My village can't be like this

Chapter 112
Zhang An opened the gate and led everyone to the backyard.

At this time, Zhu Yuliang discovered that Zhang An's backyard was no worse than the front yard.

And there is this big fish pond, which is just a few steps away from the river, and it is a good place to see the scenery of the big river.

"Director Zhu, I didn't put the salamander in the fish pond directly, but put it in a fishing net. The main reason is that the fish pond is a bit big, so it's hard to find it."

While talking to several people, Zhang An walked to the edge of the fish pond and pulled up the net bag.

A three-foot-long salamander wrapped in a fishing net appeared in front of everyone.

"Director, this salamander is so big, we haven't seen such a big one before."

As soon as Zhang An raised the surface of the water, Bai Xue saw it.

"It's indeed the biggest one we've encountered. Wang Tao and Xiaoxue, go and record the information."

Finally, it was measured that the body length of the salamander in front of me was more than one meter, 110 centimeters long, the width of the head was nearly 30 centimeters, and the weight was about [-] to [-] kilograms.

This is a bit longer than Zhang An's previous visual inspection of three feet.

"We have never encountered such a big salamander. Judging from its physical characteristics, this one should have survived for more than 35 years, just a little more."

Zhu Yuliang said to the crowd, while Bai Xue and Wang Tao kept recording the information.

"Actually, this one is not too big. We saw a bigger one in the ditch behind the village many years ago, much bigger than this one."

"Is there a bigger one? When was it discovered, and how big is it?"

Hearing Zhu Yuliang's questioning, the old village chief Zhang Jianwen took a sip of his leaf tobacco, and then began to recall the past.

"It's been a long time since I was in my teens. It rained heavily for a whole day, and it stopped when it was getting dark. I met that big guy at the door, it was lying on the road below Laizi Cave, that one was longer than a pole, it was too big, I was scared when I saw it, I didn’t know it at that time, I thought it would eat People ran back quickly."

"When I went back to the village and called people to go there with me, I didn't find any trace of it. Since then, even if the water rose, I didn't seem to see any trace of it again. The old people said that I had met a lame man. We seldom go to Laizi Cave. But after I returned from the army, every year when it rained heavily, I saw many four-legged snakes of this kind in the river ditch, but they were not big, and the biggest ones usually weighed one or two catties."

"Oh? Did you have many salamanders here before?"

As soon as Zhu Yuliang heard what the old village head said, he asked curiously.

"It was a lot, especially in rainy days at that time, but it has been less in the past two years."

"It seems that this place of yours is very good, with good mountains, good water, and good scenery. These things are generally not found in places with poor water quality."

At this moment, Zhang An remembered that there was a place in the village.

"Uncle, it's the lame hole where our children cry, isn't it?"

"Yes, it's the lame hole that often makes noises from time to time."

Laizi Cave is a cave not far from Changqing Village. In the past, there were often sounds from inside, like babies crying.

Therefore, it was called Laizi Cave by everyone in the past, and because of the homonym of crying for a baby, it was also called Baby Cave.

"Hearing what the old man said, I suspect that the thing in that hole is not a scorpion, but other salamanders living in it, and I guess that even the one that the old man met before must be in the hole. "

The shoulder poles in rural areas are basically more than 1.5 meters in length, and it can be clearly seen that they are longer than the poles, so they are more than 1.5 meters.

Hearing what Zhang An said, Zhu Yuliang was hooked and began to ask the bottom line.

"How to say it, Zhang An will explain it carefully."

Zhang An is not guessing. In the Laizi Cave not far from the village, later generations have a special adventurous team come to explore the cave and shoot.

Now that everyone was talking about this topic, Zhang An remembered this place.

In the past, he didn't know that when the old village chief was young, he met such a big salamander at the entrance of the mangy cave, otherwise he would have known it for a long time.

This lame cave, because of the frightening sound of a child crying, everyone usually doesn't like to approach it.

The old people said that there are leprosy and dirty things in the cave.

Fortunately, this cave is not too far from the village, but it's not too close either, otherwise everyone would definitely throw everything into it.

