In the peanut field, a ten-centimetre-long tiger-headed grasshopper was lying on the rice leaves enjoying its delicious food.
It was wearing green armor, with two brown eyeballs on its round head, and its long, fat and powerful legs were curled up, ready to leap away at any time.
Behind the grasshopper, a little girl hunched over and slowly approached, her face flushed red by the sun, her eyes unblinking.
With a "pop" sound, the little girl swooped up after getting close to the grasshopper, covering the tiger-headed grasshopper with her hands. She pinched the grasshopper with her fingers and laughed.
The grasshopper kicked his thighs hard, and a row of spikes on his legs left a few small bloody eyes on the little girl's fingers.
The girl gasped in pain, so she quickly took a peanut stalk, passed it through the back of the hard shell of the tiger-headed grasshopper's neck, and hung it on it.
The tiger-headed grasshopper vomited green blood from its mouth and struggled hard, but could not escape its restraints.
The girl breathed a sigh of relief, shouted to her brother in the distance to show off, and then continued to look for the next target.
This year, in addition to growing grain, the family also planted an acre of peanuts and soybeans.
Zhang Guangzong stood in the peanut field, using a hoe to loosen the soil around the roots of the peanuts. Then he bent down and grabbed the peanut seedling and pulled out the whole peanut plant. He threw it behind his back and continued digging.
Zhang and his party carried these peanut seedlings and transported them to the fields.
At the end of the field, Li Hongyu was sitting on a horse, with a bench lying down in front of her. She smashed the peanut seedling twice on the bench, and the peanuts fell from the roots and piled up in a pile on the ground.
Occasionally there would be a stubborn person, and she would just pick them off.
In the field next to him, Zhang Xiaoyu helped the family pick cotton. From time to time, he screamed when he saw an insect, but the sunspot did not come and was left at home.
When the sun went down, the peanuts were all put into sacks. Zhang Guangzong carried them all onto the cart, then put the drawstring on his shoulders and pulled the cart home.
Zhang Xiuxiu also had a great harvest today. She was holding three bunches of peanut seedling branches in her hand, all of which were covered with grasshoppers. In addition to tiger-headed grasshoppers, there were also sharp-headed grasshoppers. There were more than 40 of them, and the smallest one had the fingers of an adult. thickness.
The family returned home, and Mrs. Guo had already prepared the meal.
Zhang Xiuxiu shouted that she wanted to eat the grasshopper, so Mrs. Guo hurriedly picked up the grasshopper, pulled off the wings, pinched off the thorny thighs, took out the head, and threw away all the head and internal organs.
Crack a few eggs, sprinkle with salt, roll the grasshoppers in the egg liquid, and then fry them in oil. The grasshoppers will turn from green to red like crabs.
Zhang Xiuxiu kept a few, and she planned to bake a few more in a coal stove to try them later.
Mrs. Guo brought the grasshoppers and went to the yard and shouted: "Eat first, then do it after eating!"
Zhang Guangzong stood on the top of the building and replied: "Eat after you finish!"
A long hemp rope was thrown down from the roof.
Li Hongyu caught the hemp rope, tied a sack of peanuts with the end of the hemp rope, raised her head and shouted: "It's tied!"
Zhang Guangzong hummed, stood on the edge of the roof with his legs crossed, and with a strong tug, a sack of peanuts was lifted up. As the rope was retracted, it slowly rose to the roof.
Arriving at the roof, Zhang Guangzong swung the rope, and the sack swung like a pendulum, getting bigger and bigger. Finally, Zhang Guangzong lifted it hard, and the sack fell on the roof.
After untying the hemp rope, there was a "crash" and a sack of peanuts fell onto the roof.
Zhang Guangzong dropped the rope again and began to pull down a bag of peanuts.
After finishing these tasks, Zhang Guangzong went downstairs and washed his face with a water press.
There is a water pipe next to the water press, but he is not used to using it.
The family sat around the square table to eat. Mrs. Guo and Zhang Guangzong sat on the sofa, and the other three sat on the bench, watching TV and eating at the same time.
After the meal, Zhang Guangzong pulled the cart to the fields again. He wanted to pull back all the peanut seedlings, which could be used to feed pigs and make fires in the future.
When he went out, Zhang Guangzong saw several girls surrounding the door, standing outside the door with their heads in the air and whispering.
When a girl saw Zhang Guangzong coming out, she mustered up the courage to ask, "Uncle, is Zhang Yixing here?"
Zhang Guangzong nodded and shouted loudly into the room: "We are looking for someone!"
Then Zhang Guangzong pulled the cart and left. He was used to it. It seems that starting from this year, there are always students like students coming to the house to inquire. His son said that these are all fans.
Zhang Guangzong couldn't figure it out: Why are they called fans? Aren't fans for food? Why not call it vermicelli? Or pink skin?
Zhang and his party took a look through the door glass and understood what was going on. They walked out of the yard with a pen.
As for letting them come to the house, there is no need.
"It's really Zhang Yixing!"
"She looks better in person than in the photos!"
"so cute!"
Seeing Zhang and his party coming out, several girls who looked like middle school students suddenly became excited.
A round-faced girl took out a book first and boldly asked: "Zhang Yixing, I really like your "Xia Mu's Book of Friends", can you sign it for me?"
Zhang Yixing took the book and looked at it. It was a pirated book.
It is not easy to buy genuine books in small counties these days, but pirated copies can be seen everywhere.
Especially students, most of them buy books in school bookstores and bookstalls, and bookstores and bookstalls almost always contain pirated books. They save money on living expenses just to buy a book they like.
Zhang Yixing took the book and signed his name with a smile.
He also experienced the days of reading pirated copies in middle school and eating steamed buns every day to buy novels.
Five girls, five books, all pirated.
The last one is particularly exaggerated. It is not called "Xia Mu's Book of Friends" but "Collected Works of Zhang Yixing".
Zhang Yixing opened it and looked at it. They were all articles he had published in magazines and newspapers. It was really difficult for pirates to collect and organize them because there were too many typos.
After getting what they wanted, the five girls rode away with satisfaction.
Zhang and his entourage watched several people leave, then returned to the house and dialed Hu Weishi's phone number.
Hu Weishi's voice soon came over the phone, "Hey, Yi Xing, what's going on?"
"Sister Wei Shi, I have thought about the collection of essays you mentioned, and I think it can be published."
"Oops, you finally figured it out!"
Zhang and his party heard Hu Wei mention this matter before, but he didn't take it to heart. They were just short articles and not many people would buy them. It was just a waste of money.
Hu Weishi didn't think so. She said it was for true love readers.
"Yixing, do you want to give the anthology a name?"
"Well, let's call it "A Line of Footprints"!"
"Haha, that's a good name. Have you thought about it a long time ago? That's it!"
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On August 20, 1998, the sales of "Xiamu's Book of Friends" exceeded one million copies, shocking the industry.
"Grudge" did a lot of research and discovered the reason:
This novel, originally thought to be targeted at primary and secondary school students, is now being widely circulated among college students.
At the same time, this book has also become popular among parents and is known as the best parenting storybook.
The already sluggish sales of "Natsumu's Book of Friends" have rebounded, and the publisher has started a new round of printing again.
