Shi Wangfu was worried that he would not accept him as his apprentice, so he said loudly: I can learn what adults do, as long as Uncle Tan is willing to teach him.
It’s not a question of whether to bring one or not. Learning to raise a scorpion is not easy and there are risks. Scorpions are highly venomous arthropods. Once they bite someone, they are difficult to treat. The father shows off his cards to his child's classmates.
Shi Wangfu said: I will be particularly careful.
When Qin Yue saw him standing talking to his father, he brought a chair over for him to sit on. Mother handed them a cup of tea, and then went to the kitchen to get busy, letting them talk in the room. After a while, she brought a bowl of egg soup to the table, which was fragrant and appetizing.
At this time, my father actually drank by himself and remained silent. When he put down the bowl and chopsticks, he suddenly said: Wangfu, I need to talk to your parents about this and get their consent.
I have convinced my parents and they all agree. Wang Fu cast a sincere look at him.
He didn't fully believe Wang Fu's words, so he said: If you really want to learn how to raise scorpions from me, ask your father to come over. Qin Yue interrupted: His father is blind and cannot come.
His mother can come, too.
His mother is also blind.
When Qin Yue said this, he glanced at Wang Fu who was embarrassed. Wangfu said: Uncle Qin, my parents are both blind and have no ability to control me. As long as the technology can be learned and it can produce benefits, my parents will not disagree.
In that case, you do it here. Uncle Qin finally let go, and Wang Fuman was happy.
In the afternoon, Uncle Qin arranged for Wang Fu to dig a hole in the yard. He picked up the hoe made in the iron shop and dug hard according to the lime line drawn. After working for a few times, he was sweating all over. He felt It's not as easy as working in an iron shop, but the iron shop requires hard work for a long time. This is different. If you dig the hole for raising scorpions well, you won't have to work so hard.
Thinking like this got me excited again, and I dug up the garbage with hoe after hoe, put it into a dustpan, and dumped it on the edge of the yard. Uncle Qin asked him to do it and said he would come out of the yard to do some errands.
At this moment, he looked up and looked around, hoping to see a scorpion breeding base, but now he didn't even see a single scorpion. He only saw the fruit trees on the other side of the yard, and sometimes he had the idea of going up to the trees to steal some, but he was afraid that Uncle Tan would suddenly come back. But he thought of a way, and walked out of the yard to see if there was anyone outside. Sure enough, he walked out of the yard. No one was seen, and it was quiet. Then he returned to the yard and was about to go to the fruit tree, but he saw Qin's mother coming out of the house again. When he came out, he quickly walked over and picked up the hoe and continued digging, glancing at Qin's mother from time to time.
Qin's mother walked around the yard and returned to the door of the house. She sat on an armchair and looked at the fruit trees over there. Wang Fu gave up the idea of stealing dates and could only concentrate on digging holes.
In the evening, Uncle Tan still hadn't returned, so Mama asked Wangfu to go home and dig again tomorrow. He rarely digs soil, but he still feels that he is at a disadvantage because the blood blisters on his hands have not healed. After digging for an afternoon, new blood blisters appear on his palms. As he looks at them, his heart feels cold. It feels like no matter what you do, as long as you invest in it, you have to pay hard work and sweat.
When I got home, the sun had set, and the whole village was slowly submerged in the night. When his mother heard his footsteps, she asked, "Is Wang Fu back?"
Mom, it's me. Wang Fu found a kerosene lamp to light, and his shadow fell on the ground into a black mess. Wherever he went, the shadow followed him. His mother told him that Shi Wen came today and said that blacksmith Liu Wu asked you why you didn't go to the iron shop?
Mom, what did you say?
I said, my son is too lazy and doesn’t want to work anymore.
When my mother said this, my father, who was sitting motionless in the room, suddenly interrupted: Not to mention that the blacksmith Liu Wu was angry, even his neighbor Shi Wen was angry. God gave up.
Dad, didn’t I say that blacksmithing doesn’t make money.
You may not make money if you learn to raise scorpions. The father was obviously also angry at Wang Fu, and continued: Your mother and I are blind and rely on government subsidies to live. You have good eyes and nothing wrong with your body. You will have to support yourself in the future. Wang Fu didn't want to hear it, and he didn't argue with his father. He had dinner and fell asleep early.
An orchard suddenly appeared in front of Shi Wangfu's eyes. When he walked into the orchard, he looked up and saw a jujube tree covered with heavy dates. Each pearl-like jujube seemed to shine with a seductive luster towards him. He didn't care whose orchard this was, and wanted to climb the tree to pick. But when he looked at the jujube branches, he found a beehive on the jujube branch, and many wasps were flying around the jujube tree, like The wasps guard the dates on the jujube trees and prevent outsiders from picking them. The wasps also make a buzzing sound, which sounds like a warning to thieves trying to pick the dates: If you want to steal the dates, I will sting you with a poisonous needle. Are you afraid?
Wangfu felt terrified. He wanted to go up the tree to pick dates, but he was afraid of being stung by wasps. But he found that the wasps flying around the tree didn't seem to notice him, so he quietly climbed up the jujube tree and reached out to pick a ripe jujube with red spots. Instead of a ripe date, it’s a wasp crawling around. Are you dazzled? No, it's a wasp flapping its wings.
He shook his hand in fear. Although the wasp was thrown away, he used too much force and the jujube tree shook. The wasp clinging to the hive was sensitive to the commotion. He quickly slid down the tree and tried to escape, but at this moment, Countless wasps in the sky swooped down to attack him, raining down on his head, body, and hands, stinging his skin crazily.
He ran for a while and rolled on the ground, still unable to escape the wasp's sting. He shouted for help, feeling that his skin was swollen and his forehead was sweating...
Suddenly, he sat up, only to feel darkness, and he felt a hand pushing him. It was his mother. At some point, his mother touched his bed and shouted: Wangfu, you are in a trance, you are having a nightmare! Wake up quickly.
Wangfu woke up, his body still trembling, and he said, I dreamed that many wasps stung me. Mother said: This is a bad sign. You should be careful when you go out tomorrow!
I had a nightmare. Around the fourth watch, it was still dark, and Wangfu couldn't sleep. As soon as it turned pink outside the window, he would get up and make breakfast, making pots and pans clattering. When I was going out, I heard my mother telling me: You should be careful when you are out today.
I know. Wangfu thought again of the nightmare he had last night, and also of the jujube tree in Uncle Tan's yard and its branches full of jujubes. And secretly remind yourself: You can't pick dates secretly, otherwise you will commit a crime.
Just after leaving the village entrance, after walking for a while, we arrived at the gate of Uncle Qin's house. The courtyard door was locked but not yet opened. He wanted to call Uncle Tan loudly to wake him up, but he didn't want to disturb Uncle Tan's dream.
He waited for a while, looking directly at the fruit trees in the courtyard, and looked at several jujube trees for a long time, trying to see if there were any wasp nests in the dream and the wasps flying around the jujube trees. No, not at all, just some unknown birds chirping in the trees, as if they were singing a beautiful morning song together.
