Chapter 14: The Boar

Feel the youth they can squander wantonly, and find that their mind is too much beyond their body. Now he is only three or four years older than them, and his attitude towards and handling things is like that of a middle-aged man in his forties. I also had that era, but what God gave me was not the passionate youth that I could squander at will and experience everywhere, but the torture of illness.

The habitual person took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and then reacted that he would have to ride a bicycle later, and it was not suitable for smoking when riding, so he took the cigarette out of his mouth and stuffed it into the cigarette case. Zhang Taiping originally had no cigarettes in his waist, but in the dozens of days since he came back, he found that the demand for cigarettes has not reached the point of being smoke-free and unhappy, and he can be properly adjusted and controlled. And because he had no money, he never bought cigarettes to smoke. This box of soft China was still stuffed in Yang Wanli's hand when he left, and a box of cigarettes of more than sixty yuan was more than three yuan on average, which was more than six or seven times more than usual, and he was really reluctant to waste it.

There was not much time, so they discussed the results. This time, the freckled girl and the two boys came forward together.

A slightly burly-looking boy* said in a pure Guanzhong dialect: "Brother, that's really annoying you, come and smoke a cigarette." ”

Zhang Taiping waved his hand and said, "No, let's go quickly, there is still a section of the road." ”

After hearing this, the freckled girl turned around and shouted, "Girls, hurry up." Then a group of people got into the car and followed Zhang Taiping.

Even though Zhang Taiping's bike was a decade or two earlier than theirs, and it was not as laborious to ride as a variable speed mountain bike or road bike, Zhang Taiping had to deliberately slow down to keep up.

During this period, several girls gathered around Zhang Taiping's left and right and chattered about this and that, which was nothing more than what they saw and heard in the mountains and the scenery of various animals. Zhang Taiping either nodded or explained in a few words. I also learned from their introduction that they are sophomores of Xi'an University of Technology, and they listened to their classmates convey the scenery of Fengyukou to the gods, so they came to see and scatter their hearts during the National Day.

Being with them can feel the breath of youth, which can fill the old heart with some vitality. But the generation gap in experience and mentality made him not want to say more.

Although it is incomprehensible to their casual confession to strangers, they do not have too much to say.

People will meet all kinds of people in their lives, but there are not many who can occupy a place in their hearts. The vast majority of people are just passers-by in life, hurrying back and forth, in the eyes of Ming Yue, it is just a projection of time in the long drama of life, and there are no waves or traces in the long river of life.

Listening to the laughter like a copper bell in the wind around me, the thoughts of my wife and daughter suddenly hit like a tide, surging in my heart. Unconsciously kicked the pedals, and the car shot out like an arrow.

After getting off the ring road, turning a hill, the sky suddenly darkened. The afterglow of the setting sun can't be sprinkled on the mountain, and the inside of the mountain is always darker than the sky outside.

The road along the river to Fengyukou Village is lively. The river is murmuring, tourists either walk by the river or sit on the big rocks to enjoy the light saber shadow cast on the top of the mountain, and some young people take off their shoes and socks and step on the clear and translucent river barefoot. Occasionally, someone threw a pebble or two down, and the water splashed everywhere, causing a splash of exclamation and laughter. It's as if everyone is friends here, and no one hates these innocuous jokes.

When they arrived, the group of students was immediately impressed by the scenery in front of them. Zhang Taiping said goodbye to them, stepped on the bicycle and pedaled hard, passed through Fengyukou Village, which was lined with farmhouses, and headed towards the village.

Out of Fengyukou Village, the sky became even darker.

October is the season when corn is ripe. The two-meter-high corn stalks are lined up on both sides like a column of silent and solemn soldiers, as if waiting for the order to attack at any time, and with the sky that suppresses the darkness, as if time and air have condensed, the faint of heart will never dare to pass through it, and the suffocating atmosphere will overwhelm people.

Zhang Taiping rode comfortably, a different scenery that is rare in the city. Sweeping away the heat of the day, the cool wind in the early autumn evening, like the touch of a lover, makes people's nervous and eager mood gradually relax. Darkness soothes the restlessness of the heart, and the non-stop hissing of crickets on the roadside is better than the pop music that fills the city.

Occasionally, the beam of light of a flashlight can be seen piercing the sky like a sharp sword, and it is someone guarding the corn in the field at night. Guarding the cornfield is not a man, but a wild boar descending from the mountain.

At this time of time, the corn kernels are full, crystal like pearls, high sugar content, and sweet and glutinous after cooking. It can also be stuffed under the stove with the corn husk for grilling, and when the husk is dry, the ashes are blown off, revealing the loose yellow corn kernels inside, which is delicious and pleasant. In the night market in the city, there is corn in the barbecue place every season, and the corn sold here is brushed with oil sauce and placed on the iron rack of barbecue, and after roasting, it is golden and shiny, and the unique corn fragrance can escape the whole street.

People know how to enjoy it, animals are not bad, and young corn with high sugar content is a favorite of monkeys and wild boars. There is not much to say about the monkey's clever surname, and the nose of a wild boar is better than a man's eyes. They can smell the sugar of corn from miles away, and they will come down the mountain in the evening.

