tall and rhubarb

Someone started, and other people in the yard soon came to the door. Gao Chang began to rent out toads. The rent is usually very low, because everyone's life is not easy now. Gao Chang agreed with the eggs.

With so many families in their yard, seven tall toads were simply not enough, so he had to go out for another night. This time the harvest was not as good as the previous one. After working all night, he only managed to dig five toads.

The reason why Gao Chang worked so hard was not just for the little rent. Compared with his own huge stockpile, that rent was simply a drop in the bucket.It's because he feels that catching toads is a little tiring. At this stage, the wild is not really that dangerous, and with rhubarb around, his safety can basically be guaranteed.

What's more, he lives in the same courtyard with those people, and it's not a happy thing to watch them suffer. Whether the people in this courtyard live well affects Gao Chang's life to a large extent. quality.

Of the twelve toads, Gao Chang usually rents out eight to two families at a time, and keeps four for the town house. These four toads in the family usually don’t get enough to eat, and they will be rotated out next week. That’s it, this More than a dozen toads started their life of eating hundreds of meals.

Soon, these ten or so toads were upgraded to the beasts in their courtyard, because it was really not easy to kill cockroaches. With these toads staying in their yard, even if they didn't enter their own house, they could kill all the cockroaches in their yard. Quantities are under control.Adults will tell the children again and again, telling them not to harm these toads, otherwise they will definitely be repaired miserably.

People from other courtyards also came to borrow toads, but before Gao Chang said anything, the people in their courtyard refused to agree first. It would be very difficult for these ten or so toads to protect a courtyard. How many are left in their yard?Moreover, these people may not be obedient and return it when the time comes. If they swallow it hard, they will have nothing to do with the other party.

The other courtyards in this village are now doing the same as Gao Chang and the others. They have built walls and built a roof. Last time I heard that the courtyard that will dig a hole has also changed its plan. After all, the project of the hole is too large, and There are many difficulties, and it is not so easy to build an underground kingdom, but building walls and weaving bamboo boards is much simpler, and it is a job that villagers are used to.

In the absence of natural enemies, these cockroaches reproduce unimaginably fast, but there are few ways to deal with them. The village is full of stone and wood structures, and it is easy to escape water when attacked with fire. It is feasible, but now they lock their doors and windows tightly every day because of the problem of blue vision, and a lot of water vapor stays indoors, which is also very harmful to people's health after a long time.

The only safest way is manual capture. People have to rummage through boxes and cabinets every three to five times to catch and burn all the cockroaches they can find, but this is too much work.

And the human eye cannot see at night, when you light the torch, those cockroaches can almost run away, unlike toads, they always squat quietly in a corner, as long as cockroaches crawl past them, will be swallowed silently.

Gao Chang thought that when spring came, he would set up a small pool in the yard for these toads to lay eggs and hatch. At that time, there would be more toads in their yard. Even if the little toads couldn't eat cockroaches, they could at least help Get rid of some ants or something, and when they grow up a little bit, they will become a good hand in housekeeping.

In any case, it is always right to raise more animals that eat bugs. Gao Chang is not very confident about next spring. If the old house in their village really can't stand it by then, he may lock it. Go to the town to occupy a vacant house.

I heard from those who came back from the town that the situation in the town is very bad now. When the blue sun first appeared, there were quite a large number of casualties in the town, so many vacant houses were left without owners.Those who survived cannot always hide at home, all the shops are closed, they have to go to the wild to find something to fill their stomachs, and even rob other people's food, the casualty rate will continue to rise, There will also be more and more empty houses in the town.

But in any case, Gao Chang hoped that he would not go to that step, because he couldn't bear the fact that he would be separated from the stock in the cellar.

As long as they survive the spring, the advantages of their village will gradually emerge. The houses in the village are built with stone walls, which are stronger than the brick and tile houses in the town, and can withstand the impact of some wild animals. Inexhaustible building materials, broken houses can be piled up again with stones, but the brick houses in the town cannot.

