Chapter 020 Jia Jia Releases the Duck
Wen Jiajia's sixth sense played a big role.
At this moment, she had already returned to Fuyang from Chendun, but she heard that a robbery had occurred near the Chendun Reservoir.
canteen.
There is braised fish today. When the aroma wafts from the canteen, the villagers work a little faster than usual.
Wen Jiajia prepared her meals early. Since she didn't have to work in the morning, she was the first person in the village to get food.
After finishing the meal, she was about to leave, but she heard someone talking about Chen Dun. Wen Jiajia pricked up her ears to listen curiously.
"Did Chen Dun really get robbed?"
"That's right. He was stabbed a few times and almost thrown into the reservoir. Luckily he is a local and can swim, so he hid in the water. When he couldn't hide anymore, he climbed up the slope on the other side and hid."
"Have you rescued him?"
"He was rescued. He said someone was passing by and threw a stone on the road and he was discovered."
"Wow! He is really lucky. Where did this evil guy come from? We have to be careful when we go to the county town next time."
"Who knows? He ran away but the police didn't catch him. There are mountains everywhere here. It's hard to catch him if he hides in the mountains."
My aunt, who was getting her lunch, took a bite of the fresh melon and asked immediately, "When did this happen?"
Wen Jiajia didn't move and continued listening.
"Just now. At about ten o'clock, Baoguo was called to the commune for a meeting. He told me when he came back."
The lunch lady asked again, "How do you know so much about it, as if you saw it with your own eyes?"
"The old man from the commune was invited, and that devilish girl Fang Lan was also invited. She would not know what was going on when she was there."
"The autumn harvest is almost halfway through, and this incident has made people panic. Who will still have the heart to focus on the autumn harvest?"
Yes, who has time to think about the autumn harvest?
Anyway, Wen Jiajia didn’t have it.
Wen Jiajia was so scared that she was trembling with fear.
You know, her house is at the entrance of the village. If you want to enter the village, the first place you pass is her house.
And with a little inquiry, I found out that there were only three people in her family, two of whom had a three-year-old child. They were just there to serve food, and were a perfect soft persimmon that could be squeezed in any way.
Thinking of this, Wen Jiajia broke out in a cold sweat and didn't even care whether she could catch the bus in the future.
She ran all the way, brought the bowl home, and without rushing to eat, she ran quickly to Captain Fang's house.
"Are you here to ask about Chen Dun as well?" Fang Baoguo asked. Apparently many people had been here before her, because the benches in the Fang family's main hall were placed in a messy manner.
Wen Jiajia nodded and threw out her worries without hesitation.
Fang Baoguo sighed, "The commune has organized patrols. There are militiamen walking around our village at night, some of them have guns, so it won't get to that point."
Wen Jiajia: …
Help, I'm even more scared.
She forgot that in this day and age the great feat of banning guns for all has not been completely completed, and many people still have guns in their hands.
"Go back, go back." Fang Baoguo was obviously annoyed by the waves of people coming and going, and began to chase Wen Jiajia away.
Wen Jiajia was still a little worried.
I don't know why, but that weird static feeling came back and it was awful uncomfortable.
If there were no high-voltage power lines nearby, she would have thought that there was a leakage in the high-voltage power lines.
In the afternoon, I have to go to the fields to work.
Wen Jiajia rubbed his head and pinched his arms, and decided to quit the job of driving the car and just harvest sweet potatoes honestly.
Even if she refused to resign, Captain Fang would not let her continue doing this job.
"Let Chen Qiang and Chen Xiong go from now on." Fang Baoguo made the final decision. "Chen Qiang is strong and the best fighter in the village. Chen Xiong is useless and can earn even less work points than you."
Wen Jiajia was curious: "How much does he earn?"
There are men who earn less than her.
Fang Baoguo felt embarrassed and didn't want to say anything. But when he heard that Jiajia was from the same village, he knew that no matter how embarrassing it was, it was only in his own village, so he secretly told her, "On average, it's good to get three work points a day. Jiajia, don't learn from him. We, the children of farmers, must make progress."
However, Wen Jiajia's reaction was beyond his expectations. He only heard Wen Jiajia sighing: "It's great. I can eat enough with only 3 work points a day."
She was envious, even a little jealous.
Damn it, why don’t I have this kind of easy-win life in my two lifetimes?
