As for the two children and the cat setting off firecrackers together, the old lady felt that fortunately, it was in her own yard, and only her family knew.
In the village, these animals are smart enough, but if they are too smart, it is not necessarily a good thing.
After that, the old lady mentioned it to Dad Jiao, and Dad Jiao called the two children and Zheng Tan over and gave them a meal.
The firecrackers are let go, and it's good to be addicted to the hands. Zheng Tan doesn't need to play with that thing all the time, just restrain himself.
"Hey, Dad, did this dog eat a bad stomach?"
Papa Jiao pointed to the lump under the vines in the corner of the courtyard and said.
"Eating a bad stomach?" Mr. Jiao walked over and looked at it, "It's true."
Compared to the usual shit, the pile of shit under the vines was much thinner, but Dad Jiao and Mr. Jiao looked at the big yellow dog who was squatting beside the coal stove in high spirits, waiting to pick up the leak. of malaise.
"It's alright, it looks like it's too much to eat. In the past few days for the New Year's goods, this dog has eaten more, just don't give it a random meal." Mr. Jiao didn't worry when he saw this.
There are not so many rules for keeping dogs in the village. Cats and dogs often eat with people. The villagers don’t have the energy to care if eating like that is harmful to cats and dogs. In fact, most cats and dogs here can’t live normally. Longevity, there are many people who set up cats to beat dogs, or some of them sell their dogs for some reason, but cats are not very valuable, they don’t care if they don’t want to keep them, and they are left to fend for themselves. To sum up, the lives of cats and dogs are cheap, no one will spend time to manage them, even people can't control them, but also take care of cats and dogs? In comparison, Mr. Jiao is good enough.
"Would you like to tie it to the side? It's not good to always squat there." Jiao Dad said. If this dog is squatting over there, there will definitely be a "leak" to pick up, and there will be fried meatballs later. The old lady's hand shakes again, and the dog will be happy again.
"It can hum and sing for a long time at Shuan's house... Let's go out to play, you don't have to look for it, you can come back naturally when you eat. Many dogs in the village are like this."
"Aren't you afraid of being taken away by the dog beater?"
"Who is going to beat the dog in the daytime? Besides, Laifu won't run far, just walk around the village, and there are people watching. The dog beater won't come at this time, just tie the dog to the house at night. Don't worry about it during the day." Mr. Jiao is very confident in his dog.
Having said that, Mr. Jiao had already walked over and pushed the big yellow dog, who didn't want to leave for half a step, pushed out the door, "Go play by yourself, and come back when you eat."
The big yellow dog was unwilling and wanted to squeeze in the door, but Mr. Jiao stood at the door and blocked the door. After trying a few times, seeing that he really couldn't squeeze in, the big yellow dog barked twice, turned his head and stepped on small steps.
"It won't get angry, right?" Jiao Dad looked at the big yellow dog who was leaving and asked worriedly.
"Does it dare?! You'll know when it's dinner time." Mr. Jiao waved his hand, "This is not the pampered cats and dogs in your city, oh, speaking of which, I heard people say before, Some cats and dogs in the city are very careful, and they like to hold grudges, don't they? How's your black charcoal temper?"
"...It's alright." Jiao Dad choked out these three words, thought about it, and said, "Anyway, it's good for the family."
Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi washed their hands and helped Jiao's mother make dumplings. They helped Jiao's mother make dumplings at home before, so they wouldn't be distorted. At least they looked like dumplings instead of deformed dough.
Zheng Tan was bored when he was idle, and when he saw the big yellow dog running out for a walk, he jumped out of the hospital wall and followed him - walking with the big yellow dog would not get lost.
"I don't care about the cat?" Mr. Jiao raised his chin and clicked on the courtyard wall.
"It's okay, it's smart." Jiao Dad wasn't worried.
After Zheng Tan jumped off the courtyard wall, he followed the big yellow dog in front of him, keeping an eye on the surroundings from a distance. There are many dogs in the village, and not every dog can be friendly to a cat.
The big yellow dog that came out of Jiao's house was familiar with the road and walked around the village, smelling the smell and begging for food. It knew which one would give it to which one would not. Animals are sometimes much smarter than people think, but many times that cleverness is ignored by people.
A cat lying on a wooden barrel with its paws basking in the sun saw the big yellow dog but opened its eyes a little, but did not run away. After the big yellow dog was far away, it closed its eyes again and continued to doze off in the sun.
Watching the big yellow dog walking and collecting food, Zheng Tan really admired this guy's ability, thick-skinned and a little clever, these two points are definitely not the type of starvation even if they are put on people.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zheng Tan suddenly heard the barking of a dog in front of him, with a low growl and a warning in the bark. This bark was different from when Big Yellow Dog saw Jiao Dad and others before, with obvious vigilance and aggressiveness. This bark would only appear when facing a certain dangerous person.
Sure enough, looking up, Zheng Tan saw the big yellow dog barking at a person not far away.
Not far away, the person's appearance is not bad, but with the rascal temperament on his body, his impression score plummets to a negative value.
The man was shaking his legs with a toothpick in his mouth. He was not afraid when he saw the big yellow dog. He even laughed twice, then picked up half a brick on the ground next to him and smashed it at the big yellow dog. I'm guessing there will be a few broken bones.
Fortunately, the big yellow dog ran fast, and the bricks rubbed the hair on its back without getting hurt.
No wonder the big yellow dog had a very bad attitude towards that person, and he was a little bit jealous. This person is obviously not a good person.
Zheng Tan looked at the people around him, and it was obvious that some people saw this scene, but they didn't mind their own business. In their opinion, there was no point in provoking this bitch for a dog.
