Portable space

The early chickens get worms, and when Zhang Taiping got up, there were already chickens and ducks looking for food in the yard.After washing it a bit, he picked up the iron fork with a wooden handle and walked towards the field. Although he had already received the wheat at home, helping is mutual. If others help you, you should also help others.

In this way, after a few days passed, all the people on the same field took the wheat into their homes, and finally they didn't have to go to the field to bask in the sun every day.In the next two days, Zhang Taiping followed the villagers to plant the dried corn in the field, and the seedlings would germinate only after a heavy rain.

So far, the summer harvest and autumn planting have been completed.

"Ah, I can finally rest for a few days." Fan Ming said happily after returning home after planting the last acre of land.In fact, no one forced her to do anything, but she was very curious, and she had to be involved in everything.

"Well, I can relax for two days." Zhang Taiping said while lying on the recliner and taking the watermelon handed over by Ye Ling.

It was already cool in the afternoon, but it was even more refreshing to eat iced watermelon.

"Brother, why is the watermelon in the yard more delicious than the one outside?" Fan Ming asked while eating the watermelon.When she went to the watermelon field yesterday, she found the biggest one in it and took it back. She put it in the refrigerator for a while and ate it at night. The watermelons are also sweet and juicy, and they are considered top-notch when they are placed outside. The watermelon is gone, but Fan Ming, who was raised by the watermelon in the backyard, always feels that there is something missing in it, not as delicious as the one in the backyard.

Of course it’s because Zhang Taiping often waters the watermelons in the yard with spring water, but he can’t say it like this: “Maybe it’s because the watermelons in the yard are often watered, but the ones outside are not watered often.”

If Cai Yazhi or Xing Rushui were here, they might be able to guess the reason.For this answer, Fan Ming just said "oh" indifferently, and she just asked casually, without any further intention.

The most beautiful time in the sky is the clouds at dusk. Before the sun sets, the clouds in the west are dyed red. Some people call them Huoshaoyun.With the blowing of the wind, it keeps changing its shape in the sky. For a while, it looks like a dog chasing the moon, and for a while, it looks like a galloping horse.As long as it is what you can imagine, you can use your own insight to find what you want on it.

Everyone has two sides. Fan Ming, who usually escapes like a child, is now obsessed with the clouds in the sky. It is only when she calms down that she is reminded that she is already a big girl, with her hands folded and even a bit ladylike.

After the sunset is night, and the dinner is millet porridge with two side dishes.One is to beat the cucumber with a knife. The freshly picked cucumber is washed and smashed with a knife, and then some garlic mustard oil is sprinkled on it, and finally hot oil is poured on it to make it crisp and refreshing.Another one is vinegared zucchini, which can also evoke people's taste with green peppers.At that time, dozens of vegetables were planted on almost an acre of land. The biggest advantage was that it was convenient for the family to eat. If you can’t finish eating, you can also put it on the cart and pull it to the store to sell, so you don’t worry about it being wasted.

After dinner, Zhang Taiping routinely walked around the garden with a grimace, and then went into the house to rest.

When Zhang Taiping was washing his face early the next morning, Ye Ling ran over from the backyard and said to Zhang Taiping, "Master, it's not good, something happened in the backyard."

Zhang Taiping was slightly startled, did he recruit a thief again?Why was there no sound at all last night?Wiping his face, he asked, "Is there something missing?"

Ye Ling shook his head and said, "I don't know what's going on. Grandpa told you to go and have a look."

When Zhang Taiping entered the backyard, chickens and ducks all over the yard were chirping in panic, as if something big had happened.If the other animals didn't show any signs, Zhang Taiping thought that an earthquake was coming.

It's just a little strange. At this time in the past, the chickens and ducks had already gone outside to look for food, and they would almost all stay in the yard like today.

The old man was squatting in front of the chicken shed to check the ground, Zhang Taiping walked up to the old man stood up and pointed to the ground for him to see.Zhang Taiping squatted down and looked, there was a small puddle of blood on the ground, which had dried up.

Zhang Taiping thought for a while, and combined with the performance of the chickens and ducks in the yard, something unfavorable to the chickens and ducks might have happened last night.Anyone who has raised chickens and ducks knows that the eyes of chickens and ducks can't see at night, a bit like night blindness in humans, so chickens and ducks will stay motionless as long as they curl up in one place, even if they die, they will not struggle. .

The chickens raised at home are different from other chickens. It may be that they sensed something in the morning, so they were so panicked.Apparently a chick was in trouble last night.

After standing up, the old man said, "Judging from the blood stains, it should have happened at one or two o'clock last night."

"Then what did Grandpa think it might be?" Zhang Taiping asked.

