Chapter 473 Leopard Shadow
In the first six months of the lunar calendar, the corn in the field has grown longer than a person's knees and has taken root. Looking from a distance, the vast field is green.
At this time, the mountain breeze was blowing, and the sun was not warm.
After taking the medicine, villagers in twos and threes sat on the ground under the big tree beside the field, eating popsicles brought by the children, talking and laughing.
The big trees on the field ridges have dense crowns. When the mountain wind blows, they sway gently, bringing bursts of refreshment.
It's really very comfortable.
Chen Ling was wearing a straw hat, holding a sheep whip in his hand, and was driving a group of white and black goats that were barking, and walked slowly along the field path.
Behind him was a little baby with a bare butt. The popsicle in his hand melted quickly and flowed all over his hand, and he couldn't bear to let it go.
"Uncle Fugui, go herd sheep on the mountain. We will follow you to find cicada shells."
"Fugui, don't pay attention to them. There are jackals wandering around the mountain. Your tiger is gone. Yes, this jackal is very bad. He may come down the mountain again.”
"What I'm saying is that I heard a tiger roaring that night. I was so frightened that I even went out to take a look. Later, when I walked to the slope, I saw you holding a flashlight, so I felt relieved after leading the tiger back."
This statement The people living there are Chen Baoshuan and the two brothers Wang Lishan and Wang Lihui. They live on the edge of the village, and they can hear the noise on the farm most clearly.
"What? Are you afraid that tigers will go crazy and eat people?"
Chen Ling asked with a smile.
"Isn't that right? Who is not afraid of tigers? Looking at it from a distance makes me feel scared. I don't know how your baby can be so bold and dare to let it out."
"Yes, yes, anyway, after watching the tiger that day, I felt so scared."
"They all think tigers are rare, but I don't think it is rare. I'm just afraid of that thing. Didn't you listen to Uncle Nian? Are you talking about a leopard? This tiger is much more ferocious than a leopard. Its mouth is so big and its claws are so thick that it can smash a person's brain to pieces with one slap."
"Brother Tateyama, I was talking about this. I didn’t think so. Later, I heard Uncle Cunye say that tigers kill jackals just like chickens. I was so scared that I didn’t even dare to go to your house to catch a meal.”
A Fu A Shou. Although they have returned to the zoo, their legends are still circulating here, and they are still the most talked about among people after dinner.
“Oh, by the way, I heard that Fugui has a little leopard in your family?”
"Ang, but I don't want to raise them. This carnivorous thing is difficult to handle. I want to let it go when it gets older."
"Speaking of which, I have seen tigers, but I have never seen the natives here. Leopards, come and have a look at your house when you have time."
"Okay, this thing only became more abundant last year. It is much slipperier than the mountain leopard. It usually makes no sound at all. It is in the tree. "You walked under the tree and didn't even know it was above."
Chen Ling chuckled and sat down with his hand on the sheep whip.
“Dad~”
Ruirui finished the popsicle and handed it to him with her sticky little hands.
"Okay, have you finished eating one popsicle?"
Chen Ling took off the water bottle from his neck, unscrewed it and washed his hands.
"Yes."
The little thing nodded and stretched out his two palms to catch the water.
"Hey, this baby Ruirui is really not like a one-year-old baby. He seems to know more than a two- or three-year-old baby, and he can wash his hands."
"Yes, that Hiruirui from Shuiwazi's family He’s still two months old and can’t do anything.”
“Oh, Fugui, is it okay if you let him eat popsicles?”
“It’s okay, he doesn’t know how to eat it. , most of it melted on the road, and it was dripping as I walked, but I didn’t get much in my mouth.”
“Hehe”
The little guy who had just washed his hands couldn't understand what the adults were saying. When he saw the small wooden stick thrown on the ground to freeze the popsicles attracted a group of ants, he immediately laughed, ran forward, spread his legs and started to pee.
A splash of urine will scatter the ants.
"Hahaha, just say this baby is skinny, much skinnier than Fugui's back then."
