Chapter 168 Crows attacking swallows
“How are you, do you still feel spicy now?”
After the two of them drank half a cup of honey water, Zhang An asked.
Su Ying and Wang Min both slapped their mouths and opened their eyes wide.
“Hey, I only feel it a little bit. It turns out that honey water can relieve spiciness.”
“This honey is sweet, and it seems to relieve spiciness.”
Wang Min said with certainty, "I remember that when I was a child, I ate something that was too spicy, and my grandma would put a candy in my mouth, and I wouldn't feel the spiciness anymore when I held it in my mouth."
"Then Why didn't you tell me earlier? I drank water for a long time. Look, my stomach is bulging now."
Su Ying rolled her eyes at Wang Min. This person was a bit of an afterthought.
“Hey, I just remembered it.”
In fact, most people should know that if something is too spicy, just eat something sour or sweet.
It can suppress the spiciness in your mouth to a great extent, but you have to keep it in your mouth.
Otherwise, it’s just like drinking water. After drinking the water, your mouth is still so spicy.
But Su Ying can usually eat spicy food, and there is never a time when she needs to eat other things to relieve the spicy food.
While the two were having a heated discussion about how to deal with spicy food, Zhang An took out a piece of lamb leg meat from the refrigerator.
"Zhang An, why did you bring out a piece of meat? Do you want to feed it to Huatou?"
Wang Min thought of Zhang An's Huatou and felt that everyone had eaten. Zhang Ann should be going to feed the eagles.
“No, our flower head can go out to find food by himself, and we don’t need to worry about it at all.”
While Zhang An was talking, he took out the bamboo he bought last time from the bottom of the cabinet. sign.
“I’m planning to cut the mutton skewers and let’s grill them later.”
"No, don't put it on. Let's put it on tomorrow. No matter what, I can't eat anything tonight."
Su Ying heard that Zhang An wanted to put on mutton skewers and hurried over to take the mutton from his hand. , continue to put it back in the refrigerator.
I didn’t pay attention to dinner just now. I ate too much, and then she and Wang Min drank a lot of water.
My stomach is still full now, so I can’t eat anything else.
She didn’t even want Zhang An to cook it, because if Zhang An baked it, they would definitely not be able to withstand the temptation.
“Let’s wait until tomorrow to bake, there’s nothing we can eat now.”
Zhang An didn’t insist and put away everything he had just taken out.
"How about we go out for a walk to eat? We don't have a TV at home, so it's quite boring for us to sit there. I'll buy a TV in a few days and I can watch TV next time."
If Zhang An was alone, he could just find something to do and the time would pass.
I went back to the room again, ran to the space to do some work, and fell asleep when I came out. I really don’t feel bored at all.
After dinner and packing up things in the evening.
Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo went to Zhang An's second uncle and third uncle's house, as if they were going to discuss something.
Zhang An and his three are the only ones left in this family now.
"Okay, let's go out for a walk. We haven't gone out for a walk during the day today, but we won't encounter snakes and the like at night."
"That's right. No, at this time, the snake is still sleeping in the hole, and you can’t even see the baby.”
Winter has just come, and snakes are still hibernating.
Isn’t it said locally that snakes come out of the mountains on March 3rd and snakes burrow into the soil on September 9th?
Although there are snakes that do not hibernate, they will not appear in Tianba.
Because if they live in fields and dams, they will definitely not live long, and they live most in the mountains.
The most common snake in this field is the cauliflower snake. They even live on the ridge of the field.
Zhang An took a flashlight and took the two of them for a stroll by the river.
We walked all the way to the flooded pond downstream of the river. Since winter and spring are dry seasons, the dam of the flooded pond is exposed.
In the summer, these dams are filled with river water, which is a paradise for the buffaloes in the village.
"Zhang An, I found that your village is different from other places."
Zhang An was quite curious when he heard what Wang Min said.
“Oh? What’s the difference?”
“Look, your place has beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the environment is very clean. And since I came here at noon, I haven’t found anyone in your village. A grave exists, do you have a graveyard here?”
Wang Min also visited many countrysides, including her hometown, her grandmother’s house, and many classmates’ houses.
Basically, in villages in the countryside, there are more or less tombs.
But in Zhang An's village, Wang Min didn't see a tombstone or a grave after looking for a long time.
