Portable space

"Why hasn't Dad come back yet?" Yaya's voice was heard before entering the door.

"I'm back! I'm back!" Before Zhang Taiping could answer, the parrot standing inside the door yelled.Zhang Taiping also walked into the room.

Yaya rushed forward and was hugged by Zhang Taiping and asked, "Father, where have you been?"

Zhang Taiping rubbed his nose against Xiaohuaniang's pink face, and replied: "Father went to the mountain."

"What did you go into the mountain for?"

"Of course something happened." Zhang Taiping didn't say anything about the addition of two little monkeys. Wouldn't it be even more pleasant for them to find out by themselves tomorrow.He took out a small bag from his waist pocket, which was full of picked thorns.

"What kind of fruit is this? It's so beautiful! It's the same as the fruit on the Four Seasons Tree, can it be eaten?" Fan Ming pinched a bright red fruit and looked at it in front of his eyes.

The four-season tree she is talking about is a perennial small arbor landscape tree.Although the name is called the Four Seasons Tree, it is not really evergreen all the year round, but has a great relationship with temperature changes. If it is placed outside in a natural environment, the leaves will turn yellow in autumn and wither into bare poles in winter, but if If you keep it in the house to keep it from the cold, it can be evergreen all year round.

This kind of tree grows small, and its properties are often odd-shaped, very ornamental, and the price is not expensive and not difficult to support. It is very popular with families with low consumption levels. It is often placed on the table or balcony at home, so most Can keep evergreen all seasons.This is probably where the tree got its name from.

More importantly, this ornamental tree will bear full fruit every few years, which is so red that it looks very pleasing to the eye.But this kind of fruit is inedible and only serves as a carrier for the seed.

"This is a kind of wild fruit, so it can be eaten naturally." Zhang Taiping nodded and said.

Although Yaya is much younger than Fan Ming, she really knows more about this kind of thing that can only be seen in the countryside than Fan Ming, so she has already picked up one and ate it.

Fan Ming also put one in his mouth, it was really sweet and sour and very refreshing, he ate five in a row before stopping.The entire lip was dyed a reddish-gold tinge.

After tasting a few, Yaya asked Cai Yazhi, "Mom, is the meal ready? I'm starving to death!" She pouted her little mouth slightly and touched her belly.In Zhang Taiping's eyes, it is as cute as possible.

Cai Yazhi said: "It's almost ready, I'll go over and have a look."

Immediately, she heard the sound of her lifting the lid of the pot, and a moment later, there was a sweet smell.

Zhang Taiping asked curiously: "Are you steaming sweet potatoes tonight? But I remember that no sweet potatoes were planted at home this year. How about steaming the sweet potatoes?"

Xing Rushui nodded and said: "It's steamed sweet potatoes, but the sweet potatoes are not from our own house, but sent by Wang Min this afternoon."

Not long after, as the aroma became stronger, Cai Yazhi brought out half a pot of sweet potatoes.

Yaya immediately shouted happily: "The sweet potato is ripe, the sweet potato is ripe, it's finally ready to eat."

Zhang Taiping put the little girl on the ground, and the little girl ran over immediately, but cleverly she didn't grab it with her hands, but found a chopstick and inserted a piece, but handed it to Zhang Taiping first.

Xiao Yuer and Zhang Xiuxiu were also called over. "Why just give it to your father?" Zhang Xiuxiu joked beside him.

Then the little girl blushed and inserted another piece for Xing Rushui and someone else.

Zhang Xiuxiu said with a smile: "People often say that a daughter is the father's caring little padded jacket. This sentence seems to be absolutely correct."

Sweet potatoes are a good thing for rural people. As for whether it is delicious or unpalatable, it is up to the benevolent to see the wisdom, and there is no definite number.It's good to eat a little less, especially the kind with less water, which looks like chestnuts fried with sugar after steaming.

But rural people like it not because of how delicious it tastes, but for two other reasons.One is that sweet potatoes do not require much land and are easy to survive. The most rare thing is that they have strong drought tolerance. They can grow in both mountains and plains. The yield is among the best among crops. It is the first choice for planting when natural disasters are frequent.

However, with the overall improvement of living standards, famine is rarely seen in the Guanzhong area at least. People have enough warehouses and don’t worry about running out of food, so planting sweet potatoes is not for increasing production. But to eat a rarity.

