Chapter 15 the day to kill the dog

Just in the spring of this year, Lao Cao, who was a pig, was escorted back from the commune. Lao Cao is the son-in-law of Hujiabao.Small, short-necked, and bony-eyed, he looks like a small old pumpkin.In the early years, his family was a famous butcher in Heiji Town.At that time, people always liked to say: "Let's go to Heiji to eat dog meat!" The famous dog meat shop was opened by his family.Later, when he grew up, the shop was already closed.Because he was born as a rich peasant and he is ugly, he has been unable to find a wife in Heiji.Later, after being introduced by his third aunt, he "came in the door" to Hujiapu.At that time, people looked down on a man who "cut the door backwards", so no one called him by his name, and everyone called him Lao Cao.The woman surnamed Hu he was looking for was half-paralyzed, she could only eat but not cook, and she also gave birth to a child, so her life was naturally tight.So, he sneaked into the pig business.

Speaking of which, Lao Cao can be regarded as a capable person.In those days, a new bicycle was very expensive, and it was rare for a village to have one. It was simply a symbol of wealth.But he somehow assembled a broken bicycle by himself, and when the village didn't pay attention, he slipped out, riding the rattling broken bicycle, and hung two red cloth strips on the front handlebar of the bicycle (That's the sign of a pig), with a small greasy skin bag tied around his waist, and went to the four villages to give people a pig.You can earn fifty cents for a pig.At that time, it was not allowed to go out to work privately, which was called "speculation".Therefore, he was often caught and sent back with a rope.

When Lao Cao came back, he was sent directly to the brigade headquarters.After entering the yard, someone said: "Squat down!" He just squatted down obediently.The person who escorted him entered the team headquarters, explained some words and left.Afterwards, Hu Tiancheng, the party secretary, walked in and out of him several times, but kept ignoring him as if he hadn't seen him.Some people in the village came to the team headquarters from time to time, and some pretended not to see them; if there was something good to do, look at him and say, isn't this Lao Cao?came back?He bared his teeth, smiled, and said it again.Someone said, why, is it on the rope?He said that the bundles are solid.That said, it's over.As for Lao Cao, he just squatted there tied up with ropes.It was past noon, and everyone in the village went home for dinner, but no one paid any attention to him.

Finally, Hu Tiancheng came out of the team headquarters, locked the door, and strode out.At this time, Lao Cao kept looking at him eagerly, hoping that he could say something, but Hu Tianxiang seemed to have forgotten him, and walked straight without turning his face.When he was about to walk out of the yard, Lao Cao panicked and hurriedly called out in a low voice: "Tian Cheng, Tian Cheng." Hu Tiancheng was still walking outside, as if he didn't hear him at all.Lao Cao shouted again: "Secretary, secretary, wow!..." At this time, Hu Tiancheng turned his face in response, glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, then suddenly patted his head with his hands and said, "Hey, Lao Cao, why are you still here?"

Lao Cao said with a sad face: "Secretary, I want to pee. I pee." As he spoke, he began to cry. Hu Tiancheng walked back quickly and said, "Why don't you say anything?" Then, he stepped forward to untie the rope tied around his body. As soon as the rope was untied, Lao Cao said tremblingly, "Secretary, I'm guilty. I know I'm guilty." Hu Tiancheng patted him and said, "Go back, Lao Cao, go back." Old Cao was taken aback, and said, "Then I..." Hu Tiancheng said: "Go. I'll find you later." Lao Cao didn't expect that Hu Tiancheng would let him go immediately, but Hu Tiancheng let him go without saying anything.He was panicked, walked two steps and then looked back at Hu Tiancheng's face, and said anxiously: "Then I'm back?"

Hu Tiancheng waved his hand and said, "Let's go." The next day, Hu Tiancheng went to Lao Cao's house. After entering the door, the whole family was very nervous.The paralyzed woman said: "Tiancheng, look, with me like this, the family can only rely on him, so don't let your uncle go parading in the streets." Hu Tiancheng said: "Who said you are parading in the street? Why not?" Then, he looked around and saw a fishy smell permeating the room.In the back, there was only one bed, a broken quilt, and small bony eyes everywhere, so I said: "Grandma, you have a lot of mouths in your family, and you really have difficulties. Let the baby go to the team to borrow some money." Food, just say what I said."

