My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 140 Wolf and Pig

   There was nothing to do in the afternoon, so Chen Ling stayed at home and killed the fish.

  The dried flour was also cleaned up, and a small half-day grass mat was made.

  Waiting until dusk, the young couple brought back Wang Zhenzhen and the dolls in the village together.

   Then Wang Susu cooked porridge, Chen Ling cooked vegetables, and made a sumptuous dinner for Wang Zhenzhen. After the meal, the two accompanied their sister-in-law to do some homework, and Chen Ze and Yuqiang came to call him.

  ... He answered and went to pack up, but Wang Susu hurried out of the house and stopped him.

   "It's cold at night, put on your coat and go."

   "It's okay, and you don't stay outside all the time, you don't need to wear it."

  Chen Ling held the shotgun, loaded half a pocket of bullets, and picked up two fish from the kitchen, then got up and walked out.

   "Put them on, Yu Qiang and Chen Ze are wearing them, in case they freeze."

  Wang Susu was chasing after him to put the military coat on him.

Chen Ling was helpless, glanced at the coat that his daughter-in-law bought this year, and had no choice but to agree: "Okay, then you find the old one for me, this one is too new, it's not worth getting dirty for this little thing. ."

   Today is a night watch, not to visit relatives, as long as you can keep out the wind.

   Actually, I spent most of the time in the grass hut by the side of the village, instead of patrolling the village all the time.

   He is strong and strong, even if he really has to patrol the outside all night, he will be fine.

   It’s just that the daughter-in-law insisted on putting it on, but there was no way.

  Waiting for Wang Susu to find out the old coat from previous years, Chen Ling put it on at will, and was sent out by his wife and sister-in-law.

It's just after nine o'clock in the night, and August 15 has not passed a few days. The moon is still bright, so it is not dark. The three of them carry guns, carry food, and talk all the way to the grass in the wheat field. shed.

  This grass hut is still a gathering point built by the villagers before the villagers built their houses after the flood.

  It can save a lot of trouble by using it now.

   Moreover, the wheat field is spacious and there are no sundries. It happens to be in the area outside the village. You don’t have to walk a few steps outside the hut to see the movement in both directions in the northwest. It is perfect for night duty here.

   Today, seven teams of them are on patrol at night, and a total of five people came.

   In addition to Chen Ling and the three, there are also Chen Baoshuan of Chen Sangui's family, and Chen Baoliang of Chen Erzhu's uncle's family.

  Erzhu's real name is Chen Baozhu, and they belong to the same grandfather as Chen Baoshuan.

Chen Ling and Chen Ze belong to another big family. In terms of relatives, Chen Dazhi and Chen Guoping are the farthest, but the more you go on, the less you pay attention to these. They don't mix with each other very much, and they get along with each other. If they don't get along, who recognizes you as a family?

   Especially Chen Baoshuan, who was taught by his daughter-in-law, spent all day thinking about how to empty out his father Chen Sangui's coffin book.

   Others can't persuade them yet, so whoever persuades them makes trouble.

   now has a very bad reputation, even worse than before Chen Ling.

  Chen Ling also has a good daughter-in-law. They are a married couple and don’t do any human affairs. They are very unpopular in the village.

   In addition to their own uncles and brothers, they can't get along with him.

   Let’s just say tonight.

  Isn't this going to be a vigil with the guys, the gentlemen naturally don't sit still, it's normal to have a drink together, as long as you don't drink too much and don't delay things.

   So Chen Ling brought fish, Chen Ze brought wine, and Chen Yuqiang bought some pork head meat and pig ears.

When they got to the grass hut, Chen Yuqiang was a real person. He was not as thick-faced as Chen Ze. He felt that the three of them had brought food. He was embarrassed to let the brothers Chen Baoshuan and Chen Baoliang watch them. Chen Ze couldn't say anything, so he went out to pick up firewood and prepared to grill the fish later.

   As a result, I picked up the firewood and came back. I just sat down and didn't finish two glasses of wine.

Chen Baoshuan put his arms around Chen Ling's shoulders. The elder brother and the younger brother were short. He complained that he did not agree with Chen Ling for a drink several times, and also blamed Chen Ling for not asking him for help in building a house. Later, he talked about the relatives and distances of the old Chen family. A lot of words, it means the same thing:

  I finally got a seat today, ready to make him punish himself with three cups.

