Yes, if it was another child, or if it was Xiao Shuangning, Shumei would definitely not believe it. But she was certain that it was Xiao Youchen who did it.
When little Youchen was five, he could count a bucket of soybeans accurately. From that time on, Shumei entrusted little Youchen with matters related to numbers, and he always lived up to her expectations.
This time, of course, is no exception. Since Xiao Youchen said there were fewer chicks, then there must be fewer chicks.
"This 'thief' is really powerful. I sleep in the chicken coop and the door is locked. Could it be a burglar?" Shumei said with a puzzled look on her face as she checked the chicken coop.
"Mom, there's no school tomorrow, Saturday. How about I watch over you tonight?"
"No, Youchen, Mom knows you want to help, but you're still growing up. Your health is more important than catching the chicken thief. The protective net will be ready in two days. Once it's installed, maybe all the problems will be solved!"
"Mom, just one night, okay?"
"Stop talking. This is absolutely not possible. Let's go. Don't come to the chicken coop all the time. Let's go home quickly." Shumei forcibly pulled Xiao Youchen out of the chicken coop and locked it.
The mother and son walked side by side towards home. Shumei kept saying as they walked, "You're always worrying about your life. At your age, you shouldn't be meddling in adult matters. You should learn from Ningning in this regard. Look at her. She doesn't take anything to heart. She just wants to have enough food and drink every day. She even has the energy to raise chickens to play with."
"Mom, you can't say that. Ningning is a girl! I'm a boy, a man, the pillar of the family. Dad is not at home, so I have the obligation to take care of the family in his place."
The voices gradually faded away, and the mother and son returned home talking and laughing.
That night, Shumei was awakened in the middle of the night by loud crying and screaming coming from home.
The light was on in Xiao Shuangning's room. She was crying, "Help! Brother, Mom, come and save Xiaobai. Xiaobai, Xiaobai..."
She screamed in panic. Xiao Youchen from next door heard the noise and arrived before Shumei. He forced open Xiao Shuangning's door.
As soon as he entered the room, the first thing that caught his eye was Xiao Shuangning's panicked face.
"Ningning, what happened?"
"Brother, Xiaobai...save Xiaobai...snake...chicken eating snake..." Xiao Shuangning spoke incoherently with an anxious look on his face.
"Ningning, what are you talking about?"
"There, Xiaobai is there." Xiao Shuangning was too lazy to explain to Xiao Youchen, so she dragged him into the house and pointed to the corner.
In the corner of the wall stood a big snake as thick as a wrist, holding Xiao Shuangning's little white chicken in its mouth. The chicken's head had been swallowed into the snake's mouth, while the other half of its body was still struggling, and its two little feet were kicking desperately.
Xiao Shuangning hugged Xiao Youchen's arm and hid behind him in fear. Snakes were the animals she feared the most, and she was already trembling with fear.
"Snake?" Xiao Youchen exclaimed when he saw the scene in front of him.
"Brother, hurry up and save Xiaobai."
"Get out of the way. If I don't chop it in half, I won't believe you. You can have snake soup today."
As Xiao Youchen said this, he rushed out of the house, took a shovel, and chopped the snake with anger. In the blink of an eye, the snake was chopped into two halves.
"Look, I'm going to beat you to death! How dare you scare my sister and eat her little white cat? You're courting death by messing with Tai Sui Ye."
This snake has a long life. Even after being split into two halves, it is still struggling desperately.
Xiao Shuangning hid aside and didn't dare to get close.
Xiao Youchen used a shovel to control the upper half of the snake's body and pulled out the half-swallowed chick with his hands.
The chick had been deprived of oxygen for too long and was already dead when he pulled it out.
At this moment, Shumei, who heard the noise, rushed over and asked anxiously, "Ningning, what happened?"
"Snake... Mom... The snake ate my Xiaobai." Xiao Shuangning couldn't wait to respond to Shumei.
"Snake?" Shumei's face was full of disbelief. How could a snake appear in such a good house? She walked towards Xiao Youchen.
At the same time, Xiao Youchen tried to comfort Shumei, "Mom, it's okay. I've already cut the snake in half. Do you think I should skin it and make soup? Or bury it?"
As Xiao Youchen was speaking, Shumei had already walked over and took a closer look at the snake still moving on the ground and the chick lying there motionless. "The chick...is dead?"
After hearing Xiao Youchen say he had cut the snake in half, Xiao Shuangning followed Shumei, a look of fear on her face. She had been terrified just now, and she was still feeling the effects.
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