Chapter 136 Sneaky
After chatting with Wang Laishun at the entrance of the village for a while, Chen Ling also knew that the interview did not come immediately, but the old man had only dealt with the county at most in his life, and when he heard that he was going to be listed, The TV station panicked and hurriedly came to find Chen Ling.
I have been living in the mountains for decades and have never been exposed to this thing.
In addition, we don’t watch much TV here, and we often just listen to the news broadcast on the radio. In his eyes, interviews are like those in his old generation, where someone is chosen to stand up and give a report. He had not gone through such a big battle, and he was only thinking about the relief funds, fearing both this and that.
After Chen Ling talked with him, he finally understood what this kind of interview was like, but he was still a little confused.
Halfway through, he turned around and asked, "Didn't your kid fool anyone?"
"Oh, how dare I fool you, Uncle Wu, if you don't believe me, ask Brother Jusheng, if you can't, Ask Qin Qiumei, they all went to college outside, don’t they have more experience than me?”
“Okay, then I’ll ask again.”
Wang Laishun muttered and walked away with his hands behind his back. .
After he walked away, Chen Yuqiang followed Chen Ling and couldn't help but said: "It's true, Fifth Grandpa, why would you come here to ask Uncle Fugui about such a thing? There are college students at home. Don’t you think about that? ”
Hearing this, Chen Ling smiled and replied: "Brother Jusheng goes to work in the countryside all day long. Even if he goes to ask, he is not at home."
After saying this, Chen Ling couldn't help but shake his head in his heart.
Uncle Wu has a good heart, but even though he is inevitably influenced by his mother-in-law, he doesn't take his boss seriously.
When there is work, I work like a cow or a horse. When the work is done, I immediately put it aside, not wanting to look at it again.
Not only the old couple, but also the aunt in the county.
Too biased.
Wang Jusheng has been suffering all these years without a single complaint.
Although Wang Jusheng is considered a top student in his generation, people who are familiar with him know that this person is full of old ideas. To put it bluntly, he is a bit foolish and filial. When he was in college, he was very He was short of talents. If he didn't do anything else, he could at least become a cadre if he stayed in the city. However, his mother told him to go back to the countryside and only became a policeman at the township police station. It was a pity.
“Here comes the tinker, here comes the tinker, whoever hasn’t patched the pot yet, hurry up and take a look...”
The tinker rides an old bicycle and shakes Shaking and shouting in the village.
At this time, the sun was gradually setting in the west, and they were getting ready to leave. Business was really good today, but before leaving, they still had to come and shout to see who didn't make up for their losses. It is estimated that they will not be able to move here for half a year. .
Towards dusk, Wang Zhenzhen came back. Da Nier and two young wives from the village picked her up together, and they also came to the house to inform them in advance.
Whoever has time can help pick up and drop off the baby, it’s not a big deal.
“What are you really doing? It’s time to eat, where do you want to run?”
“I’m not running, I’m going to feed the chickens.”
Xiao Nizi didn't stop to put down her schoolbag when she got home. She dropped a few words and ran to the chicken coop to feed the chickens. Chen Ling walked over and took a look. It was incredible. Grasshoppers, crickets, and old poles were strung on the grass stems. A whole lot.
"It's really amazing. You're a student and you just caught bugs on the first day?"
"Of course not. There are two physical education classes this afternoon. The teacher asked We were pulling weeds in the playground, and I caught them by the way.”
“Good guys, I asked you to pull weeds just now?”
“Brother-in-law, didn’t you know that school is about to start in the county? It’s later than last year, only two weeks later, and the grass in the school playground hasn’t been finished yet.”
"Okay, how about I bring you a hoe tomorrow?"
"Why bring a hoe? We won't have physical education class tomorrow, and we won't be pulling weeds."
Wang Zhenzhen looked at it strangely He glanced at him, shook his pigtails, and threw two more strings of grasshoppers into the chicken coop: "Eat quickly, eat quickly. When my sister's chickens come back, you won't be able to grab them."
See the old hen. When the grasshoppers were dropped, they immediately moved their heads and clucked into a ball, making the little girl very happy: "It's delicious, eat more, and when you have more meat, let my brother-in-law make you into hot pot chicken." "
Chen Ling watched from the side, unable to hold back his joy. He glanced at Wang Susu who came over and said, "It seems like you are doing well on your first day of school in the county. ”
"No, it's so fun for our classmates. The teacher also guesses riddles."
