noffsinger Chapter 414: A snake that hasn't become a spirit? That's good.
Chapter 414: A snake that hasn't become a spirit? That's good.
Su Chen frowned slightly.
Big snake?
And it’s a big snake as thick as a bucket?
He didn't notice it when he went to check the road with Uncle Liang and others.
Hu Shiliang was calm.
He passed the porcelain cup towards the young man, and when he saw him take two large gulps and slow his breathing, he said angrily, "If you really dig up a snake that big, would you have the guts to run back?"
The young man wanted to refute, but Hu Shiliang curled his lips and said, "Your mother once went into the mountains to collect firewood and encountered a huge snake as thick as a bucket blocking the way. She fell and rolled down the mountain. Later, I took people up to see..."
He looked at Su Chen and gestured at his wrist helplessly: "It's only this thick!"
"I managed to get nearly every man in the village along, including wash basins from every household, the village gong, and salt from the local shops. Then I just carried the snake off with a shoulder pole, and it slowly crawled away."
The young man blushed when he heard this. He put down the porcelain cup and scratched his head.
"But, maybe I'm seeing things? But it's really big."
Hu Shiliang glanced at him and asked, "Can it be bigger than you?"
"Go to the grocery store and get 10 bags of salt. Hang them up at the village committee and use them to lure the snakes away. They'll go away soon."
The young man hesitated for a moment, obviously not happy about it.
Hu Shiliang sighed and stood up: "Okay, okay, I'll get it."
He asked Su Chen to rest at the village committee for a while and led the young man out.
Su Chen was bored and took a few glances at the newspaper.
Seeing little Ayun holding the newspaper tightly in his hands, he laughed and patiently read the article to the little one.
When Chen Hong arrived, she leaned against the doorway and listened for a while before joking, "I was wondering who would have the interest to study here. It turns out to be Master Su Chen!"
"Sister Hong, please stop teasing me."
Su Chen stopped and let Xiao Ayun hold the newspaper. He turned sideways and looked at Chen Hong carefully. When his eyes fell on her belly, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Sister Hong, are you pregnant again?"
Chen Hong gave a thumbs up.
"Everyone in the town and the village says you're really capable now. I was a little bit skeptical, but now it's confirmed that you're really amazing."
Su Chen: "But this pregnancy is not very stable, Sister Hong, you have to take good care of the pregnancy."
"Yeah, I know. Your brother doesn't let me work anymore. He lets Ah Xi do all the cooking and laundry at home."
Ah Xi is Su Jianzhong's younger sister and is not married yet.
Su Chen was curious: "Didn't Ah Xi go out to work?"
He remembered that this year many people in the village made an appointment to go out to work together, a small number of them went north, and most of them went south.
Although Ah Xi was timid, I heard that he was planning to go to the south to work with his aunt in the village. Didn’t he go?
Chen Hong sighed, "We were originally planning to go. My family had already set aside money to buy the train tickets, but then we heard that girls are more likely to be bullied if they go south. Ah Xi has a soft personality, so we were worried about her, so we stopped her."
"I went to ask around, and I heard that many girls who went out to work were eventually abused, and some even died without anyone knowing." Chen Hong walked into the office, holding her belly and slowly sitting down. "I thought, your brother can still make some money this year by building roads. Even if Ah Xi wants to go out to work, there's no need to rush. I'll find a suitable one for her this year. After they get married, the young couple can go out and at least have a companion, which gives them peace of mind."
Su Chen nodded: "That's good too."
The two chatted a little more about road construction. When Su Chen heard Chen Hong say that Boss Zhang had already sent the first batch of money, he secretly took note of it.
There were hurried footsteps outside again.
Su Chen and Chen Hong turned their heads curiously, and saw Hu Shiliang standing at the door with sweat all over his forehead, his hands on his hips, gasping for breath.
"Uncle Liang, what's wrong?"
"Ah Chen, come on, come with me and take a look at the snake."
Su Chen: “???”
"Is it really as thick as a bucket?"
"No, it's just my calf that's thicker. But the snake was injured by the hoe and is bleeding, but it won't move. No matter how much salt we sprinkle on it, it's useless. We don't dare to move it. If it grows so big, what if it becomes a spirit..."
"It's better for you to go and take a look, it's safer."
Su Chen walked forward, holding little Ayun. A surge of power was injected into Hu Shiliang's body. He originally needed to catch his breath to slow down, but suddenly his body trembled. When he realized it, his feet were no longer sore. He felt more energetic than when he was young and could sleep through the night.
"Sister Hong, Uncle Liang and I will go over there."
"Hey, go ahead."
Su Chen asked for the location, held little Ayun in one hand and put the other hand on Hu Shiliang's shoulder, and quickly arrived at the place by taking the ghost path.
The villagers who were helping to build the road stopped by the side. Some were chatting, some had bitter faces, and some had shaking hands.
"Fourth uncle?"
Seeing that the person trembling was his fourth cousin, Su Chen went over and asked.
"Ah, Ah Chen, I didn't mean to do that. I just tilted my hoe a little. Who knew..."
"I, this snake, the snake won't die like this, right?"
"How many years does it take to cultivate such a big snake? I, I..."
In the eyes of the older generation, things become spirits when they grow bigger.
Not to mention snakes, even fish in the stream, as long as they grow to half a meter long, even if you accidentally catch them, you will not eat them and will generally release them, of course, except for those in the sea.
Su Chen knew his fourth uncle's worries, so he injected some strength into him to calm him down. Then, under the guidance of Hu Shiliang, he went to a deep pit and looked at the snake coiled in the pit.
To be honest, it's only as thick as my calves, but after it's rolled into a mosquito coil shape, it's also quite big.
Its head poked out a little from its body, weakly spitting out its tongue, and the snake's body squirmed slightly. There was a part of the flesh that had curled up and turned blood red.
Under the eyes of heaven, Su Chen did not feel any strange breath and confirmed that the snake was not alive.
"Uncle Liang, it's okay. It's not spiritual."
Hu Shiliang breathed a sigh of relief.
After Su Chen comforted his body, his hands stopped shaking, but he was still a little nervous. His fourth uncle, who had followed him subconsciously, drooped his tense shoulders when he heard his words.
A snake that has not yet become a spirit?
That’s good, that’s good. I guess he won’t take revenge on me and my family.
After Su Chen talked to Hu Shiliang, he asked the people around him to put the salt away.
"I'll treat it first and then lead it away."
Su Maolin Chunjiao also came over and warned, "Achen, be careful."
"Don't worry, big brother, it's okay."
Su Chen jumped into the pit.
The snake's head suddenly retracted into its body and disappeared. The snake's body squirmed quickly twice, and the head came out from the bottom again, but it seemed to sense that there were people around, so it retracted again.
What a coward!
Su Chen smiled and injected a force, then transformed the force into silk thread, stitching the wound bit by bit.
The snake's head quietly poked out again.
Hissing and spitting out the snake's tongue.
Then he slowly approached Su Chen, but when he was about ten centimeters away, he stopped and shrank back.
Su Chen reached out and touched the snake's head.
Everyone shrank their necks.
He was afraid that the next moment, the snake's head would open its bloody mouth and swallow Su Chen's hand directly.
But this scene did not appear.
Instead, the snake's head turned slightly, and its tongue licked Su Chen's palm, which felt a little itchy.
Su Chen laughed.
He stood up and hooked the snake with his strength.
"Come on, I'll take you to find a place to stay."
As he walked out of the pit, the snake swam out little by little.
The onlookers immediately dispersed, and only when they felt safe about ten meters away did they stick their heads out to look again.