My village can't be like this

Chapter 568 Mountain Fun
For six people, a rabbit and a chicken, a crazy meal is really no worse than a lunch.

If Zhang An hadn't been so kind and let go of the sturdy spicy strips, I guess this meal would have been more substantial.

After the fat man and Ding Yi finished making love, they ran to a spring, rolled up the remaining taro leaves as a water scoop, and gurgled a lot of spring water into their stomachs.

The mountain spring water here in Shuijingchong is not only sweet to drink, but under the shade of the trees, it tastes ice-cold and refreshing. It is more comfortable than eating ice cream.

After eating and drinking, the three of them lay down on the dam, looking through the treetops above their heads at the clear, cloudless sky. The faint mountain breeze that kept blowing through the forest made everyone who were hiding in the shade in the forest feel a burst of freshness.

Su Ying and the other lesbians did not pay any attention to their manners like Zhang An and the three rough guys. They sat together dignifiedly and looked after the two little kids.

"Let's go, let's keep catching crabs. I just caught a few crabs, but they're not enough to fill my teeth."

After resting for a while, the fat man got up from the ground.

He had thought that after lying down for a while, he would start to doze off.

Unexpectedly, after blowing the cool mountain breeze for a while, I became more and more awake, without feeling sleepy at all.

So he grabbed Ding Yi and got up with Zhang An, preparing to search for the mountain crabs that he had just failed to catch. He did not forget the spicy mountain crabs that Zhang An said.

Although he had been catching in the stream for a long time, except for the small ones, what was really left was only a little over half a catty, not much.

"Okay, then I'll play with you."

Zhang An looked at Fatty and Ding Yi who were very interested and readily agreed. He found a stick as thick as his thumb and joined the crab touching army.

Quan thought it was just to play with them, since he was out to play today anyway.

Speaking of which, Zhang An has not come here to touch mountain crabs for many years. In this life, the last time he came to the mountains to touch mountain crabs was already more than ten years ago.

At that time, Zhang An was still a student, especially when he was in primary school in the village. The favorite thing for children of that age was to go down the river to catch fish and go up to the mountains to catch birds. Of course, catching crabs in the mountains was indispensable.

Because children at that time were not like children now or in the future, and they had more time after school. Most boys of Zhang An's generation went to the mountains to herd cattle after school, and when they finally returned home, they had to mow the cows. Baskets of grass are brought home, while girls carry baskets on their backs to the fields to fetch a basket of pig grass and take it home, where they are then responsible for cooking and washing clothes.

There is not much time to play, and there are very few entertainment methods, let alone toys.

Therefore, things like catching birds and fishing have become the favorite childhood things of this generation.

Zhang An still remembers that when he was in the fourth grade of elementary school, he and Zhou Yang came back with a bunch of mountain crabs. The family was too busy to cook them, so they fed them.

But unfortunately, out of a large number of mountain crabs, only three or four survived in the end, and the rest were all dead.

But the good news is that among the surviving crabs, one female crab successfully laid eggs.

At that time, Zhou Yang and Zhang An were very excited when they looked at the dense crab eggs under the belly of the female crab.

Finally, I wrote an essay by observing the raising of these crabs, and was given a very high score by the teacher, who truly praised me.

This made them both excited for a long time, and they became more and more devoted to those mountain crabs.

It's a pity that although the baby crabs hatched by the female crab hatched, they also died after a short time of raising them.

However, this incident did not have any impact on the two of them. After all, they had been accustomed to catching birds and fishing since they were young. They had raised sparrows many times and suffered countless casualties. This incident could not cause any ripples in their hearts.

The three of them bent over and searched carefully by the stream. Zhang Zilin became interested in them and joined the crab-catching team.

"Hey, Zhang An, why did you find them so quickly, and why are they all so big?"

When the fat man straightened up and twisted his waist to relax, he found that Zhang An had caught a lot of mountain crabs, and they were not even small.

"What's the point? When we were in elementary school, we liked to touch it whenever we had free time. We could touch it with our eyes closed. If you touch it a few times, you'll become so skilled."

Zhang An chuckled. Although the skills he mastered many years ago have not been used for a long time, they are just a little rusty. Compared with Fatty and the others, they must move much faster.

"Why don't we call it a day? We've already caught quite a few."

