Hearing the fuss say this, Brother Hao and I were stunned, vaguely as if it was indeed said so, but is there anything wrong with saying this?

The two of us followed with big eyes and walked to the door, just as we met the smiling cart selling rat poison and left, shaking our heads and muttering as we went, "How can there be no rats!" ”

The big fuss entered the gate again, "Auntie, did you just say that there are no rats here." ”

The aunt looked up at us and said angrily: "Yes, our place is amazing, and there are no mice since I was a child!" ”

Hearing this, he turned his head to look at the two of us, then turned his head and asked, "Is there no rat in this whole village?" ”

The aunt thought for a while and said, "I really asked about this matter, there are really no rats in this part of our house, and there are rats in a distant place, but there are not many, out of this village, there are still rats in other villages." ”

He made a fuss and said to the two of us, "This is really a strange thing, it's quite strange that there are no rats in this village!" ”

The aunt smiled and said: "We all say that our land is a treasure of feng shui, and there are gods living in this well, and rats dare not come!" ”

He made a fuss and looked at the two of us, and said meaningfully: "It turns out that there are gods, no wonder there are no mice, it is really a treasure of feng shui." ”

Walking out of the aunt's house, we returned to the old house of Granny Hua, stared at the old house for a long time, looked at the reeds, and said thoughtfully: "We will meet this old fairy tonight to see if we have this fate." ”

He turned to look at me and Brother Hao and said, "We have to prepare something to honor the old gods." ”

got into the car, made a fuss and drove directly to the Huai River.

This Huai River is one of the "four desecrations" in ancient times, and the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, Jishui side by side, one of the seven major rivers in our country, and at the same time with the Qinling Mountains constitute the dividing line between the north and south of our country, there are many disasters and difficulties in history, floods often occur, even the great man has been instructed, we must control the Huai River well. Because of frequent disasters, the lives of the people on both sides of the strait are often unsustainable, and they flee from famine to ask for food, and the perennial hardship has also caused the people here to be fierce.

In ancient times, Zhu Yuanzhang raised troops from the Huai River, and in modern times, Li Hongzhang's Huai Army also started from here, and the Huaihai Campaign in the War of Liberation will also be fought here. Historically, this was a land of suffering, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the lives of the people were settled down.

Since ancient times, the people who rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the sea to eat the sea, and the people near the Huai River not only grow some food, but also go down to the river to fish is also a part of life.

Iron boats, wooden boats, bring nets, wire nets, some use rolling hooks, grab some kidneys, trevally slivers, silver carp, eat some at home, and the rest can be sold for some money to subsidize the family.

We parked the car on the side of the Huai River dam, this season, the willow trees have pulled out new leaves, at a glance a green piece, it is very beautiful, especially the willow forest of the berm along the dam can not see the end at a glance, the willow branches swing with the wind, one after another, it is magnificent.

Walking two steps to the river beach, you can see sporadic fishing boats leaning against the river to collect their nets, making a fuss and walking up quickly, handing a cigarette, and talking to a fisherman: "How is it today, the harvest seems to be good!" ”

The man looked up, took the cigarette and smiled: "What kind of fish does the boss like, buy some and go back to burn it?" ”

Pull open the net to see, there are not many big fish, but there are a lot of trevally slivers, which are quite fat.

Dafu picked up a few trevally slivers from the net, and said to the fisherman, "Let's get some trevally!" ”

The man hurriedly shook off the net and said, "Boss has good eyesight, you see how fat this trevally is a sliver, go back and boil it with soy sauce, and then paste some cakes on the pot, fragrant!" ”

Brother Hao and I were drooling by him, this trevally is good, I haven't eaten it for a long time, it looks really greedy.

In this way, after picking up half a bag, the fisherman still had to pick it up, and he made a fuss and said, "Enough, these are enough, how much?" ”

The man didn't ask for a price, he asked for two dollars.

Brother Hao and I saw that we had paid the money and turned around and were about to leave, but I didn't expect to stand there and ask again, do you sell this fishing net?

When the man heard this, he laughed and said, "The boss is joking, this is the guy we eat, how can we sell it!" ”

Dafu handed over a cigarette and said, "I have an urgent need, can you make a price?" ”

The man still smiled and shook his head, an incredulous expression on his face.

The big man stared at the fisher and continued, "How about 100? ”

The man was silent.

