Zheng Tan walked slowly around the wild pond. There were some trees along the edge. Although they were not very big, they could provide some shade under the sun at this time.
There were many wild plants nearby, Zheng Tan looked familiar, but couldn't name them. In the wild pond, there were some frogs or toads standing on some floating branches in the wild pond and croaking. When they sensed Zheng Tan's approach, they immediately jumped into the water.
Sometimes you can also see some small fish swimming under the water. It is indeed a place for aquaculture. You can see fish everywhere. It is not necessarily someone who deliberately left it here. It may also come over by accident during the flood season. of.
Zhizhi on the tree was also arguing, and it seemed to be louder than anyone else's.
If it is in other places, there will definitely be some children around the wild pond who come to fish and fish for shrimp during the summer vacation, but it is estimated that children have played a lot since childhood, which is not uncommon, but they prefer to go to those big fish ponds for fishing. Watching the excitement around, occasionally picking up a few big fish for nothing.
I heard that some college students with related majors have come to a nearby aquaculture base for internships, and some are doing scientific research experiments. , even if there is, I don’t like the pay, but children are different. For them, indoor work not only has rewards but also free air conditioners. So when Zheng Tan and the others came to Yetang, they basically didn't see any children in the village.
Just thinking about it, Zheng Tan's ears moved, and he heard a sudden movement in front of him.
anyone
In Zheng Tan's impression, even if those children didn't shout loudly, they would occasionally chat and laugh in small voices, sometimes in groups of three or five.
Zheng Tan walked over lightly, and the movement over there suddenly became louder. There were some plants growing on the edge of the wild pond, blocking Zheng Tan's sight, and at the same time acting as a cover, and it was not easy for people across the wild pond to find Zheng Tan.
The further you go, the narrower the wild pond becomes, and the end is almost here.
There was a little girl about the size of Xiaoyuzi, whose clothes were not only old, but also had rough patches. Although this child looks about the same age as Xiaoyouzi, but unlike Xiaoyouzi, this little girl looks rather thin, and her face is not yellow, because she is already tanned, and her muscles are really thin, and her small face looks like a There is no meat, and it is not as white and tender as the little grapefruit with baby fat. The exposed small arms and calves also seemed to be covered with only a layer of skin, and there was no sensuality. The shoulder-length short hair is estimated to be cut by myself, and it does not look very coordinated.
When Zheng Tan looked over, the child was closing the pole, no wonder the movement suddenly became louder, otherwise Zheng Tan would not have found out that someone was here so quickly.
The child was also fishing for shrimp, and there was a canned bottle beside him. The bottle contained half a can of earthworms. Zheng Tan could clearly see the earthworms squirming inside. It is estimated that he is an experienced person. The child dropped three poles in three places not far apart. It is estimated that there is no earthworm on one of the poles. After catching a shrimp, the little girl grabbed a few from the canning bottle and recreated it. put on.
Earthworm fishing for shrimp is not the most ideal bait, but it is easy to catch, but it has to be replaced with new live earthworms every once in a while, otherwise the effect of the dead earthworms or soaking for a long time will be reduced, and the old shrimps cannot be fooled.
After changing the fresh earthworms, the little girl sat on the side, rested for two minutes, got up and walked lightly between the three poles to see which pole moved.
Zheng Tan walked over and took a look. There was a broken plastic bucket that was cracked and fastened with a rope. There were already some crayfish in the bucket. It seemed that the child had a good harvest. Among them, there are some green shrimps. There are many farmers in this place, and there are also green shrimps. It is not surprising to see green shrimps here. As for crayfish, this thing is an invasive alien species, with strong adaptability and wide distribution, or how to say it is an "invasive species".
There was also a broken sickle beside the barrel. This kind of sickle is very common among farmers. However, Zheng Tan felt strange when such a small girl used a sickle.
Just thinking about something, Zheng Tan looked up and met the little girl's eyes.
Zheng Tan rarely sees such cruel eyes in the eyes of a child, even some gloomy children, because this child still has a strong killing intent in his eyes, Zheng Tan has no doubt that if If that child had a scythe in his hand, he would definitely slash at him.
However, this child does not have a sickle now.
Zheng Tan really wasn't afraid of this child, instead he had some teasing thoughts.
Afraid of making trouble for yourself? Bad for these shrimp? I'm still going to mess up.
Zheng Tan stretched out his claws and quickly patted the few shrimps with their teeth and claws in the bucket.
I have to say that this guy Zheng Tan is just so idle sometimes that he doesn't feel happy if he doesn't die.
A clod was thrown over.
Zheng Tan reacted quickly and avoided it. However, the clod rubbed the edge of the bucket containing the shrimp, and the place where the bucket was originally was not flat.
The little girl didn't care about Zheng Tan, she ran over quickly, grabbed the shrimps and threw them back into the bucket before they escaped. When she looked up again, she saw the black cat half-hiding in the grass, revealing a Cat head, look here, when she got up, the black cat hid in the grass, the grass swished a few times, and when it stopped, the cat had already run away.
The little girl standing in the same place looked at the grass and frowned. She always felt that the cat was playing tricks on her, but when the cat was half-hidden in the grass and looked at this side just now, there was something wrong in his eyes. Many elderly people in the village said that black cats are more evil. Some people say they are spiritual things, while others say they are evil things. She didn't agree with them before. Isn't it a cat, it's just to scare herself. But after what happened just now, she was somewhat convinced.
