Chapter 280 Crane Shadow in the Mountain
After dinner, no one left.
Because everyone had nothing to do in winter, they stayed to continue bragging.
After sitting for a while, Zhang An saw that they hadn't finished drinking yet, so he took out the wine again.
Seeing this, Wang Fang returned to the kitchen, fried some peanuts and potato chips and brought them out for everyone to drink.
The meal we just had was a warm-up, and this was the beginning of the midnight show.
Everyone started rowing and drinking, chatting about this and that.
Wang Fang took Su Ying and other women by the stove, cracking melon seeds and peanuts and doing household chores.
As for the men in the main room, it’s not like the women chatted much about so-and-so’s family affairs.
Men are not very interested in gossip. Most of them gossip about what happened in the village or nearby area this year.
Or maybe there is some fun in making money, as well as the big and small events reported in the news network, new national policies, etc.
While everyone was chatting, Zhang An found that there were more and more people in his house.
After all, there is nothing to do in the countryside, and everyone has too much leisure in winter.
I want to watch TV at home, but many people don’t have it.
It is freezing cold outside and the wind is howling. Even if there are not many people who want to go out for a walk, they will be freezing if they go out.
So at this time, whoever sets up a scene, people in the village who like to join in the fun will gather there.
After everyone finished eating tonight, they were worrying about where to spend their time.
When I heard that a wine bar had been set up at Zhang An’s house, everyone invited them over.
It’s not because of the two sips of wine, but it’s just that there are so many people here and everyone likes to get together.
It wasn’t until late at night that everyone returned home happily.
Zhang An sent everyone away before washing up and getting ready to go back to his room to sleep.
It was already late at this time, Su Ying had to go to work tomorrow, and she had already started dreaming while lying in bed.
Lying on the bed, Zhang An did not sleep immediately.
Instead, he closed his eyes and concentrated on checking the situation of the badgers caught in the space today.
The three badgers that Zhang An and his badgers put into the cage at the back had their cages chewed open long ago and let out.
No need to think about it, this must have been a good thing done by the three big badgers that were put in at the beginning.
After all, they all live in the same cave for the winter. No one would believe it if they didn’t know each other.
Suddenly when Zhang An looked into the pond from his perspective, he found a badger running into the fish pond.
This guy is making a lot of noise in the pond and is causing trouble to the fish in the water.
It was then that Zhang An remembered that this thing could swim and was an omnivore.
Seeing Su Ying sleeping soundly, Zhang An entered the space.
After sharing the same bed for so long, Zhang An has a thorough understanding of his wife.
Su Ying's sleep quality during this period was very good and she would not wake up in the middle of the night.
So Zhang An entered the space with confidence and boldness. It wouldn’t take much time anyway.
Entering the space, the first thing Zhang An did was to get a few badgers over.
If he wants to raise these guys in the future, he must tame them first.
Subsequently, Zhang An placed a restriction on them. The water outlet on the other side of the rockery was not allowed to go to the water outlet.
After all, that's where Zhang An gets water. He doesn't want to drink the bath water of these animals. That's too disgusting.
After some special training, several badgers have become obedient to Zhang An and can generally understand some simple commands given by Zhang An.
Then Zhang An stopped caring about them. Instead, he walked aside and found a place to plant the big tea saplings he had obtained in Maomaoqing.
Then he gave them some spring water to help them grow quickly.
Zhang An has a hunch that this thing will be used a lot in the future.
I only saw the tea seedlings that had been poured with spring water, suddenly growing like crazy.
This speed is much faster than what Zhang An has seen before. Could it be a change after the space change?
Zhang An was thinking in his heart, because he didn't take much time to come in after the sudden change in space.
After all, there is an extra person next to you, so you need to pay more attention when entering and exiting the space.
Otherwise, if he appears or disappears suddenly, he will frighten his wife.
Zhang An also thought about telling Su Ying this secret.
But after thinking about it carefully, I decided to wait until later. After all, there are too many uncertainties about many things.
And he hasn't tried yet to see if he can bring people into space.
This thing should not be tried lightly. If something goes wrong, it will be too late for him to regret it.
After the tea tree grew to a certain height, it suddenly stopped.
At this time, many branches began to grow on the tea tree.
Slowly some buds appeared, began to bloom, and finally turned into young leaves.
Seeing this, Zhang An picked several baskets of the new tea that had just grown and formed.
This big tree tea is different from other teas. It does not need to be fried. It only needs to be roasted and then dried.
This is why not many people drink it, because it lacks that process that everyone thinks is indispensable.
