Fisherman

The next day, there was no rain on the mountain.

When Zhao Qian got up, she moved a little, and all the bones in her body creaked. It was really uncomfortable to sleep on the ground.

He stroked Brother Zhou's hair, and his mood improved a lot. The two of them had a simple meal together. Taking advantage of the sunny weather, the men left the cave early and continued their foraging.

Perhaps it was because of the lack of rain, people from another cave also came out, and the two groups met under the big pagoda tree outside the cave, seeing that it was Xue Yao and the Zhou family, Zhao Qian and Hu San'er ignored it , Upright to the small river on the mountain.

Seeing that they did not greet them, the villagers who followed them were not very enthusiastic, and stepped up to chase Zhao Qian who had gone far.

Xue Yao kicked away the stones on the ground, and spat at their backs: "They came out yesterday to look for food, they picked all the wild fruits on the mountain, what shall we eat!"

Hearing this, the fellow villagers also muttered: "No way, they can eat so much."

"Go and see if you don't believe me, the persimmons and chestnuts on the mountainside are almost beaten." Xue Yao stared and cursed: "The heart is so fucking big, I took them all away."

Everyone looked at each other, feeling a little annoyed, and someone suggested, "Let's go to their cave and have a look?"

That being said, the people who originally said they were going to find food all ran to Zhao Qian's cave to join in the fun.

After only a few steps, everyone glanced at it from a distance, and Cao Fang's mother muttered: "The cave on their side is much smaller than ours."

But when they approached, their mouths were closed, and the inside was cleaned up, which was much more comfortable than their big cave.

There were not many people in the cave at this moment, many women and brothers went out, some followed Old Man Li to find materials for making backpacks, and some went out to dig wild vegetables.

Only Zhou Geer, Hu Lingling and Xiaoxiao were left, as well as a woman and her young son Dazhu.

Seeing the person from another cave coming, Brother Zhou frowned.

Seeing that there was no one in the cave, Xue Yao walked in first, stretched his neck with his hands behind his back, and looked around: "Oh, your side is not bad."

After looking at it, he walked to the place where the food was piled up. He squatted down and picked up the chestnuts that everyone peeled yesterday, threw one into his mouth, and chewed it loudly: "It's quite sweet."

Then he said to the villagers behind him: "Look at how much food there is, chestnuts, persimmons, and wild hazelnuts. Let me tell you that they have finished all the things on the mountain."

Brother Zhou said coldly: "Xue Yao, what are you doing here?"

"Fellows from my big hometown, can't I come and take a look if I have nothing to do? The cave doesn't belong to your family, or you have finished all the wild fruits, so guilty."

Faced with Xue Yao's unreasonableness, Brother Zhou naturally had a bad face: "This mountain is so big, you don't know if you can finish it after walking for a day, and there is not only one persimmon tree, how can you finish picking it."

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhou Wang trotted over with a smile on her face, and said to Brother Zhou: "The folks in our cave have almost eaten enough food. You have picked so many wild fruits, so share with us, everyone. It’s a village, so it should be helped.”

Brother Zhou shook off Zhou Wang's hand, and the expression on his face remained unchanged: "This is something that everyone in the cave picked together, and I can't make the decision."

"Hey, it's not a big deal. It's not up to you to decide what to do. Everyone is from the village, not to mention that the village chief is in the cave over there. Let the village chief distribute it."

"No." Brother Zhou bluntly refused.

Zhou Wang's smiling face immediately collapsed: "Your sister-in-law disappeared in the shipwreck, and elder brother kept silent all day. Even if you don't feel sorry for elder brother and parents, you should also feel sorry for your two younger sisters. They are all hungry. Quite a few meals."

Brother Zhou turned a deaf ear to it, and he was already tired of hearing this trick of playing the emotional card.

"I'm lazy and don't do anything, and I want to get it for nothing. It's funny!" A woman weaving a cushion out of palm skin shouted.

The palm husks were roasted overnight last night and by this time they were pretty dry.Zhou Wang glanced at the woman who was busy, and said in a sharp voice: "I'm talking to my brother, it's none of your business."

Dazhu's mother was not a good one either, and cursed back at the top of her voice: "If you think it's none of my business, then don't stare at the food in our cave."

The fight between the women was quick, and the fighting power was also strong. Zhou Wang took a few strides to scold Dazhu's mother, who stretched out his hand first, and soon The two of them pulled their hair up, causing the villagers who watched the excitement to laugh.

Brother Zhou and Lingling saw that instead of persuading the fight, they folded their arms around their chests and laughed heartily. They felt depressed and hurried over to try to pull the two women away. Dazhu was terrified when he saw his mother being beaten. The sound of crying came out, the sounds of women quarreling and fighting mixed with the cries of children, and the cave became a mess.

Xue Yao rolled his eyes when he saw this, and urged the young man beside him: "Go, let's move some of the food here back to our cave."

"This is not good, what if Zhao Qian and the others come back?"

"What are you afraid of, haven't you come back yet? Let's take it back and cook and eat the chestnut. When they find it, it will already be in our stomachs. Let's see what they can do with us. Are you folks? , You can’t enjoy the food alone.”

