Chapter 134 Chasing chickens and beating rabbits in the snow
Chapter 134 Chasing chickens and hunting rabbits in the snow
Author: Han Ming
Chapter 134 Chasing chickens and hunting rabbits in the snow
"Second Grandpa, you still have no coal here."
The weather is getting cold, and Mr. Zhang has stopped going into the mountains to dig for medicine recently.
Last time Zhang An bought him a small radio in the county.
When he has nothing to do now, he just listens to the radio or storytelling in the yard.
When it was time to listen to storytelling at noon, there were a bunch of dolls sitting in the courtyard, all of whom had come to listen to storytelling.
"There is still a pile at the head of the coal pit."
Although Mr. Zhang said so, Zhang An still walked to the edge of the coal pit to take a look.
I opened the plastic sheet covering the coal pit and found that there was indeed a pile of coal inside.
But it's all coal surface, and it's still loose and not compacted, so it must have just been poured in.
"Second Grandpa, have you bought coal this year?"
"Your uncle bought it last week and picked up several hundred pounds and came here to burn it for us."
Speaking of this, Mr. Zhang was also a little happy. Who doesn't want his children to be kind and filial?
In the past, my sons fought over each other and always blushed when we met.
Every time Mr. Zhang and his wife watched it, although they didn't say anything, they still felt very uncomfortable in their hearts.
It's better now, the elders don't quarrel with other brothers, but care about them from time to time.
This gave Mr. Zhang's other sons and daughters-in-law a sense of crisis.
I'm afraid that by doing this, the boss will gain the old man's favor and the benefits will be his alone in the future.
So everyone imitated the elder brother and often hung around in front of the two elders to ask for help.
Although they are all just pretending for outsiders and old men to see.
But at least it's not like before, where they would start a quarrel if they didn't agree on three sentences.
After lunch, Zhang An saw that his uncle had returned from buying coal.
So Zhang An came to borrow their carriage and bought a cart of coal.
Zhang An didn't drive his family's pickup truck to haul coal, mainly because he was lazy.
The weather is getting cold now, and Zhang An doesn't want to wash the car.
It would be great to use a horse-drawn carriage. You can get a few kilograms of corn fodder per 100 kilometers.
Now that the roads and lanes have been repaired, even the horse-drawn carriage does not vibrate when running.
So when I go to the market during normal times, there are quite a lot of people riding horse-drawn carriages.
In the past, people didn't take horse-drawn carriages because they thought the roads were not good and riding a horse-drawn carriage was too bumpy, so it was better to walk to save money on the fare.
Zhang An came to the coal pipe station in the town. There were many people waiting to buy coal, and there were many people lined up in front of the window.
Most of them came in horse-drawn carriages, and two people came in Shifeng tricycles.
Zhang An originally thought that so many people would have to queue up, but when he walked up and asked, he found that these people were all here to buy coal noodles.
So Zhang An walked to the window and told the people inside that he wanted to buy coal.
As soon as the people inside heard that Zhang An wanted to buy coal, they immediately came out and took Zhang An to load the truck without having to wait in line.
Because coal is too expensive, few people buy it.
There is someone in the coal bunker who is responsible for loading the goods, so Zhang An doesn't have to do anything.
Just watch them weigh the coal and note whether the quantity is correct.
At present, this coal pipe station does not have an electronic scale for weighing the entire vehicle together. They weigh each package one by one on a scale and then calculate the total weight.
Therefore, you need to be careful when weighing, as some people may feel confused when loading goods.
The old uncle's carriage is already relatively large, but it can only hold twelve bags of coal.
Zhang An took the bill and paid the money before driving home in a big black car.
The bags Zhang An brought were not big, each bag could hold about a hundred kilograms of coal, and the total of this cart was more than a thousand kilograms.
It was easy for Dahei to pull him up, and he wanted to let go and run a few times on the way.
But they were all restrained by Zhang An. Just kidding, this is a cart full of coal. If it starts running, it will be easy to lose the car when turning.
After returning home, Zhang An unloaded six bags and placed them in the coal storage area in his backyard.
Then he took the remaining six bags into the village, three bags were for the second grandpa's family, and the other three bags were for the fourth grandpa's family.
Although the fourth grandfather lives with his uncle's family, Zhang An doesn't want to leave anything to say to his younger aunt in the future.
Arriving at the door of the second grandfather's house, Zhang Anle stopped the big black and began to carry the coal in his pocket into the yard.
"Xiao An, what are you carrying?" Mr. Zhang asked as he watched Zhang An come in carrying a bag of things.
"Second Grandpa, these are the coals I went to buy today. I'll bring you a few bags."
