Siheyuan: Starting from the Pig Killer

Chapter 73 Big Harvest

It is the summer harvest season, and this is the most exciting event at the moment. Almost all newspapers are reporting relevant news, and Sijiu City Life Newspaper is no exception.

During this period, in order to obtain more news materials, many reporters from the entire newspaper were sent out, just to be able to go deep into the front lines of the summer harvest and grasp the most authentic first-hand news.

Journalists these days are still very attitudinal and cannot catch rumors and hearsay. In addition, the entire social atmosphere is biased towards pragmatism, so it is still very common to go out to collect news and go among the masses.

Feng Baolin, the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper, also led a team to the countryside this time. There were more than a dozen people in the team, but they were scattered among several communes.

The Jinjin Commune side is composed of Feng Baolin himself, plus official reporter Fu Hongxia and intern reporter Tao Xiaoye who just graduated this year and entered the newspaper office.

Originally, today they were working hard on the threshing floor with the villagers, experiencing first-hand the hardships of the farmer brothers.

But I didn't expect that a child fell into the water. Moreover, this incident had many twists and turns. No one expected that it would develop to this situation.

Although he felt sorry for Comrade Xiang Yunduan, as the dignified deputy editor-in-chief, Feng Baolin was keenly aware of the "explosive point" of this matter. If done properly, this matter could bring huge benefits to the newspaper. attention, and even enhance the influence of the entire newspaper.

There are too many newspapers that pay attention to the summer harvest. Although everyone works hard, the content of the reports is the same. And to be honest, these things happen every year, and there is nothing new in what everyone reads.

But the matter with Xiang Yunduan is different.

There are at least three points worth exploring.

First, starting with children falling into the water, we can focus on popularizing the dangers of wild swimming in summer. After all, in the face of hot weather, many people are willing to cool down by swimming. Not only children, but even adults have died because of this. It happens all the time.

Second, let’s start with Xiang Yun Duan’s bravery. Needless to say, let’s talk about the shining points of human nature, but most importantly, bring up a hugely controversial topic: using the life of this young man, Xiang Yun Duan. Is it worth exchanging the lives of three children?

Third, what is that huge shadow under the water? Although topics such as "water monsters" and "water ghosts" cannot be discussed openly, we can use side descriptions to let the public figure it out for themselves. The newspaper can completely report this matter from the standpoint of "getting closer to science".

With such a "three-axe" cut, we can continue to track the registration for at least half a month. After half a month, many people who did not read the Sijiucheng Life Newspaper may start paying attention to this newspaper in the future.

The more Feng Baolin thought about it, the more excited he became. If there were not villagers around, he would have almost taken out the notebook and pen in his breast pocket and started writing.

"Xiao Wuzi, you go back to Old Ma Tou immediately and ask him to get on the boat and come over. Also, remember to bring more harpoons and fishing nets."

Of course the villagers didn't know what Feng Baolin was thinking. Wu Qingya, the captain of the second team, suddenly said to a young man next to him, and then turned to look at everyone: "Villagers, Comrade Xiang was unfortunately killed trying to save our children. We We cannot let Comrade Xiang's body not be recovered in the end. In that case, we will have no way to explain to Comrade Xiang's family.

I'm going to go into the lake to explore. No matter what, I must find Comrade Xiang's body!

But this matter is very dangerous, so I don't order anyone, everyone decides for themselves whether they want to come with me or not! "

After such a long time, everyone has basically concluded that Comrade Xiang Yunduan was killed. After all, although they did not see clearly what the huge black shadow underwater was, it was a fact that Xiang Yunduan was dragged into the water by that thing.

Even without that black shadow, it would be impossible for a person to survive entering the lake without taking a breath for such a long time.

"I go!"

A man stood up and said with a firm face: "Comrade Xiang saved our big brother, at this time, do I have to pretend to be dumb?"

"And I!"

"Count me in!"

"Let's go together, there are so many people, we will definitely scare away that thing in the lake!"

……

Soon, under Wu Qingya's gaze, one villager after another stood up, and the atmosphere suddenly reached a climax.

Feng Baolin looked at the scene in front of him and felt that this was another "explosive point" worth digging into. Such a choice that tortures human nature, no matter what the final result, is worthy of reporting.

