59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

"Brother, these toads are delicious. Let's go catch more tomorrow after we sign up."

Chen Hao only had one frog, but he always saved the best food for last, so he ate several frogs and only he had one intact one.

"No, it's hard to catch frogs during the day."

"What about at night?" Chen Li asked, grabbing a frog leg.

Chen Feng laughed and said, "It's too dark at night. It's not safe to go to the fields to catch frogs."

In fact, the best time to catch frogs is at night.

Shine a flashlight towards the place where the frogs are croaking. The special physiological structure of these guys is suddenly exposed to the strong light, causing temporary blindness. They dare not move and are easily captured alive.

One catch one accurate!

Chen Jianjun also warned: "You are not allowed to go outside the city to catch frogs. If you don't obey, you will not be allowed to eat for a week."

His threat has no threat power.

Fatty Wang asked in a low voice: "Grandma, is there anyone selling this in the market?"

The old lady shook her head and said she had never seen it.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for farmers in the countryside to miss the opportunity to eat frogs.

But frogs are difficult to catch now, flashlights are expensive and rare in cities, and it is even more impossible to use this "frog catching artifact" in the countryside.

At night, you can’t see or catch them without magic tools. During the day, frogs are hard to find in their caves and it’s too difficult.

More than ten years later, when flashlights became popular in the countryside, the frogs suffered bad luck for the rest of their lives.

"If you like to eat it, I'll think of a way."

Chen Feng felt that he had made a mistake. He should have raised a group of frogs in the space. These frogs were excellent whether grilled or braised in oil.

Today's frogs are not as big as the frogs of later generations, but their meat is better.

Moreover, when there are more of them, they can be released into the wild to reduce pests and increase rice harvests.

After dinner, Fatty Wang washed the dishes, and he was responsible for that for a long time afterwards.

Chen Hao and Hu Bayi were practicing swordplay in the yard, and Chen Li followed them with two wooden swords.

Tomb robbers generally prefer two short knives. The tomb passage is too narrow and long weapons are difficult to deploy. Instead, short knives are more suitable for killing.

"Lily, my water tank is out of water. Let's carry some water together."

Li Jie took his small shoulder pole and a small wooden barrel to play with Chen Li, who had just finished showing off her unique "crazy knife technique".

"Well, let's fetch some water."

Throwing the two swords on the wooden table where the Chen family gathered to cool off, Pidian and Li Jie fetched a bucket of water, and then the two girls ran to the central courtyard with the buckets of water, smiling happily.

Along the way, the small bucket shook unsteadily and half of the water spilled out.

"Have you told Cai Jiaxing about the beating of the small shoulder pole and the bucket?" The old man thought of this and asked Chen Feng.

Chen Feng nodded and said, "Lily ran over and said it herself."

"He is very active when playing, but he pretends to be stupid when studying." The old man had a headache.

"Like you!" said the old lady simply.

The old man had nothing to say.

The two children carried seven or eight buckets back and forth. Only when Guo Chunhua said they were full did they come back with their toys, still unsatisfied, and start watering the flowers, plants and vegetable beds in the yard.

After watering the front yard, he ran to the middle yard, and finally watered the back yard as well.

A few guys who didn't have buckets joined in the fun. It was so hot that the adults sat at the door to cool off and watch the kids having fun.

"Dad, Mom, we have watered all the vegetables in the yard."

Chen Li came back and reported her "results" to her parents together with Li Jie.

"Okay, let's take a break. We are all tired and sweating." Chen Jianjun said with a smile.

Chen Li ran and brought out her wooden horse stool, sat in front of the small bicycle and played with it. Li Jie also ran home and got her own stool. The two little girls laughed non-stop.

By nine o'clock, the yard became quiet.

Occasionally there were some people chatting in the yard, but their voices were much quieter.

Chen Feng opened the space and cooled down the bedroom. The little girl counted her money first, then climbed down and lay on the bed. He added a cotton mattress to make her bed very soft.

I soon felt sleepy and fell asleep.

Chen Feng covered her with a thin blanket, gently opened the door, and rode out on his bicycle.

Outside the city, there were constant croaking of frogs, so he found a piece of fertile land and left it for fallow. He took off his clogs and started looking for frogs based on the croaking sounds. When he shone his flashlight on them, the frogs would wait for him to catch them.

After catching more than a dozen, he stopped when he saw that there were both males and females.

"Hey, what do you do?"

The light of the flashlight attracted the militia stationed nearby. They slept in straw huts and guarded the road entrance.

There is no way.

When drought hit last year, many people went out at night to steal rice and wheat from other villages in order to get food. This aroused the anger of the commune, which sent out militia teams from each village to guard the area.

Although there was a good harvest this year, the commune's grain task was very heavy, and there was not much food left for each village. Everyone was only 50% to 60% full.

"Catching frogs." Chen Feng did not move. He just held the flashlight and shone it on his left hand. There were frogs croaking in the bag on top of it.

One of the two militiamen was on guard with a gun, while the other went forward to open the bag and check. He found that it was indeed full of frogs, so he returned the bag to him.

If anyone touches the food, nothing needs to be said. He will be sent directly to the village and locked up overnight, and then the commune, police station and his family will be notified.

But if it's a frog, it depends on everyone's attitude.

Chen Feng smiled and took out two large front doors and passed them around, saying, "My father is Chen Jianjun, the head of the security department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. This piece of land should belong to the Red Star Commune, right?"

Hearing what he said, the person who took the cigarette immediately laughed.

Although Hongxing Commune is a rural commune, the relationship between it and the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill is very special because of its support relationship.

For example, if the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill needs to purchase a batch of materials, it will give priority to the commune, which is somewhat similar to the policy of cities in later generations to help poor areas.

"Yes, since they are one of us, forget it. I won't confiscate the frogs. But don't go to the rice fields over there. It's not good to step on the rice."

"No, I've already caught this much, enough for a meal tomorrow."

After Chen Feng walked away with the bag, the armed militiaman laughed and said, "Chen Jianjun's son is really brave. He went to the fields to catch frogs in the middle of the night, and he is not afraid of his father worrying."

"You know him?"

"do not know."

"Then how do you know he is Chen Jianjun's son?"

"Catching frogs with a flashlight in the middle of the night, and even taking out the Daqianmen, who would do this except for the descendants of the rich and powerful who have nothing better to do?"

The armed militiaman said cynically, "Probably because they have eaten too much commercial grain and want to eat something special."

"You don't have to worry about breaking the flashlight."

The militiaman who spoke earlier was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

"I'm afraid what he said is true. I've met Section Chief Chen a few times. Tan Zhongjun's parents, son and daughter from the next village have all been taken care of by Section Chief Chen for several years. They really do look alike. Anyway, they're just a bag of frogs. We have to let them go after we catch them."

"From what you said, he really could be Section Chief Chen's son."