My village can't be like this

Chapter 589 Catching Centipedes

The noise of everyone unloading the ship couldn't be said to be loud, so many people from the surrounding area quickly gathered to watch.

There are unsuspecting villagers from Changqing Village, tenants from Dongli Courtyard, and some tourists who come to play.

Not many fishing guys came. After all, they are a group of guys who are content to stay calm despite the wind and rain.

But when they saw that the unloaded boats were moved to the pier on the river bank, some people began to frown.

They thought that if there were so many boats in the river in the future, the quiet fishing environment before would be gone forever.

But even if they knew this was the case, they had no other choice. After all, fishing here did not require payment and there were no other conditions. Now that the village wanted to operate a sightseeing boat in the river, they couldn't say anything.

Because this river belongs to the public, they can fish and others can do other things.

Moreover, this section of the river is nominally under the management of Changqing Village. They often come here to fish, but they have done their best without saying anything.

Therefore, those experienced fishermen who fish near the pier have already made a mental decision to come as early as possible and choose to go upstream or downstream when they come here in the future.

Because it is impossible for them to leave like this and not fish here. It is difficult to find such a suitable place for fishing in the nearby area.

Even in other sections of the river, there are not as many fish as here, and transportation and other facilities are not convenient.

So I will still come, but I have to choose a place farther away from this pier in the future.

"Grandpa, there are so many boats, can we take them?"

When Zhang An and the others were moving the boat, a little girl opened her eyes and asked Zhang Jianwen.

"Okay, but you have to wait a few days, because the boat has just been bought and needs to be debugged again."

Although Zhang Jianwen always had a straight face when facing the group of naughty children in the village, he really liked children.

As soon as he saw the little girl asking him, he immediately answered with a smile.

"Oh, I can't sit down now. I'm so happy for nothing."

When the little girl heard that she couldn't take the boat yet, she immediately pursed her lips, and the disappointment on her face was clearly visible.

"Jiajia, don't be rude."

The woman next to her might be the little girl's mother. Seeing her expression, she immediately scolded her because it looked impolite.

"I'm sorry, the child is still young, so when will this boat be opened to the public?"

After the woman expressed her apology to Zhang Jianwen, she continued to ask questions.

"I don't know how long it will take, but it will definitely be available for rent during the National Day."

Zhang Jianwen didn't give the other party an accurate time, because the main problem now is not the debugging of the ship, but the place where the tickets are sold at the back.

Therefore, whether these boats can be opened to the public depends on when the ticket selling place in the village is opened.

"You heard it, Jiajia, grandpa said that you can come here and take the boat on the National Day, so you have to take classes well during this period. When the National Day holiday is over, mom will take you here to take the boat."

After the woman got the reply, she turned to the little girl and said, this is the most typical and most effective way to motivate children.

"Okay mom, I understand, I will go to school well."

After the little girl received her mother's assurance, she instantly became excited.

Children of their age are very curious about anything new.

Especially for things like taking a boat, there are not many opportunities. After all, there are none nearby, and there is no way to spend money. The closest one can only go to the provincial capital.

After moving all the boats to the dock, the people at the shipyard did not rush back, but followed everyone to the river because they also had to help train the people in the village who were responsible for driving the boats.

These are all things Zhang Jianwen said when he bought the boat, and they were all written into the contract.

"It's such a nice place. Just looking at the river makes people feel comfortable. But with such a big river, it's a little short of having only so many boats."

The person in charge of the shipyard who had negotiated with Zhang Jianwen before was now standing on the edge of the river expressing his sigh.

But he did not forget his own job. After seeing the broad river, he somewhat wanted to persuade Zhang Jianwen to buy a few more boats.

"Haha, we can only talk about this later. Our village doesn't have a lot of funds, so we can just get started for the time being."

After hearing what he said, Zhang Jianwen didn't get angry, he just said haha.

In his opinion, these ten ships are enough. After all, he never thought of buying so many before. As for the future, let's wait until later.

"Ah, aren't your funds allocated from above?"

The man at the shipyard didn't quite believe it when he heard what Zhang Jianwen said.

After all, he has seen many places that bought boats from them, all using the money allocated from them.

"There is no such thing as such a good thing. The money for it is not easy to get. We use the village's own surplus."

