"Second brother, there are a lot of them here!"

"There's that too. ”

"Look at it, there's a lot of bamboo on the ground, it's very pointy, don't fall down. ”

"Got it, uncle. ”

On the mountainside of the back mountain of the Wang's old house in Fengshuping, in the dense small bamboo forest, Wang He, who came back yesterday, was folding bamboo shoots with his uncle, Da Mao, and Ermao.

In spring, everything grows, and the growth of bamboo shoots is even more amazing. In later generations, there are many real estate agents who call the houses and shops for sale "bamboo shoots", which means that the value-added space of the real estate is like bamboo shoots, and it will be greatly grown in a short period of time!

Wang He and the others are now folding small bamboo shoots, the thinnest of these bamboo shoots are as thin as chopsticks, a little thicker than an adult's thumb, and the thickest will not exceed the size of a kung fu tea cup. This is still with a shell, and after the shell is peeled off, the delicate bamboo shoot meat inside is only two-thirds thick at most.

Bamboo shoots are only so thick when they grow tall, and when they grow tall and harden into bamboo, they are the same size, and most of them are only as thick as an adult's finger. The only economic value of this kind of bamboo in rural areas is that bamboo shoots can be sold for money in spring, but in addition, it does not have the same function as moso bamboo, which can be processed into baskets, bamboo chairs and other furniture.

Of course, they are still used in many ways in rural areas, such as being cut down for firewood, or tied into a fence for a vegetable garden, or used as a fishing pole. Bamboo roots also have a purpose, can be made into bamboo whips, children who have studied in the countryside, especially naughty mischief, have not suffered from the bamboo whip in the hands of teachers!

In rural areas, although every household has a vegetable garden, no one is stupid enough to grow bamboo shoots in the vegetable garden at home. According to the later "Bite of China", it belongs to the gift of nature and is an excellent delicacy.

The day after Wang He returned, that is, on Saturday, after finishing his work in the morning, he and Uncle Xiao and Da Mao Ermao, each carrying a snakeskin bag, came to the bamboo forest and began to fold bamboo shoots.

In the martial arts world, the phrase "don't enter the forest" means that there may be bad guys hiding in it, but in reality, there will be unexpected dangers in the forest.

Entering the bamboo forest, there are two main dangers, one is the bamboo, that is, after the bamboo is cut down, the bamboo stake left, people who have cut the bamboo know that the toughness of the bamboo is very good, and the knife can not be cut flat, so how hard to cut out, the bamboo will bounce back to you. Therefore, when cutting bamboo, the knife and the bamboo body should be at an angle, so that it is easy to cut down the bamboo obliquely, so that after cutting the bamboo, the bamboo stakes left on the ground are like sharp weapons.

The forest is dense, it is difficult to get sunlight on the ground, and it is relatively humid, so if you slip and fall to the ground under your feet, it is easy for the bamboo stakes with the sharp blades facing upwards to penetrate into people! Sometimes it seems that there are no bamboo stakes on the ground, but there may be such a "hidden weapon" under the dense fallen leaves.

The reason why the uncle reminded the three nephews was because he was worried about this problem. Fortunately, children in rural areas understand this aspect at an early age, and they are very excited to fold bamboo shoots, and when they drill around in the bamboo forest, they will always grab a bamboo in their hands to make a safety rope, even if they inevitably slip, they will not fall.

There is another danger in the bamboo forest, and that is......

"Second brother, look at how thick this bamboo shoot I folded...... Wow, snakes, snakes!"

Da Mao folded a thick and long bamboo shoot, and was about to show off to Wang He on the other side, when he straightened up and said something, he saw a snake in front of him, and he couldn't help but be startled and screamed!

Ermao carried a snakeskin bag next to his brother, raised his head and said:

"It's Zhu Yeqing!"

Wang He and Uncle hurriedly rushed over, Da Mao Ermao stepped back and stood up, the four of them saw clearly, this is a bamboo leaf green, wrapped around the bamboo branches, do not look carefully and really can't see clearly, this snake because the back of the head is like a bamboo-like green, so it is named bamboo leaf green.

