My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 262 Magical Bugs

   After dinner, it was still dark.

  The adults and children walked slowly along the dirt road, and the cool breeze in the evening brought bursts of flowers.

  In the ditch in the field, frogs croaked, and when people approached, they immediately died down and became silent.

  Treat people a little further away, and they will make a riotous noise again.

  The cicada on the tree also refused to admit defeat, "I know... I know..." kept yelling.

   Listen carefully, or look up, and the bats hidden in the dark are also active, chirping, circling around the village and outside the village, making traces.

   "Brother-in-law, we have to find Xizi and the others first. They don't know that we are going out to play at night."

  Wang Zhenzhen led a group of little ghosts to run around on the dirt road, playing halfway, suddenly remembered something, ran back and shouted.

   "Okay, then let's go around the village first."

  Chen Ling nodded. The dolls of Xizi and Komori were young, and their parents were reluctant to let them play at night, but with him and Wang Susu following today, naturally there would be no problem.

   Walking forward, Wang Susu hugged her son and raised her head to look at the night sky and sighed: "It's the end of the month, and the moon is no longer bright. If there is a moon in the night, it would be more interesting to go out to catch fish and play."

   "Yeah, let's wait for next month. Next month, let's choose another moonlit night to play."

  Chen Ling smiled, turned around and whistled, calling Heiwa and the little yellow dog over.

   As for Xiaojin, he is much more careful than Heiwa, and it is better to stay at the farm at night to watch the house, and he will respond in time if there is any movement.

   Walking to the entrance of the village, from a distance, you can see villagers in groups of three and five, squatting around to eat and chat.

   There are also some who have eaten, so they set up the table to play cards and chess.

   There are also some out-of-towners who are staying in the village with flashlights, talking and laughing, but it is very lively.

   Seeing Chen Ling's couple holding their son and leading a group of little kids over, all the acquaintances greeted them, joked with them, and said a few homely things.

  After Wang Susu gave birth to a baby, their family rarely came out together.

  The last time I came out, I went to the reservoir to see the old turtle, and I simply went around the village to finish it off.

  I basically stay at home on weekdays.

   And the farm is at the foot of the mountain and in the orchard. Except for those who have fields there, few of the villagers go there. It is not as convenient as the village, and there are fewer people who come to his house on purpose.

   But, since I haven't seen some acquaintances for a while, it seems to be a lot more affectionate.

   Especially the wives, who surrounded Wang Susu with concern, and then teased the little guy in her arms, looking more kissable than relatives.

   After a long time, the little kids were tired of waiting before they finished chatting.

   "Hey, Uncle Fugui, you guys came out too?"

   "Brother Chen..."

   didn't go very far, and met another group of people, Wang Xuecheng from Wang Jukun's family, leading a few reporters, some men and women with flashlights roaming around the village.

   "Yeah, come out and walk around."

  Chen Ling smiled and looked at a few people, "So the reporters are staying at your house."

   "Well, yes, there are a lot of outsiders in the village recently, and there is nowhere else in the house, so the fifth uncle brought us here." Wang Xuecheng blushed and looked very happy.

   This person is about the same age as Chen Ling, a sturdy young man who likes to laugh, but he is a generation shorter than Chen Ling.

   His father, Wang Jukun, was the cook at the village's weddings. When Chen Ling's house set up the full moon wine, he asked him to help, and he and Wang Jusheng were cousins.

   His family is also relatively large, with many brothers and several yards.

   It is not a problem for journalists to stay overnight.

   And with Wang Jukun, an old cook, even if there are many people, eating is naturally not a problem.

  Wang Laishun brought this to his family's house on purpose.

   After all, reporters will also be paid for food and accommodation.

   "We're going to catch scorpions, so you're not here to find scorpions, right?" Wang Xuecheng looked at the things in the hands of the little boys and asked.

   "Brother Chen, sister-in-law, if you want to catch scorpions, let's go together, it's so lively."

   a female reporter suggested.

They urged Wang Xuecheng to come out to catch the scorpions. They were at Chen Ling's farm in the afternoon, and they saw two or three little babies catching them. They kept thinking about it. Let Wang Xuecheng take them out.

   Of course, there are those who like to come out to play, and there are those who don’t like to come out at night, so there are only six or seven people.

   "We don't catch scorpions, we come out to catch fish to play. What they take are tongs for catching fish and a small fork for fishing." Wang Susu was called sister-in-law by the girl, and she was very happy and replied.

