My village can't be like this

Chapter 606 Crossing the River with a Reed

Hearing this, Zhang An was not in a hurry. Instead, he calmly said to Zhang Yuting and the others, "I am an outsider after all. You guys should name the price. After all, you are professionals in this area. It doesn't have to be too high. Just make it suitable."

Although he is a seller, Zhang An is not in a hurry to sell the golden rooster.

Anyway, for their family, it was just a golden rooster. It didn't matter whether it could be sold or not, so he just kicked the ball back.

"This thing is nice, but it's not as good as the big rooster you have, so we can only give you half of it at best."

Seeing Zhang An's expression, Zhang Yuting and the others knew that it was not easy to fool him. After thinking about it for a while, they spoke seriously.

"Of course, then it belongs to you."

For Zhang An, this price was already very high and was completely beyond his expectations.

Although many people liked the Golden Rooster before, no matter how willing they were, they could only sell it for one or two hundred yuan at most.

This time, meeting Zhang Yuting and his companions, it felt like meeting a few suckers.

However, Zhang An did not have a very proud expression on his face. Although this was already a astronomical price in the eyes of others, he did not think so.

This amount of money is really just a drop in the bucket for people like Zhang Yuting, because they can definitely earn much more than this by taking it back.

Although Zhang An did not involve cockfighting or chicken shows, later generations also heard of them.

In their circle, a relatively outstanding fighting cock is worth at least several thousand or even tens of thousands of dollars.

After all, none of these prostitutes have a lot of wealth, otherwise they wouldn't be able to enter such a circle.

"Thank you, little brother. By the way, I don't know what to call you."

After seeing Zhang An agree, Zhang Yuting and others showed satisfied looks on their faces.

And looking at Zhang An's indifferent expression, they would not feel that they had given too much.

After all, although they are rich, if the seller acts like they have made a lot of money in front of them, doesn’t that mean they are unprofessional?

"Haha, my name is Zhang An, so Brother Zhang and I are actually from the same family."

Zhang An laughed and then introduced himself. After all, Zhang Yuting and his people were from a cockfighting club and they raised so many chickens at home, so who knows, they might have some dealings in the future.

"That's true, little brother Zhang An. We really like the big rooster in your house. Since you are reluctant to part with it, we will not take away someone else's love. If you are willing to sell it, please contact us. In addition, if there is a chance, I also hope that you, brother Zhang An, can come to our place to take a look."

Although he did not buy the stunning big red rooster, Zhang Yuting was not too disappointed. Instead, he extended a warm invitation to Zhang An.

Although their club has a high threshold, he feels that people like Zhang An are worth it.

After all, being able to raise such an outstanding rooster and tame it to that degree is not something that ordinary people can do.

"Okay, okay. If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely go and have a look."

Even though he had no intention of going now, Zhang An did not refuse, because no one could tell what would happen in the future.

Moreover, the first time we met, he invited me out, which showed that he thought highly of me.

After Zhang Yuting took out a thousand yuan and gave it to Zhang An, he said goodbye.

Zhang An originally wanted to find them a chicken coop to hold the golden rooster. After all, they had spent so much money to buy a chicken from him, and it would be a bit unreasonable not to prepare a chicken coop for them.

But Zhang Yuting refused, saying that they had them themselves. People like them who often had to go around looking for the best quality chickens definitely had no shortage of these things, so Zhang An did not force him.

The few people were about to leave, and Zhang An had no intention of keeping them, so he chatted and laughed as he sent them out of the house.

"Hey, Zhang An, who are these people?"

After sending the people away and just when Zhang An turned around to go home, he heard someone calling him.

When I looked back, I found that the person calling me was Wang Hua, whom I hadn't seen for a long time.

"Hey, the great photographers are here. I haven't seen them for a while. They are customers who are here to buy chickens."

Although Wang Hua rented a house in Dongli Yard and seemed to be doing well, he often traveled back and forth between the city and the countryside, so it was not easy to see him at ordinary times.

"It hasn't been long. I just got here. By the way, these two are my guests this morning. They came to your place specially for a photo shoot. They saw that the flowers on your wall were blooming beautifully, so they wanted to go in and take a set of photos."

