Chapter 34: A chicken does not last six years, a dog does not last eight years
The following scene was too disgusting to watch, and Li Xiang covered his face and ran away.
This old horny chicken, no, although the Pleiades star official has a bad character, it is an animal after all, and cannot be restrained by human moral standards.
The two largest red dragon centipedes were extremely rare, even though Li Xiang had lived in the mountains since he was a child. He took them to the kitchen and scalded them with boiling water to remove their toxicity and impurities. Then he cut two thin bamboo strips the length of his forearm and the width of his little finger, strung the two potential second-level monsters together, stretched them straight, and hung them under the eaves. After they were dried, they could be added to the jar of medicinal wine.
Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Li Xiang took some dry food and water and continued to dig Polygonatum sibiricum in the mountains and record videos. This time, he brought two large backpacks because he would not be filming the entire process today.
The video is not a live broadcast. If there is enough material, it can be edited later. I actually finished shooting almost everything yesterday, so I’ll add a little more today.
Without having to consider the shooting effect or give any explanation, his speed in digging Polygonatum sibiricum increased immediately, and his harvest was twice as much as yesterday. In addition, he also picked up some mushrooms such as Alpinia ternata, Matsutake, and Oyster Mushroom.
With a fruitful harvest, Li Xiang was naturally in a good mood. He hummed a little tune while walking among the mountains and forests.
Suddenly, he stopped, saw a scene on the hillside not far away, and smiled happily.
I saw two fat rabbits fighting.
The two rabbits stood up on their hind legs and used their front legs to punch each other in the face very quickly, just like boxers fighting.
Li Xiang remained calm, quietly took off the bamboo basket on his body, put down the shovel, and only took the Gaomi knife. He took the cover of the trees and tiptoed over. When Li Xiang approached within ten meters of them, although the two rabbits had noticed Li Xiang, they were so busy fighting with each other that they didn't care about this external enemy at all.
Maybe they thought the distance was still far, and humans, as bipedal animals, run very slowly and there is no way they can catch up with them.
Within ten meters, the system still showed no movement, which meant that these two rabbits were just ordinary creatures. Li Xiang was not too surprised. After all, potential mutant creatures were relatively rare. Moreover, they had to at least survive until the end of the world to have a chance to transform.
Many animals, due to their lifespan, simply cannot live beyond ten years.
This is possible for the two chicken dragons in Li Xiang's home.
Because Li Xiang had heard a story since he was a child, it was said that in ancient times there was a poor scholar who failed the examinations many times, but he still studied hard, hoping that one day he would be named on the list of successful candidates and bring honor to his family.
His wife also supported him very much. Even though the family often had no food to eat, she never complained and worked hard both inside and outside the house so that the scholar could concentrate on his studies.
One year, the scholar went out to take the imperial examination and went to the provincial capital to take part in the provincial examination. But the road was rugged and transportation was inconvenient. It took three months to go back and forth. When the scholar returned home, he was dusty and looked like a beggar.
The scholar's wife felt very distressed, but she had spent a lot of money on the journey and there was no nutritious food at home, so she made up her mind and killed the old hen that she had raised for many years.
The main reason is that such an old hen has not laid many eggs since last year. But because I have raised it for a long time and it has laid many eggs, it has contributed a lot to the family, so I have developed an attachment to it and have never been willing to kill it.
There is nothing to eat at home now, so I have no choice but to be cruel.
There was not much meat on the old hen, which was quite precious to this family. After a pot of stew, all the meat went into the scholar's stomach, and his wife was reluctant to eat a single bite.
After dinner, the scholar's wife boiled water, prepared the bath water, and let her husband take a bath, while she continued to do housework.
As a result, the husband did not come out for a long time. The scholar's wife opened the door curiously and saw that it was empty. The scholar's clothes were hung on the chair next to the wooden barrel, but he was gone.
The water in the bathtub was extremely dirty.