When the paralyzed woman heard this, she shed tears and said, "Wow, Tian Cheng, how can I thank you?" At this time, Lao Cao hurriedly stepped forward to pass the cigarette and said: "Suck it, suck it." Hu Tiancheng took the cigarette, but didn't smoke it, just clamped it in his ear. He walked two steps in the room, and suddenly asked : "I heard that you will kill dogs?" Lao Cao froze for a moment, blinked his eyes, and said, "Yes." Then, Lao Cao said: "A dog has seventy-two lives. It's not a hand, it can't be killed. When I was young..."

Hu Tiancheng said: "Have you learned from others?" Lao Cao said: "Ancestral heirloom. This is ancestral heirloom. To tell you the truth, I still have 'medicated dog eggs' here. I have no choice but to give pigs to people. Pigs are nothing, that's not work. Killing a dog is my authenticity..." As he was speaking, seeing that Hu Tiancheng was silent, Lao Cao hurriedly said cautiously, "I'll get you a dog-skin mattress later, shall I?" Hu Tiancheng looked at Lao Cao silently, staring at Lao Cao in a daze, and then said: "At that time, the work must be done more cleanly." After saying this, he turned his head and walked out.

That night, Hu Tiancheng held a meeting of all village members. At the meeting, Hu Tiancheng said with a sullen face: "Recently, people have been reporting to me that some households even let their dogs bite people! Three days ago, they bit a bearer passing by; yesterday, they bit Guangde again. The grandson of his family bit his leg so bloody! Some people said that this Hujiabao has become a dog’s world! (Community members laugh) Huh? It was said that the sky fell into darkness, and the dogs barked and barked, terrified So women dare not come out at night! Is this plausible?! Who would let dogs bite people in the old society? Only landlords and rich people let dogs bite people! What year was that? Now it’s a new society, and I still want to be landlords and rich people Lie? Huh?! What is a new countryside?! Barking all day long, can this be called a new countryside?! Why are you feeding so many dogs?!" At this point, Hu Tiancheng pointed and said, "Guangde's family, Take the child up and let everyone see it!"

Immediately, there were discussions in the venue.Especially those young daughter-in-laws, one by one said: yes, yes.As soon as it got dark, the dog ran around, it was scary! The woman from the Guangde family had a quarrel with the daughter-in-law of the Dunzi family just the day before because her grandson was bitten by a dog from the Dunzi family.Now when she heard her being called, she walked forward with her grandson in her arms, and raised her grandson's legs high: "Look, look at all! The dog's mouth is poisonous! Tear off a piece of my grandson!" Meat! You still blame me for that..." The child is only five years old, and his legs are wrapped in gauze, with red mercury smeared on them, making them look red!When she said this, the woman from the Guangde family took the opportunity to stare at Dunzi's daughter-in-law.

