Chapter 112 Shanlizi
The weather in the mountains is changeable, and the summer rain comes at a moment's notice. As soon as the three of them got home and put down their things, they heard thunder rolling overhead, and raindrops as big as peas began to fall. , it turned into heavy rain in the blink of an eye, and in less than half an hour, the ground was already covered with white flowers.
Chen Ling knew that the rain this time would be difficult, but he had been prepared for it. He calmly held up an umbrella and opened the water channels in the front and rear yards. In the past two months, , he not only added two or three water channels in the yard, but also took advantage of Wang Susu to open a vegetable garden in the backyard and dig a lotus pond in the front yard to raise the two yards a lot, and even paved the front yard. There are a lot of bricks and stones, which at least will not allow rainwater to drain out and flow into the house.
Wang Susu and the others were not idle either. Seeing that the rain was too heavy, they put on raincoats and held umbrellas to dig trenches in front of the courtyard gate. The dug soil was piled high to block the ground. At the entrance of the courtyard, rainwater can be drained out of the water channel, and rainwater from outside cannot enter.
With such heavy rain, Qin Rongxian and Liang Hongyu will definitely not be able to return to the county seat, so they can only stay tonight.
So after finishing this, Chen Ling took advantage of the old couple to help Wang Susu cook and went to the backyard to clean up a room for them. After cleaning it, he lit a matchstick left over from last year and smoked it everywhere. The ears are made of mugwort, which not only repels odors, but also drives away insects, centipedes and the like.
After fumigating the house several times and spreading the bedding, Chen Ling hurriedly walked to the front yard. The storm came just in time and many branches were broken. Chen Ling looked around with an umbrella. , he found that on the low-lying dirt road at the entrance of the alley, the water had reached his legs and was blistering. He even saw some small fish, shrimps and loaches being washed over by the water. This was not something from the reservoir, but something from the reservoir. It washed up from the pond on the east side of the village.
To the east of the village, close to the reservoir, there are ponds in many farmlands, but they are not big. When it rains heavily, the fish and shrimp inside are washed out.
While lost in thought, unexpectedly, a sudden gust of wind and rain hit. The umbrella was knocked off its ribs, and the umbrella folded over with a crash when the strong wind blew. Chen Ling was poured all over her head and body. The heavy rain turned into a drowned rat in an instant.
He was so angry that he cursed bad luck and hurriedly walked home kicking the mud.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and soon it was completely dark. The chickens and ducks returned to their nests early, and the rabbits stopped making noises. Even Xiao Huang and Xiao Fatty ran out from nowhere, taking three little ones with them. The fool entered the house, all wet, and went to compete with the rabbits for their nest.
“It’s really strange. I thought such a heavy rain would wash out the fish. Who knew they all gathered under the lotus leaves and none of them ran out. Do you think it’s strange? "
Qin Rongxian liked the fish raised by Chen Ling very much. At this time, he was more concerned about them than the younger couple. During dinner, he held an umbrella and looked at them two or three times with a flashlight.
Hearing this, Chen Ling also stood up and put on a urea bag and went over there to take a look. The rainwater in the yard flowed out along the waterway mouth and spread outside the yard, while the rainwater in the pool The fish were just like what Qin Rongxian said. They stretched their heads on the water one by one, and many of them even swam inward against the overflowing water. The lotus leaves and lotus flowers were damaged beyond recognition, but these fish But none of them escaped.
Chen Ling knew that it was not the fish that had become wise, but that the water in the pool was mixed with the stream in the cave, making them reluctant to leave. However, if the rain did not stop, the water inside would be completely washed out sooner or later. Yes, ignoring it would definitely not work, so he and Qin Rongxian fished out the fish and put it into the water tank under the eaves.
"Hey, Fugui, where did the fish you raised come from? I was a bit afraid to recognize them before, but now I take a closer look. Aren't these fish the mullet fish? I heard that these fish are becoming less and less in the Yangtze River. You actually There are still some to raise, which is amazing.”
“My friends gave it to me. I don’t know where they got it from. If Uncle Qin likes it, you can catch some and raise them when there are fry. Just keep it.”
“Forget it, I like it, but I can’t feed anything, and the same goes for your aunt. She can’t even feed the starlings, so we’d better stop harming these fish.”
While the two were talking, suddenly two dogs rushed out of the door yelling "woof, woof, woof". Wang Susu and Liang Hongyu hurried out and asked what happened.
“I don’t know. It’s raining too hard and I can’t hear anything. I’ll go out and have a look.”
Chen Ling frowned slightly, thinking that with such a heavy rain, there would be no more thieves coming to the door in the rain. He drove the oxcart to sell the fish this time, and Shanmao and Dujuan paid him in the car. Even if it is not seen in the village, no one will know about it.
Besides, since Chen Erzhu made such a big fuss last time, no one should come to the house to steal fish again.
As soon as he went out, he heard someone cursing. Chen Ling flashed the flashlight and found that it was Old Mrs. Wang standing at the door, carrying an iron bucket and beating it with a stick. With the sound, she saw this old lady. There were two black figures at my wife's feet, making a shrill howl and running away into the rain.
"What's wrong, Second Aunt? What kind of thing has come to the house?"
"Yes, I don't know when Woshan Lizi lived in the house and they all gave birth to babies. If it hadn’t been for the rain, I wouldn’t have noticed it. It’s really unlucky.”
Shanlizi is the name given to wild cats by mountain people. Strictly speaking, this thing is a type of ocelot, but its pattern is lighter than that of ocelots and closer to civet cats.
But these things are much more vicious than domestic cats. Sometimes they cause harm to poultry, which is more serious than Huangpizi. They come and go like the wind. Even the dogs at home can't do anything about them. They bark at night. The sound is also extremely terrifying. In the past, old people used to scare disobedient babies. They would often say that if they disobeyed, they would be kidnapped, and the babies would stop crying immediately.
