Chapter 7: Sheep
Abstract: The turmoil finally hit Zhang Yu's hometown, and the sheep in Zhang Yu's family were infected
Zhang Yu originally wanted to carefully reconsider the reasons for her uneasiness, hoping to find some clues and take precautions in advance, but unfortunately, she didn't have time to think about these things soon.
On this day, Zhang Yu went to the backyard to feed his sheep as usual, but found that one of the sheep was paralyzed on the ground weakly, and the other sheep were far away, not daring to approach, as if there was something terrible on its body.
Zhang Yu felt that something was wrong, so he immediately walked over to check on the condition of the sheep.
After some inspection, Zhang Yu found that the sheep should be infected, because the sheep had a fever, and after careful searching, Zhang Yu found a lot of bags that had been bitten by mosquitoes on this sheep.
During this period of time, Zhang Yu's family insisted on cleaning the sheepfold every day, but unfortunately, the environment of the sheepfold still inevitably breeds some mosquitoes, this kind of thing cannot be eliminated at all, and Zhang Yu has no way to deal with it.
During this time, she still fed some food in the space from time to time, so that these sheep could strengthen their defenses, but unfortunately, now it seems that it is finally impossible to prevent it.
Zhang Yu quickly informed his family about this sheep. The family worked a lot, but unfortunately, in the end, the sheep was still in a catastrophe, so it didn't work.
This incident made the family's hearts sink all of a sudden.
"Dad! Didn't the radio say that this matter was going to pass? Why is this happening to us here? Zhang Jian was very puzzled.
"yes, didn't you say that those mutated mosquitoes and flies only live for twenty days? It's almost time! The county seat is far away from us, so those mosquitoes and flies shouldn't be able to fly here, right? Zhang's mother was also puzzled by this.
"How can you believe all the things on the radio!" Zhang Yu didn't have much hope for those broadcasts.
"Second sister! What's going on, you say? Isn't it, in the future, we also have to defend against these mosquitoes! There are so many mosquito repellent plants at home! ”
"I guess, but the mosquitoes here have also mutated, in short, everyone should be careful in the future, especially Xiao Haoyu lives here now, his resistance is poor, and he needs to pay more attention." Zhang Yu thought for a while and said.
"What? The mosquitoes here have also mutated, so after that, isn't there no fun for such things? After hearing Zhang Yu's words, Zhang Jian shouted.
"If that's the case, then we're going to have trouble here, hey!" Father Zhang said with emotion.
"Dad! Why the hell are you raising so many sheep? Zhang Yu was very puzzled by this question, and asked it many times before, but unfortunately Zhang's father didn't tell her until now.
"You've asked so many times, and now you're telling you, there's nothing left!" Zhang's father replied.
"Oh! What the hell is going on, Dad? I'm curious, too! Zhang Jian also hurriedly expressed his interest.
"Speaking of which, at that time, I didn't know how I bought so many kinds of things like that!" Zhang's father recalled.
"Ahh Dad, you don't know it yourself! Zhang Jian was surprised.
"......" Zhang Yu was also speechless about this.
"Of course not." Father Zhang emphasized. "I remember, that day I went to the city to run errands, and somehow, I walked into the Xinhua bookstore and happened to see a book there."
"It says that it is talking about ancient sacrifices, blessings, and the like, and it just happens to be the explanation of sheep."
I remember that it said: "sheep" and "auspicious" are all fake. "Sheep, auspicious, so auspicious gifts are used." "Hanshu • Nanyue Chronicles" recorded: "At the time of Wei Tuo, there were five-colored sheep, thinking that they were Rui. ”
There is also a legend: during the reign of King Yi of Zhou, five immortals rode five sheep with six strings of grain ears to Chuting (the ancient name of Guangzhou) and gave the ears of grain to the people, wishing that there would be no famine here. The words of the immortals disappeared, and the sheep turned into stone. ”
"Qin and Han Jinshi mostly take sheep as "auspicious", and "auspicious" is written as "auspicious sheep". Even people call the coat of the mother to carry the fetus "amniotic membrane", and the fluid that provides life for the fetus is called "amniotic fluid". ”
In idioms and many folk arts, sheep are also used to represent auspiciousness. Such as "Sanyang Kaitai". The Book of Changes takes the first month as the Thai hexagram, and the three yangs are born below. Winter goes to spring solstice, yin disappears and yang grows, and there are auspicious signs. Therefore, "Sanyang Kaitai" or "Sanyang Jiaoyu" is the auspicious words of the year. ”
Zhang's father said a lot of legends about sheep, and Zhang Yu heard of these things for the first time. However, she still didn't know why her father bought the sheep.
