My village can't be like this

Chapter 456 Two Orioles Singing in the Green Willow

In the next few days, life returned to its usual calm state.

There was nothing to be busy with at hand, so Zhang An planned to finish the baby walker that had not yet been completed.

Because it was Saturday, Su Ying didn't have to go to school. Now she was at the door, sitting on a soft chair.

There is a small sieve placed on the legs, which contains various colored yarn balls.

She was holding a few knitting needles that Zhang An had whittled for her from bamboo, and was knitting a sweater.

Recently, after she learned how to knit sweaters from others, she became very fascinated by it.

Such a scene of men farming and women weaving is a very common scene in small mountain villages during the slack season. It is plain, harmonious and full of life.

"Zhang An, come and help me see how to insert these injections at the corner."

That's right, every time when the stitches couldn't go in, or the stitches didn't look good, Su Ying immediately aroused her husband.

Because when she just started learning to knit a sweater a few days ago, she accidentally discovered that her man was knitting a sweater and he learned it faster than she did.

In the past, when she encountered problems, she would go to her mother-in-law, but now she no longer goes to Wang Fang, but instead stares at Zhang An and shouts.

And Zhang An, after being asked several times by her, changed from a guy who knew nothing to an expert at knitting.

"It's all knitted here, just lock the needle and knit through it."

Zhang An stopped what he was doing and took a look, and found the problem.

"I said, wife, did you knit this sweater too early?"

"It's getting late. Look, our baby will be born in a few months. When the moon is full, it will be winter. It will definitely be useful by then."

That's right, this sweater was knitted by Su Ying for her unborn child. When the glory of her motherhood overflowed, even Zhang An had to step aside.

"But isn't your dress made a little too small? After the baby is born, it basically changes in appearance every month. Why do I think I might not be able to wear it by then?"

Children's clothes are the most troublesome because they grow faster, and even the clothes that fit them well will no longer fit after a while.

But this thing is indispensable, so when preparing clothes for their children, many people will deliberately size them up.

Especially in rural areas, many people see that the clothes worn by rural children do not fit well. In fact, they are deliberately buying large clothes so that they can wear them for a few more years.

"Since you know, why didn't you remind me in the first place? Now we have to dismantle it again."

Su Ying glared at Zhang An and put all the blame on him.

"It's okay. You're not familiar with it anyway. If you take it apart twice more, you'll become proficient. Just practice more."

Zhang An didn't open his mouth to quibble. There was no need to reason at this time. Everything he said was wrong.

If your wife thinks you are wrong, then you are wrong. If you start to quibble, you will make your mistakes even worse.

Anyway, if you say a few words less, you won't suffer much, and you can avoid many things. This is what Zhang An recently learned from his father Zhang Jianguo.

"Uncle An, little An, look what I brought you."

At this time, Erwa dragged a nylon bag and ran into the yard in a hurry, still holding the opening of the bag tightly in her hands.

And behind the second baby is the furry boy who was severely disciplined at school for a week and recovered fully after Saturday.

Just for a while, the yard of Zhang An's house was filled with little heads.

"Oh? Then I have to take a closer look to see what surprises you have brought for me."

Zhang An did not disappoint Erwa and the other children. He had a very curious expression on his face and reached out to take a look at the pocket he wanted to open.

"Uncle An, you can only open it a little. If you open it too much, they will run away."

Seeing Zhang An trying to open the nylon bag all at once, Erwa became anxious and quickly squeezed the lower pocket with both hands.

Because of his hasty movements, there was a "puff, plop, plop" sound coming from his pocket.

"Okay, okay, I'll hold it and look at it, don't open it all."

Hearing the noise inside, Zhang An already knew what kind of animal it must be.

Because these naughty kids like to climb into trees when they have nothing to do, either to dig out squirrel nests or bird nests.

As expected, Zhang An looked into the pocket through the slightly opened opening and found two bright yellow figures, which were two birds.

This thing has bright yellow fur and a circle of black feathers around its eyes, as if it were a natural pair of sunglasses.

