You said you would tell fortunes, so you can catch ghosts and exterminate zombies easily?

Bird poop falling from the sky.

Yueyue was so aggrieved that her nose was full of snot.

Su Chen smiled and took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears and snot.

"Yueyue, don't cry. Daddy will take you to wash your hair now, okay? Don't cry, don't cry."

When she entered the house and heard that someone had hit her with bird droppings, Zhang Ju couldn't help laughing.

While adding hot water to the basin, he persuaded her, "Yueyue, don't cry. Your mother and aunt were also hit by bird poop before."

Upon hearing this, the little guy blinked his big eyes twice.

His gaze quickly shifted to Ah Hua.

Ahua smiled and nodded, reaching out to wipe the tears from Yueyue's eyelashes, but his hand passed right through.

She sighed and whispered, "Yueyue, have you seen the bird's nest under Grandma's eaves? That's a swallow's. Mom used to work under the eaves, and the swallows flew in and pooped. Doesn't it stink?"

Yueyue complained: "Stinky!"

"It's okay. After washing her hair, Yueyue is the most beautiful girl again."

Zhang Ju took the little girl from Su Chen, helped her wash her hands first, poured out the hot water, filled a basin with it, and then began to take off Yueyue's coat.

The little guy's braids were quickly untied, and he was held in Zhang Ju's arms. He moved a little uncomfortably at first, but when he saw Ahua approaching, he quickly closed his eyes and felt at ease.

Xu Jiatao and Xu Dasheng came in and took a look. One of them happily went to light the fire, while the other went to peel taro.

Xu Jiating on the stairs curled her lips: "I'm so full, so full."

"Sister-in-law, you guys can drink the remaining pig's trotter soup. I can't eat any more."

Du Jie glared at him, "Nonsense! This is for milk production. You don't have much milk right now. Do you want to starve your child?"

“You can buy milk powder.”

"You're rich, but you're bored, aren't you?" Du Jie said helplessly, "Be good and drink more. I'll roast some sweet potatoes for you later."

"Really? I like it too. Please bake more, sister-in-law."

Du Jie kicked Xu Jiatao's foot and said, "Why don't we grill it outside? The kids will probably like it too."

"Okay, I'll go out and dig a hole."

Xu Jiatao threw down his taro spoon and walked out. He took only two steps with his hoe in hand when he shouted, "Hey, what are you doing? Catching birds again?"

As he said that, he chased after him.

Zhang Ju sighed when she heard this: "These people really have nothing to do. How much meat is a bird worth?"

Xu Dasheng nodded: "Exactly. If you really want to eat some meat, you might as well go to the stream and cast a net to catch some fish."

Su Chen was curious: "Does anyone often come here to catch birds?"

"There are many, coming in batches."

Zhang Ju paused and continued to scrub Yueyue's hair. "Achen, do you think these people caught birds and that's why they pooped on Yueyue's head? It's normal for birds to poop. We often get bird poop on the clothes we hang out to dry. It has nothing to do with them."

Su Chen nodded: "Mom, I know."

He then asked, "So are they capturing them alive or dead?"

Xu Dasheng, who was stoking the fire, raised an eyebrow. "Aren't they all the same, alive or dead? I'll just boil some water, pluck the hairs, and cook them."

Huang Shaowei on the stairs nodded and said, "Yeah, what's there to ask?"

"Or..." He was stunned for a moment, "Can't eat birds? What problems will arise from eating them?"

Then he scratched his forehead and said, "No, pigeons are also birds. They can be eaten."

Su Chen said nothing and walked towards the door.

From a distance, over the courtyard wall, you can see Xu Jiatao talking to three young men.

He pointed at the snakeskin bag in the young man's hand, bent down to look through it, was pushed, staggered and looked a little annoyed.

"Go catch birds somewhere else and don't bring trouble to us here."

"What if something goes wrong?"

Xu Jiatao was also tough and pretended to drive people away with a hoe.

