Mother Wu glanced at the soft-shelled turtle under her nose, quickly looked at Wu's whole body, and said with disgust: "You stinky boy, where did you run away from school? Where did you catch such a big soft-shelled turtle back?"

"Soft-shelled turtle, what soft-shelled turtle, is my son back?" Wu's father asked as he walked out quickly, and when he saw the soft-shelled turtle in Wu's hand, he shouted: "Oh my God, is there such a big soft-shelled turtle in this world?"

"Dad, Mom, this soft-shelled turtle crawled out of the dark river under Tongbao Mountain, and I just happened to see it and caught it. "Wu Yong doesn't dare to tell the truth, his parents are honest farmers, if he knows the ins and outs of this strange thing, maybe he will hide it and accidentally leak the secret of the lotus, it will be bad, such a strange treasure, if everyone knows it, of course, it is not what he is an ordinary high school student can have and ability, and there is no doubt that it will be taken away by others.

Father Wu nodded, excitedly took the soft-shelled turtle from Wu's hand, walked into the door quickly, put the soft-shelled turtle into a basket, and weighed it with a scale, weighing no more and no less than twenty catties.

"Tsk, it's really the king of soft-shelled turtles, I'm in my forties, and it's the first time I've seen such a big soft-shelled turtle. Father Wu shook his head and sighed, his half-white hair standing out in the light.

"Tonight, I will slaughter this king and ask my uncle's family to come over and have a good meal together. Wu Yong suggested.

Mother Wu frowned, touched Wu Yong's head lightly with her rough hand, and said, "No, this soft-shelled turtle should be sold for two thousand yuan, and your father will have to work hard for three months to earn it." ”

That's the truth!

Wu's father was in the lime business, and every day he went to the street to buy lime, hammered it in a stone mortar, sifted it into fine powder with a sieve, and then sold it to those who made firecrackers, earning more than ten or twenty yuan a day.

But it is not easy to earn this money, not to mention that you have to pick one or two hundred pounds of burden every day and walk more than ten miles, the biggest price is that your hands are cracked like old pine bark, because lime will release high temperature when you see water, and it is the same when it is stained with sweat, which is extremely harmful to muscles.

Wu's father showed a smile on his face, and said disapprerovingly: "It's hard to make money, but I can still make money, can't I? As long as the loan of 80,000 yuan is repaid, our family's life will be relaxed, I think, we are used to eating radish and cabbage, if we eat this kind of big supplement, but we will not make up for it, so it will be wasted, take it to sell for money, even if it is really sold for two thousand, it will not help the family much, it is better to give it to Wu Yong's cousin, he helped put Wu Yong into Wengang No. 2 Middle School to study, this is the province's key middle school, we haven't thanked him yet." ”

Mother Wu was a little reluctant in her heart, hesitated for a while but nodded in agreement, and said: "Son, when you go to school tomorrow, you will send this soft-shelled turtle to your cousin, remember to be earlier, don't let too many people see it." ”

Wu was gloomy in his heart, and reluctantly agreed.

A family of three began to eat around a small square table, sure enough, it was green vegetables and radish, plus two eggs in soup, Wu's father and mother naturally would not eat this egg, they ate green vegetables and radishes, and they were relishing, even if Wu Yong sandwiched the eggs into their bowls, they would be resolutely sandwiched out.

After the meal, Wu Yong entered the room, closed the door, and sat down at a desk with a missing leg, supporting his chin with both hands, stunned.

I don't know how many years have passed on this desk, one leg is long gone, I haven't seen it have four legs since Wu Yong can remember, but there is no need to doubt the stability of the table, there are still three legs, and the missing leg has been stacked high with bricks.

Wu Yong was distracted for a while, summoned the lotus flower on his belly into his hand, and looked at it with joy.

The lotus flower emits a steady white glow that illuminates the slightly dimly lit room, overshadowing the glow of the fluorescent lamp overhead.

"It seems that the lotus flower can also be used for lighting, and it is not bad to save some electricity bills. Wu Yong was in a happy mood, decided to study for a while, took out the book from the old schoolbag, opened a language book, turned two pages, but the old problem was made again, dizzy, yawning, he knew that as long as he continued to read, he would start to vomit, so he immediately closed the book, hurriedly put it into the schoolbag, and then sat down with a depressed face.

I'm a farmer's life, fortunately I have now got a treasure, it is estimated that I will not die of poverty in the future, but the countless soft-shelled turtles in it can't be brought out, and I finally brought out one, and my parents are reluctant to eat, but they are willing to give it away, alas!

If you go to play in that universe again, by the way, bring a big fishing net into it, catch a net in the river, and you will definitely be able to catch a lot of big fish, maybe you can't bring out soft-shelled turtles, but you can bring out other fish.

But there is really no family in Tongbao Village who has fishing nets, this is a mountain village, there is no place for fishing nets, of course, no one is full to buy back the fishing nets, but there are no fishing nets, but there are still fishing rods, there are so many fish in the Wangba River, it is estimated that it is effortless to catch a few, right?

Just when Wu was thinking nonsense, someone outside the door was shouting: "Brother, open the door quickly, you tell me about this turtle king." ”

Wu Yong showed a smile on his face, knowing that this was his cousin Wu Quan, who was two years older than him, Wu Quan was not a simple character, he was one meter eight tall, he was strong and strong, and his strength was amazing.

"Bang bang!" Wu Quan outside the door became impatient and began to kick the door hard.

"Here, don't kick my door!" Wu Yong jumped up, put away the lotus, and hurriedly opened the door.

Wu Quan stretched out his right hand the size of a pu fan, grabbed Wu Yong's arm, and said impatiently: "Let's go, go to the dark river, and explain to me on the spot." ”

"Light, what are you anxious about? Isn't it just a soft-shelled turtle?" Wu Yong muttered and complained, and was reluctantly dragged out of the door by Wu Quan, and Wu Quan also said from afar: "Uncle, auntie, let's go play." ”

Before the words fell, the two had disappeared.

Wu's father and Wu's mother shook their heads, they knew that Wu Yong couldn't read books, and they mixed with Wu Quan, but they had practiced all their strength, laying a solid foundation for doing coolies in the future, and naturally they would not be stopped from going out.

The two of them quickly galloped to the dark river.

Wu Quan said enviously: "Brother, you caught such a big soft-shelled turtle, you can sell it for more than 2,000 yuan, since there is the first one, there is a second one, if you can catch a soft-shelled turtle every day in the future, then you will be rich, tell me quickly, where did the soft-shelled turtle crawl out?"

"There may be soft-shelled turtles in this dark river, but there must not be such a big one. Wu smiled secretly in his heart, pointed at the dark river, and said in a matter-of-fact manner: "When I passed by here after school, I saw the soft-shelled turtle crawling there at a glance, I didn't dare to go up and catch it immediately, I was worried that it would jump into the dark river, and I would be overjoyed, so I retreated to the side and waited for a long time, until the soft-shelled turtle climbed there, I rushed up with an arrow, and overturned the soft-shelled turtle to the ground, and then carried it home." ”