My village can't be like this

Chapter 424 Stone Egg
  The front and rear fish ponds have been covered with polypropylene cloth and a thick layer of mortar.

While the bottom of the pond was not yet dry, Zhang An quickly poured out the pebbles he picked up yesterday and spread them on the bottom of the pond.

In this way, after the mortar at the bottom is completely solidified, these pebbles can be fixed at the bottom of the fish pond.

However, Zhang An paved a small half of the area and found that the pattern laid out was irregular.

In the end, it was my second uncle Zhang Jianjun who took the initiative and laid out a huge black and white Tai Chi pattern in the fish pond in the front yard.

The fish pond in the backyard is much simpler. Just put red and golden colors in it.

"Don't tell me, once it's done like this, it looks really interesting. If you dig out a few rocks and put them in, it will look better than the pool in the park."

After most of the day, the two fish ponds were finally completed.

Whether it's the Tai Chi fish pond in the front yard or the large pond in the back, each has its own flavor.

"It must be dug, otherwise the two ponds are so big and it will be too empty if we don't put something in them. I will go into the mountains to visit in two days."

The rockery in the pond is part of Zhang An's plan.

However, Zhang An would definitely not like these ordinary stones. If he wanted to find them, he would have to look for a few good-looking strange stones.

After all, so many days of work were spent on this fish pond, and it looks quite unique now.

We can't just use a few ugly rocks and throw them away, otherwise we won't be able to afford the manpower and material resources that have been spent in the past few days.

However, although there are many natural strange rocks in the mountains, if you want to find good-looking ones, you have to put some effort into the mountains to visit.

As for the stone at the door of Zhang An's house, it took him several days to find it in the mountains.

"There's no need for an interview. Just ask your father directly. He wanders around the mountains every day. I don't believe he didn't see it."

Sometimes this thing is very mysterious. You might just see it at a casual glance when you are passing by.

But if you really go into the mountains to look for it, you may not be able to find anything you like for days or nights.

"Yes, Dad, you go into the mountains with Mr. Huang every day. Have you noticed the strange-looking rocks?"

Zhang An's eyes lit up and he looked at his father. If his second uncle hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten that his old man was wandering around the mountains every day.

"I've seen quite a few weird looking places, but I don't know if they look good or not. There are several pieces under the hole on Dengzhanwo Mountain. They grow up like a beehive, they are all holes, and Halfway up the mountainside where the thatch grows on the stone slope, there are a few good-looking ones down there, one of which looks like a fish, but the location is not very good and it is inconvenient to dig out, and it is too far away."

If it was good-looking, Zhang Jianguo would definitely not be able to tell, but if it looked strange, then he would understand.

Anyone who looks irregular and crooked will be regarded as strange-looking in his opinion.

"I remember it was a steep wall where the thatch grew on the stone slope. How did you find it, Dad?"

Zhang An was no stranger to any of the places Zhang Jianguo mentioned.

Because when they were studying in the past, they had already visited all the nearby mountains and were very familiar with them.

"A long time ago, I was driving sheep over there, and a lamb fell down. I saw it when I climbed down to fish it up."

Although Shibanpo is a rocky mountain, where people dig out rocks and quarry slates, there is not a lot of mud on the top of the mountain.

The top is covered with golden thatch. For humans, the leaves of thatch are too sharp and can easily cause wounds on the body, so it is not a good thing.

But for livestock, the green and tender golden thatch is a good treasure. Whether they are cattle, horses or sheep, they all like to eat it.

"Then the lamb will fall down if it falls. Why are you flipping down in such a dangerous place? What if it slips?"

Zhang An was so frightened by his father that he wouldn't have known about it if he hadn't mentioned it today.

Except for the gentler stone slope in the south, which is the only way up the mountain, there are very steep slopes elsewhere.

Although there are some places where people can stand, it is never wider than a foot.

There is a height of twenty or thirty meters from the mountainside to the bottom of the mountain, and the bottom of the mountain is full of exposed rocks.