"This is the ancestral instruction left by the old people in our village. No matter who grows old, they should not be buried in the village."
Zhang An slowly told Su Ying and Su Ying the deeds of their ancestors. Said it again.
After hearing this, both of them admired those old ancestors.
“When I was a kid, I went to my grandma’s house. There were really many graves for the elderly in their village. Some people had several in front of their house. It looked quite scary.”
Don’t talk about my childhood. Wang Min will be scared now when he grows up, especially when walking alone at night.
This is a local characteristic of the southwest region and can be found in basically all villages.
On this side of Hongyan Town, there are no graves for the elderly in Changqing Village, and in Wangjiachong and Maocaocaoping Villages.
And because of this incident, people in other villages felt that the Changqing Brigade was disrespectful to the elderly.
It’s still a bit cold in the spring evenings, so it’s not suitable to walk outside for too long at night.
After shopping around, everyone’s stomachs were full just now, but now they have digested everything.
Everyone went back, washed up and went to sleep.
The next morning, Wang Min and Su Ying both got up very early.
Normally they would sleep a little longer, but today they were guests at Zhang An's house and they couldn't let others think they were too lazy.
Wang Min, who rarely got up so early, still felt a sense of accomplishment.
But when she went downstairs, she found that Zhang An and Zhang An's parents had already gotten up early.
Wang Fang, who was watering the seedlings in the backyard, handed the watering can to Zhang An to sprinkle water, and then went into the house to prepare hot water for the two girls to wash up.
"This is watering, Zhang An."
After Su Ying finished washing, she saw Zhang An sprinkling water and wanted to come over and give it a try.
Zhang An didn't refuse. Anyway, she would definitely come into contact with some people when she came in.
So he handed her the watering can with only half of the water left in his hand.
"That's not how you pour it."
"My opponent, it's like this, but it needs to be a little gentler, and you can't carry it too steeply, otherwise too much water will spill out."
This is just the way it is. Seedlings that are not very tall must be sprinkled with water, but they cannot be sprinkled too much.
The movements of Su Ying's hands changed according to Zhang An's words. After a while, she had mastered the key to watering the seedlings.
Wang Min sat aside with little interest, watching the two watering the water.
"This job looks easy, but in fact it is not easy."
Su Ying rubbed her wrist, feeling slightly sore.
After Zhang An asked Su Ying to water two ridges of land, he took over the watering can.
This pot is still heavy when filled with water. Su Ying has not done much farm work.
If she carries it for a long time, her hands will definitely feel sore and uncomfortable. The feeling is very uncomfortable and lasts for a long time.
Zhang An must be reluctant to let Teacher Xiao Su work so hard.
When all the furrows were watered, Wang Fang had already cooked breakfast.
Because they ate too much fat last night, Wang Fang cooked clear soup noodles this morning, which could relieve Su Ying's stomach.
The family was preparing to have breakfast when Zhang An heard a "chirp" outside.
"Xiao An, our nest of barn swallows seems to be back."
The pair of swallows in Zhang An's new house came to build a nest after the house was built last year.
They should have nests elsewhere, but lost their nests along the way.
It may have been stabbed by an ignorant doll, or it may have been occupied by other birds.
So they had to choose a new place to build their nest, and finally chose Zhang An’s home.
After harvesting grain from the fields in the village, most of the barn swallows will begin to fly south.
I won’t fly back until winter is over.
Swallows are birds with very good memories. After they fly away, they will fly back if nothing else happens.
The pair of swallows in Zhang An’s old house have lived in Zhang An’s house for many years.
Wang Fang remembers it clearly when he comes back every spring and flies away at the end of autumn.
Wang Fang is also thinking about the couple who just built a nest at home last year.
So Wang Fang often watches the swallows' nests at home and prevents sparrows or other birds from invading them.
The date when the swallow comes back is not fixed, and the situation is different every year.
Sometimes early, sometimes early, it depends on the weather and temperature.
Generally, the swallows in the village will start to return in early March.
The weather was warm this year, so they came back a few days early.
If the swallows of any year have not returned in April, then that year must be a bad year.
Wang Fang was about to take the bowl out to take a look when she heard a sound of "Wow~Wow~".
When I heard this sound, it was the old crow coming out.
No one in the village likes crows because they think they are unlucky and their cries are noisy and unpleasant to hear.
