tall and rhubarb

As the trench project came to an end, the tall and long wild boars were almost caught. Practice makes perfect. At the beginning, he and Da Huang had almost nothing to do with this violent animal, but after a long time, they gradually got to grips with them. Temperament, it is much easier to catch.

At present, the stone layers on both sides and under the pig moat have been paved, and the villagers are busy laying stones on the ground on both sides of the pig moat to prevent collapse due to the unstable terrain near the pig moat.

The grain in the village was also harvested. After the ditches were dug, the women and the old people organized to harvest the crops, not only harvesting the communal land, but also harvesting the crops grown by each family.They helped dig the sweet potatoes and taro of Gao Chang’s family, and picked the chili edamame. After the edamame was dried, the whole plant shook, and the beans rolled out. Hanging in the yard.

In more than two months, Gao Chang captured a total of 47 adult wild boars, and there were more than a dozen piglets. In addition to the nearly 90 wild boars in their yard, there were more than 90 wild boars in total.These more than [-] wild boars are still a bit sparse in the newly dug pig trenches, but because the number of wild boars is large and they come from different wild boar families on different hills, if they can reproduce healthily, the pigs in the trenches will be very fast. There will be more.

The few mountains I frequented because of the frequent hunting of wild boars, soon the pigs panicked and migrated to the deep mountains. Now if I want to catch wild boars again, I have to walk for several hours to get to the area where they are active. , I couldn’t get down all night, and it was even more difficult to carry it back after catching wild boars, so Gao Chang simply stopped going, and wandered around the village, catching poisonous snakes and so on.

That night, Gao Chang was sitting on the stone at the entrance of the village, yawning with hay in his mouth, thinking of the delicious food in the past.It was before the blue sun appeared. Gao Chang came out to play cards at the activity center for the elderly in the town. Sometimes when it was getting late, he would eat with Da Huang at a nearby stall, making dumplings and noodles. I have eaten it, and those crispy and spicy fried foods, two bottles of cold beer when I am thirsty, and refreshing Sprite...

Da Huang whirled around the village, jumped onto a rock, and complained dissatisfiedly, "Why do I always go?"

Gao Chang patted its head and said, "Because I always carried wild boars in the past. How is it? Is there a problem?"

"I picked up a snake nest and several snake eggs, let's bake them?" Roasted snake eggs dipped in chili sauce, rhubarb is addictive after eating it once.

"Okay, pick up a few more snake nests." Gao Chang patted Rhubarb's head as a sign of encouragement.

"Hey, Gao Chang, come to town with me." At this time, Bai Bao came out of the village with a few brothers.

"No, I have to stay here and watch." What are you going to town for if you have nothing to do.

"Let's go, just leave it here for my brother to watch. There are guests in town today, and there are delicious food. Let's have a meal together, brother. No matter what happens, I have to take you with me." Bai Bao put his arms around Gao Chang's shoulders He walked towards the road, Gao Chang stopped resisting when he heard that there was something delicious, and beckoned Da Huang to follow.

Gao Chang was replaced by two young lads, twins. I heard that they started hanging out with Bai Bao when they were thirteen or fourteen, and now they are just nineteen.In the past, Gao Chang’s business was not enough. He and Rhubarb were chased all over the mountain by a herd of wild boars, and only three piglets were caught. Two of them were alive, but they were carried by Gao Chang all the way and brought back Back in the village, there was already more air intake and less air output.

These two brothers have bad eyesight, so they saw each other with these two red-haired wild boar cubs, begging for nothing to raise them, Bai Bao was there at that time, and the two brothers grew up under his hands, like brothers. I used to say a few good words to everyone, and each of the two yards gave ten catties of salt, and took the piglet away.

Everyone thought that the two little pigs would have to enter the stomachs of this group of people within a few days. Unexpectedly, they were fed. The twins were tied around the necks of wild boars with ropes, and they were led around all day long.Wild boars have good noses. Leading them to patrol may also help a little. Anything hidden in the grass will be pushed out by them. Anyway, it's good to use now, but it's hard to say how it will be when it grows up.

It's not too far from Gaochang's village to the town. In the past, Bai Bao's group used to walk a lot on two legs in order to save diesel. Today, they are generous, driving a car, and entering the town in a short while.It's not fifteen now, and the town is quite depressed. There are a lot of poisons recently, and people in the town rarely leave their houses when they have nothing to do.After two years of operation, they have already exchanged seeds with countrymen, and planted crops on the balcony on the roof.