Hearing this, the little girl smiled happily, threw all the grasshoppers in her hands into the chicken coop, clapped her hands, and walked to her sister When I was with my brother-in-law, I talked enthusiastically about interesting things in school.
There is no way he is afraid of strangers.
......
The red sun rose in the east the next day, and the birds outside the window were chirping on the treetops. They flew up and down from time to time, landing next to the lotus pond and secretly drank a few sips of water, waiting for the pond. A fierce fish jumped up with a 'clop' sound, and then suddenly flew away in the air.
Chen Ling was holding a bowl of white porridge, a steamed bun and half a piece of green onion. She was squatting at the door eating breakfast and talking to Chen Yuqiang and others. Wang Lihui and his wife were going to the market today and took the children from the village to school. However, he still didn't need to worry about it, so after cooking a meal for his sister-in-law, he and Wang Susu were not in a hurry to eat.
However, the wolves on the mountain are becoming more and more courageous. Last night, several big wolves ran to the entrance of the southwest village. They fired guns for a while before they were scared away. Before breakfast, Chen Yuqiang and others came Tell Chen Ling about this. After all, they will be on night watch the day after tomorrow.
Be prepared.
Actually, it didn’t matter. Before they said anything, Wang Laishun came to the door and asked them to go to the brigade to get their guns after eating. After that, he took his grandson to chat with them at the door. .
Chen Ling took a sip of the white porridge, pointed at the birds on the tree and asked a little kid with open crotch pants: "Smelly bastard, I'm going to give you a test. If there are ten birds in this tree, uncle." Kill one with a slingshot, how many are left?”
The little kid clasped his fingers, thought for a while, and said in a sweet voice, "It's nine."
"Uncle Fugui, am I right?"
Chen Ling gently said He shook his head and said with a smile: "These are not nine. When my uncle hit him with his slingshot, the birds were so frightened that they flew away. Not one was left, so there are zero."
Stinky Egg. He was suddenly stunned and stared at him blankly, his black and white eyes not moving.
After thinking for a while, I still couldn't figure it out, so I said innocently to Chen Ling: "Sister taught me that ten minus one equals nine."
The sister he was talking about was Dandan, the eldest daughter of Wang Jusheng's family.
Although the relationship between the two brothers is not good, the children still play well.
"Nine, what, nine? I've taught you for nothing, you can't even think straight."
Wang Laishun tugged at his grandson's ears: "What a little fool. He was richer than your uncle when he was a kid." It's far from that. Your rich uncle is as old as you and can take the village dolls to deceive the old man selling candy. You should learn from it." After hearing this, Chen Ling hurriedly said: "Fifth uncle, teach me. Order well, teach well.”
This guy accidentally talked about the dark history again. Don't pass on this nonsense from generation to generation.
Amidst the laughter of everyone, Wang Laishun picked up Stinky Egg and looked into the yard: "Haha, what are you kidding about? The yard is full of water."
"I've washed the millstone and prepared to grind flour."
"Tsk, tut, if I were to tell you that your child is idle and only knows how to mess around, this millstone is big, heavy and difficult to use, and you still treat it like a baby. Just drag him back home, why bother with that old nose? Go to Yingqiang’s place and give him a few cents, it will save you worry and trouble.”
Chen Ling smiled and said nothing.
"You can do it if you want. Now that you have eaten, you guys can come to the brigade to get the guns."
"Okay."
Chen Ling put down the bowls and chopsticks and went together. The brigade took the shotgun into their hands.
This is for the night watch. Whoever's turn it is can get it. But when you go hunting in the mountains, you can't get one for each person. There aren't that many.
But this time, when he came back after receiving the gun, Wang Laishun specially grabbed Chen Ling and told him a few words.
"Whether you stay vigil or go up the mountain, you have your share. Uncle will keep it for you. Just remember not to fight blindly, and you can't fight during the day."
"Don't worry, Uncle Wu, I made a scene when I was young. I’ve long since gained a good memory.”
“Haha, just remember.”
After returning home and putting away the gun, Chen Ling stood at the door for a while, holding it. He fired a slingshot at the people around him. The couple opposite him hadn't returned to the village yet. Aunt Wang was also picked up by his daughter before the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the past two days, whenever he had nothing to do, he would stand at the door and shoot a few slingshots. , the accuracy is getting better and better.