   "Huh? Catch fish?"

   When these people heard this, look at me, I looked at you, and then said to Wang Xuecheng, "Why don't we go catch fish, anyway, we won't be able to catch scorpions, so why don't we play another game?"

"Okay, then let's follow Uncle Fugui and the others to catch fish." Wang Xuecheng nodded happily, he didn't care what he was, anyway, these people paid for living in his house, and they just took them around to play. a piece of cake.

   "Brother Chen, let's follow you to catch fish, okay?"

   "Okay, but don't shout when you see the fish, and by the way, help us with the flashlight and look at these little dolls."

   "Okay, we will definitely do the same, Brother Chen, don't worry."

   Now that the temperature has dropped at night, scorpions are less active and harder to find than before. It is normal for them not to catch scorpions in the village.

  However, the fish at this time became better to catch.

   So these people followed suit, so they should have brought a few more little dolls.

   The night is getting dark, and the village under the night is not bright.

   Only frogs croaking, insects chirping, and the fragrance of flowers and plants blowing from the cool night wind.

   They put on flashlights one by one, and lit them with light. From time to time, moths, crickets and other insects would fly over to meet people, causing the reporters to scream and dodge, and then it was a whole lot of silly music.

   In terms of quality of life, the countryside is definitely not as good as the city, but the countryside has the tranquility and tranquility that the city cannot have, and compared to the life in the city, it is full of fun and fun things everywhere.

  Being in it, laughing and making trouble, they felt that the whole person became relaxed.

   seems to have lifted some burden all at once.

  Those girls are no longer jealous of Chen Ling anymore, instead they are screaming around Wang Susu, sister-in-law, and at the same time, they are like the wives in the village, teasing the little guy in Wang Susu's arms.

   But they exaggerate when they are amused. You sing a couple of songs and I make a face like a big kid.

   made Rui Rui so happy that she couldn't close her mouth with a grin. She cried out in Wang Susu's arms, babbling happily.

   All the way to Chen Sangui's house.

   Under a big tree outside the door, sat an old man with gray hair, wearing a coat and lighting a cigarette pot, telling a story to a few little dolls.

   These little kids are usually more skinny than each other, but at this time they are sitting in an orderly manner and listening very seriously.

   "This cricket is amazing."

   "You've all grabbed and played with this thing, and you all know that there is a thorn on the neck of the cockroach, right?"

   "Does anyone know where this thorn came from? Haha, I don't know that."

   "Then I'll tell you the story of this cricket."

   "It is said that there used to be an emperor named Liu Xiu. Before he became an emperor, he was chased and killed by a man named Wang Mang, and he was chased everywhere. Wang Mang, you must know that Wang Bacheng was not called Wang Mangcheng before."

"It is said that Liu Xiu was chased away by Wang Mang for several days and nights, the horses were exhausted, and he was very sleepy. , it's a death to sleep."

"But after he slept for a long time, he suddenly felt that something was crawling on his face, and he grabbed it with his hand in a daze. It was a cricket. Liu Xiu was so angry that it was okay to say that Wang Mang wanted to kill me, you worm will come too. I was arguing and wouldn't let me sleep, so I cut this cricket into two pieces."

"After pinching the cricket, he closed his eyes again and went to sleep, but before he fell asleep, he heard the rattling of the hoofs, and immediately opened his eyes and knew that it was Wang Mang who had come up, so he hurry up to hide and wait for Wang Mang. When he left, he came out."

"Think about it after the fact, if the cockroach hadn't crawled on his face to wake him up, he would have been killed by Wang Mang. Seeing the cockroach broken into two pieces on the ground, I felt regretful and pitiful in my heart, so I walked from the side of the road. A thorn was left on my jujube tree, connecting the cricket's head and body."

   "Liu Xiu is not an ordinary person, he is a **** who turned into a human being, and he was born to be an emperor."

"He wanted to revive the cockroach, and just as soon as the cockroach's head was attached to the body, the cockroach came back to life. After that, all cockroaches had a thorn pinned under their necks. If you don't believe me, tear open a cricket's head and take a look."

After the old man finished speaking, not only the little dolls were fascinated by their chins, but even the reporters who followed Chen Ling listened with relish and were dazzled. Somehow they caught a cricket on the spot and tried it out. Look for the urge to **** in your neck.

