Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 32 The Fear of the Night
The night in Xiaowangzhuang comes earlier, and the villagers have a customary saying that in winter, the days are short, and dinner is prepared after lunch, and the sun is still some distance from the western horizon, and the chimneys of each house emit wisps of smoke, that’s it, It is already time to light the lights for the whole family to have dinner together.

It was time for dinner, but Bu San's tractor hadn't arrived at the entrance of the village. The busy people waiting in the drying yard became a little impatient and whispered to each other. At this moment, those with sharp ears heard The sound of the tractor's motor came, and suddenly found some new land and shouted "Come, come!".Everyone held their breath and listened carefully. The sound of the tractor motor was getting closer. Several people jumped up like children. Tonight's good show was about to begin again.

Those who were busy boiling water lit the firewood, and ignited the chopping materials that had been prepared long ago. The fire under the pot soon turned red on the face of the fire burner, and the rest of the people were not idle. Line sets.

The night in the countryside is very quiet. When the sound of the tractor motor passes through the village, people who like to watch the excitement stand and look around at the door of their houses. When they see the lights of the tractor, the children who had eaten early followed the car and cheered.From time to time, Bu San turned his head to look at the children behind the car, and yelled at the children who were trying to climb the car from time to time.

When the people waiting in the drying yard saw the lights of the tractors coming directly, they turned on the lights of the temporary slaughterhouse in the drying yard. There are good people in the village who come to the drying yard to watch, especially those naughty children, because there is no TV set in the village, they also rush to the drying yard to join in the fun. Whenever the slaughtered pig is put aside, They would always rush up, pull out the pig's trotter clip, put some lard they picked up scattered, and then find some cotton and twist it into a thin thread and insert it in it. It is called "lighting the sky lantern". In the eyes of rural children, Apart from these simple and natural games, there is really no more interesting activity to be found.

Today, in addition to the lights of the drying yard, tractors were added, which increased the curiosity of the onlookers.

After the tractor stopped, everyone gathered around, opened the fence, unloaded the pig from the truck, and put it directly in the yard.

With the howling of pigs, breaking the silence of the night like heart-piercing, this howling made the people present get used to it. A fat pig on the side was frightened. It kept struggling and moving. People only paid attention to the busy people under the lights, but no one noticed the struggle of this pig. Go to the production road next to the drying yard.

A black shadow standing in the dark and urinating exclaimed: "The pig has escaped! Whose pig has escaped!"

The people who were busy turned their heads to the place where the pigs were unloaded, as if they had been given a strong injection. With the help of the light, Bu San walked up and counted the number of pigs carefully: "No, it's our pigs running away." Already!"

Following Bu San's shout, Bu San's brother Bu Si was the first to follow: "Where did you go?"

"I didn't see it, our pig is indeed missing one!" The two of them immediately came back to their senses, and looked at the voice of "the pig ran away!" just now, and there was a black figure standing there, vaguely tied belt.

"Where did you see the pig go?" Bu Si asked the black shadow.

"Run in the direction of the production road!" Soi Ying replied.

Bu San immediately turned around and walked towards Heiying. He had never raised pigs before, and this was the first time he had heard of pigs walking at night, so he probably wouldn't run too far.

Bu San used the light to see the face of the black shadow. It was a middle-aged man. Although he couldn't name him, he felt that he was simple and honest.

"Did you run there?" Bu San asked, pointing to the production road ahead.

"Yes, that's where I ran!" the middle-aged man said with certainty.

Bu San didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly chased him in the direction he pointed. After walking a hundred and ten meters, the lights dimmed. He didn't see the pig, so he became suspicious and thought to himself: "This empty wheat field, this Black night, where can I find the lost pig?"

At this time, Bu San immediately thought of the strange story that an old man in the village told him about the drying yard on the first night of the slaughter.

According to the old man, this drying yard was originally an ancient temple. No one knows when and what month it was built, only that it is a long time ago.Thirty acres of peach blossoms are planted around the temple, and there is an endless stream of people who see the peach blossoms and burn incense and worship Buddha every spring. This temple is also named Peach Blossom Temple because of the peach blossoms. Back then, the village was not called Xiaowangzhuang, but it was named after the temple. village.

