Chapter 224 Visiting the farm and having a taste of the countryside
After reading the words above, everyone was not in a hurry to enter the farm. They stopped in front and chatted with Chen Ling, admiring the surrounding scenery.
One by one, the sight ranges from the bamboo forest, the pavilion, to the canal with the gurgling stream.
The two water channels are only about 50 or 60 centimeters wide. One of them is shallow and flows around the farm in a large circle, winding through the bamboo forest, then bypassing the pavilion and flowing deep into the fruit forest. .
It really feels like drinking water.
"Your arrangement is so rich and noble. It's even more perfect than I imagined."
Before entering the farm, Liang Yuemin was already attracted by the bamboo forest and water canal outside. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it and became more interested. When he came up, he left his wife and son alone and ran to the ditch, squatted down and picked up two handfuls of water.
The water in the stream was clear. Liang Yuemin washed his face with the water and felt cool and refreshed. He picked up another handful of water and drank it. However, as soon as it was brought to his mouth, he was startled, "There are so many small fish. Let's go." Have you got any fry?"
He turned around and asked Chen Ling in surprise.
“I haven’t released it yet. This is a fish that flowed down from the mountain along the stream.”
The water in the canal comes from the streams brought down by Chen Ling from the mountains, one each from Xishan and Beishan. The two streams are divided into four streams. Two streams flow into the lotus pond in the farm, while the other two streams flow around the farm together. , are the two canals that everyone saw.
"Uncle, uncle, let's not wait for dad. Let him play in the water here by himself. We still have so many places to visit." The little fat Liang Yiming, like Liu Ni'er, is a sturdy little boy. The kid is familiar with everyone. He has been to Chen Ling's house so many times and has become very familiar with Chen Ling. Every time he comes over, he insists on playing this and that. Now he doesn't know what he is targeting. Even his father No matter what, dragging Chen Ling's clothes, he was going to the farm.
"Okay, okay, don't wait for him." Chen Ling let him drag him into the farm, and everyone behind him also followed with smiles.
When they walked into the farm and saw the huge lotus pond, as well as the wooden bridge over the pond and the corridor beside the pond, everyone was even more amazed.
The people who came today include Zhao Dahai’s family of three, Liang Yuemin’s family of three, and Shan Mao and Du Juan. These people have all seen the world outside, but after seeing the Chen Ling family’s farm, they still couldn’t bear it. The stay was a bit amazing.
Chen Ling also felt very satisfied. Anyway, it was just how comfortable he felt, but it didn't deserve their praise.
Just laughed and said their reaction was too exaggerated.
“I’m not exaggerating, I really think it’s beautiful. The main thing is that the scenery here is good and the layout is good. When flowers, trees, and ponds full of lotus grow in the future, it will definitely be more beautiful.” Rhododendron is very serious. said.
After Zhao Dahai heard what she said, he said happily: "Du Juan is a great painter. She is beautiful when she says she is beautiful. Can she lie to you?"
"You, It’s humility.”
Shanmao agreed very much with this, nodded and said: "That's right, he has this problem."
He discovered it the last time he shot a wolf.
This guy doesn’t show off his skills, but he is actually very capable.
"Okay, since you like it, come over and play often when you have time." Chen Ling smiled helplessly.
This is because he didn’t realize how different his advanced thinking was in this era, so he was a bit belittling himself.
Then he said no more and continued to move forward.
Step onto the wooden bridge and cross the corridor to reach the spacious bamboo courtyard, with the ground paved with bluestone slabs.
The two-story bamboo building is in a concave shape facing the lotus pond. There are three buildings facing south. The three buildings surround a courtyard. There are no green plants yet.
Behind the bamboo building is the wooden building, which is one floor higher than the bamboo building. The matching is well-proportioned and complements each other.
Liang Yuemin also followed at this time, and everyone walked back and forth between the bamboo building and the wooden building, not in a hurry to go up.