Wang He looked at its triangular head and bulging dark red eyes, and said with a smile:

"Uncle, do you want to fight down and cook?"

Uncle pouted and said:

"Such a little snake has no meat on its body, and it is also troublesome to take it. During this time, many people break bamboo shoots, and it's not good to bite people later. Kill and throw it away. ”

Bamboo leaf green body is slender, difficult to grow, difficult to grow more than a meter, like Xiaoqing in "The Legend of the New White Lady", the green snake with a body as large as a barrel can only appear in mythology.

With the uncle's order, Da Mao, who had just been startled, immediately found a bamboo stick more than one meter long, and knocked the snake down twice.

After beating the snake, the four of them continued to fold the bamboo shoots, and after this accident, the four of them had an extra heart, and looked at the top of their heads from time to time, for fear that another bamboo leaf would appear.

There are a lot of bamboo shoots, with four teenagers can't finish it at all, when it is almost eleven o'clock in the morning, the three snakeskin bags are about to be filled, the four of them go home, to go back to cook, and when the adults come back, they can eat directly after stir-frying.

After separating from the uncle, the three of them walked back.

The two brothers of Da Mao and Ermao carried the bulging snakeskin bag, Wang He threw the snakeskin bag on his right shoulder and carried it, the bamboo shoots that had just been folded were full of water, the amount was really not light, the ordinary 18.9 liters of bottled water in later generations, the weight of a bucket of water was about 40 catties, and the weight of this snakeskin bag could be several catties heavier than bottled water.

The three of them stopped and stopped, mainly because Ermao did not have enough strength, and they had to stop and rest after walking dozens of meters. When I passed under the third uncle's house of the same clan, I suddenly heard the exclamation of the third uncle:

"Snakes!

Wang He shook his shoulders and threw the snakeskin bag, rushed up the slope with several miscellaneous trees of different heights in three or two steps, and just ran to the sunning valley flat, he saw the third uncle and grandmother stumbling out of the bathing room.

In the local countryside, the bathing room is generally repaired on the edge of the kitchen, some are repaired next to the wall of the kitchen, and some are a few meters away from the kitchen.

The third uncle and mother-in-law are high, but they are not very old, they are in their sixties this year, and it is impossible for the elderly of this age in the countryside to be idle, and they can still do heavy work, like the third uncle, a hundred catties of grain can be carried on a few miles.

The third uncle and grandmother were going to pick out the urine bucket in the bathroom today, and go to the vegetable garden to pour urine in the vegetable field, but unexpectedly, she just took two steps out of the urine bucket, and found that something was wrong, and looked back and found that there was a black thing in the corner, and after a closer look, it turned out to be a big snake!

Most rural women are not afraid of mice, cockroaches and the like, but almost no one is not afraid of snakes.

Wang He asked:

"Third uncle, where is the snake?"

The third uncle was short in stature, only a little taller than Wang He, only about one and a half meters, she ran out and still had palpitations, and only reacted after a while:

"Ahh......h

Wang He looked at the direction pointed by the third uncle, it should be the room for bathing.

At this time, Da Mao Ermao also climbed up, and Wang He saw that the old man was scared enough, so he comforted him repeatedly:

"Third uncle, you don't have to be afraid, I'll deal with the snake, do you have ......?"

Wang He glanced around and pulled out a bamboo pole from under the eaves to dry clothes. This bamboo pole is as thick as a teacup and more than two meters long.

Only then did the third uncle settle down, pat her chest and say:

"Erer, you dare to catch the murderer, you will definitely not be afraid of the snake! You must beat the snake to death for the third uncle. Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep well if I don't want to wash my body. ”

"Don't worry, I'll kill the snake!"

Wang He held the bamboo pole in his hand, was bold, and walked forward with pride. Da Mao and Ermao each found a finer firewood as a weapon and followed behind Wang He.