Xia Lao groaned: "Comrades, such a big turtle, let alone our commune, we can't find a few in the whole of China." Now the provincial zoo is being expanded, and it is said that a turtle pond will be added. You have to trust me, I will be responsible for sending it to the zoo, and the zoo will definitely allocate a reward money when you go back, no matter how much is allocated to you. If not, I'll pay this money, in short, to ensure that everyone eats forty catties of meat. ”

"That's a good proposal!" Xiang Rongxin continued, "Doesn't the zoo put up signs to indicate the origin of the animals? For example, the giant panda in Sichuan Province and the giant tiger in Northeast China...... If this old turtle is sent to the zoo and marked as being discovered by our team near the mountain pass, won't our Yanqi Commune become famous throughout the country?"

"Will the Führer know too?"

"Of course, so, we have encountered a good thing that other communes can't look forward to, and you still want to stew and eat it?"

"Don't eat it, don't eat it!

Everyone danced excitedly.

A big old turtle in exchange for the attention of the Führer, such a good deal, who is not happy?

Besides, didn't Mr. Xia say that the zoo will give them a reward, no matter how much it is, it will go to their brigade. Even if he doesn't, Mr. Xia will pay for them to eat meat. All in all, sending the tortoise to the zoo, their brigade has both fame and meat to eat, a good thing that kills two birds with one stone!

The young and strong members took the initiative to carry the snakeskin bag and help send the big old turtle to Xiang's home.

Xia Lao asked the guards to take the big turtle out of the snakeskin bag, put it into a shallow water tank, and put some water appropriately.

Yingfang's family looked around the big old turtle for a while.

When the triplets saw the turtle, they were not only not afraid, but also excitedly wanted to pounce on it. Not being able to speak can't stop them from communicating, mmmmmmmmmm

The big old turtle had been shrinking its neck at first, probably feeling the kindness expressed by the Yingfang family, and gradually, the head came out a little from under the turtle shell, and the two mung bean eyes looked at the environment cautiously and curiously.

The big baby was so excited that he drooled on the chubby face.

Moving a few inches to the left, it was a little baby who blinked his dark eyes and observed it.

Moving a few inches to the right, it was the second baby who waved his fleshy little arms and wanted to come forward and touch the turtle.

The big old turtle's head shrank, and the three enthusiastic little ones were scared back into the turtle shell.

Suddenly, it felt a pressure, a little familiar, and a little unfamiliar. The old turtle, who had always been cautious, decided to play dead after carefully looking around.

The little gold plate was on the beam of the room, looking condescendingly at the motionless old turtle, and a flash of confusion flashed in his small eyes.

At dinner, Xiang Gang also returned.

The wires and piles on the hill were finally erected, and the wires were pulled into the houses.

The old master sent his apprentice to the hydropower station, and it was decided that the electricity would be connected at six o'clock tonight.

The commune's loudspeaker broadcast the great news three times in a row, and the members rushed to tell each other happily.

As soon as six o'clock arrived, the power was turned on on time.

In Yanqi Commune, which was originally dim with only a few faint oil lights, every household was connected to electricity.

As early as the first day of erecting wire piles, the members went to the sales outlets and supply and marketing cooperatives to buy light bulbs.

Electricity is delivered to the home, light bulbs are lit, and everyone cheers in unison.

"Power on!"

"Power on!"

As soon as the president was happy, he carried the broken gong and spared the village while knocking.

Behind him was a bunch of small radish heads, jumping and clapping his hands and cheering.

Tonight's Yanqi Commune is even more lively than the festival.

Ying Fang's family had a full reunion dinner under the bright incandescent lights.

After the meal, the two old men went to the next door to drink tea and play chess.

With electric lights, it's fun to play chess at night.

Xiao Sanye and Xiao Li prepared for Ming'er to go up the mountain.

Jiang Xinrou and sister-in-law Fu were brushing pots, washing dishes and chatting in the stove room.

Yingfang and the couple were playing with the triplets in the room.

No one noticed—the big old turtle in the shallow tank poked its head out slowly, looked east and west, and quickly retracted its shell at the slightest movement.

After repeating it a few times, it seemed that he was sure that the surroundings were safe, and finally he didn't retract anymore, and his neck was stretched, and he moved his head to the corner of the water tank inch by inch, stretched out his front paws and climbed the edge of the tank, and it was really turned out of the water tank. He slid down the rim of the jar to the ground, crawled towards the door of the hall, climbed over the threshold, climbed out of the courtyard, and disappeared in the darkness of the night in a moment.

Xiao Jin condescendingly watched the scene of the old turtle's escape from prison, and lazily spit out the snake letter. The heart said okay, this old guy looked dead and weird, and he sneaked up quite quickly.

Anyway, it is idle - it jumped out of the gate of the house lightly, and swam leisurely in the direction of Yanqi Mountain following the smell of the big old turtle.

By the time everyone found out that the old turtle was missing, it was already two hours later.

The first to be discovered was Sister-in-law. I was afraid that the old turtle would be hungry, so after cleaning up the stove, I specially cut a watery cabbage stalk, but when I came to the water tank, the turtle was gone!

"What? gone, you can climb out of the water tank, you're fine!" Xiao Sanye bared his teeth.