Wang Hua chatted briefly with Zhang An, then pointed to the wall full of blooming honeysuckle and introduced to Zhang An the two pretty girls behind him.

Now, with the daily irrigation of space spring water, the honeysuckle in Zhang An's family has taken root here.

And its vitality is even more vigorous than when it was in the mountains. In such a short time, it has covered the entire wall.

Moreover, quite a few of them have already climbed out from the high walls, and there is a tendency that they will cover the entire wall.

It is now early October, which is the last flowering period of honeysuckle this year. With the nourishment of the space spring water, the small flowers with a hint of gold, silver, yellow and white colors are more attractive than normal honeysuckle. Just the small batch crawling out of the wall is pleasing to the eye.

If the top of the wall is like this, then what kind of scenery must be inside the wall full of flowers? It must be a very beautiful background.

That's why the two women who asked Wang Hua to help shoot the outdoor scenes made this request.

Wang Hua naturally agreed to this. If it were another family, it might take some effort to negotiate, but for Zhang An's family, it was not a problem.

However, he did not lead people into the yard directly, because he knew that there were many ferocious big dogs lurking in Zhang An's yard.

If I go in rashly, I'm afraid I'll be scared by these two.

"Hey, I thought it was something else, just go and take the photo."

Zhang An agreed readily and led a few people into the yard.

Sure enough, as soon as they entered the yard, the two little girls were frightened by the big dogs lying all over the yard.

"Haha, don't be afraid. Their dogs look scary, but as long as you don't do anything threatening, they're pretty well behaved."

When Zhang An drove Xiaohu and the others back to the pen, Wang Hua was already smiling and comforting his two customers.

"I have to say you guys came just in time. If it had been a few days later, I would have picked these flowers."

After driving away Xiaohu and the others, Zhang An brought a few stools from home.

"Ah, do we have to pick all these flowers? That would be a shame, and it would take a lot of effort."

The two little girls obviously didn't know honeysuckle, they just thought they were pretty. When they heard Zhang An say they wanted to pick them, they immediately felt it was a pity.

"In fact, there is nothing to regret. This flower is called honeysuckle, a traditional Chinese medicine. It can be used to replace tea leaves and soak in water to drink, which can help reduce internal heat."

Seeing that even Wang Hua was not very clear, Zhang An smiled and explained it in detail to the others.

"I see. When you've picked them all, you must give me some." After hearing this, Wang Hua immediately asked Zhang An for some.

He often stays up late to process films, and sometimes he is so hot-tempered that he can't sleep, so he wants to try some.

"Of course, wait until I pick them, dry them, and prepare them, then you can come and get them."

Now the honeysuckle has bloomed all over the wall. Even if we don't pick them all, we can still get a lot if we just pick most of them.

Soon, Wang Hua turned on the camera and taught the two girls how to pose and change positions.

Although Zhang An didn't say anything, he still followed Wang Hua and learned.

After all, I have a camera at home, and there are many places where I can use it in the future.

"Okay Zhang An, the photo shoot is done, we'll leave now."

More than half an hour later, the set of photos was finally taken, and Wang Hua said goodbye to Zhang An.

"It's getting late, let's wait until we finish eating before leaving."

Seeing that it was almost noon, even though Wang Hua brought two strangers with him, Zhang An still habitually asked to keep the guests.

"Don't worry about it. We still have to go to several other places. We have to hurry up, otherwise we may not be able to finish the filming today."

Wang Hua shook his head and smiled as he refused Zhang An's request to stay.

Hearing this, Zhang An understood instantly. No wonder Wang Hua only brought the two of them today and granted their requests. According to this arrangement, these two might be Wang Hua's big customers, so he did not try to keep them.

In the following time, Zhang An carried a basket on his back and went to the vegetable garden to cut a full basket of cabbage.

If it was just the family eating, they definitely couldn't finish so much. Zhang An brought these back to feed the rabbits.

If you were to ask what Zhang An's family rabbits like to eat the most, apart from the grass in the space, it would have to be the cabbage that their family grows themselves.

