My village can't be like this

Chapter 75 Strange Beasts Meet in Baogu Fields (Please collect and recommend)

The arrival of a group of evil relatives is just a small episode in the prosperous life of Zhang An's family.

Time passed day by day, and soon came the rainy month of May.

On May [-]th, during the Dragon Boat Festival, realgar is sprinkled and rice dumplings are eaten.

Every year on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, it is the Dragon Boat Festival that has been passed down, and it is also called Duanyang Festival in many places.

The ancient meaning is dedicated to commemorate the day when Qu Yuan committed suicide by throwing himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of May.

It is a folk festival in which most people collectively worship gods and ancestors, pray for blessings and ward off evil spirits, celebrate entertainment and eat together.
The Dragon Boat Festival is a relatively lively festival in most parts of the south.

The current Dragon Boat Festival has not yet joined the national statutory holiday, so today's children have to get up early to go to school.

Changqing belongs to the southwest mountainous area, and the Dragon Boat Festival also has the custom of making rice dumplings, hanging wormwood, and sprinkling realgar.

It is said that making zongzi was after Qu Yuan threw himself into the river. In order to prevent the fish in the river from eating Qu Yuan's body, the local people made a lot of zongzi and threw them into the river to feed the fish to preserve Qu Yuan's body.

So today in later generations, there are also many places where many zongzi will be thrown into the water during the sacrificial link before the dragon boat race.

As for the dragon boat race, the first time Zhang An saw the dragon boat race was in a large coastal city in the south.

It can be said that the Chaoshan people over there celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival very grandly. There is a dragon boat race every year, and there are quite a few people participating.

They attach great importance to this dragon boat race, just like the Miao people singing folk songs duet in the mountains.

In the outer area of ​​Wumeng Mountain, most of the folk song competitions between villages are caused by releasing water to irrigate paddy fields.

In many places, the flow of water is blocked, it is not easy to release water, and the amount of water may not be enough. Therefore, in the past, there were often large-scale large-scale multi-village fights between villages to fight for water to irrigate rice.

Zhang An had seen it once, and the fight was very strong. Both sides tried their best in the whole village. They had to fight to win or lose.

Later, due to the influence of various reasons, the bad habit of fighting for water was gradually abandoned, and it was changed to a folk song competition between villages. Everyone called their own troops and faced each other across the ditch.

In the later generations, there was no competition for water, and the two villages joined together to buy some things, such as cows, pigs, etc., as rewards.

The topic is a bit skewed, and the dragon boat races in some areas of the Dragon Boat Festival are also like this. Not only do you get a prize for the ranking, it also represents your collective honor.

In later generations, many dragon boat competitions will not only give prize money to the first, second and third place, but also award medals, so everyone attaches great importance to this event.

Saying this makes me feel good.

Although the Dragon Boat Festival in the Changqing area is not so grand, it is still full of traditional atmosphere.

The first morning, Zhang An's mother had already picked out the glutinous rice at home, poured it into a bucket and soaked it.

Because this rice is new rice from last year, it is not used to make rice cakes, so it does not need to be soaked for so long.

After Zhang An finished washing, the family ate breakfast early.

Zhang An's father, Zhang Jianguo, wanted to go to the mountain to cut wormwood.

Every year when moxa is mowed, Zhang Jianguo will cut a lot, and prepare some for Zhang An's second and fourth grandfathers, and two uncles.

And Zhang An was assigned by his mother to pick sorghum leaves in his field.

Although there is a big river in Changqing Village, the reed leaves by the river are very small, not as big as sorghum leaves.

Therefore, the villagers are used to pick the sorghum leaves in the field to make zongzi.

Zhang An carried the basket on his back and took Xiaohu out the door.

Now the three tigers in the family have their own division of labor. The little tiger likes to follow Zhang An every day, and it follows Zhang An when he goes out, and he stays at home when Zhang An does not go out.

And Dahu likes to follow Zhang An's father, Zhang Jianguo, no matter whether he is visiting other people's houses or working in the field, Dahu likes to follow.

Most of the remaining two tigers are housekeepers at home, and they will also follow Zhang An's mother, Wang Fang, for a walk in the village.

Go out from the back of the village and walk straight ahead along the mountain road.

In the mountains at this time, the corn everyone planted has grown very tall, and it feels like it is about to bloom.

Zhang An walked quickly, and when the sun was not shining, he hurried to the field to pick the sorghum leaves and bring them back.

Otherwise, at noon, the sun will be scorching hot, and it will still be quite uncomfortable.

In Zhang An's family's baogu field, some sorghum is planted every year, and there is not much sorghum, just a few dozen catties.

Because sorghum rice cakes are quite delicious, the old Wang family who roasts wine in the village will buy sorghum from everyone every year to roast wine.

I just don’t know why there are fewer and fewer people planting it.

In the Baogu field, the planted Baogu grew very well. If Zhang An was not tall, he would have been scratched on the face by the Baogu leaves in the Baogu forest.