  Chen Ling would ignore him. After giving their brothers two cigarettes, he got up and made an excuse to go out.

   Who knew that he had just walked out not too far when Chen Baoshuan whispered.

   "Hardman? Who's smoking this shit."

   "I have good cigarettes and I hide them and refuse to give them. Every day I give Li Xian and Jusheng the two grandsons here and there. Is this the way to the brothers of the old Chen family? Bah."

   Chen Baoliang was embarrassed for a while when he said this, and Chen Ze and Chen Yuqiang were too lazy to get to know him in general.

  Chen Baoliang can only be anxious.

   "What are you doing, Baoshuan? People who are rich and rich let you drink and eat meat, and give you cigarettes, why are you still complaining?"

"Besides, people didn't look for you when they built a house, but they often asked Uncle Sangui to bring food and drinks to the house. It's not bad to do this. You can't see you when you bow your head and don't look up. Are you not comfortable with yourself..."

  Chen Baoliang is also very helpless, this cousin of his own can't do anything and it's a bad thing.

   This is good, if you don’t get a piece of it, you won’t get it, why do you have to make them enemies?

   makes him feel embarrassed even as a cousin.

   "Hey, a little food left over from other people's food will be treasured by the old man, who rarely wants it."

Chen Baoshuan's face was purplish red, his eyes rolled, and he rolled the cigarette that Chen Ling gave him into a ball and threw it aside: "It's not like you don't know what this kid was like before, but now he's fawning on the leader, and he will pretend to be a big-tailed wolf in the village. ."

   "I just don't like him, what's wrong? No?"

  Chen Baoliang was so choked that he got up and went out to smoke, and he didn't want to talk to him anymore.

   I can still hear Chen Baoshuan scolding inside: "If you have the ability to stay outside all night, you will freeze to death."

  …

   After the three of Chen Ling left the grass hut, they went to tinker with grilled fish, and didn't mention it at all.

   This is really not Chen Ling's generosity.

   The main person, Chen Baoshuan, is this kind of virtue, and everyone in the village knows it.

  Because of Xizi's incident, I made a lot of trouble with several houses in the village.

   I just didn’t expect that for no reason, I would come to find Chen Ling’s fault today.

  You have to force yourself to make trouble with such a thing, but you appear to be ignorant and let outsiders see jokes.

   Simply stay away from him, so as not to be intimidated.

   So the three of them carried their guns, put the wine, vegetables, fish and firewood among the trees outside the threshing field, and wandered around in the fields. The moonlight was hazy, pouring down, shining on the corn sticks and yellow bean pods.

  The crickets in the grass can't stop chirping, and the toads in the puddles also respond with two sounds from time to time. Such a moonlit night, the scenery is peaceful and very quiet, it is very suitable for a picnic.

   But before doing these meals, they are also going to inspect it.

  The main focus of the inspection is the three directions of south, north and west. Because the mountains are connected, wild things mostly emerge from these three directions. The east is the reservoir, and the wolf will not go there, so don’t worry about it.

  Like a few nights ago, the wolves came down from the west and the north, and they almost touched the village for two or three days, but the villagers who were on duty for those two days were frightened.

  The three of them first went to Chen Ling's field for a while, and they turned around and walked south without seeing any movement. They soon arrived at Chen Ze's house. The boy handed the gun to Yu Qiang, and burrowed into the cornfield himself.

   "Shuiwazi, what are you doing?"

   "Shit, I've been holding back all the way."

   "If you have shit, you don't pull it, you have to get here?"

   "What do you know, it's called fat water not flowing to outsiders' fields."

   "Just your piss, what about it?"

   "I'm happy, it's none of your business."

  Chen Ling hid away, happily watching the two quarreling. The two were also interesting, and they were not idle.

   After a while, Chen Ze came out with his pants up.

  's face suddenly changed: "No, there seems to be movement in the corn field."

   "Which side?"

   "I don't know, go back quickly and prepare to put on the torches, don't let wolves come down the mountain."