Now that he has strength, the slingshot in his hand is much more powerful than when he was a child. He can kill seven or eight birds of all kinds in a short time, which is no worse than a shotgun.
Chen Ling used to be very naughty when he was a child. He not only played with slingshots, but also often touched guns, but he basically shot them under the care of his elders. One time Chen Juncai was not at home. He couldn't find a gun himself. He found a large bag of bullets somewhere in the house and pulled it out. There was no shortage of bullets at that time. In some years, there were specific consumption quotas, so it was not the case in rural areas. Rare stuff.
Chen Ling couldn't reach the gun, so he took the bullet and played with it by smashing bullets with a group of monkeys.
Smashing bullets is actually simple, just find a slit or a small hole, fix the bullet, and smash it in with a nail. At that time, they had only seen adults and older boys doing this. , I thought it was interesting and didn’t think too much about it. Who knew that if the bullet didn’t have a barrel or a barrel, in many cases it would explode or fly randomly.
My dear, I scared a few monkeys that time.
Because several people competed together, the result was that the hands of two children were injured.
The shot that was successfully fired also hit someone else's chicken coop and killed an old hen directly.
That time was so tragic.
Injuries were no big deal. Every one of them was beaten severely by their parents. During that half month, they were beaten every once in a while. Bamboo boards and pulleys were put on, just to make them remember. .
Thinking about the ridiculous things in my childhood, I kept holding the slingshot.
Without much time, he shot down two magpies and some miscellaneous birds. He mainly aimed at these thieving birds. After leaving these things alone for a while, the scars were healed and the pain was forgotten. When people are not at home, they fall into the courtyard, and even some wheat can be destroyed by them.
"Whoosh!"
A falcon hovering in the air was hit by a slingshot in the tail. It screamed in fright, and its tail feathers exploded all over the sky. It kept making panicked calls and flew away with its wings flapped. go.
"Assuming you run fast..."
Chen Ling put away the slingshot. There were many rabbits, chickens, ducks and quails at home, and they were easily targeted by eagles in the mountains.
This has been the case recently. In the morning or afternoon when dusk is approaching, there are always hawks hovering over the yard. Fortunately, I have a dog at home, so I am not afraid of it coming down.
But when encountering someone flying low, Chen Ling would still use a slingshot.
After a long time, I looked back at the birds that I had shot down. Most of them had been picked up by the two dogs in the bamboo baskets, and those that fell on the house or in Mrs. Wang’s yard were not there. Just go ahead and take care of it, the yellow guys will eat it.
Putting down the bamboo basket, Chen Ling washed her hands. The water in the kitchen happened to be boiling, so she walked to the stone mill with a full pot of boiling water and carefully scalded it with boiling water. In the morning It had been washed with clean water, but the stone mill had been soaked in floods and had been left unused in the threshing field for several years, so it was better to give it a good cleaning.
After all, we grind our own flour to eat, so we must clean it up.
After washing it several times with boiling water, Chen Ling stopped again and waited for the millstone to dry before grinding the dough.
The reed poles were not dried yet, and there was no need to weave straw mats today, so in the afternoon, Wang Susu was left at home, and he took the cow and the hoe and went to the fields to weed peanuts and soybeans.
There were not many weeds, and they worked slowly until almost dusk. After hoeing nearly an acre of land, Chen Ling stopped working.
While walking back, Chen Ling sat on the back of an ox and noticed a few dark figures flashing past in the corn field at the entrance of the village, followed by the clicking of corn stalks, and he suddenly I muttered a little: "What's in there? It can't be a wolf!"
I thought so, but there was no reaction when I saw the little white cow, so it probably wasn't a wild animal.
However, Chen Ling's eyes were still looking there. After a while, he heard a voice. When he heard it, he immediately knew who it was, so he asked the little white cow to stop and wait outside. Wait.
Sure enough, two or three minutes later, little ghosts emerged from the corn field. When they saw Chen Ling, they screamed, turned around and ran back in fright.
"Come back! The sun is almost setting. Are you still playing here? Aren't you afraid of getting beaten when you go home!"
"Grandpa, uncle."
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"Shh, keep your voice down, uncle, don't shout..."
At this time, Komori led some of the Stinky Boys to sneak over and called him softly.
"What's wrong?"
"Be quiet, uncle, there is a secret in the corn field."
(End of this chapter)
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