Chapter 459: Snake Plague
Rape snakes lay eggs in June and July every year. When the snakes lay eggs, they need to eat more food.
In the countryside, the rat snake is a very common snake and often appears in villages and fields, so it is also called a house snake.
With rat snakes around, there will be fewer mice and they won’t eat the food.
But everything has its pros and cons. Rappangi will eat mice, but they will also eat eggs and bite chickens to death, causing property losses to villagers.
The day before yesterday evening, Grandma Gao went to the toilet, and when she came out, she saw a rat snake swimming into the chicken coop.
The layout of their house is that the toilet is connected to the chicken coop and pigpen. When Grandma Gao saw the snake enter the chicken coop, she immediately picked up a piece of firewood and walked towards the chicken coop, hitting the ground with the firewood to make noise in order to scare the rat snake away.
But the rat snake was very big and was not scared away. Instead, it tried to attack Grandma Gao. Grandma Gao was so frightened that she fell down before she was bitten by the snake.
But luckily, the rat snake didn't attack in the end, but walked away.
Otherwise, even if the rat snake is non-venomous, a bite from it would still be very painful.
Gao Mingcheng put Grandma Gao on the bed in her room and learned the details of the wrestling from Grandma Gao. Grandma Gao felt a little sad that her two granddaughters-in-law quarreled over this.
"I don't blame anyone. I just blame myself for accidentally falling down." Grandma Gao said sadly.
What could Gao Mingcheng say? He was not good at talking to people about trivial matters. He was used to defeating others with force.
So Gao Mingcheng could only say to Grandma Gao: "In the future, just eat well and dress well, don't worry! My parents and my eldest brother and his wife also have money. So don't be afraid to spend money. If they don't buy it for you, wait for me to come back and tell me, and I'll buy it for you."
Grandma Gao had seen with her own eyes the large amount of cash that Gao Mingcheng took out, so she immediately believed what he said and agreed obediently.
It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. Now she can't go anywhere except lying in bed to recuperate. Even if she wants to worry, she can't.
Gao Mingcheng gave a few more instructions and prepared to leave.
Outside in the yard, three women were causing a drama, and he didn't want to get involved in this trouble.
Tomorrow is the market day in the county, and he plans to take some bayberries to the county to sell, so he will not go back to the county today, but stay in the village and go to the county early tomorrow morning.
However, after walking out of the yard, he thought about it and decided to walk towards the path behind the house, intending to visit his grandmother.
Compared with Grandma Gao, Gao Mingcheng gets more care from Grandma Xi.
When he went there, Xi Nainai was at home turning over and drying vegetables, but Gao Zhuang was not there, saying that he had gone to work in the fields.
After He Xiuman went to the county, Gao Zhuang basically did all the work in the fields.
Gao Zhuang is a filial son and no longer lets his grandmother do heavy work.
The two families lived relatively close to each other, so the grandmother also heard the quarrel in the front yard. When she saw Gao Mingcheng coming, she immediately called Gao Mingcheng over to talk.
First she asked about Grandma Gao's situation, and then Grandma Xi said, "Mingli's wife is also a pitiful person."
Gao Mingcheng remained silent. No matter how pitiful other people's wives were, it was not convenient for him to say anything.
But thinking back to his previous life, he had been out there for several years, leaving behind many beautiful women and children to live in the village. At that time, most of his money was used for business, so he didn't buy a house and could only live with his eldest brother and sister-in-law, which had three rooms in total, with a kitchen and toilet.
However, he and Xuanyuemei were only allocated one room to live in. After a quarrel, they were reluctantly allocated half of the main room. But it was said that the eldest brother and his wife filled their half with firewood, making it difficult for Xuanyuemei to enter and exit.
Moreover, Xiumei was not given the opportunity to use the kitchen, so she could only find materials and build a simple kitchen by herself. If it rained before the kitchen was built, she could not cook and had to go hungry.
Things like these were often brought up when Mei and he quarreled.
At that time, he even felt that many of the beauties were exaggerated, because in his opinion, his elder brother and sister-in-law did not seem like such bad people.