Just keep climbing like this. If you lose your footing and slip, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Keep your voice down, your mother won't be able to keep quiet if she finds out."

Seeing Zhang An speaking so loudly, Zhang Jianguo quickly stopped him. He now regretted talking about it.

If someone in the family heard this, it would cause a big fuss.

"You don't think too much before doing things. Now you are afraid that my mother will know about it. You should really let my mother teach you a lesson. How much is a lamb worth? Do you think you can take the risk?"

Not to mention a little lamb, even if it was an adult goat, Zhang An was not willing for Zhang Jianguo to take the risk.

"Okay, okay, haven't you seen that I don't go to those places anymore to herd sheep? Remember, don't tell your mother."

Zhang Jianguo is not afraid of anyone in this family, but he is afraid of Wang Fang.

Ever since I got married, I have been tightly controlled throughout my life.

"Then I will believe you once. If you do this again in the future, I will tell my mother. Don't think about being able to herd sheep again. Anyway, the grass grown at home can be cut."

In the past, Zhang Jianguo went to herd sheep because there was no fodder or feed at home.

But now, the cowgrass and ryegrass planted by Zhang An are ready to be cut, and there is no shortage of fodder at home.

Now Zhang Jianguo goes out to herd sheep every day. Like Huang Erye, it is completely a hobby.

The next day, Zhang An took the pickaxe and went to the places mentioned by Zhang Jianguo.

Sure enough, a pile of honeycomb rocks was found in the lamp nest.

That was it, Zhang An made up his mind to dig them out and take them back.

But while digging, Zhang An discovered that these rocks were not simple.

He dug with his pickaxe for a long time and found that half of the stone was still buried in the ground.

After digging to a depth of two meters, we finally reached the end.

Zhang An's height of over [-] meters is still half compared to this stone. The entire stone is at least over two meters tall.

Then Zhang An tried the weight of the stone, but he didn't expect to be able to pick it up in one fell swoop.

He originally thought that such a tall stone would weigh hundreds or even thousands of kilograms.

Unexpectedly, after picking him up, he would feel like he weighed two to three hundred pounds.

Looking at the large and small honeycomb shapes on the stone, Zhang An felt that the inside of the stone was probably hollow.

Otherwise, if a stone of this size were solid, it would definitely weigh four figures.

But it doesn't matter, this kind of stone is most suitable for making a rockery.

This is the first piece, and there are several pieces left next to it. Zhang An has no intention of letting them go.

Putting the dug piece into the space, Zhang An continued to work hard with the pickaxe.

Not surprisingly, the remaining rocks are buried very deep like the first one, and it will take a long time to dig to the bottom. “Hey, there is such a thing here?”

Zhang An spent a lot of effort to dig out the second rockery rock from the ground.

But in addition to rocks, something else was discovered - a pile of spherical stones.

These stones are very round and about the size of a basketball.

As a native of the mountains, Zhang An is no stranger to this kind of stone.

Because there are not many such stones in the mountains, but it is rare to see such big ones, usually the size of a bowl.

Because it is shaped like an egg, everyone calls this stone a stone egg.

Although they were all stone eggs, the ones Zhang An had seen before were very small. This was the first time he saw such a big egg, so he was very surprised.

In later generations, many people believed that these natural stone eggs were dinosaur egg fossils because they looked so similar.

But no one can explain clearly whether it is a dinosaur egg fossil, so some scientists named it nodule stone.

In fact, this is not completely correct, because someone once dug open this stone egg and found the fossils of some prehistoric animals inside.

But this is not a surprising hairstyle, because there are too many rocks containing fossils in the mountains of the southwest.

There may be a stone everywhere, and inside it is a complete fossil.

In the past, a family in Changqing Village went to the mountains to collect stones to build a pig pen.

One of the large oval stones was one that the old man was reluctant to throw away after he carried it back, so he used it as a stone step for the pig pen.

In the past few years, their pigs may have been raised too big, so the stone steps, which was the big stone that the old man carried back, were trampled by their pigs.

But instead of being broken into pieces, it was broken into two halves.

