The second uncle Zhang Jianjun is actually only one year younger than Zhang An's father, while the third uncle Zhang Jianye is even younger, a full five years younger.
When we arrived at the second uncle's house, he was not at home. Only the second aunt was drying clothes in the yard.
"Second aunt, I just finished washing the clothes. My second uncle is not at home."
"It's Xiao An. Your second uncle has gone to town. There are too many dirty clothes, so wash them quickly." The second aunt put down the clothes in her hands and planned to find a bench for Zhang An.
"Second aunt, don't be busy. I'm going to my third uncle's house later. I picked some cherries on the mountain today. I'll give some to you and my second uncle to taste. Find a bowl to put it in."
"What's the difference? If we adults don't like to eat it, we can just eat it. It's true." The second aunt was very happy and quickly brought a small basin to put it in.
Zhang An chatted with his second aunt for a few words. The second aunt was still thinking of introducing someone to Zhang An, but Zhang An couldn't hold on and left.
When I arrived at the yard of my third uncle's house, I heard a heartbreaking sound coming from the yard.
Without even looking, one could tell immediately by hearing that the naughty Zhang Tie from the third uncle's house must be eating fried pork with bamboo shoots.
Sure enough, when they entered the yard, the third aunt was beating her cousin with a small bamboo stick.
"Zhang An is here, come and sit down." Seeing Zhang An coming, the third aunt stopped working and did not continue to beat her son.
"What's going on, Zhang Tie, what's wrong with you? You're eating fried meat with bamboo shoots in broad daylight." Zhang An found a stool next to his third uncle and sat down.
"Brother An, I know why my brother was beaten. He skipped meals and ran to Yanziyan to play. My mother searched for him for a long time and was beaten when she couldn't find him." Before the third uncle and the third aunt could say anything, the third uncle's youngest daughter complained first.
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"Then we really deserve a beating. We Yan'er must learn to be good and listen to adults, and don't be as naughty and mischievous as your brother."
Zhang An touched his little cousin's head and praised her a few words.
"What's wrong with her? She wants to go with me, but we don't want to take her, so she will complain. Hmph..."
Blowing his big nose, Zhang Tie quickly accused his sister of being dishonest.
"I haven't taken care of him for a few days. His skin itch was gone, and I was looking for him everywhere to eat. Your third uncle and I went up to the village and found him at the lower village but couldn't find him. He took a few people from the village to Yanziyan to catch sparrows and found him.
If he doesn't come back yet, he takes those children and climbs up a tree so high. What if they fall down?"
Zhang Tie seems to be eleven or twelve years old this year. He is considered the king of the children in the village. Everyone likes to hang out with him and often gets into trouble.
"Okay, stop crying. Wipe your tears and snot, and I'll bring you something good." It's common for children in the village to chase dogs and chase chickens.
Zhang Tie also likes to go up the mountains to catch birds and go into the water to catch fish.
But the adults are also worried. I fell down while climbing a tree, broke my hand, and had to wear a plaster cast for several months.
The third uncle and the third aunt were also worried that if he took other children's children to a higher place, there would be disputes among everyone if something went wrong.
Brother and sister Zhang Tie are actually very close to Zhang An. Because of their age, Zhang An often carried the brother and sister around when they were born.
When Zhang An was in school, he would buy some candies every time he came back and bring them back to the two little ones.
Unlike the two cousins from my second uncle's family, because they are about the same age, and in order to avoid family planning, they both grew up in their maternal grandmother's house.
So my relationship with Zhang An is not that close.
"Hey, it's a cherry. Mom, this cherry is so big." Zhang Yan saw the cherries in the bowl, grabbed one and ate it, "Well, it's delicious."
"Don't eat so fast, please save some for me. You have finished all the food by yourself." Zhang Tie watched his sister stuffing the food into her mouth one after another, and hurried over to take the bowl.
"These cherries don't look like those from the village. The ones in the village have been closed down and they are not so big." The third uncle also tasted them.
The two little ones also had a lot of fun fighting.
"They were picked in the mountains. I guess they are wild cherries. Anyway, I have never seen such a big one in these years. Zhang Tie, you want to let me go to my sister. You are an elder brother. I have heard of Kong Rong letting me have pears."