In the past, he restricted the breeding of rabbits at home, so the food was a little worse and they were only fed some grass.

But now that the rabbit in the family has found a job again, the food issue has to be taken care of.

The cabbage in their field was planted by Wang Fang three months ago. It has grown very big and has many leaves.

After Zhang An carried the cabbages back, he broke off the mud-soaked leaves on the outside of each cabbage and put them aside.

Rabbits don't have very good stomachs, so this kind of food is not suitable for feeding them, and it cannot be washed, otherwise the rabbits will easily have diarrhea after eating it.

So Zhang An broke off the outer pieces, leaving only the clean part inside, and fed it directly to them later.

As for the few pieces that are broken off outside, they will not be wasted. They can be chopped up and fed to chickens and ducks. After all, they can even eat stones and sand, and their stomachs are much better than rabbits.

"Xiao An, it's time to eat. Go find Qiqi."

Near noon, Wang Fang said something to Zhang An in the kitchen.

When the little guy got up in the morning, he was taken out to play by his uncle Zhang Bin.

For Wang Fang, anyone can be missing from the meal at home except her precious grandson.

Upon hearing this, Zhang An called Xiaohu out and went out to look for this little ancestor.

If he went to look for it himself, he would have to look here and there, which would take too much time.

If you take the little tiger out, he can quickly find where his master is.

Sure enough, not long after they went out, the old dog Xiaohu quickly smelled the scent of his young master and led Zhang An all the way to the river.

After arriving at the river, Zhang An had already seen Zhang Bin, Zhang Xing, Zhang Tie and Yan Zi and their siblings.

Little Siqi was standing among them, holding a spicy dog ​​in his left hand and Xiao Da Jia instant noodles in his right hand, eating them with great relish.

Not only that, Zhang Bin also held two bottles of Jinwei for him.

Among the group of children in the village, he was treated like a prince.

At the dock today, all the boats are still docked and have not been rented out.

Because the river is now offering a show to everyone. There are many people standing on both sides of the river and on the bridge.

Several thick bamboos were floating on the wide river surface, and on each of them was a woman from Changqing Village.

Each of them held a thin and slender bamboo pole in their hands, stepped on the thick bamboo, and spread their legs in a V-shape. They stood steadily on the bamboo and slid the bamboo pole in their hands left and right in a very rhythmic manner, floating in the river.

Yes, this is the folk art of bamboo rafting in northern Guizhou, which is also known as crossing the river on a reed as described in martial arts novels.

In this area, wherever there are rivers, there are people who are good at this skill, but most of them are ethnic minorities.

Zhang An didn’t know about other places, but in Changqing Village, most of the people who knew how to do this were the Miao and Buyi villagers in Xiazhai.

Zhang An doesn't know how to do it anyway, because it requires mastering body balance and he has to practice it from a young age.

In fact, it’s not that they can’t practice, but many people think that there is no point in learning it, and it’s better to help with more work in the fields.

Only the villagers from ethnic minorities regard this as something that needs to be passed down, and require their children to learn it from an early age.

Zhang An was also standing on the shore watching at this moment. Several Miao women from the village who had moved to the village were skillfully floating on bamboo poles from the pier all the way to the lotus pond downstream. They performed various moves along the way, among which the most amazing one was the Golden Rooster Stand, and the spectators on the shore cheered.

In previous years, bamboo rafting would usually only be carried out on the two festivals of March 3rd or June 6th.

And now that it has appeared, Zhang An can only say that the old village chief Zhang Jianwen has put a lot of thought into this National Day.

But judging from other people's reactions, this effort was not in vain, but rather worthwhile.

As soon as the first round drifted down, there were quite a few people preparing at the dock. It seemed that a lot of people were prepared.

But Zhang An did not continue watching, because he could see it almost every year when he was a child, unlike other people who found it new and novel.

"Let's go, it's time to go home and eat. Binzi, you guys should come eat with me too."

After watching the first round, Zhang An came to his son and put the little guy on his shoulders.

"Brother, you guys go eat first, we'll go home and eat after we finish watching."

Zhang Bin smiled and politely declined Zhang An. They were still at the age where they liked to watch the fun.

(End of this chapter)