"You kid, why are you spending money so randomly? My coal pit is full and it will last for a long time."
Grandma Zhang came out of the house when she heard Zhang An talking.
"Second Grandma, the coals are not hot enough in cold weather, so you will burn these coals later."
The two elders didn't say much at the end, and their grandson was very particular about what he did.
They were given to me out of filial piety, so even though Zhang An was said to be spending money recklessly, he was still happy in his heart.
Zhang An did not put these coals in the coal pit of the second grandfather's house, but carried them directly to the coal stove.
This also saves you from getting wet, and it is also convenient when the second mistress wants to take it out to burn.
When I arrived at Grandpa Fourth’s house, I found that my uncle was at home today.
"Uncle is at home today."
"Anzi is here, come and sit first."
"I bought some coal today and brought a few packs for Grandpa Fourth to burn in the cold weather."
Zhang Jianfeng also saw the pocket bag on the carriage and heard Zhang An say it was coal.
How could I accept it directly? I quickly refused and said:
"Anzi, take it back and burn it. Your fourth grandfather is here with us. Are you afraid that we won't have anything to burn?"
"Uncle, what you bought is from your family. I bought this for my fourth grandfather."
Zhang An didn't care what Uncle Jianfeng said, he carried the coal and put it in the coal loading area.
No matter what Zhang Jianfeng said, Zhang An wouldn't listen.
My family has encountered this situation many times, and in the end it was Zhang An's only choice.
Time flies by so fast, and in the blink of an eye, it’s the twelfth lunar month of winter.
When I woke up early in the morning, there were white flowers outside, and large tracts of goose feather snow were still floating in the sky.
Zhang An noticed that it was snowing last night because he was woken up by the cold when he slept until midnight.
The temperature dropped sharply, and Zhang An had to get up and add a quilt.
Zhang An doesn't pay much attention to time on weekdays. When he looked at the calendar today, he found that he had already changed his calendar at home.
There are still more than twenty days left before the Chinese New Year.
Most dolls like winter very much.
Firstly, there will be winter vacation, and secondly, the Chinese New Year is coming.
But Zhang An didn't like winter when he was little, because he had to wear thick clothes in winter.
At that time, Zhang An had a very bad temper and didn't like Wang Fang dressing him.
Especially in cold weather, you need to wear five, six, seven or eight pieces of clothing.
Mainly because there were no down jackets at that time, and even if they were, they couldn't afford them.
The cotton-padded clothes at home don’t have a thick or thin layer.
So when the weather gets cold, the adults at home will make the children wear more clothes.
He was originally a skinny little person, but now he has put on so many clothes.
He has become a fat man. It is inconvenient to play, uncomfortable to do anything, and he cannot bend his hands when eating.
By noon, the snowflakes stopped falling in the sky
"Zhang An, are you going to catch rabbits in the mountains?"
Just after lunch, Li Hongbin came to the door.
Their family came back a few days ago and planned to celebrate the New Year in the village and not return to the town this year.
The father and son in front of him were each well-dressed.
"I want to eat rabbits. I have a lot of rabbits in my home, so I don't have to go out and get cold."
Zhang An, who was surrounded by ice and snow, didn't really want to go out.
"Hey, you are such a letdown. You have nothing to do at home anyway, so you just want to go out and play."
Li Hongbin rolled his eyes and urged Zhang An to go with them.
"Okay, let me change my shoes."
Being impatient with the father and son, Zhang An could only get up and change his shoes.
It's full of snow outside, so you have to wear boots if you want to go out, otherwise you'll get wet before you go far.
After packing up, Zhang An set off with his three dogs.
When Huatou heard Zhang An was about to go out, he also flew out of the nest.
Even if Zhang An doesn't take it with him, it will fly there by itself.
Anyway, we are going out to play, so let’s go.
Zhang An led the Li family and his son towards the back hill of the village, and happened to meet Mr. Huang who was coming out.
"Second Master, where are you going?"
"I laid a few covers behind the house last night. Unexpectedly, it started snowing heavily in the middle of the night. I went to see if they were covered. Where are you going?"
Mr. Huang looked at Zhang An's posture. There were a large group of people and dogs, and there was an old kite floating in the sky.
The back of the house is not the back of someone’s house, but the name of the back hill in the village.
With place names like this, Changqing Village also has old house foundations, Datian Dam, Doupeng Mountain, eaves feet and many other places.
They were all named by the old people of that generation a long time ago, and some of them know the origin of the name.
In some places, only one place name has been passed down, but it doesn't matter, just follow everyone else's name.
Anyway, if you open your mouth and say it, everyone will know where it is.
