My village can't be like this

Chapter 200 Turtle Fish
One morning, Zhang An and his father were both immersed in pulling weeds in the field.

In fact, every household in the countryside has a tool such as a seedling rake, but this year there are too many bermudagrass.

Seedling rakes are not very useful, so it is more convenient to pull them out by hand.

At the beginning, a pile was pulled out, and it was to be taken out of the paddy field and spread out on the road ridge to dry.

But after pulling it inside, Zhang An was a little too lazy to run outside.

Simply put all these uprooted duck tongues into the space, and then deal with them when I go back and find some time.

Sure enough, without having to run around frequently, Zhang An's speed of weeding the field was greatly accelerated.

"Jianguo, Xiaoan, you're not going home for dinner yet."

Zhang Anzheng didn't listen to the surrounding affairs, and only wanted to pull the grass in the field.

Suddenly he heard someone calling himself, and looked up to see that Huang Erye was on the road beside the field.

Zhang An looked at the time in his hand, and before he knew it, it was almost twelve o'clock.

"Second master go back to eat first, we will come right away."

Zhang Jianguo got up and talked to Huang Erye, he thought about getting involved and hugging them out together.

"Let's go, you see, Xiao An's mother has already come over, probably to call you to go back to eat."

Hearing this, Zhang An raised his head and looked in the direction of the village. Sure enough, he saw his mother walking towards the field.

"Dad, let's go back to eat first, there's not much left anyway."

In one morning, the father and son finished hoeing a field in two sentences.

In the end, there is only less than half of this piece left.

Come back after dinner in the afternoon, and it won't take long to finish the hoe.

Zhang Jianguo didn't stay in the field when he heard Zhang An shouting.

The father and son walked to the edge of the field and washed the mud off their feet in the ditch.

It may be because Zhang An's calf is whiter, and the blood tastes better.

So when Zhang An came out, there were two leeches lying on his calf, but Zhang Jianguo next to him had none on his leg.

Zhang An didn't get used to them either, he slapped the two leeches to the ground.

The originally long leech is now shrunk into a ball, looking short and thick, and still wriggling back and forth.

"Second Master, have you finished hoeing your fields?"

"No, there is too much grass this year, and it may take several days to finish it."

"It's not in a hurry, anyway, it's not time to hoe Baogu in these two days, so take your time."

The bracts that had been planted before had only been put in a fertilizer two weeks ago.

Wait for them to grow, and in July and August, Baogu will grow to be as tall as half a person.

At that time, it is time to put the second fertilizer, and we have to weed the corn.

Everything in summer seems to be arranged, first the fields are planted.

After the work in the field is done, the corn will be planted in the field.

After the corn is planted and the seedlings planted in the field have turned green and started to grow, it is time to fertilize and hoe the field.

The work in the field has just finished, and it is time to weed and fertilize the corn in the field. This schedule seems to be rushed.

But I don't feel so rushed when doing it. Everything seems to be arranged and proceeded according to the plan.

After lunch, Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo were not in a hurry to go to the field.

Now is not the time for busy farming, and there is no need to rush to work.

Although it has not fallen into ambush yet, the sun in the sky cannot be underestimated.

If you go to the ground under the sun at noon, you still can't stand it.

So the father and son simply moved out on a deck chair, rested for half the pay, and went to the fields in the afternoon.

Below Zhang An's yard is a paddy field with seedlings planted.

The rice has grown in the past two days, and at a glance, there are lush and green seedlings everywhere.

From time to time, a few black-footed crakes can be seen coming out of this paddy field, cooing.

Lying under the tree, the cool wind blowing from the paddy fields.

After blowing it on my body, I can obviously feel that it becomes extremely cool in this hot summer day.

Unknowingly, with the wind blowing the seedlings and leaves, there were rustling sounds, and Zhang An fell asleep quietly.

"Brother An, brother An."

Zhang An was sleeping soundly, and there was a voice calling for himself in his ear.

"What are you shouting for? It's called a soul."

Zhang An rubbed his eyes and realized that it was Zhang Tie and the group of mischievous ghosts calling him.

Zhang An felt a little uncomfortable when he was suddenly woken up after sleeping soundly.

