Chapter 205 Visiting the New Home
After spending a long time removing the lice from his sister-in-law, Chen Ling caught three wild pigeons in his hands. As before, he trimmed their wings first.
Most of the wild pigeons here have blue feathers, with one large and one small circle of black lines on their wings. Although they are not white pigeons, they are much prettier than turtle doves.
“This wild pigeon is much smaller than our pigeons.”
Wang Susu grabbed the wild pigeon with one hand and opened the wings of the wild pigeon for him to cut. He looks very thin, with not much meat.”
"Yes, those who fly around all day long cannot compare with the pigeons at home. The pigeons at home are fed, and the wild pigeons outside have to worry about food every day. It is strange that they can grow meat well..."
Chen Ling "clicked" and cut off more than half of the feathers on the wild pigeons' wings so that they could not fly away.
The rest is to keep the male and female together, pair them artificially, and artificially pull the red thread.
Otherwise, strange pigeons will not be able to integrate into the group when they first enter the house. The domestic pigeons will easily bully them, especially male pigeons, which have a bigger temper and will even take the lead in pecking weak wild pigeons to death.
But it is much better to put a male and a female together.
As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, unless there is one male and one female. The same is true for pigeons.
"Brother-in-law, all the cages in the woodshed are broken. Why don't you let the birds out of the chicken coop?"
Wang Zhenzhen ran over and asked at this time. She and Liang Hongyu were in the woodshed. I spent a long time looking for cages to find every usable one. The rabbit cage I used to have at home was broken long ago.
"Don't let go, those birds are still useful."
Chen Ling plans to use those birds to lure kites after the twelfth lunar month, when there is less food in the wild.
I didn't actually care much about this kite before. I went back to my parents' home with my wife a few days ago, and my interest was aroused.
First, he saw the skills of several kite guests, and he was quite greedy.
Secondly, what my second uncle said makes sense. Training kites can prevent birds. Although no food is grown, the farm is at the foot of the mountain. If we raise chickens and ducks in the future, we will inevitably be targeted by falcons and the like.
In addition to falcons, mountain magpies are also easy to steal eggs. This is also difficult to guard against. It can be more worry-free to have a kite to help watch.
After all, two dogs can only keep an eye on thieves running on the ground, but cannot control flying thieves.
"What should we do, brother-in-law? What else can we use to confine the pigeons?"
Chen Ling thought for a while, "If you don't have a cage, just use a basket. Bring two baskets."
Wang Zhenzhen and Liang Hongyu took out two bamboo baskets from the woodshed.
At this time, Chen Ling had already trimmed the wings of the three wild pigeons.
As soon as I put them on the ground, they panicked and wanted to fly away.
But unfortunately, no matter how hard I flap my wings, it’s useless.
They kept flapping their feathers, sending their clipped feathers flying far away, but they couldn't fly.
I couldn’t hide far even if I tried to avoid people. There was a rope wrapped around my ankle. Although it wasn’t tied too tightly, it would affect my balance.
They were so anxious that they cooed.
The three wild pigeons were making such a fuss, and the pigeons at home also gathered around, tilting their heads one by one, looking at these same species with curiosity and vigilance.
"Hey, this looks lively, come here."
Chen Ling was about to catch them, but unexpectedly he came up to them. Without saying a word, he reached out and grabbed one.
The pigeons at home were not prepared for him, so the pigeon was directly caught in his hand, and then it struggled and fluttered.
Chen Ling ignored it, opened its wings and took a look. There were no marks. This was a female pigeon, just right for use.
Since there was only one male pigeon at home, Chen Ling used ink to leave two fingerprints on the wings of the male pigeon as marks for easier identification.
"How is it? Can it be done?"
The old lady was a little worried when she saw the wild pigeon struggling hard.
"If you can, let's go and catch them."
Chen Ling grabbed the female pigeon in his hand, then picked out a male from the wild pigeons and went to the warehouse Walk.
The grain, rice and noodles in the warehouse are all in jars, placed close to the wall. The remaining empty space in the room is relatively large. Wang Susu and three others came over to help him, using bamboo baskets to put the two Put the wild pigeons on the ground separately, then put two stones on them, sprinkle some corn kernels inside and feed them some water every day, and that's it.
I saw two pairs of pigeons being tied up, cooing in panic under the basket, and making a fuss against the bamboo basket.
He is not worried either.