"Bah, what nonsense!" Jiang Xinrou glared at her husband, can you say anything like Cheng Jing casually?

"It must have been flipped out by grabbing the rim of the cylinder. It was our mistake, seeing it shrinking its head and hiding in the turtle shell motionless, thinking that it would not crawl around, who knew that after people walked away, it was so active. ”

"Didn't you say that the turtle crawled slowly? I figured it was still nearby, and everyone split up to look for it. ”

Everyone turned on the flashlight, carried the oil lamp, and looked around the corner of the wall, and looked carefully at the section from the courtyard gate to the old elm tree at the head of the bridge, but there was nothing.

"Tsk!" Xia Lao was helpless and funny: "I really want to send it to the zoo so that more people can see such a rare turtle." I didn't expect to be run away by it. ”

"I can't be known to the members yet. Old Man Xiao glanced at him, "Otherwise, I think you deliberately let it live, and come to block our door one by one to ask you for an explanation?"

"Ha!" Xia Lao smiled dryly, "Then I'll get up early tomorrow and leave early! If someone else wants to ask, they will say that I took the turtle to the provincial capital, and I will come back after a while to invite them to eat meat." ”

"It's time to save some meat tickets, don't miss our family. ”

"You're still short of meat?"

"That's not it! Where is there no shortage of fresh pork?"

“……”

Early the next morning, while everyone was still at home for breakfast, Xia Lao and the guards quietly went out of the courtyard, passed through the silent and uninhabited fields, and left Yanqi Commune on the first boat.

Xiao Sanye, Xiao Li and Second Uncle Xiang, who volunteered to hunt some game, went hunting in the mountains together.

Xiang Gang also returned to Qunyingzhai and continued to lead the team members to sweat and train like rain.

When Xia Lao came this time, in addition to sending them trucks, he also brought a piece of news, saying that in a month, the provincial military region would select 100 people to form an elite regiment to go to the southern border, and the selected members would be directly promoted to the first level, and meritorious service was another matter.

Qunying Village is eager to try.

It's not all about promotion, it's more about honor, the sense of mission that I can finally do something for the country.

In this way, I am afraid that it will be another closed month.

No wonder he pestered her last night to ask for it until dawn.

Ying Fang rubbed her sore waist and sat up from the bed.

I went to bed before nine o'clock, and slept until dawn, but I still yawned.

On the small bed, Nuan Nuan also woke up, and saw that the big baby on the left was still sleeping, and the little baby on the right was also closed.

The little girl waved her arms, kicked her legs, turned over, raised her head, faced the big bed, and grinned at Yingfang: "Dad!"

Ying Fang was stunned for a moment, and then rushed to the small bed in surprise: "Nuan Nuan, will you call Dad?

"Dad!" the little girl snapped out another monosyllabic word.

"Good girl! That's amazing! Come, now call Mom, shout with Mom, Mom-Mom-"

"Dad!"

"I know you're going to call Dad, now let's learn to call Mom. ”

"Dad!"

Yingfang: "......"

Your father has only hugged you a few times, and it is the old lady who gives you and urine on weekdays!

"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy—"

...... "Okay!

"Giggles-" The little girl saw Yingfang deliberately making a tiger face, thinking that she was playing with her, so she looked up and laughed excitedly, and from time to time burst out a string of "Daddy, Daddy".

Ying Fang completely lost her temper: "Okay, okay, what do you like to call." ”

The little girl giggled and rolled over on the bed, and accidentally pressed the big baby next to her, the big baby was woken up, Yingfang thought it was broken, and now she was going to cry.

Unexpectedly, the little girl immediately came with a crisp sentence of "Dad", the big baby rubbed her eyes and looked around blankly, and responded for a while: "Da".

"Dad!"

“da！”

"Dad!"

“da！”

Yingfang supports the forehead.

At breakfast, Jiang Xinrou listened to her daughter say that the second baby would call "Dad", but she couldn't call her mother yet, and said with a smile: "It's already good to call Dad, which is a few days away from six months." It usually takes eight or nine months to shout. Didn't listen to your fifth aunt, her little grandson is eighteen months old and can only call her parents, nothing else, she is worried to death. ”

Sister-in-law Fu also said: "Generally, the girl speaks early. Some of them are over the age of one, and they have to hold on to the wall when they walk, and they can talk with their mouths croaking. Male babies are early toddlers and have delayed language development. ”

"Yes, that's normal, there's no need to rush. ”

Yingfang didn't mean that she was in a hurry, but that she was jealous.

"Bad girl, the first one to scream is actually her father. Her father had only hugged her a few times. ”

Jiang Xinrou smiled: "Child, are you still talking to her? Anyway, Nuan Nuan is like you, the first word you would say when you were a child was also 'Dad', but it made your dad happy, and his tail was raised to the sky." At that time, he, like Xiao Xiang, only went home once in ten days and a half months, and every time he came back, he hugged you and didn't let go, eating and sleeping. When you were six months old, your dad came home, and you pounced on it, and opened your mouth with a string of 'daddy, daddy', and your dad was so excited that they all had the same hands and feet......"

"Really?" Ying Fang's apricot eyes sparkled when she heard it, urging her mother to tell more interesting stories about her childhood.

Jiang Xinrou hugged her grandson, teased her granddaughter, and talked endlessly.