My village can't be like this

Chapter 168

"How about it, do you still feel spicy now?"

After the two of them drank half a cup of honey water, Zhang An asked.

Su Ying and Wang Min both smacked their mouths and opened their eyes wide.

"Hey, I only feel a little bit. It turns out that honey water can relieve spicy heat."

"This honey is sweet, and it seems to relieve spicy heat."

Wang Min said affirmatively, "I remember eating too spicy food when I was a child, and my grandma put a candy in my mouth, so I couldn't feel the spicy food anymore."

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier, I drank water for a long time, you see my stomach is bulging now."

Su Ying rolled Wang Min's eyes, this person was a bit of an afterthought.

"Hey, I just remembered this."

In fact, most people should know that if the food is too spicy, eat something sour or sweet.

It can suppress the spicy feeling in the mouth to a great extent, but it has to be kept in the mouth.

Otherwise, it's like drinking water. After drinking the water, the mouth is still so hot.

But Su Ying usually can eat spicy food by herself, and there is no time when she needs to eat other things to relieve the spicy food.

When the two were discussing about how to relieve the spicy heat, Zhang An took out a piece of lamb leg from the refrigerator.

"Zhang An, what are you doing with a piece of meat? Do you want to feed it to Huatou?"

Wang Min thought of Zhang An's flower head, and felt that everyone had eaten, and Zhang An should be going to feed the eagles.

"No, Huatou of our family can go out to find food by himself, so we don't need to worry about it at all."

While Zhang An was talking, he took out the bamboo sticks he bought last time from the lower shelf of the cabinet.

"I'm going to cut and wear lamb kebabs, and we'll eat them on skewers later."

"Don't, don't wear it, wear it tomorrow, how about tonight, I can't eat anything."

Su Ying heard that Zhang An was going to wear mutton skewers, so she hurried over to take the mutton in his hand, and continued to put it back in the refrigerator.

I didn't pay attention to dinner just now, I ate too much, and then she and Wang Min drank a lot of water.

Now my stomach is still full, so I can't eat anything else.

She didn't even want Zhang An to do it, because if Zhang An baked it, they would definitely not be able to stand the temptation.

"Wait until tomorrow to bake, there's nothing to eat right now."

Zhang An didn't insist, and put away all the things he just took out.

"Why don't we go for a walk to digest food? We don't have a TV at home, and it's boring for you to sit. I'll buy a TV in a few days and come back, so I can watch TV next time."

If Zhang An is alone, he can just find something to do and the time will pass.

No matter how bad he was, he went back to his room, ran to the space to do some busy work, and fell asleep when he came out. He really didn't feel so boring in normal times.

After dinner at night, after packing up.

Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo went to the house of Zhang An's second and third uncles, as if they were going to discuss something.

There are only three of Zhang An and the others left in this family.

"Okay, then let's go out for a walk. We didn't go out during the day, but we won't encounter snakes or anything like that at night."

"That's not true. At this time, the snake is still sleeping in the cave, and you can't even see the tortoise."

Now that winter has just come, the snakes are still hibernating.

Didn't the locals say that on March [-]rd, the snake came out of the mountain, and on September [-]th, the snake drilled into the soil.

Although there are also snakes that do not hibernate, that kind of thing will not appear in Tianba.

Because if they live in the fields, they must not live long, most of them live in the mountains.

The most common species in this field are cauliflower snakes, and they even make their homes on the ridges of the fields.

With a flashlight on, Zhang An took the two of them for a stroll by the river.

I walked all the way to the flooded pond in the lower reaches of the big river. Since winter and spring are dry seasons, the dams of the flooded pond are all exposed.

In summer, these dams are full of river water, which is a paradise for the buffaloes in the village.

"Zhang An, I found that your village is different from other places."

Hearing what Wang Min said, Zhang An was quite curious.

"Oh? What's the difference?"

"Look, you have beautiful mountains and clear waters here, and the environment is still very clean, and when you came here at noon, you didn't find a grave in your village. Do you have a grave here?"

Wang Min also traveled to many villages, her hometown, her grandmother's house, and many classmates' homes.

Basically, in rural villages, there are more or less tombs.

But in Zhang An's village, Wang Min looked for a long time and didn't see a tombstone or a grave.