Only the little fat man couldn't wait any longer, so he pulled the little girl from Zhao Dahai's house and climbed into the bamboo house without coming out. The two little girls ran up and down the stairs, shouting and screaming.
"Xiao Ming, please stop making trouble, come down quickly, be careful not to drop your sister." Liu Yinhuan shouted twice from below but it didn't work, so he walked in to watch them play, Xiang Wenxia and Du Juan also followed. Go in.
While a few gentlemen were still outside, Shanmao was looking at the pillars outside the bamboo building and said: "This engineering team is okay. The foundation under the pillars has also been laid with bluestone, which is very troublesome. "
"Of course, the engineering team I found for Fugui can be wrong?"
Zhao Dahai suddenly became proud.
"Haha, that's right. The engineering team that Brother Dahai found is indeed very good."
Chen Ling patted his fat chest and said with a smile, "If I want to find someone to build it myself, Qipin Not to mention the trouble, the cost will definitely be higher than this.”
The final settlement fee for the engineering team was nearly 40,000 yuan.
Well below his budget.
The cost of building materials, tobacco, alcohol and food for the engineering team is less than 3,000 yuan.
Just talking about building materials, a blue brick costs three cents, a bluestone slab costs six or eight cents, and a tractor pulls it, and the blue bricks are square, that is, two thousand green bricks, sixty yuan is a lot. Yes.
This is despite the fact that building materials sold in Wangba City are generally more expensive than those in surrounding counties.
Not to mention wood and bamboo, they are all made from Dongtian stuff and basically cost nothing.
All in all, it only cost less than 50,000 yuan to build the farm.
"If that's the case, how are you going to thank me?" Zhao Dahai winked at him: "It happens that the lynx is here too..."
"My mother, Brother Dahai, you really can't live without this."
Chen Ling glanced at him with disgust, "I'll take you to the mountains later, okay. "
"Hehe, okay, I'm just waiting for your words."
"It's better to let me see how Hei Wa and the two of them are chasing the mountain. I heard that you and I are here. The bobcats were hunting wolves and chasing leopards together in Lutou Mountain, which made me feel very itchy."
Zhao Dahai rubbed his hands, that was why he came to play.
"What are you talking about?"
Liang Yuemin didn't understand why Zhao Dahai was so excited and was confused.
"Would you like to run in the mountains and hunt?"
The lynx smiled and took out a keychain from his pocket with a string of wolf teeth hanging on it: "Well, last time I was with Fugui He got it from hunting wolves in Lutou Mountain where his father-in-law lived. "
Liang Yuemin took it and rubbed it in his hand twice. He couldn't put it down. "It's so good. You can take me with you next time when you run in the mountains. We were rich last year. I didn’t catch up with the wolf hunt in the village, and I regretted it for a long time.”
He had played with guns a lot, but he had never really gone hunting once.
“Okay.”
Bobcat took the keychain again, removed the wolf teeth hanging on it and gave it to him, “I have a lot of wolf teeth, pig teeth, and tiger teeth at home, you can just do it if you like. I’ll give it to you.”
Liang Yuemin quickly declined and said he didn’t want it. In the end, he accepted it because he couldn’t bear it. But looking at the way he immediately put it on his wrist happily, he obviously liked it very much.
Then a few men also walked into the bamboo building, looked here and there, then followed the stairs to the second floor, and walked around the three bamboo buildings.
After walking around, we went to the wooden building and opened the window on the third floor to enjoy the scenery.
The mountain breeze blew gently and the leaves rustled.
In the distance are large wheat fields. Surrounded by the wheat fields, several undulating slopes are covered with rapeseed flowers. The breeze blows, layer upon layer, like golden waves, in the green. It is unusually striking in the embrace of wheat fields.
Looking around, wheat fields, villages, green mountains, and dogs running in the fields are all in sight.
Looking closer, you can also see the lotus ponds, wooden bridges, and corridors in the farm, the chicken coops, duck pens, and livestock sheds on both sides of the farm, as well as the bamboo forests, pavilions, water channels, etc. outside. Be very clear.
