Chapter 229 The River-Suppressing Turtle

  Father and son held a turtle in each hand, happily walked up the mountain one after the other.

The road up the mountain was even more uneven than the road down the mountain. The long and steep **** went straight up. Ye Chenghu fell directly before taking a few steps, and the turtle in his hand was thrown out by him, and rolled two times. roll.

   "Ah, my turtle..."

   "Turtle or turtle, it didn't fall, it's right here, get up by yourself, don't be hypocritical."

Ye Chenghu saw the soft-shelled turtle fell, retracted his head, and looked like his feet were on the ground. He smiled again in an instant, and quickly got up on his hands and feet. Fortunately, it is winter. Although it is not very cold here, the children The clothes will still be thicker, and the fall will not hurt so much.

  He hurried forward to grab his turtle, and pouting carefully gave it a blow, and patted the dust on it.

  Ye Yaodong almost lost sight of this silly son, "Hurry up, dawdle, and play with you when we reach the mountain."

   "Dad, it's all dirty, let's wash it in water?"

   "Don't worry about it, what are you washing?"

  My own hands are black and smeared, and I didn't even say I need to wash it. A turtle is still like a treasure.

  Sooner or later, it's time to cook!

  Ye Chenghu didn't care about his father's objections, so he grabbed the turtle and climbed down to wash it in the river.

"Damn, be careful, don't fall into the river, and don't let it run away, or I'll hang you up and beat me!" Ye Yaodong frowned at his actions, it was really annoying to take the child out, Luckily I only had one.

   "No way!"

  Ye Yaodong saw that he was a little bit smaller, and felt worried, so he followed him down the river bank, but as soon as he walked down, he felt as if he stepped on something, and his pulp exploded?

  He looked up, an egg?

   Wild eggs? Wild duck eggs!

   "Son, come on, here are duck eggs."

  Ye Chenghu didn't care about bathing the **** for a moment, and turned his head happily, "Ah~ Dad, you crushed one of them."

   "Who knew there were eggs in the grass, I didn't look carefully, there are two more, you quickly pick them up and put them in your pocket, and let your mother stew them for you when you go back at night, I will wash this turtle for you."

   In case he accidentally falls into the water, if he goes back, not only he will be beaten, but I will also be scolded.

  Ye Yaodong carried the turtle, and as soon as he approached the water, he saw that there was actually a bigger one underneath, and his eyes widened instantly.

  Although the water is clear, there is mud at the bottom. The big **** is lying in the mud, and it is not very clear if it is embedded in it. It is because the water is clear enough that he can barely see the outline.

   "Damn it, the turtle of the town! Son, come here, here is a turtle the size of a washbasin."

  Ye Chenghu was being ordered around by his father, and felt that he was too busy. He had just picked up two wild duck eggs and put them in his pocket, when his father called again, and hurried over to look at them with his hands in his pockets.

   "Where, where?"

  Ye Yaodong picked up a branch and pointed it in the water. Ye Chenghu was so excited that he jumped up instantly, "It's so big, Dad, it's bigger than a washbasin, grab it quickly, go down and grab it..."

  Ye Chenghu said while pushing his father to go into the water.

  Ye Yaodong was pushed a few times by his body, almost fell into the water.

  This son of a bitch, seeing bastards, I don't want them anymore.

  He patted the brat on the back of the head, "Scratch your head, scratch your head, the river is so icy, you actually told me to go into the water."

   "But that tortoise is huge."

   "Just look at it and gain some insight. Let's catch the small one. The one at the bottom is so big. It's not sure that it's the turtle of the river. Just take a look."

  The shell on the back of the bottom one seems to be bigger than a washbasin. There are no breeding products for such a big turtle.

  Such a big animal is very superstitious nowadays, and some rural people believe that it can "psychic". Anyone who dares to catch it will be drowned by spit stars, and it is said that those who release it will be blessed.

  Ye Chenghu squatted there with regret on his face, "Can't you take it home and raise it?"

   "No, it grows so big here, it can only stay here to protect the water and soil."

   After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he swiped the little turtle covered in mud in the water, took a combat bath, and then lifted it up to his eldest son.

   "Here, just take these two little ones home and play."

   "But don't you want to eat them?"

  He was suddenly at a loss for words, "Eat one, leave one for you?"

"Oh well!"

  Ye Chenghu reluctantly grabbed the little turtle and nodded, then stroked the little turtle's shell soothingly.

   "Let's go, go up, dawdled for a long time, walked up the mountain for an hour and didn't reach the destination, I laughed to death..."

   "Isn't it you?"

   "Didn't you dawdle?"

   "You caught the turtle."

   "Didn't you see it? You just fell..."

   "You are still squatting there watching the turtle for a long time, and you asked me to watch it together..."

  …

  The father and son were arguing, one was disgusted, the other was talking back, refusing to give in to each other, the other was holding a bastard, and they walked up the mountain noisyly.

   Several pomelo trees planted at the foot of the mountain were still bearing fruit. Ye Chenghu ran up playfully and shook the pomelo, making it swing back and forth.