After serving the tea trees, Zhang An did not rush out, but cleared an open space next to him.
Zhang An is going to plant medicinal materials here. After all, after spring, planting medicinal fields will be put on the agenda. It is not too early to start preparations now.
And in the past, Zhang An would plant the medicinal materials he found from the mountains haphazardly in the space without any plan.
Nowadays, medicinal materials breeding requires a separate space, so we might as well do it properly.
Just clear out the medicinal materials area, and then transplant all the medicinal materials in the space.
In this way, if you find any medicinal materials in the future, you don’t have to plant them in the east or the west, which will make you uncomfortable.
The work of plowing the land, as Zhang An thought, was completed in a short time.
Zhang Anxin said, it is more convenient now. If I had to do it myself before, when would I have to get such a large area?
Finally, there is the transplantation project of medicinal materials. There is nothing particular about the space.
Zhang An first planned how much area he would plant for each type.
Finally, the medicinal materials were transplanted one by one.
Although you don’t have to worry about not surviving the transplant in space.
But Zhang An still sprayed them all with spring water.
After doing this, Zhang An took off the dirt on his body and came out of the space.
Su Ying still slept soundly. Zhang An lay on the bed, put his arm around his wife, and began to sleep soundly.
The next morning, Su Ying woke up and lay in bed.
“Hey, I really don’t want to get up, the quilt is too warm.”
After entering the twelfth lunar month, the weather is getting colder day by day.
It really takes some courage to get up early in the morning.
"Hey, this is the last day. Get up quickly. Mom has already made breakfast. You can sleep in tomorrow."
Today is the last day of invigilation. Tomorrow the students will It's winter vacation.
Although teachers still have to continue to mark test papers and register scores.
But all these tasks can be done at home, and there is no need to get up early to go to school.
After being coaxed by Zhang An for a while, Su Ying got up from the bed.
"Hey, husband, there are white cranes in our fish pond."
After getting dressed, Su Ying got out of bed and walked to the window.
Suddenly, two figures in the backyard downstairs attracted her.
The hand that originally wanted to open the window stopped, for fear that the sound of opening the window would scare away the two rare guests below.
Zhang An walked over and took a look, and sure enough he saw two white figures standing in the middle of his fish pond.
From time to time, they search for prey with their heads in the water, and then from time to time they open their mouths to the sky. There were obvious streams of hot steam coming out of their mouths, which had a unique taste.
If there were a few more of them, it would really be a beautiful scenery.
Looking carefully, the two cranes are somewhat different.
After Zhang An looked at them for a while, he recognized the two cranes as black-necked cranes.
Although the red-crowned crane and the black-necked crane are very similar in appearance and habits.
But there is a good distinction between them, and that is the head.
If there is a white patch on the head, it is undoubtedly a red-crowned crane.
The two in front of me are all black from the neck up to the head.
"This is not a white crane, but a black-necked crane."
Su Ying didn't care whether they were white cranes or black-necked cranes, she still looked at them very fondly.
Most people in China have a natural affinity for cranes.
After all, whether in stories or on TV, the word crane has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Looking at this elegant figure, everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of intimacy.
"I didn't expect that there are cranes in our mountains. This is the first time I have seen them so close."
Su Ying stared at these two elegant guys intently, that is, she did not have a mobile phone now. Otherwise, I would definitely keep taking pictures and post them on Moments.
But this is true. Cranes are rarely seen in this mountain.
Even in later generations, what Zhang An saw locally was only a few black-necked cranes landing for the winter after the city's wetland park was built.
But in Caohai next door, these guys are not hard to see.
After all, that place is where black-necked cranes spend the winter. Every year, many black-necked cranes fly back to spend the winter.
Zhang An estimated that these two had also flown back to spend the winter.
It's just that there may be some reason that caused them to fly a little off and fall into the mountain.
But Zhang An and his friends are actually pretty good in the mountains here. Except for the few days when it snows, it’s not very cold either.
And the pools and streams on the mountain will not freeze, and there is enough food in them for them to survive.
After going downstairs, Zhang An found that the back door of his house was closed.
"Xiao An, there are two big birds in the fish pond, and they have been eating our fish."
It turns out that Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang downstairs had discovered these two birds a long time ago uninvited guest.
After all, they get up very early every day, and they saw the black-necked crane as soon as it arrived.
To be honest, these two are really lucky to have landed in Zhang An's house, and now.
If it were another yard, or in the past, Zhang Jianguo would probably have seen it, and his first reaction would have been to take a gun and hit it first.