Fang Baoguo was so angry that he waved his hands: "Go to the cafeteria to eat. From now on, you and Yanyan will go to release the ducks. You can release the ducks for half a day and do the work for half a day. Ask Yanyan for the details."
After saying that, he drove her away again.
When Wen Jiajia heard that there was still a gain, she was no longer angry about being chased away. After all, chasing a duck was more comfortable than chasing a car. At least her butt wouldn't hurt. She just felt reluctant to leave Daqiang.
That night, Wen Jiajia checked all the doors in the house and made sure they were locked before returning to her room.
However, she was still worried.
Less than half an hour after returning to the room, he pushed the door open and walked out again with a few mousetraps in his hand.
Calling it a mousetrap is actually not quite accurate. It is a hunting trap that can not only catch mice, but also pheasants and rabbits in the mountains.
Of course, human feet can also be clamped.
The Wen family, young and old, are all honest farmers and there is no such thing in their family.
Where did this come from? It was synthesized.
Wen Jiajia used the previously synthesized wheelbarrow as nourishment and continued to synthesize other iron products. A hunting clip was unexpectedly refreshed, so Wen Jiajia hurriedly synthesized one.
With the first one, the second and third ones will be much easier. So far, Wen Jiajia has collected six hunting clips.
With a torch in her hand, she placed four hunting traps on the wall surrounding the patio.
If someone wanted to enter the main hall when the courtyard gate and the main door were closed, they had to climb over the wall beside the patio.
Even if she was lucky and didn't step on one trap, it didn't matter because she had placed the other two traps at the two doors of the room.
Wen Jiajia still felt it was not enough.
If possible, she would fill the front and back yards with traps to prevent anyone with bad intentions from setting foot there, because if they do, they will be left with no feet.
Weapons can bring a sense of security. Even a defensive weapon like a hunting trap can help Wen Jiajia sleep well.
only……
When I woke up, nothing happened.
Not even a mouse was killed, which made Wen Jiajia wonder if she was over-exaggerating.
But she has mild paranoid delusions, especially since she died once, she is more afraid of death and more cautious than the average person.
She carefully put away the trap and decided to continue to do it tonight. Not only tonight, but every night from now on, she might put traps in her house.
Because of this incident, she was in no mood to go to the mountain to pick wood ears this morning.
After breakfast, Wen Jiajia went to find Fang Mingyan.
Fang Mingyan is the daughter of the brigade accountant. She has been in charge of the easy and high-scoring job of herding ducks since last year. It can be seen that even in this small brigade, there are privileges.
Wen Jiajia couldn't help but sigh, she was transferred here to chase the ducks, could it be that she was also one of the privileged ones?
No, she probably used it as a gag.
After all, her family was the most pitiful and in the most difficult situation in the whole village. If someone made a fuss about this, she would be the rag to shut them up.
She had heard that some villagers were eyeing Fang Mingyan's good job. This was normal. Many people in the village were dissatisfied with Fang Mingyan, who had lost four ducks and raised five adult ducks to death.
Wen Jiajia was very happy, after all, she benefited from it. Raising ducks did not require working in the fields, and she could earn five work points a day.
Fang Mingyan's home is near the brigade headquarters, which is the core area of the village.
To use urban terms, her home is in the second ring road of the village.
Early in the morning, many people were already gathered next to the brigade headquarters, talking.
Wen Jiajia didn't understand why the villagers were so keen on chatting. Although the recent autumn harvest was not particularly tiring, it was not easy either.
As for the topic, it is still the Chen Dun attack case.
"Several police officers have come, and I heard they have organized people to search the mountain."
"What do you think that guy does? How could he make such a big fuss if he just committed robbery?"
"Yeah. It's not like we haven't been robbed before. There were carjackings on the national highway in Hegou Township, but nothing like this."
"Could it be a spy?" someone speculated.
After all, this operation was so unusual that it was said that the search of the mountain would continue today.
In their view, only spies, who have committed heinous crimes, would be treated like this.
Wen Jiajia found it even more frightening after hearing this. Robbers were not enough, they even brought in spies.
She didn't listen any further, but went to Fang Mingyan's house.
"Jia Jia?" Fang Mingyan was stunned for a moment, then responded, "You are here with me to release the duck, right?"
Wen Jiajia smiled and said, "Yes, hello Yanyan."
