Chapter 80 Winter Desolation
According to Chen Dongfang, this incident was indeed born before liberation. At that time, they were poor, so the poverty of Fudigou was not so obvious. In addition, Fudigou was actually far away from the war outside. The people could even say that they had lived a little better than outside. However, in that era when people were not living, they were far away from the war, but they could not escape natural disasters. First, there was a severe drought, and then the flood caused almost no harvest that year. The government's support was obviously unreliable, so many people went to the custody to beg for refuge that year, and there were not many people left in Fudigou. At that time, Chen Tianfang of the Chen family, also known as Chen Dongfang's grandfather, was the patriarch of the Chen family in the village.
The winter of that year was particularly cold. Because Fudigou was backed by Funiu Mountain, many people in the village were half-baked hunters. Hunting during the slack farming period was also a big income. In the winter after heavy snow covered the mountain, rural people put on condoms and clips to catch weasels in many places. In that year, at the beginning, people who put on clamps were almost completely trapped, and then weasels would enter the village at night, and those in broad daylight were also seen everywhere. In the words of the old people, this was not only because people were famine, but even weasels were affected. If they were not hungry, weasels would not enter the village, nor would they walk under the eyes of people during the day.
As the human at the top of the food chain, this is undoubtedly a good thing for the villagers, so the whole village was crazy about putting on the condom and clamping the weasels. In a short while, every household in Fudigou caught a lot of them. Eating meat was a trivial matter. Weasels, also known as yellow skin, were valuable when handing over the weasel skin in winter, because weasel skins in winter do not shed hair and are most suitable for fur. Because there are many weasels in Fudigou, there are even many fur dealers in the village. From the beginning, a complete weasel skin could be exchanged for one pound of meat, and in the end, they could only exchange half a pound of meat. This was the bargaining of the profiteering merchants, but this could not resist the villagers' enthusiasm for catching weasels. Although the bargaining alone was too many weasels in the village.
Chen Daneng caught the weasel that became a spirit, just as it was approaching the Spring Festival. The weasel that Chen Daneng caught not only looked long, but also was very large. His weasel skin was sold at a sky-high price when bargaining, but it sold three oceans. In terms of purchasing power, these three oceans are equivalent to nearly one thousand yuan now. This is undoubtedly arousing the envy of people. They asked Chen Daneng how he caught it. He was also proud, saying that the rope he put in was thick, because when he saw the weasel in the condom, the weasel was biting his foot and was going to break his foot to escape. He ran over and beat the weasel to the end.
The patriarch of the Chen family knew some magical skills due to some of the books he passed down from the third grandfather, so when the weasel entered the village, Chen Tianfang felt unusual, but he also thought that this might be the weasels in the mountains also fled because of famine. When people were about to starve to death, these weasels were a timely help, so he didn't take it to heart. However, when he knew that Chen Daneng caught an old weasel with almost white hair, Chen Tianfang was also a little worried. Because weasels themselves are evil things, and some places even offer this thing as a god and named it Huang Daxian. The ordinary weasels are fine, but they probably have a bit of climate when they are old.
Although Chen Tianfang was worried, even if he was the head of the Chen family, he could not curb everyone's enthusiasm for catching weasels. As the Chen family's landlord family, Chen Tianfang's family had surplus food, but no one was in the family. If everyone did not allow everyone to catch weasels, it would cut off everyone's wealth. No one would listen to this. So after Chen Tian secretly observed Chen Daneng for a few days, there was nothing unusual. He felt that maybe he was worried that the matter had just passed.
But about half a month later, Chen Daneng, who was so energetic that he caught the weasel that had never seen before in the past half month, suddenly became much more depressed because he had caught a big weasel that had never seen before in the mouth of the villagers. He didn't see him getting out early and coming back late every day. Others may not care, but Chen Tianfang kept staring at Chen Daneng, so Chen Tianfang was the first to know when Chen Daneng appeared. So he found an opportunity and called Chen Daneng home.
After a few days of not seeing each other, Chen Daneng was as if he had changed his body, his spirit was distracted, his face was thin, and his eyes were dull. This was not the strong guy he used to be, and he was full of slutty. Chen Tianfang knew that perhaps it was because of the old yellow-skinned boy that this kid had caused trouble.
"What's going on with you recently?" Chen Tianfang asked.
"It's okay, the patriarch." Chen Daneng pretended, but his eyes dodged were obviously lying.
"Do you think I don't know it's the weasel spirit that has been pestering you, don't tell the truth, right? If I don't tell the truth, I can't save you!" Chen Tianfang said.
When Chen Daneng heard this, he immediately looked at Chen Tianfang incredible, and then he knelt down for Chen Tianfang with a thud and said, "I knew that nothing can be hidden from the eyes of the clan leader. You have opened your eyes. You can see this. Please save me and my mother!"
Seeing that Chen Daneng told the truth, Chen Tianfang waved his hand and said, "There is no need to say anything flattering. Let's say it, what's going on?"
It turns out that Chen Daneng is also a filial child. His father died early, so his mother raised him up. The family is very poor. It is because of his poverty that Chen Daneng is not young yet has not yet been asked for a wife. On weekdays, he and his old mother depend on each other. Although his mother is only in her forties or fifties, because of overwork when she was young, his mother is in poor health. She looks like an old man in her sixties or seventies. In fact, this is the case in that era. As long as a person gets older, he looks particularly old, not only in appearance but also in his body.
The old weasel caught by Chen Daneng sold the skin, but the meat was eaten. Chen Daneng himself was reluctant to eat it. In his opinion, the older the food, the more delicious it was and the more nourishing it was. So he wanted to nourish his mother's body. He ate other weasel meat. He slowly stewed the meat of the old weasel for his mother. His mother had a bad appetite on weekdays and could really eat it, and he said that he had never eaten such delicious meat.
My mother finished eating the meat of the old weasel and her body became stronger and stronger. Chen Daneng was very happy. But in the past few days, he suddenly felt something was wrong with his old mother. In the middle of the night, he always heard the sound of grinding his teeth. The sound of grinding his teeth sounded like a bone gnawing sounded as cautious as it was. However, when Chen Daneng got up and watched, an even more incredible scene appeared. Her old mother was holding the table legs and gnawing like a mouse. Moreover, her curled body looked like a weasel caught by someone!
He woke up his old mother, but he didn't remember anything. Although he was worried, he just thought that his old mother was sleepwalking.
But in the past two days, the old mother not only had to chew things every night, but also liked to crawl like a weasel on the ground. What's more, the old mother's appearance has changed, and she looks like an old weasel! Especially her eyes have become round and she looks at people smoothly, just like the weasel's eyes when she looks at people!
"Just yesterday, my mom lost her mind during the day. She turned into a weasel completely. She also said that I took his life. My mom ate his meat and now she wants to pay for her life!" Chen Daneng said with tears in his eyes.
Chen Tianfang knew it was bad when he heard it. He looked at Chen Daneng and asked, "Don't panic, where is your mother?"
"I've tied it up, tied up at home. Master, please help me!" Chen Daneng said.
Chen Tian sighed and said, "Hey, I knew that something was going to happen if you caught a weasel that became a spirit. No matter how bad the emperor was, he was still a real dragon. Now he has knocked down the emperor, and the dragon is gone, and all the ghosts and monsters are about to come out."
Chapter completed!