In May, the temperature changes day by day. Especially at noon, it can reach more than 20 degrees.

The clothes of the men in Jar Village are also changing, with coarse cloth coats on the top, large crotch pants on the bottom, hemp rope tied around the waist, and mille-feuille shoes under the feet.

And, of course, the white lamb belly hand towel that has always changed.

Speaking of white sheep belly hand towels, Wang Manyin has never understood the thoughts of many farmers, this thing is normal if it is wrapped around the head in spring and autumn, after all, it can block the wind and sand.

There are also people who bring it in the critical summer, and they can't wait to cover the prickly heat on their heads.

Wang Manyin is different, at least he has an autumn coat inside.

He went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to deliver goods in the morning, and happened to meet Liu Qingli resting, so he chatted with him for most of the day, and did not return with a flat shoulder until almost noon.

After handing over the food he bought to the orchid, Wang Manyin began to sort out the new goods.

As soon as the goods were put together, I didn't wait to take a breath, and I heard the shouts of several broken babies outside.

"Aunt Orchid (sister-in-law), look forward to rhubarb, we're here to sell something!"

"What good things can you have?" Wang Manyin walked out of the cave in response.

I saw a few broken babies standing on the side of the road, and they didn't dare to go up at all. Obviously, rhubarb left a deep shadow on them before.

For the rhubarb's ability to protect the family, Wang Manyin praised it in his heart.

Whenever someone comes, this guy will scream and stop him. It doesn't turn around until it's commanded to do so.

Of course, this guy usually just screams in intimidation, and doesn't actually attack.

When they reached the edge of the field, Wang Manyin noticed that they were still holding thatched baskets on their arms.

The so-called thatched basket is made of sorghum stalks and thatch.

The mothers-in-law and aunts on the Loess Plateau are like magical magicians, all of whom have a pair of skillful hands, even ordinary things, in their hands can turn decay into magic.

One such basket is a thatched basket, the bottom of which is made of sorghum stalks, overlapping vertically and horizontally, and held in place with cotton thread. The walls of the basket are twisted into a rope shape from dry thatch, which is then tied with cotton thread, and arranged in a circle to finally make the shape of a basket.

After finishing the work, the auspicious pattern is sewn with various colored rags on the edge of the basket, and it becomes a handicraft. Not only is it beautiful, but it is also durable.

Even Wang Manyin has seen some people sew thatch into small granaries at home, with a small mouth and a big belly, which can hold hundreds of catties of grain at a time.

However, when he saw the contents of the egg basket, he felt that his teeth were sore, and he hurriedly waved his hand, "You guys are deliberately making fun of me, aren't you?" The consignment point only collects apricot kernels, not apricots. Take it back and come back when you're ready."

The wheat is slightly yellow, and the apricots are ripe.

Now at the beginning of May, the winter wheat is just yellowing. Between the ditches and valleys, some apricots have begun to turn slightly yellow.

Although the fruit has just grown and is crispy, it is still far from ripe.

But the hungry broken babies in the village were already a little impatient, and they went to the mountains and fields to find out.

When they find a tree, they don't feel sour, and they can eat until they don't feel it. At night, he lay on the kang and covered his stomach and screamed, and his stomach banged loudly.

Even so, no adult would take it seriously.

"Uncle Man Yin, we don't sell apricots, these are for you and Aunt Orchid...... The almonds sold are in other baskets." Mao Dan shook his head and replied.

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The other children didn't speak, and they looked at it expectantly.

They were all stuffed with candy by Wang Manyin, and they remembered it in their hearts,

Knowing that it was a piece of the little guy's heart, Wang Manyin did not refuse: "Thank you for that,"

For his own reasons, he has developed a conditioned reflex and is really not interested in these things. Especially the bluish apricots...... Just looking at it, I feel that my mouth is flowing with sour water at the moment, and my upper and lower teeth can't help but want to fight.

However, you can give the orchid a taste.

When he saw the almonds in another basket, he was surprised and asked, "Where did you get these?" I guess it was last year."

Supply and marketing cooperatives are now buying apricots in large quantities

Ren, six cents a pound.

The price is not low, the key is to be dried, and the quality requirements are very strict. Don't break it, even if the almond skin is broken and white.

Therefore, the process of smashing the apricot kernel must be extremely careful, and the strength must be just right. If you try too hard, you might spoil the almonds.

If you don't have experience, you may smash hundreds of apricot kernels, and you can't collect a pound of qualified nuts.

However, it is not so strict here in Wang Manyin, which can be regarded as a little benefit for the little ones.

"We ran a long way this time, and found a couple of hairy civet holes in the knife split, and dug out two large piles of them." Mao Dan replied excitedly.

Fox cats near farmland usually steal food storage before hibernation, and those that live in the mountains mostly store food such as peach walnuts and apricot pits.

A few broken babies dug so much at once, which is considered lucky, and it is estimated that they will empty people's granaries. But now this season, the mountains are full of food, and the cats are not starving to death.

As for what they said about the knife splitting ditch, Wang Manyin naturally knew it. The place was only seven or eight miles away from the village of Jars, and the surrounding mountain beams were so badly washed away by the rain that they formed a steep cliff and deep gully, as if they had been cut down directly by a knife. Because of this, it is called a knife splitting ditch by nearby people.

There was also a lot of good firewood growing on the cliffside, but generally no one dared to risk cutting it.