The old man stroked his beard and pondered for a while and said: "It was not done by humans, and the big dog in the house and the two hawks on the roof were not disturbed, so it is definitely a light and agile way. It is very likely that it is a weasel, but Kind of weird."

Zhang Taiping understands what the old man is talking about. Weasels are called "Huang Daxian" in many places, and some people even worship them, but there is no such custom in Guanzhong. This is a bad problem. When stealing chickens, it does not steal one and run away, but kills many chickens. This makes people hate it.

Regarding the weasel that the old man mentioned, Zhang Taiping suddenly had a different opinion, because he remembered the fiery red figure that chased Xiao Zi that night, and he even had a glimpse once in the strange forest in the mountain.

Turning to Ye Ling beside him, he said, "Go to the front room and hug Xiao Zi on the cabinet cover." Maybe this little thing can find something.

Although Ye Ling also came with Cai Yazhi and Fan Ming.Cai Yazhi looked at the terrified chickens and ducks in the yard and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Taiping replied: "Something may have stolen the chicken last night."

After hearing this, Cai Yazhi asked in shock: "Is it a weasel?" Then she checked in the chicken coop to see if there were any killed chickens and ducks.

Zhang Taiping took Xiao Zi from Ye Ling's hand and said, "It might be a weasel, but I'm not sure yet."

Putting Xiao Zi next to the bloodstain, the little guy shrugged his nose and sniffed like a puppy, and then waved his paw at Zhang Taiping a little excitedly.In this way, he was basically sure that it was the fiery red animal.

After confirming it, Zhang Taiping told several people how he met the animal once or twice.

"Grandpa Zhang, what kind of animal do you think this is?" Fan Ming asked the old man after hearing this.

The old man thought for a while and said, "Judging from the size Taiping told, it might be a fox, and only foxes have such fast speed and light body."

After being reminded by the old man, Zhang Taiping also felt like a fox.

Fan Ming exclaimed in surprise: "Little fox, that's great!" Then he said to Zhang Taiping, "Brother, catch it."

Zhang Taiping shook his head with a wry smile and said: "You think foxes are so easy to catch? In the mountains, even a ghost face may not be able to catch up to it, plus foxes are naturally cunning, so it is very difficult to catch."

Fan Ming said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, just try it and you'll know."

Zhang Taiping said: "I will definitely try it, but I don't know what the result will be."

During the day, I did some trivial things like cutting honey and feeding fish.At night, the chickens and ducks were reluctant to enter the chicken shed and duck shed, but crowded together under the eaves, which was more dangerous.But it would be beneficial for Zhang Taiping to do this tonight, so he left it alone for the time being, it would be more able to induce that thing to appear in the middle of the backyard with a clear target.

Of course, Fan Ming didn't want to miss such an exciting event of catching a fox, and insisted on waiting with Zhang Taiping for the fox to appear.

"Why are we sitting here? If the fox came, wouldn't we miss it?" Fan Ming asked Zhang Taiping suspiciously as they sat under the osmanthus tree in the middle yard.

Zhang Taiping did not defend her belief that it was the fox, and said with a smile: "If someone is present, the smell on the person's body is too strong, and it cannot be hidden. If that thing is too scared to come in, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?"

"But if we weren't in the backyard, I wouldn't know if the fox came." Fan Ming was still puzzled.

Zhang Taiping pointed to the roof of the back room and said: "Not only are there Xiaojin and Xiaofeng on it, but there are also lions and grimaces hidden in the backyard. They must have given an early warning when the fox came."

Fan Ming was still a little worried: "The lion or the ghost face will definitely scare the fox away. By the time you run to the backyard, there will be no shadows. How do you catch it?"

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "Do you really think that a human can grab that thing with bare hands? If the grimace and the lion's housekeeping skills can't catch it, I'm sure I won't be able to catch it either."

Fan Ming stopped talking, and sat in the courtyard with Zhang Taiping to wait, but it seemed that the fox was very patient, but Fan Ming was impatient.

"Why aren't you here?" Fan Ming asked aloud.

Zhang Taiping looked at the time and said, "It's only eleven o'clock, what's the rush? Since you want to catch a fox, you have to wait patiently. Foxes are smart."

"Okay." Fan Ming said after a few moves on the upper and lower eyelids.

After another half of the disappearance, Fan Ming's eyes were almost glued together, and he asked again: "Why aren't you here? You won't be here tonight?"

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "I came here last night, and I will definitely come again tonight if I have tasted the sweetness. If you doze off, go back to your room and sleep, there is no need to suffer here."

Hearing this, Fan Ming suddenly opened his eyes: "Who said I fell asleep? I must wait for this cunning fox tonight!"