It is the fourth month of the lunar calendar, and the fruit trees in the orchards are all in full bloom. Outside the orchards, flowers and plants are blooming all over the mountains and plains, vying to bloom. Butterflies and bees are flying around in groups, busy feeding on nectar.
The cool breeze from the mountains blows towards your face, refreshing your face. The wind carries the fragrance of flowers and plants, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
"What a great place. I won't go hiking. I'm going to stay here all day until the sun goes down."
Liang Yuemin stretched out his hand and let the soft wind blow against him, with a contented face. The way.
"Me too."
Zhao Dahai shouted, "Fugui, why don't we have dinner here at noon, drinking wine, blowing in the wind, and enjoying the scenery, how comfortable it would be."
"Okay, it's easy, behind the farm It's the kitchen, with dishes, tables and chairs. I'll kill a chicken and two fish later, and we'll eat here." Chen Ling said.
Several gentlemen stood in front of the window and were intoxicated.
Women and dolls were also chirping not far away, lying in front of the window and looking around.
Since everyone liked it here, at noon, Chen Ling went back to pick up Wang Susu and his sister, called the two elderly people at home, and had a lively meal at the farm. .
The newly built farm was given a lot of smoke and smoke.
I won’t mention the comfort.
......
After the meal, they made tea and blew the mountain breeze. Everyone sat upstairs and played cards leisurely.
After playing cards for a while, the drunkenness at noon had subsided, and Zhao Dahai couldn't sit still anymore, so he still wanted to go to the mountains to have fun.
Just go, there are mountains behind the farm, and wanting to play in the mountains is not a matter of words.
Chen Ling called the family dog and took them up the mountain. However, the mountain to the north was steeper. After a while, Zhao Dahai was out of breath from exhaustion, sweating profusely, and began to breathe heavily while holding on to a big tree.
The lynx laughed at him when he saw this. He was so virtuous that he still ran up the mountain. Even after running around in one circle, he still had to run away with his life.
"Have I never run in the mountains before? It will be better if I run two more times in the future. Then you can find me two good dogs and we will patrol the forest with knives."
Zhao Dahai opened his mouth and gasped, huffing and puffing like a bellows.
The lynx shook his head expressionlessly: "You don't know how to raise a dog, you have already ruined the dog."
"Nonsense, I just don't have time to take the dog up the mountain." Zhao Dahai quickly denied it.
“Hee hee, fat brother, I have seen the dog you raise. It is so thin that you can see the ribs. Brother Bobcat is right. You just don’t know how to raise a dog. You must have eaten all the food by yourself. I was so fat that I refused to feed the dog, and the dog was starving to death."
At this time, Wang Zhenzhen suddenly interrupted.
After hearing this, everyone paused for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
Xiang Hongxia couldn't hold back her laughter and laughed.
"Really, that's a thin dog. Thin dogs are just so thin. They lose weight when they get fat." Zhao Dahai explained with a blushing face.
“You are lying, Heiwa is very fat, has a lot of meat on his body, and is also hard. Every time Heiba disobeys, my brother-in-law hits him, which makes his hands hurt, but he can survive the beating. Wolf, can your dog beat the wolf?" Wang Zhenzhen raised his head and asked him.
“It’s not about whether you can beat the wolf or not.”
Zhao Dahai explained again: "Thin dogs are born very thin. When they are thin, they can run faster. Catching rabbits is like playing."
"Xiao Jin chasing rabbits is also like playing. Your dog can outrun him." Xiao Jin?" Wang Zhenzhen asked again, raising his little head.
"This is not a matter of running fast or not. Anyway, thin dogs are different..."
Zhao Dahai was filled with words and was immediately blocked, and he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. , the words were incoherent, and I didn’t know what to say for a while.
Seeing his embarrassment, Shanmao chuckled beside him, "I'm really sure, your fat brother doesn't know how to keep a dog."
Others were even more amused and laughed non-stop.