He made a fuss and said, "200 lines?" ”

The man was a little surprised, raised his head and looked at the fuss, "Boss, are you serious?" ”

Dafu didn't speak, but directly took out the money, held it in his hand and said, "You have to agree, you can take this money now." ”

It's still the face of the money, and the mermaid doesn't want it, so he picks up the money and says, you all take it.

We didn't want the extra fish, but now there is something wrong with it, and it is inconvenient, so let the fishermen pick up all the fish. He scoured the net in the river, cleaned it, tied the net, put it on his back, and left.

On the way, we found a small shop, bought some biscuits and bread, and then drove to the vicinity of Granny Hua's old house, and waited quietly for night to fall while eating.

In the evening, we got out of the car and put the fish we bought during the day under the gable of the old house, and when we returned to the car, we closed the windows and waited quietly.

It didn't take much effort to get completely dark, and the night of the season was still a little cold, so we wrapped our clothes and continued to stare in the direction of the old house.

Wait until about 9 o'clock in the evening, and it's already quiet. People in the countryside went to bed early, and when they looked around, it was already dark, and there was no light in sight.

Brother Hao and I couldn't stand it anymore, took out the cigarette and prepared to smoke a cigarette to relieve fatigue, turned to look at the two of us, shook his head, I knew that I still had to be restrained at this time, so I had to put the cigarette away, rub my face, cheer up and continue to stare at.

Time passed like this, I don't know how long it took, I felt like my eyelids were filled with lead, straight down, and I was about to close, suddenly, I was pushed violently, I was startled, I opened my eyes and sat up straight.

I was about to speak, Da Hao put his hand on my mouth, I saw that Da Hao and Hao Ge both had their ears pricked up, I also eased up, pricked up my ears to listen, and I heard the direction of the old well, in the reeds, there was a cat meow.

It's not very loud, but it's very bleak, even a little scary, and it makes people's scalps tingle to listen to in this silent night.

We knew that the main owner had appeared, and we all stared nervously out of the window, and after this cat meow, the surroundings were quiet again, and there was no movement for a long time, and I looked at them suspiciously, wondering if I had heard it wrong.

They didn't move, still looking out, and just then I heard a slight rustling of something moving outside.

I leaned on the window of the car and looked out, and I saw a dark shadow under the starlight cautiously walking from the reeds towards the old house, and we were all too nervous to move.

The thing was very careful, slowly walked to the gable of the old house, stopped again, and looked around, and then I saw clearly that it was a very large black cat, its two eyes shining green in the night, and it looked particularly bright under the support of the black figure.

After looking at it for a while, it was sure that the surroundings were safer, so it slowly walked to the bag of fish that was put in the big trouble, circled around the bag a few times, tried it with its paws a few times, sniffed it, and finally squatted there to eat it with confidence.

Seeing the big black cat eat the fish, he motioned to us, picked up the fishing net, gently opened the car door, tiptoed out of the car, and slowly approached it.

The night in the countryside was so quiet that we didn't dare to go out, and I could even hear my own heartbeat.

Seeing that we were getting closer and closer, suddenly, the dog in the village not far away suddenly barked, the cat was very alert, and stopped eating at once, raised its head and looked around, we were so frightened that we quickly lay on the ground, and did not dare to raise our heads.

The cat watched for a long time, and waited until the surroundings were quiet again, it lowered its head and continued to eat, and watched the cat relax its vigilance, and the cat slowly approached a little closer at the waist, and Haoge and I also followed quietly behind.

At this time, the big fuss turned his head and motioned to the two of us to the left, one to the right, three directions to outflank, the two of us nodded, respectively, to move in two directions to the side, the temperature was not high at night, but this tense atmosphere made my head sweat, for fear of making any noise, alarming the big black cat.

I was really afraid of something, and suddenly in this quiet night, I heard someone "oops", I was so frightened that I squatted on the ground and didn't dare to move, and the black cat immediately raised its head when it heard the sound, and it seemed that it was going to run at any time.

I have to say that this former soldier, the on-the-spot reaction speed is fast, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he made a force, rushed forward, kicked the ground with both feet, and his body flew up all of a sudden. In the air, he exerted his strength at the waist and twisted into the air, and the fishing net on his back was scattered at once, covering the black cat underneath.

The black cat was suddenly covered by the fishing net from the sky, and immediately launched a frenzy, constantly struggling inside, and also made a "whoosh" sound, the sound was as terrible as a night owl, and the low roar was like a tiger and leopard.

I was a little confused by this posture and didn't know what to do next.

I heard the big commotion shouting in a low voice: "Come up and help!" "I threw myself into that net all at once.