The most important thing is that it is very convenient for the people in the village to find food. When spring comes, they just sprinkle some seeds on the ground, and the crops will start to grow wildly.In addition, they have never relied on tap water, and the spring water on the mountain is continuously supplied to each yard. After the water source is cut off, the life of the city people will become very difficult. Maybe their town is a little better, because there are distributed There are about seven or eight wells.

Then there is another very important point, that is, there are many people living in this courtyard, unlike in the city, where everyone locks their doors tightly, a family or a person shiveringly hides in a dark corner and guesses what lies ahead. What kind of disaster is there.Regardless of whether some people admit it or not, human beings are social animals. No matter how harsh the world is, people will feel more secure as long as they are close to each other.

Gao Chang had had enough of lingering in the darkness alone, this time he decided to face the end times together with others.Fortunately, he also caught a descendant of Inugami. For a person who has already died once, it doesn't seem to matter whether his partner is a human or a dog. The most important thing is whether he can accompany him. Let me spend every dark night with myself, struggling with myself in this hopeless doomsday.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is about to come, Gao Chang’s courtyard is very gloomy and cold. Everyone will burn several braziers in the yard every night, and everyone gathers around the braziers to keep warm and ventilate. It's enough during the day, don't want to stay in it at night when there is no sun.

What they are most concerned about in the past two days is the pool behind the courtyard. The water in this pool was pulled down from the spring on the mountain by the people of Gao Chang’s village with leather pipes. The tube was removed once, and there was no problem at other times.But recently, for some unknown reason, the water level in the pool has dropped significantly, and it is almost bottoming out now, and the water coming out of the water pipe is getting less and less.

It is difficult for everyone to determine why the water flow has become smaller. Maybe it is because the spring on the mountain has less water, or maybe it is because their leather pipes are leaking.If you want to confirm the reason, someone has to go up the mountain to check first, but who will go this time?This is really a big problem, because the mountains at night are definitely much more dangerous than the fields.

"Why don't you, Gao Chang, go with Rhubarb? I see that you dare to go outside to catch toads at night. You are also very courageous, and Rhubarb is also powerful. Don't be afraid of those things." When everyone was silent, the village A daughter-in-law in her 30s spoke up. These women wished they could settle down quickly, so that their men would not have to run to the mountains at night to take risks.

"I won't go, my stomach hurts today."

Gao Chang was sitting by the fire to warm himself up. He took old pillows from home, and he leaned against each other to keep warm, one rhubarb and the other.Rhubarb's fur is thick and soft, and the body temperature of dogs is much higher than that of humans. After baking, Gao Chang couldn't help feeling a little drowsy. He spent too much time practicing during the day. It keeps people in a good state of mind, but it still can't replace sleep after all.

"Then it's okay to go again tomorrow. It doesn't matter if we wait another day." The woman pressed her every step of the way, giving Gao Chang no room to refuse.

"I won't go, you have to go by yourself." Gao Chang opened his eyelids and glanced at the other party.

"You can't let Gao Chang go alone. In this way, if you are young and strong, you can pick a few people to go up the mountain with him, just go and see what's going on first, and come back after a quick look." The village chief also spoke at this time.

"You have to go to Zheng Chunhua for this matter. You young man is very quick-footed. Didn't many people see you jumping from the second floor of other people's houses last time? Like a cat, this time you will also help our yard go up the mountain." As soon as the village chief spoke, all the people who had been waiting and watching also spoke up. As soon as they came up, someone recommended Zheng Chunhua.

"I also have a stomachache, and it will hurt tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!"

Zheng Chunhua didn't buy into their account this time. It didn't matter to him to make a few extra trips to the field to chop and order food. Anyway, he was suffocating in the yard every day, and he wanted to go out to get some fresh air occasionally. There is no serious danger, even if you are unlucky and encounter one or two mad cats and mad dogs, a group of big men can handle it, at most you will be injured, and you will be fine after you come back and apply incense ash for a while.

It's different going up the mountain, it's pitch black everywhere at night, who knows what's hidden in the bushes and bushes.Doesn't Gao Chang raise many toads at home now?It’s okay not to hibernate in the cold weather, what if there are snakes on this mountain?Even the hospital is closed now, if bitten by a poisonous snake, he might die young.