Zhang An took a look at the bag of crabs in his hand. It was more than two kilograms at least. Adding the fat man and the others together, it was about four to five kilograms, which was already a lot.

If we continue to catch them, I'm afraid we will drive the mountain crabs here to extinction.

"Well, listen, let's pour it all into a bag for easy carrying."

The fat man looked at his harvest, then at the others, and readily agreed.

Not to mention what they caught at the beginning, after resting, they continued to catch for more than an hour, and he had already had enough of it.

But I have to say that it feels much better to catch it yourself than to spend money to buy it, because every time he finds a larger mountain crab, he can be happy for a long time.

In the end, the four of them put all the mountain crabs they had caught into a bag, which was pretty much the same as Zhang An estimated. They must have weighed more than five pounds.

"Let's go back and take you to the other side of the mountain. We won't go in here. There is an old forest over there."

I have been here for half a day. Seeing that it was still early, Zhang An shouted to go check out other places.

So everyone quickly put away the things they had just spread out, and finally put them all on the tiger's back for it to carry.

In fact, Rong Gong didn't bring much with him. Xiaohu was so tall that he could carry it easily.

Listening to the chirping of birds in the forest along the way, the two little guys who couldn't even speak started to imitate each other.

"Ah, there's a snake."

While walking, Zhang Zilin suddenly screamed.

When she was walking just now, she noticed a soft feeling coming from the soles of her shoes. She thought it was mud, but when she lowered her head, she saw that it was a snake the size of a thumb.

This snake was originally huddled in the grass, with its entire body curled up into a ball.

At this moment, Zhang Zilin stepped on her, and most of her body and head were trampled on the soles of her shoes. Only her tiny tail was swaying outside.

Zhang Zilin just looked at the snake's tail that was shaking and didn't dare to let go of her soles.

In other words, she was wearing sneakers today. If she were wearing sandals, the cold snake tail would probably make her jump up when it touched her instep.

"It's okay, it's just a grass snake cub. It's not poisonous, so don't be afraid."

Zhang An took a quick look and found that it was a little grass snake that had just hatched. Then he comforted the very nervous Zhang Zilin.

After hearing that it was not poisonous, Zhang Zilin calmed down a bit, but she was still scared. After all, she had never been in such close contact with this thing before.

"I'll hold the snake's tail first, and then when I tell you to let go, let go so that I can throw it farther away and avoid hitting you."

It wasn't that troublesome in the first place, as the little thing would crawl away on its own just by lifting its feet.

But Zhang Zilin is obviously very afraid of this thing, and her legs are shaking now. It is better not to let her touch it to avoid leaving any psychological trauma.

"Okay okay."

After listening to Zhang An's words, Zhang Zilin calmed herself down a little more. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Just let go of your feet and hide behind me later."

The fat man was actually quite scared, but in front of his wife, he had to show some responsibility as a man and stand in front to help Zhang Zilin.

"One, two, three, let go."

Zhang An counted three, and when Zhang Zilin let go of his feet, Zhang An lifted the frightened little thing.

Although the little thing was not poisonous and was frightened, it showed a ferocious look, holding up its small snake head, ready to demonstrate to Zhang An.

It was just shaken by Zhang An, and it collapsed into a small vertical belt.

Then Zhang An flicked his hand and threw the little thing far away.

This little thing is lucky to live here. If it was in the territory of the rat snake that Zhang An encountered this morning, it would have been eaten as a snack long ago.

It should be noted that cauliflower snakes are still food regardless of whether they are the same species as you.

Especially for such a big one, it is estimated that the little grass snake's parents are here and it is also the prey in its belly.

Although the snake had been thrown away, Zhang Zilin was not as scared as before, but she still looked a little timid when walking.

People say that once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of snakes for ten years, but she has not been bitten yet.

"Here, take this and hit it when you see a place with deep grass while walking. This way, even if there is anything in the grass, it will be scared away."

Seeing her like this, Zhang An found a long branch on the side of the road and handed it to her.

"Oh, I understand, this is called alerting the enemy, right?"

After taking the branch handed over by Zhang An, Zhang Zilin looked like she suddenly understood.

But with the branch in hand, he was obviously not as worried as before.

This may be what the legend says, that all fear stems from the lack of firepower.

A small spicy strip, not too big, was just a small incident along the way, and we never encountered it again.

