Chapter 686 Yellow Peril
The naughty children found a total of twenty or thirty golden cicada flowers, and Zhang An spent more than ten yuan to collect them.
Although it only adds up to a few taels, it is already a lot, because this thing is really hard to find.
When he first got the money, Er Mao was so happy.
But not even a minute passed before his bright smile disappeared.
Although he was indeed happy to have made money, he couldn't be happy anymore when he thought of his tragic experience a few days ago.
After all, it was a huge sum of more than ten yuan. He had never had so much money in his entire life.
So Ermao learned his lesson this time, thinking that he would not be like last time, with his hard-earned money paid by the adults at home, and he was determined not to let them know about it.
"Uncle An, can I ask you a favor?"
So, he thought for a moment and whispered to Zhang An in a hesitant voice.
"What's going on? You're acting like a thief. You're a rat."
Zhang An laughed and cursed when he saw Er Mao's sneaky appearance.
"Uncle An, can you please stop telling my mother and the others about the money we exchanged with you? A few days ago, I caught unicorns and sold them for more than ten yuan, but they confiscated them all. He didn’t even leave me a dime. If they find out this time, they will definitely ask me for it.”
When Er Mao said this, he looked pitiful.
When the other children heard what Er Mao said, they immediately looked at Zhang An eagerly.
Because their experience is not much better than Ermao.
Who doesn’t want to have some money to buy his favorite snacks occasionally?
“Okay, I promise you, I won’t tell the adults in your family, but although you earned the money yourself, you should use it sparingly and don’t spend it lavishly and it will be known. You can’t blame me.”
Zhang An also came from their grade and understood their thoughts very well, so he agreed very readily.
Thinking about not having to hand over the money, the naughty children were obviously happier than before.
"Uncle An, will you change this tomorrow? If so, I'll look for it tomorrow."
Then Er Mao asked Zhang An excitedly.
Obviously, there was a lot of money obtained in the past few days, and it was all playing with the child's heart.
Although the money from selling the unicorns a few days ago was taken away by his family, at least it passed through his hands.
"You unlucky kid, you have to go to class tomorrow, how can you find it? Don't worry about whether these are available all day long."
Zhang An patted him angrily. The Er Mao boy's head directly told him the unfortunate news.
As soon as the Er Mao boy heard that the holiday would be over tomorrow and classes would start again soon, his whole body felt like an eggplant beaten by frost, wilting.
Now they don’t dare to say skipping classes and not going to school.
There are actually many children who dare to skip school these days, but these are all adults in the family who go out to work, leaving only the children to live with the elderly at home.
In this case, many old people cannot control those children and can only let them go.
For people like Er Mao, two adults at home were present, and with all their courage, they didn't dare to skip class.
Because if the adults in the family hear it, I am afraid that several bamboo sticks will be broken.
After all, teachers nowadays really visit students’ homes. This is no joke.
If someone dares to skip class, the teacher will find him at home after class.
Parents in this era are really serious when they spank their children, and they don’t mean to feel any distress at all.
After all, in their eyes, children are not as valuable as in later generations. Every family has two or three, or even four or five, and they are not afraid of breaking them at all.
However, many parents today do not feel sorry for their children. After all, they are also parents.
It’s just that when they spank children, they know many techniques, which can hurt the child and teach the child a lesson without damaging the child.
Even in the past, Wang Fang would give Wang Fang a beating if he was the only one in the family like Zhang An.
“Then...then I’ll look for you after school.”
Er Mao definitely didn't dare to skip class, but he was reluctant to part with the money.
After all, each one can be exchanged for fifty cents. If you find a few more, it will be pocket money that you couldn't get in a semester before.
So, he gritted his teeth and decided to give up the happy time of having fun and continue to look for this thing in exchange for money.
"Of course, as long as you don't skip classes and finish your homework on time."
Since the naughty children are so enthusiastic, Zhang An will naturally not refuse.
Actually, he didn't want to find too many golden cicada flowers. The effect of this thing is definitely not as magical as those people boasted.
However, it can indeed be used to nourish Qi, and it is also very effective in treating serious teeth grinding at night.