The monks in the temple lived in peace with the local people, and one day, a monk surnamed Zhu came to the temple. No one knew his real origin, but only knew that he came from the capital, which is the capital. Monk Zhu became the abbot of Peach Blossom Temple after a few years. He is good at management and management. It has nearly doubled in size, and its fame will naturally attract wind. Just one night before the Spring Festival, Taohua Temple caught fire. It was late at night, and the fire burned half the sky. When I visited the Peach Blossom Temple, what I saw was a pile of rubble and ashes. The temple is gone. Where have all the people gone?When people were guessing, someone found the hanged abbot on a peach tree near the Peach Blossom Temple. His face was as white as paper, his tongue was sticking out, and his eyes were round, as if he was glaring, which made people shudder.The village reported to the officials, but no one was found. As for the other monks, some said they were buried in flames, some said they were hijacked, and there were all kinds of rumors, but the matter was left alone and there was no end.

Bu San understands that although this is just a story, it is hard to say whether it is true or not, but he also heard people say that this village was indeed called "Peach Blossom Temple Dawangzhuang", and there was indeed a temple. People say that the place where the temple is located is not sure if it refers to the drying ground.Whether it's the current drying yard or not, the key is that the homophony of pig and Zhu makes him a little creepy.

Bu San looked back at the bright light of the drying yard, and there was a faint shadow of the lamp. He felt his calf was a little weak, and wanted to go back and ask everyone to come to look for him, but he couldn't move his legs. He tried to shout a few times: "Quick, hurry up!" Click here to find the runaway pig!" The shout was surprisingly loud, and everyone in the yard could hear it clearly, so several people put down their work and walked towards Bu San's shout.

When Bu San saw everyone coming, his legs seemed to be poured with strength, and he greeted him: "Everyone separate and look for them, let's see where they went?"

Under Bu San's greeting, everyone scattered in the wheat field, searching hard in the dark, while making the sound of calling pigs. This sound was extremely clear in the open field. Maybe it was interesting, and he joined the team looking for pigs. Suddenly, the sound of calling pigs in the field came one after another.

"Here it is!" Although the voice was not loud, it gathered everyone's attention.Everyone immediately gathered towards the voice. Someone struck a match and saw the fat pig clearly. People exclaimed: "How to catch it?"

Just when people were stunned, a figure jumped out from the crowd. Looking at the black figure, it was more than 1.8 meters tall and fat. Bu San, who was thinking about it, knew that this was his cousin Bu Fanying. He was as strong as a cow since he was a child. When he was showing his skills, he rolled up his sleeves, walked quickly to a distance of more than one meter from the pig, stood still, and suddenly rushed forward, pressing both hands on the pig's head. It was obvious that he wanted to catch the pig. But because of the darkness, I couldn't see the pig's ears clearly. Although he pressed the pig's head, he didn't catch the pig's ear just right, and grabbed a handful of pig hairs in his hand. Standing up, with a swing of his head, Bu Fanying caught nothing, and the fat pig leaped forward, headlong towards the surrounding crowd. The crowd immediately flashed out, and some of them were knocked to the ground by the pig's force, lying on their backs. Painful in the wheat field, "Ouch, Ouch", Bu Fanying failed to pounce. Seeing the direction the pig was running, he strode after the pig again. At this time, the fat pig was running rampant like a headless fly in the dark night Get up, and run in the wilderness like a fly. Everyone follows the fat pig in circles, screaming from time to time.

Bu Fanying ran up for the second time, and this time he aimed at the pig's butt and slapped it fiercely. This time, his big hand grabbed the pig's tail hanging on the butt, and he wanted to use his brute force to overturn the pig. On the ground, I never thought that this frightened pig was like a desperado, using all its strength to break free, Bu Fanying felt a pain in the palm of his hand. Follow closely.

Bu San also kept chasing after him, animals are impermanent, he felt that if this continues, it will inevitably hurt people, so he greeted: "Everyone, go to the venue quickly, don't watch here, this animal will inevitably hurt people!"

Hearing his shout, everyone quickly returned to the production road and walked towards the drying yard. There were only Bu Fanying and Bu San in the wheat field. At this time, Bu San felt a little exhausted. His slightly fat body Tired as if he had been in a flash, he hadn't been idle all afternoon, and he hadn't had a sip of food or drink of water yet. Let this beast toss about, and he immediately felt a little dizzy, and he unconsciously fell down.

