Chapter 208 Small gathering
Kites are sparrowhawks. If they are caught and trained, the process is roughly the same as training an eagle.
The eagle was not allowed to rest for six or seven days in a row, and the eagle was fed sesame balls and scraped with oil, stumbling upon the falcon...
Chen Ling felt dizzy just thinking about it. Not to mention that someone has to accompany you the whole time, this method is purely looking for trouble.
This kite was originally different from him. It used to follow him secretly, but he was caught fighting with magpies near his home several times.
After being bumped into too many times, it stopped hiding and simply settled outside the hospital.
Now we occupy the magpie nest on the toon tree outside the courtyard.
Several attempts in the past also proved that the kite did not prevent him from getting close, but was just afraid of being hurt again, so there was no need to use the method of boiling the eagle.
Chen Ling knew that kites rarely came out of their nests during the recent snowy weather, so he climbed up a bamboo ladder and stuffed a sparrow into its nest.
At this time, the kite was sleeping in its nest, with its head curled up and its feathers all fluffy, like an owl. The movement made by Chen Ling startled it, but when it saw that it was Chen Ling After stuffing the sparrows in again, he gradually calmed down.
Then he chirped at Chen Ling, held the sparrow under his talons, and started tearing it up with its sharp beak. It soon went into its belly, leaving only a pile of bloody bones and feathers.
Chen Ling handed the remaining one to it to eat.
Two sparrows a day mean you are not full, and you are not too hungry even if you are hungry.
Because a while ago, the sticky bird net was able to net many birds every day.
The chicken coop soon ran out of space, so I came back every day to feed the kites.
From the beginning, feed four or five animals every day.
To the next three.
Two a day now.
It may be reduced to one in the future.
Hang it in this way.
It was the twelfth lunar month and it was covered with heavy snow. There was very little food in the wild. After getting used to feeding it, Chen Ling was not afraid that it would not take the initiative to ask for food.
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Another thing worth mentioning is.
This kite was called Brother Diao by Chen Ling, but he called it wrong. It was actually the female.
This is when Wang Lixian accidentally saw this kite outside the courtyard a while ago and identified the male and female.
It is said that the male kite is not that big at all.
"If you don't call me brother Diao, why don't you call me sister Diao in the future? That sounds awful."
Chen Ling muttered and carried the ladder home.
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On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the snow stopped, and in the morning the sounds of brooms and shovels were heard everywhere in the village.
In the past two days, Chen Ling has been making bed sheets with his wife at home.
The rest of the time he either braved the wind and snow to scatter grains and place two clips near the orchard near the orchard, or stayed by the stove and played with the bow and arrows given to him by his father-in-law. Of course, he mainly made arrows, because Wang Cunye only gave him this big bow and three arrows.
Not only were there few arrows, but the bow string was actually broken. It was the new bow string that Wang Li gave him after he came back.
Because this bow was left by Wang Susu’s grandfather and is quite old.
When I was looking for medical books for Wang Susu, I found them in the old house.
Chen Ling fell in love with it at first sight. This bow was much larger than ordinary bows. It was useless for Wang Cunye to keep it at home, so he asked him to bring it back.
After getting up in the morning and clearing the snow in the yard and in front of the door, Chen Ling started shooting arrows at the old tree stumps left under the south wall for firewood.
"哚", "哚", "哚"...
The sound of arrows hitting wooden piles sounded in the courtyard.
He doesn't care whether it's accurate or not, he just wants to have fun.
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"Aling, the water press has frozen again. Bring a pot of hot water quickly."
"Okay."
After winter, As soon as it starts to freeze, it is common for the water press to freeze.
If you find it troublesome, just fill the water tank with water in advance. It can last for several days.
Today, all the water in their two large water tanks was used up.
Two more cylinders are needed.
So Chen Ling put down his bow and arrow, went to the kitchen to get a pot of hot water, and walked to the pressure well.
I saw that the water outlet of the water press machine next to the well had been hung with ice skates, and the rubber pads and iron troughs inside the water press machine were also solidly frozen together.
Chen Ling tried to press the armrest, but it was so frozen that he couldn't move at all.
"I'll pour it."
Wang Susu took the kettle and poured the water into the iron trough of the water press.
When the steaming boiling water was boiled, the ice cubes inside were immediately washed away.
Chen Ling took advantage of this opportunity and pressed the handrail a few times. It creaked. It was extremely hollow and weak at first. As the hot water entered the water pipe, there was a tight adsorption feeling.
This is the well water being sucked up.
Then, after a few more hard presses, a column of clear water sprang out from the spout and fell into the iron bucket.
Catch a bucket full of water, then another bucket.
After connecting the two buckets of water, I brought it to the kitchen and poured it into the water tank.
After that, it was Wang Susu who pressed the water and he carried it.
After a few trips back and forth, a large water tank was filled.
"Uncle Fugui, I came to play with you."
While the two of them were busy in the courtyard, Liu Nier and Wang Lixian, father and son, came over to visit.
"Carrying water makes you rich?"
"Well, if the water tank is empty, fetch two tanks of water and it will be fine soon."
Chen Ling responded with a smile He made a sound, rubbed Liu Nier's little head, and continued working.
