Chapter 62 Reservoir
I went back to the front yard to have lunch. By two o'clock in the afternoon, there was no sign of the sun showing up and the heavy fog had not lifted.
Chen Ling drove the ox cart out from the backyard and waited on the reservoir dam for more than half an hour.
As expected, I didn’t see the saplings coming, so I didn’t wait any longer, turned around and drove the ox cart to my own field.
Then taking advantage of the heavy fog, no one came to the fields and no one went up the mountain.
A few more acres of peanuts and vegetables have been planted. After the harvest is completed, the soil can also be indirectly improved.
In the evening, there were more than 7,000 kilograms of peanuts in Dongtian, as well as bundles of vegetables piled in the hut.
These vegetables are not for home consumption. They were sold by Chen Ling when he was delivering peanuts to Youfang.
After all, I want to eat vegetables at home, and I still can’t finish the ones from Dongtian.
After packing up in Dongtian, Chen Ling drove the ox cart home.
When passing by the weir and pond in the village, I found that my two puppies and a bunch of native dogs from the village were attacking a one-meter-long cauliflower snake on the edge of the weir and pond.
The thick body of this snake was wet and covered with mud, as if it had swam from the weir pond. At this moment, he was very annoyed by being harassed by dogs. He spat out his words and made a "hissing" sound. He looked very angry, but he was entangled by a group of dogs and couldn't get away even if he wanted to.
When Chen Ling saw this, he stopped the oxcart and gathered around to watch with interest.
Today was a foggy day. It was the first time for the two puppies to encounter this kind of weather. They followed the local local dogs in the village out and ran around in high spirits early in the morning.
I came back at noon to have some food, and then went out again. Taking advantage of the white mist, I wandered through the streets and alleys of the village. It was so fun.
No, now they are fighting snakes here again. This cauliflower snake is unlucky to encounter them.
"Woof woof woof..."
Seeing Chen Ling coming over, the two puppies immediately became eager to express themselves. They jumped out from the group of dogs and attacked the cauliflower snake extremely quickly. Bite the cauliflower snake on its belly.
The cauliflower snake was already irritated by the group of dogs, so naturally it refused to be outdone and fought back with its head held high, and even wrapped itself around one of Xiao Jin's legs.
But the two puppies were incomparable to ordinary dogs. No matter how hard they resisted, it was in vain. They were bitten to death within two rounds of fighting. They rolled on their stomachs and stopped moving.
Then Xiao Jin grabbed the cauliflower snake by its neck and dragged it to Chen Ling. Together with Hei Wa, they barked provocatively and show off at the little white cow.
"You have been crazy all day outside and you are still not honest. Do you want to be punished?"
"Why don't you hurry up and go home..."
Chen Ling glared at him. The little thing glanced at it, picked up the cauliflower snake, and threw it on the cart.
Cauliflower snakes are very common in mountain villages, especially in spring and summer. Cauliflower snakes often appear in homes to eat mice or swallows under the eaves.
Sometimes they will make their home on the beams or in the cracks in the wall, and they will stay together for a lifetime.
When farmers see this thing, it usually becomes meat on the table. Whether it is fried, fried, stewed or boiled, it is delicious.
It not only relieves cravings, but also has the effect of clearing away heat and eliminating internal heat.
After returning home, Wang Susu skinned the cauliflower snake in twos and twos, took out the snake's gallbladder, tied the bile duct with a thread, and hung it together with the snakeskin under the eaves, and soaked the snake meat in a basin. inside.
Chen Ling went to get two pieces of Polygonatum japonica. Last time he went to the mountain, he picked a lot of Polygonatum odoratum and Gastrodia elata and put them on the bamboo plaque to dry.
Chen Ling used the name of going to the backyard to get Huang Jing from the cave.
After collecting it before, I planted two pieces of Polygonatum and Gastrodia elata in the woods in front of Dongtian Thatched House, and now they have grown into a large area under the tree.
So Chen Ling made half a pot of snake meat soup for dinner, put in two pieces of Polygonatum japonica and stewed it. The snake meat was soft and fragrant. He fed a bowl to the two puppies, and the rest of the couple ate Enjoy it happily.
Most of the pot of delicious snake meat was eaten, not even the soup was left.
After night fell, the young couple spent a wonderful night.
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The next day, the sky was clear and clear, with not a single cloud in sight.
The sky is blue and has a special cohesion that makes people unable to help but look up and pay attention.
