Zheng Tan walked slowly around the wild pond. There were some trees on the edge. Although they were not very big, they could also play a certain shade under the sun at this time.

There are many wild plants nearby. Zheng Tan looks familiar, but they can't name it. There are some frogs or toads in the wild pond standing on some floating branches in the wild pond croaking. When they notice Zheng Tan's approaching, they immediately jump into the water.

Sometimes you can see some small fish swimming under the water. It is worthy of being a place for aquaculture. You can see fish everywhere. It may not be someone who throws them here on purpose, but it may also be because of some accidental situations during the flood season.

The cicadas on the tree were also clamoring, as if they were shouting louder than anyone else.

If you are in other places, there will definitely be some children who are on summer vacation around the wild ponds to fish and shrimps. But this place is probably a lot of fun since childhood, and it is not rare. Instead, they prefer to go to the big fish ponds where fish are fishing to watch the fun, and occasionally they can pick up a few big fish for free.

I heard that some college students from related majors have recently come to an internship at a nearby aquaculture base. Some are doing scientific research and experiments, which is even more lively. Some children with good fish killing skills have been invited to help. The adults don’t have the time to work, and even if they have them, they don’t look down on the rewards. However, the children are different. For them, indoor work not only has rewards but also can be used for free. So Zheng Tan basically didn’t see the children in the village when they came to Yetang.

Just as he was thinking, Zheng Tan's ears moved, and he heard a sudden movement in front of him.

Someone?

In Zheng Tan's impression, even if the children don't yell loudly, they will occasionally chat and laugh, sometimes in groups, and they will never be so quiet, so they won't be so sudden.

Zheng Tan walked over lightly, and the movement there suddenly became larger. Some plants grew on the edge of the wild pond, blocking Zheng Tan's vision and also acted as a cover. People opposite the wild pond were not easy to notice Zheng Tan.

The further you go, the narrower the wild pond becomes, and it is almost over here.

There was a little girl about the same age as Xiao Yuzi. Her clothes were not only old, but also rough patches. Although this child looked similar to Xiao Yuzi, the difference from Xiao Yuzi was that the little girl looked quite thin and had no yellow face. Because she was already tanned, she was really thin. Her face looked like she had no flesh, not as white and tender as Xiao Yuzi, with baby fat. Her arms and legs exposed outside seemed to be wrapped in only a layer of skin, and she had no flesh. She probably cut her shoulder-length short hair herself, which looked not very coordinated.

When Zheng Tan looked over, the child was collecting the pole. No wonder the noise suddenly became a little louder, otherwise Zheng Tan wouldn't have discovered someone here so soon.

The child was also fishing for shrimps. There was a canned bottle next to him, and half a can of earthworms were filled with. Zheng Tan could clearly see the worms squirming inside. He probably was an experienced one. The child got three rods in three places not far apart. It was estimated that the earthworms on one rod were no longer able to do it. After fishing for a shrimp, the little girl grabbed a few of them from the canned bottle and replaced them again.

Earthworms are not the most ideal bait for shrimp fishing, but the advantage is that they are easy to catch. You just need to replace them with new living earthworms every now and then, otherwise the effect of earthworms will be reduced if they die or soak for a long time, and they will not fool the old shrimps.

After changing to fresh earthworms, the little girl sat next to her, rested for two minutes, got up and walked lightly between the three poles, to see which pole was moving.

Zheng Tan walked over and looked at it. There was a cracked broken plastic bucket that was fixed with a rope. There were already some crayfish inside the bucket. It seemed that the child had a good harvest. There were also some green shrimps. There were many farmers in this place and some green shrimps were also raised. It was not surprising to see green shrimps here. As for crayfish, this thing is an invasive alien species, with strong adaptability and wide distribution. Otherwise, it would be a "invasive species".

There was also a broken sickle next to the bucket. This kind of sickle is very common in farmers. However, Zheng Tan felt so strange when he looked at it.

Just as he was thinking about something, Zheng Tan looked up and met the little girl's eyes.

Zheng Tan rarely sees such cruel eyes in the eyes of a child. Even some children with gloomy temperament will not do this, because the child still has a strong murderous intent in his eyes. Zheng Tan has no doubt that if the child holds a sickle in his hand, he will definitely chop at him.

However, this kid doesn't have a sickle now.

Zheng Tan was not afraid of this child, but instead had some teasing thoughts.

Afraid of making trouble by yourself? It is not good for these shrimps? I still insist on making trouble.

Zheng Tan stretched his claws and quickly patted the shrimps with their claws in the bucket.

I have to say that Zheng Tan is sometimes so bored that he feels so uncomfortable that he doesn't want to die.

Throw a piece of soil over.

Zheng Tan reacted quickly and avoided it. However, the dirt block was rubbed over the edge of the bucket containing shrimps. The place where the bucket was originally placed was not flat. After rubbing it, it fell down after swaying for a few seconds.

The little girl didn't care about Zheng Tan and ran over quickly. Before the shrimp escaped, she quickly grabbed them and threw them back into the bucket. When she looked up, she saw the black cat half hiding in the grass, revealing her cat's head. Looking at this side, when she got up, the black cat hid in the grass. The grass whizzed a few times. When the cat stopped, it was already running away.

