mountain snow

Chapter 9 The prize is...

The toffee is mine, and the sour syrup is also mine, I have to accept it, just like a child who has just been born must accept the kiss and explosive hammer of fate.

You see, I am a very philosophical bird.

I have to live no matter what, I stayed at Yue Sheng's house for a week, and finally figured out the general situation of Bieyue Village and Yue Sheng's way of life.

Due to being too remote and living deep in the mountains, Bieyue Village is basically isolated from the world.

I suspect that it is precisely because of its isolation from the world that a cultivating bird like me can obtain a large amount of spiritual energy and thus transform into form.

My little sun is here to thank the ancestors and folks of Bieyue Village.

Some villagers make a living from planting and breeding. They grow some vegetables in the vegetable garden, and raise fish and chickens next to them. They don’t have to worry about food after all.

But they don't seem to know how to grow rice. The village cadres regularly organize young and middle-aged people to go to the town to buy rice, oil and salt.

If you don't want to grow vegetables and raise chickens, you won't starve to death. There are everything in the mountains, such as fruits, fungi, and bamboo shoots. If you carry a bamboo basket and walk up the mountain for a day, you will have food for half a month.

Our family—er, that is, Yue Sheng's family—occupied a little bit on both sides.

Yue Sheng has a vegetable garden. According to my observation, there are cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbages, pumpkins, wax gourds, mint... I can't recognize the others. In summer, there may be watermelons and grapes.

Yue Sheng doesn't take care of them every day, but they grow gratifyingly, and when the spring shines on them, they will wobble and feel very unhappy.

If they could talk, they might shout to Yue Sheng: "We are the best, eat us quickly, please!"

Bah, shameless.

The one Yue Sheng eats will obviously be me, but you and other little cabbage dare to rob me of a man?

As a bird, I have very rich mental activities.When Yue Sheng was busy in the vegetable field, I could squat by the field, watch him and chat with his vegetables for five yuan.

Yue Sheng also raised chickens and ducks, which clucked and quacked for a while, which was even uglier than our little sun.

Maybe he knows that we are the same kind, Yue Sheng's chicken especially likes to run after me, and will peck me when he catches up.

I was pecked red by the chicken, so I had to run wildly.

Fortunately, I have a pair of long legs. Seriously, how could a chicken be my opponent.

I thought, it would be great if it was Yue Sheng who was chasing me.I ran slowly, opened my arms, yes, like twisting Yangko, and shouted back from time to time: Brother, come and chase me!

"puff--"

Blame me for half-heartedness when hiding from the chicken. Although I left the chicken behind, I stepped on a banana peel thrown by some bastard, and fell headlong into the mud, like a vicious dog eating shit.

I broke my skin and rummaged through boxes and cabinets at home to find medicine.Yue Sheng asked me how I fell, and I couldn't tell him that I was still thinking "Brother, come and chase me" when I fell, so I had to tell him that I was kicked out by a chicken.

His expression became a little strange, he paused, and told me not to provoke those chickens.

He also said that chickens in the countryside are fierce, and some even dare to beat dogs.

Am I too smart?I felt as if he was implying that I was a dog.

I was not convinced, "The chickens are raised by the vegetable garden, you can go to the vegetable garden, why can't I go?"

Yue Sheng prescribed the right medicine and applied iodophor on my wound, and I cried out "Aww", the pain came out.

I retracted my legs and glared at him fiercely, "It hurts!"

"Endure." He was ruthless and cold.

But I just let him do it, obediently handed him my foot, and whispered, "Brother Sheng, be gentle."

"En." Cool is just one word.

The iodophor penetrated into the meat, I clenched my teeth tightly and held back the tears.

I promised him last time, only cried once.Although I don't have much confidence in myself, it's not good to break my promise so soon.

"I'm going to work." After applying the medicine, he finally answered the previous words: "You don't need to go."

I blurted out: "I'm going to work too!"

He looked at me, so close that I could smell the dry tobacco on his breath.

I don't know if it's because it's too close, but I think his eyes are very focused at this time.

His pupils were filled to the brim by me.

"What can you do?" he said.

If someone else said this, I would definitely find it ironic.

Sarcasm that I'm idle and know nothing.

But the person who spoke was Yue Sheng, so this question became a question.

"I..." I twisted my feet and lowered my head.

As for the work in the vegetable garden, I really don't know how to do it.

But I am not reconciled, I have to find a way.

"There is enough food in the kitchen. When I am away, someone will take care of the vegetable garden, so you don't have to worry about it." Yue Sheng changed the subject, "I will go to the mountains tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"Ah?" I exclaimed, and almost rushed to hug his arm, "I want to go too!"

Yue Sheng is very busy every day, and growing vegetables is just the most inconspicuous job.

He wants to take people to patrol the woods, and bring back some mountain products by the way.

There are a lot of dried mushrooms at home, he stewed them for me once, they are very fragrant, much more delicious than the ones I made by myself.

"You can't." He refused very simply, never giving me a chance to fight for it.

I had to give up.

The elementary school will start next week. I used to think that the school where we repair tables, chairs and benches only accepts students from Bieyue Village.

Huang Xiaoye told me that if the family is willing to send children from several nearby villages, Yue Sheng will teach them.

"Adults rely on mountains and eat mountains all their lives. They don't have much knowledge. They think it's okay if children don't study." Huang Xiaoye is nailing the book. There is a school, and other villages don’t even have a classroom.”

He is long-winded and likes to chatter. It took me a long time to finally understand that Yue Sheng is actually not obliged to cook supper for the children at home every day and give homework, but these children cannot read at home, or the lights at home are turned off early. , or too noisy.

I looked at the sky for a while, "Brother Sheng is so kind."

Huang Xiaoye smiled, "Of course, otherwise, why would I take you in..."

He stopped before he finished speaking, but I could see from his eyes that what he wanted to say was—otherwise, why would he take in you, a little bastard of unknown origin.

I didn't bother with him, picked up my umbrella and pole, and walked towards the vegetable garden.

Yue Sheng has already entered the mountain, I racked my brains and came up with a way to help him work.

This is actually due to the fact that there are almost no entertainment activities in Bieyue Village, and the TV can only watch two or three channels.I took the remote control and pressed it back and forth, and finally a flash of inspiration——

Although I don't know how to weed and fertilize, I can be a scarecrow!

Yue Sheng's vegetables grow so well, there must be birds with malicious intentions coming to steal them.

I am a bird myself, how can I not know?

When I was a parrot, I liked stealing melon seeds from humans the most. No one could nibble faster than me.

At noon, I escaped from being chased by chickens, stood in the middle of the vegetable garden, carried a pole on my shoulders, held an umbrella, and started my scarecrow business.

Soon, there were indeed birds chirping and flying by. I whistled to scare them, and they flew away.

I am extremely proud of protecting Yue Sheng's cucumbers.

Tomorrow when Yue Sheng comes back from the mountains, I want to ask him for credit.

The prize is...

Eat his cucumbers!