Fortunately, the toothpick man wasn't ready to continue spending time with the big yellow dog. He pulled up the coat that was draped over his body and looked up and walked away, looking like he was tugging.
The big yellow dog didn't relax until the toothpick man walked away. Judging from his appearance, he must have suffered a loss.
"Wow-"
There was a burst of crying from a child. Zheng Tan looked over and saw that the toothpick man stole two firecrackers from the hands of a child who set off firecrackers. Then he played with them and threw the firecrackers into other people's vegetable fields Inside, fry a few well-grown Chinese cabbage.
The people around who saw this scene just said a few words and didn't argue with the toothpick man.
Zheng Tan tugged at his ears, forget it, it's better to leave this kind of nosy business, Jiao Dad said to keep a low profile.
When it was almost time for dinner, the big yellow dog really came home on time. Zheng Tan had to sigh that animals have a really strong sense of time. They are not like people who can read the time on the clock and mobile phone. There was no meal, and no one told it that it was time to eat.
When the big yellow dog walked back, the speed was obviously much brisker, just like Mr. Jiao said, there was no tantrum or anything at all.
Zheng Tan still followed it not far behind, watching it run into the gate of the old house, and then dashed out immediately after a few seconds, barking at the door.
Ignoring the big yellow dog, Zheng Tan went straight into the house, just in time to see the toothpick man snatching a piece of fried fish from Xiaoyouzi's hand.
God damn it!
Zheng Tan immediately became angry, if he hadn't seen Dad Jiao approaching, he would definitely go up and slap that girl a few times.
When he bullies other family members, Zheng Tan can pretend he didn't see it, but when he bullies his own family, Zheng Tan can't bear it anymore.
Just now, after the big yellow dog entered the door, he went straight to the kitchen at the back. When Xiaoyouzi saw the big yellow dog coming back, knowing that Zheng Tan must be back, he took out a piece of fish that had just been fried and walked towards the door, ready to be eaten by Zheng Tan. , As a result, when he was in the lobby, the toothpick man snatched the fish pieces.
Xiaoyouzi pursed her lips and stared at the stranger in front of her who was annoying to her, hesitating whether to throw the chopsticks in her hand at this person.
Mr. Jiao was also angry when he saw this, and drove the man out with a pole.
When the man walked out, he shouted, "I just heard that Brother Sheng and the professors have at least 1.8 million for a project. Come and see the millionaires. What are you doing?"
"Don't talk nonsense, most of that money is from the state, money for research! If you talk nonsense again, I'll send you to the bureau!" Mr. Jiao hit the toothpick man with a shoulder pole.
The people in the village place a high value on seniority. For the toothpick man, he doesn't care about the peers and juniors, but he doesn't dare to beat the older generation. Before, he beat an older generation and was besieged by the villagers. , was almost invited into the bureau.
Although the man with the toothpick was beaten away by the old man, Zheng Tan's anger did not subside, and he wondered when to go to the guy. But tomorrow is New Year's Eve, Zheng Tan thought about it, forget it, don't cause trouble, wait a few days before going to the toothpick man.
In the village, dinner is eaten early, and there are not many entertainment activities. Everyone is used to going to bed early. Because the New Year is approaching and everyone is busy, the bedtime is delayed a bit.
Hearing that a sow raised by his family has given birth to piglets, Mr. Jiao is going to go over and take a look. Jiao Yuan wanted to go, but Mr. Jiao took him with him. Xiaoyouzi stayed in the room and watched TV with Jiao's mother, instead of watching the fun.
Zheng Tan was curious, so he ran over.
Mr. Jiao took a short cut behind the house. Zheng Tan followed him for a while, then stopped suddenly, moved his ears, turned his head, and walked in the direction of the sound, when he saw the man who grabbed the little pomelo fish nuggets. The toothpick man was standing there, with a cigarette in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, talking on the phone, showing off a box of "torpedoes" that he stole from the market today, tried to put two, the power is not bad, ready to raise the price tomorrow Sold to children in the village.
"Okay, I won't tell you, I'll take shit first."
The toothpick man turned off the phone, took a sip of the cigarette between his fingers, threw the cigarette butt far away, and walked into the thatched hut humming a little song.
Zheng Tan squinted his eyes, moved the tip of his tail twice, and walked over there.
Compared with watching sows and piglets, Zheng Tan is more willing to seize this opportunity to fix this toothpick man.
Zheng Tan ran into the toothpick man's house. According to what the toothpick man said when he was talking on the phone just now, he found a box of "torpedoes" in his room, a medium-sized one. Zheng Tan carefully opened the box and took out two from the inside, closed the box, and ran back to the toothpick man's thatched hut.
It was already dark, and no one saw a cat walking upright at this time. Toothpick Man's family were all huddled in another room with a TV, and no one noticed that a cat had entered the house.
The toilets in the village are all thatched huts surrounded by brick and tile walls. They are built near the back door or in the backyard of the house, and there is a large pit as a urinal. Part of the urinal is outside the wall of the thatched hut, and the villagers scooped manure to fertilize the vegetable field. At the same time, this also facilitated Zheng Tan's revenge.
The cigarette butt thrown by the toothpick man casually flickered in the night wind, Zheng Tan picked up the cigarette butt and approached the hut quietly.
Zheng Tan recalled the way those arrogant children set off "torpedoes", lit the fuse, threw it into the ditch where the toothpick man was squatting, turned and left quickly. He still remembered the stinky water splashing on the boy who blew the water tank, and he was worried if he didn't run far away.
When Zheng Tan ran a certain distance and hid behind the tall firewood stack, there was a bang from the side of the hut.