The New Year in this village should be said to be relatively lively. One is because I have lived in a village for many generations, and I help around on weekdays, not to mention the familiarity, but also a neighborhood in it.

The other is also because of how many years of tradition, the local flavor passed down from generation to generation, and it doesn't feel tacky to make a fuss, it's all countrymen, what is there to pay attention to, it's lively, it's not hot.

Liuwan is also the same as other villages, in addition to singing during the New Year, it is to make a social fire, as well as running flower drums, going to the temple to worship gods, going to relatives, and stringing friends, it can be said that they will not be idle every day.

As for the food, the radish, cabbage, and bean sprouts were all washed and prepared a year ago; because the weather was cold, it was easy to put away, and the roasted tofu, back to the pot meat, as well as meatballs, button meat, and stir-fried meat, were basically cooked; twist flowers, flower buns, and jujube flowers were also prepared for five days. Delicious, drunk and fun, before you know it, it's the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

That is, in the second half of the fifth day of the first lunar month, the sky is still bright, and every household begins to prepare dinner. Those who were early in the morning or who were waiting for relatives had already eaten and began to come out and walk around.

At this moment, I saw a daughter-in-law wearing brand-new Chinese-style clothes, that is, Fanwa's daughter-in-law Juanzi, walking unhurriedly from the east end of the alley, pushing open the courtyard door of Xing Haishan's house, entering the house, and then standing at the curtain of the partition wall, and said unhurriedly: "Brother, ah, the little daughter is gone." ”

"What?" let the wolf run away. "What about waiting?" "Just now." "Where?" "It's just outside the house." "Oh, you daughter-in-law, such a big thing is not in a hurry. "At that time, my legs were so frightened that I couldn't walk, and I couldn't shout. ”

"Oh, don't say it, hurry, hurry, lock the baby, the golden baby, hurry up and shout people. When the horse got off, the family rushed out of the courtyard gate in a hurry, and everyone ran while shouting loudly: "Come out quickly, the wolf has run away", "Come out, fight the wolf." ”

In an instant, twenty or thirty people came out of the alley, those who took mills, those who resisted the sword, those who carried knives, and those who held poles, and everyone ran all the way to the door of Fanwa's house, shouting "Fight the wolf, beat the wolf" and ran down from the fork of the ditch, and there were even young ones who jumped down the cliff step by step, and there were also those who sat down and slipped down the cliff.

The sound of shouting, footsteps, jumping cliffs, the sound of guys, and the sound of the wind mingled, and the earth rose and fell, the grass flew and the trees shook, and the dust rose everywhere.

But the ravine here is more than ten zhang deep, half a mile or even a few miles wide. And it's not a bare flat river, it's a ditch with a slope, a slope with a ridge, and the grass and trees are everywhere, even if it's not as dense as spring and summer, but it's hard to get enough for the eyes. Moreover, there are many caves in the horns.

Those beasts are very clever, and it is basically impossible to find a wolf hiding in such a large area and such a complex terrain. In addition, it was almost dark again, and twenty or thirty people searched around the ditch for a long time, but they only found one of the little daughter's claws, and they didn't even find any trace of the wolf.

This fan baby is the second child of Xing Qinglin's family, and her big name is Xing Haifan. Qinglin's family lives in Houtou Lane. In fact, this alley is in the north of Liuwan Village, but the people in the village call it Houtou Alley, and most of the people in this alley live with the surname Xing. Qinglin's family lives at the west end of the alley, and there are currently three sons and two daughters under his knees, and Fanwa is his second son.

After Fanwa got married, because her daughter-in-law Juanzi was a chronic child, and she couldn't do housework or talk, in the words of the villagers, she was a good person, and she didn't have crooked eyes and was stupid.

So, my father-in-law and my concubines don't like to see each other, and they are often angry because of this family. In addition, Fanwa's personality is not very good, so she moved out of the family in a fit of anger and lived in the kiln yard of their family along the back ditch. In fact, living in a kiln is more comfortable than a house, warm in winter and cool in summer, and comfortable.

But Fanwa's mother, Hui Xian felt uncomfortable, and always said that let the second child move back to live, and the family property and business were divided. But Fanwa just didn't want to move, and this matter has been dragged on like this, and it has become a fucking heartache.

Fanwa and Juanzi are two daughters and a son, the eldest is a daughter, the second is a son, the eldest is named Xing Yuzhu, the younger name is Zhu'er, and the third is a daughter, only two years old. Today, a fan baby led her eldest daughter and son to go to relatives, and the younger daughter had not come back when she had an accident. When everyone came back from the ditch, Fanwa and the others also returned.

Seeing so many people gathered at the door of his house, Fanwa felt bad, and ran a few steps before hearing that her little daughter had been run away by a wolf, "Oops." Fanwa howled, beat her chest and cried bitterly, Hairpin and Zhu'er also cried like a tearful person, and Juanzi kept wiping her tears. The women present couldn't help crying. Immediately there was a cry, heartbreaking.

After crying for a while, Fanwa scolded his wife and said, "I can't even look at the baby, what should I do with you." Juanzi also replied uncomfortably: "It's getting dark, and you haven't come back yet, so I said that I will go uphill with the bracelet and the top of the slope." As soon as I went out, I turned my face and locked the door, and the bracelet stood on the crotch of my forehead. The wolf in his eyes was holding the baby's neck, and he ran down the fork in the ditch. I was so shocked that I couldn't walk, and I couldn't shout......" Juanzi said aggrievedly wiping her tears.