Fang Mingyan seemed very happy: "I have always been thinking that someone can join me. You don't know, there are more than a hundred ducks in our village. I can't handle it alone."
Wen Jiajia understood that there was this reason.
"Wait for me, I'll change my shoes and leave." Fang Mingyan hurried back to the house, and in less than half a minute she changed her white shoes into the same black cloth shoes as Wen Jiajia.
Not to mention, when it comes to clothing, after traveling through time, Wen Jiajia’s favorite thing is shoes.
Handmade cloth shoes are really comfortable to wear, with soft soles, breathable uppers, and no confinement to the feet. There are no other disadvantages except that they are inconvenient to wear on rainy days.
Yesterday the bright sun had dried up the road surface that had been wet two days before, but the wheel marks of the donkey cart were still there.
Fang Mingyan brought Wen Jiajia to the farm at the end of the village. The farm was more than 200 meters away from the nearest house, which shows how strong the smell was inside.
"There are a few pigs in front of the farm, and our ducks are in the back." As he said this, he used the key to open the back door.
Wen Jiajia took a special look and found that the farm's wall was higher than her house's wall. The wall was full of broken glass and there were four dogs inside.
There are two pig farms in the front yard and two duck farms in the back yard.
Her eyes lit up instantly: "What a big dog."
Fang Mingyan smiled and said, "Right. The two pigs in the pig farm are named Doumi and Wangcai. The two in the duck farm are named Dawu and Xiaowen. I gave them their names and raised them."
Wen Jiajia's eyes suddenly changed when she looked at the girl. In fact, she was quite capable. Not only did she release ducks every day, she also raised dogs.
Don’t underestimate them because there are only four dogs. It is not easy to keep them so shiny and smooth.
The key is that she also has to clean the duck farm, a small sweep every day and a big sweep once a week. The workload is actually not light.
But Wen Jiajia didn't care about this now. She asked hurriedly, "Yanyan, if I want to adopt a dog, where can I get one?"
"A dog?"
"Yes. Isn't it because of the Chen Dun incident that has caused panic among the people? My home is at the entrance of the village, and I don't have any strong laborers, so raising a dog can be of some use."
Although the adopted puppy is of no use, it may be of use if something like this happens again in the future.
Fang Mingyan hissed, revealing a look of reminiscence: "I brought these four dogs from my grandmother's house. Now the female dog at my grandmother's house is not going to give birth anymore, so I have to look at other dogs in the village. When I go back to Shangxi Village, I'll ask for you."
Her grandmother's family lived in Shangxi Village, where three out of ten households kept dogs. Even farms went to their village to buy dogs and borrow male dogs.
Wen Jiajia smiled and said, "Okay, thank you."
"Well, it's a small matter."
As he spoke, he opened the door on the other side. There was a small path at the back door, which led to the wetland at the entrance of the village.
Along the way, Fang Mingyan taught Wen Jiajia the technique of chasing ducks. Wen Jiajia felt that she might have some talent in this area, and she could chase them when she reached the village entrance. Fang Mingyan was very moved that from now on, there was someone who could take over from her.
Fang Mingyan said, "Jia Jia, you don't know, since I took over this group of ducks, I haven't been to the big market, and I have rarely gone back to the county town."
"By the way, have you ever been to a big market?" She waved the whip in her hand casually and kicked the grass on the roadside. "There is no big market in our commune. The real big market is near my grandmother's house. The big market in Hongji Commune is the most lively."
Wen Jiajia shook her head, the original owner did not catch up with the group.
The original owner of Hongji Commune had also heard of it. Although it still belonged to this county, it was located at the junction of three counties. No wonder it was so lively.
"If there is a chance, I will take you with me." Fang Mingyan said. But in her heart, she thought, these ducks are so numerous, and she doesn't know where the chance to go out and play is.
The two of them worked together and quickly got the ducks to the wetland, arriving almost twenty minutes earlier than usual.
Wen Jiajia carefully observed the wetland environment and thought it was a great place.
The surroundings are open and the mountains seem far away from this land.
The waterways are like a chessboard, and the islands are like chess pieces. After entering the water, the ducks swim happily in the water, and occasionally come to the shore to rest and look for food.
Fang Mingyan waved at her and said, "Come and sit here. The ducks are still a long way from being full." Then she moved her butt away, leaving some rock for Wen Jiajia.