As soon as Haoge and I heard the big commotion, we also stood up and rushed forward, but we underestimated this big black cat too much, and before Brother Hao and I got to the front, the cat broke free from the net three times and two times, and rushed in the direction of Haoge.

Hao Ge hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab it, and when he heard Brother Hao's scream, the cat ran out from under Brother Hao's armpit.

At this time, I was in the opposite direction of Hao Ge, the farthest away from him, and the big fuss was closer than me, and the big fuss quickly turned around to chase, in this dark night, in the blink of an eye, the big black cat had already run away without a trace.

Looking at the direction in which the black cat ran away, we gasped, but there was no way at all, at this time, remembering Brother Hao's cry just now, I hurried over to take a look, but saw Brother Hao's right hand covering his left arm, baring his teeth, and inhaling cold air.

"How?" Nervously asked.

I took a closer look, and there was already blood gushing out of Brother Hao's fingers, so I hurriedly helped Brother Hao back to the car first.

When I got to the car, I turned on the lights and checked carefully, only to find that Brother Hao's injuries were more serious than expected, the cat was extremely tough, the clothes on Brother Hao's arms were scratched by the cat's claws, and several claw marks left deep wounds on Brother Hao's arms, and blood gushed out.

I hurriedly found a clean cloth for Brother Hao to bandage the wound, and watched the bleeding slowly stop, and we breathed a sigh of relief.

Brother Hao said with palpitations: "Fortunately, this time it is on the arm, if this is on the face, I will be disfigured." ”

Brother Hao said easily, but we were not in the mood to laugh at this time, so we took out the cigarette, lit one, and then looked out the window and said, "It won't come back tonight, let's find a clinic first and give Brother Hao a vaccine." ”

At this time, it was already the middle of the night, and we drove around the village while looking for it, and finally saw a wooden sign hanging at the gate of a courtyard, which read: Wu Ruijun Health Center.

The doctor was already asleep by this time, and I stood at the door and shouted for a long time before I heard someone come out.

When I opened the courtyard gate, I saw an old man, dressed in clothes, looking at the three of us and asking, "What are you doing?" ”

I pointed at Brother Hao and said, "He was scratched by a cat, so he came to get a rabies vaccine." ”

The old man looked at Brother Hao's arm, turned around and said, "Come in."

It's a very simple clinic, with two chairs, a few glass cabinets, some medicines in it, and a few human anatomy drawings on the wall.

We sat down on the stool, and the old man came over to untie the cloth on Brother Hao's wound to check the situation.

When the cloth was untied, the old man also showed a surprised expression on his face, looked up at Brother Hao and said, "This is a cat scratch?" ”

We all nodded, and the old man looked incredulous.

He brought alcohol to disinfect the wound, when the alcohol cotton rubbed on the wound, Brother Hao shivered in pain, and kept inhaling cold air in his mouth, the old man said while wiping: "What kind of cat is this, the injury is so bad, I don't know that I think you were caught by a leopard and a tiger!" ”

The three of us couldn't explain it well, so we urged the doctor to quickly bandage it.

It didn't take much effort, the wound was bandaged, and I was vaccinated, and I was relieved.

Seeing that Brother Hao was getting better, he made a fuss and stuffed the money to the old doctor, and when the old doctor looked at an old man's head, he said that it would not be so much, and he turned around to look for money. He stopped the old man and said, "I'm sorry to disturb you so late, just accept it, a little bit of our mind." The old man and Da Hao politely accepted it, and said with a smile, "I'll go and pour you some tea." ”

After a while, the old doctor brought three cups of tea, took the tea, took out a cigarette to salute the old doctor, the old man took it with a smile, and chatted with the old man: "Uncle, this is the clinic in this village, right?" ”

The uncle lit the cigarette, nodded and said, "Yes, all these ten miles and eight towns have come here." ”

Da Fu took the tea in his hand and turned around, and asked, "Is there a blacksmith shop in this village?" ”

The old man said enthusiastically, "Yes, just go out of this hospital and go to the right, keep walking, and in the middle of the village, at a crossroads, you can see." ”

"Are you going to buy a sickle and axe, his family is doing really well!"

made a fuss and didn't say anything, so he said, "Thank you, uncle, after drinking tea, we'll leave, and we'll go to see it tomorrow." ”

Out of the door, the fuss was in the direction that the uncle said, and it didn't take long to find a place, there was a big tree at the door, and there was a sign hanging on the big tree: Dog Black Blacksmith Shop, main business: sickles, axes, hoes.

I wondered what I was doing here.