Passing through the Baogu forest, I came to the corner of the sorghum plantation.

Sorghum plants are much thinner than bracts, but they are not short, otherwise they cannot be called sorghum.

Zhang An started picking the good sorghum leaves, but he couldn't catch a sheep and pluck them all the time. He picked a few leaves from each plant.

From the beginning to the end of the field, half a basket of sorghum leaves was picked in less than half an hour.

The task is successfully completed, call it a day and go home.

Zhang An, carrying a basket of sorghum leaves on his back, had already walked to the edge of his second uncle's house.

I found that there was too much movement in the Baogu field of my second uncle's house.

At this time, the buds have not yet budded, so no one at home should come to see them, and the second uncle's house just came to weed a few days ago, so the ground is clean.

Could it be a wild boar? This thought arose in Zhang An's mind.

Surely no one was inside, Zhang An put down the basket and walked towards the swaying area.

The corn pole inside has been brought down a lot.

I only saw Sixiang, who was about the size of a little tiger, nibbling on the crisp and tender corn stalks in the corn field.

Is this roe?

Zhang An held Xiaohu down and moved closer quietly.

No, this is not a roe deer. Zhang An has seen the roe deer before. Fourth Grandpa even hunted one before. Zhang An ate several roe deer meat.

The two ears on this guy's head have been erected all the time, as if he was watching what's going on.

Zhang An looked carefully, and found that there were several nostrils on this thing's face.

At this time, Zhang An recognized it. This guy was the Four Eyes in the Mountain. It was a small four-eyed creature, which fit the legendary beast.

It sounds scary at night. Old people often say that this thing is unlucky, because every time they hear it, an old man will die nearby.

In Zhang An's later life, there were very few of these animals, and many were caught by everyone, and they were all included in the national list of protected animals.

At this time, Zhang An was like playing a card collecting game, as if a new card appeared in the card pool, and his habit of collecting faintly broke out.

Since this thing was seen by Zhang An, it must be a thief.

Immediately command Xiaohu to start outflanking from the other side, and Zhang An surrounds from this side.

Four Eyes soon discovered a person and a dog. Seeing the two-legged beast in front of him approaching him step by step, it even made a sound like a dog barking, which almost made Xiaohu stunned.

Could it be that they met the same kind?

The rear is the sill of this land, and there are only two ways to go out, the front and the side.

But being blocked by Zhang An and Xiaohu, Zhang An was not worried about it running away from him and Xiaohu.

Soon, Four Eyes was forced under the ridge by Zhang An and Xiaohu. It wanted to run, but there was nowhere for it to run.

The ridge behind it was several meters high, and it failed to rush up twice.

Seeing the four eyes that had been forced to the corner, Xiaohu made a swift and violent charge, and instantly jumped up to throw it on the ground.

For a moment, Zhang An felt that his dog was becoming more and more like a wolf, vicious and ruthless, and quick-moving.

Finally, Zhang An walked over and brought it into the space together with Xiaohu.

Zhang An was not afraid of it running away at this time, so he asked Xiaohu to let him go and watch carefully.

It turned out that everyone called it four eyes for no reason. This guy's name is Jizi, and he has several nostrils on his face. From a distance, he thought it was eyes, so he called it four eyes.

This guy is timid by nature, he usually comes out at night to look for food, occasionally comes out in the morning, and sleeps in the hidden woods at other times.

They are cautious by nature, and basically every time they come out, they follow the same route. Even if they are discovered, they escape to other places while being hunted down, and they will return to the original place when they are safe.

It is a relatively nostalgic animal, but for experienced people in the mountains, this is the biggest weakness of muntjac.

Although there were two long fangs growing in its mouth, it had never been seen to be used when the tiger pounced on it just now. Zhang An really couldn't figure out what the use of these fangs were.

Seeing its bulging stomach, Zhang An thought it was full, so he didn't run away just now.

But when I think about this thing, it usually only comes out at night. If it's not too hungry, it probably won't come out during the day.

At that moment, Zhang An touched its belly, because the belly was abnormally big, and it could still feel that it was moving inside.

Only then did Zhang An realize that this guy turned out to be a muntjac with cubs.

No wonder there are no long horns on her head. Judging by the size of her belly, she should have been pregnant for a long time.

"Little deer, you are lucky. You met me today. If you meet someone else, you will suffer."

When he first entered the space, the little guy was a little nervous because he was frightened by Xiaohu and he was suddenly in a strange place.

But after confronting Zhang An in the space for a long time, after seeing that Zhang An had no malice towards it, this guy stood up to eat grass leisurely, and even ran to the edge of the fish pond to drink water.

After changing his previous timid appearance, he is not afraid of Zhang An at all. If he were a different person, he might not be treated so well.

Zhang An doesn't plan to keep this thing in the space. Since he plans to make a farmhouse for his parents, he must make some gimmicks to attract everyone, so Zhang An plans to take this thing home and raise it.

Zhang An believes that many people will be curious about this guy.

After it gives birth to cubs, it will become domesticated.

(End of this chapter)