In the mountains and forests in spring, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the fresh breath of the grass and trees in the field always makes people happy. Although Bao is talking about wild fruits in his mouth, where are the wild fruits except for some bitter wild vegetables in this spring? Instead, the noisy wildflowers on the fruit trees were in full bloom, attracting some early wild bees to buzz and fly.

Under a crooked old tree at the foot of the mountain, Ah Bao looked at Brother Li'er taking out an oiled paper bag in the tree hole, wiped his nose and looked up and said, "Brother Li'er!" Can a slingshot still make? ”

Brother Xiaoli jumped back to the ground with a "bang", wiped the dew on the oil paper bag, and took out a black slingshot inside! The hardwood handle cow tendon string and cowhide marble pocket are very well maintained. Pulling the bowstring, he grinned and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's not soaked in dew, so it's okay!" ”

Ah Bao hurriedly rummaged in the back basket, and a plantain leaf contained a large handful of small stones of various colors, most of which were round and very even, which was the bullet that he and Sister Ah helped Brother Li find to hunt birds. In the past three months, since Ah Bao and Brother Li'er went up the mountain to fetch firewood together, Brother Li'er's good slingshot really opened his eyes! Hitting birds within 20 steps is almost a hundred shots, but the aunt who leaves her brother doesn't like to play with these things, but teaches her brother to read and write every afternoon. This literate woman is really rare in this mountain village, and the neighbors have a little more respect for the aunt who is away from her brother, but they are also a little more estranged...... Leaving his brother is filial, he is afraid that A-Niang will be angry, so he does not fiddle with the slingshot at home, and only hides the slingshot on the mountain with Po to play.

The two dolls took off their straw sandals and walked barefoot among the trees, and from time to time the bowstring sounded, startling several birds and birds fleeing for their lives, and occasionally mixed with little Po's excited praise......

Two hours passed, and Brother Li'er and Ah Bao sat breathlessly on a big rock halfway up the mountain to rest, and the two of them had already tied up a bundle of green firewood, and Ah Bao's small bamboo basket still had seven or eight fat birds hidden in it.

On the edge of the stream, Brother Li'er took a small piece of sharp iron and cleaned the intestines of the birds, and the feathers of the birds were left alone, and the fire would turn to ashes. In the distance, Ah Bao placed some dry branches mixed with broken grass in the open space among a few stones, happily breaking two strong green branches, and preparing to barbecue the birds from his brother.

Three pairs of eyes suddenly appeared under the tree not far away, and three slightly older teenagers squatted sloppily on the ground looking at the elated little Bao, each with a bundle of green firewood beside him, and it seemed that they were all going up the mountain to fetch firewood to help the teenagers at home.

A thin young man with a face as long as a donkey looked at Ah Bao in the distance, rubbed his hungry shriveled belly, and whispered to the black-faced young man led by him: "Erlang! Ah Bao is so happy, it must be that Brother Li'er shot a lot of birds! This little turtle is really lucky, and he always gets some benefits from climbing with his brother......"

"Humph!" The black-faced young man named Erlang snorted hatefully: "What's the big deal with my brother?" It's not that slingshot! If you have such a good slingshot at home, you will have to taste the taste of roasted bird meat often! ”

"It's just, that brother is a good hand, we have been beaten a few times, crying dad called mother, went to his house to block the door, but didn't dare to ......," the donkey-faced boy swallowed saliva and said hatefully. But he didn't want a thin boy with a snot dragging his nose next to him, but pointed to Ah Bao, who was busy, and whispered: "Otherwise, how about we take advantage of Brother Li'er's absence, first restrain this little turtle to clean it up, and then exchange him for Brother Li'er's slingshot?" ”

Erlang, who was the leader, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became angry: "What kind of fart? I can't get used to the little turtle's aunt being a prodigal, so I hate him! I am greedy for my brother's slingshot and will be snatched or gambled openly, what kind of hero is it to take this little turtle to blackmail my brother? Get out of the way, don't make any more of these bad ideas! ”

The snotty young man shrank his head and didn't dare to speak, but he was very disdainful in his heart...... "Don't you snatch or gamble?" ”

Ah Bao got the branches and firewood and grass, and was looking forward to coming back from his brother, but he didn't want to hear a few footsteps behind him. When I looked back, it was the black-faced Qiao Jiajilang and his two companions who were staring at themselves with bared teeth! Ah Bao panicked, his legs were a little weak for a while, these teenagers are dolls at the head of the village, and they like to bully Ah Bao the most on weekdays, if it weren't for the support of his brother, Ah Bao didn't even dare to go up the mountain to fetch firewood because he was afraid of them.

The black-faced Erlang just looked at Ah Bao coldly and didn't say a word, and the donkey-faced boy on the side stepped forward and kicked Ah Bao's green firewood aside, holding a small tattered firewood knife in his hand and scolding: "Little turtle! Didn't I warn you? You are not allowed to come up to fetch firewood in this front mountain, is it that the skin and flesh are tight and want to loosen up again? You have a mother at home who can do a businessless business to feed you, and what kind of firewood do you come out to fight? It's really not good, you still have two sisters, teach them to come out and do that business, can't you be happy at home......"

The donkey-faced boy scolded him for his mother, and although Ah Bao was resentful, he only gritted his teeth and endured it, but the donkey-faced boy became more and more arrogant and began to insult Ah Bao's two sisters...... Po is furious!

