Chapter 1: A Girl in a Bunny Costume

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My name is Shen Worm, you heard it right, my name is indeed Worm.

My name was given to me by my father, a Beiyang Admiral, and after the defeat in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, he and my mother Anne fled with me to Australia and made a home in the small town of Wenzhe.

My father bought a mountain, which he cultivated into terraces, planted all vegetables, and lived the most ordinary life as a vegetable farmer. Every day, I took a few hired workers to work in the fields and tended to the vegetables.

Anne studied medicine and often treated simple ailments for the residents of the neighborhood, but she had no plans to open a clinic and preferred to accompany her father to work in the fields every day.

My father named me Shen Worm, probably hoping that he would put aside those ambitions and be a humble "worm", but for the rest of his life!

It's just that my father forgot that insects are the enemies of vegetable farmers.

I was obsessed with shooting and hunting since I was a child, and even my father, who used to adjust firearms at Zhang Xiangshuai in Wuhan, said that I had a talent for shooting, and it was so cool for me to have a sharp weapon that could shoot prey.

I once cut the string of my father's erhu because I couldn't find the right material for my bow and arrow, and it turned out that I was right, and that bow made me shoot a sheep, and if it wasn't for the neighbor who shepherded the sheep came to the door, it would have been a successful hunt.

I also used to cut Anne's long hair to make slingshot bands while she slept, alas, the woman's hair was not elastic at all, and it seemed that I had to find better materials, and I was still sighing as my father slapped my ass with his cloth shoes.

Later, I took Nemo, a black child, into the Australian wilderness, where there were herds of kangaroos, herds of wild boars, herds of coyotes, how lucky it would be to have a shotgun, Nemo and I climbed a tree and looked at the coyotes looking up under the tree.

From then on I pestered my father every day to buy me a shotgun, but he could not resist me, and finally had to pay me twenty pounds to buy me a shotgun, and from then on I roamed the moors all day long to teach the disobedient beasts, and my worm became a nightmare for the beasts.

Unfortunately, although there were guns, bullets were also very precious, and I had to search for bullets everywhere and rack my brains to accurately calculate the use of each bullet.

Anne is a believer in God, and she told me that every life is a gift from God and should be treated with great respect, so I promised her to send only one beast to God every time I hunted.

My father, who had joined the army, was very open-minded, but he told me not to turn my gun on humans, unless it was a time when there was a lot of bitterness and hatred, and there was nothing to be done.

A few days ago, my father decided to dig a vegetable cellar in the vegetable garden, but he dug up a few green stones, and polished one overnight, saying that he would carve a pattern for me, saying that it was an adult gift for me.

Today, my father is going to Bryden City to deliver some food, and by the way, I will send a letter to Japan.

I offered to follow and help him with some work.

Seeing his son gradually become sensible, the father was very pleased, of course I was also very pleased, as soon as I entered the city, I dumped him, because I didn't have enough bullets, and I wanted to go to the city to see if there was a way to get bullets.

Every time I think about this, I feel that my father is too stingy, and my own son is reluctant to give a few more money, but fortunately I have Nemo, a black friend, who helps me transport some game to the city and sell it to restaurants for some money.

Then, the two of us took out most of the money to buy the necessities of the hunt, especially bullets.

I rarely go into town, even though Brydon is not far from the small town of Winch.

It seemed to me that the city was far less fun than the wasteland, where I could chase my prey with a shotgun, and sometimes even spend days on end, sometimes more than a month.

My father was initially afraid that I would be in danger, so he basically gave me all his housekeeping skills; Anne was always worried, she was worried that I would kill too much and that God would punish me.

Most of my time was spent in the Australian wilderness, thirsty for mountain spring water when thirsty, roasted game when hungry, jumped into the stream to take a bath when I was dirty, found a cave to camp when I was sleepy, and chatted with Nemo, a black boy, when I was bored, this is my happiest life.

Everything is fresh in the city, there are so many shops, so many people, and it is far more lively than the small town.

It's a pity that the dealers who used to deal with me shook their heads and said that they didn't have any more bullets at hand.

Recently, bullets have become extremely scarce, and the arms dealers say that the Australian government has begun to regulate the flow of bullets to the market, as if to say that there is a war.

