very satisfied with Zhang An and wanted to recruit Zhang An to the county to serve as a militia for two years.
At this moment, we happened to be eating at the same table and had nothing else to do, so Xiang Guoqiang spoke out naturally.
He felt that Zhang An, a young man, could go to the reserve of their Armed Forces Department instead of staying in the army for a few years, otherwise it would be a bit of a waste.
"Thank you for your kindness, Minister Xiang. I am used to being idle. I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt to your place."
Zhang An smiled and refused. If I had just graduated from school before, When he came out, he might have agreed.
If it were another person, he would have agreed in a hurry, fearing that Xiang Guoqiang would regret it.
Because Xiang Guoqiang’s words are more than just words.
Once you go there, it means you have an iron rice bowl, which is what many people dream of.
But Zhang An didn't take it to heart. In the past two years, he had long been accustomed to living a comfortable landlord life at home.
Now that he is asked to join the army or the armed forces and follow the training every day, he can't accept it.
And he and Su Ying are about to get married. What he has on his shoulders is the important task of carrying on the family lineage of the old Zhang family.
It was so comfortable to sleep with his delicate wife in his arms. At this time, he was even more reluctant to go to the Arhat Hall.
"I think it's a waste not to go. How about you think about it again?"
Seeing Zhang An's refusal without hesitation, Xiang Guoqiang wanted to continue to persuade him. .
Zhang An just smiled this time and did not speak.
Half pay later, full of food and tea, at this time the car called to Guoqiang also arrived in the village.
The village picked a few heads with tender meat to keep, and everyone helped to carry the rest into the car.
Of course, the wild boar king will also be carried away.
For Xiang Guoqiang and the others, they don’t need anything else, but they want to take the Pig King back.
Because they came down to do a mission, they had to bring back the results of the mission.
Although the meat of this pig king has turned into wood, it cannot be eaten by everyone.
Things are rare and valuable. Although wild boars are everywhere in the mountains, it is rare to see one of this pig king.
The people above took it away not for eating, but simply for display.
"Okay, our mission for this trip has been completed. This time, I would like to thank the folks in the village for their warm hospitality."
After all the wild boars were loaded, Xiang Guoqiang prepared We need to take people back.
"Xiao Zhang, if you are free in the future, remember to come to our place and I will teach you how to shoot."
Before getting in the car, Xiang Guoqiang did not forget to tell Zhang An One sentence.
Although Zhang An had just rejected him, his impression of Zhang An had not changed at all.
Especially when Uncle Zhang Jianwen said later that Zhang An picked a big wild boar with a fork, he admired Zhang An even more.
"Okay, I will definitely disturb Minister Xiang if I have the opportunity in the future."
Then, as everyone watched, the three trucks slowly left the village.
In the afternoon, Zhang Jianwen naturally called on Lin Youde and others to clean up the remaining wild boars.
The weather is very hot now. If you leave it for a while, the pork will stink when it comes out.
Zhang An returned home and Su Ying was carefully writing lesson plans.
Tomorrow will be September 1st, and she will go to school to give lectures to the students.
Since these two days at the end of August, the village has become quiet.
The laughter and laughter that radiated everywhere in the village during normal times have also disappeared.
Because those naughty little guys went to school to register in the past two days, their unfinished summer homework was discovered by the teacher.
Now everyone is working on their summer vacation homework at home.
There are very few children to be seen in the village, whether on the road, by the river or in the drying field.
They are all good children who do their homework well on weekdays, but now they are playing in takeout without any pressure.
In the past few days, fewer and fewer people have come to the village from outside, and most families with children have to prepare their children for the start of school.
"Hey Zhang An, is that black one really a pig? Why does it feel like a cow."
Seeing Zhang An coming back, Su Ying put down her hand to write. Painting pen.
“Although it is as strong as a cow, it is indeed a pig. Didn’t you see those two big fangs?”
“Yes, it’s quite scary. I didn’t To think that a wild boar can grow so big."
Su Ying has never seen a live wild boar, let alone such a big pig king.
When she saw that everyone had just brought the wild boar back at noon, she was frightened.
“Normal wild boars can’t actually grow that big. Generally, three to four hundred pounds is considered very big.”
“But there are some pigs that are special, such as this one, so everyone cares. This kind is called a pig king.”
“There was a pig disaster in the village many years ago. I heard from my dad that a pig king was also killed at that time, which was bigger than this one, more than nine hundred. ”
“Of course, there are very few special situations like this, and it is basically rare to see them once.”
While transporting wild boars at noon, Zhang An ran back and forth in the mountains several times. I felt quite tired when I came down.
After taking a nap at home, Zhang An got up and entered the pen room.
When there was a fight between two horses at home, the horse's butt was kicked dirty. Zhang Anke couldn't stand this situation. So these two days I thought about taking them to the river to wash them clean.
But just as Zhang An brought the new green horse into the space and tamed it, a pig disaster occurred in the village.
Zhang An has been busy working with Mr. Huang and others these two days, so he doesn't have much time to take care of it.
Now that the matter is settled, Zhang An also wants to take the couple out for a good cleaning while there is still sunshine.
“Hey, where are you taking them?”
Seeing Zhang An leading the two horses out of the pen, Su Ying thought Zhang An was going out to let the horses go.
"Look at how dirty their butts are. I'm going to take them down there to take a bath."
While talking to Su Ying, Zhang An returned home to find out the daily routine. A brush for bathing the big black horse.