With nothing to do today, Chen Ling moved a deck chair in the yard, lying on his back and reading a novel.
It is a book called "Xia Ke Xing".
When Chen Ling reads Jin Yong's other novels, he always reads the novels first and then the TV series.
This is the only book "Xia Ke Xing" that I watched the TV series first and then read the novel.
So much so that when I read the novel now, what the protagonist thinks of is the face of actor Dong Jian. It's a pity that that version of the "Xia Ke Xing" TV series will have to wait several years to be filmed.
He was reading novels on the recliner, and Wang Susu sat quietly next to him making new clothes for spring. Her slender white fingers threaded needles and threads, looking extremely dexterous.
From time to time, she would glance at him gently with her watery almond eyes, with a sweet smile on her lips.
Yes, Wang Susu is indeed more beautiful today than in the past. She is pure and charming with a strange charm, and her face is rosy, like a delicate flower blooming in the spring breeze.
The eyes are like water, the eyebrows are green, and every smile exudes charm, which is very intoxicating.
The two of them were just like this, bathing in the warm sunshine of spring, quietly enjoying the unspeakable warmth.
It was almost noon when the loudspeaker of the village committee suddenly sounded.
It was said that someone from the forest seed station had arrived and asked Chen Ling to go to the reservoir dam to pull fruit saplings.
"It's too early today, three hours too early..."
Chen Ling stood up, put down the book, and stretched.
“After all, we were delayed in the foggy weather yesterday.”
Wang Susu also stood up and said, “I’ll go with you.”
"No, you can cook at home. I'll be right back."
Chen Ling went into the house and changed into yesterday's old clothes, then drove the ox cart out.
When we arrived at the reservoir dam, two young men from the Linmu Seed Station were standing there, talking and watching the people below using nets to catch fish in the reservoir.
Seeing Chen Ling driving an ox cart, he walked up to him and helped him move the saplings to the cart.
"I'm sorry, brother, I couldn't come here because of the heavy fog yesterday. The twenty fig saplings at the top were sent separately."
After moving, the two young men expressed their apologies to Chen Ling.
"It's okay. Have you two had lunch? Come to my house for a bite to eat before you leave?"
After Chen Ling handed them the money for the five hundred saplings, Said with a smile.
The two young men said no, and said they would try to come on time at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon so as not to cause any trouble to him, and then drove away.
"Fugui, are you planning to plant fruit trees this year?"
At this time, Wang Lixian and a group of people carried a large bamboo basket of fish onto the reservoir dam.
Say hello when you see him.
"It's Brother Xian. I didn't see clearly that it was you because I was wearing a straw hat. Are you going to have lunch?"
Chen Ling glanced at the bamboo basket behind them and found that It contains fish, shrimp, and river mussels.
"Well, no one wants the fish and shrimp in the reservoir, so they come here every day to catch some for cooking. Erzhu, the grandson, also wants to save money."
Wang Lixian responded.
The few people behind started laughing, saying that Erzhu was being fake and generous. It was a foggy day yesterday. He said his wages would be doubled, but he was given an extra five dollars.
Of course this is echoing Wang Lixian's words, not talking to Chen Ling.
None of them have any dealings with Chen Ling. Some of them who went out to work with Chen Ling even had issues with him, so naturally they would not take the initiative to talk to him.
Chen Ling didn't care and said, "This fish looks a bit big. It's not even as big as the two you gave me a few days ago, Brother Xian."
"Yes, there are fewer and fewer big fish in the reservoir. Sometime the year before last, a foreigner came to our place to do some investigation. As a result, he put some stupid crayfish in the reservoir. As a result, the reservoir is now full of these things. This There haven’t been as many fish as before in the past two years, let alone big fish.”
Wang Lixian said angrily.
Chenwangzhuang Reservoir covers an area of more than 1,000 acres. It was built in the 1950s and 1960s for water conservancy construction. It was mainly used for flood control and irrigation at the beginning. All cultivated land can be irrigated.
Later, it was contracted by people from the county until the late 1980s.
Until now, no one has cared about the reservoir. Now it is almost becoming a wild reservoir. Anyone who wants to eat fish can come and catch it.
Chen Ling was not very interested in this reservoir, but he was a little greedy when he heard about crayfish: "There are so many crayfish, and no one in our village eats them?"
Wang Lixian shook his head after hearing this: "That thing Not tasty, bitter.”
(End of this chapter)