A strange pair of male and female pigeons are kept together like this. It won’t take long for them to become a pair.
What’s more, one of the male and female pairs was originally a wild pigeon trapped in a net. After being imprisoned for a while, the two pigeons would be tamed as a pair, which was a good thing that killed two birds with one stone.
Pigeons are gentle-tempered after all. If they are released in the future and their wings are trimmed several times, they will not fly away.
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"Zhenzhen, I'm going to the county town to refuel and buy some things. Can you go with me?"
After locking up the pigeons, Chen Ling washed his hands and prepared to go Come on, county.
"Go, I want to go, brother-in-law, I also want to see the yard you mentioned, okay?"
"Okay, what's wrong with this?"
Chen Ling said with a smile: "Go and call your sister. We are going to see our new home in the county today."
Before the construction of the farm started, Chen Ling told Wang Susu about buying a yard in the county.
Wang Susu was very happy to hear that the middle school next to the county town would make it easier for her children to go to school in the future.
However, because I just started working, I said I wasn’t too busy, and there were a lot of trivial things at home. I couldn’t stay away from people, so I never went to see him.
“Are you going now? We are preparing to make lunch.”
Wang Susu and Liang Hongyu walked out of the kitchen.
"No more, let's eat in the county town, and bring some for my uncle and brother Yue Min when we come back."
Chen Ling said.
As soon as Liang Hongyu heard this, she smiled and said: "Okay, I won't do it, Susu. I just have time today. Let's go see the new home. I will go and see it too."
" OK, let’s go and see if it’s close to my aunt’s house.”
Wang Susu also smiled, blinked happily at Chen Ling, wiped her hands and took off her apron to change clothes.
So at eleven o'clock in the morning, the family got in the car and rushed to the county seat.
After leaving the village entrance and reaching the dam, Chen Ling stopped the car and called out to a few weasels.
"Little Huang" and "Little Fatty" were shouted for a long time before they were seen running out of the withered yellow reeds under the dam.
Needless to say, I must be here to catch birds again.
"Come on, come on, get in the car and take you to the county town for a good meal."
Chen Ling saw that they were just squirming back and forth around his trousers, so he caught them one by one. Get up and put it in the car.
“Have these little ones molted?”
Liang Hongyu had seen these little ones at home before, so she was not surprised when she saw them.
“I have changed it a long time ago. I just make a fuss around all day long, and I get hurt here and there, and my growth slows down.”
The three little weasels used to be like gray mice, but they gradually started to change into brown hair two months ago.
“It’s good to be lively. I didn’t expect this weasel to bark like a puppy when it gets close to people. It looks more lovable than our little raccoon dog.”
< br>Liang Hongyu looked at the little things crawling around and sniffing around in the car, and said with some envy.
After chatting along the way, Chen Ling soon arrived at the county seat and drove to a gas station to refuel.
At this time, the gas stations in their county were privately owned. The small factories opened on the outskirts of the county stored many large oil barrels, including diesel and gasoline.
Chen Ling went to fill up two large oil drums. Diesel was used for generators, so more was used, while gasoline was mainly used for chain saws and rammers, which were slightly less.
After refueling, drive to the small courtyard in the south of the city.
It was already noon at this time, and there were all students in front of the school. It was Saturday and they were going home for the holiday at noon. They walked out noisily, pushing bicycles and carrying their baggage.
Chen Ling honked the horn and drove over and stopped in front of the small courtyard. There were also many students buying miscellaneous books and snacks in front of the surrounding small shops. Seeing this, they all looked over and looked at them curiously. The car kept looking back and forth with surprise and envy.
“Wow, there are so many people, are they after school?”
When Wang Zhenzhen saw the crowd, he immediately became excited and looked out with his little head.
Then he noticed that the students were looking at them, and he raised his chin quite proudly, feeling that he was sitting in a car, which was very impressive.
"It's holiday, right? We live on campus in junior high school."
Wang Susu said, she didn't feel like there was anything to be proud of, after all, it was not her own car.
But she was very happy to see the students. She looked forward to when her children would come to junior high school. She and her husband would cook for them in the yard every day and wait for them. After school, that scene is very interesting when I think about it.
After parking the car, she saw two female students coming over after picking out a few hairpins. She was still smiling and talking to them.
"What grade of junior high school are you in?"
"You are in the second grade of junior high school. Sister, this car is really nice. Is it yours?"
Two kids The girl bravely stepped forward and touched the car's glass and door handle.