Wild boars are social animals that practice polygamy, and often go out to a family of more than a dozen. In addition, they tend not to steal one or two like monkeys and then leave quickly, but will arch through the field like a plow, and their long beaks are like sickles, and they can eat an acre of land in one night.

Therefore, the villagers had no choice but to stay in the field at night for a period of time, bringing charging lights or flashlights and steel forks. Mainly to disturb, the wild boar is not very bold, the active attack surname is not strong, under normal circumstances, as long as it is disturbed, it will leave quickly, so that the guards can relax, do not have to stay in the geography all night.

Of course, there are exceptions to this, when wild boars are harmed, they go berserk. At this time, the wild boar is like the daredevil, completely in a state of madness, attacking whatever it sees. It is said that the mad boar has a glorious record of killing tigers.

Zhang Taiping was thinking about whether to break some fresh corn or boil or barbecue it when he went back.

"Ahh

Suddenly, a piercing roar came, breaking the quiet and natural night, and even the chirping of insects on the roadside was overwhelming, and everything was silent in an instant, adding a lot of miserable and terrifying atmosphere.

This was followed by a burst of grunts and staccato moans of pain.

When the sound of insects restarted, Zhang Taiping jumped out of the car, quietly identified the direction, and quickly ran away in the direction from which the sound came. Although his body was tall and burly, he was as dexterous as an ape when he shuttled through the fields, and when he approached the source of the sound, Zhang Taiping slowed down his steps and tiptoed away from the corn stalk in front of him. There is a small clearing in front of it, and a stout persimmon tree stands upright. There was a man lying on his stomach in the tree, and the staccato sound came from this. Under the tree, a wild boar ploughed the ground with four hooves, circled around the persimmon tree, accelerated and sprinted from time to time, and slammed the tree with its head, and the thick tree body was hit by it and shook violently, and the green and yellow persimmons on the tree fell down. The man in the tree clung to the trunk of the tree, and one of them fell, and now if it fell, it would really be dead.

Since childhood, the wild boar has developed a good physical strength to run 15-20 kilometers without stopping, and this extraordinary physical strength is even worthy of marathon runners. The most important thing is that the short-distance sprint speed of the wild boar is also very sharp, coupled with a brute force, the combination of speed and strength, ordinary people really dare not let it touch it slightly, lightly hurt the muscles and bones, heavy and even fatal.

Zhang Taiping took advantage of the wild boar to turn behind the tree, and quickly rushed out of the cornfield, like a dexterous monkey climbing up the tree. The people on the tree were taken aback and almost fell off the tree, but fortunately, Zhang Taiping quickly pulled it. When he raised his head, he saw the compatibility clearly, and it turned out to be Wang Bajin from the north of the village.

The surname is Wang, and the name is eight catties. In rural areas, especially in remote mountain villages, names are chosen very casually, and children are often named after something or something. Wang Bajin is just born when weighing eight catties, then named eight catties, because of the surname Wang, people often omit the last catty when called, directly to "Wang Ba" called.

Wang Bajin is less than thirty years old, and he looks like a good man, but now his face has been deformed because of pain, and it is covered with dense beads of sweat. Seeing that it was Zhang Taiping, he didn't speak, and even the moans of pain were suppressed.

In fact, the people in the village are a little afraid of Zhang Taiping, to be honest, Zhang Taiping was still a little chivalrous before, but with more ruthlessness, it was kneaded into a banditry, plus the body was naturally strong and burly, and he had practiced kung fu, and the oppressive force on ordinary people was quite large.

Zhang Taiping looked at his distorted face and asked, "What's wrong?" Let the boar arch? ”

Wang Bajin gritted his teeth and glared at the wild boar that was still wandering under the tree and said, "Alas, I will carry it home today, and I don't know what the dog said was crazy, so he arched his leg." ”

"How could it attack you?" Zhang Taiping asked puzzled.

"The hell knows what's crazy about this beast." Wang Bajin replied with a sad face, "At that time, I was sitting under the tree and smoking, and a group of dogs came big and small, if these guys were allowed to enter the ground, this piece of Baogu would definitely be useless." In a hurry, I threw the iron fork leaning against the tree, and the others were scared away, only this thing turned around and arched me. If I hadn't reacted quickly and climbed the tree, I guess I would have had to give my life to this beast today. ”

Zhang Taiping finally understood, it must have been the fork that pierced the boar's body. Wild boars are very timid if they are not attacked, and they run away in shock. But once it is hurt, it will go berserk, and immediately change from a coward to a stupid big man, attacking people when it sees them, and it will be very vindictive, often in a situation where they never die.

Take a closer look at this guy below. The canine teeth on the long mouth are exposed and flipped upwards in the shape of fangs. This is a male pig, and the female pig does not have fangs. The boar's tusks symbolize its status in a family group.

The body is strong, sixty or seventy centimeters tall, the limbs are thick and short, and the muscles and strength are mainly concentrated in the upper body. A thin short tail behind him. The mane on the back is long and stiff, and now because of excitement and anger, the mane stands on end, and the branches are like needles, and it can reach sixteen or seventeen centimeters long. These manes have the effect of heat preservation, and when it is hot in summer, it will automatically fall off a part, leaving only a small part of the back and head, and when it is cold, it will grow and grow all over the body, preventing cold and frost.