Super Zoo

This time when Su Ming went home, he did not bring any other animals, only Xiaobai and Haidongqing. Needless to say, Xiaobai was naturally taken care of with a big belly, although he knew that Xiaobai could give birth to a baby independently without him. But Su Ming still did not feel at ease to leave it in the zoo.

With the ability of soul attachment, Haidongqing became a very important partner.

Among the many animals at present, its vision is the strongest. At an altitude of more than a thousand meters, it can clearly see a little mouse on the ground. And because it can fly, it is the most convenient to take it out, but it is also easy to arouse suspicion.

In the air, Haidongqing is almost invincible, and there is no problem with its own safety. Unlike Ergouzi, he has to beware of some natural enemies, birds, especially when going to the mountains, Ergouzi's situation is actually quite dangerous.

If there is really an emergency, Haidongqing's own combat effectiveness should not be ignored. It is not a problem to deal with an adult; besides, it is extremely fast, and it is also suitable for conveying messages and tipping off.

Su Ming couldn't call the zoo and tell the person who answered the phone, please let Er Gouzi, the wasp in my room, answer the phone.

In the air, a Saker Falcon spread its wings and flew. On the highway below, Su Ming and Su Meng drove a commercial vehicle full of New Year's goods and gifts, leaving Yangchuan City and heading to their hometown.

By attaching a trace of spiritual power to the Saker Falcon, the Saker Falcon flew in the air. Su Ming could completely grasp any movement within a radius of several kilometers, turning into a super biological radar.

Of course, there is nothing perfect in the world. Su Ming was sitting in the car, but he felt a gust of wind blowing across his face, scratching his skin like a knife, and he was very uncomfortable. In less than half a minute, he couldn't open his eyes, and tears kept flowing out.

The biggest feature of the soul-attaching ability is that although it will not be physically harmed, it will have the same physiological feelings as the animal that is attached. Saker Falcons have long been accustomed to flying at an altitude of thousands of meters. Their eyeballs are not constructed the same way as humans, so they are not afraid of the wind. But Su Ming is not.

After playing for a while, Su Ming couldn't stand it anymore and took back his mental strength.

"Su Meng, I'm going to talk to you seriously about something now." Su Ming said while driving. He said "very seriously", but his face didn't look serious at all, as if he couldn't help laughing.

Su Meng nodded vigorously, looked at Su Ming seriously, and waited for him to speak.

"Be serious, be serious." Su Ming said to himself in his heart, and then asked: "What do you think of Nurse Xiao Hu?"

Su Meng gave a thumbs up without hesitation and nodded: "Hehe!"

"What about letting her be your wife?" Su Ming asked again.

This time, Su Meng did not answer. He thought for a long time with his eyes wide open, showing a confused expression, nodded uncertainly, then shook his head, nodded again, and shook his head again, repeating it several times in a row. Finally, he leaned back on the car seat in frustration, lowered his head and kept silent.

After coming to the world with Su Ming for so long, Su Meng gradually understood that a wife is not just for "giving birth to children". In the future, they will have to live together and experience many things together that he does not understand yet.

Seeing Su Meng like this, Su Ming also understood about 70%. Su Meng has a good impression of Xiao Hu, at least not a bad impression; but it is too early to talk about marriage, and even too early to fall in love.

"Don't think too much, just let it go."

Su Ming said something a bit convoluted to himself: "When you can be sure whether you are willing to spend your life with a woman, then you can naturally find a woman to spend your life with."

Maoxi County is 160 kilometers away from Yangchuan City. The county has a county seat plus 15 townships and several villages, with a total population of 66,000. The entire county is in the mountains, remote, inconvenient transportation, and even the amount of arable land is very small, and there are no special industries. Therefore, Maoxi County has been one of the poorest counties in the province for many years, and has been the focus of poverty alleviation every year.

When the Japanese invaded China, they occupied all the cities around Maoxi County, but did not attack Maoxi County. On the one hand, it was because Maoxi County was too small and remote at that time, and it might not even exist on the map. On the other hand, it was also because it was difficult for Japanese personnel and weapons, especially heavy weapons, to enter the mountains.

Year after year, poverty alleviation has been given, but Maoxi County has become poorer and poorer. Even in the county seat, the average monthly income per capita is probably less than 1,500 yuan, and the townships below are even poorer.

Su Ming drove off the national highway and onto the winding mountain road. After driving for two or three hours on the steep road, he finally arrived at the county seat of Maoxi County, which is located in a large mountain valley.

The county seat has hardly changed since he left. The old city is about the same size as a commercial district in Yangchuan City. There are seven or eight main roads, and both sides are very old two- or three-story buildings. A five-story Carrefour supermarket has become the landmark building of the county seat.

The only difference is that several residential communities have been newly built around the county seat, and dozens of more than ten-story residential buildings have sprung up. However, when driving past the gates of these communities, they are all deserted, and it doesn't look like anyone lives inside.

Su Ming's home is not in the county seat, but in Sun Town, about 20 kilometers away from the county seat, which can be regarded as deep in the mountains.