For this reason, he specially advised, "Don't run so far in the future, because it will be terrible to fall down that place." In addition, there are wolves in the mountains, so be careful not to be taken away!"

From years to now, there have been two wild wolves in Jar Village, but it is difficult to say whether there are any in the nearby mountains.

If they do, these little guys will definitely not be good.

Bringing them to the sales point, Wang Manyin simply weighed them: "Look at it, it's just one catty."

In fact, it's only more than eight taels, but these guys ran so far to get it, he suffered a small loss.

After paying, he stuffed two more pieces of candy into each person's hand.

Sending a few little guys out, Wang Manyin inadvertently glanced at the remaining thatched baskets, and suddenly exclaimed, "Wait, Shanwa, what are you in this basket!?"

As he spoke, he rushed over and grabbed it.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Hearing that her husband's voice had changed, Orchid hurriedly ran out of the neighborhood.

"Uncle Man Yin, you don't even know dung, do you? When I was picking apricots, I saw a few clumps of dung on the ground, and I brought them back in baskets." Shanwa asked incomprehensibly.

Orchid was also puzzled, not knowing what surprised her husband when he saw half a basket of dung plates.

"See clearly...... It's wolf dung!"

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"What?" Orchids were also taken aback.

A few broken babies were too bold to dare to pick up wolf dung.

Wang Manyin felt that the situation was very serious, and immediately pulled them towards the construction site. This will be kung fu, and the laborers of the second team are eating with bowls.

Seeing Wang Manyin coming over with the children, it was a little strange.

After hearing what had happened, the adults of all the families were terrified, and they all gathered to check on the thatched baskets.

"That's right, wolf dung, indeed,"

"There are wolves in the knife splitting ditch, this is a matter of fact......

When it was first liberated, there were many wild wolves in the mountains of the Loess Plateau.

Wild wolves often enter the village in broad daylight and swagger to take away pigs and sheep. There are even those who take the child away.

For this reason, wolves are specially organized in various places, and Yuanxi County is no exception.

At that time, it was reported that in just one year, hundreds of wild wolves were killed in the communes of Yuanxi County.

Even now, the commune still has a rule that if you find more than three wild wolves, you need to report it immediately.

It is because of the experience of wolf plague that the elderly people in the village are familiar with the appearance of wolf dung. This thing is yellowish-brown when it is pulled down, and it turns off-white when it dries. What's more, undigested bones and hairs can be seen inside.

Some of the feces in the basket are yellow-brown, indicating that the wild wolf is probably still hiding in the knife and ditch.

A few of the little ones were lucky not to run into each other head-on

, otherwise the consequences are hard to imagine.

"Man Yin, this is not a trivial matter, you go to the village with me now to discuss with Man Hoard. In the afternoon, a few people from each of the second and first teams will go to the knife and split the ditch to see if there is a wolf den." Wang Lianshun thought about it and explained again.

Whether it can hit the wolf or not is another matter, the key is not to let it continue to stay in the knife splitting ditch.

This season, the broken babies in the village keep looking for food in the mountains, what to do.

In this way, Wang Manyin brought wolf dung into the village again.

After Wang Zhishu read it, he was also startled, and immediately called his younger brother Wang Manjun.

After a brief discussion, they decided to send five laborers from each team and take the guys to the mountains to fight wolves in the afternoon.

Wang Manyin was naturally among them, and was specially explained by Wang Lianshun that he must bring rhubarb when entering the mountain.

After eating, the Wolves set off in a grand manner. Together, there are 4 dogs.

Originally, Wang Lianshun planned to select a few laborers from the construction site to help, but he didn't expect Liu Xiangyang and others to follow over to watch the excitement, so he didn't listen to any persuasion.

Helpless, he had to explain to Wang Yanqiang that he was optimistic about several people.

Wang Yanqiang carried a rifle, and the rest of the people used hoes and shovels as weapons.

The captain Wang Manjun was slightly exaggerated, and even took out a seedling gun from home. However, this man was a little unlucky, and when he was halfway there, he suddenly felt anxious, and stood on the side of the road to pee, but he didn't notice that there was a hornet's nest the size of an egg on the stalk of Artemisia grass not far away.

A stream of hot water happened to fall on the honeycomb, and the next moment he screamed and ran wildly with his pants on.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" A group of people thought something was wrong and rushed over.

When they saw the buzzing and flying hornets, they turned around and ran into the distance.

When they reached a safe place, a group of people looked at the part where Wang Manjun was stung and laughed.

Two minutes of effort, one swollen circle.

In fact, in the Loess Plateau, it is common to be stung by wasps. Generally, you don't need to deliberately care about it, and the swelling can be reduced in half a day.

The key to Wang Manjun's ...... It's really not a place, and I walk with my legs staggered.

After more than half an hour, they rushed to the vicinity of the knife splitting ditch.

As soon as Rhubarb stepped into the ditch, he let out a low whining sound, apparently smelling the abnormal breath in the ditch.

There are still a few piles of newly dug loess not far away, which should be Mao Dan, who did a good job in the morning.

"Be careful, everyone, the wolf may be in the ditch. Also, pay attention to your feet, there are quite a few potholes here. Especially the intellectuals, you must keep your eyes open, it will be troublesome to fall......" Wang Yanqiang hurriedly admonished.

Hearing this, Liu Xiangyang and others were much more vigilant.

They still remember what happened last time, Wang Licheng couldn't move for more than half a month.

Mountain farmer