"Let me go, where did you catch this thing? You also caught two of them. These are a pair."

Zhang An was a little surprised, because this is the thing that specializes in singing green willows. People's big name is Oriole, also called Huangying, which is a very nice name.

However, because they have yellow hair, Zhang An and the others call them oriole here, but not the oriole behind them.

Despite their small size, these things are generally not easy to catch, even for children who catch birds with their bare hands.

Because orioles are very timid, they usually build their nests in the branches and leaves at the top of the trees. You can usually hear them roughly where they are, but you can't see them.

Even if you find the oriole's nest, it is absolutely impossible to take them out by digging out the nest unless you set a net, so children really can't catch this thing.

When Zhang An was still young, he and Zhou Yang tried to climb a tree, and they could only dig out a nest of bird eggs.

But now, Erwa and the others not only caught them, but they also caught two of them, which was really bad.

"Uncle An, didn't you say you wanted to catch a nest of yellow finches before? This year, a nest came to my woods. I have been watching them for a long time, but I have never caught them before. Yesterday, while my dad was not at home, I caught them. His big net was stolen and he was caught."

Seeing that Zhang An expressed his affirmation to them, Zhang Erwa had a triumphant look on his face and told Zhang An about the process of catching the bird.

Every time they are in front of Zhang An, their desire to talk will greatly increase, because Zhang An is the only one among their elders who will listen to them.

Erwa became more and more excited as he talked, and finally took out a bird's nest from his trouser pocket, with several bird eggs in it.

"Uncle An, look, I have also found this oriole's nest. There are several eggs in it. They must have been newly laid and they are still warm."

It turns out that this guy Erwa made a sneak attack while others were laying eggs and caught them all in one fell swoop.

When Zhang An heard this, his face became dumbfounded. This emotion was his instigation.

He now remembered that when he came back from his father-in-law's house last year, he asked Erwa about where there was a oriole's nest.

Because that time he discovered that his father-in-law was very envious of the man who raised birds downstairs, so he thought about getting a pair of orioles or thrushes for Su Shaowen.

Orioles and thrushes are common birds in the mountains. Their numbers may be smaller in future generations, so they cannot be caught casually.

But things are different now. The number of these things can be said to be a bit overwhelming.

A popular saying in the local area is that if one oriole sings and two orioles sing and the green willows sing, three orioles will fly away and four orioles can drink wine.

This sentence is enough to say that there are not many little orioles in the mountains now, but too many. Once you enter the mountains, they are all the world. "Don't do it next time. I asked you where your nest was, and you took out the bird for me. So what should I take out?"

Zhang Fang looked unhappy and stared slightly.

In fact, he didn't want these kids to take risks climbing trees because of him. If they fell, they would be sorry.

Although they usually climb trees like monkeys, they are very flexible.

But the oriole's nest is on the top of a tree. If it climbs up, the top of the tree breaks and falls, the consequences will be disastrous.

If a hand or foot is broken, it's a trivial matter, and it can still be repaired. If it breaks somewhere else, it will be troublesome.

There was a man of the same generation as Zhang An and his friends in the village. Because he was naughty in the past, he climbed a tree too high. In the end, he fell down and lost one of his eyes.

Now he can't see anything with that eye, so everyone in the village calls him one-eyed blind.

And if Zhang An had warned him well, these idiots would definitely not have cared about it, just shake their heads and forget about it.

On the contrary, as long as they pretend to be unhappy, they will become a little afraid of sex.

"Okay, next time we find it, we won't dig it out and leave it to you, Uncle An."

Sure enough, seeing Zhang An's expression, they all confessed to Zhang An as if they had made a mistake.

Because they felt that Zhang An wanted to pay for it himself. If they paid for the bird, Zhang An would have nothing to play with, so they were unhappy.

After all, whoever takes out the joy of picking a bird knows.

"I accepted this bird, but because you are disobedient, there will be no reward today."

Usually if they bring something to Zhang An or do a little favor, Zhang An will give them some snacks as a reward.