But soon, Feng Baolin's plan fell through.

"Look there, what's going on?"

Suddenly, a villager closest to the lake screamed.

When everyone was called by him, their attention was immediately attracted, and then they saw that about four or five meters away from the shore, the lake water seemed to be boiling. It was churning, and ripples spread in circles. .

"Is it Comrade Xiang?"

I don’t know who said something, and everyone was extremely nervous, holding their breath and staring at the lake.

Comrade Tao Xiaoye, an intern reporter, immediately grabbed the camera and held it in front of his eyes, quietly waiting for the moment to be captured.

This anomaly did not last long.

"Wow!"

There was a loud noise, and the lake water turned into white waves. In the center of the turbulence, a large dark blue fish nearly two meters long rushed out of the water and stabbed into the air.

"Crack!"

Subconsciously, Comrade Tao Xiaoye clicked the shutter button. After reacting, she discovered that the dark blue fish actually carried a figure of about the same length on its back.

Perhaps it shouldn't be described as "back". To be more precise, it should be more appropriate to say that the figure is entrenched on the fish.

"Oh!"

The villagers who were just about to go into the water to look for Xiang Yunduan's body saw this scene and all exclaimed.

One is to marvel that there is such a big fish in the lake, and the other is to marvel that Xiang Yunduan is still alive.

"It turns out to be a big fish, hurry up and call Lao Ma Tou over!" Wu Qingya urged Xiao Wuzi again.

It's a fish, not some water ghost or water monster!

This made everyone sigh in relief.

Although I have never seen such a big fish before, as long as it is a fish, all the worries in my heart disappear, but it makes people feel eager to try.

"Pong!"

The big herring and Xiang Yunduan hit the water surface together, making a huge noise, and the surrounding water waves were stirred up to a height of more than one meter.

"Just wait until you get out of the frying pan!"

Xiang Yunduan finally took a breath and suddenly felt refreshed.

Now the offense and defense are different.

The big herring kept struggling in the water, but Xiang Yunduan grabbed its gills with both hands and clamped its belly tightly with his legs. It couldn't get rid of it at all and could only keep rolling back and forth.

"Struggle, see how long you can hold on!"

Xiang Yunduan already has a chance of victory in his heart.

Fish are cold-blooded animals, and have more white muscles than red muscles, so generally speaking, fish have strong explosive power, but their endurance, that is, endurance is not high, which is why fish usually slip away when fishing.

Xiang Yunduan is currently chasing this big herring. He believes that it won't be long before this big herring has no strength to move anymore. At that time, it will be meat on the chopping board, and you can handle it how you want.

However, before he could use up the strength of the big herring, the old fisherman whom Wu Qingya called Lao Ma Tou came over in a small boat.

At this moment, everyone took action together, with Xiang Yunduan controlling the big herring's back, and everyone easily netted the big herring. "Comrade, it's great that you have nothing to do!"

"Benefactor, great benefactor, Gouwa, come here quickly and kowtow to your uncle!"

"It's amazing. Such a big fish was caught, but it's still at the bottom of the water!"

……

After the dust settled, everyone looked at Xiang Yunduan, talking in various directions, and most of them were amazed.

After a while, Xiang Yunduan got to know the people around him. He was dragged by the parents of the three children and made them kowtow three times before they got a chance to speak.

"Don't touch that fish, let me do it. How about we just eat this fish tonight?"

What Xiang Yunduan is thinking about most at the moment is actually what kind of luck this big herring can bring to him.

After all, after this struggle, all his golden luck was consumed. It would be a big loss if he couldn't make up for it.

"Haha, Comrade Xiang, the pig came to our brigade. He was originally a guest. Now he has saved the children of our brigade. He is his savior. How can he eat the fish you caught again? When he returns to the brigade, this We must have spent money to buy the fish, and then I will treat you, Comrade Xiang, to a good meal!" Wu Qingya laughed.

Today's matter was solved perfectly, and everyone was happy. As the team leader, Wu Qingya was naturally happy.

"Captain Wu, you are too foreign. What are you talking about? It's mine and it's yours. Didn't everyone take action when we caught the fish just now? It's not my fault alone. Otherwise, could we have caught this big fish and brought it back?" It's hard to say!" Xiang Yunduan said.