Chen Ling also didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and slapped his little butt twice: "You know how to make trouble after you finish the thing."
"Rui Rui, ignore you, uncle likes dolls like you, come here, uncle will pounce on the grasshoppers for you."
It's a pity that this brat didn't pay attention to people at all, and was soon attracted by the caterpillars running out of the cornfield. He ran over and stepped on them.
Then he raised his little feet and took a look. When he saw the trampled caterpillar, he screamed with joy and kept stepping on his little sandals, going back and forth in the grass to find bugs to step on.
What a great time.
"Let's go, don't let him cause trouble here."
Seeing the sheep slowly walking away, Chen Ling stood up, picked up the sheep whip, and prepared to leave.
Wang Lishan and others kept saying that it was okay.
"It's okay, let him play, the little baby is so cute."
Chen Ling only said that he would take Ruirui for a walk, how could he let him stay here and delay others' work? Still alive.
The weather is not too hot today, and the breeze is blowing coolly. It is a good time to spray medicine.
As soon as the father and son left, Liu Nier and the others followed, looking for cicada shells on the trees in the fields.
Knowing that the price of cicada shells is high this year, wouldn’t you be a fool if you don’t quickly find more to sell them for?
Walking on the winding dirt road in the field, the sheep grazed as they walked.
Chen Ling and his son had nothing to do with a group of children. The sheep were grazing, so they played in different ways. They found cicada shells, dug out bird's nests, and chased little rabbits.
This season really has everything.
I walked around the village and had a great time.
When I got up from my nap in the afternoon, I originally wanted to go herding the sheep.
But Wang Jusheng came over and said that they had finished picking the watermelons over there, so they could just let the sheep go directly to the melon fields to eat, which would save trouble.
Otherwise I would have to take the sheep around with me.
When Chen Ling heard this, he thought, come on, the remaining few days will save you trouble. You don’t have to herd sheep everywhere.
Every day, the sheep are driven to the watermelon field and they eat like crazy. After they are full, they take them home.
So in the afternoon, I rode on my little green horse, took my little white ox, and went directly to the melon fields on the riverbank in Laohewan.
The sheep ate watermelon and vine leaves in the melon field. Chen Ling took his son, a cow and a horse to bathe and play in the river, take a bath, catch fish, shrimps and crabs, and go home for dinner after sunset.
The days passed easily and happily.
Zhao Yubao was so envious when he saw it that he couldn't help but think about going to the market to buy a lamb.
I go to the farm every day to ask Chen Ling for advice on breeding, and I even take a small notebook to write it down. Once I get excited, I get out of control. Seriously, it's a mess.
This old man has also completed the small bridge in front of the door these days.
Wang Laishun and others also took the lead in erecting a monument and writing the date and so on.
In their case, after the bridge was repaired in the past, the local area would ask masons to carve words and erect monuments to let future generations remember when and who did good things for the local area.
Of course this is just for fun, and erecting a monument is not so formal.
But Zhao Yubao was still very happy.
I highly praise the layout of this ‘small bridge and flowing water house’ I created.
Satisfied, I locked myself at home for the past two days, wrote two impromptu articles, and sent them with the letter. Needless to say, I wanted to show off to my old friends.
Originally, his old friends were not interested in his seclusion in the countryside.
It wasn’t until his article and photos about the mountain donkey giving birth on a cliff were circulated that we started to receive letters one after another.
Let Zhao Yubao feel proud and proud.
Even the old friend’s daughter was sent out without his consent, and there was no investigation.
"Teacher Zhao, you said that you are a great writer, a high-level intellectual, and a decent person. Why are you still carrying a sack and looking for cicada shells? If people from other villages see this, shouldn't you laugh at us? You Is it the facade of our village now?”
“That’s right, we can’t just have a facade without respect.”
After building the small bridge for Zhao Yubao and applying pesticides to the corn seedlings, the villagers I finally had some free time, and finally started to come to Chen Ling's farm to catch a meal.
