In Cheng Yu's eyes, the mouse was as big as a rhinoceros.
But it's daytime now, not night. If I didn't have night blindness, how could I have been bullied by you, a country mouse, last night?
The little sparrow spread its wings and flew angrily to the rattan basket. When the mouse saw the sudden appearance of a little sparrow, it didn't seem to recognize Cheng Yu and didn't take him seriously. It rushed down along the hemp rope on the beam and toward the rattan.
The basket quickly climbed away.
When Cheng Yu waited for the mouse to climb halfway along the rope, he suddenly spread out his wings and fluttered against the rattan basket. At the same time, he kicked his legs hard and flew into the air. The rattan basket swayed violently from side to side.
The mouse was unprepared and suddenly lost its center of gravity, falling into the basket and squealing.
The beating had already alarmed the native dog in the yard, which barked wildly into the house, but only stayed at the door and did not dare to rush in.
The stout woman ran back quickly when she heard the sound. Cheng Yu had already flown to the roof rafters in the corner when the dog barked, and hid himself motionless.
After the Gu family entered the house, they immediately saw the rattan basket under the beam shaking non-stop, with half a rat tail hanging out from the edge. The woman was so anxious that she yelled "Wow!" and picked up the stove pot lid to hit it. p>
The rattan basket of Sheng Wotou was hit and tipped over. The rat fell to the ground and slithered out of the house along the base of the wall. However, it happened to be knocked down by the paw of the native dog waiting outside the door. It grabbed it with its mouth and shook the dog's head violently several times.
In an instant the mouse was gone.
The Gu Er family turned around and yelled at the local dog:
"Don't swallow! I'm the boss of the house!"
He hurriedly ran into the yard, opened his hand and took out the dead rat from the dog's mouth. He was so fast that even the dog couldn't react, and the black dog's happily swaying tail gradually stopped and fell to the ground.
The woman couldn't care about so much. While she was complaining about how thin the mouse was, she happily chopped off the head and tail of the mouse, peeled off the skin and cut off the claws, and threw the taken out internal organs to the local dog in the yard before adding more firewood.
Make a fire and put the meaty torso into the pot to steam.
Cheng Yu witnessed the whole process with his own eyes. In addition to some retching, he also felt a little scared.
From now on, I, a little sparrow, must be even more careful with these bankers.
……
When all the dust settled, the stout woman held the basket and went out to the fields to deliver food, chatting and laughing with the other two village women. Cheng Yu carefully flew out of the window, avoiding the direction of the black dog, and landed on the thatched roof. Black Tan Tou and Que Lao Niang quickly flew over, chirping again.
The two birds had just heard the pinging and banging in the house, and then the smoke started rising again, and they both thought that Cheng Yu had been turned into a steamed sparrow.
I couldn't help but marvel that the little sparrow flew out safely.
When she learned that Cheng Yu had eaten steamed grains, Que was stunned.
What is cereal nest?
Heitan Tou is quite knowledgeable. After Cheng Yu chirped for a while, Cheng Yu suddenly woke up.
Wonderful!
This black guy lives in Zhuangtou's house, and that area is within the sphere of influence of his Hei Tantou family. Moreover, Zhuangtou's house is good at making white-flour steamed buns, and they can also serve meat and fish every now and then, which is no better than eating glutinous rice here.
Many?
Moreover, although the rat that attacked him last night had been turned into a big meat on Gu Er's plate, and the bones were probably chewed to pieces, Qin Hui still had three friends, so there was no guarantee that the relatives of this damn rat would come to seek revenge again.<
/p>
Especially after hearing that the Zhuangtou family was rarely harmed by rats, Cheng Yu immediately chirped, spread his wings and took off.
Let's go and have a look.
He left immediately. Cheng Yu had no nostalgia for this miserable place where he was born and raised for a full day and night.
……
The Zhuangtou's house is located in the middle and back of the village. It's not that far away from Gu Er's house, so it's very easy to find.
After flying closer, I saw clearly that this unique tile-roofed building in the village is actually a small courtyard with two entrances. The courtyard is paved with square bricks, and some flowers and plants are planted in front of the door and behind the house to decorate it.
It has the shape of a garden, but there is no God who created it.
Cheng Yu could tell the general layout of the village head's house at a glance. The main room was in the middle, the side rooms were on both sides, and the room with the blue brick stove in the corner should be the kitchen room.
There was a large empty thatched house behind the backyard that caught Cheng Yu's attention because there was a faint smell of wine lees inside.
Seeing that Cheng Yu was interested in the vacant house, Heitantou started to act as a tour guide and chatted with each other. Cheng Yu finally figured out that this was an ancient brewhouse, used for wine making.
According to old people, brewing is only started around the time of the biggest snowfall every year. At this time, everyone is busy with farm work and there is no one around.