Su Chen narrowed his eyes, and under his heavenly eyes, he could smell a strong brown smell in the snakeskin bag.

resentment!

There was not a bird in there, but... bird feathers.

Sure enough, the next moment, Xu Jiatao's hoe hit the snakeskin bag, smashing a hole in it and revealing a piece of pitch-black bird feathers.

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly reached out and grabbed a handful, frowning: "Where's the bird? Why is there only feathers?"

"No, don't you catch birds to eat?"

One of the young men stiffened his neck and explained, "We ate them, yes. We roasted them right after we caught them. We thought the fur was beautiful, so we kept it."

Xu Jiatao looked at the bird feathers carefully.

"Do you think this crow's feathers are beautiful?"

"You guys still eat crow?"

He had an expression that said, "You take me for a fool."

Seeing this, the young man signaled his companions to run away quickly.

He stretched out his hand to stop Xu Jiatao, and the remaining two turned around and jogged, found their bicycles at the end and rode away.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing? You're bringing disaster to our village. I'm going to settle the score with you!"

Xu Jiatao didn't intend to really clash with the young man. Seeing that the young man who tried to stop him had also run away, he waved his hoe and said something harsh. Then he turned around and looked up. When he met Su Chen's serious gaze, he was startled: "What's wrong?"

I thought something happened to Old Xu again.

Su Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at the three young men going away: "Where are they from?"

"I don't know. It's not from the town."

"Young people these days are all very weird. Many not only dye their hair yellow, but also like to wear rings on their noses. I heard some even pierce their tongues," Xu Jiatao said, waving his hands. "Hey, just ignore them. Just don't hang around in front of us."

"Those crow feathers... maybe they'll be used to make shuttlecocks. Who knows?"

"By the way, Honghong, at her age, does she like to play shuttlecock? Coincidentally, I saved a few pretty feathers from the chicken I killed earlier. I'll make one for her later."

Su Chen: "..."

My brother-in-law's train of thought is really jumping.

He smiled and nodded: "Honghong will probably like it."

Xu Jiatao picked up a hoe and dug a deep hole. He quickly took out a dozen sweet potatoes of even size from home, spread them on the soil, and took firewood to light them.

The children who were playing hide-and-seek before saw that he was busy and no longer cared about the game, and gathered around him.

Seeing Xu Jiatao putting sweet potatoes in, A Kui rushed into the house and quickly came out with a bunch of taro: "Dad, roast the taro too, it's delicious."

"Okay, then bring a few more."

The rest of the children also went home to get sweet potatoes and taro. Some neighbors happily moved chairs over and stretched out their hands to warm themselves by the fire.

"A Tao, why did you think of lighting a fire? Were you scared just now?"

Of course, he was talking about Old Xu.

Xu Jiatao shook his head: "Achen helped me deal with the frightening thing, and now I'm not afraid anymore. It's just that my sister wants to eat roasted sweet potatoes."

"A-Ting? Hey, they say a daughter who is married off is like water spilled, but it's only her that you still cherish her, even bringing her home during her confinement period and serving her delicious food every day. If she wants a roasted sweet potato, you, as her brother, are busy preparing it..."

Xu Jiatao glanced at the man and said lightly: "Why, did my A Ting eat your rice?"

The man stammered and fell silent.

Xu Jiatao didn't continue to argue, but instead asked: "Do you want to roast two sweet potatoes too? I'll burn the fire a little longer, enough to roast them."

The man immediately stood up cheerfully: "Hey, I'll get it."

The sweet potatoes are not yet ripe, but Old Xu’s family affairs are settled.

The villagers who were outside basking in the sun and eavesdropping in the corner dispersed.

A few people came over to chat while drying their hands.

"I didn't expect Old Xu still had over 500 yuan?"

"Not only that, there are also gold bars, although they are a bit thin..."

"What a pity, all this goes to Ah Shan."

"He dotes on his youngest son the most, that's normal, I guessed it!"