Taking this opportunity, Hu Tiancheng announced loudly: "Now, I declare that from tomorrow onwards, whoever beats the dog will eat it!...But there is one dog whose skin must be given to the owner." With a bang, the venue immediately became chaotic. Hu Tiancheng patted the table and said, "What are you shouting about? What are you talking about?! Isn't it just a dog? What else can you be reluctant to do? Who is reluctant to stand up for me!" Hearing what Hu Tiancheng said, no one in the venue dared to say anything.At this time, Hu Tiancheng said slowly again: "Dogs are animals. If they bite outsiders again, it will be a serious matter. After all, some households have been feeding for a long time, and it is human nature to be reluctant for a while. Then How about this, if there is something really reluctant to do, let Lao Cao do it, and let Lao Cao do it. This is what Lao Cao does, and he does a good job!" Lao Cao desperately wanted to make meritorious service.As soon as he heard his name was called by the branch secretary, he immediately jumped out, looking very excited.He was small, so he said, "I will do it, I will do it, I will do it. Guaranteed to be a piece of skin for the whole family!" As soon as Lao Cao said that, the venue fell silent, and everyone looked at him silently... What is strange is that on this night, the dog didn't bark a sound.There was no barking of a dog in the entire Hujiabao, and the night was very quiet, surprisingly quiet... Later someone said that dogs are really human! At the fourth watch, Lao Cao got up from the bed.He was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep all night.For many years, he has been sneaking out and giving pigs to others.Ashamed to say it, he cut such a small opening on the boar, squeezed out the eggs, and then sewed it up... That job is too small and boring, and it's not worthy of him!But he can't help it.He is a dog-killing family!Over the years, he almost lost his ancestral craft.Unexpectedly, this time, he had another opportunity to display his skills. He quietly got out of bed, and first took out the "medicated dog eggs" that he had hidden for many years from the hole in the wall. Those "medicated dog eggs" were wrapped in a piece of dog skin, with two layers of moisture-proof oil paper inside.He first picked up the "medicated dog eggs" one by one, put them in front of his nose and smelled them, and they still had a scent.I said in my heart: it can be used.Then I counted again in the dark and said, enough.Then, he jumped onto the table, put a small wooden stool on the table, and jumped onto the beam with the help of the small stool.On the beam, he removed a larger broken bag.In that broken bag was his knife.There are twelve knives in total, including long and short, wide and narrow, curved and straight, as well as curved and hooked ones.He took out the knives one by one, put them in front of his nose and smelled them again, and said in his heart, they are rusty, the knives are all rusty.After a while, he said, use six, six is ​​enough.As he spoke, he picked out six of the knives, wrapped the rest and put them away, and then put on the leather apron. When he put the leather apron on his body, his whole body seemed to be wrapped in a bloody smell, and that person was different immediately.The little boy seemed to be blown out of breath, and he suddenly regained his energy, and his person looked hard, especially his eyes, the light was poisonous all at once!He came out into the yard and began to sharpen the knife.The knife is a good knife, but it has been rusted for a long time.He squatted down and polished the six knives in one go. When the blades were cold, he thought to himself that the knives were fed with blood, and if they were not fed for many years, the knives would lose their vitality.So, he straightened his trousers, exposed his thigh, picked up a knife and scratched his thigh, and a blood line jumped out. Six knives, he "daggered" on the bleeding thigh one by one , fed with blood beads.Finally, he stood up, took a silent breath, and stood there still. At dawn, the bell rang.Then there was the sound of pattering footsteps in the village street, it was the villagers going to work in the fields.After a while, someone called the door.Two militiamen slammed on the door and shouted: "Old Cao, Lao Cao." Lao Cao replied through the courtyard gate: "Here we come. Go ahead." As he spoke, he heard a "boom", and the door opened.The two militiamen standing in front of the door were taken aback, thinking, is this Lao Cao?Why did the voice change? !However, when they saw Lao Cao, they felt a bloody smell rushing towards their faces, and no one said anything.Only Lao Cao said silently: "Let's go!" When the three of them came to the village street, the militiaman Man Niu said: "Old Cao, tell me, whose family should we get first?" Lao Cao said: "Let's go one by one." Chuntangzi, a militiaman, said: "Just the three of us? The rhubarb in Dunzi's house is big and looks like a tiger! Fortunately, it can bite people secretly. What do you do with it? Call more people?" Lao Cao said, "No need." While talking, they came to Dunzi's house near the east end of the village, and the three stopped a few steps away from the door.Both militiamen looked at Lao Cao, but Lao Cao walked straight in without saying a word... Two militiamen were standing outside the courtyard, Man Niu said unconvinced: "This bastard is too loud. Let's not care about it, let him show off!" Chun Tangzi also said: "Pengdangao