After going around to the other side of the mountain, I started to meet other people on the road, and there were quite a lot of them, because this direction is the mountain road leading to Guanyin Mountain.

But before he had gone far, Qiuqiu, who had been shrinking in Xiao Siqi's arms, suddenly jumped onto Zhang An's shoulders, hissing and shouting urgently in front of him.

It is very unusual for squirrels to make this sound because it means they are sending a warning.

Zhang An looked in the direction of the little thing's hissing, and found two squirrels wrestling with each other on a tree not far away.

The reason the Emotional Ball was so anxious was because it found two of its kind fighting.

In fact, squirrels are nothing unusual. Whether they are competing for mates during estrus, territory, or food, they all like to use force to prove themselves, and they can often be seen in the mountains.

"What's wrong with this little thing?"

Others also noticed the strangeness of Qiuqiu at this time, and came up to ask with concern.

After these two days of playing, they all fell in love with this clever little thing who likes to sell good and swiping treasures.

"It's okay, it's just that Qiuqiu found a squirrel fighting in front of him and wanted to stop them."

Zhang An looked like he was watching the fun, pointing to the two squirrels on the tree in front and talking to everyone.

Suddenly, there were a few more melon-eating people watching.

Even on the way past, when they saw Zhang An and the others staring in that direction, they curiously stopped to eat melon together, and they looked very interested.

I don’t know if it was Qiuqiu’s warning sound that worked, or because the two little things on the tree noticed that there were more and more people watching below.

So after fighting for a while, they stopped and each stood on a branch looking at each other in the air.

However, although the two little things did not continue to fight, when they faced each other in the air, they still squeaked and chirped, and sometimes the barking was even like the barking of dogs, which made those who were eating melons under the tree follow them. Xiaohu was in a daze after hearing this.

Qiuqiu probably stopped fighting when he saw them, and returned to Xiao Siqi obediently without making any sound.

"Listen, how dirty is this curse."

Because of Qiuqiu, Zhang An had some understanding of the squirrel's calls, and now he was explaining it to everyone.

The melon-eating crowd around them, who had clearly seen the two squirrels on the tree, couldn't help but become happy when they heard what Zhang An said.

The two protagonists on the tree scolded each other for a while, and then stopped. I don't know whether it was because they were tired of scolding, or because there were more and more people eating melons under the tree.

Not long afterward, the two little things scampered and disappeared above the tree crown.

Zhang An and the others basically stopped and rested for a while. After seeing that they were no longer having fun, they continued to move forward chatting and laughing, but the conversation still couldn't be separated from the two squirrels.

"Okay, we've arrived at the location. Fatty, why don't you two go in and pay our respects?"

When they arrived at Guanyin Mountain, they saw people coming in and out of the Guanyin Cave. Zhang An smiled half-heartedly and gestured to the fat man and his wife.

Needless to say, Zhang An already knew what kind of place this place was, because the entrance of the cave had three characters "Guanyin Cave" carved on it.

"How about another day? We have nothing prepared today."

The fat man did not refuse, but was somewhat moved. In fact, even if it didn't work, it didn't matter if he bowed. It was just that his hands were empty and he felt a little embarrassed when he saw that everyone who came in and out had brought joss sticks.

"What's the point? There's someone buying incense over there. You don't need to prepare anything. Just remember, just be sincere and spiritual."

Zhang An pointed to a stone platform next to Guanyin Cave and said to the fat man.

In the past, you had to bring your own incense to burn incense here.

But now, someone in the village sees more and more people coming to worship Guanyin Cave, so they sell incense sticks and paper money here.

Of course, after taking this job, they also made sacrifices. At the end of every day, they would consciously clean the Guanyin Cave to thank the Guanyin Bodhisattva in the Guanyin Cave.

Suddenly, this place turned out to be much better than before, and the smell of incense was much stronger.

"Well, now that we've arrived, let's go and offer incense sticks to the Bodhisattva to express our gratitude."

The fat man stopped nagging and took Zhang Zilin and the two of them to the front to buy a handful of incense sticks, and then walked into the Guanyin Cave to burn incense.

After half the payment, the couple came out after serving incense.

It's not that they are slow, but because there are so many people here, you have to queue up a bit to go in and burn incense.

(End of this chapter)