N-M 160. The hope of the whole village
160. The hope of the whole village
"Dad, it's nothing, go back to sleep."
After a while, Chen Youcai opened the door first, walked under the persimmon tree in the yard, looked at the dark night outside the courtyard wall, his face was full of pain.
Hurrying footsteps sounded behind him, and Chen Youcai turned his head to meet Chen Dazhuang's old, bewildered face.
"Did someone come in over the wall and steal something?"
Chen Dazhuang was wearing a vest and big pants, and he was holding a big hammer that he usually used for work.
"No, it is estimated that someone passed by outside, which scared this guy."
Chen Youcai raised his eyes to look at the branch above his head. The big rooster was squatting among the leaves, also squinting at him.
"……Go to sleep."
Chen Dazhuang said something dull, and went back to his room with a big hammer in his hand, his expression was a bit complicated.
"It's really a disaster to keep you..."
Watching his father's back disappear into the main room, Chen Youcai stared at the big rooster on the branch and murmured.
"Clack, cluck!"
The big rooster flapped its wings and staggered down.
It stood on tiptoe and jumped up and down in front of Chen Youcai, as if complaining or complaining.
In fact, Chen Youcai noticed the movement in the courtyard just when Fatty Long and the other three climbed over the wall.
Since taking that drop of marrow washing liquid, his five senses have become sharper, and his sleep has become much lighter.
The wind and grass in the hundreds of meters around the yard could not escape his ears at all, let alone the commotion of three big living people.
The reason why he didn't go out immediately to smash Fatty Long and the three of them was because he wanted to see what the hell this group of people were planning.
Secondly, Chen Youcai was unwilling to reveal his strength in front of strangers.
If the other party just wanted to steal a chicken, Chen Youcai had other ways to get the big cock back.
But just in case, the other party's goal is not just a big cock, but Chen Youcai, and even the people around him...
Just as Fatty Long and the others approached the pile of bricks and tiles on tiptoe, Chen Youcai stood quietly in the room without the lights on.
Through the glass window, staring at every move of the three uninvited guests.
However, the development of the following things seemed to be somewhat beyond his expectations.
The three big men had nothing to do with this big rooster, but instead they were disgraced and embarrassed.
In the end, he could only run away in despair.
"It seems that it is really necessary to install a surveillance camera in the yard."
Thinking silently in his heart, Chen Youcai drove the chattering rooster back to the pile of bricks and tiles, and then returned to the house to lie down.
The scene of the big rooster fighting three stupid thieves came to mind again, and Chen Youcai frowned slightly.
Could it be that besides being used as a fattening agent, marrow washing liquid can also transform the body of animals?
No way, I'll have to experiment with it another day.
"What, you want me to take a big cock to the competition?"
Just after lunch, Chen Youcai was squatting in the kitchen washing dishes when the village head, Chen Daqiang, rushed into the yard excitedly, shouting the good news all the way.
After listening to the other party's explanation, Chen Youcai was stunned for a while, and then smiled embarrassingly.
"My chicken is an ordinary country chicken, even if it goes there, it won't be worth seeing."
"Who says it's worthless, your big rooster looks like a phoenix."
"I see, maybe we can compete for No. 1 in the agricultural exhibition competition in the city this time!"
Chen Daqiang rolled his eyes, and then cheerfully persuaded Chen Youcai.
"You are talented. This agricultural exhibition has a lot of prize money. No. 1 has 10 yuan."
"The most important thing is that this is a great opportunity for our Chen family village to win glory. You boy, you can't let me lose the chain."
"Go, have to go!"
At the end, he put on a tiger face and said loudly in an unquestionable tone.
"...Okay, let's talk about it first. I don't have much experience in participating in competitions. I can't guarantee whether I can win the prize."
Chen Youcai gave a wry smile, but had no choice but to agree.
Only then did Chen Daqiang smile, and repeatedly patted Chen Youcai on the shoulder to encourage him.
In fact, what Chen Daqiang said was too vague. If he wanted to participate in the agricultural exhibition held in Nanling City, he had to become a county representative first.
And the representatives of the agricultural exhibition in Shifang County have to be selected and submitted by each township within the jurisdiction.
In other words, even if Chen Youcai really wanted to win glory for Chenjiacun, he had to defeat Zhangjiazhen's other competitors first.
"It's so talented. It's also raising chickens. Look at the chickens raised by others. It's so beautiful."
"Yeah yeah, I've never seen such a beautiful big cock."
"If you are talented, you must be proud of yourself. Our Chen Family Village is counting on you!"
In the afternoon, the news that Chen Youcai was going to take the big rooster to participate in the agricultural exhibition was intentionally spread by Chen Daqiang.
It made the village full of wind and rain, and everyone knew it.
Even Lao Song and Sister Tao cheered up Chen Youcai, telling him not to lose face to the hospital.
"..."
On his way home from get off work in the health center, Chen Youcai laughed so hard that he was about to cramp when he met a villager sitting at the gate of the hospital enjoying the shade.
In the face of everyone's encouragement, he could only smile and nod, not daring to say anything else.
The so-called Agricultural Exhibition Conference is held every three years in Nanling City.
It's just that in Chenjia Village in the past, there were really no agricultural products that could be sold.
So this kind of event, naturally, has nothing to do with Chenjiacun.
But this year is different, someone in Chenjia Village actually raised a strange big rooster with colorful wings!
So when Chen Daqiang came back from a meeting in town, he smiled so hard that his face was crooked.
The town leaders not only knew about the big rooster of Chen Youcai's family, but also named it by name, and asked Chen Youcai to take the chicken to the agricultural exhibition to compete.
Thinking about going to the town for meetings in the past, as the head of a poor village, Chen Daqiang is almost a transparent person with no sense of existence.
However, in the past few months, Chenjiacun has been repeatedly talked about by the town leaders.
Chen Daqiang also received a lot of attention, and he felt elated.
All of the credit for this was due to Chen Youcai.
"Tomorrow morning at 08:30, I will take you to the Yamen of Zhangjia Town. There are seven or eight people from each village who signed up for the competition. If you are talented, you have to be steady!"
Just when Chen Youcai had just returned to his small courtyard and was about to make dinner.
Chen Daqiang ran over again, carrying a large bag of cold vegetables in his hand.
Cold pork head meat, fried peanuts, salted chicken, stewed beef... Wait until Chen Youcai moves the small table under the persimmon tree in the courtyard.
Chen Daqiang had already unscrewed the lid of a bottle of Wuliangye, and poured wine into three wine glasses one by one.
"His uncle, you are too willing. Is this wine reserved for the Chinese New Year?"
Looking at the full house of wine and dishes, Chen Dazhuang was speechless, shook his head, picked up his wine glass and touched Chen Daqiang.
"Aren't you happy today? Hey, you haven't seen the faces of people in other villages... The leaders of the town are almost praising me to the sky."
Chen Daqiang pursed his mouth with a smile, then stared at Chen Youcai and said with a smile: "You are already in his 20s, so it's time to think about lifelong affairs?"
With a click, the peanuts that Chen Youcai was trying to pick up fell into the plate again.
There was a thud in his heart, and he had a faint sense of foreboding.