The scholar's wife looked everywhere for him, but the neighbors said they hadn't seen him. In desperation, the scholar's wife had to report the case.
When the county magistrate learned what had happened, he immediately had a guess in his mind: the woman must have despised the poor and loved the rich, and had an affair with the scholar while he was away from home for the imperial examination, and then colluded with her lover to murder the scholar and destroy the body.
Maybe he was afraid of arousing suspicion from his neighbors, so he cried thief and confused the public.
Then, after a round of torture, the scholar's wife was beaten until her skin was torn and she almost fainted several times. But the scholar's wife was also very stubborn and refused to respond. The county magistrate had no choice but to temporarily put her in jail.
When the scholar's neighbors heard about it, they came rushing to report the situation, saying that the scholar's wife was virtuous and hardworking, and the two of them were very much in love, and it was absolutely impossible for them to do such an immoral thing. If you have a mistress, it's impossible to hide it from everyone.
The county magistrate is having a headache. If he can't solve the case, then it will become an unsolved case, right? Then, a senior brother of the county magistrate came to visit, and the county magistrate treated him to good food and drink. After the meal, the two of them played a game of chess. The county magistrate made a brilliant move, and his senior brother slapped his thigh and said, "Junior brother, your move is so vicious, just like an eighteen-year-old hen!" The county magistrate hurriedly asked what he meant, and his senior brother said, there is a saying in our hometown that an old hen raised for eighteen years will become extremely poisonous. Whoever eats it will be turned into sewage and no trace will be left. The county magistrate slapped his thigh and shouted, "I understand!" He hurriedly left his senior brother and ran to the court to interrogate the scholar's wife.
After asking, it turned out that the chicken in the scholar's house had been raised for twenty years! It’s been two years since I last visited you, more than eighteen years! The scholar's wife was finally cleared of all charges and the case became a mystery.
Because of this legend, there is a saying in Li Xiang’s hometown: “A chicken does not live to six years old, and a dog does not live to eight years old.” This means that a chicken cannot be allowed to live beyond six years, and a dog cannot be allowed to live beyond eight years.
If you exceed this period, problems will arise.
There is another saying, "A chicken born in the year of six, a dog in the year of eight, and a cat in the year of ten will surely bring disaster."
However, Li Xiang thinks that the reason why chickens are not kept for six years is probably that the hens lay fewer eggs after being raised for six years, and keeping them is a waste of food, so they will be killed by their owners.
As for roosters that are over six years old, the taste and nutrition of their meat have declined, so there is no need to keep them.
There are many legends about cats and dogs becoming spirits, such as a dog pretending to be its dead owner and only revealing its true form after getting drunk.
As for the centipede monster, there are even more. No matter which movie the centipede appears in, it is always a standard powerful and evil villain.
The big rooster and two yellow dogs in Li Xiang's family have only been raised for two or three years, but they have already "beginning to develop spirituality". If they can survive until the end of the world and extraordinary particles emerge, they may be able to soar into the sky and achieve a class leap.
Two fat hares were still fighting and biting each other fiercely. Their fur was flying everywhere. Li Xiang had an idea and took out his mobile phone to start filming. This was such a great source of traffic material.
After recording for more than thirty seconds, the two rabbits might have been tired and wanted to run away. Li Xiang quickly put away his mobile phone and rushed out like lightning.
I went to climb Mount Tai with my family today. It was a little late when I got back to the hotel, so I will update another chapter later. On the top of Mount Tai, there really was someone waving a big red flag, but no one danced as well as Li Xiang. There were also girls taking photos holding beer bottles with the words "Brave the World" on them.
As for the Eighteen Bends of Mount Tai, it was so crowded that it had already fallen. Then we went to Baotu Spring yesterday, and a "pig carp" was really stuffed to death! I was honored to be there at the time. Well, it’s a bit unfair to say this about Zhu Li who died in the line of duty. But I am not an accomplice, I did not feed the fish.
(End of this chapter)
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