   The two of them immediately looked around nervously with their guns raised.

  Chen Ling listened quietly, and there was indeed a clicking sound in the cornfield, which came from the south.

   and very fast.

   Before the three of them walked back to the grass hut, the movement of the cornfield was just around the corner. In the blink of an eye, I saw five or six black shadows on the ridge to the southwest.

   "Not a wolf, but a wild boar."

  The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and they raised their shotguns in their hands and fired two shots into the sky, shouting loudly in their mouths.

   The roar of gunfire broke the silence of the night, and then the small wild boar herd quickly ran away and disappeared from sight, only a terrified humming sound could be heard.

  To deal with wild boars in the mountains, it is mainly to disturb and drive away, especially when encountering wild boars, they will not easily provoke them.

  The wild boar has rough skin and thick flesh. When they are in groups, there are basically no natural enemies, and they have always been domineering.

Especially these guys always like to rub it on trees and rocks, such as pine oil seeds, etc., rubbing against the body, it is like wearing a layer of armor. its skin.

  The wild boar is ferocious, mainly top-heavy, thick in the front and thin in the back, and the muscle strength is concentrated in the front half of the body.

It is no exaggeration to say that it accounts for 70% of the whole body. The skin is rough and the flesh is thick, and it is like a small tank when it is mad. There are large adult wild boars that go crazy, and trees with thick bowls can be knocked down. How can you resist?

   There is also a saying in some places that there is one pig, two bears and three tigers. This does not mean that wild boars are more powerful than tigers and bears, but that wild boars are more destructive to people and crops.

  Especially in autumn, around the eighth and ninth lunar month.

   This season, corn is basically grown, and tender corn with high sugar content is the favorite of monkeys and wild boars.

  The monkeys are very clever, so I won’t say much. The nose of the wild boar is also very easy to use, and it is not much different from the nose of a dog. The sweet smell of corn can be smelled from miles away, and it will come down the mountain to harm it at night.

Wild boars are a male with many females. Once they are dispatched, they are often a family of more than ten heads. In addition, they are not like monkeys who secretly break off two corns and then slip away. Just like arching over in the ground, the long mouth is like a big shovel, which can eat several acres of land in one night and ruin it.

   So before the autumn harvest, even if you don't guard against wolves, you should guard against wild boars.

   For people in the mountains, this is a very common thing.

  The wheat is harvested in summer, and the vigil at the wheat field is to prevent grain thieves. Before the autumn harvest, it is called Kanqing to prevent wild boars and other wild things on the mountain from harming the crops. It has been this way for many years, and everyone is used to it.

   However, it is not necessary to fight against wild boars as much as against wolves.

  Sometimes you don’t even need to bring a shotgun.

   is mainly disturbing.

  Under normal circumstances, just light a torch, hold a steel fork, and shout a few words to scare them away.

   Wild boars are not very timid, and they are not very aggressive. They will take the initiative to leave when disturbed.

certainly…

   There are exceptions.

  When the wild boar is injured, or there are piglets, you have to cheer up and be very careful.

   If not, it will probably have no good fruit to eat if angered.

  The enraged wild boar became furious, attacking whatever it saw, and the wild wolf had to take a detour when it saw it, and did not dare to provoke it at all.

Not to mention    people.

   "It's nothing, let's go back, wolves usually don't come in the first half of the night."

  Chen Ling said something, stroked the slightly hot barrel twice, and took the lead to go to the wheat field.

  The wolf is cunning and likes to sneak into the village when people are asleep in the middle of the night.

  If they are familiar with the situation, sometimes they can avoid the dogs and capture the animals unknowingly.

   Having said that, there are exceptions that must be guarded against.

So the three of them were just outside the threshing field, set up a fire and grilled fish, chatted with pig head meat and drank small wine, and Chen Baoliang also came over after a while. Apart from being a little talkative, this man was actually not bad. Can.

Don't look at the old bull's eyes all day long, with thick lips, and look like a fool just by looking at his face. In fact, he has a lot of hearts. He knew his cousin Chen Baoshuan's temperament at an early age, and he is so good at craftsmanship. I don't know how to learn it well, it's a waste.

