Chapter 46 Cattle Herding
“Haha, I’ll keep this a secret for now, and I’ll tell you later.”
Chen Ling just told Wang Susu that the ‘Black Whirlwind’ helped blindfold the little buffalo. He was successfully brought back after living there, not much else to say.
Wang Susu suddenly looked like a little doormat, pouted and said: "Forget it if you don't say it."
Chen Ling went to squeeze her little hand and gently said She smiled.
Now his little wife is gradually becoming more relaxed in front of him. Not only does she dare to question him on some things, but she also acts coquettishly towards him subconsciously, which makes him very happy and satisfied.
But then, Chen Ling suddenly noticed that there were many chicks chirping in the bamboo basket in the center of the yard.
"Huh? Where did this chick come from?"
"My mother asked me to bring it here to raise for Aunt Susu."
Six When Nier heard this, she hurriedly started talking.
Wang Susu hummed and said, "Sister-in-law Yuzhi hatched a lot of chicks at home, so she asked Liu Nier to bring some."
Wang Lixian's wife is called Liu Yuzhi. She is mute and only goes to the fields during busy farming hours. Apart from working, I don't go out much.
It was fine before, but after having children, I was afraid that others would laugh at me, and the children would also feel uncomfortable.
"Oh, that's it."
Chen Ling knew what was going on, so he looked at Liu Ni'er: "Liu Ni'er, why haven't I seen you here to play in the past few days? ?”
"Hey, Uncle Fugui, don't you know, I'm going to elementary school this year."
Liu Nier chuckled and sniffed.
Chen Ling glared: "You kid, why do you still have runny nose all day after school, and you don't know how to wipe it?"
"Uncle Fugui, the teacher said that Liu Nier is not good at hygiene. "
At this time, a little ghost stood up and complained.
"Yes, Liu Ni'er even picked her feet in class, and then lied to Liu Tiedan from Kinmen Village that his hands were sweet and let Liu Tiedan taste it. When Liu Tiedan found out, she got so angry that she had a fight with him, and the teacher punished him I stood there for two classes.”
“…”
At this time, the little kids all stood up and complained.
It made Chen Ling and Wang Susu laugh.
Chen Ling couldn't help but reach out and slap him in the head, "Liu Ni'er, you kid, you are really good."
Liu Nier shrank her head and said, "Hey, Silly, she looks quite proud."
After playing for a while, the kids were about to leave. Chen Ling called Liu Nier to stop and asked him to bring some vegetables and eggs.
It is only human nature to return a little piece of chicken to someone else.
Liu Nier often ran here these days, and she was not polite to him. She picked up the basket and followed her friends in a majestic manner.
After the kids left, the yard became a lot cleaner.
Chen Ling took the key and went to the backyard, tied the little buffalo to the old locust tree in the backyard, threw a large bundle of spinach to it, locked the door and walked out.
Then I went back to the front yard and cleaned the old chicken coop last year.
Chickens in the village usually start raising in spring, raising some chicks.
When winter is approaching, they either take it to the village market to exchange money, or they kill chickens for making chickens. Because raising chickens in the winter requires food, it is not economical for the villagers to feed them too much. .
Just like Chen Ling’s family now has only one big rooster and three old hens besides the chicks. Last year, many of the chickens were sold, and these four are the only ones left. Feed them some bran and You can just throw away the leftovers.
These old chicken coops are the ones left over from last year, so they can be vacated so that when the chickens grow up, they will have a place to lay their eggs.
……
Early the next morning.
After Chen Ling got up and washed up, he took the little buffalo out from the backyard and prepared to go out for a walk.
I have bought all the cattle, but I am addicted to herding cattle, so how can I justify it.
It is March in spring, the sun is bright and the wind is clear, and the weather is naturally quite good. In the gentle spring breeze, the begonia flowers at home bloomed all over the yard.
Smelling the fragrance of the flowers, Chen Ling led the calf and two puppies out of the house and rushed to the fields at the foot of the mountain.
"Woof woof woof..."
After leaving the village, the two little guys Hei Wa and Xiao Jin immediately became excited, running around and screaming in joy.
One moment he chased the butterflies flying in the flowers on the roadside, and the next moment he ran back and yelled at the little white cow, dissing it for walking too slowly.
The dew in the early morning was heavy, and the two puppies were soon covered in mud, which made them even more excited. They chased each other and circled around Chen Ling.
"Go, go, let's play. I'm here to herd cattle, not to have fun with you."
Chen Ling kicked the two little things respectively. Kick them away gently.
As a result, Heiwa and Xiaojin thought Chen Ling was playing with them, so they rubbed Chen Ling's feet with great joy.
This was great, it rubbed the dirt on his leg.
Chen Ling was immediately furious: "If you two make trouble again, I will put you in a cage without giving you food or drink!"
Not to mention, after such a training, the two of them will The little thing immediately became much more obedient, purred twice, and followed obediently.
After Hei Wa and Xiao Jin opened their spiritual wisdom, they became smarter than ever. However, after all, they were only about a month old, and they were still children at heart and very playful.
When I saw a hare hanging out by the roadside, I immediately pricked up my little ears and trotted after it with bright eyes.
Of course, a dog that small can't hunt.
It’s just that I’m too curious. Just like a child, I want to catch up with everything I see to see what’s going on.
Chen Ling didn't care about them and let them run around, while he led the cows slowly towards the fields.
After a while, we reached the foot of the mountain.
I saw lush green grass in the field, a large expanse of green grass, which was much taller than the last time I came here.
Under the early morning sun, the crystal dewdrops on the grass blades glow. Looking from a distance, it gives people a very good visual experience.
Unfortunately, the soil has not been completely improved. Although the Dongtian River has brought vitality, the soil is still dry and hard.
But after plowing twice and turning over the soil, it looks much better than before.
At least the land is smoother, not as messy as it was at first, with sparse and half-dead trees. It is also more alive than before.
"How about planting some fruit trees? There is the magic of the cave sky stream. After planting fruit trees, you can plant vegetables and fruits under the trees, and they will grow well..."
Chen Ling rubbed his chin and weighed it in his mind.
Mainly in the past two days, Wang Susu has been asking him before and after tea. After all, other people's land in the village has also been re-planned in the past two days.
Since the land we bought in exchange can grow grass, it proves that we can grow something. Even if the land is not as good as other people’s homes, we shouldn’t let the land go uncultivated.
Thinking like this, Chen Ling looked around and saw that there were only a few trees left that had been planted by the team in the village, less than fifty.
You must know that nearly 2,000 trees were planted at the beginning. Because of this land, less than 50 trees survived in more than ten years.
It still grows half-dead, and its leaves are withered and yellow all year round. It was three fingers thick when it was planted, but now it has only grown to five fingers thick in ten years.
Although the village was not allowed to have wasteland at that time and the county forestry bureau distributed saplings for free, it was really too miserable.
"But today, your hard days are over..."
Chen Ling walked to a ginkgo tree, scooped out a bucket of water from the pond in Dongtian, and watered it.
Although the pond water no longer glows after the fish and old turtles survive, it still has unimaginable benefits for plants.
After pouring a bucket down, there was a burst of bubbling at the root of the ginkgo tree, just like people who have been hungry and thirsty in the desert encountering sweet spring water, and inevitably have a drink.
After a while, a rustling sound came from Chen Ling's head. It was the ginkgo tree that had regained its vitality and was spreading its branches and leaves at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the blink of an eye, it has become as tall as a canopy.
(End of this chapter)