"Isn't it snowing heavily? Let's go out and play and see if we can pick up a few things."
It happened that Mr. Huang was also going to the mountain, so Zhang An and the others followed Mr. Huang.
You don’t need to think about the mountains in the distance. It won’t take a long time to go there and back.
Just follow Mr. Huang. As the ancients said, people have human nature and animals have their own human nature.
But where this road is, only these old masters are most familiar with it.
The group of people walked up the back mountain, and a line of deep footprints appeared in the snow behind them.
After a night of accumulation, the snow was at least half a foot thick.
"Second Master, how far do we have to go?"
Li Yao followed for a long time and found that he still didn't see anything.
This little guy was tired from walking a long time ago, but Li Hongbin didn't tolerate him at all and let him go on his own.
So Li Yao asked Mr. Huang.
Mr. Huang had a good impression of this polite little guy. He smiled and said, "We'll be there soon. Do you see the grove in front of us? That's right there."
While talking, he also showed Li Yao the direction with his finger.
No one came out today expecting to catch anything good, because there were only some pheasants and rabbits near the mountains.
In the summer there are also some stone pounds and frogs.
It is impossible for large animals such as deer and deer to come here.
When Li Yao heard that he was almost there, he seemed a little listless and became alive again.
Along the way, there were no traces of anyone walking in the snow.
Except for the long string of footprints behind them, Zhang An and his friends stepped on them themselves.
I guess so, with such big snowflakes, most people huddled at home and warmed up by the fire.
Before entering the forest, the snow was flat and smooth.
But when everyone arrived in the forest, they saw many animal tracks on the snow.
Most of them were messy grouse tracks, and there were a few snow pits made by hares.
Then Mr. Huang slowly went to find the place where he had laid the condom last night.
These condoms were buried in the snow, and I thought they would be useless.
Who would have expected that after digging in two places, they would find a grouse caught in the trap.
However, this chicken has long since run out of air and is frozen solid. Under normal circumstances, it might still have a chance to survive.
But after being buried in the snow for so long, he had already frozen to death.
Five nests were dug out, and Huang Erye harvested a grouse and a hare.
Huang Erye smiled and handed the rabbit and grouse to Li Yao and asked him to take them.
The intention is to give these two prey to Li Hongbin’s family to eat.
Li Yao had never seen dead rabbits or chickens, and he had only seen live ones at Zhang An's house.
Li Hongbin usually avoided him when killing chickens, so Li Yao never saw dead things.
Now that he saw the frozen animal, he didn't dare to reach out and pick it up.
Instead, he hid behind Li Hongbin and made everyone laugh.
"Second Master, you can keep it for yourself. Our family wants to eat what Zhang An's family raised."
Hearing what Li Hongbin said, Mr. Huang was not polite either.
He took out a rope from his pocket and tied the two together, then tied it to his belt.
"Wow, there's a big black chicken there."
When Li Yao came to the mountains, he was curious about everything and scanned everywhere like a detector light.
Not long after, he found a grouse in the snow. The little guy wanted to run over and catch the grouse.
But how could he catch him in the snow?
If you were met by a child in the village, you might start taking out your slingshot.
Seeing Li Yao running over to catch the grouse, Zhang An and the others just watched from the spot.
Just let him play for a while, there's no danger anyway.
Li Yao ran for a long time, but found that he couldn't run anymore, and finally his feet were still stuck in the snow.
On the contrary, the grouse ran further and further away. After running out, he found that no one was chasing him, so he stopped.
Because he was not caught, this little guy Li Yao is very angry now.
So I turned around and asked Dahu to rush out and let Dahu catch the damn chicken.
Among the three brothers, Dahu is the one who likes Li Yao the most.
Dahu and his brothers usually run fast, but even though it was snowy here, their speed was somewhat affected.
But the grouse is also affected, and has to stop before it can run very far.
Therefore, when competing for endurance, these grouse are no match for the big tigers.
You must know that not long ago, the tiger cub chased the fragrant deer at home until he could no longer run away.
Dahu and Erhu rushed out, and two ditches instantly appeared in the snow.
Xiaohu, on the other hand, followed Zhang An quietly and did not join in the fun.
When the grouse saw something coming from behind, it started to flap and run forward again.
If they are in high places, grouse can still glide briefly.
But now in this snow, it can't flutter at all.
I could only run on two feet, and my wings were wet with snow.
When he was finally exhausted, Erhu threw him to his feet and carried him back to Zhang An with his mouth.
"Okay, okay, I got it."
Li Yao was very happy when he caught it, no matter whether it was caught by the big tiger or the little tiger.