Zhang An was really annoyed, and he couldn't help speaking loudly, which startled the leather dolls next to him.

In their impression, Zhang An hadn't gotten angry at them for several years.

Since returning to this era, Zhang An has never had a dream.

I didn't expect that I just took a nap in this yard today and fell into a dream.

At this moment, he vaguely remembered that in the dream, after he and Su Ying got married, the family lived happily together.

Usually, the two of us live the days of me plowing the fields and weaving cloth, but this little life is so sweet that it is unreasonable.

Within a few months of marriage, Su Ying became pregnant with the heir of the old Zhang family.

Like a bodhisattva, Zhang An worked hard, looking left and right, and finally waited until the day when the child was about to be born.

In his dream, he just saw the delivery room opened, and the doctor came out holding a little life, saying that the mother and child were safe.

Zhang An went forward with great anticipation, and stretched out his hand to take his child.

But at the moment when Zhang An was about to pick up the child, Zhang An was woken up by the children.

All of a sudden, the image in Zhang An's mind changed from the hospital to his own yard.

This transformation confused Zhang An, and Zhang An didn't even see what the child in his dream looked like.

Zhang An was really a bit uncomfortable, although it was in a dream, but it was only a little bit short, Zhang An could see his child.

Originally a very happy thing, even in a dream, Zhang An is like a happy flower.

If I want to see him next time, I might really have to wait until Zhang An gets married and the child is born.

Zhang An doesn't dream easily in the first place, and the next time he has a dream, he is not sure what it will be.

What's more, even if it is a dream, it may not necessarily be this dream.

But after a while, Zhang An woke up.

Looking at the little monkeys standing in front of them who dare not move, they all looked trembling.

Only then did Zhang An realize that he was really irritable just now, which frightened them all.

"Tell me Zhang Tie, what do you want from me?"

Zhang An rubbed his eyes before asking in a soft voice what they were looking for.

"Well, we caught something."

Hearing that Zhang An's voice was not as fierce as before, the Piwazi dared to speak.

"What did you find again, show it to me."

Zhang Tie, these skinny monkeys, often wandered around outside, and would bring something to Zhang An from time to time.

Sometimes there are some flowers and plants, and sometimes there are some small animals, which swim in the water, crawl on the ground, and fly in the sky.

They know that Zhang An likes to keep things, so they show Zhang An first when they catch them.

"Here, this is it, a big turtle."

Hearing Zhang An's words, Zhang Tie took out the things from behind with a playful smile.

"Where did you catch it?"

At this time, what Zhang Tie was holding in his hand was an old turtle that was bigger than a plate. Zhang An and the others also called it turtle or soft-shelled turtle.

Zhang An took it from Zhang Tie's hand. The old turtle's body was gray and greenish.

The abdomen is grayish white with some gray spots clearly visible.

This guy has a sharp head, and Zhang An knew it would definitely bite at a glance.

"At the head of the ditch behind is the Niuguntang."

Zhang An knew that the place Zhang Tie mentioned was not far from the village.

The ditch behind Changqing Village flows down from the mountain behind it.

There is a place where the height difference is relatively large, and it is estimated to be seven or eight meters high.

Therefore, when the water in the ditch goes there, it flows down from above.

After a long time, a large pond was formed in the place below.

Maybe when it was named at that time, the pond was just big enough for a buffalo to roll in it, so it was called Niuguntang by everyone.

But in fact, few people drive the buffalo there to bathe and play in the water.

Because the big river is at the entrance of the village, there is no need to go so far.

"You don't go to class, what are you doing in the ditch? Are you going to take a bath again?"

It's past two o'clock, and they should all be sitting in the classroom during normal times.

"Brother, we finished the exam yesterday, we are on summer vacation now, okay?"

Zhang Tie said to Zhang An triumphantly.

After the summer vacation, they became runaway wild horses, and the family should have a headache.

"Oh, you are already on vacation."

Now Zhang An has nothing to say. After all, everyone is on holiday, so you can play with confidence.

"Take it back, let your dad sell it, and you should be able to sell it for some money."

Zhang An handed the old turtle in his hand to Zhang Tie. Not to mention how expensive it is now, but it can still be sold for some money.