"Fart! You are not allowed to slander my sister's reputation! I'm fighting with you! "Ah Bao's eyes were red, and he jumped up and hit the donkey-faced boy's stomach!" Bang", the donkey-faced boy fell to the ground with his feet facing the sky, the back of his head hurt, and when he reached out to touch it, he was already swollen with a big bag! "Straight sissy thief! Little turtle! Looking for ...... to beat" The donkey-faced boy kicked away Po who was pounced on him, got up and punched Po in the face!

Po fell to the ground, still crying and scolding, the donkey-faced boy was just about to step forward and hit again, only to feel a "snap" on his forehead, a sharp pain immediately hit, and his eyes were black and he sat on the ground with a bang!

"Leave my brother!" Erlang, who was frowning and watching the excitement next to him, was startled, and immediately shrank his head to look into the distance, only to see a young man standing tall on a big rock, holding the black slingshot in his hand tightly, and throwing seven or eight cleaned birds at his feet.

The donkey-faced boy immediately rolled and crawled out of the distance, covering his bruised and painful forehead and crying: "You! I slapped my forehead again, and secretly attacked me shamelessly......"

Brother Li'er stood on the boulder and replied, "How many of you want to be shameless?" While I'm not bullying little Po, what kind of hero is I? ”

Jiro glanced at the slug hiding behind him, gritted his teeth and stood up! shouted at the brother-in-law who was staring at him: "This little turtle's house is doing that shady business!" Why can't you fight? Looking for you today, I still bet with you, let's have a fight, bet on your slingshot! If you win, we will avoid you in the future, and we will never fight this little turtle again! If you lose, and the slingshot is mine, I will not fight this little turtle again...... What do you think? ”

Standing on top of the boulder, in fact, my heart is also up and down, without him, there is no suitable stone bullet at hand! If the other party ran over to fight together, he would actually have to flee in the wilderness. Wen Yan also gritted his teeth: "Then I'll fight with you!" It's just that this gamble is too unfair, if you lose, the three of you must no longer bully Bao, and you are not allowed to insult his family in the future! His father died early, no matter what she did, her mother just wanted to support their three sisters and brothers, why did you practice the brothers in the same village? ”

Erlang was stunned for a moment, looked at Ah Bao, who was still hating and hating himself with a nosebleed next to him, and replied involuntarily: "Then it's up to you!" ”

In a clearing, five teenagers stood on two sides, three large against two smaller. Nosebleed glared at Zibao...... Brother Li'er and Erlang took off their clothes and stood up naked, and behind the two of them, the donkey-faced slugs and the nosebleeds, Ah Bao, were all cheering......

In the alley next to the old locust tree in the village, Yang Shilang was squatting in his yard picking up farm tools, looked back at the Hun family sitting at the door of the house and mending clothes, and said in a low voice: "This year's year is not good, and the mouth is heavy, but I have wronged you and the doll." ”

Yang lowered his head and bit off the sewing thread, and said slowly: "It's not a big deal, it's good to live a peaceful life, let's take my brother to live a good life, and let him read and write and start a family in the future." The two of us can also be worthy of the hard-working sister Yue'er...... If you really can't do it...... Just leave Sister Yue'er ......"

"No!" Yang Shilang shook his head resolutely: "That's the idea that the moon lady left for the doll, even if it is bitter, it can't be moved!" As he spoke, he continued to look down and pick up the worn-out farm tools, but his back became more and more curved.

At noon, Brother Li, who was carrying a bundle of green firewood, walked into the yard briskly, first ran to the water tank and washed his face, and then came to the door and said to A-Niang, who was busy on the stove: "A-Niang! I had a tooth change today! Do you want to put the lost tooth under the door shaft? ”

Yang was busy cooking, because his doll was changing his teeth this year, so he didn't pay much attention to it, just smiled: "If it's the upper teeth, it's placed under the door shaft, and if the lower teeth are thrown above the roof!" ”

Li'er answered, put a tooth behind the door shaft, and ran to the firewood room to put firewood. Yang Shilang, who was repairing the fence on the edge of the yard, took a closer look at his doll, frowned slightly and followed.

"Daddy!" The brother who lost a front tooth was a little panicked for no reason, but he still grinned at his father. Yang Shilang looked his son up and down, and asked in a low voice, "What?" Fighting with someone? ”

Brother Li'er looked at his father's eyes, and finally lowered his head: "Hmm! didn't dare to deceive his father, because the three of them bullied Ah Bao because the three of them at the head of the village had a fight, and they didn't decide the winner...... The child's tooth was about to fall out, so he knocked it out, but the guy didn't end well! was beaten by me, and it is estimated that his aunt will never be able to get rid of him when he goes home! ”

Yang Shilang smiled, his family has been in the army for several years, and he can still recognize the wounds at a glance. The little doll is nothing to fight, but his mind is very soft at a young age, and it is really worthy of it...... Alas......

Yang Shilang touched the doll's head, and by the way, he helped him comb his slightly scattered hair: "Since our family is in the township, it's not appropriate to just learn literacy from your mother, so ...... Daddy will teach you a little bit of tempering kung fu in the army when he has nothing to do in the future, but you remember not to tell your mother! Don't use these kung fu to bully fellow villagers, remember? ”

"Really? Daddy's words count! Brother Li'er's eyes lit up, and he hugged Daddy's arm and said in surprise.

"Alright! Pack yourself up and get ready to eat! ”