It seems that there is a grudge against this fox.Zhang Taiping smiled and shook his head without saying anything.At twelve o'clock, Fan Ming had forgotten his bold words and ambitions, and fell asleep lying on the stone table.The early chickens get worms, and when Zhang Taiping got up, there were already chickens and ducks looking for food in the yard.After washing it a bit, he picked up the iron fork with a wooden handle and walked towards the field. Although he had already received the wheat at home, helping is mutual. If others help you, you should also help others.

In this way, after a few days passed, all the people on the same field took the wheat into their homes, and finally they didn't have to go to the field to bask in the sun every day.In the next two days, Zhang Taiping followed the villagers to plant the dried corn in the field, and the seedlings would germinate only after a heavy rain.

So far, the summer harvest and autumn planting have been completed.

"Ah, I can finally rest for a few days." Fan Ming said happily after returning home after planting the last acre of land.In fact, no one forced her to do anything, but she was very curious, and she had to be involved in everything.

"Well, I can relax for two days." Zhang Taiping said while lying on the recliner and taking the watermelon handed over by Ye Ling.

It was already cool in the afternoon, but it was even more refreshing to eat iced watermelon.

"Brother, why is the watermelon in the yard more delicious than the one outside?" Fan Ming asked while eating the watermelon.When she went to the watermelon field yesterday, she found the biggest one in it and took it back. She put it in the refrigerator for a while and ate it at night. The watermelons are also sweet and juicy, and they are considered top-notch when they are placed outside. The watermelon is gone, but Fan Ming, who was raised by the watermelon in the backyard, always feels that there is something missing in it, not as delicious as the one in the backyard.

Of course it’s because Zhang Taiping often waters the watermelons in the yard with spring water, but he can’t say it like this: “Maybe it’s because the watermelons in the yard are often watered, but the ones outside are not watered often.”

If Cai Yazhi or Xing Rushui were here, they might be able to guess the reason.For this answer, Fan Ming just said "oh" indifferently, and she just asked casually, without any further intention.

The most beautiful time in the sky is the clouds at dusk. Before the sun sets, the clouds in the west are dyed red. Some people call them Huoshaoyun.With the blowing of the wind, it keeps changing its shape in the sky. For a while, it looks like a dog chasing the moon, and for a while, it looks like a galloping horse.As long as it is what you can imagine, you can use your own insight to find what you want on it.

Everyone has two sides. Fan Ming, who usually escapes like a child, is now obsessed with the clouds in the sky. It is only when she calms down that she is reminded that she is already a big girl, with her hands folded and even a bit ladylike.

After the sunset is night, and the dinner is millet porridge with two side dishes.One is to beat the cucumber with a knife. The freshly picked cucumber is washed and smashed with a knife, and then some garlic mustard oil is sprinkled on it, and finally hot oil is poured on it to make it crisp and refreshing.Another one is vinegared zucchini, which can also evoke people's taste with green peppers.At that time, dozens of vegetables were planted on almost an acre of land. The biggest advantage was that it was convenient for the family to eat. If you can’t finish eating, you can also put it on the cart and pull it to the store to sell, so you don’t worry about it being wasted.

After dinner, Zhang Taiping routinely walked around the garden with a grimace, and then went into the house to rest.

When Zhang Taiping was washing his face early the next morning, Ye Ling ran over from the backyard and said to Zhang Taiping, "Master, it's not good, something happened in the backyard."

Zhang Taiping was slightly startled, did he recruit a thief again?Why was there no sound at all last night?Wiping his face, he asked, "Is there something missing?"

Ye Ling shook his head and said, "I don't know what's going on. Grandpa told you to go and have a look."

When Zhang Taiping entered the backyard, chickens and ducks all over the yard were chirping in panic, as if something big had happened.If the other animals didn't show any signs, Zhang Taiping thought that an earthquake was coming.

It's just a little strange. At this time in the past, the chickens and ducks had already gone outside to look for food, and they would almost all stay in the yard like today.

The old man was squatting in front of the chicken shed to check the ground, Zhang Taiping walked up to the old man stood up and pointed to the ground for him to see.Zhang Taiping squatted down and looked, there was a small puddle of blood on the ground, which had dried up.

Zhang Taiping thought for a while, and combined with the performance of the chickens and ducks in the yard, something unfavorable to the chickens and ducks might have happened last night.Anyone who has raised chickens and ducks knows that the eyes of chickens and ducks can't see at night, a bit like night blindness in humans, so chickens and ducks will stay motionless as long as they curl up in one place, even if they die, they will not struggle. .

The chickens raised at home are different from other chickens. It may be that they sensed something in the morning, so they were so panicked.Apparently a chick was in trouble last night.

After standing up, the old man said, "Judging from the blood stains, it should have happened at one or two o'clock last night."

"Then what did Grandpa think it might be?" Zhang Taiping asked.

The old man stroked his beard and pondered for a while and said: "It was not done by humans, and the big dog in the house and the two hawks on the roof were not disturbed, so it is definitely a light and agile way. It is very likely that it is a weasel, but Kind of weird."