When Wen Jiajia sat on it, she felt a rare peace of mind.
Because the terrain is open, the autumn wind blows continuously towards this place, blowing away all the depression in people's hearts.
The ripples on the water sparkle in the sunlight, making people feel relaxed and happy.
Wen Jiajia couldn't help but sigh: "It's really nice here."
Fang Mingyan leaned back and said, "Yeah, it's easy for us to chase people away sometimes. I'll bring a straw mat tomorrow and spread it on this big rock. We can sleep there whenever we want."
It was only the first day the two of them met, so they were not very familiar with each other and ran out of things to talk about after they finished talking.
Wild ducks occasionally stop here and lay a few eggs that are different from those of domestic ducks. This is an extra benefit for her and Fang Mingyan.
Neither of them would choose to grill it in the wild, but instead put it in their pockets and secretly take it home.
Before noon, the two had to chase the ducks back.
Just as I was about to leave the farm and go to the cafeteria, I saw Fang Baoguo coming towards the farm not far away.
Wen Jiajia: "Captain, what's the matter?"
Fang Baoguo said, "I came to see if you two have returned. Chen Dun has been arrested, but he has accomplices. The interrogation revealed that one of them is in Fuyang."
Wen Jiajia and the other two were shocked.
Fuyang Commune is surrounded by mountains, and the place where they released the ducks was quite remote. If there really was someone there...panic filled the hearts of the two.
Fang Mingyan was familiar with Captain Fang, so she quickly said, "Uncle, then we won't release the ducks for the next two days."
Compared to working in the fields, life is more important.
"Okay, let's not release the duck for the next two days. We have to search the mountain here as well, and we'll talk about it after we're done."
The two people who were originally in a good mood suddenly became worried. The villagers also changed from watching the excitement to being afraid.
"This damn thief, why doesn't he just die?"
Some villagers cursed angrily.
During the autumn harvest, we have to search the mountains, which is as tiring as when the autumn harvest just started.
But Wen Jiajia always felt that something was wrong.
You say he's a robber? What is there to steal in the village? Why would he go to such great lengths just for a few melons and dates?
Thief? That's not right. Who would arrange for members to search the mountain for a thief, especially at such a critical moment?
After all, in the countryside, nothing is more important than food.
A trafficker? That's impossible. I haven't heard of anyone's child being lost, so why did he flee to the mountains?
As for the spies that everyone speculated about, if you think about it carefully, it is actually nonsense.
What are the spies doing here?
Stealing the brewing recipe of the commune winery? Stealing the river dam plan of the commune department? What a mental disorder.
Is there a military base in these mountains? That's impossible. If there was, the people searching the mountains these past two days would not be team members, but soldiers.
"What on earth is it?" Wen Jiajia murmured.
The incident became more and more serious, and the release of the ducks was delayed day by day. When the sweet potatoes were harvested, the incident was still a hot topic in several nearby communes.
The wood ears in the mountains kept tempting Wen Jiajia. Wen Jiajia couldn't bear it anymore, so she got up early that day and asked Fang Mingyan to go up the mountain to pick wood ears together.
Wen Jiajia specially carried a large bamboo basket: "It rained again yesterday, so the fungus must have grown a lot more."
Fang Mingyan was surprised: "Is it really in Yanshan? That's very close, let's go quickly. If we are discovered, we will definitely be plundered to the last hair left."
The two of them headed towards the rocky mountain without stopping.
They were not afraid because there were other villagers on the way up the mountain.
The autumn harvest is over and with no time to rest, the villagers have turned their attention to wild vegetables and mushrooms.
Wen Jiajia pulled Fang Mingyan up the mountain road, a little worried: "Will the mountain searchers coming and going find the fungus?"
Fang Mingyan said: "I heard that Yanshan was not searched. Yanshan is too close to our village, and people would not hide there."
Wen Jiajia nodded and said that was right.
Today the mountain road was more difficult to climb than before. After climbing past the foot of the mountain, we saw many mushrooms on the road.
Wen Jiajia and Fang Mingyan did not miss any chance and picked all they could.
Fang Mingyan, as a native of the countryside, is much better at identifying mushrooms than Wen Jiajia. With her around, Wen Jiajia knows a lot of edible mushrooms.
"I don't think red mushrooms taste good," she said with a frown. "They always smell a bit rusty."
