Chapter 36 Section 2

Xue Song decided to snatch the red thread as his wife, so he made a prison cart, packed the red thread inside and transported it to Fenghuang Village.He baked the cut wood and asked someone to help him break it into planks—it was not easy because the wood was too hard.At this time, others thought that he wanted to make furniture, and advised him not to use such hard wood, but he would not listen.He also wanted to make two shackles, one for the hands and feet of the red thread.He later decided to practice his carpenter's craft by starting with the flail.This is because the wood used to make handflails is limited, and it is not a pity if it is broken; in addition, the large wooden boards can continue to dry.This thing can be divided into two halves, or it can be snapped into one piece with the help of some tenons.Of course, when split in half, the plank should coincide with the wrist of the red line.When he did this, Xue Song began to think hard, because he didn't know the size of the wrist with the red line.Then he decided that he might as well take a look at it, and he left the carpentry and set out to find the red thread.

At this time, the rainy season has passed, and there are traces of flooding everywhere in the field--there is a wide, lush green grass belt on both sides of the narrow river ditch--after some time, the scorching sun will make the grass wither and the green will become green. shrink into the river.At this time, the grass even hangs down from the river bank, wrapping the soil bank like a straw bag.The ditch was full, but the water finally returned to the river.The red line is fishing in the small river.I stood in the water and groped my hands under the bank, because the fish always stayed in the mud nests on the bank-the water was calm, like a layer of oil; the river didn't seem to be flowing.This is because so much water falls during the rainy season that it can only flow away slowly.I always feel that I have been in a tropical wild place, otherwise, this scene would not have appeared so vividly before my eyes.This wilderness is colorful, full of still water divided by land, and there are many clouds in the sky, and the sun cannot be seen.

Xue Song was right in front of this scene, but he was engrossed in looking at the red line.After looking at it for a long time, I only saw a chubby little butt; I also saw a back with a string of spines.Xue Song memorized the position and shape of every backbone, but he still didn't know how thick the red line's wrist was.This is because he is standing behind the red line, which is still relatively far away.But Hongxian bowed down, closed his eyes, and groped in the mud with his hands—the mud was just silted up in this rainy season, and had not yet turned into soil, so it was so delicate that it was almost gentle and warm.Sometimes, her fingertips met a cold current, a spring under the mud.Sometimes her fingertips met a warmth, that is, she touched her toes.Sometimes my fingers met a wriggling eel, and because of the warm weather and the soft mud, it was difficult to catch it—this kind of thing is very slippery.Red Thread expects her hand to suddenly reach into a cavity, where there are many spikes to pierce her hand—this is the fish nest she is looking for.There are many bearded catfish on the plateau, crowded together densely, and when they find someone stretching out a hand, they all peck at that hand—in fact, it’s better not to peck, because this peck completely exposes itself.If such fish nests are found, the red thread will withdraw his hand calmly, get ready, and catch them all in one fell swoop.I don't remember when I touched fish in the ditch, but I felt very cordial in the process.Hongxian was concentrating on doing these things, but also felt a cold current, like a spring of water, coming from behind.As a little girl, she knew very well that this was a bad man's idea to hit her.So, later she was just pretending to be fishing, but she was actually listening to the voices behind her: whether there was a suppressed snort, the sound of tiptoeing footsteps—she was going to wait for him to approach, then turned around suddenly, and put her knees on his crotch Top──The scene after that is not difficult to imagine: the man squatted in the water, rolled his eyes, and yelled indiscriminately.To be honest, I very much hope that Xue Song will be pushed on his little life by the red thread, and the pain will be very painful.But that didn't happen.

What actually happened was this: Later, Hong Xian stood up, put his hand forward and stared at his waist, and then turned around; he found that there was no one behind him, only Xue Song was sitting far away across the river. on the grass.She narrowed her eyes and said: Oh!It's Xue Song!As mentioned above, the rainy season has just passed, and the sky is covered with dense clouds, like a nest of bright white feathers, and the space between the sky and the earth is also filled with the light reflected by the white clouds.The red line found Xue Song, waded across the small river, sat beside Xue Song dripping with water, and told him some trivial things: for example, the rainy season has just passed, and it is neither cold nor hot, which is the best time of the year.After a few days, the weather will turn hot and humid.In a few more days, the weather will turn dry and hot.This is because she thinks that Xue Song is a newcomer who doesn't know the situation here and needs her to introduce him; it is also because she has a good impression of Xue Song.Xue Song listened silently, stretched out his hand suddenly, grabbed her left hand, and measured her wrist with a piece of cotton thread; then grabbed her right hand, and measured her right wrist.Originally, measuring one wrist was enough, but Xue Song was afraid that the wrists of the two hands with the red line would not be the same thickness, so he measured one more wrist.If you are a skilled craftsman, you will know that care is never superfluous.After completing these two tasks, Xue Song blushed, got up and left without explaining what he had done.He also felt that his behavior was too abrupt.But anyway, he already knew the size of the red line wrist.Hongxian was left sitting on the grass alone, and she felt that Xue Song's behavior was like a mystery.She thought for a while, but couldn't figure out what he was going to do, so she got up and went down the river, continuing to fish.As far as I know, she found several fish nests that day, and not only returned with a full load, but also kept several fish nests intact, but marked them on the shore.The mark is a strip of bamboo that has been bitten with her teeth.Later, when others found this fish nest in the river and saw this mark on the bank, they would know that it was discovered by the red line first and it was her property, so they would not touch the fish in the pit.And Hongxian was going to touch these fish the next day, but she forgot all about these fish nests the next day, and never came to touch them, so the fish in these mud pits lived a hundred years longer; they were happier than those caught fish much.As far as I know, the latter was caught in the basket and kept alive until the red thread cooked a pot of porridge and poured the fish into it, and was scalded to death alive.It is said that this kind of porridge is very delicious and tonic.But those fish that are scalded to death may not like this kind of porridge.

When the weather got hotter, Hongxian went to the grass every morning to catch locusts and threaded them with thin bamboo sticks.After the locusts were pierced through, they were still kicking their legs violently in the air, spitting out brown mucus from their mouths.Every time she catches three or five bunches, she builds a fire on the grass and puts the locusts on it to roast. The insects froze after kicking their legs a few times; but their compound eyes were still staring until they were roasted by the fire. until it explodes.Red thread continued to roast the locusts until they were browned and sizzling with oil, and then ate them as kebabs.Locusts are delicious and crisp, but these locusts must have a lack of understanding of how they are delicious and crisp.Then the little girl went to the dry paddy field to dig ricefield eels; after digging, she put them in hay and burned them.After being roasted, the rice field eel will go underground, but when it encounters a hard ground, it turns into a spiral shape, and it is burned to death there.Afterwards Red Thread picked up the carcass, blew the ash off it, and ate it.If she catches a snake, she peels off its skin and throws it into the boiling water; the snake's body just rolls around in the pot.All in all, she is a murderess in this wasteland.But Xue Song hid at home, creating shackles for the murderer.