My village can't be like this

Chapter 134

"Second Grandpa, do you still have any coal here?"

The weather is getting colder, and Mr. Zhang has stopped digging medicine in the mountains recently.

Last time Zhang An bought him a small radio in the county.

He is now listening to the radio or storytelling in the yard when he is free.

When it was time to listen to storytelling at noon, there were a bunch of dolls sitting in the yard, all of whom came to listen to storytelling.

"There's still a pile at Coal Pit Head."

Although Zhang Erye had said it, Zhang An still went to the edge of the coal pit to have a look.

When the plastic sheet covering the coal pit was uncovered, it was found that there was indeed a pile of coal inside.

But they are all coal noodles, and they are still loose and not compacted, so they should have just been poured in.

"Second Grandpa, have you bought coal this year?"

"Your uncle bought it last week, and picked a few hundred catties to burn it for us."

Speaking of this, Second Master Zhang is also a little happy, who doesn't want his children to be kind and filial.

In the past, the sons fought over each other, and they always blushed when they met.

Every time Zhang Erye and his wife watched it, although they didn't say anything, they still felt very uncomfortable in their hearts.

It's all right now, the elders don't quarrel with other brothers, but care about the two elders from time to time.

This made Zhang Erye's other sons and daughters-in-law feel a sense of crisis.

I'm afraid that the boss will gain the favor of the old man by doing this, and the benefits in the future will be his alone.

So everyone imitated the boss in a decent manner, and often wandered around in front of the two elders to ask for their care.

Although they are all pretending to show outsiders and the old man.

But at least they didn't quarrel like before, when three sentences were wrong.

After lunch, Zhang An saw that the old man had already bought coal.

So Zhang An went to borrow their carriage and bought a cart of coal.

Zhang An didn't drive the pickup truck at home to pull coal, mainly because he was lazy.

Now that the weather is cold, Zhang An doesn't want to wash the car.

How good it is to use a carriage, and a few catties of corn fodder for a hundred kilometers can be done.

Now that the main road and the small road are repaired, even the carriage will not shake when it runs.

Therefore, when rushing to the market in normal times, there are quite a lot of people in carriages.

In the past, everyone didn't take a carriage, but the main reason was that the road was not good, and taking a carriage was too bumpy, so it was better to save some money by walking.

Zhang An came to the coal pipe station in the town. There were quite a few people waiting to buy coal here. There were quite a few people lined up in front of the window.

Most of them came by horse-drawn carriage, and two people came by Shifeng tricycle.

Originally, Zhang An thought that so many people would have to queue up, but he went up to ask and found that these people were all here to buy coal noodles.

So Zhang An went to the window and told the person inside that he wanted to buy coal.

As soon as the people inside heard that Zhang An was going to buy coal, they immediately came out to take Zhang An to load the car, and there was no need to line up.

Because coal is too expensive, few people buy it.

Someone in the coal bunker is responsible for loading goods, so Zhang An doesn't have to do it.

You just need to watch them weigh the coal and make a note of the amount yourself.

At present, the coal pipe station does not have an electronic scale that weighs the whole vehicle at the same time. Each package is weighed with a scale, and then the total weight is calculated.

Therefore, you have to be optimistic when weighing, because some people will feel numb when they put on the goods.

The old uncle's carriage was considered relatively large, but it couldn't fit in only twelve packs of coal.

Zhang An went over to pay the money with the bill, and then drove Dahei home.

The pockets that Zhang An brought were not big, one bag could hold about 1000 catties of coal, and the total weight of the car was more than [-] catties.

Dahei was also very easy to pull up, and wanted to let go and run several times on the road.

But they were all reined in by Zhang An, just kidding, this car is full of coal, if it runs up and turns around, it is easy to dump the car.

Back home, Zhang An unloaded six bags and put them in the coal storage area in his backyard.

Then he took the remaining six bags into the village, three bags were for the second grandpa's house, and the other three bags were for the fourth grandpa's house.

Although the fourth grandpa lives with his uncle's family, Zhang An doesn't want to leave a word for his aunt in the future.

Arriving at the door of the second grandfather's house, after Zhang Anle stopped Dahei, he began to carry the coal in his pocket into the yard.

"Xiao An, what are you carrying?" Second Master Zhang asked as Zhang An came in carrying a bag of things.

"Second Grandpa, this is the coal I went to buy today. I'll bring you a few bags."

"Why do you waste money so recklessly, my coal pit is full, enough to burn for a long time."

Grandma Zhang heard Zhang An's words and came out of the house.

