Chapter 15 Show of Love
Looking at the four people coming towards them, the group was stunned.
Finally, Liu Aimin couldn't help but say, "No way, you all brought your wives out to play. If I had known, I would have brought my wife out too."
"Oh my god, Dachun, you're really good at this."
"That's right, we are all grown men, but you, the Meng family, don't forget to bring your wives when you go out."
"I'm so envious. I miss my wife too."
"What the hell are you thinking? Do you have a partner?"
"I can't think of my future daughter-in-law."
Seeing that everyone's reactions were normal, Pei Xingzhi felt that he had been a little mean-spirited before. After seeing so many bad people, he subconsciously assumed the worst of everyone he saw. It seemed that he needed to change.
All of Meng Yanchun's friends have good personalities.
They all enthusiastically called Dong Hanyun "Sister-in-law" and Meng Wanqiu "Xiao Wan" and reminded them of things to pay attention to.
Dong Hanyun and the others are very familiar with each other. They grew up together, and many of them have been beaten by her.
Although Meng Wanqiu had just met her, she was his good brother's biological sister, so of course he treated her like his own sister.
"Hello, sister-in-law!" Pi Jingxuan walked over, touched his head, and greeted her embarrassedly.
Pei Xingzhi leaned over to Meng Wanqiu's ear and whispered, "This is Pi Jingxuan, an educated youth like me."
Her sensitive ears suddenly turned red. Meng Wanqiu covered her ears and dodged, her big eyes full of accusation. She didn't know if this man did it on purpose. After discovering that her ears were sensitive, he touched her several times intentionally or unintentionally.
Pei Xingzhi lowered his head and put his fist to his lips, "Jingxuan is looking at you?"
Meng Wanqiu then looked at Pi Jingxuan, raised her hand to her face, made a lucky cat gesture, and smiled sweetly.
This is the first time someone calls her like this, it's really strange.
"hello!"
Pi Jingxuan blushed a little, thinking that his sister-in-law was a little cute, but he couldn't tell what was cute about her.
Pei Xingzhi raised his eyebrows slightly, a dark light flashed in his eyes, and he placed his hand on the back of Meng Wanqiu's neck, pushing her forward: "Follow us, everyone is leaving."
Because there were so many people, everyone decided to work in pairs. How many they could catch depended on their luck, and then the people in each group would share the spoils equally.
Those who brought their wives were naturally grouped with their wives, such as Pei and Meng, while Pi Jingxuan was grouped with Liu Aimin.
Each person was given a flashlight and a bamboo basket, and then they dispersed.
Pei Xingzhi and Meng Wanqiu also found a direction. Pei Xingzhi walked in front with a flashlight. Fearing that Meng Wanqiu might step on a snake, Meng Wanqiu grabbed Pei Xingzhi's clothes and walked behind with a bamboo basket.
There was a reed marsh in their direction, surrounded by various paddy fields. There were many weeds and toads on the ridges.
Pei Xingzhi ignored it when he saw it, but Meng Wanqiu was different. She was wearing rain boots, and as soon as she saw a toad on the road, her feet would itch and she would kick it into the field.
Pei Xingzhi: ...
I always feel that if a toad could speak, it would definitely curse very dirty.
(Toad: Brother, you understand me.)
"Wait, I saw it." Meng Wanqiu suddenly pulled Pei Xingzhi and pointed to the paddy field on the left.
When Pei Xingzhi heard this, he felt a little nervous and excited. He looked to the left and saw a thumb-thick eel next to a rice seedling. The eel did not move at all when illuminated by the light and stayed quietly in the water.
"Let me do it." Pei Xingzhi said.
Meng Wanqiu nodded indifferently, took the flashlight and helped him to find the right position. Pei Xingzhi approached lightly, because the shore was very close and he could reach it without going into the water.
When his hand reached the surface of the water, Pei Xingzhi held his breath. He had already learned the key points of the movement from Meng Yanchun before coming here. He needed to use his three middle fingers. The middle finger was on top, and the index and ring fingers were on the bottom. He placed the eel horizontally in the middle space and clamped it tightly without letting go.