After sitting at the third uncle's house for a while, Zhang An went home.
Zhang Tie did not eat cherries at home, but went with Zhang An.
Zhang An was a little surprised that the greedy cat didn't leave anything to compete with Zhang Yan.
"Zhang Tie, why don't you go to my house recently?"
"Brother An, it's not that I won't go, it's that my mother told me not to bother you recently and asked me to go in the future."
It turns out that this is the case. The third aunt probably knew that Zhang An was in a bad mood recently, so she didn't let the two children bother Zhang An.
"Brother An, did you like Que'er very much before?" Zhang Tie asked, tilting his head.
"Yes, I like it now too, what's the matter?"
"Hey, come with me."
Zhang An followed Zhang Tie out of the village and came to the back of the village. This place used to be a dormitory where educated youths went to the countryside, but it was later abandoned.
Zhang Tie walked to a dilapidated house and walked towards a stove.
The stove has been abandoned for a long time and is covered with moss and wolfberry.
Zhang Tie grabbed the grain and grass stuffed under the ash hole with one hand and dug inside with the other hand.
After a while, a gray-brown thing was caught.
Damn it, sitting on the bottom of the cell and wearing a penis, this is not it.
The upper body of this bird is tan or olive brown; the feather crest is brown and the tips are dark brown.
The bare part of the face is small, reddish-red, the feather shafts are lighter, the edges are darker, the flight feathers are brown, and the outer feathers of the secondary flight feathers are dotted with black spots.
The central tail feathers are brown, and the outer tail feathers are dark brown, covered with white wavy spots.
The lower body is also tan or olive brown, with black beetle-like spots on the back of the chest, and the lower tail coverts are dark brown with white spots.
"Where did you get this thing? It can fly."
The scientific name of this thing is the white pheasant. In the area around here, everyone calls it the silver pheasant because the males of this bird have white feathers.
In later generations, this thing is a national second-level protected animal. It is not wrong to sit in jail and wear a chicken. After all, it is a white-feathered phoenix.
But that's not the case now, and people often use clamps to catch them.
The meat of this thing is good, but there is not much meat on the whole body, but most people catch it just to sell it for money, because the feathers are beautiful and many people in the city like it.
"At Yanziyan, there were many of them when we went there, but they all flew away as soon as we got closer. Only this one got into the prickly pear tree and was caught by me before he could escape. I know that Brother An must have
If you like it, I'll hide it here, otherwise my dad will definitely sell it again and the money won't be given to me."
The little guy answered Zhang An's questions excitedly while accusing his father.
Looking at the length and weight of this bird, Zhang An knew it was a female bird. He would wait for an opportunity to catch a male bird and raise a group of them in the space.
Although it's not a good game, it's a pleasure to keep and look at.
It will be much better than when the mountains are all hunted down and their numbers are put on the list of protected animals.
"Okay, I'll keep this thing. I'll bring you something delicious next time."
Before Zhang An finished speaking, the third aunt's voice rang in the village, calling Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie had just been beaten, and when he heard his mother calling him, he told Zhang An and ran home.
I'm afraid I'll have to eat fried pork with bamboo shoots again if it's too late.
There was no one around, so Zhang An directly put the silver chicken into the space.
When I got home, I saw my father, Zhang Jianguo, setting up a deck chair and taking a nap under the tree.
There are two trees in Zhang An's yard, a cherry tree and an osmanthus tree.
During this time, the sweet-scented osmanthus trees are also blooming, and when the wind blows, the fragrance of the flowers on the trees begins to float away.
When the wind doesn't blow, Zhang An's house is also filled with the fragrance of osmanthus, which smells great.
It's a pity that no one at home makes sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and people in this area don't seem to be interested in doing this either.
When I entered the house, my mother was digging ridges in the vegetable garden. Naturally, I couldn't sow the seeds today because the sun was too hot, so I could only sow the seeds in the evening or tomorrow morning.
"Mom, what are we going to plant now?"
"Plant some autumn peppers and autumn cabbages. Plant more and you will have something to eat later."
Zhang An saw that the ground was all ridged, so he helped sprinkle water on the mud.