Shunzhen is called a town, but it is actually a larger village. There are less than a hundred households scattered at the foot of the mountain. The town is basically still in a very primitive self-sufficient state. People rely on the little land they have opened up on the mountain to live a simple life of working from sunrise to sunset.

Relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, relying on the water to eat the water, the residents of Sunzhen also have other sources of income. Every autumn, there will be large areas of wild walnuts in the mountains that mature. In winter, there are winter bamboo shoots everywhere underground, and there are many other economic plants. This is the wealth given to mankind by nature. As long as you are not lazy, you can go to the mountains to pick walnuts and bamboo shoots and sell them in the county. You can also earn thousands of yuan a year to supplement your family income.

The business car went down the mountain along the winding mountain road, and a large area of ​​residential houses built on the mountain appeared in front of us. Finally, we arrived home.

"Go to the nearby mountains to play by yourself, and be careful." Su Ming said hello to Haidongqing, then lightly stepped on the accelerator and slowly drove into Sunzhen.

The New Year is coming soon. Most of the people who work outside the town have returned one after another. It is quite lively, with people coming and going like a market. A clothing store and a beauty salon on the roadside play popular songs with loud speakers. There are all kinds of small stalls on the street, selling fireworks, firecrackers, couplets and other New Year goods.

The Buick GL8 that Su Ke borrowed from the zoo is not a good car. It is only good in volume, but it is a rare high-end car in Sun Town. I remember that the mayor's car is Wuling Hongguang. When he drove slowly through the only street in the town, a large group of children followed behind and shouted: "Big Buick! Big Buick!"

Su Ming felt a little emotional. When he didn't leave the mountains, the only car logo he knew was Jeep, because the Jeep logo is the English word jeep.

At that time, he didn't even know what the Mercedes-Benz logo looked like. He always thought that Hongqi was Mercedes-Benz. As the living standard gradually improves, the mountains inevitably have more contact with the outside world. Even these seven or eight-year-old children can recognize Buick. It has to be admitted that although the gap between the rich and the poor has widened, the lives of ordinary people have become better day by day.

The car slowly stopped in front of a somewhat remote two-story building. This kind of self-built two-story building can be seen everywhere in the town. The vermilion wooden door has become mottled due to the erosion of time, and the original color can't be seen. The walls are also very simple gray and white, and the red bricks inside are exposed in many places. A row of dried bacon and sausages are hung under the eaves. An old yellow dog in the town is lying not far away, lazily basking in the sun.

"I'm home." Looking at the door, Su Ming couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart.

The folks in Sun Town are simple and honest. The gate is not locked, just half-closed. I got off the car and pushed the door open. There was only a large wooden table and a few chairs in the large hall. There were New Year paintings of the God of Wealth on the wall, a few thermos bottles, and a very old large-bottomed color TV. There was no furniture.

No one lived on the first floor of Su Ming's house. He looked into a small room next to it. Inside was the familiar granary. A large round barrel with a height of one person and a diameter of more than one meter was surrounded by bamboo strips. It was filled with rice that had not yet been threshed.

There was a small yard at the back. Now the town uses biogas. The kitchen is at the back. Before entering the yard, I could smell the aroma of meat from the kitchen.

Hearing someone outside, a middle-aged woman with gray hair came out of the kitchen.

The woman looked a little old, and wrinkles inevitably appeared on her face, but she was in very good spirits. Even though she was wearing an apron and dressed like a mountain woman, she had an air of bookishness that could not be concealed.

"Mom, I'm back." Su Ming almost cried when he shouted.

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back." Mother Su's eyes were also a little red, and she reached out to rub Su Ming's head like a child.

But Su Ming has grown up, taller than when he was in college. He naturally lowered his head, but Mother Su's hand stopped on his face, gently stroking it twice, and said with a smile: "Son is grown up, you can't pat your head like a child anymore."

"No matter how old you are, you are still my mother." Su Ming hugged his mother's arm, sniffed into the kitchen, and asked with a smile: "What's burning, it smells so good?"

"Hurry up, wash your hands, I made your favorite bamboo shoots and braised pork, wash your hands and eat!"

When my mother was young, she was also from a big city. She met my father during the movement to go to the countryside. Because my grandfather's family was a big landlord and a reactionary warlord before liberation, they were always criticized and struggled against. Until the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee, the hat was not taken off because his grandfather's class background was indeed bad and it was not a false case. Therefore, my mother could not return to the city, so she followed my father to settle down in Maoxi County, her hometown, and lived there for most of her life.

In the past, Wang Hao often joked with Su Ming, saying that my family had revolutionized your family. If there had been no liberation, Su Ming's grandfather would have been a Huangpu graduate and a big landlord, while Wang Hao's grandfather would have been a serious poor peasant.

"Mom, I brought a friend back." Su Ming said while washing his hands with a smile.

Mother Su was stunned at first, then she was happy and said angrily: "Why didn't you tell me that you brought a girlfriend back earlier? I cook all the oily and meaty food you like to eat, and the girls in the city can't get used to it! Don't break up with you after a meal, then I will be guilty..."

"Mom, it's not a girl, it's a boy!" Su Ming said.