  This cricket is actually a cricket. In the local dialect, it is also called cricket, which is similar to a cricket.

  The old man who tells the story is naturally Chen Sangui.

The story told by    is "Wang Mang Chasing Liu Xiu", which is widely circulated in various places.

   As an old carpenter, there are a lot of stories in his stomach.

   Not to mention the little doll in the village, even adults like to hear him tell some weird stories.

   On a hot summer night, a group of people gathered, and sometimes it was even nearly midnight.

   Now, if you talk a little bit outside, you can get rid of these little dolls.

   "Fugui, you are here. Xizi, quickly move your uncle Fugui and the others a stool."

  Chen Sangui had seen Chen Ling and others coming, but he saw that the reporters were fascinated, so he didn't say hello, but finished the story, and then he greeted them to sit down.

   "Uncle Sangui, we're not going to sit anymore. Really, a few of them said they were going to come out to catch fish, so they came over and called Shangxizi to play with them." Chen Ling said with a smile.

   "Oh, oh, catching fish, then you go, Xizi, go get your fish basket, your uncle made another one for you."

  Chen Sangui was very relieved that Xizi followed Chen Ling and the others, and quickly asked Xizi to pick up something and follow him.

   It was the old man's "uncle" that made Chen Ling subconsciously frown.

   This should be the treasure bolt.

   Baoshuan will weave a fish basket for Xizi?

   It was really the sun hitting the west side.

   But he didn't say much. When Xizi got the things, the little dolls who happened to be looking for were listening to the story here, so he took them with them and walked to the nearest Dayantang.

   Dayan Pond is near the school. The ducks and geese around like to play in the water. Due to the local rainfall throughout the year, the pond has not been dried for decades, and there are a lot of fish and shrimp in it.

   Walking to Dayantang, these young reporters were not idle, they urged Wang Xuecheng and asked him to help catch two crickets.

Wang Xuecheng was confused by the sound of the girls calling him big brother, so he went to find them with a flashlight along the wall. The cockroach likes to stay in a dark and damp place, and likes to fly at the light at night. If anyone is willing to stay in the yard When the light is turned on, crickets, crickets, etc. will often fly along the light and get dazed by the collision around the lampshade.

  So Wang Xuecheng looked for it with a flashlight, and he easily caught two large and small cockroaches. When he pulled it apart, there was really a hard thorn in the middle.

   "Wow, this bug is amazing, it's exactly like the story, it really has thorns."

   "... 靲蛄, there are several stories, haven't you heard of them before?" Wang Xuecheng asked.

   Several men and women shook their heads together and said no.

   "Have you never heard of the story of Wang Mang and Liu Xiu?"

   "I've read it in the history books, but I've never heard of such a little story. Are there many such stories?"

   "You ask Uncle Fugui to tell you this. He still knows this clearly."

Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "It's a lot, just the ones circulating in our local area can't be counted. The most famous one is Wangbacheng, and the other is Huangniuyu, saying that Liu Xiu fled to one place. In the mountains, he ran the horse to his death again, and was finally rescued by a cow. After he became emperor, in order to commemorate the scalper who saved his life, he was named Huangniuyu."

   "In addition to Huangniuyu, there is also a place called Heihuling, which means that Liu Xiu was rescued by a black tiger. Anyway, the story is similar."

   "This guy, it turned out that Wang Mang was chasing Liu Xiu, and there are so many stories in the middle?"

   "That's right, this Liu Xiu is also true. He was saved by a cockroach, a life was saved by a scalper, and a life was saved by a tiger. He was saved wherever he went. It must be a story made up."

   "Hahaha, it's not all fiction."

  Chen Ling smiled and shook his head: "There is an old saying: Wang Mang drives Liu Xiu, there is salvation everywhere. It's similar to what you said."

   "However, there are also sayings here. They all say that Liu Xiu is a Ziweixing from the sky. He was born to be an emperor. Wang Mang wanted to kill him, but he couldn't kill him."

   "Isn't he the one who became the emperor in the end?"

  “…”

   "Ah? This, before this, was there such a saying?"

   For a while, these people felt that they were a waste of reporters, and they didn't know as much as a countryman.

   "Hi, it's all folklore, just listen to it as a story."

  Chen Ling waved his hand and talked all the way. At this time, Dayantang arrived.