Zheng Tan was walking in the grass, his heart was not very smooth, not because the little girl threw clods at him, but the scene he saw just now.
When the little girl leaned over to catch the shrimp and threw it back into the plastic bucket, she lifted up her already short clothes to reveal a section of her back. Zheng Tan could see clearly that the girl had scars on her back, like marks drawn from bamboo poles or other objects. Originally, there were some marks on the girl's arms and legs, but the marks were lighter. Zheng Tan didn't care about it. He heard from Mr. Gu that it was common for some children in the village to fight, and there was no distinction between men and women. Strange. But now it doesn't look like it. Those wounds on his back were new ones, and Zheng Tan felt pain when he looked at the traces, not to mention a little girl as big as a little grapefruit.
abuse? domestic violence
Zheng Tan flicked his tail, Jiao Ma and Xiaoyouzi both told him not to cause trouble, and he didn't intend to meddle in those nostalgic things. Besides, he couldn't even care if he wanted to. Every family had a hard-to-read scripture. There are many such families. , Not to mention urban and rural areas, there is no shortage of parents who beat their children.
So, after walking around for a while, I caught a frog that jumped out of nowhere and played with it. Zheng Tan felt that he was in a good mood. He was in a better mood. He looked at the sky and ran back to the place where Xiaoyouzi and the others were fishing for shrimp. .
When Zheng Tan returned, Jiao Yuan showed off an older looking shrimp. The two big clips of the shrimp were red and red. Jiao's mother liked to eat these big clips, the meat inside was tender.
Little grapefruit was changing bait to tie earthworms. Old man Gu caught four fat earthworms and put them on the rope. Little grapefruit only used the rope to tie it. Next to it are two dead ones, and one of them was pinched by a shrimp. The number of earthworms that Mr. Gu tied to Xiaoyouzi each time was no less than three. It is estimated that one of them was directly caught by the shrimp, or the earthworms escaped without binding them.
After more than half an hour of fishing, Mr. Gu told the two children to close the rod and prepare to go home. Seeing that Xiaoyouzi was a little unfinished, he smiled and said, "You can continue tomorrow, you are still growing during your summer vacation."
Zheng Tan looked at the iron bucket that contained the shrimp. It was half a bucket. It was definitely enough for one dish.
The dinner was very rich, and Zheng Tan also had a full meal.
After night fell, people in the village would take a shower in the shade of their gatehouse, gossip about various news around them, and talk about interesting events of the day.
Mr. Gu moved the bamboo bed out of the house and put a mosquito net on it, and Xiaoyouzi stayed inside, listening to Mr. Gu next to him about "thinking of the past".
As for Jiao Yuan, he is a restless man and has gone to catch fireflies with the children from the next door.
Mosquito coils were lit beside him, but Zheng Tan could still clearly hear the buzzing of mosquitoes around him.
The guy with the second tube opened his mouth and stuck his tongue out for breath, and after a while, he changed to a cooler place and continued to lie down. When eating, it provokes Zheng Tan. After being slapped by Zheng Tan, it becomes much more honest. Where Zheng Tan is stunned, it must be at least one meter away from it, and it must not lie close to it.
At night in the village, the breeze is breezy, and the temperature is much lower than that in the city.
Originally, Zheng Tan stayed beside the bamboo bed, listening to Old Man Gu's bragging with Xiaoyouzi, and his ears moved.
Not far away, Jiao's mother, the old lady, and a few women in the surrounding neighborhood were sitting and chatting.
"Sold another one? How could he bear it?" Jiao Ma sighed.
"I can't bear it, I've already sold five of them before. It's not less than this one. I'll see. The remaining three will be sold sooner or later," said the aunt who lived next door.
"If you stay at home, you will be killed by him sooner or later." The old lady sighed.
Zheng Tan listened to their conversation, talking about a family in a neighboring village. The male owner wanted a son, but he gave birth to nine daughters in a row. In addition, this man was a gambler and felt that it was useless to keep a daughter, so he did it one after another. She sells her daughter and often beats her children at home. Now that she has finally given birth to a son, the remaining three daughters don't care whether they eat or drink.
Although it is said that in family planning, boys and girls are the same, but thousands of years of thinking cannot be reversed in such a short period of 20 to 30 years. And many people are rogues at all, it's useless for you to talk to them, and the people around here don't have the heart to care about this kind of thing.
Listening to these women and old people chatting, Zheng Tan suddenly remembered the little girl he saw today, and wondered if that child was one of them.
Zheng Tan was sighing in his heart, lying on a bamboo chair and looking at the road not far ahead, there were some vegetable gardens on the other side of the road, and no matter how far away, there were fields. Originally watching Jiao Yuan and the others catching fireflies on the other side of the road, Zheng Tan suddenly noticed a few people passing by on the road, and one of them sounded familiar.
Zheng Tan concentrates to pay attention, there are a few people blocking it, and there are a few strangers walking by this side, Zheng Tan doesn't know it at all, but Zheng Tan catches the voice. Thinking back, Zheng Tan stood up abruptly, wasn't he the one who was pushed into the artificial lake by himself at Chuhua University some time ago