Most of the ones sent by Wang Min are big ones, and few people know about them.The sweet potato varieties in his family are round. The whole sweet potato looks like a ball with tails on both sides. The largest one is the size of a football.When steaming, the big ones are cut into small pieces, and the small ones are put inside.

While eating sweet potatoes, Zhang Taiping saw Fan Ming eating very happily, so he couldn't help but want to tease her, so he looked at her with a smile.

Seeing that Fan Ming felt uncomfortable, he stopped and asked cautiously, "Could it be that there will be some adverse reactions if you eat too many sweet potatoes?"

Zhang Taiping nodded unpredictablely.

Fan Ming's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly asked, "What adverse reaction?"

"That is, if you eat too many sweet potatoes, you will fart."

"Eh!" Not only did Fan Ming stop what he was doing, but even Fu Hongtao and the others stopped.We must know that for a woman, especially a beautiful and even temperamental woman, to fart suddenly in front of others, no matter whether it stinks or not, it is an embarrassing thing to die.

Only two adults, Cai Yazhi and Zhang Xiuxiu, did not stop what they were doing, because they were experienced and knew that although there was some possibility, it was not as exaggerated as what Zhang Taiping said.

"Sister, you are not afraid. Are you not afraid?" Fan Ming asked Cai Yazhi.

Cai Yazhi smiled and gave Zhang Taiping a look and said to Fan Ming, "It's not as scary as your elder brother said, he is exaggerating to scare you."

Fan Ming breathed a sigh of relief, made a face at Zhang Taiping, and continued to eat the sweet potato in his hand, but unknowingly put a lot of speed on it.Apparently, the result that Zhang Taiping just said caused some troubles to her.

In the middle of the meal, Fan Ming suddenly realized that something was missing. After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized and asked, "Where's Big Brother Wukong?"

Zhang Taiping said: "Outside."

"What are you doing outside? Why don't you even come back for dinner?"

Zhang Taiping just laughed without saying a word, and did not answer Fan Ming's question. Wouldn't it be better for her to find the answer to this question by herself tomorrow.

The next day was another Saturday, so the little girls didn't have to get up early to go to school, but the little girls and Fan Ming still got up early.The two extra little monkeys really surprised them.

Yaya ran to Zhang Taiping and said happily, "Father, there are two more monkeys here."

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "Find a wife for Wukong."

At this moment, Wukong has entered the yard with his two new companions.Although the two little monkeys did not run away, they seemed to be extremely vigilant, and they would probably run into the deep mountains if something went wrong.

A little girl and a big girl in the yard took out some snacks and threw them to two vigilant little monkeys. It took a long time for the two of them to feel at ease, and they stopped five or six meters away from the door to eat from the crowd. Snacks to come.

At noon, Zhang Taiping suddenly received a call from the old village chief.

When Zhang Taiping arrived at the village chief's house, all the people in charge of the village had arrived.

"What happened?" Zhang Taiping asked, seeing the serious expressions on everyone's faces, thinking that something big had happened.

"Look at this first." The old village head handed over a piece of paper.

Zhang Taiping caught the look suspiciously.It turned out to be a wanted warrant, and it also indicated what the wanted criminal had committed, as well as the place and time of his escape.Taken together, it is very likely that they will be near Nanshan in the past two days. The most important thing is that the wanted criminal is a murderous man who escaped after killing more than a dozen people.This is the reason why the atmosphere in the room is a bit heavy.

Seeing that Zhang Taiping had read the contents of the paper, the old village chief said: "Everyone has already understood the matter, it is very serious! If the fugitive escaped into our village and was not arrested or discovered in time, the consequences would be disastrous."

Everyone didn't speak, this is indeed not an easy task, and it may be related to every problem that makes your life.

The old village chief said again: "Everyone discussed and came up with a regulation for vigilance of the whole village."

Zhang Taiping originally wanted to say that this is not something that deserves such a big fanfare, but he didn't say it.Everyone's position is different, and the way of thinking about the problem is also different.In Zhang Taiping's own opinion, this fugitive is not a big deal at all, even though he used to be a special soldier, that's because Zhang Taiping has extremely strong skills and is not afraid of wanted criminals at all.But the villagers don't have much force value, so they are naturally a little worried about such a thing, so it is necessary to make preparations in advance.

