80s Taoism

At this time, it was already dark and the moon had not yet come out. It was pitch black everywhere. Luckily the path looks like a white ribbon floating away into the distance. The weather has been sunny for a while, and the road is very dry. If it rains, the reflection of the stone slab and the muddy ground are very similar at night. I thought it was a stone slab, but I didn't know it was a puddle of mud until I stepped on it.

The diamond mountain leopard can see the road clearly even in low light, so it walks in the front to explore the road. A few people didn't dare to make too much noise, who knew if the anaconda would be hiding somewhere in the distance and spying on a few people?

I walked for two or three hours with one foot deep and the other shallow before returning to the village. On the way, Liu Guocai and others sent Zhang Jiaohua home again.

Liu Zongtai said apologetically to Zhang Jiaohua, "Master Zhang, I'm sorry today. I didn't bring a gift when I came out. I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

"Forget it. It didn't work out." Zhang Jiaohua shook his head, his face was still very pale at this moment. This time the body loss was severe. It was a big loss. If Liu Zongtai is really not polite, Zhang Jiaohua will curse him until the new year.

Fortunately, Liu Zongtai is not the kind of white-eyed wolf, and said quickly, "How can that be done. The cow was also found. If it weren't for you, I don't know if I can come back today. I will come tomorrow."

As soon as Liu Qiaoye saw Zai Zai come back, he started to cry. If there were no outsiders here, Liu Qiaoye would have already hugged Zai Zai in his arms. Tightly holding Zai Zai's hand, tears could not be restrained from flowing out. My own cub was fine when he went out, but he came back skinny.

Knowing that something serious must have happened, Zhang Youping personally sent the three of Liu Zongtai to the main road.

"Liu Zongtai, you took my cub away, and now it's like this when you come back, why don't you explain it to me?" Zhang Youping's voice was full of strong anger.

"Youping, I'm really sorry today. I shouldn't have come to look for your cub to find my buffalo today. If you don't ask about this matter, I will tell you clearly. Today's matter is really dangerous. We almost didn't make it back in one piece. A giant python appeared in Falling Star Lake. Fortunately, you are so powerful that you used lightning techniques to calm the giant python. Otherwise, we might all be buried in the python's belly today. It's just that your cub may have suffered a loss. Youping , Don't worry, I'm not an ungrateful person. I will be responsible for this matter to the end. I will go to the town tomorrow to see if I can get some wild ginseng back to feed your cub." Liu Zongtai talked about what happened.

This incident was originally an accident. When the incident was clarified, Zhang Youping couldn't do anything to Liu Zongtai and the others. He could only keep a straight face and snorted. He slammed his fist on a poplar tree by the roadside, shaking the poplar tree continuously, and the dead leaves fell down quickly.

Liu Zongtai and the others also saw that their scalps were numb. If this fist fell on them, they might break several ribs.

"Zai Zai, what happened? How did you become like this?" Liu Qiaoye hugged Zai Zai tightly, as if Zai Zai would fly away from her hand at any moment.

"Mother, don't worry. I used too much mana today. When I go to the mountains to get some meat tomorrow, I can mend it." Zhang Jiaohua tried to smile. It's a pity that there is much less flesh on his face. She's not as cute as she used to be when she smiles. On the contrary, it is even more heartbreaking.

"Don't go anywhere tomorrow! Stay at home honestly for me. Let dad go to the commune to cut the pork. I'll make it up for you. Cub, mother will catch a chicken and kill it. I'll give you yellow legs to eat at night." Liu Qiaoye refused to let the cub down at all.

Zhang Jiaohua is still hugged by her mother, and the feeling of being loved is very comfortable.

When Zhang Youping returned home, his face was not very good. He went to the kitchen and saw the mother-in-law holding the cub, but she didn't make a sound.

Liu Qiaoye stuffed the cub into the man's hand, went to the chicken coop behind the house and caught a hen. A tile bowl was filled with half a bowl of water, and some salt was added to it.

Zhang Youping held Zai Zai in one hand, and filled a pot of water into the water tank with an iron pot in the other. Put it on the stove, then stuff a few firewood into the stove, and strike a match to ignite the firewood.

The couple didn't speak, but they did the same thing tacitly.

"Zai Zai, don't use spells casually in the future. Do you know?" Zhang Youping said suddenly.

"En." Zhang Jiaohua nodded. Naturally, he still has lingering fears about what happened today. It was far more dangerous than escaping from the fangs of a wild boar that day. Really scared the baby to death.

"From now on, I will stay at home honestly, and my parents don't need you as a child to earn money to support them. When my parents go to Guangdong to work and earn money, what do you want, and what do my parents buy for you." Liu Qiaoye finally said what was suppressed in his heart. As a parent, it is embarrassing for her to let Zai Zai go out to earn money to support the family. She was afraid that the villagers would gossip. But she really has no other way to earn money to buy things that Zai Zai likes. No money to buy a TV set, no money to buy paper wrapped candies. Sometimes it is difficult to buy a packet of salt at home.

The firewood was blazing in the stove, illuminating Zhang Youping's resolute face. There seemed to be sparks flickering in Zhang Youping's eyes. He has all the strength, but he can't make any money in Meiziao. No matter how intensively the several acres of land in the family are cultivated, after paying the grain, agricultural tax, and water bills, there is not much left. The money for grain and grain could not reach the hands at all, so it was withheld by the village. The remaining millet is enough for the family's rations, but only enough to feed some livestock. During the Chinese New Year, a pig is killed, a small half is kept, and the other half is sold. But the price is not good. The money I got was saved, and it was probably enough to cover my family's expenses for a year. Other than that, there is almost no way to make money. It's not that he's lazy, there really is no way to make money. Without culture, technology, and capital, where can I find ways to make money?

"Go out! After the Chinese New Year, I must go to Guangdong! Even if I risk my life, I must give my son and this family a good life!" Zhang Youping has already made up his mind in his heart.

Liu Qiaoye also made up her mind that if she didn't go out at this time at the best age in her life, she would definitely regret it in the future.

Zhang Jiaohua seemed to have expected something. He is just a child, he tried his best, but he couldn't stop the tide of society.

Sparks flew out from the mouth of the stove, and floated up in bits and pieces, until they turned into ashes in mid-air.

Meizi'ao was already dead of night, but this night was so restless. Zhang Jiaohua's lights are so faint in the depression, like the light of fireflies flickering in the night sky.