After all, such a big bird can eat a lot of meat if killed. Most people in the village think like this. It doesn't matter whether you are a crane or not.
But now, as the conditions at home have improved, and because Zhang An has raised many animals at home.
Under the influence of both ears and eyes, Zhang Jianguo and his wife were also influenced by Zhang An.
I also have some thoughts of appreciating animals when I see them. It is no longer like before, everything I see looks like meat on a plate.
"Dad, let them eat if they want. We have so many fish at home, how much can they eat? It's not easy for them because of the cold weather."
Zhang An looked at his father The way he looked showed that he was feeling sorry for the fish in the pond.
After all, every time a fish comes out of the pond, it costs tens of thousands of dollars. These fish are very precious to Zhang Jianguo.
On weekdays, he often feeds some tender grass or small insects.
How can I not feel distressed when I see two big birds eating each one, each of which is worth money.
“This thing is a national first-level protected animal. If you beat it, you will be imprisoned for many years, and you will have to pay a fine.”
Although Zhang An is not sure what the black-necked crane and the red-crowned crane are. When was it protected?
But most cranes have been on the protection list in the country very early.
When Zhang An said it was a first-level protected animal, both Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang knew that these two big birds were not easy to mess with.
After all, what Zhang An talks about the most on weekdays is the second-level protected animals. This is the first time I have heard of this level.
At the moment, I didn't care that they came to my fish pond to eat, and made up my mind to stay away from them.
Don’t worry, if something happens to them, you will be implicated.
After opening the back door, the family walked into the backyard.
The two black-necked cranes soon found out that their owner had discovered what they were stealing.
Raised his proud head and stared at Zhang An and the others, and then swallowed the half of the small fish that was not finished in his mouth.
Looking at the two black-necked cranes, Zhang An always felt that these two guys were not afraid of him.
If a normal crane saw a person at such a close distance, its first reaction would be to fly away and escape, instead of just standing there and watching.
Zhang An, who was thinking, walked towards them with his legs.
Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang only thought that Zhang An wanted to scare them away.
But unexpectedly, Zhang An walked to the edge of the fish pond without scaring them away.
Sure enough, they are not afraid of themselves.
Zhang An thought in his heart, and then looked at the black-necked crane that was motionless, and Zhang An got some spatial spring water in his hand.
A few drops were spilled into the fish pond, attracting fish in the water to gather and compete with each other.
At this time, the two black-necked cranes standing still in the fish pond actually walked towards Zhang An.
Originally Zhang An thought that the two of them were here to catch fish.
Unexpectedly, they walked directly in front of Zhang An, stretched out their long beaks, and drank the space spring water in Zhang An's hand.
After finishing the drink, he still stared at Zhang An, as if asking why it was so little.
Then Zhang An stretched out his hand and stroked their long, black necks and white wings.
Looking at this, Zhang An knew that they were really not afraid of him, and they also knew that the space spring water was a treasure.
In order to drink water, I didn’t even care about the fish popping up in the fish pond.
But it could also be that the fish were too big and they knew they couldn't handle it, so they didn't bother.
Su Ying, who was standing behind, watched as her man was able to pet these two black-necked cranes.
She also likes this beautiful and elegant animal, and naturally wants to touch it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Su Ying took a few steps forward, the two black-necked cranes that had been standing calmly next to Zhang An suddenly flew away.
"Ah, why did they fly away? I still want to touch them like you."
Looking at the two figures retreating in the sky, Su Ying looked disappointed.
"No, why aren't they afraid of you, and they take the initiative to walk in front of you."
Su Ying couldn't touch the crane in her heart, so she stared at her man carefully.
"Maybe..."
Before Zhang An could speak, he was interrupted by Su Ying.
"Could this be your little lover from your previous life, who has transformed into a crane to look for you in this life?"
Su Ying has read a lot of Liaozhai stories during this period, and the thought immediately came to her mind This kind of plot.
Speaking of which, Su Ying is the kind of guy who is addicted to food.
Many of the Liaozhai stories are very scary and terrifying.
Every time she saw a scary plot, Su Ying would cover her eyes with both hands and look at it from the corner of her eye.
"Then my last life was pretty good, with two little lovers."
Zhang An followed his wife's wishes and had some teasing thoughts, which made Su Ying grit her teeth.
After all, Zhang An just touched two elegant cranes, but she didn't touch them herself.
Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang in the back saw their son quarreling with his daughter-in-law.
I laughed unconsciously and turned back to the house.
(End of this chapter)