Whether it is livestock that died after birth, or chickens and ducks that died of illness.

Such things are very common in the mountains. Laizi Cave is not the name of a specific cave, but a general term.

Many places have a place called Laizi Cave.

Not to mention far away, there is a lame hole in Zhang An's grandmother's house, and people in that village throw everything into it.

In later generations, it will become a cave filled with rubbish, and when you approach it, you will smell a foul stench.

But people in the village often use it to intimidate their children and tell them not to come close.

The caving team in later generations was well prepared and brought many people with them.

Before they went down to the cave, the elders in the village tried to persuade them.

But when it finally came up, I clearly told everyone that there is indeed something in it.

But it's not the lame that everyone said, but a large group of salamanders, which are everywhere in the cave, and their footprints can be seen everywhere.

And there are several very big ones in the deepest part, and the biggest one is just about the same size as the one that the old man just mentioned.

And there are not only salamanders in it, but also many cave fish and other creatures that cannot be seen under the light of day.

Otherwise, so many salamanders would have starved to death in it, how could it be possible to breed so many populations.

As soon as the city heard the news, they sent a large number of people to investigate.

Finally, it shows that the underground of this cave is connected to an underground underground river, so there is water in it all year round.

And there are many salamanders living in this cave, and they feed on the fish and shrimps that swim out from the underground river.

And everyone heard strange noises coming from that hole from time to time, which came from them.

"Many people have heard the strange sound coming out of that cave, and I have heard it often before, but I am young these days, but I found that the sound is very similar to the sound we found last night, but it is a bit ethereal It's scary, but if it's in a cave, it makes perfect sense because there's an echo in the cave."

"Also, every summer during the flood season, water comes out of the mangy cave, and at that time, there will be a lot of not very big salamanders in the river ditch."

When Zhang An said this, Zhang Jianwen immediately had an impression.

"That's right, every time we found four-legged snakes in the ditch, it was when water came out of the mangy cave. Why didn't we expect that these four-legged snakes all came out of the mangy cave."

Hearing Zhang An and the old village chief Zhang Jianwen say this, Zhu Yuliang felt that this statement was quite logical.

"Zhang An, I think your conjecture is very reasonable. If there are giant salamanders living in it, it is very important, especially the biggest one that Lao Zhang mentioned just now. No, I have to report this matter immediately. go up."

Although in Zhu Yuliang's heart, he was not sure whether this was correct, but if it was true, then this would be the first future giant salamander reserve in the county.

So he decided to report this matter quickly, no matter what, at least go down and see what's inside.

Even if it's not what Zhang An guessed, it doesn't matter.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this matter was very feasible, so Zhu Yuliang proposed to go back to the county on the spot.

"Director Zhu, what should you do with this big guy when you go back now?"

Zhang Jianwen heard that Zhu Yuliang was going back in a hurry, so he quickly asked what to do with a salamander.

Originally, the village asked people from the county to come here for this guy. If they want to leave now, this thing hasn't been dealt with yet.

Hearing this, Zhu Yuliang calmed down at this moment, and remembered that there was another big guy here.

"Why don't you take it back together, I really don't feel relieved to leave it here with us."

"No, we can't take it back, because of the water quality, there is no special place for it in the county, and it's too delicate to withstand such a long journey."

Before Zhu Yuliang could speak, Bai Xue who was next to him objected.

The environment in the county is indeed not very good, because the county town started from the coal mines, so how good the environmental water quality can be.

Later generations have the saying that 30 years of mining coal and 100 years of environmental governance.

The money was earned by others, and when the coal reserves were exhausted, the people left. In the end, the county itself had to spend a large sum of money every year to clean up the environment.

"How about this, Zhang An, it will be placed here at your house first, and it will be placed directly in your fish pond. You can take care of it every day and feed it some food. I will apply for you from the department later." A subsidy, see if this works."

Zhu Yuliang thought for a while, and then told Zhang An his thoughts.

Zhang An also thought about it for a while, and felt that it didn't really matter. After these people left, he would put this guy in the space, and he usually didn't bother to care about it.

