Shen's Animal Novel The Python Nanny

My son was born in the remote and desolate Man Guanglong stockade. Behind the stockade is Charlotte Mountain and in front is Brown Mountain, both of which are vast and desolate virgin forests. This happened in the stockade: an adult went up the mountain to work, and a mountain rat, bigger than a rabbit, fell off the roof beam and bit off the nose and ears of the baby sleeping in the cradle; A female bear pushed open the bamboo fence of the village head's house, slapped the dog who was guarding the door and took the village head's little grandson away. The village chief searched in the old forest for five years before he was brought back to a stinking bear's nest. Six-year-old children can't talk, can't walk upright, can only howl like bears, can only crawl on all fours like wild animals, and become the real Xiong Haizi. ..

I didn't go home for days and nights. The wife carries water, grows vegetables and washes clothes, so she has to lock her son who is still nursing at home. We live in a thatched cottage with holes everywhere. It is worrying that poisonous snakes, scorpions, wild dogs and bobcats can easily get in. The best way, of course, is to find a nanny to take care of the children, but at that time, the income was meager and it was not easy to support the family. How can I afford a babysitter? My wife and I are both educated youths, and Wan Li, a relative far away in Shanghai, can't come to the border to look after our children.

Just when I was worried, a middle-aged hunter named Zhao Zhang in the stockade said that he could help me find a nanny who didn't have to pay for meals. Unless the seven fairies come down to earth and the snail girl is reincarnated, where can I find such a cheap thing? I shook my head. When Zhao Zhang saw that I didn't believe him, he said, "Wait, I'll bring the nanny to you right away."

After smoking a pack of cigarettes, melodious flute sounds came from the grass road leading to Qinggou in front of my house. It's not a bride's present. Do you need music? I was wondering when Zhao Zhang came in playing the flute. I looked behind him and found no one. He gave me a sly wink and shook his head. A string of high-pitched vibrato flew out of the golden bamboo flute, just like a lark singing and flying on a colorful cloud. With that vibrato, a "nanny" suddenly appeared behind him.

I was shocked, and a hot liquid ran down my thigh and wet the ground. Sorry, I peed my pants.

The wife spread her arms like a hen and covered her son under her.

Zhao Zhang's nanny brought us a boa constrictor by flute!

"Quick ... get the python away. Zhao Zhang, are you kidding? Get a snake to harm us! " The wife said angrily.

"I can assure you in the name of Hunter that she is one of the most dedicated nannies. He brought up both my sons. Oh, if I hurt a hair on your little baby, I'll make it up to you with my two sons. " Zhao Zhang said very seriously.

"This ... is disgusting at the sight, and I can't eat."

"Let it try for ten days. Give it back to me if it is not suitable. " Zhao Zhang said, and led the python to the cradle, muttering to himself, and slapped it three times on the top of his head. The python immediately stood at the cradle like a guard.

At this time, we can see that this is a rare boa constrictor, as thick as a dragon and bamboo, about six meters long, with circles and irregular dark brown stripes on its light brown body; The closer these markings are, the darker the tail color is, which is a typical Xishuangbanna black-tailed python; There are two degenerated hind limbs in the lower abdomen, about three or four inches long; A small square face with Chinese characters written on it, a diamond-shaped black line extending from nostril through forehead to back, two blue eyes like glass balls as clear and gentle as well water, and a forked letter spit out from a slightly open mouth, as red as a maple leaf. The whole image does not give people a ferocious feeling, but is gentle and kind.

Maybe we could try it for ten days, but my wife and I reluctantly agreed.