There should be a total of six people in Zhuangtou's family. There is a bedridden old woman and Zhuangtou and his wife, and they have two sons. However, there is only one younger son in the family at this time, and the eldest son has not been seen. In addition, there are
There is also a maid busy outside.
In fact, she is said to be a maid, but she looks to be in her early ten years, and she is quite handsome, but she has a disheveled face and a thin body.
Zhuangtou's mother-in-law always pointed her out and called her here and there without any courtesy, maybe she was his child bride.
The Zhuangtou family also had a native dog, which was much bigger than the one in Gu Er's family. It howled loudly and was tied with a hemp rope in front of the door of a side room in the backyard.
The Hei Tantou family sneered at him and called him a watchdog.
In the eaves and tiles of the front yard, Heitan's parents, uncles, aunts and other elder relatives live scatteredly, while in the backyard are all the young descendants of Heitan's generation.
In particular, Heitan Tou was so unceremonious that he occupied a bird's nest, which was comparable to the standard of a five-star hotel among the sparrows' nests.
"叽叽叽"
Heitan Tou stood beside the swallow's nest he had occupied and called to Cheng Yu. It turned out that he was introducing his future residence to him: there was an empty swallow's nest under the eaves not far from Hei Tan Tou's nest.
It has long been occupied by the Hei Tantou family.
Cheng Yu looked at the bird's nest. It was built under blue bricks and tiles. It was quite clean inside. He just needed to find some hay to lay it down. Then he looked at the height. It was high enough.
Moreover, the gaps in the brick walls are smooth and there are no cracks. Besides, Heitantou's family has lived here for a long time, so it is expected that they have never been infested by rats, so they must be safe.
The only inconvenience is that if you want to hold a piece of thatch in your mouth, you need to fly to the nearby roof to find it.
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Cheng Yu was very satisfied with this new home, and Heitan Tou helped Cheng Yu find some dry and clean thatch everywhere, and laid it thickly in the nest, which provided protection from wind and rain, as well as stability and comfort.
Cheng Yu tried to nest in the nest. In addition to being soft to the touch, it also had the unique fragrance of thatch.
After everything was tidied up, Cheng Yu and the younger generation of Hei Tantou's family stood on the roof chatting.
Cheng Yu accidentally saw a small open space outside the wall of Zhuangtou's courtyard. In the open space stood a double-eaves hexagonal pavilion, and inside the pavilion stood a gray stone tablet.
Cheng Yu suddenly became interested. After chirping twice at the black charcoal head, he spread his wings and flew towards the stele pavilion.
Flying to the pavilion and taking a closer look, I saw a large gray stone tablet sitting on the back of a stone turtle. Four big characters on the front of the tablet were clearly visible: "Qingluo Scenic Spot".
It turns out that this place is called Qingluo, and it is also a scenic spot. However, looking at the conditions of the farmers in this village, it is far from a scenic spot.
With some doubts, Cheng Yu flew to the back of the monument and found a seven-character poem engraved on it. The handwriting was slightly mottled and must have been a few years ago, but it was still early in the day, so he could still make out it clearly if he flew closer and read it carefully: p>
The mountains of green radish are not impressive,
Immortals come and dance gracefully.
Lord Don't laugh when you are lying on the couch with your white head,
Drunk and leisurely, the moon falls on the world.
This kind of doggerel has the nerve to carve a monument and build a pavilion...
Let’s look at the inscription: Touring Qingluo Mountain in the autumn of Renwu in the 14th year of Longtai.
Parade?
Cheng Yu carefully observed the architectural style of the stele pavilion, and then looked at the stone turtle carrying the stele. Even though the poem was ordinary, the origin of this stele was probably not trivial.
Maybe it was an imperial stele pavilion, but he couldn't remember which dynasty the Longtai Dynasty belonged to.
Maybe it was an unpopular dynasty that favored a small court?
……
That night, Cheng Yu settled in the bird's nest in the backyard of Zhuangtou. After dark, the birds all fell asleep.
There is another thing worth celebrating on this day: he ate white flour steamed buns!
Heitan Tou was right. Zhuangtou's white-flour steamed buns were enough, and they were simply placed in the rattan basket in the kitchen. It was easy for Cheng Yu to enter the kitchen.
Moreover, he only eats the steamed buns that have been broken into pieces, and does not touch the intact steamed buns, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the host.
At this time, oil lamps were lit in several rooms in the backyard of Zhuangtou's house, and Cheng Yu's feet were dimly lit, but he couldn't take a close look, so he stopped looking.
Everything is quiet, and I can't help but think of what happened last night.
Could it be said that there really are gods, ghosts and spirits in this world?
I also thought of the four sentences of the poem in the stele pavilion outside the courtyard. Could it be that there were gods here?