Everyone knows that Juanzi is this person, and after listening to this, he also interjected: "Oh, you look amazing." "Sensei said, it's uncomfortable. "If you want to cry, let her cry twice, it's easy to get pregnant in October," "Fanwa, you also asked, she dared to do it on purpose, she didn't say anything, see you go back to the house," the wives present wiped their tears and persuaded: "This wolf killed people." ”

But Fanwa still reprimanded his wife endlessly: "If you dare, you won't shout, you won't scream." "Shouting, don't do anything. A wife's family, dare to pick it up. Then I hurriedly went to the village to call someone. "It's going to be sooner or later. You're all right, what are you running out of, what a lot of things. ”

"Fanwa, why are you here? If you don't come back, she dares not to be anxious in the house. "Ah, yes. Sensei said, hurry back. And they persuaded him. "Alas, the nest is dead, you know, let's go to relatives together, and it's okay. Fanwa sighed and blamed herself. This night, Fanwa didn't close her eyes. The eldest daughter, Zhu'er and Juanzi also sobbed for half the night.

Early the next morning, Fanwa called more than 30 people, took the guys, and went to Houtougou, Miaogou, Nangou and Longwanggou, that is, in the ditch around the village, and searched all over the ditch, but there was still no trace. Only occasionally I saw some wolf, some dry and some wet. Of course, there are foxes, wild dogs, and badger dung.

On the third day, Fanwa took some money early in the morning, packed a few buns and green onions in a small cloth bag, and carried a small can of cold boiling water (boiling water is called boiling water in the persimmon bay area), and walked all the way out of the village.

On the fifth day, two days after going out, Fanwa came back with two earthen guns on her shoulder, a small bag of black powder, and a small bag of iron seeds.

This earthen spear is the kind with a curved wooden nursery behind the iron pipe, and the gunpowder is poured through the muzzle with a narrow and long spoon, and the iron seed is gently pounded with an iron bar, and the iron seed is also scooped into it.

When the gun is fired, put the burning piece in the mechanism and get it stuck, and then aim and pull the trigger, and with a "bang", a thick smoke comes out of the barrel of the gun, and the iron seed hits out, scattered, and hits the prey like a blow the size of the bottom of a sieve, even if it is not dead, it is so injured that it can't run.

After that, as long as I didn't work in the field, even on a rainy day, I saw Fanwa running around in the field, in the ditch, and on the cliff. First, let's shoot back some small prey such as hares and pheasants. When they returned home, they had to cook and eat, and the family also improved their food, didn't they? The people in the village lived a hard life, and they generally didn't eat meat casually.

Gradually, the prey that Fanwa brought back was bigger, there were wild boars, wild dogs, and even badgers, foxes and so on, and finally hit the wolf, and the harvest can be said to be bigger and bigger. The meat at home is often eaten, and I can't eat it, so Juanzi also sends it to Lin'er near one bowl after another. I couldn't eat the meat oil in the house, so I gave it to my neighbors in small cans.

It's just that I can't take care of it here, and because the bracelet was taken away by a wolf, the Xing family can be said to have a very happy situation. Without saying a word, the brothers and sisters of the Xing family worked together and moved the Fanwa family back from the kiln. This time, Fanwa didn't lose her temper anymore, so she had to obediently obey everyone's wishes.

After moving back, Fanwa still hunted. In the big yard of Lao Xing's family, there are often smiling faces, eating greasy hands, and no one dislikes Juanzi anymore. What about Juanzi? It's like a different person, and she does this and that job, and she can talk about it all day.

Because of Fanwa's hunting, gradually, there are fewer animals that spoil crops and domestic animals, such as chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs, and cows. Moreover, there is more to talk about in the village, isn't it? When Fanwa has nothing to sit idle, he loves to talk about his hunting experience, especially when he describes the hunting scene vividly, just like a storyteller, everyone listens to it with relish and envy. Even when they saw the prey that Fanwa and his son had brought back, there were not a few who were red-eyed.

Fanwa tasted the sweetness of hunting, and also taught his son, Zhu'er, to learn to shoot earth guns. When you hear "dong dong" from afar, you know that Fanwa is open again. Dressed in Chinese-style clothes and carrying shotguns, the father and son walked on the majestic yellow earth, which became a charming scenery of the quaint village.

Gradually, there were more young people in the village who wanted to learn to hunt, so this fan baby naturally became a "master". It is also for this reason that this Fan Wa and even Lao Xing's family are more popular in the village than before, if there is something at home, needless to say, the neighbors will come to come up with ideas, money and efforts, and even as for other alleys, there are also those who take the initiative to come over to help.

As for Fanwa's house and even the nearby open field, it has become a training ground for young people to learn to shoot. Even at night, Fanwa's house is often where you come and go, ask for advice on marksmanship, and sit and chat.

Because of hunting, the quiet village has come alive, and Liuwan has gradually become a village with a relatively high concentration of hunters near Lin'er. As for whether there will be any incidents due to hunting, it is unknown for the time being.