Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 286: Taking out the house bird

When Zhang Tiejun came back from the forest farm in the evening, it was already dark. Wang Xiufen also prepared the food, asked Zhang Peng to put the kang table, and waited for him to come back.
Just after dinner, Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan were pestering Zhang Peng, preparing to start their plan to steal the house.
"Where are you going so late?" Zhang Tiejun was lying on the kang after dinner and asked them when he saw this.
"My brother wants to take us to hunt for birds." Zhang Xiaoxia heard Zhang Tiejun's words and said to him.
"Oh, be careful, don't fall." Zhang Tiejun heard Zhang Xiaoxia's words and said with a smile without paying attention.
Zhang Peng got off the kang and put on his shoes and fur jacket, then went to the west room, took out a cloth bag, and greeted the two of them to set off quickly.
Xiaobao also followed Zhang Peng quietly. He also wanted to go out to play, and night was his home field.
Usually, if no one is with him, Xiaobao will not sneak out at night. Its range of activities is only in the yard.
The inside of the house is its territory, and the outside is Rhubarb's territory. In the past, whenever Xiaobao came out, Rhubarb would make threatening sounds, but now that he is familiar with it, Rhubarb is too lazy to care about it.
Just like that, Zhang Peng and the others went outside. It was pitch dark outside at night in winter. Zhang Peng held a flashlight in his hand and began to sneak around the house. Xiaobao followed quietly, while Dahuang and the others Watching Zhang Peng and the others' actions curiously.
Under the eaves of the mud houses in the Northeast are places where house sparrows nest. In the countryside of the Northeast, there are several animals that live in the same room with humans. Invisibly, when people call them, there will be multiple "homes" in front of them. Character.

For example, the swallows that build their nests on the beams of the hall are called "house swallows"; the mice that sneak into the house and dig holes in the ground in the corners are called "house mice."The sparrow that also lives under the eaves also has another name: house sparrow.

People call sparrows that are older, more experienced, and stronger than similar sparrows "home sparrows." People who are young and have poor physical fitness, and of course smaller, are called "little house sparrows."

But Zhang Peng has stopped doing this activity of digging out bird's nests a long time ago. This can be traced back to when he was a child. At that time, he and Zhao Chunming and others were digging out birds' nests. At that time, there was nothing to eat. It's a very delicious thing.
At that time, they waited long after night fell, when the sky was completely dark and everything was quiet, before their team of hunting birds would go out.Those who engage in this kind of "cheap" business are all teenagers between ten and fifteen years old. The whole process is for the purpose of "fun", because generally speaking, the benefits are very small or even completely negligible. It mainly depends on luck.
Zhang Peng and the others often work in groups of four or five, and they first pick their own houses. This is because most people in the village don't like others stealing ideas under their own roofs, just like thieves trying to break into the house, so they always pick out these four or five houses. , and then those of immediate relatives.
When looking for house sparrows at night, Zhang Peng and the others must prepare a flashlight, and the battery must be brand new to ensure that the light it emits is absolutely strong and dazzling.This small group of people quietly sneaked into the yard and sneaked to the back of the house. Starting from the corner of the eaves, they searched the back eaves inch by inch.During this period, they held their breath and tiptoed, like a small team carrying out special tasks deep behind enemy lines, or even more like a habitual thief who slipped through the door and picked the lock.

To be honest, Zhang Peng didn't know how to build a sparrow nest under the eaves. When people build a house, they certainly don't intentionally leave holes for the sparrows to live in.

People in the village took it for granted that the house sparrow "fluttered" it out with its wings, which seemed reasonable, but they had never seen a house sparrow make a nest like a swallow.However, house sparrows do live in fist-sized holes, so it may be believed that they "made" them themselves.

House sparrows are afraid of light.As long as strong light shines directly into its eyes, it will instantly go blind. If you put your hand in, you can get it right. However, the probability of Zhang Peng and other ordinary airmen is very high.
Now Zhang Peng and his sisters have taken up this job again, and are searching inch by inch for the nests of the house sparrows.
When he went out during the day, Zhang Peng would occasionally see house sparrows on the eaves, but he never saw where their nests were.
"Brother, have you found it? Why haven't you found it for so long?" Zhang Xiaoxia followed, then held Zhang Xiaolan's hand tightly and asked Zhang Peng.
"Wait a minute, why are you so anxious? Don't make any more noise. It's very dark here. We have to look for it for a while first." Zhang Peng also continued to shine the flashlight on the eaves, and then said to them.
"Oh, okay, brother, let's look for it slowly." Zhang Xiaoxia also said in a low voice when she heard Zhang Peng's words.
At this moment, Zhang Peng also stopped. He took a photo of a place that seemed to be the nest of domestic sparrows. This was under the reeds. There seemed to be a gap. Generally speaking, this was their nest.
Zhang Peng also quickly brought the ladder over from the side. Zhang Peng would never be able to reach the height of the eaves, so he could only use the ladder.
When Zhang Peng climbed up the ladder, he first shined a flashlight into the hole, then reached in with his hand and started to pick it out.
Normally, the bird's nest is not very deep, so you can stick your arm in just a little bit to get to the bottom. Zhang Peng seemed to have touched the bird's feathers with his hand, and then he reached forward, grabbed it, and took it out.
Zhang Peng took it out and saw that it was indeed a thief from his hometown. He was not small in size and felt fat to the touch. He didn't know how he could still be so fat in the winter. He probably didn't have anything to eat.
"Oh, I caught it, I caught it!" Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan clapped and cheered when they saw the house bird in Zhang Peng's hand below.
When Zhang Peng heard the cheers below, he quickly climbed down the ladder and handed it over to Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan, who couldn't wait for a long time.
The house bird was honest in Zhang Peng's hands, but as soon as it was handed over to Zhang Xiaoxia's hands, it began to struggle violently. In addition, Zhang Xiaoxia's hands were relatively small and her strength could not keep up, so it was It was very difficult to hold it with both hands.
Then the two of them also squatted down, trying to check the house sparrow in their hands. At this moment, the house sparrow that had subsided began to struggle again, and suddenly pecked Zhang Xiaoxia's hand with its mouth. Zhang Xiaoxia's hand hurt. He also subconsciously let go of his hand.
Then the sound of fluttering wings was heard, and Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan exclaimed that the bird was about to fly away.
At this moment, a black shadow jumped up like lightning, then jumped and turned over dexterously, and then landed lightly on the ground. Except for the sound of the house bird flapping its wings, there was no sound. The whole process was like flowing clouds and flowing water. Normally, no one reacted for a while.
"Xiaobao!" Zhang Xiaoxia called out. The black figure was Xiaobao. After hearing Zhang Xiaoxia's voice, he also came over with a fluttering house sparrow in his mouth. It was the one that wanted to escape just now. .
Zhang Peng was a little shocked when he saw this. This guy was too fast, and his pounce was too accurate. It felt like he had done it many times before.
"Xiaobao, you are so awesome." When Zhang Xiaoxia saw Xiaobao's appearance, she also touched its head, and then said with a giggle.
(End of this chapter)