Sweet 80s

Jumping up and down is a common occurrence for boys of this age.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Xiaoguang was only one step away from the bird's nest.

Just a few centimeters upwards you can see whether there are bird eggs or baby birds in the nest.

Chirp chirp...

The bird father and mother on the branch next to them also sensed the danger, and they flew towards Ji Xiaoguang together.

The sharp beak began to peck at it madly.

Dabao, who was waiting below, was no pushover either. He couldn’t climb trees, but his slingshot was surprisingly accurate.

Dabao had prepared the "bullets" in advance, and just as the sparrow flapped its wings to launch an attack, he put pebbles into the rubber band of the Y-shaped slingshot.

Pull the lever, aim, and fire.

After a series of actions, the two sparrows couldn't stand being hit and flew away from the nest.

Without obstacles, Ji Xiaoguang climbed faster.

"No, it's all eggs." He turned to Dabao under the tree and said, "Do you want to eat it?"

Dabao shook his head: "No."

"Okay, let's change the tree." After saying that, Ji Xiaoguang slid down without paying attention to the friction between his chest and belly and the tree trunk.

They found another bird's nest.

There were no big birds around this time. Ji Xiaoguang had just climbed up a short distance when he heard the chirping sounds of little birds in the nest above his head, waiting for their mother to feed them.

There is a play!

Ji Xiaoguang grabbed the branches with his left hand, hugged the big tree in front of him tightly with his legs, and freed his right hand to dig out the bird's nest.

His little arms were still a little short, and his hands could just reach the bird's nest.

When he caught two fluffy little sparrows, he happily shouted to the tree below: "Lin Kai, yes, yes!"

Without taking time to look at it carefully, he quickly took it out and put it in the pockets on both sides of his clothes. He raised his hand and smelled it, and he could smell the unique smell of a sparrow's nest.

There were only 4 birds in the nest. This 'naughty kid' knew that Dabao didn't want any, so he was not greedy and finally left 2 for the big bird.

The bird nest robbing operation was successfully completed, and the next entertainment activity was to go down to the river to catch fish.

There is a small stream on the north side of the back mountain, only three or five meters wide, with water of varying depths.

They came to a shallow ford where the deepest part of the stream was just above the children's knees.

The weather in April is still slightly cool in the mornings and evenings, and the river water is not as comfortable as in summer.

The two children decided to put the traps in first, no matter if they were small shrimps or small fish, whatever they could get would be fine.

It's no big deal for Dabao to use a slingshot to help Ji Xiaoguang drive away the sparrows.

But when he was at home, all the safety education his parents gave him played through his mind like a movie.

Not only did he not go into the water rashly for fun, he also kept reminding his companions to be careful.

He walked to the stream and looked around. There were no big fish, but he could see one or two schools of small whitebait.

"Ji Xiaoguang, don't go inside, just stay by the river. I think there are a lot of good things under this stone."

The simplest way to fish is to use your hands only, without any tools.

But catching fish in this way is very difficult and requires a keen sense of touch and quick reaction.

Even if you touch the fish, it is not easy to catch it because its body is so slippery.

Ji Xiaoguang tried it several times in the water. Every time he moved his body slightly, the ripples on the water would affect the school of fish underwater.

If you come across shrimp or crab, it's easy to catch them.

As a second best option, he finally gave up the idea of ​​catching fish with his bare hands and instead put all his energy into Dabao's suggestion.

Ji Xiaoguang gathered himself together, rolled up his trouser legs again, and groped his hands along the grass by the stream.

There are dense aquatic plants growing along the edge of the creek. If you push aside the aquatic plants, you can see many small holes above and below the horizontal plane of the creek wall.

Most of the holes are flat, one or two inches wide, but there are also round holes.

The flat holes are crab holes, and the non-flat holes are eel holes.

But what kind of hole it is and what you can touch are all unknown.

After searching several holes in a row without finding anything, Dabao became anxious and pointed to a few small rocks in front and said, "Turn over those rocks."

Ji Xiaoguang walked over and gently moved the stone away, revealing several pieces of rubble underneath.

Sure enough, there were a few crabs hiding underneath with patterns almost identical to those on the stone.

There are gaps between the stones, and some are connected, which makes them a "collective dormitory" for crabs.

"Slow down, you have to go slow." Although Dabao did not go into the river, he was giving instructions from the side.

Ji Xiaoguang moved his body quietly, slowly put his hand into the water, found the right moment, dived down suddenly, and grabbed the hard shell of the crab.

The crab, who realized it late, was immersed in the comfortable and peaceful water one second and flew out of the water the next.

At this time, its claws began to swing wildly in the air, but it was too late.

The harvest was a huge encouragement to the children, and Ji Xiaoguang continued to devote himself to fishing activities with great enthusiasm.

Dabao was lying on the grass with his legs crossed, enjoying the sun bath.

After resting for a while, he stood up and walked to a patch of lush weeds farther away to do his "real work".

The chicks at home are well taken care of by him and his brother, who actively feed and water them every day.

But Dabao always felt that the chicks were growing too slowly and it would take a long time before they reached the size to lay eggs.

So he decided to improve the food standards for the chickens to help speed up their growth.

Dabao pulled out a nearly one-meter-long grass from the bushes next to him, ripped off the leaves on it with his hands, and whipped the grass as he walked.

Insects such as grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, bedbugs, and mantises hide in the grass, and it is easy to scare them away when you swing your hand at them.

In order to survive better, these insects usually have green or brown body color as a protective color.

This saves a lot of energy searching through the bushes.

The harvest on land currently seems to be much greater than that in water.

Before long, the few strands of foxtail grass were filled with trophies.

There are at least seven or eight insects of different sizes and types strung on each stick, which makes a total of about 30 insects.

Dabao looked up and saw that the sun was about to reach directly overhead. He thought that it was enough time to play, so he urged Ji Xiaoguang to go back.

"It's almost noon, let's go."

Ji Xiaoguang threw the last crab into the shrimp cage and picked it up.

There were also quite a few things in the cage, including a few small white stripes with green scales and pointed beaks, a dozen lively gray-white shrimps, and three or five crabs.

For children, these quantities are more than enough.

So the two of them walked down the mountain.

During this time, Ji Xiaoguang took out the baby birds from his pocket, put them on his face and rubbed their fur. He liked them very much and praised Dabao's slingshot skills.

"Thanks to you for helping me, otherwise I would have been pecked to death by the sparrows. How come you are so good at slingshot? Do you practice often?"

Dabao shook his head: "No, my dad doesn't let me play with slingshots, saying that he's afraid of hitting someone in the eyes."

"Yeah, if I aim well, I might be able to blind it." After saying that, he took the slingshot from his wrist and started practicing in the open space.

After hitting several bushes and trees, he picked up a thumb-sized stone from the ground and put it into the rubber band.

He pulled with all his might, but the force was so great that the flesh on his face was distorted.

With a whoosh sound, the stone flew out instantly.

Soon after, a muffled bang was heard from the woods in the distance.

When Ji Xiaoguang threw the stone, neither of them cared where the stone hit.

Because there are not often people around, even if there is someone, they can be seen at a glance, so they naturally won't hit randomly.

It was not until they heard a muffled sound that they were sure that their unintentional action seemed to have hit something.

The two naughty kids have caused a lot of trouble, so they are naturally very sensitive to some noises.

Just when Ji Xiaoguang was still using light to search for what the slingshot had shot down.

Dabao's expression suddenly became alert. Without delaying for a moment, he grabbed Ji Xiaoguang's arm and ran down the mountain.