In the face of hunger, everyone was quickly persuaded by Xue Yao's fallacious reasoning, and flocked to the place where the food was piled up.

Brother Zhou saw that the situation was not good, let go of Zhou Wangshi and his mother Dazhu who were wrestling together, and went to grab Xue Yao who was holding a pile of persimmons: "This is from our cave, you can't take it!"

Xue Yao waved his arm: "You mind your own business!"

Brother Zhou refused to let go, Lingling hurried over to help, Xue Yao impatiently pushed her to the ground with one hand, Brother Zhou had a lot of strength, but his foot was injured, so he couldn't fight Xue Yao , even so, the hand is still firmly pulling Xue Yao's clothes, not allowing him to leave the cave.

"You're fucking looking for death, aren't you?" Xue Yao's elder, whose clothes were ripped off, was completely enraged. With one arm around the persimmon, he punched Brother Zhou in the head, and then punched his wound again. Two sharp toes on the feet.

Brother Zhou suffered from pain and slid to the ground with his back against the cave wall, Xue Yao groaned a few times: "I don't know what's good or bad."

After getting away, he ran out of the cave with the rest of the people.

Li Xiaoxiao, who had been hiding in the corner shivering all this time, watched Brother Zhou get punched, closed her eyes in fright, suddenly remembered what Zhao Qian said to her yesterday, in the chaos, she gritted her teeth and said Two legs ran out.

"Can this trap catch prey?" Hu San'er was carrying a pared wooden stick with a piece of broken jar on it, and they were digging a hole with crude tools.

According to what Zhao Qian said, several other villagers spread grass on the trap and sprinkled some boiled chestnuts on it.

Zhao Qian stood aside and wiped off his sweat: "Look at your luck, wild animals will come to the river to drink water when they are thirsty, dig traps around here, the possibility of catching prey is higher, winter is coming, if If you can’t catch them now, it will be even more difficult in winter.”

A man from a villager who was fishing for fish in the river with his trousers arm in hand said, "If we can't catch it, then we can make a slingshot and shoot birds in the sky to eat meat."

"That bit of meat isn't enough to fit between the teeth!"

"It's too hairy to have meat, so it's good to make soup!"

Zhao Qian smiled: "Let's talk about it after you call."

While doing their work, everyone chatted and chatted without feeling tired, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Not long after, the sound of messy footsteps coming from a gust of wind made everyone's voices quiet down.

Zhao Qian stared at the place where the voice came from, and saw a small figure emerging from the woods.

"Smile, why are you here?"

Seeing that Zhao Qian didn't care about panting, Li Xiaoxiao said loudly, "Brother Shaoyu was beaten!"

The little girl's voice rang in the ears, everyone was stunned, and they forgot what they were doing.

Zhao Qian took a deep breath, put down the stick in his hand, and rushed towards the cave without asking any questions.

"Zhao Qian!" Hu Saner yelled at his back worriedly. Seeing that there was no answer, he frowned, turned around and shouted at the others: "I'll follow you back, pack up your things and take them back with you." .”

"Success, be careful!"

Zhao Qian ran all the way back, and when he arrived at the cave, the cave had returned to quietness, and there seemed to be nothing unusual, but when he walked in, he saw the smashed persimmons, the spilled chestnuts, and the mess on the ground, so he knew what had happened in the cave .

But now he doesn't have the mind to care about these things at all, he just cares about the most anxious person in his heart, and he calls out to people in a hurry: "Less rain!"

"Brother Zhao!"

Brother Zhou's tone was a little surprised and a little trembling.

Seeing that the person who was fine when he went out was sitting on the ground with his back and his legs crossed, Zhao Qian's heart tightened, and he walked over a few steps and half knelt on the ground: "What's going on?"

Brother Zhou raised his face, and when he realized the injury on his face, he quickly turned his head away, and said lightly: "Just now the villagers from the cave next door came to grab something."

Zhao Qian realized that something was wrong with him, grabbed his hand, raised his lowered chin, and saw that the thin lips were covered with blood, which had dried up, and his eyes sank: "Who hit him?"

Brother Zhou wanted to lower his head, but Zhao Qian was too strong to twist it, so he said uncomfortably, "It's okay."

"It was Xue Yao who beat him, and he even kicked Brother Shaoyu's injured foot!"

Brother Zhou raised his head suddenly, his eyebrows twitched, Hu Lingling blushed, and answered the question for him in an atmosphere.

Hearing this, Zhao Qian's eyes were cold, and he hit the ground with a fist, causing Hu Lingling to take a step back in fright. He got up suddenly and turned out of the cave.

"Brother Zhao!" Brother Zhou was worried that something might happen to him when he went out, so he struggled to catch up with him. Just when he stood up, he felt a sharp pain in his feet, which made him tilt his body and almost fell to the ground.

"Brother Shaoyu, don't move around!" Hu Lingling quickly supported him: "Let Big Brother Zhao teach Xue Yao a lesson, they are too much!"