Zhang Jianwen smiled and shook his head. His family knew their own affairs, and it was already good to be able to get a sum of money for road construction from above.

"That's okay. I'm very optimistic about your place. When you want to buy more in the future, we will definitely make it cheaper."

The man at the shipyard did not continue. Although it was not possible now, he talked to Zhang Jianwen about the future.

After all, Zhang Jianwen is their customer now. It seems that there is still room for development in the future, and he has not given up.

Then we had to discuss personnel training. Zhang Jianwen had already found candidates before that and was waiting for people from the shipyard to come over.

Zhang An was not interested in this. After talking to Zhang Jianwen for a few words, he went back to his home.

After dinner in the afternoon, there was basically nothing going on at home, so Zhang An prepared to prepare the medicinal powder.

It's only mid-September now, and the rice in the acres of fields in front of the yard has not yet been harvested, and it may take a few more days.

It happened to be Saturday today. Su Ying didn't have to go to school today and tomorrow, and her son had someone to take care of her. Zhang An was going to prepare some insect attractant powder and go out for a walk to see if he could catch some mountain centipedes.

After all, he had already decided before that he wanted to see if he could help the little girl Yan Qian. Naturally, time couldn't be delayed forever.

There are quite a lot of centipedes in the mountains near Changqing, because the climate here is very suitable for them to survive.

You don’t even need to go into the mountains. Sometimes you can find centipedes crawling around in front of and behind your house, or in any corner.

Therefore, every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, when every household sprinkles realgar wine, they also sprinkle some insect repellent powder, mostly to drive away snakes and centipedes.

However, most of these centipedes are red-headed centipedes, and Zhang An has only seen this kind. At most, their close relatives, yellow-headed centipedes, are rare, but yellow-headed ones are rare.

Red-headed centipedes, under normal circumstances, can grow to a body length of six to eight inches.

When Zhang An was still in school, he saw many red-headed centipedes that were nearly 20 centimeters long.

At that time, when he saw a red-headed centipede that was so long, he always thought it was a giant.

But now, after listening to Zhang and his party talking about the big guy who wanted three hundred feet, he suddenly felt that even the biggest one he had seen before seemed not very big, and could only be regarded as a small Kalami. Because the biggest guy he had ever seen had only more than thirty legs, and it was still soaking in Mr. Zhang’s medicinal wine jar.

It is only one-tenth of the three hundred feet the old man said, which is quite a difference.

So since he had nothing to do today, Zhang An was going to go into the mountains to find a few to raise. Although he didn't know how big the red-headed centipedes could be, there was no loss in trying a few.

Moreover, the only ones he could find nearby were red heads and yellow heads, and the others would be difficult to find.

The preparation of medicinal powder is very simple. Just use a few herbs that Centipede likes and add some other things, and you can basically prepare it.

Many people think that it is difficult to prepare insect-attracting powder. In fact, the main difficulty lies in the formula. Most people do not have such a thing.

Zhang An is obviously an ordinary person. He has several insect-attracting formulas in his hand, all of which he got from Zhang and his party.

The ingredients required for the recipe happened to be available at home, so Zhang An didn't spend much time preparing them.

Then I found several woven cages in the small side room, which can be used to set traps.

"Daughter-in-law, I'm going out for a trip. If anyone comes looking for you, just give me a call."

When he went out, Zhang An said hello to his wife in case someone came looking for him later and couldn't find him.

Su Ying was taking care of the child and nodded to show that she understood, without asking him where he was going.

After going out, Zhang An carried the long fire tongs and headed straight into the purple bamboo forest.

If centipedes are the largest, bamboo forests will definitely bear the brunt, especially in large bamboo forests where there will be more.

So when wandering in the bamboo forest on weekdays, in addition to being careful about snakes, you also have to pay attention to centipedes.

Although the poison of this thing is not as strong as that of Zhuyeqing, it is not uncomfortable to be bitten.

On the way, Zhang An was only halfway through when he saw Yan Peifeng and Yan Qian coming from the purple bamboo forest from a distance.

"Uncle Yan, have you just come down from the temple?"

When the three of them met, Zhang An took the lead in saying hello.