Listening to the sounds of "chirps" and "wows", Zhang An felt something was wrong.
Zhang An walked into the yard and saw several crows attacking two barn swallows in the sky.
No wonder Zhang An felt that something was wrong with Yan Zi’s voice. It turned out that he was being bullied.
No matter who it is, as long as they see such a situation, they should choose to help Yanzi.
Zhang An is no exception, especially since these two swallows are frequent visitors to his home.
"Why are these crows like this? Why are they attacking swallows? Zhang An, let's think of a way to help these swallows."
Although Su Ying doesn't hate crows very much, she likes them very much. Swallow's.
After all, the education we have received since childhood has led us to regard swallows as friends of mankind.
I watched the crows attacking the swallows, and four or five of them attacked two.
The crow suddenly became a villain in Su Ying's heart, even if the crow was beautified in the textbook.
Needless to say from Su Ying, Zhang An definitely wanted to help Yanzi.
Wang Fang was already looking for long poles everywhere in the yard.
When Zhang An was about to whistle to call out the flower head.
Hua Tou screamed and flew out of his nest, flying straight towards the flock of birds.
As soon as the crow heard the sound of the flower head and saw that something was wrong, it stopped attacking the swallow and prepared to scatter and escape.
But wherever they can escape, even normal goshawks and crows are their toys.
What's more, Huatou, who is more ferocious than ordinary goshawks, has no good fruits to eat.
Unless the number of crows is very large, there can be a tie.
In the eyes of everyone, Huatou shuttles through the air like a sharp arrow.
Aiming at a crow and flying away, he grabbed it with his claws, and a crow several times larger than a swallow fell into the yard.
Thumped twice, but didn’t start.
“Well done, Huatou.”
Su Ying and Wang Min below watched Huatou chasing the crow, cheering it on.
Originally they thought that catching one to death would be the end, but they didn’t expect that the flower head at this time would be the beginning.
Every time the flower head circled in the air, a crow was caught by it and thrown into Zhang An's yard.
Accompanied by a burst of hawk violence that filled the sky with fear, none of the four crows escaped, and they were neatly arranged in the yard.
This cry seems to be the flower head warning other birds around that this is its own territory, so don’t come over and act wild.
Eagles have a strong sense of territory, and even their own species are not allowed to appear in their own airspace.
What's more, a few small crows dare to run wild in front of the flower-headed man.
As for the two barn swallows, Huatou also wanted to get rid of them last year.
But before he could take action, Zhang An caught him and gave him a lesson.
So it could only regard the two swallows as its neighbors.
When the flower head flew down from the sky, it was like a child who wanted to take credit from Zhang An.
“Go, go, go, you just finished catching the smelly old crow, go and wash the paws.”
Zhang An didn’t give Huatou a chance, he patted it, and Huatou also signaled that it would fly away. Go to the river and wash your paws.
Su Ying had seen such a situation last time, but Wang Min was different. His mouth was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide.
"The flower head is really not in vain, these old crows are really unpleasant."
Wang Fang saw a crow on the ground that was not dead and was still flapping.
I picked up the broom from the side and hammered it to death, and then rewarded Huatou with a large piece of meat with satisfaction.
“Fortunately, there are flowerheads here today, otherwise they would be at such a high place and we wouldn’t be able to help. The two swallows would probably be pecked to death by these crows.”
The two barn swallows were now standing on the pole that Zhang An had set up for them. They must have been injured. Zhang An heard that something was wrong with their voices.
Zhang An found a stool and stood on it, exhaling the breath of space, and then passed his hand towards them.
Perhaps feeling the breath of space, the two barn swallows stood obediently on Zhang An's hand, not too afraid of Zhang An.
But now Zhang An could clearly feel them trembling.
“It seems to be injured.”
Zhang An took the swallows over and found that one of the swallows had a small wound on its body, but the other one was not injured at all.
"What should we do, Zhang An? Will they die?"
Su Ying heard Zhang An say that the swallows were injured and was very worried about them.
"It's okay, it's just a small hole. I think it will be fine in a few days."
After Zhang An checked them again, he put them back into the nest.
Sorry, I was left to work overtime today. Who has to work overtime without the May Day holiday? Oh, it’s me! ! !
(End of this chapter)