Ten days later, I was persuaded. I dare say that there is no more competent nanny than this python. If the job of nanny can also be evaluated, this python is definitely a first-class nanny, just like a first-class professor or a first-class writer. It faithfully waits by my son's cradle day and night. There are many mosquitoes in summer. Although we built a small mosquito net for the cradle, our son didn't sleep honestly. He either pushed the mosquito net through a gap for mosquitoes to take advantage of it, or put his arms or legs on the mosquito net to let the sharp-billed mosquitoes penetrate the mosquito net and bite. Almost every morning when I get up, I will find a few red pimples like tofu on my son's tender body. I am so distressed that I can't wait to become a gecko and destroy all mosquitoes in the world. But since this python came, the hateful mosquito can't get near my son anymore. The forked snake letter is like a most sensitive radar tracker and an efficient mosquito trap. As long as there is the buzz of flying mosquitoes around the cradle, it will fly into the air like lightning, and the unlucky mosquitoes will disappear from the world. In the past, whenever it rained, it was inevitable that bamboo leaves or tortoise shells would sneak into my house to hide from the rain. Once I went to bed and put my feet under the bed.

Cold and greasy, like stepping on a frozen fish. When I opened the quilt, I saw that it was a poisonous cobra, entrenched in my heel ... The day after this python lived in my house, it rained cats and dogs. I saw several poisonous snakes scurrying around under the eaves of my house and poked around outside the hole in the wall, but as soon as I felt the existence of the python, I ran away immediately. As for mice, they used to dare to fight on the beams of my house in broad daylight, and squeaky mice would emerge from the corner of the backlight at night. But since we hired the nanny python, alas, the mouse moved consciously, so please don't come back.

On the eighth night, I went to a hunter's friend's house to celebrate the new house, and my wife teased her son at home. Suddenly, a woman in the stockade wanted to have a baby and asked my wife for help, so she put her son in the cradle and gave it to the nanny python. Open the door at night and smell a pungent smell of blood. I almost lost my soul when I lit the lantern. I only saw the nanny python's long body wrapped in a red jackal, and the snake head was high and hissing. The jackal wrapped by it, eyes wide open, as if to roll out of the eyes, mouth wide open, mouth hole with big blood foam. I touched the jackal's eyes with my finger, but there was no response. The jackal was strangled alive. I hurried to the cradle. My lovely son is sleeping soundly. He may have dreamed of something delicious. He has a pair of dimples on his red and pink face. I felt a sort of surge of relief. I held the lantern on the jackal's head and looked at it carefully. The hair of crimson jackals is messy like leaves blown by autumn wind, and several jackals fall off. Oh, it turned out to be an old jackal. It is not difficult to imagine that this old jackal was old and weak, and he was really hungry, so he took risks and sneaked into the village from the forest to steal the baby. The old jackal is cruel and cunning. I guess he has been hiding in the nearby grass to spy on my house. Seeing that both adults had gone out, he dug a hole in the wall with his claws and got in. As soon as the old jackal entered the room, the nanny python bit the jackal's neck and immediately wrapped it up. The jackal tore and bit, but to no avail.

When my wife came back, we coaxed her for a long time before the nanny python loosened her body and the stiff old jackal fell to the ground. We took a closer look, and the nanny python's neck and back were torn by claws, and thick blood flowed out, and a piece of meat was taken away near its tail. The wife was moved to tears.

The ten-day probation period is coming to an end. What else can I say? Nanny Python naturally became a full member of my family. Hiring a python as a nanny has another very substantial benefit. You don't need to feed it. When hungry, it will dig out from the small window in my kitchen and go to the ravine for food by itself. Loyal, reliable and free, such a nanny is hard to find with lanterns.

In a blink of an eye, my son began to learn to walk, so we don't have to bother. Nanny python consciously assumed the role of teaching her son to learn to walk. It arched its neck, and the height of the neck was just within the reach of its son's little hand, like a movable handrail, and crawled forward slowly with his son's walking speed; When the son is tired from walking, he can rest on the neck of the nanny python at any time. At this time, the nanny python is motionless, like a solid railing. Whenever his son tripped and fell, he would rub against the ground and squeak, while snakehead cleverly shrugged his shoulders to support his son. Even if the son still falls, it is like a soft felt, which is padded under the body to prevent the son from falling and being injured.

Well, the whole thing is a well-designed walker.

Time flies and my son grows up bit by bit. Unexpectedly, there was a contradiction between us and the nanny python. My son is over three years old and should get together with his peers to play, but such a big python is raised by his son, and the children hide far away when they see it. His son looks lonely. Finally, several courageous children came to play football with their son, and the nanny python stood by. As long as the ball is not at his son's feet, it will open its mouth to other children and spit out bright red snake letters to threaten them. The children were frightened, lost the ball and ran away, and the son won the game as easy as blowing off dust. After such a thing was repeated several times, no one was interested in coming to play with my son.