"Second Grandma, coal lumps are not hot enough to burn in cold weather, and these coal lumps will be burned behind you."

The latter two elders didn't say much, and their grandson was particular about what he did.

They were all sent here because of their filial piety, so even though Zhang An was talking about spending money indiscriminately, he was still beautiful in his heart.

Zhang An didn't put these coals in the coal pit of the second grandfather's house, but carried them directly to the coal stove.

This also saves the rain, and it is also convenient for the second grandmother to take it out for burning.

When I came to the fourth grandpa's house, I found that my uncle was at home today.

"Uncle is at home today."

"An Zi is here, come and sit first."

"I bought some lumps of coal today, and brought a few packs to burn for Fourth Grandpa in cold weather."

Zhang Jianfeng also saw the pocket bag on the carriage, and Zhang An said it was coal.

How can I accept it directly, and immediately refused:
"Anzi, take it back and burn it. Your fourth grandfather is with us, so you're afraid we didn't burn it."

"Uncle, what you bought belongs to your family, and I bought it for the fourth grandpa."

Zhang An didn't care what Uncle Jianfeng said, he carried the coal and put it in the coal loading place.

No matter what Zhang Jianfeng said, Zhang An would not listen.

The family has encountered such a situation many times, and in the end it can only be left to Zhang An.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month of winter.

When I woke up early in the morning, it was white outside, and there were still large flakes of goose feather snow floating in the sky.

Zhang An found out that it was snowing last night, because he woke up from the cold when he slept until the middle of the night.

The temperature plummeted, and Zhang An had to get up and add a quilt.

Zhang An didn't pay much attention to the time on weekdays. Looking at the calendar today, he found that his family had already changed a calendar.

There are still more than 20 days left, and the New Year is coming.

For winter, most dolls love it.

One is that there will be a winter vacation, and the other is that the Chinese New Year is coming.

But Zhang An didn't like winter when he was young, because he had to wear thick clothes in winter.

At that time, Zhang An had a bad temper and didn't like Wang Fang dressing him.

Especially in cold weather, there are five, six, seven or eight pieces of clothes when you wear them.

The main reason is that there were no down jackets at that time, and it was impossible to afford them.

The cotton padded clothes at home are not very thick, just a thin layer.

So when it's cold, the adults at home will ask the children to wear more clothes.

Originally a skinny villain, after putting on so many clothes.

They have all become fat, and it is inconvenient to play, and it is uncomfortable to do anything, and they can't bend their hands when eating.

At noon, the snowflakes in the sky stopped

"Zhang An, go to the mountain to catch rabbits?"

Just after lunch, Li Hongbin came to the door.

The family came back a few days ago and planned to celebrate the New Year in the village, and they will not go back to the town this year.

The father and son in front of them are well dressed.

"I want to eat rabbits. There are many in my family circle, so I don't need to go out to suffer from the cold."

Zhang An, who was in a world of ice and snow, didn't really want to go out.

"Hey, you are such a disappointment. Anyway, you have nothing to do at home, so you should go out to play."

Li Hongbin rolled his eyes and urged Zhang An to go with them.

"Okay, wait for me to change my shoes."

Irritated by what the father and son told him, Zhang An could only get up and change his shoes
It was snowing all over the outside, and you had to wear boots to go out, or you would get wet before you walked far.

After packing up, Zhang An set off with the three dogs at home.

Huatou also flew out of the nest when he heard that Zhang An was about to go out.

Even if Zhang An didn't take it with him, it would fly over by itself.

Anyway, they are going out to play, so let's go.

Zhang An led the Li family father and son towards the back of the village, and happened to meet Huang Erye who came out.

"Second Master, where is this going?"

"Last night, I put a few covers on the back of the house. I didn't expect it to snow heavily in the second half of the night. I'll go and see if it's covered. Where are you going?"

Huang Erye looked at Zhang An's posture, there was a large group of people and dogs, and there was an old kite floating in the sky.

The back of the house is not the back of someone's house, but the name of the back mountain in the village.

With such place names, Changqing Village also has many places such as Laowuji, Datianba, Doupe Mountain, and the foot of the eaves.

They were all named by the old people of that generation a long time ago, and some of them know the origin of the name.

In some places, only one place name has been handed down, but it’s okay, just follow everyone’s name.

Anyway, just open your mouth and everyone knows where it is.

"Isn't it snowing heavily? Let's go out and play and see if we can pick up a few things."

It happened that Second Master Huang was also going to the mountain, so Zhang An and the others followed Second Master Huang.