is a villain, let's see what he does? Let's talk about it when he can't handle it." The two thought to themselves, why does the dog bark twice?But they never heard the dog barking.It was just a short while before Lao Cao came out.The two were stunned for a moment, and the bull yelled: "No, Lao Cao let the dog bite his neck!" However, as soon as he finished his words, he found that Lao Cao was not bitten, and Lao Cao just put the foot on his neck. Rhubarb, as tall as a person, came out.The rhubarb's two legs were clearly hanging on Lao Cao's shoulders, and the dog's head was sticking to Lao Cao's neck... After leaving the door, Lao Cao said, "You are still obedient." Lao Cao walked in front with the rhubarb on his back, and the two followed behind.Chuntangzi whispered to Man Niu: "God, how did he do it?" Man Niu gritted his teeth and said, "Turtle!" The three of them walked to the poplar forest and entered the forest. Lin Zi, Lao Cao put the dog down from his back and said, "Rope." Chun Tangzi was stunned, and hurriedly handed over the prepared rope. With such a flick and flick of the leg, one end was put on the dog's leg, and the other end was thrown on the poplar tree, and then slipped out, and the rhubarb was hanging upside down on the tree alive! Then they went to Quan Lin's house.What Quan Lin's family feeds is a four-eyed black dog with pricked ears and two white spots on the eyebrows. The dog is not big and jumps.When he was about to enter the door, Lao Cao suddenly said, "Stop." He said arrogantly, "What?" Lao Cao turned around and said with his eyelids drooping, "You two don't go in." After hearing this, Man Niu became even more angry and said, "What?!" Lao Cao said: "This is a dog that doesn't eat shit. This is the only dog ​​in the village that doesn't eat shit, so it is the most powerful. It bites three points to the bone. This kind of dog never barks its teeth. Have you ever seen it bark? ?” Man Niu still said angrily: "What you said is right!" But he still stopped, and watched Lao Cao walk in alone. After a while, the dog barked "Wow", which was chilling.But with this sound, there was no more movement.After a while, Lao Cao came out.The four-eyed dog is still hanging on his back, but there is an extra collar around his neck.It was only when I got closer that I saw that the dog's neck was strangled with wire!Therefore, the dog's eyes were wide open, its tongue stretched out long, and it breathed out hot air, and the white foam was spit on Lao Cao's neck, which looked very scary! ... When it was time to go to the third house, the sky was already bright.On the road, Chun Tangzi took two steps quickly, caught up with Lao Cao, and whispered: "Old Cao, Lao Cao. This time, let us open our eyes too?" Lao Cao said nothing, just walked ahead.Chuntangzi said again in a flattering tone: "Look, look." Old Cao said in a deep voice, "Want to see it?" Chun Tangzi hurriedly said, "Think, think." Lao Cao ordered: "Don't say anything. Just watch and don't talk." Chuntangzi said, "Okay. Do as you please." However, when they entered Huai's house, they saw Ertu, the youngest son of Huai's family, sitting on a small stone pier at the door of the house, with the gray dog ​​in his arms.The three stood down one by one. Lao Cao looked at Er Tu and said, "Son, go inside." Ertu said: "No! I fed the dog, and no one can catch it." Lao Cao let out a sigh of relief and said, "Be obedient, let's go into the house." Ertu looked at him very vigilantly and said, "No!" Lao Cao said: "If I don't catch it, I will let it follow me." Ertu said: "Liar!" Lao Cao looked at Ertu again, but squatted down without saying a word.He squatted in the yard, stretched out his hand on the spot, and saw a black thing rolling out from his sleeve, that thing looked like a big pill.Next, Lao Cao said softly: "Huihui, come here, come here." Immediately afterwards, Ertu ordered: "Huizi, don't go!" However, the greyhound first shrank its body, its fur kept shaking, and it made a "whoosh hissing" sound from its mouth. Slowly, slowly, its body prostrated itself on the ground, and its belly Clinging to the ground, it just crawled forward bit by bit... Er Tu became anxious, and pulled it back hard, but couldn't pull it back. Lao Cao squatted there, with one hand on the ground, with the black pill in his hand.Still softly said: "Huihui, come on, come on." When the gray dog ​​crawled in front of him, it didn't move, its eyes were fixed on the black pill. At this time, Lao Cao stretched out his other hand, gently stroked the hair on the dog's neck, and said while smoothing it: "Be obedient, Hui Hui, eat, eat." The dog lowered its head, sniffed it, I sniffed it again, and in the blink of an eye, when the greyhound opened its mouth to eat the food, I saw Lao Cao's hand move forward like lightning, grab it, turn it over, and only heard "" There was a bang bang, as if something was broken.Next, Lao Cao's hand clamped the greyhound's mouth tightly like a pair of pliers, and the dog's hind legs tugged and thumped twice, and then stopped moving again. At this time, Ertu stood there as if he was stupid, staring blankly at the overturned greyhound... After a while, he jumped up and cried and cursed: "My dear mother!" Wow! Old Cao." Lao Cao didn't move, Lao Cao stood there... After a while, Hu Tiancheng came to the poplar forest.As soon as he stepped into the woods, he was stunned.He saw that the whole forest had become a dog's promenade!There are dogs hanging upside down on the tree, some are black, some