PCJ – Chapter 63 Brother Fight Outside the Wall to Defend Against Insults

Zhang Jiaohua summarized the previous hunting experience and felt that the main reason for encountering such great danger was that Little Gray Dog was not smart enough. So he summed up a few points:

Firstly, Little Gray Dog must have a domineering name. It’s convenient to call and also shows a sense of presence. He remembered a name of a bandit from an anti-bandit movie, “Drilling Mountain Leopard,” which would be very domineering as the name for Little Gray Dog. To chase mountain dogs, you have to drill all over the mountains and be as domineering as a leopard.

Secondly, Little Gray Dog is not smart enough and needs to be trained more. So Zhang Jiaohua spent money to buy a ping-pong ball, but as soon as he threw it out, Drilling Mountain Leopard went crazy and bit the ping-pong ball into pieces. So Zhang Jiaohua had to modify the plan and used a small piece of wood he picked up from someone else’s carpentry work as a training tool. But soon he found out that Drilling Mountain Leopard was initially interested, but lost interest after a few tries. Zhang Jiaohua still didn’t understand that training dogs requires food as an incentive.

There were many more plans, but with the failure of the second point, the rest of the plans were also in a pending state.

As expected by Zhang Youping and his wife, it couldn’t be hidden for long that Zhang Jiaohua had become involved with the Meishan (Meishan Water Army). And indeed, it was as they expected. With Hu Xiaoqing’s big mouth, anything that reached her would immediately spread like wildfire throughout the Village.

The villagers began to look at Zhang Jiaohua with a hint of fear in their eyes. The children in the village were getting farther and farther away from Zhang Jiaohua. Only Dumb still regarded Zhang Jiaohua as a lifesaver. Dumb’s quality in this regard was still very good. No matter how Zhang Benrui and his wife privately educated him, they couldn’t change him.

“Jiaohua, did you catch a rabbit on Sunday? Is rabbit meat delicious?” Dumb had been waiting at the village entrance early in the morning to go to school with Zhang Jiaohua. When he saw Zhang Jiaohua, he immediately jumped down from the huge rock at the roadside and took out a paper-wrapped candy and stuffed it into Zhang Jiaohua’s hand.

Seeing the candy, Zhang Jiaohua decided to listen to Dumb for a moment, “Yeah, any meat is better than pickles.”

“Yes, of course rabbit meat is delicious. My aunt’s family raises rabbits. During the New Year, she sent us a leg of rabbit meat. It’s much tastier than pork.” In fact, Dumb had long forgotten what rabbit meat tasted like. But meat is meat.

“I caught three wild rabbit pups and brought them back. When they grow up, I’ll slaughter them and let you taste them.” Tasting the sweetness of the candy, Zhang Jiaohua was in a good mood and gave Dumb an IOU.

“Ah, you also caught wild rabbit pups? That’s great. My family grows milk grass (a kind of green forage that produces white milky liquid when broken). Rabbits love to eat it. After school, I’ll cut some for you to feed the rabbits.” Dumb was eager to help when he heard that there would be meat in the future.

“Alright, just don’t let your mom know. She’s very fierce. She’ll make trouble then.” Zhang Jiaohua also knew that villagers who raise rabbits often feed them milk grass.

At this time, the children in the village were all rushing to Meizi’ao Elementary School. The children who were attending junior high school at Yidu Shuixi School, with better family conditions, had bought Phoenix brand cargo bicycles. Along the way, they kept ringing their bells, making a clanging sound all the way, feeling extremely proud.

“In the future, when I go to junior high school, I also want to buy a bicycle. My aunt’s family has a cargo bicycle. I’ve learned how to use the tripod a few times.” Dumb looked at the departing bicycles with envy.

Zhang Jiaohua’s Uncle family also bought a bicycle, but Zhang Jiaohua wasn’t favored by his aunt before, and his mother wouldn’t let him touch the precious treasure of his uncle’s family. That bicycle was the most precious dowry his aunt brought to Lanshe Creek Village.

“I want to earn money to buy one myself.” Zhang Jiaohua also envied the young man flying in the wind.

Almost all the children in the village went to school together. A group of several people would shout the name of whoever’s house they reached.

“Yuanbao, Yuanbao.” Several brats shouted loudly towards Zhang Youlian’s yard.

“Coming, coming.” Zhang Yuanbao came rushing out of the house with his school bag, still chewing on something.

Zhang Jiaohua’s family never had such a situation, and Dumb didn’t dare to boldly go to Zhang Jiaohua’s house. If Jinhu and the others hadn’t had trouble, they might have gone to call Zhang Jiaohua like this every day. So Zhang Jiaohua started thinking about those few buddies again.

It’s strange to say that when Zhang Jiaohua thought of those few buddies, a strange feeling came from the bell on his wrist. Zhang Jiaohua seemed to be able to feel the emotions of his five buddies through the bell.

In his dreams, the old Taoist had already taught Zhang Jiaohua how to use the bell. But Zhang Jiaohua had never succeeded in releasing the five buddies. No matter how he tried to activate the bell according to the old Taoist’s method, there was no response. Zhang Jiaohua’s chanting was like a cow sinking into the mud.

But today, Zhang Jiaohua seemed to sense a familiar call coming from the bell. He faintly heard his five buddies calling his name.

“Jiaohua, Jiaohua.” Dumb stuttered and said a lot of words, but found that Zhang Jiaohua had been ignoring him, so he quickly pulled Zhang Jiaohua’s hand. Zhang Jiaohua’s current state made Yaba somewhat scared because Ma Jinxiu often said in front of him that Zhang Jiaohua could see ghosts. Children are always afraid of ghosts.

Not far away, Zhang Yuanbao was arguing with his companions who were going the same way.

“You’re not allowed to talk about Jiaohua like that. He’s my brother!” Zhang Yuanbao said to his companions loudly, displeased.

“Yuanbao, what’s wrong with you? Weren’t you always annoyed by Jiaohua? Why are you speaking up for him today?” One companion asked puzzled.

Zhang Yuanbao snorted, “He’s my uncle’s son, my cousin. Of course, I’ll stand up for him! You guys aren’t allowed to bully him in the future. Otherwise, see how I’ll deal with you.”

Zhang Jiaohua and Dumb looked at Zhang Yuanbao in astonishment. This scene made them both incredulous.

Bullying? Zhang Jiaohua thought about it but couldn’t think of anyone who had bullied him. Everyone avoided him, who would dare to bully him? It was Zhang Yuanbao, who always boasted, who had been beaten up several times at school. Although Zhang Yuanbao was fat and strong, unmatched among his peers, he couldn’t withstand having older brothers and sisters from other families. So Zhang Yuanbao was often beaten up, and they often heard Hu Xiaoqing rushing to someone’s house to fight with others.