The little girl standing in the original place looked at the grass and frowned. She always felt that the cat was playing tricks on her, but when the cat was half hidden in the grass and looked here, her eyes were a little wrong. Many old people in the village said that black cats were more evil. Some said they were spiritual objects, and some said they were evil objects. She didn't agree before, but she was just a cat, just to scare herself. But after what happened just now, she believed it.

Zheng Tan was walking in the grass and felt uncomfortable, not because the little girl threw dirt at him, but the scene he just saw.

When the little girl leaned over to catch shrimp and threw it back into the plastic bucket, she lifted her already short clothes, revealing a piece of her back. Zheng Tan could see clearly that there were scars on the girl's back, such as marks drawn from holding bamboo poles or other things. Originally, there were some on the girl's arms and legs, but the traces were relatively light. Zheng Tan didn't care. He heard from Mr. Gu that fighting was common among some children in the village, and it was not surprising that they were both male and female when they were fighting. But now it was not. The injuries on the back were new injuries, and Zheng Tan felt pain when he looked at it, let alone a little girl as big as a little grapefruit.

Abuse? Domestic violence?

Zheng Tan shook his tail, Jiao Ma and Xiao Youzi told him not to cause trouble, and he didn't plan to care about those other people's business, and he couldn't even care about those other people's business. Every family had a hard-to-read scripture, and there were too many such families. No matter how much they were in the city and rural areas, there were no shortage of parents who beat children.

So, after walking for a while, I caught a frog that jumped out of nowhere and teased her. Zheng Tan felt in a good mood and was getting better. Look at the sky. He ran back to the place where Xiaoyuzi and the others caught shrimp.

When Zheng Tan went back, Jiao Yuan showed off with an older shrimp. The two big clips of shrimp were red. Jiao's mother liked to eat this big clip, and the meat inside was tender.

Little Yuzi was changing bait and tied earthworms. Mr. Gu grabbed four fat earthworms and put them on the rope. Little Yuzi just tied them with ropes. There were two dead ones next to them, and some were broken by shrimps. The number of earthworms that Mr. Gu tied to Little Yuzi was no less than three times. It was estimated that one was directly grabbed by shrimps, or the earthworms were not tied up and ran away by themselves.

After fishing for more than half an hour, Mr. Gu asked the two children to collect the poles and prepare to go home. Seeing that Xiao Yuzi was still feeling unsatisfied, he smiled and said, "You can continue tomorrow, you are still in summer vacation."

Zheng Tan looked at the iron bucket containing shrimps. It was half a bucket, which was definitely enough for a dish.

The supper was very rich, and Zheng Tan also had a full meal.

After nightfall, the villagers took a shower and enjoyed the cool air at their gatehouse, gossiping about various news around them and talking about interesting things about the day.

Mr. Gu moved out the bamboo bed at home and installed a mosquito net. Little Yuzi stayed inside and listened to Mr. Jiao next to him about "thinking back then".

As for Jiao Yuan, he was so idle that he had already caught fireflies with the children from the next house.

There was a mosquito coil next to it, but Zheng Tan could still clearly hear the buzzing sound of mosquitoes around him.

The guy Ertong opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue to breathe. After lying for a while, he changed to a cooler place and then lying. When he was eating, he provoked Zheng Tan. After being slapped by Zheng Tan, he became much more honest. The place where Zheng Tan was stunned must be at least one meter away and never lie down.

At night in the village, the cool breeze is whispering, which is much lower than in the city.

Originally, Zheng Tan was staying next to the bamboo bed, listening to Mr. Gu’s bragging with Xiao Yuzi, and his ears moved.

Not far away, Jiao Ma, the old lady, and a few women from the neighborhood were sitting together and chatting.

"I sold another one? How could he bear it?" Jiao Ma sighed.

"What can I bear to worry about? I have already sold five of them before. It's not that bad. I see, the remaining three will be sold sooner or later." said the aunt living next door.

"Stay at home and be beaten to death sooner or later by him." The old lady sighed.

Zheng Tan listened to their conversation and said that a family in the neighboring village wanted a son, but he gave birth to nine daughters in a row. In addition, he was gambled and thought it was useless to keep his daughter. He did things like selling his daughter one after another, and he often beat the children at home. Now he finally gave birth to a son, and the remaining three daughters didn't care about their food and drink.

Although family planning is the same for boys and girls, the idea of ​​thousands of years cannot be reversed in just twenty or thirty years. Moreover, many people are just rogues at all, and it is useless to tell them the legal system. People around them have no intention of caring about such things. I guess they have seen too much and become numb.

Listening to these women and the elderly chatting, Zheng Tan suddenly remembered the little girl he saw today, and didn't know if that child was one of them.

Zheng Tan was sighing in his heart, lying on a bamboo chair and looking at the road not far ahead. There were some vegetable gardens on the other side of the road. No matter how far it was, it was the fields. As Jiao Yuan and the others were catching fireflies on the other side of the road, Zheng Tan suddenly noticed a few people passing by the road, and one of the sounds sounded very familiar.

Zheng Tan focused his attention. There were a few people blocking it. There were a few strangers walking here. Zheng Tan didn't recognize the voice at all, but Zheng Tan captured it. After thinking about it, Zheng Tan suddenly stood up. Isn't it the person who was pushed down the artificial lake at Chuhua University some time ago? (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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