Chapter 77 Have you seen the cockscomb snake?
I rummaged through the kitchen and found only two bowls of leftover rice.
"Let's just eat. I will take you to a banquet tomorrow."
Chen Yang touched Heihu's head. We will have a banquet at Song Daneng's house tomorrow. He was invited two days ago.
As if he understood, Black Tiger tilted his head and glanced at Chen Yang, stopped eating altogether, whimpered twice, and got back into the pile of firewood.
Are you preparing to save your stomach for a big meal tomorrow?
Chen Yang couldn't laugh or cry.
I had to get up early tomorrow to go to Song Daneng’s house to help, so I ignored Heihu and washed up and went to bed.
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Song Daneng had a narrow escape this time. So many people in the village took the risk to find him, and Chen Guoqiang was seriously injured. The people in the village are worldly, so this dinner, no matter what All have to be done.
When hosting a banquet in the village, neighbors are usually asked to help. Song Daneng's family hired a chef who specializes in banquet making, so they were not asked to do much. The women helped wash the dishes and pick vegetables, while the men moved tables and chairs and set up the venue.
After we finished our work, we gathered together to chat and play cards, waiting for lunch.
There are not many people there, only about ten tables.
The yard.
Chen Jingzhi and Song Erye were chatting.
"You don't know how dangerous it is. That wild boar king is as big as a buffalo, and its skin is so thick that even a gun can't penetrate it..."
Song Erye vividly talked about the things he encountered in the mountains. , holding a pipe in his hand, taking two puffs from time to time.
"Second Master, why didn't you say it was as big as an elephant?"
After Chen Yang moved the table, he had nothing else to do, so he picked up a bench and moved over.
“Ahem.”
Second Master Song laughed dryly and said, "To be honest, it's all thanks to this kid Chen Yang. Fourth, your grandson is amazing. If it weren't for him, we would all be in the mountains."
< br>Not minding that Chen Yang was trying to undermine him, Mr. Song looked at Chen Yang, his cloudy eyes full of approval.
Chen Jingzhi responded with a smile, "Just praise him, he will be confused."
"I didn't praise him. This time, Dang Neng, this kid came back alive. "It's all thanks to him. How many people in our village can come out alive after entering the rice noodle ditch?" .
Mi Nian Valley is a completely forbidden area for them.
Song Kaiming was also here. Hearing this, he looked towards Chen Yang.
He seemed to have something to say, but he held it back in the end.
He has a bad temper and a weird personality, and he doesn't get along with many people in the village, so even though he came today, he just sat in the corner alone.
"Xiaoyang, you have such strength, it would be a pity not to come back to farm..." Mr. Song joked.
"Second Master, what are you thinking about? Xiaoyang is a college student."
"Yes, Xiaoyang is tall, handsome, and so fair. How can we country people compare to him?"
"Xiaoyang, have you found someone yet?"
......
A group of seniors changed their minds while chatting, which made Chen Yang very unhappy. Zi Zi, he shouldn't come over to join in the fun.
"Grandpa, I want to ask you something."
After everyone laughed for a while, Chen Yang took the opportunity and asked Chen Jingzhi, "Do you know a person named Qin Zhou?"
"Qinzhou?"
Chen Jingzhi was startled and looked at Chen Yang in astonishment.
Tell me briefly what happened last night.
After hearing this, Chen Jingzhi's skinny face was full of surprise, "He said his name was Qinzhou?"
"That's not what he said." Chen Yang shook his head, "He only asked me to ask you , Do you still remember a man named Qin Zhou? "
"What does that person look like?"
"He is about sixty years old, thin and small, with a pair of slanted eyes." , Chen Jingzhi frowned.
"Slanted eyes?"
Before Chen Jingzhi could say anything, Mr. Song next to him spoke up, "Are you talking about Qin Waiyan'er? How many years have you been dead?"
Chen Yang He looked at Qinzhou unexpectedly, "Second Master, do you know him?"
"Huh."
Second Master Song took a puff of dry cigarette and said, "I studied with your great-grandfather for a while. He was killing pigs, and he always came to our village at that time. This man had dirty hands and feet and stole my corn..."
"Corn? Have you forgotten that? When we were in the group, this grandson ran into the pumpkin patch, hollowed out the pumpkins, and pulled the daddy inside. I still remember that when Aunt Liu cut the pumpkins, Shocking shouts..." An older generation next to him took over.
What is this operation?
The Second Master Song was afraid that Chen Yang would not understand, so he gave a detailed introduction, "This old pumpkin, you cut off a piece of it, hollow out the inside, and then put the cut part back. After a while, , it will grow back..."
Chen Yang's face twitched, "Second Master, you don't have to explain it so carefully"
"Ah, you are talking about him. Yeah, he has been dead for many years..."
"Well, I heard that it was buried in the coal mine..."
...
The people in the village are not short of gossip spirit. When Mr. Song reminded them, they seemed to remember them all. There are many older people who know this Qinzhou.
Every word you said to me quickly created an image in Chen Yang's mind.
This Qinzhou is so bad.
Chen Jingzhi sat next to him, just listening and not expressing any opinions.
While chatting, it was noon.
After the firecrackers, the banquet started.
Chen Yang and Song Kaiming sat at a table together. Perhaps because Song Kaiming was not very popular, there were not many people at this table.
“Where’s Huang Can, why didn’t you come?”
Chen Yang was a little confused. It was impossible for Song Daneng not to invite Huang Can, but he didn't see anyone else this morning.
Are you so inactive even when eating?
Song Kaiming shook his head, "I went up the mountain with a bunch of things early in the morning, saying I was going to Ant Slope. I don't know what I was doing."
"Oh?"
Chen Yang raised his eyebrows, Ant Slope?
You must have gone to catch black ants, right?
Song Kaiming glanced at Chen Yang, "Have you seen that thing?"
"What thing?"
He is not a person who is good at words, and his voice is not good at words. It wasn't big, but the scene was noisy. Chen Yang didn't open his ears, so it was really hard to hear clearly.
Song Kaiming said, "That cockscomb snake!"
When those three words were mentioned, Song Kaiming's expression changed slightly.
That was the shadow that had been lingering in his heart for many years.
Chen Yang was startled for a moment, shook his head and said, "I have seen a lot of snakes, and I also encountered two king cobras, but I didn't see the cockscomb snake you mentioned!"
To be honest, Chen Yang had no specific image in his mind of what a cockscomb snake looked like.
Maybe it was some kind of venomous snake, maybe he had encountered it in the snake den, but he didn't pay attention.
After all, he was so furious at the time that he chopped down more than 400 venomous snakes, and there was no guarantee that the one Song Kaiming mentioned was among them.
"Uncle Kaiming, it's been so many years, and the snake you mentioned may be gone long ago!" Chen Yang knew that this was a knot in Song Kaiming's heart.
"Ha!"
Song Kaiming just chuckled, "You have never encountered it before, so you don't know how terrible it is. It is not comparable to climbing a mountain!"
Speaking of this, he paused, "Huang Can told me about your experience in the ditch. You are lucky and did not encounter it. Let me tell you a fact. Although it is powerful to cross the mountain peak, they It is impossible to control the snakes..."
(End of this chapter)