After the banquet was dispersed, the fierce sons took advantage of the wine and chose their own masters and what they wanted to do with great interest. Most of them catch loaches, and the fierce son and the tiger son, the loach and the high son, the stick old and the dragon gu are matched. The frog catcher is the monkey with hairy hair, and Zhang Tao with the fat man.

As soon as this group is good, some people will be unhappy. Xue'er pouted and asked, "Brother Tao, what about me?" Why is it none of my business? ”

Zhang Tao felt a little funny, do you dare to follow on such a dark night? That doesn't scare you to death. Besides, even if you are bold, this is a matter of walking in the water and drilling in the grass, can you keep up with such a delicate young lady? That doesn't delay the business.

"You! You move a stool and sit on this grass floor and count the stars with Mengxue, and see how many we can count, and we will come back. Zhang Tao didn't give any explanation, and said jokingly.

"No! I have to go! I'll go frog hunting with you! Cher said resolutely.

Meng Xue whispered to Xue'er for a long time, but Xue'er still gritted her teeth and stubbornly insisted on going.

"That's fine! Just go along! But I have to warn you, Cher, that you have to be obedient then, and especially not to be startled, as it will scare the frogs away. Zhang Tao said helplessly.

"Okay! I am absolutely at the command of all my actions! Xue'er's face immediately disappeared, and she said happily. After saying that, she went to the fat man's hand to get the equipment.

"Brother Tao, what about me?" The fat man said aggrievedly.

"You! You're going to have to go with me, and you're still relying on you to carry the bag! Xue'er is playing with the role of playing soy sauce. After a pause, Zhang Tao said to Mengxue again: "Sister Xue, take another miner's lamp and your overboots from home for Xue'er to wear." ”

Soon, everyone was fully armed, wearing overboots, miner's lamps tied around their waists, heads placed in front of their foreheads, and tongs or nets in their hands.

Miner's lamps are used for lighting, so needless to say. In addition to laboring down the mine and rushing in the dark, it can also be used for lighting when the power is off, and each household has one or two.

This set of boots, in addition to preventing the soles of the feet from being scratched by grass or something, is mainly used to deal with snakes, in case you are going to step on a snake, it is not a big deal to have a pair of boots to protect it.

The tongs for clamping loaches are simply processed from the tongs used to hold coal at home, and are more like large needle-nosed vises.

The net cover for catching frogs is a bit elaborate, mainly composed of two parts, namely the net and the bamboo pole handle. The net is more than 40 centimeters deep, and the diameter of the iron ring that supports the net is about 30 centimeters. The bamboo pole handle is very straight, uniform in thickness, about four meters long, and the diameter of the pole is about one inch. The function of the bamboo pole is that it can attack from a long distance, which greatly improves the success rate of capture.

Before the team set off in groups, Mengzi made a joke. "Fatty, tonight! Thou art brighter than this lamp, and thou shalt shine on the mountain as it is in the daytime. I guess Brother Tao's miner's lamp doesn't need to be turned on. After saying that, Mengzi laughed and opened it.

The fat man was annoyed, but it was exactly what happened, and he seemed to be playing the role of a light bulb tonight. He couldn't fight back at Mengzi, so he approached Zhang Tao and whispered, "Brother Tao, is this matter negotiable?" Can I not go? ”

After a pause, he said again: "If I don't go, how convenient it is, the black light is blind, you can do whatever you want, and you can catch any frogs, and you can catch people directly." ”

Zhang Tao interrupted him and said angrily: "This matter is not negotiable, you must go, and your responsibility is heavy, carrying the bag containing the frog, and protecting Xue'er." ”

However, the fat man's words also made Zhang Tao's mind come alive, yes! After catching frogs, this matter of catching people is not impossible to consider

A full moon hangs like a silver platter in the sky. The bright moonlight shook out from this silver platter, sprinkled on the soft country road, and reflected with the lights on the ground, and the whole countryside seemed extraordinarily quiet and quiet. Villages composed of trees, courtyards, stacks of wood, and tiled houses, like old men squatting in the corner, silently thinking, perhaps thinking about the ups and downs and ups and downs on the road of life. The evening breeze brings with it the scent of earth. The scent of the night peculiar to the countryside fills the air, weaving a soft net that envelops all the scenery.

Xue'er and the fat man followed Zhang Tao one after the other. When there is a village, they exclaim from time to time that the scenery is so beautiful. For a while, the fat man even made a few sounds, Zhang Tao and Xue'er thought that he was going to make some poems, so they listened attentively, but he was still an old saying for a long time, ah! So beautiful! made Zhang Taoxue laugh and hurt her stomach.

Zhang Tao and Xue'er's laughter made the fat man feel shocked, and he said a little angrily: "Listen, I'll make a poem for you." ”

"We're listening!" Zhang Tao couldn't help but smile and said seriously.

The fat man coughed solemnly a few times, then opened his arms, shook his head and began to write a poem. "Ahh The sea, the sea is full of water! Yes! The forest, the forest is full of trees! Yes! The sky, the sky is full of clouds! Yes! Love, love is all drama! Yes! Life, life is full of tears! Yes! Man, how can a man have more legs! Yes! Women, how come women have two more mountains! Yes! Men have to crawl on two legs and one leg to the river every day, you say tired or not! ”

Zhang Tao and Xue'er laughed heartily again. "How? This poem is okay! The fat man said triumphantly.

"Not bad! Very good! If this poem is contested, it will definitely win the gold medal of so-and-so. Zhang Tao praised.

"Really? If I do win a prize, I will donate all the prize money to your hometown, because it is your beautiful hometown that inspires me. The fat man also followed the nonsense.

"Then I can thank you in advance for my folks!" Then Zhang Tao reminded with a smile: "Fatty, you have to walk well, don't fall to the ground, but no one cares about you!" ”

The fat man didn't answer, he was now looking in horror at the small bulb-like eyes in the vegetable field on the left, glowing green.

Xue'er obviously saw it too, and trembled with fear, not daring to move or speak, lest she alarm the monster with its frightening eyes and pounce on her.

After a while, Zhang Tao saw that no one was snorting behind him, and it seemed that there was no footsteps, so he turned around strangely.

"Tao... Brother Tao, what do you think it is? Cher stammered. She whispered to Zhang Tao's side as she spoke.

"It can't be a wolf!" The fat man also trembled and approached Zhang Tao.

"It's okay, there won't be any beasts and monsters!" Zhang Tao grabbed Xue'er's hand and comforted. He looked in the direction they were pointing, then grabbed a stone from the ground and threw it.

"Mimi!" A wild cat fled away from the vegetable patch in panic.

The fat man and Xue'er sighed at the same time, it turned out to be this thing! It's scary!

In order not to affect his great cause of catching frogs, Zhang Tao had to patiently explain to them that except for snakes, there are no bigger beasts in our chong that will take the initiative to attack humans, you just have to walk boldly.