Even the little fat man and Zhao Dahai’s daughter giggled along with them.
When everyone had finished having fun, Chen Ling said: "A small dog cannot chase a mountain. The only way to catch a rabbit or a pheasant in the mountain is to chase a rabbit or a pheasant in the field. Brother Dahai, if you want to run in the mountain, you can choose the one in the future. Two Mountain Dogs. ”
Thin dogs can run fast, but these dogs can’t stop the car easily if they run too fast. If they chase the mountain in the forest, they can easily hit a tree or something. Killed on a rock.
They are not suitable for running in the mountains, but suitable for hunting on the prairie and plains.
In comparison, Xiaojin's speed is very flexible. Heiwa's and Heiwa's toes are specially selected to have tiger head yellow, which is the toes of a mountain dog. When walking in the mountains and forests, they feel like walking on the ground, like leopards in the forest. Running, leaping, and climbing over mountains and ridges is no problem at all.
"I also know that thin dogs are not suitable for running in the mountains. Doesn't this mean that I have no chance to find a good dog? Bobcat chose this thin dog for me, and I begged him for more than half a year to get it back for me." Zhao Dahai said with a fat face.
The lynx said with disdain: "You haven't even chased two rabbits, and you want to run into the mountains. You'd better train the dog well first, and learn how to chase rabbits before talking about anything else."
He The thin dog found for Zhao Dahai was just to let him chase rabbits and practice his skills.
In the end, Zhao Dahai never trained the dog. You can’t blame him for this.
"Alas..." Zhao Dahai was hit repeatedly, and his body became more and more obese this year. He couldn't walk for long in the mountains before he became too tired. As he sighed, he also became cruel and decided to take the dog for more exercises when he went back. So as not to make people laugh next time you come over.
Later, Zhao Dahai rested and the group moved forward again.
In this season, the mountains are the most lively. Colorful wild flowers bloom along the road and wild bees are flying. Along the way, various birds and small animals are jumping out in the grass and shrubs.
But the little fat guy Liang Yiming was so happy that he followed the little yellow dog after this and that. When the little yellow dog finally caught a four-legged snake, he went to fight with the little yellow dog. The little yellow dog barked in anxiety, but he showed no sign of weakness and barked back at the little yellow dog.
It made everyone laugh non-stop.
Even Liu Yinhuan can't do anything to this precious son.
The mountain breeze is blowing, the flowers and plants are fragrant, the dolls are making noise, and the women are picking wild flowers of various colors to make corollas and put them on their heads, and they are also enthusiastically holding the cuckoos to take pictures of them with cameras.
After walking for some distance, there was a patch of wild strawberries on the side of the road. They were bright red in color and the fruits were slightly smaller than strawberries. There were many small raised particles on them. When Wang Zhenzhen saw it, he cheered and ran over to pick it.
"Little aunt, what did you find."
The little fat man quickly pulled Yaya to follow.
"This is Sichuan Pao'er, it's delicious."
"Spicy Pao'er? What a strange name."
This name is strange to the little ones, and also strange to the adults. Very.
"Actually, it is raspberry, or raspberry, raspberry, raspberry. You must know the name raspberry." Chen Ling explained.
Prickly pear, or prickly pear fruit, is very common along the mountain roads in March and April of the lunar calendar. This wild fruit has many names, such as raspberry, raspberry, wild strawberry, and raspberry. .
But the most famous one is raspberry, because Mr. Lu Xun mentioned it in "From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Bookstore".
“If you are not afraid of thorns, you can also pick raspberries, which are like small balls made of small coral beads. They are sour and sweet, and the color and taste are far better than mulberries.”
Lu Xun The gentleman's description is extremely simple and direct. Although these raspberries are small, they taste very good. Needless to say, they are much more delicious than mulberries.
The pulp is too soft, cannot withstand bumps, and is not easy to preserve. Many people in the city cannot eat it.
“So this is raspberry. Why didn’t we meet it when we came to the mountains last time?”
"It was autumn, and it's long gone."