Today at lunch time, a crowd of men, women, old and young gathered together.
They all ridiculed Zhao Yubao.
For the past two days, the old man took his wife with him and went out to look for cicada shells with a sack and a bamboo pole.
Asking is just for fun.
But privately, he secretly told Chen Ling that he wanted to find cicada shells and save money to buy lambs.
Good guy.
After hearing this, Chen Ling was dumbfounded for a long time.
For such a great writer, he is not short of money, yet he has to go through a thankless effort to save cicada husks in exchange for money to buy lambs.
Isn’t there something wrong with your head?
“Go, go, go, tell you, you don’t understand, hurry up and play chess.”
Zhao Yubao, who was sitting at the stone table, pushed up his glasses, blew his beard and glared.
"Teacher Zhao, next time you write an article, can you bring me with you like you bring wealth? Also talk to me?"
"Oh, yes, Teacher Zhao, We all live in the same village, so you should mention us.”
Everyone is familiar with him and knows that he has a great reputation, but he has no airs and is very kind to people.
“What are you talking about?”
Zhao Yubao made a move and glanced at Wang Lishan and the others.
"Hmm... let me think about it..."
Wang Lishan put the bowls and chopsticks at his feet, squatted on the stone and thought hard: "How about Chen Wangzhuang Wang Lishan Club Raise pigs. The pigs you raise are fat and strong, and the meat tastes delicious and delicious. "
"What are you doing? There are also bamboo chairs, benches, canopies, beds, brooms and mats. He can make a lantern to make the house bright.” Top two and a half..."
This is how it is in the countryside. The level of education is generally not high. When you have something to say, the first thing that comes to mind is to rely on jingles.
Whether you praise others or hurt others.
Many of them are jingles.
It sounds very embarrassing, but the person involved felt very proud after reading it.
Perfectly explains what it means as long as I am not embarrassed, the embarrassment belongs to others.
Chen Ling sat next to him, breaking off the hard dried fish, feeding a group of kittens, and listened to their arguments and quarrels with a smile.
I couldn’t help laughing several times and almost laughed out loud.
I also think it’s quite interesting.
"Meow~"
Suddenly, a series of sharp cat calls came from the mountain raccoon on the west side of the farm.
When the two litters of kittens heard this sound, they quickly dispersed with their fluffy little tails raised, and each went back to his own house to find his mother.
When the little kittens got into the caves, the mountain raccoon on the west side still had its head exposed at the entrance of the cave, staring straight at the tree, meowing and meowing. Meow' scream.
It’s just like a cat in heat and its meowing is even worse.
"What are you calling? Are the newborn kittens going to the pond again?"
"This mountain civet meows much more unpleasantly than a domestic cat. The rich and noble raise them here. Let’s catch the mice, right?”
"That's right. It's better to have two cats than no cats at all. It can prevent mice from stealing the chicks."
Everyone said something to each other, and someone even picked up a stone and threw it over. Stop barking, it sounds unlucky.
Unexpectedly, the stone hit the mountain. Before Shan Lizi could do anything, he saw the top of the tree shaking. A big cat with colorful fur jumped into the dense branches and leaves and disappeared. .
"My dear mother, what is this thing? It jumped out suddenly and scared me."
Wang Lishan raised his head and muttered with lingering fear.
The movement was so noisy that all the hula-la people who were rushing to the restaurant gathered around and looked up.
"I looked a bit like a cat just now, but I was much bigger than a cat. Didn't you see that I was so frightened that Shan Lizi was screaming..."
Chen Dazhi twisted He frowned and said, and suddenly his heart moved: "Hey, isn't this a native leopard?"
"Fugui, you were sitting on the edge just now, did you see clearly?"
"No. Ah, that thing passed by in a flash on the tree, but if it is much bigger than a cat, I think it must be a leopard.”
Chen Ling shook his head, thinking that if it was really a local leopard, it should be the little leopard at home who attracted it.
(End of this chapter)