In fact, Wen Jiajia also felt the same way.
It doesn't have a rusty taste, but it's true that it's not as delicious as I imagined.
She ate red mushrooms twice. Once she fried them with eggs. After that, Wen Jiajia found that she liked eggs more.
One time was to cook soup.
The commune supply and marketing cooperative rarely delivered some pork, so she bought a leg bone and cooked it with red mushrooms, but she felt that it was not as delicious as morels or bamboo fungi.
Next time she will try stir-fried pork, and maybe bacon. If neither tastes good, this mushroom will be off her food list.
Then add to the blacklist permanently!
The mountain road was difficult to climb. Even though they were using crutches, they still fell and their knees were covered in mud.
"Are we there yet?" Fang Mingyan asked, wiping the sweat off her forehead.
Wen Jiajia identified it for a while, pointed to the hillside not far away and said, "It's right there, we're almost there."
The target appeared, and the two regrouped and climbed up the hillside in one breath with Jin'er.
Wen Jiajia was surprised to find that the dead branches she had piled up a few days ago were still there, which meant that no one had set foot in this place.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Wen Jiajia urged.
Fang Mingyan was as tired as a dog, panting: "How come you have such good physical strength?" It shouldn't be like this, she grew up in the countryside.
This is normal, because even if the original owner lived in the county, her life was much harder than Fang Mingyan's. The original owner worked in a furniture factory, where most of the work was heavy physical labor, but the original owner persisted.
When I first arrived, I felt tired. It was simply because my lazy soul was temporarily mismatched with my hardworking body. It is only now that we have almost gotten used to each other.
Wen Jiajia felt that the luckiest thing after traveling through time was that the original owner left her a good body. At least it was better than the sub-healthy body she had in her previous life due to staying up late.
After Fang Mingyan came up, she took the lead, moved the dead branches away, and led Fang Mingyan in.
Wood ears began to grow on the rotten wood that Wen Jiajia had picked. They were small and slippery, and actually looked a bit cute.
She didn't pick it, but continued to walk deeper.
The fungus deeper in the field was much larger. Fang Mingyan's eyes lit up: "I didn't expect there were so many fungus in this place."
Wen Jiajia has already started picking them: "Let's try to pick them all before others find out."
Fang Mingyan nodded and started picking them as well.
There are not only wood ear mushrooms here, but also ground ivy.
Ground peas are also called thunderweed, which are usually available after rain. They look similar to black fungus, but they taste better when fried with eggs than with black fungus.
Wen Jiajia had eaten vegetables bought online in her previous life, and knew immediately that they couldn't be wild ground radish. In this life, wild ground radish was so close to her that she couldn't let it go.
Fang Mingyan was not too fond of ground leeks, saying, "Black fungus tastes better, ground leeks are hard to clean. My dad used to have trouble seeing at night, and my family has been eating this for years, and it's killing me."
Wen Jiajia shed tears of envy in her heart.
Is it true that eating ground vegetables can cause injury? That's great.
In addition to ground vegetables, she also found some wild yams. However, the autumn harvest had just ended, and every household had enough food. Wen Jiajia's granary was even full, so naturally she looked down on the hard-to-dig wild yams.
Of course, the main reason was that she didn't bring a shovel.
Wild yam is difficult to dig, and some are even one or two meters deep underground. It is difficult to dig them up with your hands alone. It is better to just pick wood ear mushrooms.
However, Fang Mingyan said, "I have it." Then she took out a small iron shovel from the bamboo basket on her back.
Wen Jiajia was surprised: "Why do you bring this?"
Fang Mingyan said as a matter of course: "It's normal to bring this, everyone will bring it when going up the mountain. This way, if you see any medicinal herbs on the way, it will be easier to dig them up, so you don't have to go home to get them, and then climb again."
Wen Jiajia understood and decided to bring it with her next time.
Since we have a shovel, let’s dig.
She pulled apart the yam vines and started digging along the roots. After just a few digs, she found that the yam was very thick and strong, which made her interested and she sped up the digging speed.
Fang Mingyan was attracted and found a wooden stick to go with her.
"It's easy to dig." Wen Jiajia wiped the sweat off her face. Maybe because it rained, the soil wasn't that hard.
Just as he finished speaking, there was a cry of "Ah", the ground beneath their feet collapsed, and the two of them fell into a hole in the earth.
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