"Then I'll go with you."
Seeing that Zhang An was about to go out, Su Ying stepped forward and took the horse to go with him.
Wang Fang was reluctant to let her do anything when she was at home, and she even felt a little bored.
But it’s just because there’s nothing to do in the past two days that I feel bored.
When school starts tomorrow, there will be a lot of things at school, and there will be a lot of homework to be graded, so it won't be boring at all.
The two of them led the horses along the river bank, passed the lotus pond, and stopped at the lower reaches of the river.
It turns out that when you give a horse a bath, you don’t have to go so far.
But now that there are people coming to play in the lotus pond, it is natural to pay more attention to the river.
Not to mention Zhang An bathing the horses, the village no longer allows people to wash clothes in the river.
If someone sees me washing everything in the river, what will the people who come over think?
"You hold the green horse first, and I'll wash Dahei first."
Zhang An said and handed the green horse's reins to Su Ying.
Then he took Dahei to the river and began to wash him.
“Why do you call it a green horse? Look at the white hair under its feet.”
Su Ying really wanted to complain about Zhang An's naming skills.
Just like the big black horse at home, it was originally black and very handsome.
But Zhang An kept calling it Dahei, which made Su Ying complain for several days.
"I can't think of any good names. Hey, aren't you a Chinese teacher? Just think of a nice name for them."
Every time Zhang An said he wanted to think of a name, It seems like they are all facing a torture.
God knows how many brain cells he will die every time his brain spins crazily.
"What's so difficult about this? Its appearance is very similar to the one described in the novel about Zhang Fei's black cloud walking on the snow. Let's just call it walking on the snow."
See The first thing Su Ying thought of was Zhang Fei's horse in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Wuyun Taxue is Zhang Fei's mount. The horse has a black body and white limbs. This is also the origin of Wuyun Taxue.
The horse sent by Chen Ze is not black but blue and black, so Wuyun is not suitable.
But the white hair on its four hooves looks like it has just stepped on white snow, so it is appropriate to call it "stepping on snow".
“And let’s not waste this dark cloud. Dahei happens to be all black, so why not call him Wuyun? They happen to be a couple. After all, Dahei is so ugly, and he has to fight with a dog. Name."
Then looking at the shiny black man, Su Ying simply copied Wu Yun.
Since I have borrowed the snow, it would be a waste to keep the dark clouds.
It just so happens that the dark horse of the Zhang An family is completely black except for those teeth, so it is best to be called Wu Yun.
She has long wanted to change the name of this big black horse, because something very funny happened while riding a horse a few days ago.
Every time Su Ying called Dahei, not only the big black horse would respond to her, but even the pregnant big black dog would get up and wag its tail at her.
Because the big black wolf dog in Butcher Zheng’s house is Erhu’s current wife, also named Dahei.
"Hey, Mr. Su is good enough. I can just think of a name that sounds so good."
In this way, the two of them exchanged words for the two horses in just a few words. a name.
"Did you hear that? From now on you will be called Wuyun." Zhang An said, patting the big black horse standing in the river.
The big dark horse seemed to understand, and spat out his words in response to Zhang An.
It took Zhang An more than half an hour to give the two horses a clean bath.
Because he not only scrubbed with a brush, but also went to the edge of the river to pick some soap grass and use it to make foam.
Put this kind of grass in your hands and rub it with some water. It will make a lot of bubbles like soap.
When the children in the village bathe in the river during normal times, they use this thing instead of soap, and the effect is pretty good.
After giving Wu Yun and Ta Xue a full body bath, Zhang An let them bask in the sun.
Zhang An waited until the water on his body dried up before taking them home.
"Anzi went out to let the horses go."
On the way home, Zhang An met Uncle Jianfeng from the fourth grandfather's house.
"No, I just took them to the river to take a bath. They were too dirty."
"Your horses are already very clean. If you look at other horses, they are all covered in big chunks." "
The people in the village have long been surprised by Zhang An's bathing of the horse.
After all, he gets up every morning to clean the stable, and it is normal to give the horse a bath.
"By the way, I dug some radishes. You can take some home to eat."
As Zhang Jianfeng said, he picked some from the bamboo basket that were not too big or too small. Tie small radishes together and hand them to Zhang An.
“That’s enough, uncle, there’s too much to eat.”
Zhang An didn’t want to be polite to Zhang Jianfeng, but he gave too much.
Now Zhang An is holding a large bag in both hands, weighing at least ten kilograms.
Seeing that Zhang Jianfeng continued to pick it up for him, Zhang An quickly stopped him.
"If you can't finish it, just leave it for tomorrow."
In the end, not only Zhang An, but also Su Ying had carrots on both hands.
Fortunately, Zhang An’s two horses were obedient and would follow people on their own, otherwise they would not be able to hold the horses free.
This radish is what Zhang An and his friends call here. Its other name is Liangshu.
You can eat this thing directly after peeling it. Just like fruit, it tastes not only full of water, but also very sweet.
When the autumn harvest comes in a few days, most people will take some with them to the fields.
Don’t drink water when you are tired or thirsty. You will not be thirsty after peeling a radish and eating it, and it can also replenish sugar.
But it’s not just eaten this way, you can also cut it into small pieces to make soup, and it tastes very good too.
However, because of the large output of radishes, they are not expensive.
Many people don’t grow it because they find it troublesome. When they want to eat it, they can just buy it on the street.
(End of this chapter)