I heard from Bai Bao and the others that now the market on the fifteenth day of each month is not as lively as before. They have sold salt for more than a year, and the nearby villages and towns have almost bought what they need to buy. Things are not like rice flour, which consumes a small amount, and now it is more and more dangerous to go out, and the business is bleak.

The town government compound has long been occupied by Bai Bao, and the mayors, deputy mayors and others all stayed at home. The power went out not long after the chaos started. At the beginning, some instructions were passed down from the county, and then gradually It's gone. People from government departments and public institutions all go back to their homes to find their own mothers. How should they live their lives.

There is a basketball court in the compound, the two courts are connected, and it is quite spacious. At the moment, there are a few army green jeeps and trucks parked on the court. It can be seen that it used to be used by the army, but it is not known now. Who is in charge.

Bai Bao and the others parked the car in the parking shed, and took Gao Chang up to a nearby building. The aisles were all lit with torches, and it was quite bright. People often passed by, some in casual clothes and some in military uniforms, coming and going There is no tension, but it seems quite familiar.

Gao Chang couldn't help guessing the origin of this guy Bai Bao in his heart. In peaceful times, if a handsome guy like Bai Bao stood in the crowd, if he didn't bring a younger brother, everyone would probably think he was a young man. Zhang thought that his family was genetically better than others, but now it seems that this genetic is not just for nothing.

"Bai Bao, I've waited for you. Come on, take your seat." The speaker spoke in an official tone, as if he was used to talking about scenes, with a slightly fat belly and a rigid face. , behind the glasses, there is a pair of eyes that are obviously good at calculating, and they are naked officials.

"You rushed here as soon as you heard the news, why did you come here?" Bai Bao called Gao Chang to sit down, and the other brothers didn't follow them into the house just now.

"Who is this?" The official didn't answer Bai Bao's words, but asked Gao Chang.

"It's okay, my brother, he's good at shooting and marksmanship." Bai Bao patted Gao Chang's shoulder twice, as if he was really strong.

Gao Chang was observing the dishes on the table at this time, hairy crabs, braised octopus, spicy fried mutton, squid shreds, beef jerky, peanuts... Well, it's not bad, it's worth his trip, it's worth it.Rhubarb stood on the tall side, not high enough to see the tabletop, sniffed and sniffed, feeling very satisfied.

"How good is it?" A tall and thin man on the left of the official asked coldly, his small eyes were clearly provocative, but he was not provoking Gao Chang, but Bai Bao. It seems that the two people have accumulated grudges Long.

"I can't explain this with my mouth, otherwise, how about gestures?" Bai Bao grabbed a piece of beef jerky and threw it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and praised: "Uncle Situ, you just know how to enjoy yourself. You can still get such a thing these days." Good jerky!"

"Eat as much as you like, don't be polite with uncle, hehehe, we just said that you and Cang Ping met again, and there must be a lot of fun to watch. What are you going to do this time?" the official said rigidly. With an amiable expression on his face, he has no intention of stopping the junior's fight.

"In the bad atmosphere of fighting and killing, let's compare marksmanship, Gao Chang, it's up to you." With a wave of Bai Bao's big hand, he asked Gao Chang to compete with that man named Cang Ping, and Gao Chang understood it. A meal is not free, but considering that the food and drink are not bad, let's compare.

Several people walked out of the room and came to the corridor. The official asked two of his subordinates to hang a piece of cloth under the window of the building opposite. It was only the distance between two basketball courts and two aisles. The light is poor at night, and it is not easy to get a shot.

"Who will come first?" the official asked.

"You first." The tall and thin man raised his hand in a graceful gesture of invitation.

Gao Chang glanced at him, and took the pistol that Bai Bao handed over, with two bangs, the piece of cloth trembled twice, and slowly fell to the basketball court below.Gao Chang threw the pistol back to Bai Bao, and said, "It's a good piece of cloth, it's a pity to waste it."

"Isn't that right, people in the village are mending and mending their underwear now." Bai Bao reacted quickly, and took up the conversation smoothly.

"Hahaha, Bai Bao, you brother is really good at marksmanship." The official praised Gao Chang's marksmanship generously, but he didn't ask his own people to shoot. It's windy at night, and it can break those two slender spears at such a long distance. Not everyone can do the thin thread that hangs the cloth.