"It's not from our family, it's from a friend." She was pulling Wang Zhenzhen to talk to two female students when she suddenly heard someone calling her from the crowd not far away.
Looking over there, it turned out to be Zhong Xiaoyun, waving to her with a face full of surprise.
Wang Susu was also very surprised to see her, but the students at the nearby bookstalls suddenly dispersed in a hurry, and some were still shouting that the book collecting maniac was coming. When Zhong Xiaoyun heard this, her face turned pale. For embarrassment.
At this time, Chen Ling just opened the door of the small courtyard and cleaned up the debris at the door. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help laughing, "Good guy, you are almost becoming a master of extinction." Ah, help me collect some books to read someday, so that I don’t have to come to the county to buy them.”
Zhong Xiaoyun spat at him, “What are you talking about? It seems like I collected their books on purpose. It doesn’t matter if I don’t give it, it’s just so that they can concentrate on studying hard.”
"Yes, yes, I feel the good intentions of you, the people's teacher."
Chen Ling nodded repeatedly, and then everyone walked into the yard talking and laughing.
“I didn’t expect you to buy a small yard here. When will you move here? If you can move here, it will be very convenient for Amei and I to play with you in the future.”
Zhong Xiaoyun held Wang Susu's arm and said happily.
Wang Susu chuckled and shook her head: "Then you have to wait. I guess we can only move here after our children come to the county to go to school."
"Ah? It's been so long. I just wanted to say that you can open a clinic here. There happens to be a small door outside the hospital. You can hang up the sign and you can have a clinic. How great."
Zhong Xiaoyun helped. Adjusting her glasses, she said seriously: "If you ask me, your medical treatment is much better than the doctors in the county."
Her grandmother's bedsore in the county hospital was not very good, but Wang Susu cured it after giving two packets of powder. Well, it's really no better than not knowing. Sometimes those earthly people can't explain the principle, but they can cure people in a daze.
Wang Susu was so embarrassed to praise her when she heard this. She shook her head with a red face and said that she was actually still a novice. The prescription was good, but she was still far behind.
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"Hey, Susu, what is that behind Fugui? Is it a squirrel?"
Suddenly, Zhong Xiaoyun was attracted by the weasel jumping up and down behind Chen Ling, but she had lived in the county town since she was a child and had no I've never seen it before, and I couldn't recognize what it was for a while.
“It’s not a squirrel, it’s a weasel.”
“Ah? This is a weasel?!”
Zhong Xiaoyun was startled.
Ahead, Wang Zhenzhen turned around, "What's wrong, sister Xiaoyun, are you afraid of weasels?"
"I, I'm not afraid, I just heard people say, isn't it bad to raise this one at home?"
"What's so good about it?"
Liang Hongyu smiled and said, "As long as it doesn't harm the chickens and ducks at home, then it's good."
Wang Zhenzhen also nodded and said: "Yes, Xiao Huang and they are obedient. They just won't let me touch them."
"But they are very good at catching mice and birds. My brother-in-law brought them here to catch mice..."
Zhong Xiaoyun's face became paler after hearing this. This guy is both a weasel and a mouse. It is too scary. Her legs were shaking a little.
At this time, Chen Ling had already fetched half a bucket of water from the pool in the courtyard, then aimed at a mouse hole at the base of the east room wall and filled it with water.
The holes dug by this kind of house mouse in the yard are different from the holes made by ground mice. It is not easy to distinguish between clear holes and dark holes.
But because the holes are connected and the area is not large, there is no need to block the hidden entrance to prevent escape like a mouse hole in the wild.
This is relatively simple. As soon as the water is poured in, the mice will soon explode their nests.
At that time, all the mice in the mouse hole will panic and run out.
At this time, Chen Ling poured half the bucket of water down, and the mouth of the mouse hole began to bubble.
But there was no movement inside. It seemed that the water had not yet flooded into the nest.
So I went to get another half bucket of water and continued to fill it.
He poured water into the mouse hole, and a group of weasels looked on curiously.
Wang Susu and the others were also standing nearby, staring at the movements of other mouse holes. Although Zhong Xiaoyun was a little scared, she was also attracted and moved closer curiously.
When Chen Ling poured the entire bucket of water, a large area was wet all around, and the mouse holes were filled to the brim.
It was only then that there was any movement.