"You're fucking menstruating! The pain lasts for three days!" Basically, everyone has nothing to fear about Zheng Chunhua. This guy has been chased and beaten for touching his wife not once or twice. It's been a long time. Everyone talks to him very casually.

"You don't care if I'm menstruating or menstruating. Anyway, I just have a stomachache and I can't go up the mountain. What do you think?" Zheng Chunhua kept saying that he had a stomachache. It's useless to say anything about him, so I had to shift the target to Gao Chang again.

"Gao Chang, the ancients said that those who are able work hard, you are still a member of our village, don't worry about everything, take care of what you can, and everyone will think of you in their hearts." The village head started ideological work for Gao Chang earnestly.

Gao Chang yawned greatly, then wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, sat cross-legged on the dirty pillow and said, "Village Chief, I'm afraid you have misunderstood this sentence. It means that capable people always have to do a lot of work, not that capable people have to do more things than others.”

"Zhuangzi said, 'The clever work hard while the wise worry'. This sentence expounds the fact that capable people often work very hard, rather than asking capable people to work more. Your understanding of this sentence is obviously biased Yes, the ancients also said, 'Do not unto others what you have nothing to say', you see, your understanding is very contradictory to this sentence."

"Furthermore, before the sun went wrong, who of us didn't have to support our families? Even a bachelor has to support himself, right? There's no reason to say that something happened now, it's dangerous outside, and everyone can stay in the yard instead I can't go out to work..."

"Who do you think is huddling in the yard?" A rough protest interrupted Gao Chang's smooth talk, such an ugly voice, it was a period of voice change.

Gao Chang raised his head and glanced at him. This boy is called Zheng Zongming. He is a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old. Passing through this yard, he didn't want to care about the teenagers in the past, so he reluctantly classified them into the ranks of children. Just trouble.But the young man in front of him obviously didn't appreciate his affection.

"Then why don't you help us go up the mountain to find out the situation tonight?" Gao Chang smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled. This is the legendary white-eyed wolf.

"Go if you like, and if you don't like to go, no one begs you to go. Don't make everyone owe you a favor!" This period of voice change is quite smooth, but it's just a little unclear, I don't know What should be said and what should not be said, as soon as he uttered these few words, the expressions of several men in the village who often went out to work suddenly changed.

"What are you doing so blindly, kid? Everyone, don't be as knowledgeable as this bastard. Don't be angry, Mr. Gao. Ah, I'll go back and deal with him in a while." At this moment, the child's father has come out. If not, the number of times this man leaves the yard is also pitiful. Where did his son get so much confidence?

"Pick up what? You can just throw it over the wall. Such a thing can't be a serious thing when it grows up." Gao Chang is not without temper. He cares so much, after all, even if everyone is good to him, he will not be happy if everyone else is dead, but he didn't expect that some people would take politeness as a blessing so quickly.

"It's just a child, why do you say such things? It's about going up the mountain. Do you want to go or not? You can't let the whole village kneel in front of you and beg you to go. I really think the people in our courtyard Wouldn’t I be able to live without you?” Zheng Guochao, whose son died a while ago, was speaking, and he was always dissatisfied with Gao Chang because he didn’t open the door for his son.

"Then just show me your life, I'm still happy to be free." After Gao Chang finished speaking, he stood up from the ground, and went back to the house with the old pillow he used as a cushion. Rhubarb was also holding himself The pillow followed behind him, one person and one dog entered the house and locked the door. There are not many good people in the yard outside. If you have time to run errands for them, you might as well practice more. At least the cultivation level is still your own.

"Damn it, work more leisurely in the future. If you are not careful, you will be used as a donkey." This is the first experience that Gao Chang summed up in the process of welcoming the end of the world in his life.

"Woo..." Rhubarb didn't comment on his experience. It didn't care much about the affairs of this village. It was just drowsy after being roasted by the fire. Now it returned to the bed and got into the bed. Continue to sleep in the bed, what is more comfortable than sleeping in the cold weather.