However, theoretical knowledge and practice have always been two different things.
After Pei Xingzhi reached his hand underwater, he immediately clamped the eel with standard movements. At that moment, he felt the eel's slippery skin, but the subsequent changes caught Pei Xingzhi off guard.
The eel broke free, muddied the water, and disappeared from their sight.
Pei Xingzhi: ...
Meng Wanqiu: ...
Pei Xingzhi kept the same action and hadn't reacted yet. He couldn't understand why he let the eel break free and escape even though he was using the standard eel-catching action.
After standing up again, Pei Xingzhi looked at Meng Wanqiu and explained expressionlessly: "It's my first time, so I'm not very skilled."
Meng Wanqiu did not laugh at Pei Xingzhi, she also found it unexpected.
It's your first time, so it's normal for beginners to make mistakes.
However, Pei Xingzhi later broke this conclusion himself.
After letting him run away for the second, third, fourth... and tenth time, Meng Wanqiu couldn't help but say, "Let me do it next time."
Pei Xingzhi lowered his head and said nothing, but silently took the bamboo basket from Meng Wanqiu's hand. Meng Wanqiu felt that the hair on his head was listless. It seemed that so many consecutive mistakes had dealt him a heavy blow.
It was just that Meng Wanqiu thought Pei Xingzhi was a little cute, so she couldn't help but raise her hand and touch his head. "Don't mind it, everyone has their weaknesses."
Pei Xingzhi raised his eyes and glanced at Meng Wanqiu, with a complicated emotion in his eyes.
Meng Wanqiu didn't understand, so the two continued to look for eels. This season was the time when eels appeared, so they encountered two after just a few steps.
Meng Wanqiu gave the flashlight to Pei Xingzhi. This time the distance was a bit far, and she needed to go to the fields.
Pei Xingzhi quietly acted as a tool, wondering in his heart whether Meng Wanqiu could succeed. They had talked about it before, and both of them were novices.
The two were very close to each other, and Pei Xingzhi felt that even if Meng Wanqiu caught one, the other would definitely run away.
Until he saw Meng Wanqiu put both hands into the water, and his eyes widened silently.
The next second, two splashes of water popped up, and the scene flashed before his eyes. Meng Wanqiu actually caught one with one hand.
Pei Xingzhi: ...
"Hurry, hurry, bring the bamboo basket over here!!"
After both were put in, Meng Wanqiu shook her hands and said, "You were quite strong. I almost let it get away."
Pei Xingzhi: ...
Pei Xingzhi didn't know what to say, he just felt that this sentence was very insulting.
However, after seeing Meng Wanqiu's series of actions later, Pei Xingzhi has learned to comfort himself.
It doesn't matter, there's no need to compare yourself with others. Think about when Meng Wanqiu was carrying bath water, she carried nearly forty or fifty kilograms of weight without even breathing. This is definitely a natural talent.
Although he felt a little embarrassed that he was not as strong as his wife, Pei Xingzhi didn't care. This way he didn't have to worry about Meng Wanqiu being bullied.
In this way, with Meng Wanqiu as the main attacker and Pei Xingzhi as the auxiliary, the bamboo basket in their hands, which was not very big to begin with, was soon half empty.
"Wow, that's so cool." Meng Wanqiu put her hands on her hips. She hadn't had so much fun in a long time.
Pei Xingzhi said nothing, staring blankly into the air.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" Meng Wanqiu walked over and touched his arm with her elbow, then looked in the direction Pei Xingzhi was looking.
They were now very close to the reed marsh, which was surrounded by ditches. The moonlight was very cool today, reflecting on the water and on the reeds. Some of the reeds were leaning to one side and looked strangely shaped. At first glance, it looked like someone was standing there.
"What are you looking at?" I was a little scared at first glance, but I could see it clearly at second glance.
Pei Xingzhi turned his head and asked, "Aren't you afraid?"
Pei Xingzhi was a little farsighted, and when he accidentally saw the pile of reeds that looked like a human figure, he was really scared.
Come to think of it, he is not afraid of bad people, but rather afraid of these illusory things.