"Well, the ancestral precepts left by the old people in our village, no matter who is old, don't be buried in the village."

Zhang An slowly told Su Ying and the others about the deeds of their ancestors.

After hearing this, the two of them admired those seniors very much.

"When I was young, I went to my grandmother's house. There are really many graves for the elderly in their village. Some people have several in front of their house. It's quite scary to look at."

Not to mention when he was a child, Wang Min would be afraid now when he grows up, especially when walking alone at night.

This is a local characteristic of the southwest region, and it is found in almost all villages.

Hongyan Town is also Changqing Village, and there are no graves for old people in Wangjiachong and Maocaoping villages.

And because of this incident, people in other villages felt that the Changqing brigade did not respect the elderly.

The night in spring is still a bit cold, so it is not suitable to go out for a long time at night.

After walking around, everyone was full of stomachs just now, and now they have all digested.

Everyone went back, washed and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, both Wang Min and Su Ying got up very early.

Usually they would sleep a little longer, but today they were guests at Zhang An's house, so they couldn't let others think they were too lazy.

Wang Min, who rarely gets up so early, still has a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

But when she went downstairs, she found that Zhang An and Zhang An's parents had already woken up early.

Wang Fang, who was watering the seedlings in the backyard, handed the watering can to Zhang An to sprinkle water, and then went into the house to prepare hot water for the two girls to wash.

"It's watering, Zhang An."

After Su Ying washed up, she saw Zhang An sprinkling water and wanted to come over to try it.

Zhang An didn't refuse either, anyway, she would definitely get in touch with some people after she came in.

So I handed her the watering can with only half a jug of water left in my hand.

"Isn't it pouring like this?"

"That's right, that's it, but you have to be a little gentler, and you can't lift it too steeply, otherwise there will be too much water."

Such seedlings that have just grown and are not very tall must be sprinkled with water, but they cannot be sprinkled too much.

The movements of Su Ying's hands changed according to Zhang An's words, and after a while, she had mastered the essentials of watering the seedlings.

Wang Min, on the other hand, sat on the side without much interest, watching the two watering.

"This job looks easy, but it's actually not easy to do."

Su Ying rubbed her wrist, feeling a little sore.

After Zhang An asked Su Ying to water the two ridges, he took over the watering can.

This pot is still a bit heavy when filled with water, Su Ying has not done much farm work.

If she was allowed to carry it for a long time, her hands would definitely be sore later.

That feeling is very uncomfortable, and it will last for a long time.

Zhang An must be reluctant to make Teacher Xiao Su work so hard.

By the time all the ditches had been watered, Wang Fang had already cooked breakfast.

Because they ate too much oil last night, Wang Fang cooked noodles in clear soup this morning, which could relieve Su Ying and the others' stomachs.

The family was preparing to have breakfast when Zhang An heard the sound of "chirp" outside.

"Xiao An, it seems that our nest of swallows has returned."

The pair of swallows in Zhang An's new house came to build their nest after the house was built last year.

They were supposed to have nests elsewhere, but lost their nests along the way.

It may have been stabbed by an ignorant doll, or it may have been occupied by other birds.

So they had to choose a new place to build their nests, and finally chose Zhang An's house.

After harvesting the grain in the fields in the village, most of the barn swallows will start flying south.

They will not fly back until the end of winter.

Birds like swallows have a particularly good memory. After they fly away, they will come back if there is no accident.

The pair of swallows in Zhang An's old house have lived in Zhang An's house for many years.

Wang Fang remembers coming back every spring and flying away at the end of autumn.

Including the couple who just built a nest at home last year, Wang Fang is also thinking about it.

Therefore, Wang Fang often watches over the swallows' nests at home to prevent sparrows or other birds from occupying them.

The day when the swallow comes back is not fixed, and the situation is different every year.

Sometimes early, sometimes, it depends on the weather and temperature.

Generally, the swallows in the village are in their early March and will start to return.

It's been warm this year so they've come back a few days earlier.

If the swallows of any year didn't come back in April, it must be a bad year.

Wang Fang was about to go out with a bowl to watch, when she heard a voice of "Wow~Wow~".

As soon as the voice was heard, it was the old crow coming out.