Seeing the puzzled expressions of his family, Zhang's father continued: "After reading so many legends of sheep, I didn't feel anything at the time, so I left like that, but as soon as I came out of the bookstore, I happened to see a fortune teller. ”
"Fortune teller, Dad, don't you believe in those?" Zhang Yu was puzzled.
"Well, I don't believe it, but, that day, somehow, I suddenly ran over to tell my fortune." Zhang's father can't tell why he went to fortune-telling at that time.
"Oh, what did you count that day?" Zhang Yu asked.
"Didn't you say the end of the world? So I asked for peace. Father Zhang replied. Then the fortune teller asked me to write a word to measure the word. ”
"I happened to read the legend of the sheep, and it didn't say that "sheep" means "auspicious", so I wrote the word "sheep". Zhang's father recalled the scene at that time.
"So, what did the fortune teller say?" Zhang's father's words completely aroused Zhang Jian's interest.
"That fortune teller said a lot, but what he said was some ancient texts or something, and I don't know what he meant, and now I can't remember what he said." Zhang's father replied.
"......" Hearing Zhang's father's words, Zhang Jian was speechless and immediately wilted.
"I didn't hear the words clearly, but I still remember his explanation." Seeing Zhang Jian's expression, Zhang's father hurriedly said. What he meant was that if I wanted peace, the word "sheep" was very auspicious, and suggested that I buy some sheep and feed them well. ”
"Because I listened to him, so, Dad, you bought so many sheep at once." Zhang Yu was incredulous at Zhang's father's behavior.
"Of course, more than that, he also said that sheep were used for sacrifice in ancient times, and they can withstand disasters, he said, if there are sheep at home, when disasters come, these sheep can resist disasters for their families and keep their families safe. Zhang's father continued to explain.
"Originally, I was just a little excited, but that day was so strange. After telling my fortune, I had just walked a short distance when I happened to meet a lamb seller. Now that I think about it, Zhang's father himself feels that what happened that day was unusual.
"When I saw the lambs, I went over and asked for the price, and the man said that his sheep were not only sold, but he had to buy at least 10 heads, and he explained that he was reluctant to sell them, but there was a sudden accident in his hometown, and he was in urgent need of money, so he was in a hurry to dispose of them at a low price."
"I saw that the sheep were really good, and the price he asked for was indeed lower than the market, so I was moved. Later, he said that if he bought them all, he could get a better discount, and I thought that if I bought more, I could block a few more disasters, and Xiao Yu happened to send so much money to his family, so he bought them all. Father Zhang finally explained the reason for the incident.
"You raised these sheep to use them to ward off disasters, that's why you won't let me slaughter them." Zhang Yu asked.
"Well, that day's incident, so coincidentally, I'm more concerned, anyway, there is no harm." Zhang's father replied.
"Now that a sheep is dead, if what the fortune teller said is really useful, who is it fighting for? The people in our family have eaten the special food produced in my space for so long, and these mosquitoes should have no effect on us. Zhang Yu asked.
"Isn't there still Haoyu?" At this time, Zhang's mother suddenly replied.
"That's right, and Xiao Haoyu!" Hearing Zhang's mother's words, Zhang Jian also echoed.
At this time, Zhang Yu remembered Haoyu. Haoyu is still young and relatively snooze, so he is not here, Zhang Yu didn't think about it for a while.
Thinking of Haoyu's small body, and then thinking about Zhang's father's words, Zhang Yu was shocked in his heart, could it be that what Zhang's father said was true?
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Now it's two more every day.,Everyone's red tickets and collections are all smashed over.。。