Just a soft sound was heard, and a small gray-black head was revealed from the mouse hole in the south corner. It was wet and poked its head at the entrance of the hole. It must have been that it couldn't hold its breath and came out to investigate the situation.
As a result, after seeing the situation in the courtyard clearly, he was obviously frightened and jumped out of the hole in an instant, trying to escape.
The little things around Chen Ling had been waiting for an opportunity. Seeing this, they rushed out without saying a word, easily bit the mouse's tail, and let it squeal wildly. , dragged it back abruptly.
That guy, this mouse is fatter than a weasel. When his tail was bitten, he screamed in panic and ran forward hard, but unfortunately it couldn't break free no matter how hard it tried, and was soon killed by the weasels. Bite to death.
Chen Ling also walked to the entrance of the cave and poured some water again. All the mice inside couldn't hold back their anger and exploded in the nest, and began to run away like crazy.
The weasels went to chase and bite them, and Chen Ling also went to shoot them with a shovel.
These five weasels often went to the house to eat and drink. They became stronger and stronger, and their skills were also developed. They were all good at catching mice. After a while, more than a dozen mice, large and small, were killed. Even those who escaped from the hospital were chased back.
Only two or three fish slipped through the net.
“These mice run so fast, I can’t even hit them.”
Wang Zhenzhen also took a small shovel and wanted to hit the mice, but the mice were too fast, and she It's simply too late.
"It's okay if you can't take the photo. There are probably some upstairs. Let's go and have a look upstairs..."
"But we agreed not to catch these mice with our hands, and Xiao Huang and the others won't touch them either, lest you get bitten by lice again."
"Oh, I understand."
Upstairs, Chen Ling opened the outermost door and asked Xiao Huang and the others to look for mice inside.
It didn’t take a minute to find it. It was inside a worn-out sofa.
As long as people walk up to it, they can hear the squeaking sound inside.
Liang Hongyu listened carefully and said a little uncertainly: "Fugui, come and listen, there must be a nest of mice in this sofa, right?"
"I guess so."
Chen Ling nodded, he heard it too.
But when I opened the cushions and took off the sofa cover, I found nothing.
At this moment, Xiao Huang and Xiao Pang next to them suddenly scratched at the armrest of the sofa, humming and sniffing while scratching, like two puppies.
"No, you want to make a home in the armrest of the sofa? Can this guy live in there?"
Chen Ling was greatly surprised. He leaned over and looked for it, but he didn't see any holes.
Then he patted the handrail.
It didn’t matter what the slap was. I heard a snap immediately, and a pink and tender little mouse fell under the armrest of the sofa, kicking its legs and squeaking.
Seeing this, the three little weasels rushed forward, took the little mouse into their mouths, and crunched it into their stomachs.
"You really live in the armrest?"
Wang Susu was also surprised. She bent over and looked under the sofa with her sister.
Zhong Xiaoyun also kept looking at it with her eyes.
Following Chen Ling's family to watch them catch mice, even the weasels helped to catch them. Now she was no longer afraid, but found it quite interesting.
“Where did this little mouse fall out from?”
Just as she was wondering, Chen Ling patted the armrest of the sofa twice again.
Click, it’s another pink and tender little mouse that hasn’t opened its eyes yet.
Once again, the little fools rushed to eat it.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Ling kept patting the armrest.
Every few times, a little mouse falls out of it and falls to the ground with a squeaking sound.
Wang Zhenzhen squatted beside and counted carefully, and a total of nine little mice fell down.
They were all eaten by three little weasels.
Finally, with doubts, Chen Ling found a piece of wire, inserted a hook into it, turned the sofa over and poked it along the gap in the armrest.
A large pile of cotton wool, feathers and the like were quickly pulled out. It was a messy mess with a vague smell of mouse urine. This was the mouse nest inside.
Grandma, you really know how to choose a place.
Unfortunately, the big mouse searched the two rooms upstairs and never found it. He must have run away.
Several people then tidied up the new home.
The main thing is to clean all the rooms.
As for the door corners, window screens, wires, etc. that have been bitten by mice, we will have to wait for a while before we come back to deal with them.
“Okay, we’ve caught the mice and the weasels are full. It’s time for us to find a place to eat.”
Chen Ling clapped his hands, locked the door, got in the car and drove everyone away.
The sun was shining brightly today. We visited our new home, got rid of mice, and went to a restaurant. The family had a great time and did not return home until two o'clock in the afternoon.
(End of this chapter)