In Dayan Pond in the dark of night, frogs croaked everywhere. As soon as people approached, the light of the flashlight passed, and the frog croaking stopped abruptly. Only the water in the pond was wrinkled by the gentle night wind, and small lines appeared. The ripples, sparkling under the light of the flashlight, are truly beautiful.

  Wang Zhenzhen had been walking behind with the little boys, but now they all touched the front, and motioned to the reporters, "Shh, don't talk anymore, there are a lot of fish here, don't be scared away."

  The reporters quickly shut their mouths and got up with their hands and feet.

   But his eyes were still following the little dolls curiously. Following their movements, they looked into the water, wanting to see where the fish were.

  It is a pity that they are not often in this kind of environment, and their eyesight is not enough. At this time, Chen Ling and Wang Xuecheng have already seen the crowded fish heads in the shallow water near the shore.

   Not to mention that it is easy to catch fish at night.

  There are really too many fish swimming out of the water.

The little dolls in the village have all figured out the pattern and know that they usually have dinner, which is about six o'clock. From this time to nine o'clock at night, the fish on the water are layer by layer, and all swim up to find food. And most of them are carp and crucian carp, which are very easy to catch.

   But big fish are very alert. If you want to catch big fish, you have to be careful, otherwise they will be scared away.

So these little devils were very cautious, holding tongs and harpoons, quietly approaching the water, and after the distance narrowed again, with a bang, the guys in their hands had suddenly poked into the water, fish after fish He shook his head and shook his tail vigorously and was taken out of the water.

   made the reporters dazzled and admired the fishing skills of these children for a while.

   "Shh, Uncle Fugui, look, here is a bearded fish, so long and fat." Pig Baby quietly greeted Chen Ling.

   Under the shadow of the grass, a big catfish with a child's arms was lying quietly by the water.

   This fish is too big, and the little boy is not sure to catch it.

   And this fish is naked, so it's really hard to catch.

   then handed the harpoon to Chen Ling and asked him to help.

   Then he saw Chen Ling standing by the water, holding his breath and pinching the harpoon.

   In the next second, with a flick of his wrist, the harpoon plunged into the water with a thud, splashing a large amount of water.

  When the harpoon was pulled back again, a large catfish about thirty centimeters was firmly **** and brought out of the water.

   "Wow, look at it, look at you, Brother Chen forked a big fish, so big, so big."

  Wang Susu glanced and pouted, these girls are really...

  The catfish was put into the bucket, and other little dolls found big fish one after another, and they also asked Chen Ling for help.

  Chen Ling walked slowly along the water's edge, dropping the harpoon from time to time, and basically every time a fish won the bid.

   After a while, the buckets and fish baskets were filled with large and small fish.

   "Look, Uncle Fugui, I still catch the most fish and the biggest one, bigger than your bearded fish."

   Liu Ni'er didn't ask Chen Ling for help, it was all on his own, and at this time, she showed Chen Lingxian a few big fish that he forked.

   "Fine, you're the best."

  Chen Lingshun praised him, this kid knows everything except studying, he is better than adults in catching fish and shrimps, Wang Lixian is useless to fight, there is absolutely nothing he can do about this kid.

   "Susu, here it is, take the harpoon, let's go over there to catch fish."

  Chen Ling brought his son over, handed the harpoon to Wang Susu, and the two walked aside.

  Wang Susu was very shy at first. After all, there were so many people. Later, after forking a few fish, she became addicted to the game herself, so she would not let Chen Ling intervene to help her.

   Everyone is catching fish.

  Those reporters were so itchy as they watched, but unfortunately the technology was really bad.

  There are little dolls who teach them and they can't learn the key, but because they are too impatient, their feet slip and they almost fall into the water, scaring them away from the water.

   But these guys still had a good time.

   "Let's go, it's time to change places. I caught a whole circle along the weir and pond. The fish here are too scared to show their faces. Let's go outside the village to catch fish."

  Wang Zhenzhen said hello, and the little dolls close to home ran home one after another, and put the caught fish back home, and a group of people ran out of the village to catch fish again.

   The reporters were already tired from playing during the day, so they didn’t follow at this time, so they waved goodbye to them and went back to sleep with Wang Xuecheng.

  Chen Ling and Wang Susu hugged their sons and played with the little kids everywhere for most of the night.

   It was already ten o'clock when we went back, which made Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan groan.

   went out with the baby and played so late.

  If you don't have a baby, you won't come back.

   (end of this chapter)