So it’s not a bad idea to find a few more and save them, just in case you need them at some point.
After dinner in the evening, Su Ying caught little Siqi again in the study and began to teach him how to read the pinyin alphabet.
Seeing his son's aggrieved look, Zhang An could only pretend not to see it.
After all, even the mother at home didn't dare to say anything about it, let alone him, a low-level person with no status in the family.
I had to comfort the little guy silently, as long as he got through today.
Because Su Ying will go back to school tomorrow, after a busy day, she will definitely not have much energy to start a small stove for her child.
That night, it was already the third watch in the middle of the night.
In the dead of night, a sudden burst of dog barking came from Zhang An’s yard.
Zhang An, who was sleeping with his wife in his arms, suddenly woke up.
He was slightly sleepy, and he immediately recognized the voices of Xiaohu and the others, and immediately got up to go down and take a look.
Even if someone else’s dog is barking, he will get up and take a look when he hears it.
After all, this dog's barking is unusual, and normal people will know something is wrong as soon as they hear it.
In the village, you have always helped me and I have helped you. No one would watch helplessly as someone else’s family had an accident.
After Su Ying gave birth to her child, her drowsiness became a little heavier.
Although the dog barking didn't wake her up, Zhang An's movement of getting up did wake her up.
"Why are the little tigers barking like this? Did something happen?"
Su Ying rubbed her eyes. Now that she heard the dog barking, she felt something was wrong.
“I don’t know, something must have run into the courtyard. You can continue to sleep, I will go down and take a look.”
Zhang An did not turn on the light, got dressed and followed Su Ying said something and then went out and went downstairs.
When he came downstairs, the door to his home was already open.
He didn't think that someone came and opened the door to his house in the middle of the night.
This door is the work of a forest carpenter. Even a cattle and horse thief would have no chance of opening it from the outside.
Obviously, the parents downstairs heard the dog barking at home and ran out to check.
When he went out, the voices of Xiaohu and the others had not stopped, they came from the chicken pen.
Sure enough, when he came to the chicken pen, his father Zhang Jianguo was already in the chicken pen. At this moment, Zhang Jianguo was holding a half-grown chicken in his hand, weighing just over a pound.
The chick's head has drooped. Although it still twitches from time to time, it is obvious that it is not alive.
On the ground, there are still some blood stains, which all came from the neck of the chicken.
The other chickens in the pen have shrunk to the corner, and they are all trembling.
Only their big rooster stood in front of all the chickens. His feathers were all messy, and he looked like he had just been feathered.
“Did something come to the house?”
Zhang An walked over, glanced around, and said with a frown.
“I’m afraid I’ve encountered a weasel.”
Zhang Jianguo nodded, with the same serious look on his face.
You have to know that they have so many chickens and ducks at home. If they really want to harm the weasels, it will be difficult to solve them.
He also said that his family had moved here for several years and had always been peaceful and quiet. Why did he suddenly suffer from this plague?
Hearing the word "weasel", Zhang An suddenly felt dizzy.
Now we are in trouble, because weasels are not as easy to catch as mice.
And this thing is inherently bad. Although it doesn't eat chickens very much, it will kill every one it sees.
If you don’t kill it, it will definitely come and cause trouble frequently in the future.
After patrolling the circle, we didn’t see any weasels, but we did find some weasel hairs.
It seems that it was left behind after a fight with the big rooster at home just now.
Zhang An looked at the big rooster again and found that the feathers on this guy's body had not yet fallen down. He looked like he was full of anger and couldn't find a place to vent his anger.
It's a pity that although its combat effectiveness is not bad, it cannot be used against an extremely fast opponent like a weasel.
Not only did he not leave the enemy behind, but he also lost one of his members.
"It was indeed a weasel. If it weren't for the big rooster guarding him, I'm afraid more than one would have been bitten."
Zhang An turned around and raised his eyebrows at his father. He raised the weasel hair he just found on his hand.
"Then what are we going to do? We have so many chickens and ducks in our house, we have to find a way to catch them, and we don't know how many there are."
