Chapter 80: The Winter Famine

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According to Chen Dongfang, this incident did happen before the liberation, when they were all poor, it was obvious that the poverty of the ditch was not so obvious, plus the ditch was in this ravine, in fact, it was far away from the war outside, and the people could even be said to be more or less stronger than the outside, but in that era when the people were not able to make a living, they were far away from the war, but they could not escape the natural disasters, first the drought, and then the flood caused the crops of that year to be almost no harvest, and the government's help was obviously not counted. So that year, many people went to the Guannai to beg for refuge, and there were not many people left in Fudigou. At that time, in Fudigou, Chen Tianfang of the Chen family, that is, Chen Dongfang's grandfather, was the patriarch of the Chen family in the village.

In the winter of that year, it was particularly cold, because the Fudigou was backed by Funiu Mountain, many people in the village were half-hung hunters, and hunting in the slack time was also a big income, in the winter after the heavy snow closed the mountain, the rural people went down the jacket and the clip to catch the weasel in many places, and that year, at the beginning, the people who went under the clamp were almost all in vain, and then the weasel would enter the village at night, and it could be seen everywhere in the daytime, in the words of the old people, this was not only a famine, Even the weasels have suffered, and if they are not hungry, they will not enter the village, let alone walk under the noses of people during the day.

As the top of the food chain of human beings, this is undoubtedly a good thing for the villagers, so the whole village is crazy to catch weasels under the jacket, for a while every household in the ditch has caught a lot, eating meat is a trivial matter, the weasel is also called the yellow skin, the weasel skin in the winter is worth a lot, because the weasel skin in winter is not shedding, the most suitable for fur, because there are many weasels in the ditch, and even a lot of fur dealers poured into the village, from the beginning of a complete weasel skin can be exchanged for a pound of seven taels of meat, In the end, it can only be exchanged for half a catty, which is the profiteers bargaining, but this can not resist the enthusiasm of the villagers to catch weasels at all.

And Chen Daneng caught the weasel that became a fine, it was close to the Spring Festival, the weasel that Chen Daneng caught not only looked very old, but also very big, his weasel skin, but also sold at a sky-high price when bargaining, stunned to sell three oceans, in terms of purchasing power, these three oceans are equivalent to nearly a thousand yuan now, this is undoubtedly the envy of people, have asked Chen Daneng how to catch it, he is also proud, saying that fortunately the rope under his sleeve is thick, Because when he found that the weasel was in the trap, the weasel was biting his own foot, and he was about to break his foot and run for his life, and he ran over and gave the weasel a result with a mallet.

The patriarch of the Chen family, because of some ancestral books, knows some spells, which can be seen from the third grandfather, so when the weasel entered the village, Chen Tianfang felt unusual, but he also thought that it might be the weasel in the mountains who also came out to flee because of famine, and when everyone was about to starve to death, these weasels were considered to be charcoal in the snow, so he didn't go to his heart, but when he knew that Chen Daneng caught an old weasel whose hair was almost white, Chen Tianfang was also somewhat worried. Because the weasel itself is an evil thing, and even some places treat this thing as a fairy, named Wong Tai Sin, the ordinary weasel is okay, and it is estimated that it is a bit climatic in this old age.

Although Chen Tianfang is worried, but even if he is the head of the Chen family, he can't curb everyone's enthusiasm for catching weasels now, as the landlord family of the Chen family, Chen Tianfang's family has surplus food, but everyone has no at home, and if you don't let everyone catch weasels, that is, it cuts off everyone's way to get rich, which no one will listen to, so Chen Tianfang secretly observed Chen Daneng for a few days and found that there was nothing abnormal, so he felt that maybe he was too worried, and this matter passed.

But after about half a month, Chen Daneng, who was in high spirits because he caught the big weasel that the villagers had never seen before, suddenly became a lot more depressed, and he didn't see his next set of going out early and returning late every day, others may not care, but Chen Tianfang has always made people stare at Chen Daneng, so Chen Daneng was the first to know when Chen Daneng was abnormal. So he found an opportunity and called Chen Daneng to his home.

I haven't seen him for a few days, Chen Daneng is like a different person, his spirit is sluggish, his face is thin, his eyes are blank, this is not the sturdy guy he used to be, and he still has a lot of anger on his body, Chen Tianfang knows that maybe it is because of the old yellow skin, this kid has caused trouble.

"What's going on with you lately?" Chen Tianfang asked.

"It's okay, patriarch." Chen Daneng was still pretending, but his eyes were evasive, and he was obviously lying.

"You think I don't know it's the weasel spirit that pesters you, don't tell the truth? I won't be able to save you if you don't tell the truth! Chen Tian said.

When Chen Daneng heard this, he immediately looked at Chen Tianfang incredulously, and then knelt down for Chen Tianfang with a puff, and said: "I know that nothing can be hidden from the eyes of the patriarch, you have opened the eyes of the sky, this can be seen, please save me, save my mother!" ”

Seeing that Chen Daneng was telling the truth, Chen Tianfang waved his hand and said, "Don't say anything about sycophants, let's say, what's going on?" ”

It turns out that Chen Daneng is also a filial child, his father died early, his mother pulled him up, the family is very poor, and it is precisely because of poverty, so Chen Daneng is not young and has not yet asked for a daughter-in-law, on weekdays, he and his old mother depend on each other, although his mother is only forty or fifty years old, but because of overwork when he was young, his mother's health is not good, but like a sixty or seventy-year-old man, in fact, that era is like this, as long as people are old, they are extraordinarily old, not only in appearance, but also physically.

The old weasel that Chen Daneng caught, the skin was sold, but the meat was eaten, Chen Daneng himself was reluctant to eat, in his opinion, the older the things are, the more delicious they are, and the more nourishing, so he thought about replenishing the old mother's body, and he ate other weasel meat, and he slowly stewed the meat of the old weasel for his mother. My mother, who has a bad appetite on weekdays, can really eat it, and says that she has never eaten such fragrant meat.

Mother finished eating the meat of the old weasel, and his body became tougher and harder, Chen Daneng himself was extremely happy, but in the past few days, he suddenly felt that something was wrong with his old mother, in the middle of the night, he always heard the sound of grinding teeth, and the sound of people grinding their teeth sounded like the sound of gnawing bones, but when Chen Daneng got up to watch, he found an even more incredible scene, her old mother was holding the table leg and gnawing like a mouse, and her curled up figure, It's like a weasel that has been caught by someone!

He woke up the old mother, but the old mother didn't remember anything, and although he was worried, he thought that the old mother was sleepwalking.

But in the past two days, the old mother not only has to gnaw every night, but also likes to crawl on the ground like a weasel, and what's more, the old mother's appearance has changed, and the whole person is like an old weasel! In particular, the eyes have become round, and they look at people slipperily, exactly the same as the weasel's eyes look at people!

"Just yesterday, my mother also lost her mind during the day, she completely turned into a weasel, and said that I wanted his life, my mother ate his meat, and now she wants to pay for my life!" Chen Daneng said with tears in his eyes.

Chen Tianfang knew that the dishes were bad as soon as he heard them, he looked at Chen Daneng and asked, "Don't panic, what about your mother?" ”

"I'm tied up, I'm tied up at home, patriarch, help!" Chen Daneng said.

Chen Tianfang sighed and said: "Hey, I knew that you caught a weasel who was going to have an accident, no matter how bad the emperor was, he was also a real dragon, and now he has defeated the emperor, the dragon is gone, and the ghosts and ghosts are going to come out." ”

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