But now, he separated from the family early in this life and lived alone. Xuanyuemei and her elder sister-in-law Huang Su'e didn't spend much time together, so they never quarreled. But Zhang Jinling and Huang Su'e spent more time together, and then they quarreled fiercely.
Gao Mingcheng pondered for a while, looked at his grandmother and asked, "Grandma, what do you think of my sister-in-law?"
The grandmother thought for a moment and said, "She is not a bad person, but she is very selfish. She wants all the benefits and won't take any losses. Your mother likes her and is willing to let her eat and take whatever she wants. If she is the only daughter-in-law, it would be fine. But if there are more daughters-in-law, there will definitely be trouble."
"Your eldest brother also wants all the benefits, so they get along well and have a good relationship."
It is said that a bystander sees things more clearly. Grandma Xi's comments are very pertinent and to the point.
Gao Mingpeng and his wife received all the income from the land they were allocated, and all the money Gao Mingpeng earned from taking orders outside also belonged to him.
Then the whole family still eats at my parents’ house, without doing any work or getting paid.
It really is all the benefits.
For them, Zhang Jinling's existence hinders their interests.
But for Zhang Jinling, life after marriage was not pleasant at all, but full of frustration.
In this case, how can there not be trouble?
After talking about other people's gossip, the grandmother asked about her granddaughter-in-law and great-granddaughter.
Gao Mingcheng said, "Xiuman is doing well in school. She also gets along well with Xiaoyuanyuan and Xiaoxuxu. She often plays with Xiaoxuxu. I'm going back to the county tomorrow. How about I take you to the county to see them?"
When Xi Nainai learned that He Xiuman and Xiao Yuanyuan were doing well, the smile on her face never disappeared, but when she heard Gao Mingcheng calling them to visit them in the county, she shook her head and refused.
"No, no, there are a lot of things to do at home! But when Zhuangzhuang comes back later, I'll ask him if he wants to go. If he wants to go, you can take him with you."
"Okay!" Gao Mingcheng agreed, and said he would come again in the evening. Now he would go to Niuweiling first.
My grandmother said, "Come over here to eat in the evening. I'll cook some more rice."
"Alright."
After agreeing on this, Gao Mingcheng left.
He drove his tractor back to his home in Niuweiling.
Soon, Chen Dasong told me that a snake had sneaked into the chicken coop in the past few days, swallowed several eggs, and killed three chickens.
Chen Dasong said: "In order to prevent more snakes from biting chickens to death, I have been living in the shed these days."
Gao Mingcheng said, "You can't completely control the snakes even if you live there, right?"
Chen Dasong immediately gave a reason: "There have been strangers around recently. Before, someone was chased three miles away by the black tiger and the elves before he could get close to Xiaofu Mountain. But now the chickens are big enough and can lay eggs soon. It's possible that someone wants to come and steal the chickens and eggs."
After Gao Mingcheng heard this, his face turned unhappy.
His Xiaofushan is a small hill surrounded by mountains. It is remote and there is no other way to get there except the road from the village.
Oh, and you can also go by water.
Their village and Shanfeng Village share a large reservoir. Xiaofushan is not too far from the reservoir. If someone swims from the large reservoir, they can avoid the sight of the villagers and reach Xiaofushan.
But the two good dogs raised by Gao Mingcheng are not vegetarians. They will show their sharp fangs no matter whether it is a wild beast in the mountains or a stranger.
Thinking of the large amount of income from eggs in the second half of the year, Gao Mingcheng said, "How about this, I'll build another room next to the chicken coop, and you can live there to keep watch at night, so that you won't be cold in autumn and winter. I won't let you work for nothing, so I'll give you a 10 yuan salary increase every month!"
When Chen Dasong heard about the salary increase, he had no complaints at all and agreed immediately.
Gao Mingcheng is a man of action. While there is still some time, he decided to buy a cartload of red bricks.
Chen Dasong was so excited that he went home and called his two sons to dig the foundation.
If you build a bungalow, you don’t need to dig a too deep foundation, and the technical content is not high. You don’t even need to hire a bricklayer, you can do it yourself.
(End of this chapter)
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