And build a good relationship with Zhu Yuliang, the animals in the house may need his help in the future.

"No problem, just put it here first, I promise to be optimistic about it, nothing will happen."

After getting Zhang An's consent, Zhu Yuliang rushed back to the county with Bai Xue and Wang Tao.

Before leaving, they gave Zhang An their lunch money, but Zhang An would not ask for it, the family did not lack these tens of dollars.

But in the end Zhu Yuliang said that they had allowances for going out, and told Zhang An not to be polite.

To be reasonable, this made Zhang An a little unaccustomed. The staff in the county went to the countryside for business, and even offered to pay for meals. This is absolutely impossible in later generations.

It is absolutely impossible for the Heavenly King and Lao Tzu to come.

"Zhang An, this four-legged snake won't cause any problems with you, right?"

The old village head Zhang Jianwen was still a little worried.

"Uncle, it's okay, not many people know about it, and this guy is usually afraid of light, stays under the water, no one can find out, and if you don't tell me, I don't tell you, who will know that it's still there?" In our village."

Zhang An comforted the worried old uncle, and the two walked out of Zhang An's yard.

When they got to the drying yard, they found Zhang Yan and the other dolls playing with some fruits on the ground.

Zhang An looked familiar, but he didn't remember it.

After walking a few steps into the village, Zhang An realized something was wrong. Zhang An remembered what the dolls were playing with just now.

He hurried back. Seeing Zhang An running back, Zhang Jianwen thought something happened, so he also rushed over.

"Anzi, what's wrong?"

The old village chief asked while panting.

"The thing Yanzi and the other dolls were playing with just now may be poisonous, I have to go and have a look."

After finding Zhang Yan, Zhang An saw a small group of them, each holding a large bunch, playing happily on the ground.

"Brother An."

When Zhang Yan saw Zhang An coming, she called out sweetly.

Zhang An picked up the fruit on the ground and took a look. It was the fruit of pokeweed, but Zhang An couldn't tell whether it was a native pokeweed or a foreign pokeweed with just this string.

The native pokeweed is also called wild radish, which is not poisonous and can still be seen now.

As for the exotic pokeweed, the whole plant is poisonous, from the root to the fruit.

Zhang An saw that someone ate this stuff and died.

So when he saw Zhang Yan and the others playing this game just now, he didn't dare to be careless.

But after more than ten years, the native pokeweed and Prunella vulgaris were no longer seen in the village.

"Swallow, where did this thing come from, can you take me to find it?"

"Xiao An, you also want to find Hei Guoguo, it's behind the house of the fourth aunt's house, I'll take you there."

It's rare for this little girl to see her elder brother ask her to do something, but she can speak like an adult.

Zhang An followed them all the way down to the village, and finally came to the back of the fourth aunt's house.

This is an old homestead that has been laid for many years. It should be left by the fourth aunt's family for her son to build a house.

It's just that it hasn't been covered yet, and Grandma Sigu has planted some vegetables on it.

Crossing the path, Zhang An went inside. There were still birch trees planted by the fourth aunt's grandfather for many years.

There are a lot of live weeds growing underneath, this thing Zhang An hates the most, because as long as you touch it, you will be covered in it all over.

In the past, Zhang An was disobedient when he was a child and went diving in the big river. When Wang Fang found it, he was very angry.

I chopped a long tree of live hemp on the side of the road, and then yanked it directly at Zhang An's legs without pants. The strength was not great, but both of Zhang An's legs were covered with big live hemp. Bag.

Many adults in the village educate their children in this way, because this thing is not poisonous, and it will not hurt the body if it is beaten, but the scabs on the body will last a little longer and wrap up to a hundred million points.

And it's so itchy and painful, it's really uncomfortable.

Since then, Zhang An has not dived into the river again, but he also bears a grudge against the living hemp.

To be reasonable, everyone in Zhang An's generation who knows Huoma has basically been smoked with Huoma by the adults in the family when they were young.

Those who were younger than Zhang An were beaten more.

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