   So he learned to work as a carpenter with Chen Sangui, and he has been able to receive jobs in recent years, which is quite impressive.

   This man came up to him, and Chen Ze poured him a cup of wine. He didn't drink it.

   "Good guy, I really didn't see it, Baoliang, you are quite superstitious."

  Chen Ze smacked his tongue.

   The three of them didn't believe this, but at night they didn't have much to do except eat and drink, so they urged Chen Baoliang to tell two ghost stories.

   So the four of them guarded the fire until after two o'clock in the night, still full of energy and talkative.

   They were listening to Chen Baoliang tell some strange things.

   all heard from Chen Sangui.

   Over the years, Chen Sangui has been working as a carpenter, climbing mountains and mountains, and has experienced and heard a lot of bizarre things.

  Chen Ling and the three could only listen.

  Some of the stories are told, and they are really scary. Listening to the wolf howling in the mountains makes your back feel a little chilly.

   "Stop talking, take a sip of tea first."

  Chen Baoliang said, turned around and went to the grass hut to bring a kettle out. After everyone poured a cup, he opened his coat again and took out a few sweet potatoes from his arms.

   He gathered the fire with a stick, opened the fire, and buried the sweet potatoes in the pyre.

   Yuqiang and Chen Ze's eyes lit up: "Okay, Baoliang, there are so many sweet potatoes hidden, why didn't you take them out earlier?"

  Chen Baoliang stared with big eyes and laughed: "Just waiting for the drink to finish, it's hot and the stomach is comfortable, we happen to be one by one."

   In fact, I don’t drink much alcohol, but mainly eat vegetables.

  The two grilled fish tasted good, and they had eaten only fish bones. Listening to the howling of wolves in the mountains, I really didn’t dare to drink much wine. The four of them still have half a bottle.

   "Fugui, all the doors and windows of your house were hit by my third uncle?"

   "Ang, what's wrong?"

   "How much did the third uncle charge you?"

   "No money."

"Uncle Sangui said that he was too old to help me, so he helped me make new doors and windows. He also said that for my family's work, he would not be cheap. I gave it to him, Don't live or die."

  Chen Ling lightly pulled the fire and said.

   In fact, the money was naturally given, but Chen Sangui even Xizi’s tuition and miscellaneous fees were almost wiped out by his son and daughter-in-law, so he begged Chen Ling not to say that after the new year, he would buy a new set of furniture for him for free.

  Chen Ling and Wang Susu could not bear it.

   helped him hide it.

   As for the free furniture, the family is not short of money, so it will not take advantage of an old man.

   "That's it. The third uncle is really fast at work. We all take it as a big business job. Sometimes he doesn't take it seriously."

  Chen Baoliang nodded.

   What he said was actually quite good. Chen Sangui used to be like this.

   So he has accumulated a lot of favors in the village.

   Otherwise, just like Chen Baoshuan and his wife, they have been cleaned up long ago, for no reason, who would be willing to take that bird's-eye.

   "What? Do you want to grab business with your third uncle?"

Chen Ze's mouth was fast, and his words were always choking. At this time, Chen Baoliang's face turned red and white, and he quickly shook his hand to explain: "No, no, I don't dare to talk nonsense, the third uncle is too old and can't go far. I'll give you a lot of work, but I'm not as good as my third uncle, so I don't know how much to charge, so I want to ask about wealth."

   Chen Ling and the three did not believe what they said.

   They also know that Chen Baoliang is too greedy.

  I want to make more money, and I want to be like Chen Sangui, let people remember him, give him a thumbs up, so that people from all over the world will come to find him, and I will not be short of work for the rest of my life.

   But they know they know it, they just don't break it.

  I don’t want to work with others, and I don’t want others to daydream?

   "The sweet potato is ready, come and eat."

   After talking, the sweet potatoes were roasted. After Chen Baoliang pulled it out from the pile of firewood and ash, he distributed it to each person.

   He took it in his hand and knocked the ash lightly down, revealing a layer of golden-yellow sweet potato flesh. When he took a bite, it was fragrant and sweet, and he ate it warmly. Chen Ling was still a little unfulfilled.

  Only peanuts and soybeans were planted in the fields this year.

