In his previous life, he didn't notice the changes in Wang Tianxin's mind when he rebelled. By the time he realized it, the young man had already developed many bad habits and ways of thinking, and it was too late to change.
He had planned to find a wife to keep an eye on, but he never expected that the wife he married would be no pushover either.
It's like adding fuel to the fire.
No one knows what whispered in the pillow, but instead of making Wang Tianxin restrain himself, he became even more wicked and stupid, becoming the most troublesome person in the entire Wang family.
Thinking of his past life, Wang Tianxiao felt a sense of unease.
Thinking of Wang Tianxin's ferocious face back then, it's hard to compare him to the innocent and carefree boy he is now.
Time is like a blob of ink, and life is like a blank sheet of paper. Some people splash ink to create a beautiful painting, while others simply stain the paper.
Most people, like himself, simply wrote a few ordinary words on a piece of paper.
The moon in the sky was a semicircle, like a plate broken in half. Because of some clouds, the moonlight was not very bright.
The three of them could only rely on the flashlight in Wang Tianxiao's hand to determine their direction.
The deep mountains were very quiet at midnight. Birds, insects, and some of the animals that were active during the day were all asleep, while the wild animals that were good at moving at night were generally not moving.
Not all animals howl like wolves.
"Second Brother, are there snakes in these mountains?" Wang Tianxin clung tightly to Wang Tianxiao's side. He said he wasn't afraid, but once they entered the mountains, his behavior was completely contrary to what he said.
He's still just a child. He might be putting on a brave front, but his courage hasn't been tempered yet; he's a coward.
"Of course there are snakes in the mountains."
"Ah..." Wang Tianxin jumped up in alarm and said, "Then we should all prepare a snake-catching stick, otherwise what if we get bitten by a snake?"
"Pfft." Wang Tiancheng chuckled again.
"Hey, Wang Tiancheng, why are you making fun of me again? How can you act like an older brother? If you keep acting like this, I won't acknowledge you as my older brother anymore." In his desperation, he called out the name of his fifth brother, who wasn't much older than him.
"You think I'm laughing at you? Have you forgotten that snakes hibernate in winter? How come you're out here?"
“Oh dear, how could I forget about that?” Wang Tianxin scratched his head and said with a grin, “There won’t be any snakes in winter, they’ve all gone into hibernation, haha, hibernating.”
As he spoke, his foot was already on the ground, clearly no longer caring.
After walking for about half an hour, the three arrived at the mountainside. Wang Tianxiao pointed out the Yangziling branch station where he would be working after the New Year to his two brothers. The two were very curious and said that they would also come here to live later and were willing to contribute to the forestry cause of the motherland for free.
Wang Tianxin, in particular, had recently learned Tao Yuanming's poems, and as he spoke, he spontaneously composed two lines of poetry: "Picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence, I leisurely gaze at the Southern Mountains."
His two older brothers almost held their noses as they acknowledged and praised his progress.
Reading more books is definitely a good thing.
The knowledge in books is like food you eat. You may not feel anything when you eat it every day, but your body grows and matures day by day. And you can always exert your strength whenever you want to do something.
Knowledge usually lies hidden deep within our consciousness, but it can suddenly emerge at a special moment and bring us great surprises.
Furthermore, it subtly shapes a person's temperament and image; this is the principle behind the saying "a person with a wealth of knowledge naturally exudes elegance."
In his previous life, Wang Tianxiao's family was poor, so he stopped studying after junior high school, which he always regretted.
When things get better later, I'll be in my forties and want to learn something, but my memory and comprehension will have deteriorated a lot, making learning much more difficult and requiring more effort.
He suffered from his lack of education, so he tried every means to send his three children to school. All three became college students, and his life gradually improved after his children started working.
Therefore, he still hoped that Wang Tianxin would read more books, because perhaps the rebelliousness and unruliness hidden in his bones could only be resolved by reading and learning more knowledge.
The reason he likes to bully his own kind of people is simply because he hasn't seen enough of the world. Once he realizes that there are many more interesting and fascinating things in this world, he will naturally start thinking about the future and stop lingering and getting caught up in his current little corner of the world.
Ferocity and recklessness are nothing but powerless rage; true strength lies in resolving all problems with gentleness.
This is a truth that Wang Tianxiao only came to understand after a lifetime.
The three walked along chatting and laughing when Wang Tianxiao suddenly stopped, squatted down, put the flashlight in his mouth, gently picked up some soil from the ground, smelled it, and nodded slightly.
"elder brother?"
"Right here, look at this hole, this is the rabbit's burrow."
"Let me see, let me see."
Wang Tianxin also squatted down and examined it carefully for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. He shook his head and said, "I can't see anything. Second brother, why do you say this is a rabbit's burrow? It's no different from a weasel's burrow."
The ground squirrel is a type of rodent that is abundant in the fields, forests, and grasslands of Northwest China. It belongs to the squirrel family, has a relatively short tail, and a slightly fuller face, making it look somewhat cute and silly, unlike the sleazy appearance of a mouse.
The people here really enjoy eating weasels.
The process of catching weasels is also very interesting.
Because weasels like to burrow in fields, they leave many holes. To catch them, you only need to pour a bucket of water into the hole, and the whole family of weasels will line up and crawl out of the burrow.
At this point, if you put a cage over the entrance to the nest, all the weasels will rush into the cage.
If you don't even have a cage, that's fine. Just place a shovel at the entrance of the nest, stun each one that comes out, and then carry it back by its tail.
There are many ways to eat ground squirrels.
You can stir-fry it like rabbit meat, wrap it in dough and steam it, or fry it.
But for our friends, there is an easier way.
Skin the weasel, sprinkle various seasonings on its body, then wrap it in corn or other leaves, put it in two small, closed tiles, seal the tiles with mud, dig a hole, and bury it.
A small stove is built on top of the pit with bricks. A fire is lit inside, and sweet potatoes or corn are roasted on the fire. Weasels are buried in the pit below. By the time the top is roasted, the bottom is basically cooked as well.
Dig out the tile, smash it, and take out the golden and tender weasel meat inside—it's incredibly satisfying.
Later, no one ate ground squirrels anymore. This was partly because people's living standards improved and there was an ample supply of various meats, so they no longer needed to think about eating ground squirrel meat.
Another explanation is that the hybridization of ground squirrels and house mice has resulted in the spread of many diseases, making them unsuitable for human consumption, and there are concerns that these diseases could be transmitted to humans.
Regardless of the reason, people basically stopped eating ground squirrels, and the number of ground squirrels seems to have gradually decreased compared to before, for reasons unknown.
"Why is this a rabbit's burrow? That's a whole lot of knowledge. Would you like to know?"
Wang Tianxiao asked his two younger brothers with a smile.
The time had finally come for him to put his expertise to use.
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