You definitely can't take this fish away, so you might as well just eat it and be done with it. He's not short of money now, so he might as well form a good relationship.

"Let's go to the village first!" Wu Qingya pulled Xiang Yunduan and said.

"Wait a minute, I was fighting in the water just now and something fell down. Please wait for me!"

Xiang Yunduan said and jumped into the water again.

The big herring was tossing him a lot just now, and no one noticed that the wolf fang pendant fell off.

The lake is quite deep. Even though it's broad daylight and the sun's rays are bright, it's still hard to see clearly underwater.

There was no other way, so Xiang Yunduan consumed two more red luck and strengthened his eyes twice.

Talent: Divine Eye (Bronze)

Effect: Vision +30%, Night Vision +30%.

With his divine eye talent, it took Xiang Yunduan several minutes to find the wolf fang pendant and hang it back around his neck.

However, just as he was about to return, his eyes caught a glimpse of something shining not far away.

He swam over curiously and found that it was a stone cave. The cave was quite big, and the shining thing came from the cave.

"This is? Pearl?"

Entering the cave, Xiang Yunduan quickly discovered that there were many round things scattered in the cave, some big and some small, most of them were white, and some were pink and blue.

Looking at the surrounding environment, Xiang Yunduan immediately understood that this place should be the home of the big herring.

Herring is a carnivorous fish, but it generally only eats molluscs in the water, such as mussels, clams, clams, snails, etc.

Although these things have hard shells, the throat teeth of herring are just enough to crush the hard shells, swallow the meat, and then spit out the shells.

These pearls were probably spit out by the herring after eating the shells.

The cave is almost covered with shell fragments and the like.

Of course, in addition to these, there are also many fish bones. It is completely normal for such a big herring to eat some small fish and shrimps.

"With so many pearls, I really don't know how many clams this herring has eaten!"

Xiang Yunduan was naturally not polite, and sighed in his heart while collecting the scattered pearls into the space.

He found more than a dozen pearls the size of pigeon eggs alone, as well as a particularly beautiful drop-shaped pearl, almost over three centimeters in diameter.

After picking up for a while, Xiang Yunduan finally picked up all the pearls. After looking again and finding that there was nothing else, he floated up.

……

"Come on, come on, let's all laugh!"

In the yard of the Yanghutan brigade, Tao Xiaoye was directing everyone to line up for photos.

Of course, not everyone took the photo, but Xiang Yunduan was in the middle. The three children who had fallen into the water and were rescued stood in the front. The children's parents stood on both sides, and then they worked together to hold the big herring.

With a click, another photo that Feng Baolin thought could attract the attention of the crowd was fixed.

Xiang Yunduan returned safely. Feng Baolin had mixed feelings, feeling both happy and disappointed.

Compared with Xiang Yunduan's sacrifice, this ending is naturally less disturbing in terms of "explosive point".

However, news must still be done, and it must be more passionate than reporting on the summer harvest.

Therefore, after returning to the village, Feng Baolin asked Comrade Tao Xiaoye to take this happy ending photo.

"Quick, quick, quick, let's measure how long and heavy this big guy is?"

After the photo was taken, the fisherman Lao Ma Tou next to him, who couldn't wait any longer, immediately brought up a ruler.

According to this measurement, this big herring is 182 centimeters. When weighed again, it weighs 312 kilograms.

It's really a big guy!

"Bring the knife, let's have a fish feast tonight!"

Xiang Yunduan took the thick-backed machete used for chopping bones from the canteen chef, slapped the big herring on the head several times, knocked the dying big herring unconscious, and then began to disembowel it.

Following his movements, a large ball of golden luck flew out of the big herring.

Xiang Yunduan was still expecting this, so it was not too surprising.

But what surprised him was that in addition to a large ball of golden luck, the big herring also contributed a ball of black luck.

This is the first time Xiang Yunduan has seen black luck.

This black luck is different from the five colors of white, red, green, gold, and purple, because this black luck is specially used to strengthen animals.

With this black luck, Xiang Yunduan immediately thought of his own Huzi and Huaniu.

If Huzi and Hua Niu were strengthened, wouldn't it be easier to hunt in the future?

He was still thinking about how he would go hunting in the mountains when he had time!

(End of this chapter)