Zhang Taiping understands what the old man is talking about. Weasels are called "Huang Daxian" in many places, and some people even worship them, but there is no such custom in Guanzhong. This is a bad problem. When stealing chickens, it does not steal one and run away, but kills many chickens. This makes people hate it.

Regarding the weasel that the old man mentioned, Zhang Taiping suddenly had a different opinion, because he remembered the fiery red figure that chased Xiao Zi that night, and he even had a glimpse once in the strange forest in the mountain.

Turning to Ye Ling beside him, he said, "Go to the front room and hug Xiao Zi on the cabinet cover." Maybe this little thing can find something.

Although Ye Ling also came with Cai Yazhi and Fan Ming.Cai Yazhi looked at the terrified chickens and ducks in the yard and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Taiping replied: "Something may have stolen the chicken last night."

After hearing this, Cai Yazhi asked in shock: "Is it a weasel?" Then she checked in the chicken coop to see if there were any killed chickens and ducks.

Zhang Taiping took Xiao Zi from Ye Ling's hand and said, "It might be a weasel, but I'm not sure yet."

Putting Xiao Zi next to the bloodstain, the little guy shrugged his nose and sniffed like a puppy, and then waved his paw at Zhang Taiping a little excitedly.In this way, he was basically sure that it was the fiery red animal.

After confirming it, Zhang Taiping told several people how he met the animal once or twice.

"Grandpa Zhang, what kind of animal do you think this is?" Fan Ming asked the old man after hearing this.

The old man thought for a while and said, "Judging from the size Taiping told, it might be a fox, and only foxes have such fast speed and light body."

After being reminded by the old man, Zhang Taiping also felt like a fox.

Fan Ming exclaimed in surprise: "Little fox, that's great!" Then he said to Zhang Taiping, "Brother, catch it."

Zhang Taiping shook his head with a wry smile and said: "You think foxes are so easy to catch? In the mountains, even a ghost face may not be able to catch up to it, plus foxes are naturally cunning, so it is very difficult to catch."

Fan Ming said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, just try it and you'll know."

Zhang Taiping said: "I will definitely try it, but I don't know what the result will be."

During the day, I did some trivial things like cutting honey and feeding fish.At night, the chickens and ducks were reluctant to enter the chicken shed and duck shed, but crowded together under the eaves, which was more dangerous.But it would be beneficial for Zhang Taiping to do this tonight, so he left it alone for the time being, it would be more able to induce that thing to appear in the middle of the backyard with a clear target.

Of course, Fan Ming didn't want to miss such an exciting event of catching a fox, and insisted on waiting with Zhang Taiping for the fox to appear.

"Why are we sitting here? If the fox came, wouldn't we miss it?" Fan Ming asked Zhang Taiping suspiciously as they sat under the osmanthus tree in the middle yard.

Zhang Taiping did not defend her belief that it was the fox, and said with a smile: "If someone is present, the smell on the person's body is too strong, and it cannot be hidden. If that thing is too scared to come in, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?"

"But if we weren't in the backyard, I wouldn't know if the fox came." Fan Ming was still puzzled.

Zhang Taiping pointed to the roof of the back room and said: "Not only are there Xiaojin and Xiaofeng on it, but there are also lions and grimaces hidden in the backyard. They must have given an early warning when the fox came."

Fan Ming was still a little worried: "The lion or the ghost face will definitely scare the fox away. By the time you run to the backyard, there will be no shadows. How do you catch it?"

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "Do you really think that a human can grab that thing with bare hands? If the grimace and the lion's housekeeping skills can't catch it, I'm sure I won't be able to catch it either."

Fan Ming stopped talking, and sat in the courtyard with Zhang Taiping to wait, but it seemed that the fox was very patient, but Fan Ming was impatient.

"Why aren't you here?" Fan Ming asked aloud.

Zhang Taiping looked at the time and said, "It's only eleven o'clock, what's the rush? Since you want to catch a fox, you have to wait patiently. Foxes are smart."

"Okay." Fan Ming said after a few moves on the upper and lower eyelids.

After another half of the disappearance, Fan Ming's eyes were almost glued together, and he asked again: "Why aren't you here? You won't be here tonight?"

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "I came here last night, and I will definitely come again tonight if I have tasted the sweetness. If you doze off, go back to your room and sleep, there is no need to suffer here."

Hearing this, Fan Ming suddenly opened his eyes: "Who said I fell asleep? I must wait for this cunning fox tonight!"

It seems that he has begun to have a grudge against this fox.Zhang Taiping smiled and shook his head without saying anything.At twelve o'clock, Fan Ming had forgotten his bold words and ambitions, and fell asleep lying on the stone table.