He is very efficient at work now.
Soon another water tank was filled with water.
"Aunt, I heard from my little aunt that after you give birth to a baby, you will open a pharmacy at home to treat people. Is it true?"
"It is true, what's wrong?"
"Then can you show me why I keep having a runny nose? Now the snotty baby no longer has a runny nose, but I am still running. What if they all call me snotty baby in the future? .”
After hearing this, Wang Susu couldn't help but laugh: "Well, aunt will prepare some medicine for you. You can take it back later and brew it as tea. It will stop your runny nose after the New Year."
"Wow. "Auntie, you are so kind. When you give birth to a baby, I will help you take care of the baby."
After Chen Ling finished picking up the water, he closed the water tank. Liu Nier was already playing in the snow outside, sucking. Sniffles, chatting with Wang Susu.
Let the father and son enter the house quickly.
When we got to the house, we made hot tea.
Wang Lixian explained the purpose of his visit, "The mushrooms in the mushroom shed at home have grown. Let's go over and pick some later. We can't go anywhere due to the heavy snow and the mountains are blocked. We all go to the shed to play. I'll call Jusheng up. Let's meet at noon. Let’s have another drink.”
“Okay, I’ve been thinking about having a drink with you two days ago.”
Chen Ling patted his thigh and laughed when he heard this. The weather is so bad, it would be a pity not to sit down and have a drink together.”
In fact, it was time to pick the mushrooms in Wang Lixian’s greenhouse at this time.
But the heavy snow has blocked the mountain roads, so we can't go to the county town to catch the market, so we can only wait for a while before the snow melts.
"Okay, I'll call Ju Sheng right away. You guys can go there early."
When Wang Lixian heard Chen Ling's promise, he nodded happily, got up and pulled Liu Ni'er out.
After the couple sent them out, they didn't waste much time and immediately packed their things and prepared to go to Wang Lixian's house later.
"Just when I was thinking that there was nowhere to go to make a living, Brother Xian came. I'm going to catch a chicken and bring it over later."
"Well, I'm going to change. Clothes.”
Wang Susu went to the house to change clothes, and Chen Ling caught a big rooster from the chicken coop.
The hens are still laying eggs, so naturally they won’t eat them if they can.
Soon, Wang Susu came out of the house wrapped tightly.
The two locked the door and walked towards Wang Lixian's house carrying the big rooster.
The three families don’t need to be so polite.
But the two families of Wang Lixian and Wang Jusheng were very generous. They killed sheep and sent over ten or eight pounds of the mutton alone. In this way, he can't be stingy, and naturally he can't go empty-handed when visiting.
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Wang Lixian’s mushroom shed was built in the private plot east of their yard.
It occupies not a large area, just less than half of the ground. It is a slope-style earthen greenhouse built with three earthen walls. The snow has been swept away very cleanly. The current plastic film is covered with a thick layer of Thatch mats are used to keep warm at night and in rainy and snowy days.
On sunny days, the futon-style thatch mat is pulled and rolled up with a rope to fully expose the plastic film to the sun.
Accepting sunlight during the day and keeping warm at night, the temperature inside is often maintained above 12 or 13 degrees Celsius. When the sun is high, it can even approach 30 degrees Celsius. Higher temperatures require ventilation to dissipate heat.
After Chen Ling and his wife put the big rooster at Wang Lixian's house, they followed Wang Lixian to his mushroom shed.
They came in front, and Wang Jusheng’s family of four also came in behind.
I came with Liu Yuzhi.
A few people laughed and chatted lively for a while.
The ladies led a few children into the greenhouse to pick mushrooms.
Chen Ling and the others were not in a hurry, but walked to the roof of the greenhouse, chatting and looking around.
Men, no matter how old they are, still like to climb high and low.
Except for the rectangular wall at the back of this earthen shed, the earthen walls on both sides are right-angled triangles, just like a dustpan.
So along the earth walls on both sides and walking up the slope, you can easily get to the roof of the shed.
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Wang Lixian’s house is at the northeast corner of the village.
Next to it are cultivated land, ponds, ditches, a beach and wild woods to the east of the village.
Now it is all covered with snow.
Chen Ling and Wang Jusheng don't come here often, and they only glanced at it from a distance when passing by the dam, so they looked around with interest.
In the back, I saw the old stage that had been left behind. I came down from the roof and asked Wang Lixian to lead him around the cultivated land here.
Just came back and walked into the mushroom shed.
The mushroom shed has a low door with a thick cloth curtain hanging on it.
For someone as tall as Chen Ling, he had to bend down hard to get in.
As soon as he entered the shed, a hot feeling came from all directions.
Looking around, the shed is filled with rows of walls made of bacteria bags.
The walls are covered with mushrooms of various sizes and layers.
These are all oyster mushrooms. They look thick, plump and well-proportioned in color. They are much prettier than the oyster mushrooms that grow in the mountains.
The ladies were leading their babies around to pick mushrooms, it was lively and there was a burst of laughter.
"How about it, Fugui, let's build a shed next year and see how well these mushrooms grow."
