She smiled and said, “I went to town in the afternoon with the village head’s wife Suqin.
Suqin said that she was going into the mountains to pick vegetables in the morning when she saw Dong Biao running down the mountain with something around his neck.
Dong Biao was so frightened that he cried and howled, shouting that the snake was hanging around his neck and begging the village head to pull it off for him.
"What?"
Mrs. Li's eyes widened with disbelief:
"With a snake hanging around your neck, you're still running and calling for help? Can't you just raise your hands and pull it off?"
Qin Nian thought of Dong Biao's appearance during the day and couldn't help laughing. She thought of Geng Feng catching the big snake and said:
"Maybe, maybe he's afraid that the big snake will wrap around his arm?"
Mrs. Li was even more puzzled: "If you are afraid of getting your arms tangled, you can't risk your neck?
Besides, after pulling the snake off, grab its tail and shake it vigorously a few times, and the snake will come off.
If you take it to the county town, you can sell it for dozens of taels.
Meizi, go to the headman's house tomorrow and ask Suqin where Dong Biao hung the big snake.
When my leg is healed, I will go there and hang out. I also hope to encounter such a good thing. "
At this point, Mrs. Li suddenly remembered something and asked hurriedly:
"How did the snake get hung on Dong Biao's neck? And did the snake end up belonging to the village head or Dong Biao?
I think it should go to the village head. The same goes for the snake. How could it be hung on the neck of that beast? It doesn’t deserve it.”
Ye Meizi said: "The village head used a wooden stick to help Dong Biao get the thing off his neck.
After a closer look, it was not a snake, nor a living thing. He asked Dong Biao how the thing got around his neck.
Dong Biao said he was squatting in the grass, trying to pick flowers, when something fell down and got around his neck, and he thought it was a snake.
Mrs. Li curled her lips and said, "Dong Biao wants to pick flowers? Are there any flowers now? This is clearly an excuse.
I think he was squatting there with the intention of doing something bad. It must be that the immortal couldn't stand it and hit him casually.
If he doesn’t behave himself in the future, he will be punished.”
Ye Meizi said: "This time he was really scared. I heard that he finally got home, but he couldn't get up after lying down."
Qin Nian was shocked by these words: "You can't get up after lying down? Are you paralyzed by fear?"
"He's not paralyzed. I heard he just feels weak all over. Li Erhui scolded him for the whole afternoon."
Ye Meizi and Li Pozi were discussing this matter with great interest. Qin Nian knew what was going on and listened silently.
No words were spoken that night.
The next day, when Geng Feng went up the mountain, he put the cut potato seeds in his backpack.
When they arrived at the edge of the field, Geng Feng dug a hole, and Qin Nian put the potato seeds in the hole and covered it with soil.
After planting the potatoes, Geng Feng continued to till the soil and prepare the ridges. Qin Nian used a small bucket to carry water to water the planted potatoes.
The two were busy, working until noon, when Geng Feng put down his pickaxe.
"Xiao Nian, let's go collect honey."
Qin Nian's voice was clear, like the breeze blowing through wind chimes: "Okay, let's go."
The two of them came under the big trees, Geng Feng looked up and said with a smile: "It has been very dry in the past few years, and I haven't seen any mountain flowers nearby.
How come there is a beehive here?"
Qin Nian said, "Maybe if we pass through that jungle, we will find springs and wild flowers deep in the mountains."
Geng Feng nodded: "Maybe it's true."
After saying that, Geng Feng entered the cave and took a look around. There were some leaves in the cave, probably blown in by the wind.
There is nothing else except fallen leaves.
Geng Feng came out of the cave and climbed up the tree carrying the bucket. As expected of a hunter, his tree climbing movements were deft and graceful.
When he reached a certain height, he first hung the small bucket in his hand on a tree branch, then reached into the beehive and took out the honey combs.
What was a very difficult task for Qin Nian was so easy for Geng Feng.
It seems that some things really need to be done by different people.
Geng Feng came down from the tree, looked at the honeycomb in the bucket and said, "This one can produce more than ten kilograms of honey.
The bucket I took today is too small, so I’ll get a bigger bucket tomorrow and pick the rest tomorrow.
This thing is not easy to get. Once the villagers see it, they will come to our house to ask for it."
Qin Nian thought for a while and said: "Geng Feng, tomorrow we can bring a big bucket up, pick the honey combs, and put them in the cave, okay?
When I have free time, I will slowly transport it home. "
Geng Feng clapped his hands happily: "That's great. But we need to get a bucket with a lid and hold the lid down with stones.
The barrels must also be covered with stones to prevent wild boars or other animals from knocking them over.
After the two of them had discussed it, they picked up the bucket and started walking back.
After midday, we started eating.
Lunch was cornmeal pancakes, potato chips and fried chives. Ye Meizi was really generous with the oil, and the aroma wafted out as soon as the small jar of vegetables was opened.
Of the small jar of soybean paste that I bought yesterday, Ye Meizi removed half of it and asked Geng Feng to carry the rest up the mountain and put it in a cool place so that it would be convenient to eat.
Qin Nian picked up the water bag and poured a bowl of spiritual spring water for each person. The two of them had a delicious lunch.
After dinner, I continued to work, just like yesterday, working until the sun was about to set before I finished work and went home.
At the entrance of the village, Qin Nian met Lin Cuizhi.
After not seeing her for a few days, Lin Cuizhi had become so thin that she looked unrecognizable. Her appearance reminded Qin Nian of a grass lizard.
"Sister Cuizhi, why are you so thin?"
Qin Nian didn't even dare to speak loudly, for fear that her voice would shock Lin Cuizhi to death, she was too weak.
Cuizhi's mouth twitched, and after a long while she uttered softly, "My little third son is dead."
Qin Nian lowered his head: "I know. Sister Cuizhi, the dead cannot be resurrected. You must mourn and be strong."
"Yes, I am strong. For my other two children, I have to be strong."
Cuizhi's voice was light and fluttery, just like her body, without any weight:
"Xiao Nian, I've been waiting for you here for a long time. I want to ask you for a favor."
"you say."
Cuizhi was silent for a long time before her eyes moved from the ground to Qin Nian's face: "Dong Biao owes me money.
I can't find him, so find a chance and tell him to give me the money."
Qin Nian was stunned: "Sister Cuizhi, Dong Biao owes you money, can you just go to his house first and get it?
Why are you taking a detour to ask me to pass on a message?"
There was no trace of shyness on Cuizhi's pale face: "Xiao Nian, you heard everything in the cave that day, right?
I obeyed Dong Biao that time. When he found you in the cave, he got up and ran away.
He promised to give me money, but he never did. If he had given it to me that time, my third son might not have died. "
It turned out that she was asked to help get the money for prostitution. Qin Nian was stunned. He looked at Cuizhi, not knowing whether to agree or not.
Cuizhi was still talking to herself: "Please tell Dong Biao for me, if he refuses to give it to me, I will go all out and go to his house to ask for it myself.
If he dares to kill me, he has the ability. "
After saying that, he let out a long sigh.
Qin Nian put the backpack on his back on the ground and took out the wooden-handled short knife for digging wild vegetables from the backpack.
Hand the backpack to Cuizhi.
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