Chapter 195 Little Person
"You..." Chen Jingyang wanted to say, "Please release it. Wild rabbits are protected animals under the 'three-protected' category. Catching just one could violate relevant regulations, and catching too many could lead to criminal charges and imprisonment"—as Zhang Pengfei had said.
But before he could say anything, Brother Shuibo had already put the rabbit on the ground: "Run! Go back and tell your husband that you almost got cooked today. Let him learn his lesson, or he'll end up a bachelor with nowhere to cry!"
Whether the rabbit truly understood him or not, it darted away with a "whoosh" as soon as its four legs touched the ground and quickly disappeared from sight.
"See that? That's the brat."
Chen Jingyang saw it, but didn't understand what Shuibo Ge meant.
Brother Shuibo laughed and said, "They didn't even say thank you, they just disappeared without turning their heads."
At this moment, Chen Jingyang had a very clear and concrete understanding of the word "brat".
"Brother Shuibo, is that rabbit the good stuff you were talking about earlier?"
Shuibo shook the dirt off his coat and put it on: "Mmm, wild rabbit meat smells so good, it's definitely not comparable to the artificially raised rabbits in restaurants!"
"Catching wild rabbits is illegal."
"What?!" Brother Shuibo looked completely bewildered: "This can be illegal?"
"Yes! I'm not sure exactly what law it is. I'll have to go back and ask Pengfei. Anyway, it's definitely illegal. If someone reports it, we might end up with a fine and jail time. Don't arrest anyone like that again."
Brother Shuibo opened his mouth slightly, stared blankly for a long time, and then suddenly smiled with relief: "If we don't want to catch them, then we don't have to. There are fewer and fewer rabbits now, and everyone is having a hard time."
Chen Jingyang: ......
"Is it illegal for me to go fishing in the river?"
"As long as you don't use explosives, poison, or electricity to fish, it's fine to fish with a regular fishing rod."
"Oh~" Brother Shuibo subconsciously touched the few firecrackers left in his pocket. He had brought a few extra with him when he left home, intending to throw a few into the river to see the effect.
Chen Jingyang saw through his thoughts and laughed, "That river stinks so badly, there couldn't possibly be any fish in it, right?"
Shuibo was a little confused after hearing this, but he quickly realized: "Don't you know that there's another river here?"
This river cannot be strictly considered a river because it is too short, only a little over 100 kilometers long. It flows into the "Black Water" River about five kilometers north of Chenjia Village.
But it is also very wide, with the narrowest part being 20 meters wide. The locals call this river the New River, and the polluted river the Old River.
Similarly, there is a riverbank on this new river, which has been paved with asphalt.
Although this river embankment is not as high as the old river embankment, it is still about 5 meters high. Standing on the embankment, there are endless fields on one side and sparkling water on the other. The autumn wind is gentle, the sky is high and the clouds are wide, and water birds fly low, which makes people feel quite open and spacious.
The autumn harvest was basically complete by then, and only sowing was needed. There weren't many people in the fields.
Shuibo was really itching to ask Chen Jingyang, "Look, it's just the two of us here now. If I light a firecracker and throw it into the water, it should be fine, right? Besides, there might not even be any fish in the water. What if my hand slips and the firecracker falls into the water? Is that okay?"
Chen Jingyang was both amused and exasperated. He really wanted to see Shuibo's ID card. Was this guy really almost 40 years old? Did he really already have two children, both in middle school?
In the end, Brother Shuibo still "accidentally" threw the firecrackers into the water a few times, but half of them were extinguished before they exploded, and a few others only caused the river water to churn a few times.
However, two explosions were successfully triggered, creating waves three or four meters high on the water's surface. The on-site effect was even more explosive than the special effects in some movies and TV dramas, startling several wild ducks swimming leisurely nearby, causing them to flap their wings and fly more than ten meters away.
But Brother Shuibo only nodded slightly at his "masterpiece" and told Chen Jingyang, "These firecrackers are damp and not very powerful."
Chen Jingyang once thought he had a fairly broad knowledge base, but in front of Brother Shuibo, he had the illusion of being a frog in a well: "Then... what kind of appearance is considered powerful?"
Brother Shuibo smiled faintly: "Let me put it this way to you. During the Spring Festival, I rolled out some firecrackers, drilled a hole in the middle of the ice on this river, put the firecrackers in, and when they exploded, there wasn't a single piece of intact ice within a 20-meter radius."
"Did you take Pengfei to blast ice before?"
"Of course! Pengfei was very brave when he was a kid!"
Chen Jingyang smiled to himself, thinking to himself, "He's got guts now."
However, it's a pity that Brother Shuibo's "skill" is buried in Chenjia Village.
After frying the fish, Brother Shuibo showed Chen Jingyang his superb slingshot skills. Although he had seen it once before when shooting rats, he was still stunned by Brother Shuibo's next move.
This person can actually hit the bullseye every time, even when the target is moving!
Chen Jingyang said that wild ducks should not be injured, as it would be a crime. He would only shoot the longest and most colorful feather on the duck's rump. Whether the duck was swimming in the water or was startled into flying, as long as he aimed at it, he would leave that feather behind!
After all that, the sun was gradually setting. Shuibo said he had to go to Zhang Pengju's house to help serve dishes that evening, so the two of them returned home before five o'clock.
After not seeing Zhang Pengfei for an afternoon, Chen Jingyang missed him terribly and decided not to go home. Instead, he went directly to Zhang Pengju's house to find his wife. Shuibo told him that he didn't need to cry or pray, and that he should just pretend he was invisible when he went in.
Today is the fourth day of the body's resting place. Since neither of Zhang Pengju's brothers is married yet, according to custom, the fifth day, which is tomorrow, will be the day Liu Jin'e and her husband will be buried.
Tonight there will be a very important ceremony: welcoming the scriptures.
Chen Jingyang wasn't quite sure what it meant, but Zhang Pengfei told him it meant carrying the paper tower and offering table to the village entrance to kowtow.
Almost all relatives and friends have to attend this ceremony, and the lineup is basically the same as the funeral procession tomorrow.
Long tables and benches have been set up in front of Zhang Pengju's house, and even a table has been placed next to the Cullinan.
Several men were peering through the windows of the Cullinan, while a few children were circling the car.
Chen Jingyang assumed the car was parked in a bad spot, affecting the arrangement of the table, so he went over to greet them: "Hello, do you need me to move your car?"
"No, no!" One of the men who was craning his neck to look quickly raised his head. Chen Jingyang recognized him; he had just shaken hands with him that morning and called him Brother Pingyuan.
"Just looking around." Pingyuan smiled a little embarrassedly, "I've never seen a car like this before."
"Oh!" Chen Jingyang smiled, but didn't know how to respond.
At this moment, another person next to me asked, "Why doesn't your car have the little figure standing on the hood? When I checked my phone, it said that these kinds of cars all have little figures."
Chen Jingyang frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized that the little figure he was referring to was the "Flying Goddess" monument!
Want to see the little guy? No problem. Chen Jingyang smiled, took out his car key, pressed the unlock button, and the small cover on the front of the car immediately flipped up, and the "little guy" rose out.
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