Australia is lonely overseas, no country will come to Australia to fight, if it is really a war, it can only be sent overseas, everyone knows that although Australia is independent, but after all, it is still the Commonwealth of the British Empire, and the Governor of Australia is also appointed by the Queen of England.

No way, many of these people in Australia think of themselves as British, not Australians, except for those Chinese workers and blacks, who do the most tiring work in the mines all day long, earning the most pitiful wages.

I heard that several countries in Europe are making a lot of trouble, and it is estimated that the prime minister of the empire wants Australia and New Zealand to send troops to help!

After a day of wandering around the city, I didn't get a single bullet until the evening, which made me a little depressed.

The city is lit up at night, with neon lights flashing, and it's fun to have some girls standing in the streets in all sorts of poses and greeting passers-by.

The men drunkenly dragged the girls and disappeared into the streets.

There are also those rich people who drive cars and drive on the road. I was envious, after all, in this day and age, the car was still a novelty, and if I had such a car, it would be much easier to hunt again, because after shooting a kangaroo or a wild boar, Nemo and I would often have to carry it on our backs to carry it back.

The house in the city is also beautiful, there is a gorgeous villa in front of me, through the window, I can see that the inside is brightly lit, the furnishings are very exquisite, it must be very comfortable to sleep in such a room. Of course, there are also low-slung mud houses, with dim light shining through the plastic sheeted windows, and from time to time there are ...... coughs of old people and cries of children.

I sat down on a rock beside the road, thinking that if I couldn't find any more bullets tomorrow, I would have to go back to the town.

With a bang, a penny was thrown in front of me.

I looked up and saw a little beautiful woman in a rabbit costume standing in front of me, looking at me with big bright eyes. It's funny that there is such a costume in the world, and she would be the prettiest rabbit in the wasteland.

The girl smiled at me, "Go buy something to eat!" Little beggar. ”

It turned out that she had mistaken me for a beggar.

I can't help but be a little angry, this young master is also the son of the Shen family, the first hunter in the wasteland pig to be afraid of pigs and dogs to escape, how can he become a little beggar in her eyes.

I spent my days wandering the wasteland, wading through mountains and rivers, climbing up and down, and many times crawling forward to track down my prey, and my denim suit was already torn. Anne had also bought a new denim suit, but in the morning she was looking for bullets and ran out in her old clothes.

"You really treat me like a little beggar." I said rather unconvinced.

The girl was stunned, "I'm sorry, it turns out that you are not a beggar." Then give me back the penny. ”

I pinched the penny and smiled, "But I haven't eaten in a day, and this penny is just right to buy a piece of bread." ”

"Cut, and said you're not a beggar." The girl decided I was a little beggar.

"Where do you see I'm a little beggar?"

The girl looked at my pants and said disdainfully, "Hey, your pants are all torn and your knees are exposed." ”

Looking at my tattered pants, I couldn't help but blush, but I still had a hard mouth: "Cut, what is this, let me tell you the truth, this is called fashion and trend, maybe one day, people will like this kind of ripped pants." ”

The girl said solemnly, "Well, at least it will be cool," and Gege laughed, "Keep dreaming, little beggar." She waved her hand and turned to leave.

She walks beautifully, and although she wears a rabbit outfit, she can bounce, but on the contrary, she steps out step by step, with a firm step, and is extremely confident.

I looked at her in the background and said to myself, "What a lovely little girl".

That's when I noticed two people sneaking up behind the bunny girl.

The two of them were tall and short, one fat and one thin, the tall one was like a tall sorghum, and the fat man was like a dwarf winter melon, and he was wearing a melon skin hat, which made his body even more round, and I suspect that he could even roll down like a ball when he encountered a slope.

Are they going to bully this girl? That's where I need to do it.

My father told me the story of "Water Margin", in which the hero has been doing the right thing for heaven, I am very strange, "Tian" stays in heaven well, what does he do for him?

Later, I learned the answer from Anne, that heaven is God, and to do the right thing for heaven is to send them to God. God must have been pleased with me, for I had sent cows, sheep, and wild beasts to God more than once.

But today, if these two people want to bully this cute girl like a rabbit, I have to do something for heaven and God, and the only worry is that none of the people I sent to see God will come back.

If these guys go to see God, and God keeps them as game, that's a big deal.

So saying, I stood up and followed the two fellows, to see what they had, and if I had any disrespect to the girl, I would give them a little pain, and I would not fail the kindness of the penny.

