Chapter 1273: Back to Youth
The appearance of the flashlight and the stun baton seemed to turn back time, returning to the night when Zeng Wangcai took Zhang Xiuzhi to catch toads in the dark.
"Wife, you still keep this thing?" Zeng Wangcai fiddled with the flashlight. "It's useless now. The batteries have been used. No one uses this old-fashioned flashlight."
"I don't care if anyone uses it or not. This is the first thing you gave me, so I must keep it well." Zhang Xiuzhi tried the flashlight and it really didn't work. "Give me a few batteries. Do you have a light bulb? Try another one."
"Yes, wait a moment." Zeng Wangcai reached into his pocket and took out a No. 5 battery from the space. "Look at the current batteries and energy rings. I don't know if they are good enough to use."
"Try it!"
This is a three-section copper flashlight that has been preserved in very good condition.
Zhang Xiuzhi took apart the head of the flashlight, replaced the light bulb, put it back, installed the batteries, and then pressed the red button.
Beep (the flashlight is silent, two beeps mean it’s on).
"It's still usable. The quality of old items is just good." Zeng Wangcai couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the bright light.
"It's well preserved. I plan to pass it on." Zhang Xiuzhi smiled happily, and then fiddled with the electric baton. "I don't know if this can be used. Honey, come over and try it."
"No, try it on someone else. If it works, I'll stop."
"Don't you always say that being a man is good?"
"Oh my god, you know how to make jokes. Are these two the same thing?"
"It makes no difference. Sooner or later you have to stand up for yourself."
Zhang Xiuzhi is very free and easy now, with a kind of immortal air that makes her indifferent to life and death and let everything go with the wind.
However, the stun gun did not last long, as it seemed to have run out of power. No matter how Zhang Xiuzhi pressed the switch, there was no blue light coming out of the two pointed ends.
"Keep it, it's quite useful...give me another one."
"I can give you one, but you agreed not to shock me."
Zeng Wangcai took out an electric baton. Zhang Xiuzhi tried it and found that it fit perfectly into the bag she had taken out. She smiled at Zeng Wangcai with satisfaction, satisfied with the size of the baton he took out.
Now that we are fully equipped, it seems we can take action.
Zhang Xiuzhi suddenly returned to the house and dug out some old things...condoms.
It’s not that condom, it’s the condom that Zeng Youhuo used to use to trap pheasants and other game.
"There shouldn't be these things on the mountain now, right?" Zeng Wangcai was stunned when he saw the condom. "Wait a minute, let me think about it. Does the Wildlife Protection Law have any regulations on this... Let me ask."
Although Zeng Wangcai's current status allows him to trample on most of the rules, Zeng Wangcai still carefully maintains that line. He does not want to become the kind of person that he hates and yearns for in the future.
He firmly believes that the bottom line is called the bottom line because it cannot be broken. Once the bottom line is broken, it is no longer called the bottom line. There is only no bottom line.
"Old Cow, is there any game over at Niuwei Mountain? It's a protected...ah, natural breeding area..."
The result of the inquiry surprised Zeng Wangcai. A large number of villages including Niuweishan, Zengzhuang, Zhujiacun, etc. were listed as ecological parks and adopted traditional ecological farming.
Moreover, this ecology is different from what most people understand. It is purely traditional and retro. It can be understood that this is a special area, an area specially set aside for Zeng Wangcai.
No company dares to discharge a drop of water into the river at the entrance of the village, so the river remains the same river.
As for that mountain, it is more interesting. Not only has the amount of game in it not decreased, but it has increased significantly due to human release and protection.
Wild boars, pheasants, badgers... they are all there, and life is full of joy.
Zeng Wangcai really didn't know that this place had turned out like this. No one told him that this was better than the plan he had made for Zengzhuang at the time.
"There are prey, we can catch them!" Zeng Wangcai said after hanging up the phone. "What a coincidence! Every year there is a hunting season, and we just happened to catch it. It's just the beginning of autumn, so the prey may not be too fat."
"It's not fat, it's not fat. This is our token of appreciation." Zhang Xiuzhi touched the peach with her hand and whispered, "There are fewer and fewer of us who can walk around now. This time we went out together for too long. You have to go out later. Let's go together to show our appreciation. You may not see some of you next time you come back."
As I talked, I became sad.
In recent years, whenever an elderly person passed away, it was always Zhang Xiuzhi who came forward. Zeng Wangcai was either busy or couldn't stand seeing such scenes. It was okay for those with a shallow friendship, but it was very uncomfortable for those with a deeper friendship.
In this life, Zeng Wangcai felt relieved when the three uncles died.
"Okay, let's go!" Zhang Xiuzhi picked up a string of traps and handed them to Zeng Wangcai, "Go set the traps first, then go catch the frogs, and collect the traps tomorrow morning."
She also took a bunch of condoms for herself and carried the stun gun and flashlight on her back, just like she did back then.
The difference between them now is that there is an extra set and a Yadi.
It’s not that I can’t afford the Niners, nor that Yadi is more cost-effective, but that Yadi carries a lot of memories.
"After I finish this, I plan to find someone to set up a company to develop high-speed communication technology and autonomous driving technology..."
Zeng Wangcai was riding his bike while talking about the new round of plans for the future.
Some breakthrough technologies must be planned now, especially those that will be leading in the future. If you start planning now, you will be truly far ahead.
Following the paved road to the edge of the mountain, Zeng Wangcai and Zhang Xiuzhi dived into the woods. Just as Zeng Niu had said, the ecology in the mountain was in ruins.
"I feel like there's no need to use a condom, just do it directly." Zeng Wangcai said with emotion after putting on the last condom.
"No time to waste. Let's go catch some frogs. We need to make brine tomorrow."
"Do you want to get another wild boar?"
"One is not enough, at least three."
"Okay..."
After finishing here, the two got on their bikes again.
The rice fields have been harvested, but many fields have not been plowed. The rice stubble in these fields was left very high when it was harvested, so it can grow again naturally and be harvested again. The rice harvested this time is called Gusun rice, and it tastes better.
This method did not exist here originally, but was later learned by Ma Ping from the south.
There are many fat frogs in these fields.
"Wife, here it is, come here..." Zeng Wangcai's headlamp covered a black-spotted toad, and he grabbed it with his hand and stuffed it into the bamboo basket.
Zhang Xiuzhi took off her shoes and walked into the field barefoot, using a flashlight.
The couple caught toads together and seemed to have returned to their youth.
While catching frogs, they talked about the past. When they were tired, they sat by the field to rest for a while. After catching frogs in one field, they went to another.
This kind of time is rare, and both of them cherish it very much, and seem to hope that it can continue forever.
But the sun will come out eventually.
"Let's go and collect the condoms!" Zeng Wangcai decided to call it a day before the sun jumped out of the horizon.
The toads in the fields were in dire straits that night. I don’t know how many were caught.
"Hey, wife, something's not right, there's someone... Could it be that someone is trying to steal our prey?" Before reaching the place where the traps were set yesterday, Zeng Wangcai saw several motorcycles parked there.