Zhang Jianguo also had no idea. There is no other way. If there are fewer chickens and ducks at home, they can be transferred and controlled.
But there are hundreds of chickens and ducks in this chicken pen, so we can only think of other ways.
“Go to bed first and think of a way to cure it tomorrow. It had a fight with our big rooster tonight and was discovered by the tiger cubs. It will definitely not dare to come again.”
Although the weasel holds a grudge, it does not mean that it is stupid, so after being discovered, it will definitely not come again tonight.
"Then let the little tigers guard the chicken pen."
It was only midnight now, and it was still very early before dawn. It was impossible for anyone to come to watch the night, so we had to let Xiaohu and the others keep watch in the chicken pen first.
"Hmm, I'll call Gray Ball over later."
Zhang An nodded. In addition to Xiaohu and the others, he also planned to call Gray Ball over.
Although these big dogs are very fast, they are a bit too big.
If the weasels come again, they are probably too powerful to rely on alone and can only serve as a deterrent.
Fortunately, there is still an owl named Gray Ball at home.
When it comes to staying up late at night, Zhang An is confident that nothing can compare to the God of War who stays up late.
After hearing this, Zhang Jianguo felt relieved, and then walked out of the chicken pen with the chicken in his hand that had its neck bitten through.
Just now, this little guy was twitching from time to time, but now he is completely dead.
This chicken is too small and was bitten to death by a weasel. It is definitely not edible.
But there is no need to throw it away like this, you can use it to feed Gray Ball and Flower Head.
Under Zhang An's instructions, Xiaohu had already led his family members to lie down in the chicken pen to guard.
Not only are there many of them, but they also don’t have leashes. If the weasel comes again, Xiaohu and the others can drive that guy around.
The tiger cubs usually guard the sheep pen, but the weasel can't destroy animals as big as sheep, so they came here to guard them in the past few days.
Then Zhang An walked over In the yard, I came to Hui Qiu's nest and found that neither Hui Qiu nor his wife was at home.
Don’t think about it, they must have gone out for some activities. After all, it’s night, which is their hunting time.
But fortunately, based on Zhang An’s understanding of the gray balls, although they will run out, they shouldn’t be too far away. They are probably around home.
“Cuckoo Gu~~~Cuckoo Gu~~~”
Zhang An imitated Gray Ball’s usual call and shouted outside for a while.
The next moment, there was a response from the distant field, and Zhang An knew it was Gray Ball.
Not only do they have good eyesight at night, but they also have good hearing, after all, they have such big ears.
Friendly reminder, don’t look at the owl’s ears, otherwise you will regret it.
After half the payment, Hui Qiu and his wife flew back from outside and landed on Zhang An's shoulders.
Because the lights in the yard were on, Gray Ball and their eyes were a little tired of light, so Zhang An quickly took them to the chicken pen.
After being raised for such a long time, Huatou had already obeyed Zhang An's orders, and immediately flew with his wife to stand on the wooden beam in the chicken coop.
After arranging bodyguards for all the chickens and ducks at home, Zhang An went back to his room to rest with peace of mind.
"How's it going?"
After Su Ying woke up, she never fell asleep, waiting for Zhang An to come back.
"A weasel came to the chicken coop and killed a chick. The tiger cub and the others discovered it."
Zhang An lay back on the bed and reported to his wife.
"What should we do? Chickens and ducks are most afraid of weasels?"
Su Ying began to worry when she heard that there was a yellow peril in her family.
She didn't know this before, but after living in the village for so many years, she is no longer the ignorant person she was before.
"It's okay. I called Xiaohu and the others to guard the chicken pen, and also called Huiqiu and his wife. If the weasel dares to come again, it will inevitably eat its good fruits."
Zhang An held Su Ying in his arms and told her not to worry.
"Can Gray Ball and the others control the weasels?"
Su Ying ignored Xiaohu and the others and only asked about Gray Ball.
"It should be possible. Gray Ball has a good way of catching mice. This weasel also has the word rat in its name, so I think it will definitely work."
Although Zhang An has never seen it The owl hunts the weasel, but he still has great faith in Gray Ball's abilities.
(End of this chapter)