  If you want to eat sweet potatoes, you have to find time to use the stream water to induce some.

  …

At this time, Chen Baoshuan came out and urinated. Seeing that they were eating roasted sweet potatoes around the fire, he couldn't help swallowing. Hu Da fell asleep.

   No one paid any attention to him.

   It was past three in the morning, and a few people were still not sleepy. After the roasted sweet potatoes were eaten, they prepared to light the torches and walked along the dirt road beside the village.

   That is, the moment the torches were just lit, a very clear and loud wolf howl came, one after another, and you knew the distance was not far from the sound.

   All four of them shuddered subconsciously and looked at each other.

   Heart said that this wild wolf really came over in the middle of the night.

   inserted the torch on the edge of the threshing field, filled the shotgun with ammunition, and waited for the wolf to appear.

  Chen Baoshuan obviously heard the movement and did not dare to sleep again.

   came out of the grass hut with a gun, and stood aside with a cold face without saying a word.

   Five people just waited.

The    just goes by every minute and every second.

   After waiting for almost half an hour, there was no sign of the wolf.

   Those wolves seemed to be calling just once, and then they all ran away.

   Several people waited for more than ten minutes, turned around the dirt road outside the village twice with torches, but still no movement, they all breathed a sigh of relief, scolded and walked back.

   "Damn, these wolves are really thieves. They come around every day, mess with people, turn their heads and run away, not even showing their faces."

  “…”

   "I don't think I dared. The night watchman confronted them two days ago and shot them. I heard that one was injured. Wolves are smart and know that guns are powerful, so they don't show up easily now."

   "That's right, it's really possible."

   Then put out the torch, raised the fire again, and leaned against the tree for a while.

   When it was almost five in the morning, the four of them rubbed their eyes, yawned and prepared to go home.

  In the corn field, there was a sudden loud cracking sound, and when they looked over, the corn stalks were constantly shaking and falling down.

   "Wolf?"

   The four of them were vigilant, raised their guns again, and took advantage of the cover of the woods outside the wheat field, and quietly touched them.

Before    approached, a familiar figure emerged from the cornfield.

   "Wild boar! Why only one?"

   "No, no, this is a sow with cubs, not the same as the previous ones..."

   "Be careful, it's coming for us, back away slowly, don't mess with it."

   The four of them were about to shoot their guns away, when they suddenly found a little bit behind the wild boar, and immediately became cautious.

  Although it was still dark and the torches were out, taking advantage of the faint moonlight, we could still be sure that this was a wild boar with a cub on its head.

   And the body is wide and thick, extremely powerful and strong, and it is not easy to mess with just looking.

  The four did not dare to disturb them, and they quietly retreated under the cover of the woods outside the wheat field.

Quietly watching the wild boar run to the fire with a few cubs and eat the skin of the roasted sweet potato into his mouth, and then the fishbone and the seasoning in the fish's stomach did not fall, and the long mouth arched along the taste. Landing and sniffing, he went to the grass hut.

   "No, there are sweet potatoes with Baoshuan in the shed."

  Chen Baoliang's face changed greatly when he saw this.

He and Chen Baoshuan brought sweet potatoes together, but Chen Baoshuan was stingy and refused to take them out. He was going to roast them secretly at night. As a result, Chen Ling and the others brought wine and vegetables. I have never been embarrassed to go out to bake.

   This is a bad thing.

  The wild boar not only likes to eat tender corn, but also sweet potatoes. In the past years, there were sweet potatoes in the local area, but when the harvest was about to happen, the wild boars were devastated. The sweet potatoes on ten acres of land only received 100 kilograms, and there was no good way to treat them.

   Now the wild boar must have smelled the sweet potato in the grass shed, and because the wolf didn't appear before, Chen Baoshuan went back to sleep again.

   I hope Baoshuan will not disturb them.

  Chen Baoliang was secretly anxious and did not dare to shout.

  The female wild boar with her cubs can't be provoked and cannot be stimulated.

  The brooding old hen dares to fight with the falcon in order to protect the chick, let alone the wild boar.

  Unfortunately, what he was worried about still happened.

  Chen Baoshuan didn't know about it, and when he saw something broke in, he fired in a panic.

  This is over.