"Hmm, it's this time every day when Daozhang Zhang treats Qian Qian. By the way, Xiao An, I've asked someone to go to the Miao villages in the mountains to inquire. The person I'm looking for is the brother of a woman in your village."

Just when he met Zhang An, Yan Peifeng told him about looking for Miao people to visit the Miao village.

"That's fine. If you ask someone earlier, the chance may be greater. I hope you can bring back good news."

Zhang An was not surprised. In the past few years, many people in the village had invited Miao girls from the mountains to come home as guests.

"What are you going to do? Are you going to go to Daozhang Zhang?"

Later, Yan Peifeng asked Zhang An what he was going to do. He saw the poker in his hand and the woven cage on his waist. This was not the way to go to Sanqing Temple.

"No, I'm going to grab something in the bamboo forest."

Zhang An didn't tell Yan Peifeng that he was going to catch centipedes. There was no rush, and it wouldn't be too late to raise them later.

"Brother Zhang An, what are you going to catch? Can I go with you?"

When Yan Qian heard this, her eyes immediately lit up. She had rarely played outside since she was a child, and now she really wanted to go with Zhang An.

"No, Sissi, you have forgotten that you are afraid of snakes."

Before Zhang An could speak, Yan Peifeng objected first.

Hearing Zhang An talk about going to catch something in the bamboo forest, and then looking at the tongs in Zhang An's hand and the woven cage on his waist, he felt that Zhang An was going to catch snakes.

"Yes, Sissi. There are a lot of snakes in the bamboo forest, so I won't take you there. Next time I go to other places to play, I will definitely ask you to come with me."

Seeing that Yan Peifeng had preconceived ideas, Zhang An didn't give any explanation, so he could reject Yan Qian.

"OK then."

Sure enough, as soon as Yan Qian heard about the snake, she frowned and said nothing about following her.

"Okay, let's go back, don't delay your brother Zhang An."

Seeing that his daughter was persuaded and Zhang An had something to do, Yan Peifeng called his daughter to go home.

Zhang An came to the bamboo forest and did not stay outside.

Nowadays, there are many people coming to Sanqing Temple. Basically, people walk back and forth in the purple bamboo forest every day.

In these peripheral places, no matter how many snakes, insects, rats, or ants there are, they have been dispersed long ago.

After walking deep into the bamboo forest, Zhang An stopped and looked at the ground intently.

There were originally many stones on the ground, but they were all covered by bamboo leaves that had fallen from the bamboos, but they were not as soft to walk on as in the pine forest.

When walking in the bamboo forest, you should be careful. In addition to the green bamboo leaves on the bamboo, there may also be rock spots on the ground. The name is the sharp-nosed viper, which is also known as the five-step snake.

In places like bamboo forests, they often hide in the yellow bamboo leaves, making it difficult for people to see them.

The venom of the rockhead spot is very strong. In this era, those who are bitten basically have a narrow escape from death. It is difficult to receive timely treatment and medical conditions are not available.

Zhang An was naturally afraid, so he specially changed his boots when he came.

Of course, in addition to these, there is another plant in the bamboo forest that you must be particularly careful about. It is best not to touch it with exposed flesh. It is live hemp.

If you don't pay attention, if you get scratched by it, it will swell up in a short time, causing itching and discomfort.

After walking a few steps, Zhang An saw a few stones in front of him.

He used tongs to push aside the surrounding bamboo leaves, and then lifted up one of the stones.

"Hey, you're lucky. You got something right when you came here."

Zhang An couldn't help but feel happy, because he saw several red-headed centipedes under the stone.

However, only one was relatively large, probably about an inch long, and the others were all centipede sprouts.

After this guy realized that someone had found his place of growth, his first reaction was not to crawl away, but to drive the two red whiskers on his head to crawl towards Zhang An's feet, looking very impatient. .

The way he dances with his teeth and claws looks a bit like the centipede spirit in Calabash Baby.

Seeing it being so provocative, Zhang An naturally couldn't bear it. He called the tongs in his hand to catch it, and put it into the bamboo cage while it kept twisting.

As for the other small ones, Zhang An didn't intend to let them go and picked them up all at once.

After all, he didn't capture them to sell them for money, but captured them in the space to raise them, so he didn't need to be so picky.

(End of this chapter)