Chapter 365 An unexpected gain

Hearing the neighbors' jokes, Liu Haizhong waved his hands impatiently.
"Go away, you're going to collapse the wall just because you dug a rat hole?
It's not that serious.
Zhuzi, you and Xiao'e should go and clean up the house for the old lady. She has been waiting for you two for a long time."

"Okay, then Xiao'e and I will go to the old lady first.
I say, Uncle, you should take it easy. It's just a rat hole. It's better to pour boiling water and cigarettes into it than to poach people."

"Okay, okay, I'll ask Guangtian and the others to dig a few more times. If they can't find anything, we'll just pour smoke into it.

See if you can smoke the rat out.”

"Okay, Xiao'e and I will leave first."

Although the deaf old lady has difficulty walking due to her old age, He Daqing and his wife and Yi Zhonghai and his wife have kept the house very well.

He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e searched around but couldn't find the mouse hole.

Leaving Lou Xiao'e at home to talk to the deaf old lady, He Yuzhu went to the backyard alone, and then saw Liu Haizhong holding a kettle and pouring water into the mouse hole.
"How's it going, uncle? Has the mouse come out?"

"No, I think this rat hole is quite deep. I'm afraid a pot of boiling water can't be poured out. I went back to boil it in broad daylight."

"Okay, then you go ahead and do your work, I'll go outside.

Today is the first day of the four pests eradication campaign, and our militia and the district government are organizing people to block the sparrow nests on the nearby city walls, so I have to go there early."

"Okay, Zhuzi, if you have something to do, go and do it first. We are watching over the family, so nothing will happen."

Liu Haizhong said casually while continuing to pour water.
At this moment, a round head jumped out of the mouse hole, which scared the absent-minded Liu Haizhong so much that the kettle fell directly on his feet.
The boiling water in the kettle splashed upwards and poured directly onto his calves.
It hurt so much that Liu Haizhong felt uncomfortable.

Hearing the noise, He Yuzhu, who had just turned around, immediately turned around and saw a rat snake crawling out of the mouse hole.

When He Yuzhu saw this thing, his eyes lit up and he exclaimed in his heart,

He hasn't eaten spicy noodles for several years.

So He Yuzhu, who was quick-witted and quick-handed, grabbed the snake's head before Latiao could completely crawl out, and then hit it with all his strength on the vital point with a knife.

While pulling the spicy strips out of the hole, he squatted down, picked up the snake's tail and shook it.

Seeing the rat snake becoming limp and losing its ability to resist, He Yuzhu looked at Liu Haizhong who was jumping up and down due to the burn and asked,

"Second uncle, are you okay? Let Guangtian and Guangfu help you go to the hospital.
Come back with some medicine for burns."

Then, He Yuzhu stretched his neck and shouted in the direction of Liu's house,

"Guangtian, Guangfu, come out quickly, Uncle Er has been scalded by boiling water, carry him to the hospital quickly, make sure nothing happens."

As soon as he finished shouting, the neighbors who were watching the excitement in the backyard finally reacted.
Looking at the spicy strips in He Yuzhu's hand, he exclaimed,

"Wow, my goodness, Zhuzi, you are really skilled. You killed a rat snake in just a few seconds.

Isn't he our first-class combat hero and the captain of the militia? "

"Of course not.

When Lao Liu first saw the snake, he was so frightened that he couldn't even hold the kettle.
Who would have thought that before he could even crawl out, he would be killed by Zhuzi in just a few strikes. With Zhuzi's skills, if we were to join forces, we would only be beaten up."

As they were talking, someone remembered He Yuzhu's skillful movements and asked,
"Zhuzi, judging from your appearance, you must have caught this toy a lot." Hearing this, He Yuzhu shook the thing in his hand and nodded with a smile.
"No, I always went hunting in the mountains when I was in the peninsula. There are a lot of these things in the mountains. You can always find them when you go out in the summer.

Every time I encounter it, I can make up for it. ”

As expected, He Yuzhu told them that they had bought a lot of spicy noodles on the peninsula before, and the neighbors all nodded.

I thought, this is right.

Such skilled skills cannot be developed without frequent practice.

At this moment, the second aunt, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu had already come out of the house. Seeing Liu Haizhong sitting on the ground and the kettle knocked over, they immediately ran over.

"Are you okay, old man? Where are you hurt?"

"What's the big deal? I was just scalded by the boiling water.
Hurry up, go call Guangqi back, and ask Guangtian and Guangfu to take me to the health center and get some medicine."

After being sneered by Liu Haizhong, Second Aunt did not dare to talk back and went to the central courtyard without saying a word.

Seeing that Liu Haizhong was being taken care of, He Yuzhu exchanged a few words with the neighbors in the backyard.

Then he also carried the spicy noodles to the middle courtyard,

As soon as I arrived, I saw He Daqing and Bai Guafu finishing the main room and asking Yi Zhonghai about the backyard of the second aunt. So I raised the spicy strips in my hand and said,

"Dad, look what's in my hand? You're in for a treat today."

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, He Daqing subconsciously turned his head back, and when he saw the spicy strips in his hand, his eyes lit up and his mouth couldn't help but secrete saliva.
But before He Daqing could say anything, other people in the middle courtyard also noticed what He Yuzhu was holding.

Especially the children in the yard,
I was very scared but I couldn't help but slowly gathered around.
After stopping far away, he shouted excitedly,

"Brother Zhuzi, you are really amazing. You actually caught a rat snake."

"Yes, yes, snake meat is delicious. I ate it before when I was in the village. I almost swallowed my tongue."

At this time He Daqing also asked,
"Zhu Zi, how come there is a snake in our courtyard? I didn't hear anyone mention this last year."

Hearing He Daqing's question, He Yuzhu couldn't figure it out, so he didn't think much about it and just shook his head to indicate that he didn't know where the snake came from.

"I guess it crawled out from the rat holes underground.
Anyway, I just saw the second uncle digging a hole in the backyard for a long time, and then he poured several pots of boiling water into the hole, which forced the thing out.

But it's not a big deal.

I still have to go to the district government, please take this snake and skin it, and we will have a good meal at noon today."

Hearing his son's words, He Daqing thought that it was true. No matter where it came from, it would eventually end up in his stomach.
"Okay, cut it off for me.
I will ask Qingshan to go to the market to buy a chicken later, and make a dragon and phoenix dish for my grandson at noon today to nourish him well."

After saying that, He Daqing stepped forward and took the rat snake from his son.

After giving the things to He Daqing, He Yuzhu left the courtyard and reported to the district government.

At this time, Zhou Yiming and several other cadres had been waiting for him with the militia for a while.

(End of this chapter)