   I don't know if it hit or not. Anyway, the sow wild boar was frightened and became mad.

  Chen Baoliang was in a panic and kept shouting.

   I was afraid that something would happen to Chen Baoshuan.

   No matter what you say, they are cousins. If you just watch and don’t care, you will be stabbed in the spine by the villagers if you can’t lift your head up and don’t talk about it in the future.

  Chen Ze and Chen Yuqiang and Chen Ling squeezed together without rushing, and tacitly winked at Chen Ling, obviously expressing the same meaning: "Deserved."

  Chen Ling naturally saw it, but his mind was not here.

   Instead, he suddenly thought of the little wild boar that Komori and the others kept in the cemetery. I don’t know if it has anything to do with this wild boar.

   As he was thinking about it, another shot rang out from the grass hut.

  Chen Baoshuan was fine and ran out.

   But he was also scared to death. After the second shot was fired, he couldn't hold it steady, and ran towards them screaming.

   "Run, this is a nuisance, lead us here."

  Chen Ze shouted and ran away.

   The wild boar howled sharply, much faster than humans, and caught up with Chen Baoshuan in the blink of an eye.

   In danger, and I don't know if he was scared out of his potential, Chen Baoshuan climbed to the tree two or three times, and avoided the collision of the wild boar dangerously and dangerously.

  The wild boar couldn't stop the car, and it screamed and rammed around. It ran to Chen Baoliang's side and murmured. Fortunately, he hid quickly, otherwise he was designated to be kicked out.

   Taking advantage of this free time, the three of Chen Ling also climbed the tree and were about to shoot with their guns.

   saw the wild boar suddenly turn in the opposite direction, turned around and charged towards Chen Baoshuan again.

  The sky is pitiful to see, Chen Baoshuan didn't take a breath, and didn't climb very high, just hugged the tree trunk tightly with both hands and feet. The wild boar rammed over like this, with an aura that seemed to be knocked down by a mountain in front of him.

   Facts have once again proved that wild boars with cubs can't really be messed with.

   The combat power has more than doubled.

   The wild boar slammed into it, and the trees shook violently. Chen Baoshuan was so frightened that he could no longer hold the tree trunk tightly, and slipped down suddenly.

   This is incredible. The wild boar was instantly more stimulated, furious, with red eyes, and spit out rough air. Just listening to the loud call was a bit more vicious than before, and under the constant loud and maddening, he wanted to slap his back. The man on his back flipped over.

  Chen Baoshuan was so frightened that he was so frightened that he was so unreasonable before. In a panic, he only clenched the wild boar's ears with his fingers and didn't dare to let go, and his legs were tightly clamped.

On the other side, Chen Baoliang was just bitten by a wild boar, and his soul was scared away, gasping for breath, the whole person was still trembling, and he did not dare to help with a gun, for fear that the wild boar would not hit Chen Baoshuan. It's over.

   A person climbed on his back, and his ears were hurt by his nails. The wild boar became more and more crazy, howling and rushing into the village. The speed was faster than before, and he rushed forward, trying to shake Chen Baoshuan off.

   At this time, around 5:30 in the morning, the nearby villagers were awakened by the movement here.

   When I walked out the door, I saw a very dramatic scene...

   A tall and ferocious wild boar rushed into the village with people on his back.

   One by one, they were so frightened that they hurriedly dodged and closed their doors, lest they be too late to avoid them.

   But then he was reluctant to miss this rare event, and climbed up the roof to watch the excitement.

  The incident happened suddenly, and I only knew it was a wild boar, but I didn't see who was on the pig's back.

   stood on the roof of our house, you shouted, I shouted, and chatted with each other.

   "Mother next door, where is the trouble in the early morning, why did you ride a wild boar into the village?"

   "Jing said sarcastic words, can you call it riding a pig? It must have been provoked by the night watch boy. Wild boars are very fierce.

   "It shouldn't be, I just don't know who is so unlucky, at least it's going to hurt."

  “…”

   When they were chatting vigorously, there was a loud noise in the distance.

   was followed by an old angry shout, and the movement gradually became smaller.

   "Quick, go down and see what's going on."

   "Walk around, go together."

   (end of this chapter)