Seeing the little ones squatting on the ground picking and eating, several adults couldn't help but pick two to taste. As expected, it was sour and sweet, and the taste was great. good.
So I followed suit and ate, and soon I picked all the pickles on the roadside. I was still not satisfied with this, so I asked Chen Ling if there were any more on the mountain.
"Of course, there are a lot of them on the mountain. In addition to thorns, you can also eat wild mulberries and goat's milk fruits. You will have a good time today."
His words As soon as I finished speaking, I saw a few wild mulberry trees in front of me after walking a few steps. I looked up and saw purple-red mulberries hanging all over the branches. When the little fat man saw it, he started jumping and yelling, trying to climb up the tree. Go up and pick.
For him, eating mulberries is secondary. The main reason is to climb the tree so that he can climb the tree and pick fruits for fun.
“Uncle, uncle, can I climb this tree?”
“I can climb, and mulberry trees don’t bite people.”
“But I’m afraid there’s something on the tree. The bug bites. "
He is not stupid enough to ask Chen Ling first.
After asking, he hugged the tree trunk and climbed up. He had come to the village a few times to play, and he had learned to climb trees long ago. Unfortunately, these trees were difficult to climb, they were bare, and the little fat man did not have the energy of the village dolls. , I tried several times but couldn’t climb up.
In the end, Liang Yuemin held him and picked some mulberries from the lower branches.
But the ones at high places could not be picked, which made the little fat man scream in anxiety, and Liang Yuemin was also sweating from exhaustion.
I wanted to put my son down, but also wanted to show my father's masculinity, so I gritted my teeth and held on.
At this time, Wang Zhenzhen saw that they were struggling to pick, so he rolled up his little sleeves and said, "I'll help you pick." Like a little monkey, he hugged the trunk and rubbed it neatly. It jumped up the branches, looking extremely nimble.
"My little aunt is still amazing."
The little fat man clapped his hands and applauded, his eyes filled with envy.
The little Yaya next to Xiang Wenxia also shouted indistinctly: "Little Dudu, you are so annoying."
Wang Zhenzhen curled his lips, not taking it seriously, and climbed the tree and the wall. This is a basic skill for country children. Most boys and girls can do it. "Fat brother, step aside a little. I'm going to step down. I've stepped down the branch. Everyone comes and picks it."
Zhao Dahaiwen Yan quickly backed away.
Then I saw Wang Zhenzhen gently stepping down a branch covered with mulberries, reaching a height that the adults could just reach, and everyone started picking mulberries down.
After picking one branch after another, without bringing any bags, everyone just picked and ate at the same time. As for Wang Zhenzhen, no one had to worry about it. She could eat it on the tree if she wanted, and she could even pick it to higher places. of.
In fact, the higher you go up the mountain, the later the mulberries mature, but they taste sweeter.
The mulberries on these mulberry trees taste very good, especially the purple-black, fully ripe mulberries, which taste soft and sweet, with a delicate fragrance.
The purple-red and hard mulberries are sweet and slightly sour, and are quite delicious.
After picking it off, everyone stuffed it into their mouths one by one, feeling that it was more enjoyable than eating pickles.
In fact, apart from birds and monkeys, there is nothing else to eat mulberries, so there are so many fruits on the mulberry trees that they cannot eat them at all.
In the end, I was satisfied with the wait. Not only did everyone eat with their mouths full of purple and their hands full of purple, they also fed the three dogs with their faces and mouths full.
Among them, Zhao Dahai was the funniest. He was very close before. When Wang Zhenzhen stepped on the branches, many ripe mulberries fell down and hit him, dyeing the collar of his clothes purple. Red, one piece at a time, as if decorated with colors.
But at this time, he no longer thought about running in the mountains. Instead, he was completely immersed in the fun of the mountains and wild places that was difficult to experience at ordinary times. He didn’t care about the spots on his body at all. Everyone laughed, and he also Laughing, I took my wife and daughter to have fun with the big guy.
(End of this chapter)