Chapter 1655
gave me goosebumps
After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li looked at him with a completely bewildered expression and asked:
"A 'frog-catching gadget'? It's just a plastic sheet? And it's so narrow, how are you supposed to catch frogs with that?"
Wang An did not rush to speak, but instead instructed Wang Li:
"Come on, let's hurry up and cut some wooden stakes. They don't need to be too thick, just a little thicker than a thumb will do. And make sure they're smooth so they don't puncture the plastic sheet. This plastic sheet is precious; we'll need it for a while."
Wang An left these plastic sheets simply to catch forest frogs. However, to catch forest frogs, one had to frequently wander around watery areas during this season. Whenever a forest frog was spotted emerging from the water, the sheets had to be set up immediately.
But ever since Wang An had children, his favorite thing to do is to stay home and take care of his two little ones every day. He has lost interest in going out to the mountains every day to look for forest frogs, and he doesn't know when he will find them.
As they talked, the two of them, each carrying a bucket, walked together toward the side basket.
Wang Li said somewhat anxiously:
"Fourth Brother, please tell me what this thing is all about? I'm a little confused."
Wang An smiled and said:
"Hashtags climb mountains based on instinct, memory, and the environment and humidity to determine their route. They don't turn when they go up the mountain; once they find the right direction, they go. The key is that they don't go backwards."
"But, like all frogs and toads, their eyesight isn't very good. In fact, it's rather poor. They can only see moving things. You can put a still thing right in front of them and they still won't see it."
Before Wang An could finish speaking, Wang Li interrupted with an incredulous look on his face:
"Is that how it is? Then how come you can see the ones that are moving, but not the ones that aren't moving? What kind of eyesight is that?"
Clearly, Wang Li was unaware of this characteristic of frogs and toads.
It's normal not to know, though. In rural areas during that era, people's knowledge was limited, and most people didn't know these things.
While they were talking, they walked to the sidecar, placed the buckets of water containing leeches next to the cart, picked up an axe, and walked over to an untrimmed poplar tree not far from the roadside.
After walking a few steps closer, the two men picked up their axes and began chopping.
As he chopped the wooden stakes, Wang An nodded and continued:
"Yeah, frogs and toads are like that. They can see mosquitoes, flies, and moths flying around very clearly, but if you put a dead insect in front of them, they can't see it. The old saying 'having eyes that can catch grasshoppers' actually refers to the eyesight of frogs and toads."
Wang Li nodded, somewhat incredulous yet suddenly realizing, and said:
"Oh my god, so that's what happened. I was wondering why they wouldn't eat the dead flies and grasshoppers I was feeding them. Turns out they just couldn't see them."
Wang An immediately laughed and said:
"You've even fed ants before? You're quite talented."
Wang Li scratched his head, and said rather awkwardly:
"Hey, what haven't I fed them? I've fed sparrows sheep droppings, fed little birds their own droppings, and even chopped off rat tails and stuck them up their anuses."
At this point, Wang Li suddenly said with great interest:
"Let me tell you, Fourth Brother, that thing in a rat's tail is really hard. If you stick it into a rat's ass, it'll go right in."
As soon as Wang Li finished speaking, Wang An felt a chill run down his spine, and goosebumps rose all over his body. Then, Wang An's gaze towards Wang Li changed. Mainly because this kid was just too damn perverted. What kind of hobbies did he have?
Seeing that Wang Li was still eager to say something disgusting, Wang An quickly said:
"Stop, stop, stop. Don't tell me about these things. They make me sick."
To everyone's surprise, after Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li looked at him with a look of astonishment and said:
"Fourth Brother, didn't you teach me all of this? That time you shoved that big-eyed thief up your ass, I was the one who helped you catch that thief."
Wang An was taken aback at first, then pushed Wang Li and said with a look of denial:
"Get the hell out of here! When did I ever teach you to do this? You never mention that I taught you this good thing."
But after Wang An finished speaking, he vaguely remembered something from the depths of his memory, as if there really was such a thing, but it was too long ago and he couldn't remember it clearly.
Unnaturally, Wang An's old face flushed red.
Wang Li spoke with a very firm tone and an extremely serious attitude:
"Fourth Brother, what's wrong with your memory? We ended up burning that big-eyed thief to death. He was sizzling and dripping with oil when we burned him. Have you forgotten all of that?"
Wang An had indeed eaten quite a lot of this "big-eyed thief" when he was a child. The main reason was that it was incredibly delicious when cooked. No seasoning was needed; just a sprinkle of salt and flour was all it took.
But Wang An really couldn't remember when he had stuffed the wooden stick up the big-eyed thief's asshole. That was impossible!
The main thing is that it's such an unbelievable thing. How could someone as upright as myself do such a thing?
So Wang An changed the subject directly:
"No, weren't we talking about catching ants with a plastic sheet? What have we gotten into? Damn it, how come you keep veer off-topic like this?"
Wang Li didn't reply, but stared intently at Wang An, saying with a sincere expression:
"Fourth Brother, I noticed a long time ago that your memory is getting worse and worse. You've forgotten a lot of things about our little Qian'er."
Wang An casually tossed a chopped-off branch on the ground and said with a half-smile:
"Isn't that normal? Why remember Xiaoqian's things so clearly? What's the use?"
What Wang An really wanted to say was that if you were asked to recall things from forty or fifty years ago, you would definitely forget a large part of them, and it would be good if you could remember a few things that you still remember vividly.
Furthermore, Wang An was quite mischievous as a child. In local parlance, he could "make things out of nothing." You could say that Wang An did almost everything strange and unbelievable.
So, how could Wang An possibly remember everything? You're kidding.
After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li nodded subconsciously and said:
"Yeah, that's true. In our village, you've probably done the most despicable things, so it's normal that you can't remember them all."
Wang An was taken aback at first, then quickly reached out and hugged Wang Li, saying in a somewhat annoyed tone:
"Get the hell out of here! What kind of bastard are you? I've done the most despicable things? What despicable things have I done? Damn it, you're just talking nonsense." (End of Chapter)