When he lifted it up, he saw that there was a lizard-like mold on the stone.

Later, after experts from the provincial capital came to see it, they realized that they were dinosaur fossils left over from prehistoric times.

So they gave the family some money and took the stone away.

The stone that was trampled in half by the pig is now in the Provincial Museum.

Although the official gave it a provincial name because it was discovered in this province.

But the villagers didn't think so, because the stone was taken out of the pig pen, and because it was discovered after an old sow stepped on it, the villagers affectionately called it the Sow Dragon.

Because such a large fossil was found, the archaeologists searched for it in the mountains for a long time.

They did find a lot of fossils in the mountains, but they were basically fossils of insects or other smaller organisms.

If other dinosaur fossils are really found, the superiors will establish a fossil site here, and the conditions in the village will probably improve a lot.

But unfortunately, those people came to investigate for a long time and did not see the second complete dinosaur fossil.

Zhang An looked at these giant stone eggs and weighed them with his hands. He found that they were not light and weighed several dozen kilograms at least, which proved that these giant stone eggs were indeed solid stones.

Do you want to crack it open and see if there are any fossils inside?
  When he saw these stone eggs, Zhang An had such an idea in his mind.

But in the end, he shook his head and forcibly resisted the idea of ​​cracking open these stone eggs.

Because these stone eggs are very round, just like those polished by a machine, they look pretty good.

After all, not all stone eggs contain fossils. It would be a pity if there were no fossils in them.

But at this time, Zhang An remembered the magical perspective function in space. Last time the cow was able to see through it, why not try putting these stones in it too.

Just do it, Zhang An immediately put all these stone eggs into the space.

But the result was disappointing, because he saw nothing.

It's not that there is nothing in the stone egg, but no matter how he looks, he can't see inside the stone egg.

The ox last time could see through, and other plants could see through, but this stone couldn't. It was probably because of the difference between living things and non-living things.

This also helped Zhang An detect the perspective function in space, which only works on living bodies.

But it doesn't matter, Zhang An has no intention of touching these stones.

Because he planned to use these stones as ornamental balls and put them in the fish pond.

After putting away all the stone eggs, Zhang An continued digging down, just in case there were still some in the mud underground.

However, after digging for a long time, I never saw another stone egg, not even a small one.

So Zhang An could only stop and focus on the other rocks.

There are a total of five honeycomb rocks here, and Zhang An is not going to let any of them go.

According to the size of the pond at home, even if there is no rockery for the Tai Chi fish pond in the front yard, the five yuan is only enough for the fish pond in the backyard.

Unexpectedly, when digging out the rocks behind, a few more stone eggs were dug out.

After all five rocks were dug out, a total of seven such stone eggs were found.

And no matter the size, color or weight, they are all surprisingly consistent.

There are actually seven identical stones in the world, which is simply unbelievable.

The more Zhang An looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong. This thing couldn't be a dragon ball.

Now that I have collected seven of them, will I be able to summon the dragon to make myself wish?

Thinking of this, Zhang An seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

Then take out all the stone eggs and place them together to see if there is any movement.

After all, he can be reborn and still have space, so who can guarantee that such a thing as summoning a dragon will not exist.

But it's a pity that when Zhang An was thinking about it, these stone eggs didn't change at all.

The only change was that the mud he had just dug out on the ground had been pressed into seven pits by these seven giant stone eggs.

Then Zhang An stopped thinking about it, put a few stone eggs and the five honeycomb rocks into the space, and prepared to go down the mountain with the pickaxe and shovel.

On the way down the mountain, Zhang An called Dahei, who was grazing aside, to come over and mount the carriage.

Since he was here to dig rocks today, Zhang An went to Zhang Ping's house to borrow the carriage.

Although you can put it in the space and take it back without any effort, putting it in is easy, but taking it out is inexplicable.

The five honeycomb rocks are of different sizes. Although they are not small, they add up to just over a thousand kilograms, which is not stressful for Dahei.

After returning home, Zhang An put these rocks into the river and let the river water wash them for two days before putting them into the pond.

(End of this chapter)