There is no need to think about the mountains in the distance, and it will not be worthwhile to go back and forth for half a day.

It's right to follow the second master Huang. As the ancients said, people have human ways, and beasts have animal ways.

But where is this way, it is really these veterans who are most familiar with it.

A group of people walked up the back mountain, and a line of deep footprints appeared in the snow behind them.

After a night of accumulation, the snow was at least half a foot thick.

"Second Grandpa, how far do we have to go?"

Li Yao followed him for a long time, but found that he hadn't seen anything yet.

This little guy was tired from walking a long time ago, but Li Hongbin didn't like him at all and let him walk by himself.

So Li Yao asked Huang Erye.

Huang Erye had a good impression of this polite little guy. He smiled and said, "We'll be there soon. Have you seen the grove in front? That's it."

While speaking, he also showed Li Yao the direction with his fingers.

Everyone came out today without thinking of catching anything good, because there are only some pheasants and hares near the mountain.

In summer, there are some stone pounds and frogs.

It is impossible for large animals such as roe deer and deer to come here.

When Li Yao heard that he was coming soon, his listless look came back to life.

Along the way, there is no sign of anyone walking in the snow.

Except for the long string of footprints behind them, Zhang An and the others stepped on them themselves.

Presumably, with such a big snowflake, most people huddled at home and warmed themselves by the fire.

Before walking into the woods, the snow was flat.

But when everyone got to the woods, they saw many animal footprints on the snow.

Mostly a mess of grouse tracks, and a few snow holes made by hares.

Then Huang Erye slowly looked for the place where he made a trap last night.

These sets were all buried in the snow, and I thought there was nothing to gain.

Who would have thought that after planing two places, they would find a grouse caught in the cover.

However, the chicken has long been out of breath and is frozen hard. If it is normal, it may still have a chance of survival.

But after being buried in the snow for so long, he froze to death long ago.

After digging out five sets, Huang Erye harvested a grouse and a hare.

Huang Erye smiled and handed the rabbit and grouse to Li Yao, letting him take them.

It means to give these two prey to Li Hongbin's family to eat.

Li Yao had never seen dead rabbits and chickens, and he had only seen live ones in Zhang An's house.

On weekdays, Li Hongbin avoided him when he was killing chickens, so Li Yao didn't see many dead things.

Now that he saw the frozen animal, he didn't dare to reach out to pick it up.

Instead, he hid behind Li Hongbin, making everyone laugh.

"Second Master, you can keep it for yourself. Our family wants to eat something raised by Zhang An's family."

Hearing what Li Hongbin said, Second Master Huang was not polite.

He took a rope from his pocket, tied the two together, and tied it to his belt.

"Wow, there's a big black chicken in there."

When Li Yao came to the mountain, he was curious about everything, scanning everywhere like a search light.

After a while, a grouse was found in the snow, and the little guy wanted to run over and catch the grouse.

But in the snow, how could he catch it.

If a child in the village met him, he might start picking out a slingshot.

Watching Li Yao run over to catch the grouse, Zhang An and the others just watched in place.

Just let him play for a while, there is no danger anyway.

Li Yao ran for a long time, but found that he couldn't run after running, and finally his feet were still stuck in the snow.

On the contrary, the grouse ran farther and farther, and when he ran out, he found that no one was chasing him, so he stopped.

Because he didn't catch him, Li Yao is very angry now.

So when I turned my head, I called Dahu to rush out and let Dahu catch the damn chicken.

Among the three brothers, Dahu is the one who pleases Li Yao the most.

Dahu and his brothers run fast on weekdays, although it is snowy here, their speed has been affected a bit.

But the grouse is also affected, and it doesn't get very far before it has to stop.

So when it comes to endurance competition, these grouse are no match for Dahu.

You must know that not long ago, Xiaohu chased the musk deer at home until he couldn't run.

The big tiger and the two tigers rushed out, and two ditches appeared in the snow in an instant.

And Xiaohu followed Zhang An quietly, not joining in the fun.

The grouse saw something chasing after him, and started flopping forward again.

If it is in a high place on weekdays, the grouse can still glide for a short time.

But now in this snow field, it can't flutter at all.

He could only run on two feet, and his wings were wet with snow.

When he was exhausted at last, Erhu threw him to his feet and returned to Zhang An with his mouth in his mouth.

"Okay, okay, I got it."

Regardless of whether it was caught by the big tiger or the little tiger, Li Yao was very happy when he caught it.

(End of this chapter)