After a while of silence, they finally spoke up.

The final result of the discussion can only be to notify the whole village to strengthen their vigilance, and there is no effective means of arrest.The signal for discussion is that if anyone encounters the wanted criminal, he will yell, and the others will rush over with their fellows, and arrest him by relying on the number of people. If he resists, he will be beaten to death according to others Anyway, he is also a murderer who has committed a capital crime, and killing him can be regarded as self-defense.

On the way Zhang Taiping was walking back, he heard the sound of a loudspeaker spreading throughout the village.

The whole village immediately boiled, and everyone went out of the house to tell the group.Because the village is too secluded, the four people inside are all born, old, sick and dead, and no murders have occurred yet, but now they suddenly heard that a vicious murderer was about to flee to the mountain village, although not a single drop The water dripping into the oil pan is as violent, but it is also like a stone falling into the calm lake water, causing thousands of waves.

"Did the village chief tell you about the murderer?" Cai Yazhi asked worriedly when Zhang Taiping returned home.

At this time when the whole village was on alert, the village chief called Zhang Taiping over again. Cai Yazhi was afraid that the village chief would send him to catch the murderer. Although she knew that Zhang Taiping was a good fist, she still couldn't help worrying.

Zhang Taiping understood what she was thinking, smiled and comforted him: "The village chief didn't ask me to arrest fugitives. That's what the police should do. He just went over to discuss the countermeasures." Then he told the result of the discussion. the people in the house.

"Then what should I do, do you still want to go to school?" Cai Yazhi worried about her husband and her daughter.

Zhang Taiping thought for a while and said, "Don't go for the time being, you can call the teacher in the school later." This kind of decision is also in consideration of the previous incident of retaliation against society in the big city The person who picked up a knife and hacked students in the school, who can be sure that this person would not do such a frenzied thing when he was desperate.

Hearing that the murderer was coming, Yaya was too frightened to speak out loud. Children over five years old can already understand what happens when they kill people, and they can also understand the difference between life and death. They also have a certain awe of life and death. up.

After Cai Yazhi called in the past, she came to Zhang Taiping and asked in a low voice, "Father, is the murderer here?"

Zhang Taiping nodded lightly: "Yes, so stay at home these few days and don't go out, you know?"

The little girl nodded obediently, then raised her head and asked innocently: "Why didn't Dad catch him?"

Zhang Taiping said without any taboo: "That's what police uncles should do. Dad is not a policeman."

"But the murderer is a bad person. Dad should help the police uncle catch him." The little girl said puzzled.

Zhang Taiping stroked the little girl's two long braids and said, "It's a good thing to be helpful, but you must do what you can, and you can't put yourself in danger by helping others. That murderer is very vicious, don't you think?" Do you want Dad to get hurt too?"

Although Zhang Taiping thought in his heart that if this man entered the village, he would definitely let him enter vertically and exit horizontally, but this is not the case for the little girl, but he is very consciously guided and educated.

When the little girl heard that Zhang Taiping might be injured, she immediately changed her words and said, "Then father, don't go and arrest him." The little girl was still very protective of her father, and she immediately looked beyond the sky to help the police uncle.

Zhang Taiping smiled slightly, maybe the little girl still doesn't understand the meaning of what she said, but education is not something that can be done overnight, it is a process that is gradually influenced by the ears and eyes.

Although Zhang Taiping was sure that as long as this person entered the village and was discovered by him, there would be no possibility of him escaping, and he would not let him hurt his family, but the so-called knowing oneself and the enemy still needs to know some information about this wanted criminal.

Then he asked Xing Rushui beside him: "Can you find out who this person is from?"

Xing Rushui said, "I'll try." Turning around, he left the room and went outside to make a phone call.

After a while, he came back and told Zhang Taiping what he had heard, including the motive for the murder, which was much more detailed than the arrest warrant.Especially when introducing the background and previous occupation of the wanted criminal, Zhang Taiping paid special attention for a while.

It turned out that he was still a special soldier. After retiring from the army, he had been abroad, suspected to be a mercenary.After returning to China, he was recognized by others, suddenly violently killed several people, and later killed several policemen and citizens one after another during his escape and pursuit.

Hearing this, Zhang Tai was thoughtful on the plane, and also put a little effort into it.