"Brother, I won't sell it to my dad. He won't give me any money after selling it. You can keep it at home."

After following Zhang An for a long time, Zhang Tie has some symptoms more or less, and wants to support everything he gets.

For example, lobsters, mountain crabs, and thrushes, his family now has a lot of them.

"It's not interesting to just keep one, let your dad take it back and sell it."

In Changqing, although there are big rivers, there are not too many soft-shelled turtles.

Usually, if you want to catch two wild old turtles, you really have to work hard.

Although they live in the water, they are often active on the shore.

For example, laying eggs has to go ashore, not in the river.

Therefore, the places they like to stay are generally places with mudflats, which are convenient for them to go ashore.

In the big river, only the area of ​​the flooded pond can be seen the traces of the old turtle's activities.

In other places, because the river bank is relatively steep and the river is relatively deep, it is not easy to see.

But it's not impossible, maybe with good luck, if you cast a net down, you will catch an old turtle moving in the water.

"Who said there is only one, take out the stone quickly."

When Zhang Tie heard that Zhang An didn't want to raise him, he hurriedly told the friends next to him.

Hearing Zhang Tie's shout, the little fellows took out the turtle hidden behind them.

Including Zhang Tie's biggest one, there are four in total, although the latter ones are much smaller.

"Did you copy this old turtle's house?"

Usually there are quite a few people to find, but it is really rare to find four at once.

"No, when we went, they were all basking in the sun with their heads up on the rock, so we caught them, but before we caught them, a few of them got into the mud pond."

After saying this, Zhang Tie looked regretful, they really wanted to wipe out Laobie's family.

Originally, Zhang An didn't want to raise it, because there was only one, and it wouldn't breed if it was raised, and it would be meaningless to raise it up.

But Zhang Tie and the others took out such a few, Zhang An was shaken.

If you don't raise it first, it doesn't take much effort to throw it into the space anyway.

Anyway, it's not a bad thing to keep this thing, and it's uncertain when it will be used.

I took a few soft-shelled turtles and threw them into the space when I got home.

"Then I'll keep it first, and treat it as if I bought it for you."

As Zhang An said, he wanted to pay for the children, although they said they picked up the turtle.

But how can this thing be worth some money, I can't get it for nothing.

"Uncle An, we don't need money, can you show us the TV? We want to watch Wulongyuan."

Several little guys said in unison that they don't need money and want to watch TV.

Wulongyuan refers to the movies that Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen starred in.

When buying a TV last time, Zhang An bought some classic Hong Kong movies by the way.

After the monkeys listened to Zhang An's story, their attention turned from Journey to the West to this movie.

Even though I have watched it twice, I still want to watch it again.

It may be that Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen are about the same age as them in the play, so it is easy to substitute.

After all, this group of children is just at the age of innocence, who doesn't want to become someone like Chen Xiaolong.

Zhang An thought about it, and he didn't plan to give them the money anymore.

Give them money now, and it will be spent in Zhang Xinmin's canteen in a few strokes.

Those few turtles will be kept in the space first, and when the turtles grow up, they will pick a few big ones and share them among them.

At that time, even if their family sells it, they can sell it for more money.

"Okay, I'll let you go."

Hearing Zhang An say to show them TV, they all danced happily.

All the leather children hugged Zhang An into the main room, and sat on the bench in an orderly manner.

Waiting for Zhang An to turn on the TV and play the disc for them.

Not only them, but also the great sage at home ran over when they heard the TV was on.

This guy has very good hearing. When no one calls it when the TV is on, it will run over by itself.

When the TV is not on, it sleeps in the nest.

I don't worry about eating and drinking at all. The last time Zhang An's family picked peaches.

The Great Sage has been helping Wang Fang pick it from the beginning to the end, and he is not lazy at all.

And Wang Fang liked it even more when she saw that it didn't steal peaches when picking them.

In fact, it is not that the Great Sage does not steal peaches, but that he has no idea about the peaches outside.

Because it had eaten the fairy peach in Zhang An's space before, and after eating one peach outside, it could no longer be seen by it.

After all, monkeys are very picky animals.

Usually when they eat peaches, they will only eat the delicious part and throw away the rest.

(End of this chapter)