Wang Lixian picked a huge mushroom. If a mushroom like this grows longer, it will grow old, so If you can’t sell it, you have to pick it off and eat it quickly.
“Get one, I’ll get one next fall.”
Chen Ling responded randomly.
The baby will be born at this time next year, how can he have such leisure time.
Then he picked a particularly big mushroom and picked it.
Good guy, it’s heavy in my hand, I think it weighs more than a kilogram.
If you sprinkle a little more water when selling, the weight of the basket of mushrooms will increase to more than 100 kilograms.
"Brother Jusheng, please don't eat it randomly. This thing looks clean, but in fact there are a lot of dirty things inside. It's not good to eat it raw."
Chen Ling turned around and said I saw Wang Jusheng crouching behind me, picking out two young diced mushrooms that had just emerged, and stuffing them into his mouth.
"It's okay, it's okay, I've already vomited it up."
Wang Jusheng chuckled and took a few sips.
He has attended a college after all, but he doesn’t know if it’s because he didn’t eat enough when he was a child, which is why he wants to put everything in his mouth.
Everything from wheat seedlings and grass buds to fruits and vegetables.
Chen Ling has seen him several times. He rubs eggplant, green pepper, and beans on his clothes and stuffs them into his mouth. The crunch is delicious.
Tomatoes and cucumbers, he can still understand, but he can't eat other vegetables raw.
Except of course onion, ginger, garlic, coriander and so on.
At this time, he just said that he was throwing up, and turned around and shouted: "Brother Xian, these mushrooms taste pretty good. They taste just like those in the mountains. When the snow melts in a few days, If you bring it to the city and sell it, the price will definitely not be lower."
Wang Lixian smiled: "Actually, I felt a little regretful a while ago, but then I felt more at ease when I saw this shed full of mushrooms. I just thought that even if the mushrooms don’t work this year, I will certainly not suffer a loss if I plant some vegetables here next year.”
Chen Ling agreed with this.
Although the place is small, it is easy to set up.
It’s easy to plant something.
Sell or eat as you like.
"Brother Jusheng, it seems that you have also eaten wild mushrooms in the mountains? You know the taste so clearly."
"Yes, what have I not eaten before?"< br>
"That dog piss? Have you eaten it?"
Chen Ling turned around and asked him.
"No, I was stupid to eat that stuff. It grew from dog urine in the ground and is poisonous."
"Oh."
Silence After a while, I didn't know which string was wrong.
Wang Jusheng smacked his lips and seemed to be reminiscing, "Don't tell me, although this dog urine is difficult to eat, it really doesn't smell like dog urine. It just smells a bit musty."
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“Damn, you really have eaten it.”
“Uh, I haven’t eaten it, I haven’t eaten it, I just heard what my friend said.”
The three of them were talking and laughing. Picking mushrooms, we soon met the old ladies and dolls, and then a group of people continued to pick the big ones.
After staying in the greenhouse for more than half an hour, we picked a lot of mushrooms. Everyone's foreheads were sweating due to the heat, and their faces were red.
When it was time to go out, I was worried about catching a cold from the heat or cold, so I wrapped myself up tightly and started to go out one after another.
"Huh, it's cool. This guy is so hot inside that he can almost breathe."
Wang Jusheng held his waist and panted.
It is true that although it is warm in the greenhouse, it is so hot that no fresh air comes in, and it is very stuffy. After all, it is fresher and cooler outside.
Then he turned around and said to the group of children behind him: "Dandan, Liu Nier, hold the mushrooms. Later, your uncle Fugui will cook for us and use these mushrooms. If anyone loses the mushrooms, they will not be killed." Let someone eat.”
The two little dolls immediately became serious and expectant.
"I'm not like you. I'm here to eat, why are you asking me to cook?"
Chen Ling immediately cried out.
Zhang Qiaoling also scolded: "Don't listen to him if you are rich or noble. Such a big man doesn't know what to say."
"No, auntie, Uncle Fugui cooks delicious food, that's why we are willing to let him cook."
Liu Nier said at this time, "Uncle Jusheng must have thought so too, don't blame him "
"Haha, good guy, Liu Nier can also say nice things to others."
Wang Jusheng happily picked up Liu Nier and wiped him. Wipe your nose. "Your baby looks so thin. He's really not young. In two years, when he turns seven or eight, he won't even be able to hold him."
In fact, they are just joking. , no one will really care.
On the last day of lunch, not only Chen Ling didn't do anything, but no one else started cooking.
I just used the seasonings brought by Chen Ling to make a hot pot meal.
A pot was placed on the red clay stove, and all kinds of meat and vegetables were being cooked in the hot pot, making me sweat profusely.
"Come on, come on, cheers, there is still so much meat, don't be in a hurry to eat, you have to drink well."
The meat left over from the engagement of Wang Lixian's family a few days ago It's quite a lot. Chen Ling and the others brought quite a lot when they came over, which was enough to eat.
Eating hot pot, drinking wine, and chatting.
We ate this meal until dark, facing the winter snow, and chatting around the fire at night. The three big families were lively, adding a touch of warmth to the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, and at the same time, a ray of New Year flavor It also drifted out inadvertently.
(End of this chapter)