But this time it was a dangerous behavior. If they are given a reward, they will try their best to do it next time. This trend will not last long.

So although Zhang An accepted the two orioles and their nests, he had no intention of rewarding them.

"Okay, we get it, hee hee hee."

Although there are no snacks as usual, the furry children are even happier than before.

Because just now they were really afraid that Zhang An would be unhappy and wouldn't play with them in the future.

Compared with that little food, they still wanted Zhang An to play with them as before.

After saying that, everyone jumped up and down and prepared to run out.

"Hey wait, I haven't let you go yet."

Before they could go out, Zhang An called them back again.

"What's wrong, Uncle An?"

The little guy ran to Zhang An again without any ambiguity, waiting for Zhang An's instructions.

"My yard is a little dirty. You guys go get brooms and clean it up for me."

As soon as the little ones heard the words, they rushed home, some with brooms and some with shovels. They were more active than at home.

In fact, the yard is not dirty. Zhang An just cleaned it in the morning.

But it's not his style to do meritorious deeds and not do good deeds. They couldn't be rewarded in the situation just now.

So Zhang An planned to find another way to provide them with the snacks that should be given to them.

After a while, the yard was cleaned by the little guys. Zhang An also took out the little spicy dogs he bought last time and gave them to them one by one.

This stuff is their favorite food. Not to mention their children, Zhang An himself likes to eat it now.

"Okay, everyone, get out."

Zhang An gave the order, and the furry kids cheered and ran out again.

At this time, Zhang An had time to take a good look at the two little oriole in his pocket.

These two little guys are indeed a pair, male and female of the same color, but the male bird is more beautiful than the female bird, which is also normal in nature.

Perhaps because they had just been caught by the furry kids, the two little guys became very restless and could not help but tremble in Zhang An's hands.

Zhang An felt their fear, so he slowly released some space breath to them to soothe their uneasy mood.

Sure enough, no matter what kind of animal it is, the breath of space cannot be rejected. Slowly, Zhang An clearly felt that the two little guys began to settle down.

Then, Zhang An started to make a "chirp" sound in Zhang An's hand.

Worthy of being the singer Huang Ying, this voice is transmitted through the empty valley and can wash away the dusty heart. It sounds so melodious, melodious and pleasant to the ear.

Of course, Zhang An just listened to it as a novelty. If he heard it in his ears every day, he would definitely get tired of it within a few days.

Zhang An simply had no intention of raising these birds. He only planned to give them to his father-in-law after training them.

"You are about to be a father. Why are you still acting like a child who has not grown up? You even play with birds, and you even ask Erwa and the others to catch them for you. Are you ashamed?"

Su Ying saw Zhang An playing with the two little guys in his hands and said with some disgust.

"They've all sent it, can I still want it?"

No matter what kind of bird it is, in the hands of brats like Erwa and others, it will not survive for two days at most, and it may take one day to see the King of Hell.

Although these naughty guys are good at catching birds, they are also good at killing them.

"Besides, I don't play with this bird myself. I prepared it for my father. He has always envied Uncle Chen downstairs for raising two thrushes. These two little yellow finches are much prettier than the native thrush. Look at this stance, it’s so beautiful. I’ll buy a birdcage in a few days and send it to my dad.”

When Su Ying heard that Zhang An prepared it for Su Shaowen, she stopped when she was about to say something.

After all, that's her dad, what else can she say about losing one's ambition with a plaything.

He glared at Zhang An and stopped talking.

Back home, Zhang An had another idea in his mind. He was not going to give these two little guys to his father-in-law.

Because he suddenly felt that the two little orioles had grown so big that no matter how hard they trained them, they probably wouldn't be able to support the family. After all, his father-in-law didn't have the space to be loved by animals like he did.

So he set his sights on the nest of eggs that Erwa had brought, and sent the bird and nest together to the space.

If the old bird can't do it, then the little bird can do it. It just so happens that there are ready-made eggs here, so they can go to the space to hatch them.

Then the choices will be wide, and you can choose the best pair for your father-in-law.

(End of this chapter)