No one in the village likes crows, because they think it is unlucky, and their calls are very loud and unpleasant.

Hearing the sounds of "chirp" and "wow", Zhang An felt that something was wrong.

When Zhang An walked into the yard, he happened to see several crows besieging two barn swallows in the sky.

No wonder Zhang An felt that the swallow's voice was not right, it turned out that he was being bullied.

No matter who it is, as long as they see such a situation, they should choose to help Yanzi.

Zhang An was no exception, especially since the two swallows were frequent visitors to his house.

"Why are these crows like this? Why are they attacking the swallows? Zhang An, let's find a way to help these swallows."

Although Su Ying didn't dislike crows very much, she liked swallows very much in her heart.

After all, the education we have received from childhood has made everyone regard swallows as friends of human beings.

Watching the crows attacking the swallows, four or five of them beating two of them.

The crow suddenly became a villain in Su Ying's heart, even if the crow was beautified in the textbook.

Needless to say, Su Ying, Zhang An definitely wanted to help Yanzi.

Wang Fang was already looking for long poles in the yard.

Zhang An was about to whistle and call Huatou out.

With a scream, Huatou flew out of her nest and flew straight towards the flock of birds.

As soon as the crow heard Huatou's voice, seeing that the situation was not right, he stopped besieging the swallow and prepared to scatter for his life.

But where they can escape, even normal goshawks and crows are their toys.

What's more, the flower heads are more fierce than ordinary goshawks, and they have no good fruit to eat.

Unless the number of crows is very large, it can be tied.

In the eyes of everyone, the flower head is like a sharp arrow flying through the air.

Aim at a crow and fly away, grab it with its claws, and a crow several times the size of the swallow falls in the yard.

After thumping twice, he didn't thump.

"Nice job, Huatou."

Su Ying and Wang Min at the bottom looked at Huatou chasing the crow, cheering it on.

Originally, they thought that catching one would be the end, but they didn't expect that the flower head at this time was the beginning.

Every time Huatou circled in the air, a crow was caught by it and thrown into Zhang An's yard.

Accompanied by a burst of hawk violence that frightened the sky and suppressed the clouds, none of the four crows escaped, and they were neatly placed in the yard.

This call seems to be Huatou warning other birds around, this is their own territory, don't come here to play wild.

Eagles are very territorial, and even their own kind are not allowed to appear in their own airspace.

What's more, a few small crows dare to act wild in front of Mr. Huatou.

As for the two barn swallows, Huatou also wanted to kill them last year.

But before he could do anything, he was caught by Zhang An and taught him a lesson.

So it can only treat those two swallows as its neighbors obediently.

When the flower head flew down from the sky, it seemed like a child who wanted to ask Zhang An for credit.

"Go, go, you just finished catching the smelly old crow, go and wash your paws."

Zhang An didn't give Huatou a chance, he patted it, and Huatou also flew to the river to wash his paws.

Su Ying had seen such a situation last time, but Wang Min was different, her mouth was so shocked that she opened her mouth wide.

"Flower heads are not in vain, these old crows are really unpleasant."

Wang Fang saw a crow on the ground that was not dead, but was still flopping.

He picked up the broom from the side and hammered it to death, and then rewarded Huatou with a large piece of meat in satisfaction.

"Fortunately, there are flower heads here today, otherwise they are at such a high place, we can't help much, and the two swallows will probably be pecked to death by these crows."

The two barn swallows were standing on the pole that Zhang An built for them. They must have been injured a little bit. Zhang An heard that something was wrong with their voices.

Zhang An found a stool and stood on it, letting out the breath of space, and then passed his hand towards them.

Perhaps feeling the breath of space, the two barn swallows obediently stood on Zhang An's hands, not too afraid of Zhang An.

But at this moment Zhang An could clearly feel them trembling.

"It seems to be injured."

Zhang An picked up the swallows and found that one of the swallows had a small wound, but the other one was not injured.

"Then what should we do, Zhang An, will they die?"

Su Ying heard Zhang An said that the swallows were injured, and was very worried about them.

"It's okay, just a small hole, and it will be fine in a few days."

Zhang An checked them before putting them back in the nest.

　Sorry, I was left to work overtime today, who has to work overtime when May Day is not a holiday, oh, it turned out to be me! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)