As a result, the pomelo fell and rolled directly down the slope. Ye Yaodong stretched out his foot to hold it up, picked it up and looked at his buttocks. It was round and straight. He weighed it with his hands, and it felt quite heavy , It should be thin and fleshy before putting it under the tree.

   "Don't be naughty, put this here first, and carry it back to you when you go down the mountain later."

   "Okay, okay, let's pick a few more and eat them at home later."

"Well, you can eat whatever you want from your grandpa's house, you don't need money, pick a few more later, now go up first," he stretched out his hand and pointed to the orange tree above, "Did you see those yellow oranges? The task in the afternoon is to pick oranges, let's go up and find your two uncles first."

   "Okay, are my cousins ​​on the mountain? I want to show them my turtle."

   "It's a turtle, not a tortoise, or you can call it a bastard, which is a collective name for turtles and turtles."

   "Hahaha, bastard!"

  Ye Yaodong glanced at him in disgust, and went up the mountain first.

   "Wait for me, Dad~"

   "Ah? Who's coming?" A male voice came from the mountain at this moment.

   "Ah, it's me, uncle, I'm Ye Chenghu, and my father and I came here to pick oranges."

   "Huh? Ah Dong is here?"

   "Cousin cousin..."

  Sparse voices came from the forest above, and after a while, a figure ran down from above.

   is the brother-in-law.

   Immediately afterwards, a large group of children followed behind him, calling for his cousin while running...

  Ye Chenghu also ran up excitedly, and holding his little turtle, held it up high to show to his cousins, a group of children chattered excitedly around the turtle and discussed excitedly...

  Ye Yaodong also handed the one in his hand to them to play with, and told them not to be bitten by the turtle. If you want to catch it, you must pick the two dimples under the turtle's abdomen.

   "Wow, little uncle is so amazing..."

"so big…"

   "Where did you catch it?"

  …

   "How many children didn't go to school today?"

Lin Xianghui trotted forward, "Isn't it because the family is too busy, my father's foot fell again, and my mother has to take care of him and cook, is there not enough manpower, so let them ask for a day off to help pick oranges up the mountain .When did you come here? Why didn't you sit at home for a while and came up the mountain?"

   "I sat for a while and had a conversation with my father. After eating snacks, I thought of coming up to help pick oranges. I heard that the price of oranges is very good recently?"

  Lin Xianghui's dark face was full of smiles, "It's not bad, I heard that it's 5% more than last year, so I thought about picking it up in the next two days, for fear of falling prices later."

   "That's very good, there are 5% more, which is very rare. Then I came at the right time, and I can help you pick them for two days."

   The two walked up the mountain while talking.

"Hehe~ I heard that this year the cannery came down to collect oranges, and they wanted to collect them to make canned oranges, so the price was 5% higher than in previous years. There were no oranges in the village, so they patted their thighs and regretted it, thinking about buying orange trees in spring. , so that it can be collected in two or three years."

   "Then you are lucky, you just caught up with the good price, and there will be more people planting next year, maybe the price will drop."

   "Yes, but this is hard to say."

   "How is the harvest of grapefruit? I can see that there are still fruits hanging from the bottom."

"The pomelos are okay too, the bottom ones are late-ripening ones. My father originally planned to wait until the oranges were picked, and then pick the bottom ones and send them to you in a few days. You just came over and took them back to eat when you left. .”

   "That's a good thing, it's better to come early than coincidentally."

  I heard that pregnant women should eat more fruits, so I happened to bring more grapefruits back home for his wife to eat slowly, so forget about oranges? I heard that eating too many oranges will turn yellow! Still get angry! Toothache!

  Ye Yaodong walked up the mountain, greeted his two sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, took out a sack and shook it, and picked a tree that hadn't been picked yet.

   "Adong, that is a bitter mandarin. Don't pick it yet. Pick the oranges first. Oranges are valuable. You can wait two days before picking the bitter mandarin."

  Ye Yaodong took a closer look, the top of his head was a bit pointed, the skin was still a little green, it was a bitter mandarin orange, this one was eaten cold, you can pick some back in two days!

  He wandered to the side again, and began to pick after identifying the oranges.

  These orange trees have only been planted for two or three years. The trees are not big, short and easy to pick, and they don’t need to climb up and down. It’s much easier than persimmon trees.

  While picking it, I peeled one and ate it. In an instant, my eyes were narrowed, and my facial features were wrinkled.

  But the silly son at the bottom ate there with relish, and kept shouting that it was delicious!

   Still yelling to feed bastard...

   "You guys, don't be naughty, don't play them to death, work quickly, don't be lazy, and play when you go back."

  The children immediately silenced, and played for a while reluctantly, and had to continue working when their mother called someone.

   "Cousin, you have to keep an eye on them, don't let them crawl away."

  Ye Chenghu sat on the ground and put a pile of oranges beside him, nodded happily, "Don't worry, I'll make a circle with oranges to make sure they won't run away."

  The group of children went to work with confidence.

  (end of this chapter)