Meng Wanqiu had a few spots of mud on her face. She raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "Are you afraid?"
Pei Xingzhi also raised his eyebrows, "I'm scared."
This answer made Meng Wanqiu stunned, and she looked up at Pei Xingzhi.
There were a few spots of mud on her fair cheeks, but her eyes were clear and transparent. Pei Xingzhi saw the moon and stars in Meng Wanqiu's eyes.
Her eyes, which were obviously so pure, were now full of temptation. Pei Xingzhi raised his hand as if possessed by a demon and slowly placed it on her face.
Just when he was about to touch those pink lips, a "click" sound suddenly came from the reeds over there.
The two men woke up as if from a dream and took a step back instantly.
Pei Xingzhi's ears burned as he explained, "There's mud on your face."
Meng Wanqiu wiped her face and scratched the raised area with her hands. "Oh, thank you."
Pei Xingzhi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Meng Wanqiu didn't have any special reaction.
"Let's go, let's go over there." Meng Wanqiu didn't care what Pei Xingzhi thought. She pulled him and ran towards the reeds.
Pei Xingzhi lowered his head to look at Meng Wanqiu holding his hand, pursed his lips and followed.
"It must be a wild duck. It's really rare that there are wild ducks in this reed marsh, and no one has noticed it. Haha, this is great, it's a good deal for us."
Pei Xingzhi saw that Meng Wanqiu had an undisguised smile on her face and the flesh on both sides of her cheeks was bulging again. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that Meng Wanqiu seemed to have lost a little weight.
In the past, the two lumps of baby fat on her face would bulge out whenever she spoke, but now they can only be seen when Meng Wanqiu laughs.
The two men crossed the ditch beside the reed marsh, pulled aside the reeds that blocked their way, and walked gently in the reed marsh so as not to disturb the wild ducks and let the meat in their mouths escape.
"Ah, ran away!"
Meng Wanqiu was so angry that she pulled out a nearby reed and pulled it up by the roots.
Wild ducks are wild after all. They can stay here for so long without being discovered. They must have some abilities and it is impossible for them to be caught easily.
In front of me was a nest less than half a meter in size, with many feathers and fine hairs inside.
Pei Xingzhi noticed that some of these feathers were light brown, while others were yellow with spots. He had a guess in his mind, so he began to search around in the reed marsh.
"Don't look for it anymore. This wild duck is very cunning. It must have run far away by now. Be careful not to step on the snake." Meng Wanqiu followed behind Pei Xing and said worriedly.
"Found it."
"What did you find..." Meng Wanqiu didn't know what Pei Xingzhi had found. She walked over and discovered, "Ah, it's duck eggs!!"
In front of Pei Xingzhi, a dozen green-skinned wild duck eggs were piled together, looking very tempting.
"How did you know?" Meng Wanqiu opened her eyes wide, her tone unable to conceal her admiration.
Pei Xingzhi put his fist to his mouth, covering his raised mouth corners. "Nothing, I just noticed that the feathers in the nest are different colors. Male and female wild ducks have different feather colors. If it's a male and a female, they might be laying eggs."
"I just tried to look for it around here, and I actually found it."
After listening to Pei Xingzhi's analysis, Meng Wanqiu admired him even more. She did not notice these details.
Pei Xingzhi felt very comfortable with Meng Wanqiu's admiring eyes, and he finally found a little confidence in Meng Wanqiu.
Later, he used a flashlight to teach Meng Wanqiu how to tell whether the duck eggs were fertilized or not. The two left the fertilized duck eggs and took away only the unfertilized ones.
Of course, before that, I also explained what a fertilized egg is, how eggs come about, and even expanded on how humans come about.
The two of them didn't finish explaining this until they returned home. After all, it would take a month to finish explaining everything from the human egg cell to the sperm, egg and cells.
However, after this night, another door was completely opened for Meng Wanqiu, allowing her to understand the other side of the world from an ancient person to an uneducated rural girl in the 1970s.
Pei Xingzhi was also shocked by Meng Wanqiu's speed in accepting new knowledge, and realized that there might be another possibility between them.
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