Several people went back to the house again, and this time they finally started to talk about business. This guy is indeed an official, responsible for the transfer of materials in a certain area in the south. The materials in front have almost been transferred. This is the last batch. He I also followed to the west, my wife and children have already left, and now I am staying in a munitions factory in the middle of the country. According to these people, the munitions factory is heavily guarded, and safety can be guaranteed.

These people didn't seem to be going very smoothly along the way, so when they came to their neighborhood, they knew that Bai Bao was guarding here, so they came to rest and rest, as if they wanted to find some people. He couldn't trust the people outside, and Bai Bao followed They seem to have some origins, and both sides can still trust it.

Gao Chang listened to these people while eating. In fact, he was more enthusiastic about the dishes on this table. Although he could also hunt some wild animals, he hadn’t lost much meat in the past two years, but so many varieties of delicacies were the same. It was the first time that time was placed on a table to eat casually, so it was quite enjoyable.

He let rhubarb jump on his lap, and while he was eating, he stuffed rhubarb into his mouth. Beef jerky and fried lamb were all rhubarb’s favorites. It licked a few mouthfuls.The other people at the table didn't seem to notice his actions, maybe they did, but if they didn't see it, there was only the thin and tall man, who frequently looked at him with contempt. Compete with your defeated opponents.

This meal is full of wine and food, quite comfortable.After Bai Bao finished talking with them, almost all the dishes on the table were swept away. Among them, Gao Chang and Rhubarb contributed a lot, and they followed Bai Bao and the others out of the government compound happily and drove back to the village.

"Did you listen to what we said just now? The two of you cleaned up all the dishes on the mother's table." Bai Bao, who spoke dryly but failed to eat his stomach, was deeply resentful.

"Hey, if you want to pretend to be gentle, you have to be willing to be hungry." This man was not so gentle when he was in the village, no different from the pack of hungry wolves under him.

"In front of my acquaintances, I have to show some face, otherwise they will think that I have been miserable in the past two years. Tell me, have you heard what we said?"

"What's the matter?" Gao Chang picked his teeth with the dog's tail grass he picked just now. The beef jerky is delicious, but he loves to get stuck between his teeth.

"It's just a matter of finding a few brothers and going west with them."

"Understood." The official said that he had recruited many people under his command and asked Bai Bao and his brother to go to the west with them. Now the entire government has moved to the west, where supplies are abundant.Bai Bao said that it is good for him to be the King of the Mountain here, but the matter of Uncle Situ is his business, so he will find a few brothers to go with them tomorrow, at least to help.The official said that he would not treat Bai Bao and the others badly, and when the time came to the arsenal, he asked someone to give Bai Bao and the others some benefits, and Bai Bao was immediately happy.

"Then what do you think, come with us?" Bai Bao extended an invitation to Gao Chang.

"I have to think about it." Gao Chang thought it would be good to stay in the village, but Rhubarb was about to take shape, and when the time came, his family would suddenly have fewer dogs and more people. People in the village have always believed in ghosts and gods. If there are any rumors, I am afraid that there will be no peace in the days to come.

"What else are you thinking about? Let's make it so. We will set off in three days. When the time comes, I will call you. You don't need to prepare anything. Just bring rhubarb and go with us." Bai Bao took care of everything.

Gao Chang yawned and wiped the gum from the corners of his eyes. He seems to be getting angry recently... Let’s go, the plate of peanuts just now is really delicious, and the nearby villages don’t have the habit of growing peanuts. From time to time, I get some seeds from outside and plant them in their village, so I won't worry about having no peanuts to eat in the future.There is also that snake-killing family. I heard that there is a species in the central region. There have always been more poisonous snakes there than theirs, so they have the habit of planting this kind of shrub. Now they have more poisonous snakes here. If they can grow this kind of shrub Things are the best.

Anyway, Gao Chang is willing to take this trip mainly because of rhubarb, how dangerous it is outside, these days, people are more terrifying than animals, and Gao Chang is a life-saving person, it is impossible for him to be willing for a few peanuts To take such a risk, he is not out of his mind.

Back in the village, the spirit of alcohol seemed to be picking up a little bit, so Gao Chang decided to sneak back to be lazy today, go to sleep first, and then meditate after waking up.When I wandered past the pillar in the room, I felt that the two lines above were not quite right, so I raised my hand and gestured a few times on the top of my head, and looked at it for a long time with the corners of my mouth down and frowning. ...