Gradually, my wife began to have a lot of dissatisfaction with the nanny python. Children around the age of three are the cutest and funniest, full of attachment to their parents and seemingly ignorant and naive. A wife likes to hug her son tightly in her arms and kiss him on the cheek. At this time, the nanny python will erect its neck and shake the snake head like a wave, which is extremely painful. "Go, go, go away, I kiss my own son. You are miserable! " The wife stopped kissing and waved and stamped her feet at the nanny python to drive it away, but the nanny python, who was usually obedient, was unruly and panting at this time. Not only did she not leave, but she also wriggled on the ground until her son left her arms, and it would be quiet. "He is jealous of my close relationship with my son," my wife told me anxiously. "His eyes are gloomy, completely the eyes of a fairy tale witch."

Soon, I also had an aversion to nanny pythons. The thing is, that night, my son ate several chocolates. I asked him to brush his teeth before going to bed. I don't know why, but my son has no interest in brushing his teeth. I called several times, but he pretended not to hear me. Working in the mountains during the day, I am tired and tired, and I have a timid spirit in my stomach. At this time, I found a punching bag, raised a slap, hit my son hard, and shouted loudly, "Little red guy, don't you dare listen to me!" " The child is a hooligan, lying on the ground crying and rolling. I added fuel to the fire, like a demon. I just got a slap in the face in front of my son when the nanny python suddenly jumped out from behind my son, glared, bowed her head and stopped me. In a rage, I drank: "get out!" " "Fly up and kick to the snake's stomach. Unfortunately, the nanny python, which looks very slow at ordinary times, responds very quickly at this time. The snake's neck bounced like a bow, and the square snake hit my chest like a meteor hammer, and I fell to the ground. I must look embarrassed and funny, like a turtle turned over. The wife with a straight face couldn't help laughing out loud, and the son smiled through tears, patting his little hand and calling: "Hit dad! Hit dad! "

I was so angry that I couldn't wait to cut off the nanny python's neck at once. I got up in disgust and lost my footing. The snakehead meteor hammer knocked me down again. If you don't let me stand up, I won't get up on the ground. See what you can do with your snakehead meteor hammer! I crawled forward, trying to go around the corner and get a broom to clean up the nanny python. Before I could climb to the corner, the hateful nanny came with a swish. The snakehead hooked my arm and my body together, and then the snakehead pulled my leg. It was the first time I was entangled in a big snake, and the taste was different from being tied with a rope. My body didn't feel pain, but my chest was strangled. I felt breathless because of lack of oxygen, and my whole skeleton seemed to fall apart. I cursed loudly, but the nanny python just didn't relax. Gradually, I seem to have acute gastroenteritis, and I can't help vomiting and pus. My wife was frightened to see that my face was as white as a layer of lime. She ordered her son to pull the nanny python away, and the child shouted naughtily, "If dad doesn't hit me, I'll tell the python to let go." I had no choice but to surrender: "Dad won't hit you. Dad was wrong ... "The son smiled smugly and ran up to touch the head of the nanny python. Nanny python meekly loosened her body at once. ...

Just when I tried to dismiss the nanny python, my educated youth career ended and my home was moved to Yunjinghong, the capital of Xishuangbanna. There is a kindergarten in the city, and my son needs a nanny. I just took this opportunity to get rid of the nanny python that has made my wife and I very disgusted. That day, we packed our bags, and when the nanny python slipped into the ditch from our kitchen window for food, we ran away and got on the carriage in the stockade.

And roared off.

Two months later, I met Zhao Zhang and Yun Jinghong who came to buy pesticides in the street. He told me that after we left, the nanny python bit my son's old sweatshirt and stayed in our abandoned thatched cottage without giving him anything to eat. Zhao Zhang tried to take it away with a flute, but it wouldn't go. Half a month later, it starved to death, and when it died, it was still biting my son's sweatshirt. ...