are white, some are yellow, some are gray... The dogs are big or small, long or short, hanging on the tree one by one, showing a pair of Scary white eyes!When the wind blows, under the sun, there are swirls of dog fur flying in the air.Suddenly, he saw that hanging from a tree seven steps away from him was a little flowery dog. The dog was small and fluffy, with a string of bells hanging around its neck. The forelegs were bouncing and twitching, and the bell around the neck was ringing "clang, clang" following the tugging, which made people worry!Looking at all this before him, he fell silent.For a moment, there was a trace of wandering in his eyes, and he even regretted it.Poor dogs too!Why kill them?Just because of that... He couldn't help but think of those days when he was out for a meeting. Every time he was rushing back to the village at night, the dog would come up to him from afar, jumping and barking behind his legs, it was very warm! dogs!Sorry. Just then, the bull ran over.Man Niu said: "I got them all. Thirty-eight!" "Fuck, that guy is really clever. He choked on water, one of them died with a 'chirp' sound, and one of them died with a 'chirp' sound..." After hearing this, Hu Tiancheng turned around silently without saying a word.After a while, he said softly: "Go ahead." After speaking, he turned his head and left. Thirty-eight dogs and thirty-eight innocent souls were hung on the tree, allowing Lao Cao to slaughter them one by one. This should be the most glorious day in Lao Cao's life.When making a move, he would always stand silently for a minute first, and then his eyes would shine brightly, and his stature would grow an inch abruptly. His posture was rigid, and he flicked and pulled his hands like that, and then continued It was a sound of "噗噐...", that sound was the most beautiful music in Lao Cao's heart!The music was circling and hovering over the forest, and with the rhythmic sound of "噢噐, 吱咟咒...", the dog became pieces and pieces of cloth in his hands, and when the music stopped At that moment, a complete piece of dog skin fell on his hand! ... There are also those who are unwilling to die.Those two dog eyes stared fiercely at Lao Cao, imprinting Lao Cao on their eyes!Before Lao Cao made his move, he said: "My friend, you deserve it if you commit the crime." But the dog refused to close his eyes.Lao Cao gently rubbed its eyelids with his hands, and said while stroking, "Close your eyes, close your eyes. Die early and give birth early..." The dog really closed his eyes. As the sun was setting, Hu Tiancheng walked into the forest again.At this time, the strong smell of blood had already stained the woods.The afterglow of the setting sun shot in from the outside, and the forest seemed to be washed with blood, a piece of red!The dogs have become meat, hanging there piece by piece... Right in the middle of the forest, there stands a small man, that man is Lao Cao.He seemed to be no longer human, it was simply a bloody leather apron!The man is gone, the man is trapped in the bloody leather apron.The "leather apron" looked like it had turned into a spirit, and it stood there with a sinister light, caressing two bloody hands, with a sharp knife in its mouth, blood was dripping from the dripping from a sharp knife... Hu Tiancheng stepped forward and called out: "Old Cao." He moved slightly, raised his eyelids, let out a sigh of relief, and looked at Hu Tiancheng with menacing eyes. To the bottom, and then from the bottom to the top, it is clearly looking for the place where the knife will be cut! Hutian was annoyed when it was established.He yelled: "Are you crazy?!" As he spoke, he raised his hand and gave him a slap in the face!Following that loud slap, the sharp knife flew out, Lao Cao shook his body a few times, and managed to stand still.He blinked his eyelids, as if he had just woken up, and murmured, "It's the branch secretary, it's the branch secretary." As he said that, his body suddenly shrank, and he became a pitiful dwarf.He slumped on the ground, wiped his bloody hands on his body, let out a long breath, and said in a flattering tone: "I haven't eaten all day. I ate a raw dog egg all day." At night, there were no dogs barking, and the village was completely dark.The black also seemed to be lifeless, dead and hoarse. Then the wind turned, and the wind poured the strong smell of blood into the village.The wind whistled and whined, and it seemed to bring the spirit of the dog with it. The spirit of the dog whirled around in the village street, slapping people's window lattices one after another, as if crying for the door... In the middle of the night, someone threw feces on the gate of Lao Cao's house, and someone threw bricks into the yard!There was a gurgling sound all night... In the morning, I saw dog fur all over the yard! When the rooster crowed, Hu Tiancheng opened the door and saw Lao Cao squatting on the ground outside his door.Seeing Hu Tiancheng, he burst into tears.Hu Tiancheng said: "Old Cao, what are you doing?" Lao Cao squatted there, with snot and tears and said: "Secretary, secretary, can you blame me for this?" Hu Tiancheng looked at Lao Cao silently, watching Lao Cao lower his head like a grandson.But he walked back into the house without saying a word.After a while, he came out with his clothes on, glanced at Lao Cao, and said, "Old Cao, let's go." Old Cao was taken aback, and said, "Let's go?" Hu Tiancheng said: "After a while, you come back..." Going on, I won't talk anymore. Lao Cao understood.