The sorghum pole and the dwarf winter melon finally couldn't hold it back, chased after the girl, and raised their arms to block the way. The girl seemed to be theorizing with the two of them. In the end, the dwarf winter melon actually stretched out its paw to pull the girl, and the girl was so frightened that the girl took two steps back.

At this moment, I was standing on the ridge of a roof, and I couldn't help but be furious when I saw this scene, "Two lawless dogs, dare to flirt with girls on the street!" See how I clean you up. ”

I took out the slingshot in my pocket, and a marble burst out of the air, and the wind struck the sorghum on the head of the sorghum with a "dang" sound, and the guy let out a coyote-like howl, holding his head and yelling.

Before he could react, another marble hit him on the forehead, and another howl came out of the gourd's rough throat, as if killing a pig.

The two of them didn't know why, they held their heads and looked around, and I flew out of two marbles one after another, and these two guys couldn't stand it anymore, and ran away like injured dogs.

The girl was a little surprised by the protrusion, but soon realized that someone was helping her.

She looked around curiously, and I shot a marble at her feet to warn her.

She took the direction and looked over to me.

I waved to her from the rooftop, and she smiled and beckoned to me as well, meaning to tell me to go down and talk.

I jumped off the roof and walked up to her, "Are you okay?" ”

She smiled, "I can't see that you little beggar still have this ability, who are you?" ”

"I declare once again that I am not a little beggar, my surname is Shen, and my name is Shen worm, the worm of worms. The English name is Billy. ”

"There are still names like this in the world, and I don't see where you look like a bug."

"My father gave me the name. He said that life in the world is sometimes very humble, like a worm, so he gave me such a Chinese name. Who are those two people? ”

"Our family's maid."

"Ah", I cried out, and the girl asked me strangely, "What's the matter?" ”

"I beat your maid!"

The girl didn't care: "If you hit it, you will fight, who let them stop me and I won't let me go." ”

"Oh," I replied, thinking that this girl had a big heart, and since she didn't take it seriously, I didn't care.

So he looked at her seriously, she looked seventeen or eighteen years old, she was born extremely fair, her facial features were delicate and lovely, especially her eyes were like a clear spring.

It was the first time I had seen such a beautiful girl, and I was a little stunned.

The girl was a little angry at my rudeness and shook her hand in front of my eyes, "What are you looking at?" ”

"You look good, you look even better in this rabbit costume, if you run out into the wasteland, you must be the most beautiful rabbit, and no matter how good a hunter is, he will not be willing to shoot."

Every girl likes to hear compliments from others, and girls are no exception, she squints at me: "You have a very sweet mouth, have you coaxed many girls?" ”

"We don't have a pretty girl like you, if anything?"

"What if there were?"

"I snatched her home to be my wife, so that my parents didn't have to worry about me every day, and I couldn't marry a wife when I grew up."

The girl smiled, "Then you have to be liked by other girls!" ”

"Hehe, if there is such a beautiful girl as you, I don't care if I like it or not, just grab it at home first and then be a Buddha to offer it."

She gave me a blank look, "Poor mouth, you! What did you just use to beat a cat and a dog? ”

"Cat and dog?"

"Yes, they were originally called cats and dogs. The cat is short and fat, and the dog is tall and thin. ”

"There are still names like that in the world, and I don't see any way they resemble a cat or a dog."

Hearing me say this, the girl was a little puzzled, and then realized that I was learning what she had just said, "You bed bug still learns to speak with me." She laughed.

"Hey, don't say that, my name is Shen Worm, not a bed bug."

"Learn from me, you're a bedbug!" She doesn't give up. "By the way, you haven't told me what you just beat a cat and a dog."

I pulled the slingshot out of my pocket, "Look, it's this." ”

She looked at it, a little disdainful, "Can you hit it that accurately?" ”

"Of course, I can play with slingshots from a small age. Bullets are precious, so I use them to catch birds a lot of the time in the wasteland. ”

"Then you call me another one to show me."

"Hit what?"

The girl mysteriously leaned into my ear, "A cat and a dog didn't run far, staring at the street corner behind us?" You hit them again. "Her scent has a girlish fragrance that makes my eyes a little foggy.