The fallen Bu San fell into a coma, a sea of ​​flames appeared in front of his eyes, and in the sea of ​​flames was a monk, struggling in the fire, shouting something to him with a very ferocious face, but Bu San couldn't hear him, and suddenly jumped out of the fire The fat pig came and rushed towards him. He broke out in a cold sweat and woke up. He opened his eyes and looked at the stars in the sky. He put a finger in his mouth and bit it, feeling a little pain. He woke up Realizing that he had lost his sense of control in the fear of the night, he slowly got up, and weakly yelled to Bu Fanying who was chasing fattening pigs: "Stop chasing him, keep an eye on him, and quickly find a way to use something to kill this pig." Beast trap!"

In the quiet night, although the voice was not loud, Bu Fanying could hear it clearly. He stopped immediately and looked at the black shadow of the pig in a daze. Bu Fanying himself knew that he was exhausted and his clothes were soaked. If you continue to chase like this, the pig will not be able to catch it, and you will fall first.

After returning to the field, Bu walked around the drying field, and suddenly thought of the net that covered the car just now, "Net, cover it with a net!"

He immediately found the net that had just been thrown on the ground casually, and ran straight into the wheat field.

"Fan Ying, Fan Ying, here is your net, use the net to cover him, if you don't believe me you won't be able to catch him!" Bu Si shouted and took a few steps towards the standing black shadow.

"Here!" Fan Ying replied, and then stared intently at the black shadow of Fat Pig who was about a meter away from him. The Fat Pig might be as tired as him, standing there motionless, as if listening to their conversation , very honestly.

Bu Fanying took the net from Bu Si's hand, approached it slowly, threw the net away in an instant, and it just fell on the fat pig. The pig jumped up, did not break free, and then rushed forward like a bullfighting bull, pulling the two of them staggeringly, and the two of them subconsciously pulled back violently. Ying gradually pulled the net knot closer, bent over suddenly, touched the pig's ear and held on tightly.

Bu Si also leaned up, twisted the pig's tail, and both of them overturned the fat pig to the ground with all their strength, and tied it tightly with a net. The two gasped heavily, and Bu Si asked, "Where's third brother?"

"I'm here!" Bu San, who was lying there weakly, responded.

Bu Si walked over to meet the voice, but didn't see Bu San's figure, his heart tightened, and he walked forward quickly.

"Third Brother, what's wrong with you?" Bu Si felt a little uncomfortable and asked in a hurried tone.

"I'm fine, I just feel weak all over, I just want to lie here and rest for a while, did the pig catch it?" Bu San asked softly.

"You won't let a pig hit you, will you?" Bu Si asked a little worriedly.

"No, I just fell here for some reason!" Bu San replied.

Bu Si felt his scalp go numb.

"This black light is blind, he fell to the ground, and he didn't hit anything. Could it be that he hit something evil?" Bu Si thought, squatting down, took out a match and struck it. Under the faint firelight, Bu Si saw Bu San With a pale face, he sat down on the ground in shock.

"Third brother, are you okay, are you okay!" Bu Si asked reassuringly.

"It's okay, help me up!" Bu San responded, and Bu Si responded and helped Bu San up, and then walked towards the drying yard.

Bu San under the light is scary to watch. Someone suggested that Lao Li from the health center be brought over to have a look. Bu Si arranged for Li Weiguo, who was helping, to take Bu San to Lao Li’s clinic, and at the same time sent people to Mai Lift the tied pigs from the field.The onlookers saw that it was getting late, they had already left gradually, and the last group of people followed Li Weiguo and Bu San back to the village.

The helpers continued to do the work at hand, talking and laughing about the scene just now, and laughing from time to time, only Bu Si was still thinking about the third brother who went to the clinic to see a doctor, depressed, busy with the work at hand without saying a word.

After a while, Li Weiguo took Bu San back to the drying yard, and the pigs brought in were all butchered. Bu Si came forward and asked with concern, "What does the doctor say?"

"It's nothing, it's because of hypoglycemia. I took some glucose and rested for a while. There's nothing wrong now!" Li Weiguo's relaxed Huajiang answer made Bu Si feel a false alarm. Ready to let everyone go home and rest.

There was nothing to say all night.

(End of this chapter)