However, this thing is usually not seen in the village, and generally it does not go to farmers' homes, unless it is an old house where no one lives, or a house with few people like Mrs. Wang.
"Second Aunt, are the chickens and ducks at home okay?"
At this time, Wang Susu and the other two people also came out and asked after hearing this.
"The chickens and ducks are fine. They just made a mess in our vegetable cellar and dug a hole. It's almost impossible to get rid of them. If it hadn't rained heavily today and the water leaked, they probably wouldn't have been able to go out."
Old Mrs. Wang said bitterly, and then showed a few people a shovel with a wide head: "No, there are still babies in the vegetable cellar. It doesn't take long to open your eyes. Feed them to your family." Let the dog eat it.”
Chen Ling and the others looked over with flashlights and saw four or five small mountain raccoons trembling and huddled together on the shovel, whining and barking. The head of the little thing is narrower and longer than that of a domestic cat. It has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and is not as good-looking as a kitten.
Wang Susu was startled and hurriedly waved her hands and said: "My dog won't eat this."
"If he doesn't eat it, then I will throw it away. This thing is too unlucky and he will drown. "It saves the trouble." Mrs. Wang used a shovel to scoop up the small mountain raccoon that was about to climb down, and just wanted to throw it into the rain. Now the water outside the courtyard can't even cover such a small thing. He couldn't even walk. He would definitely die if he was thrown in there.
"Don't throw it away, sister-in-law, no matter what, it's still a few lives."
Seeing this scene, Liang Hongyu obviously couldn't bear it, so she hurriedly stopped her.
“Aunt Susu, this mountain raccoon cub has gained popularity. Even if you throw it to the mountain raccoons, they won’t recognize it and will bite you to death. It’s better to let the rain wash it away. We can also have some peace and quiet.”
Mrs. Wang’s words make sense. The mountain lizards are very wild and have a strong temper. The little ones will die if they are separated from their parents, especially if they are still alive. Not to mention being popular.
But Liang Hongyu still felt unbearable, so she took Qin Rong and waded through the rain, walked over and hugged him back.
"Her aunt, her uncle, please listen to my advice, this thing can't live on."
The old couple turned around and smiled. After all, how many lives are there? She really should be thrown into the water and drowned. Mrs. Wang curled her lips when she heard this, muttered, turned around and went home with the shovel.
Actually, let alone Mrs. Wang, Wang Susu also thinks that this thing is not easy to raise. Heiwa has brought back a few of them before, and they basically died before the night. At the beginning, Chen Ling I even helped to rescue one, but this thing was so wild and basically had the temperament of a white-eyed wolf, and it disappeared without a trace the next day.
So Chen Ling gave Heiwa a lesson so that he would not come back to pick up this thing again. He would not be able to eat it, and he would not be able to raise it properly, so it would cause trouble.
But the old couple were guests. Since they had brought these little things back, it was hard for him and Wang Susu to say anything.
In fact, Liang Hongyu and Liang Hongyu also understood this in their hearts. It was their business to be soft-hearted. They could not cause trouble to others, so they did not stay in the front yard for too long. They carried Xiaoshan Lizi to the backyard and said before leaving. I took a bag of malted milk and prepared it for the little mountain raccoons to drink.
It also happened that what they brought Chen Ling included malted milk, otherwise they would have had to brave the rain to buy milk powder.
"Aling, it's raining so hard and it's cold at night. You can go to the backyard and deliver another quilt. The previous quilt is a bit thin."
Wang Susu is heating hot water while the two of them are getting ready. She was about to take a hot bath when a cold wind suddenly blew in, making her shiver.
It also reminded her of the old couple in the backyard.
Chen Ling nodded and felt a little cold, so he hugged the quilt again and carried the thermos to the backyard.
Enter the house, the old couple were tossing with the raccoons, putting them into baskets, using them as straw pads and as clothes spreads. Liang Hongyu put her red turban in them.
"Uncle Qin, you and Auntie can soak your feet and go to bed early. I will bring you a thermos of water."
Chen Ling reminded her after putting down the quilt.
"Okay, okay, you and Susu should go to bed early. I have disturbed you too much today."
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay. This is what we should do."
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Except for Chen Ling, no one expected that the rain would last so long. It rained heavily for three days and three nights, and it only subsided a little on the fourth day. Many people just breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, it rained heavily again that night, and it kept pouring.
On the tenth day of the sixth lunar month, after breakfast in the early morning, Wang Susu looked outside at the still unabated rain, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's endless. The rain this year is a bit weird."
This is not only said by Wang Susu, but also people in the village are talking about it. Generally speaking, even the rainy season here only has a few intermittent rains. In many people's memories, there are no more than three heavy rains. Damn it, but this year's rainy season has been a turbulent one. It's been almost a week, and the rain is getting heavier and heavier, with no intention of stopping.
"God, let the rain stop quickly. If this continues, all the crops will be destroyed."
After seven days of heavy rain, we will definitely not be able to get the corn in the fields. This rain is too heavy. It's so big that people don't even have a chance to drain the fields. In this case, you don't even have to bother to look at it. The corn seedlings will definitely be drowned.
"Oh, look at the rain, let alone flash floods."
Qin Rongxian squatted on the threshold, with a sad look on his face.
He and Liang Hongyu have lived at Chen Ling's house for seven days. The rain has not stopped. It was quite comfortable in the first few days. After the rain came over, fish and shrimps jumped around, and crabs also crawled into the house. You can pick up a pot of them casually. , eating a river fresh pot and drinking a small wine in the rain, it is really enjoyable.
But as the days passed, the rain not only did not stop, but became heavier and heavier, which made people feel uneasy.
(End of this chapter)