She pushed hatefully, "Did you hear me?" ”

I was a little embarrassed and rubbed my nose, "Not okay? They're your family, I didn't know about it just now, and I'm a little embarrassed to hit them now. ”

The girl said disdainfully: "I don't have the ability." I'll just say you're bragging! ”

If I talk about reading and writing, I can't compare with others, but when it comes to shooting, I have twelve points of confidence, looking at her contemptuous eyes, I said loudly: "Hit a cat and a dog, that's what you said." ”

There was a little excitement in the girl's eyes, "Hmm! Well! I said it. Hit the cat in the head. ”

I pulled a marble out of my pocket and turned around to shoot it out.

The stocky cat had just poked his head out of the corner and was secretly looking at us, when he saw me suddenly turn around and shoot a marble, and hurriedly shrank his head to hide, but it was too late, and the marble burst out of the air, and it was extremely powerful. A cat is really like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, and it meows and falls backwards.

Ah Gou immediately rushed out, ran in front of me in a few steps, and said through gritted teeth, "Boy, you are plotting against us." “

I had just run a few steps, and suddenly found that the slingshot in my hand was full, and I was so frightened that Ah Gou froze. He had also suffered from marbles just now, so naturally he didn't dare to attack rashly, and it was not to advance or retreat when he stood there.

As soon as I let go of the slingshot, there was a "snap", and the dog picked up his head, his body was like a rocket on fire, and he jumped up and down, and only after landing did he find that he was safe and sound.

I didn't use marbles just now, I just scared him.

Ah Gou found out that he had been fooled, and his self-esteem was strongly stimulated, and he pointed at me and scolded, "Who are you kids?" Dare to hit our young lady's idea, believe it or not, I'll pinch you to death! ”

After that, he is going to kill him, maybe he feels that I am really like an ant in his eyes, and he can handle it at will.

I took a marble out of my pocket, pinched it in my hand and shook it at him, and the dog didn't dare to move forward as if he had stepped on the brakes.

I smiled, "If I were you, you'd be crouching on the ground with your head in your hands." ”

Ah Gou listened, and really squatted on the ground, as good as he wanted.

I laughed and threw the "marble" into my mouth, "I'm sorry, I took it wrong, this is not a marble, it's a candy." ”

The dog's lungs seemed to be blowing up, and he wanted to stand up and fight with me.

With a wave of my slingshot, the bell in front of a house forty meters away made a "dang" sound, which was actually a pleasant sound on this night.

Ah Gou's temper disappeared in an instant, he squatted on the ground with his head in his left hand, and secretly stretched out his thumb with his right hand, "Obey." ”

The girl cheered, "Dog, there are bugs by my side, don't worry about it, go back to watch the house!" ”

Ah Gou cried with a sad face, "Miss, he's ...... He beat the cat to death. ”

The girl was taken aback, "Really? ”

I smiled, "Your partner is very unrighteous, I just knocked off his hat, and he just lay there and pretended to be dead, and he probably ran away by now." ”

Ah Gou jumped up and ran to the corner, and sure enough, when he saw that Ah Mao was gone, Ah Gou scolded: "Grandson, there is really you." After saying that, he chased after him.

The girl laughed, "I really can't see that you still have some skills." ”

I plucked my chest, "Of course, I'm the best hunter ever, not one." ”

The girl's eyes lit up, "Well, what about marksmanship?" ”

I plucked my chest again, "More awesome!" ”

She looked disgusted, "You don't have to stand up, no matter how strong you are, you can't stand up to us girls." ”

I looked at her, and she puffed up her chest as I did, and I said, "It looks flat!" It's like a washboard. ”

"When I'm well developed, I'll be bigger than yours."

It was the first time I had seen such a bold girl, and I couldn't remember how to deal with it for a while, so I simply chose to shut up.

She laughed and reached out to take my hand, and I took a step back in fright.

"You don't think you haven't held hands with a girl, have you?"

"Is Anne counted?"

"Who is Annie?"

"My mom."

The girl laughed breathlessly, "You're funny." ”

She laughed for a while, and I was a little embarrassed.

She tried to calm herself, "Come with me, I'll take you to a fun place?" ”

"How much fun?"

"How much fun it wants, how much fun it wants!"

"Are there any bullets?"

"Yes".

"That's great."

I'm glad that the bullets are finally eyebrow-on.

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