At the beginning of the mass grave, I took the villain to open up wasteland and farm

Chapter 15 Torch eels
Goudan waited from the initial anticipation to a little drowsy later, and even dozed off directly. He was half asleep and half awake when he heard Chang Ning shout:
"Sail the sails and break the waves, go forward bravely, or you can be called Yang Fan!"

Although it comes from a homonym, it has an extraordinary meaning.

Chang Ning feels that this child is smart and tough, if he intends to cultivate and guide him, he may not be unable to achieve something in the future.

"Yang...Fan...Yang Fan..." Goudan murmured several times in a low voice, but he felt more and more joyful, and was so happy that he paced around in place, unable to calm down for a long time.

"I have a name, I'm not Goudan, I'm Yang Fan! My name is Yang Fan!"

Seeing him so happy, Chang Ning also breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that he might not like it.

But thinking about the name Goudan, I'm afraid I can't find a more ugly name than this one!

After getting a new name, Yang Fan couldn't wait to tell the whole village, but he looked around, but couldn't find anyone else to share it with.

So Yang Fan approached the two oxen and whispered his happy stories to them.

Chang Ning looked at the two big cows grazing indifferently, and various delicacies related to beef immediately appeared in his mind.

Beef hot pot, beef soup pot, braised beef, stewed beef, beef sauce...

Except for the cow's hooves, I feel that the cow in front of me is delicious everywhere.

Perhaps it was because Chang Ning's eyes were too hot, the two oxen actually turned their heads to look at them, and then they had the illusion that they were being watched by evil spirits, their backs trembled, and they spread their hooves and wanted to run away.

It's a pity that they were tied to a big tree. Seeing that they couldn't escape, the two cows yelled "moo" at Yang Fan, God is sorry.

Although Yang Fan is very grateful to Chang Ning, the two cows must not move.

He stood in front of the two cows in a panic, and said anxiously: "Sister, these cows can't be eaten. It's time for spring plowing, and I still need to use them to plow the field!"

Chang Ning was so greedy that he was about to drool, and the child was so frightened that he was about to cry.

"I didn't say I wanted to eat it!" I just thought about it.

Chang Ning swallowed, feeling guilty.

It has been a few days since I was reborn, I haven't touched meat, and it's really a sin if I can't hold back my thoughts for a while.

Seeing this, Yang Fan didn't dare to relax his vigilance. Chang Ning's eyes were clearly green when he saw the cow just now.

Thinking about how she taught herself to read and gave herself a name, Yang Fan felt that he should do something to repay her kindness.

"Sister, you really can't eat cows. If you want to eat meat, can you change it?"

"Another one?" Chang Ning was at a loss: "What kind of one?"

The vegetables sent by the villagers had already been declared exhausted, Chang Ning picked a few shepherd's purse plants when opening up wasteland, and had a meal with Han Mingyuan at night.

By the time we finished eating, the sky was almost completely dark, but tonight the moonlight was so clear that the surrounding stars were dimmed a bit.

According to the usual schedule, Chang Ning should wash up and go to bed, but tonight she was fully dressed and sat on the threshold waiting energetically.

Han Mingyuan's wound had begun to scab over, although he still couldn't exert himself, he was able to barely walk around the hut with a walking stick.

He lay on the bed after washing, but seeing that Chang Ning had no intention of resting at all, he frowned and asked, "Are you going out?"

Chang Ning nodded, and was afraid that it would be too dark for Han Mingyuan to see, so he replied mysteriously: "Go out and get some meat later."

"Are you going to steal cattle?"

Han Mingyuan felt uncomfortable in his heart, if he was in good health, why would Chang Ning worry about making a living every day.

Chang Ning gave a "tsk" and corrected: "Who said I was going to steal cattle, Xiaofan said he took me to eat meat!"

"Who is Xiaofan?" Han Mingyuan sat up nervously, squinting his eyes and asked.

"Xiaofan is the cowherd boy I told you about." Chang Ning said proudly, "Yang Fan, I got the name, does it sound good?"

It turned out to be a child.

Han Mingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then replied: "Not bad."

The name is second, if he goes out with an adult man at night, even if he breaks Chang Ning's leg, he won't let her go out.

A fire lighted up in the distance, blown by the wind and flickered on and off, Chang Ning stood up excitedly when he saw it, and whispered towards the fire light: "Xiaofan, is that you?"

Yang Fan came with a torch, with a bamboo basket on his body, and he didn't even wear shoes on his feet.

He didn't dare to get too close to the hut, he knew that Chang Ning had an older brother living in the house, even though he hadn't seen him or heard of him, he just felt a little scared for no reason.

"Sister, I'm here to pick you up." Yang Fan said cautiously.

Chang Ning jumped up, cheered and ran towards him, without even saying goodbye to Han Mingyuan.

Han Mingyuan was so angry that his teeth itched, and worried that she would be in danger if she went out so late, she stood up and moved out while clutching the pain in her chest, and finally walked to the door, where there was Chang Ning's shadow outside the house.

It is said that children from poor families are in charge of the family early, and Yang Fan is only in his early teens this year, but he does things very quickly and appropriately, such as herding cattle and farming, plowing and weeding.

Even if he is taking Chang Ning on a night walk now, he can still remind her to pay attention to puddles and slippery roads in a considerate and thoughtful way. He is a very warm boy.

When the two of them crossed the field ridge and came to the edge of a field that had not yet started spring plowing, there were already three or four people busy with torches in the two paddy fields next door, and there were a few laughs from time to time, and it seemed that they had harvested a lot.

"We can't lose either!"

Chang Ning inexplicably ignited a bit of desire to win, and Yang Fan responded very cooperatively, "Okay."

He handed the torch to Chang Ning, then took out a pair of tongs from the bamboo basket and held it in his hand.

"Sister, help me shine the light later, pay attention to my gestures!"

Chang Ning took the torch and nodded solemnly.

Yang Fan rolled up his trouser legs to his thighs, and then slid into the field along the edge of the field ridge. He was short, and the mud almost covered his whole calf.

Chang Ning also rolled up his trouser legs, went down to the field behind him, and followed him step by step.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, many hibernating animals are scrambling to come out of their holes to find food.

Before the fields start to plant crops, this time period is the best time to catch eels. Sometimes several families around will meet together, some will light torches and others will be responsible for catching them. From a distance, the fields are brightly lit and very lively.

It is obviously not the first time for Yang Fan to do this. He is very experienced in finding places with holes in the mud and using his fingers to break open the surface of the mud.

If the surface of the hole is smooth, there may be eels inside. If the hole is rough, it may be a snake, so you can't reach in to explore.

Even if you reach out to explore, you can't go too deep or stay for too long. After hibernation, eels are almost always in a state of starvation, and they will bite if they are in a hurry.

Yang Fan hung a hook with a hemp thread, threaded some earthworms on the hook, and then lowered it from the hole.

After a while, he felt something biting the bait, and Yang Fan slowly lifted the hemp thread up. The thing in the mud was obviously very hungry, and he had no doubt that it might be a trap, so he poked a small head out of the hole unsuspectingly. .

(End of this chapter)