Chapter 226 Scandal
After sending away these three children, Chen Ling’s own family’s life returned to its former peace.
Every day I either walk slowly from home to the farm, or walk slowly back from the farm.
Anyway, apart from the fact that my wife is giving birth to a baby, there is nothing particularly important lately.
Wang Susu's physical fitness is far better than that of ordinary pregnant women. She has been pregnant for more than eight months and has never had any adverse reactions. Gao Xiulan takes care of her at home, and Chen Ling eats to nourish her lower body from time to time. There is no need to stay at home with her.
Therefore, Chen Ling and Wang Cunye still have time to go to the county town and the countryside to go to the market to sell eggs and duck eggs.
The laying hens at home now include those raised by Chen Ling’s family before, brought by Wang Zhenzhen, and bought from the chicken farm of Erwazi in the countryside some time ago. In total, there are almost 80 laying hens. That guy laid When it comes to eggs, I can pick up more than half a basket every day.
In addition, there are also many duck eggs.
If you can’t save it for a few days like this, it’s time to sell it. You can’t keep it at home.
Although there are still people from the county town coming to buy, they only need to buy as much eggs as they need for two days. However, Chen Ling's chickens are still laying eggs, so they can only go to the market and sell them to the county town market.
As for the countryside, he and Wang Cunye also went there twice, but the price couldn't be sold, so they never went there again.
This year’s prices are much higher than in previous years.
Although it cannot be compared with the high prices after last year's flood, it can be felt in all aspects of food, grain, oil, and meat.
Due to the shortage of grain and oil last year, peanuts and soybeans, as the main oil-extracting crops, soared to more than three yuan per catty, but this year, they only cost just over one yuan per catty, but it is only one yuan per catty. The price is also two cents higher than in previous years.
The normal price of pork last year was 2.5 yuan per catty, but this year it has remained at around 3.8 to 4 yuan.
The price of eggs has increased even more, from 2.3 to 2.5 yuan per catty last year to 3.1 yuan or 3.2 yuan per catty this year.
Chen Ling took the eggs to the market and sold them, asking for three and a half yuan, but some people accepted them.
Hey guys, the price of eggs is about to catch up with the price of pork?
This is no coincidence.
But because the price of meat was too high last year, there were a lot of pigs and sheep raised this year, but the number of chickens was greatly reduced.
Many breeding factories even sold chickens and ducks in large quantities a year ago and replaced them with piglets.
Since then, there have been fewer eggs on the market, and the price has naturally become more expensive.
Based on the amount of eggs Chen Ling’s family produces every day, excluding what they usually eat at home, there are an average of eighty eggs every day.
Due to the large size of eggs, local eggs are comparable to foreign eggs. If we calculate eight eggs per catty, this is at least ten catties of eggs per day.
I go to the market every five days and sell more than 50 kilograms of eggs for 3.5 yuan. I go to the market six times a month to sell eggs, and I can earn 1,200 to 300 yuan.
It doesn't sound like much, but now the maximum for a large-scale worker in the county is only 20 yuan a day, while a small-time worker only has 10 yuan. Chen Ling's income is half as much as that of a large-scale worker.
If after a while, the chickens and ducks have fully grown, they will at least double in size.
Wang Cunye was initially worried that his son-in-law would lose money on the farm he built, but recently he calculated in private that if it was done safely, he would be able to recoup his capital in one year's gross profit just by selling eggs and duck eggs. .
While feeling surprised, the father-in-law became more and more interested in the farm.
Many people in the village made fun of him.
Why did he work so hard for his son-in-law? The son-in-law didn't give him any money, and he wouldn't show his filial piety to him in the future.
Wang Cunye was not annoyed, but secretly laughed in his heart that these people had narrow vision and did not know what his son-in-law was capable of.
Chen Ling didn't care about this. After the chickens, ducks and geese adapted to the environment, he released them all and let them look for bugs all over the mountains and plains. He also sent two dogs to watch and then knocked them out at night. Hold the basin or tin bucket and call back once, and then take the dog around to pick up eggs.
Other times, he is very free, just tinkering with his fish on the farm.
Now that the place is bigger, it’s not just a matter of fun.
In addition, after a year, the fish school in the cave has become larger and larger, and it is a bit over-reproductive.
At the beginning of the year, he opened two more ponds in the woods, but they still couldn't keep up with the expansion rate of the fish. Now that he has space, he simply stopped bothering in them and started secretly releasing fish out every day.
After a few days like this, the farm's lotus pond, ditch, and small river ditch at the foot of the mountain were all filled with fry and half-sized fish he had released.
As for the big fish that are raised, very few of them are released outside, and those are only used for food at home every now and then.
Fish that grow relatively quickly, such as grass carp and herring, will grow even faster after being put into the cave. In just half a year, they can grow to more than ten kilograms.
The meat tastes firm and delicious, without any muddy smell.
The father-in-law and the mother-in-law sighed after eating several times, saying that no wonder Chen Ling cooked fish for his daughter every day, and her daughter never got tired of it.
The fish meat is good and there are many ways to make it. You will never get tired of eating it.
These are the big fish in the cave. While providing food for the family, they are also constantly producing seeds to reproduce small fish, which can be a good supplement for consumption.
Put out the small fish and keep the big fish.
After a few days, the canals and ponds in the cave became quite empty.
Chen Ling went into the cave and re-planned it.
Common fish are in one pond, ornamental fish are in another pond, and rare fish such as salmon and mullet are in another pond.
Of course, the salmon are too small. They can only be kept in one place alone and cannot be mixed. Now we are trying to see what changes will occur after being put into the cave. Can they be raised larger?
After planning, Chen Ling caught some baby turtles and put them into the ditch at the foot of the mountain.
He owns the mountain, and the river and ditch are naturally his, and he can put it wherever he wants. He is not afraid of people knowing about this kind of thing.
Others, such as red eel, are not acceptable.
Except for a few that he raised at home, he has not let them go outside.
Not even those old turtles like Garlic.
Chen Ling thought that after this year, there would be no strange noises coming out of the reservoir, so he would take Guan Tou and the others to Shanzhong Lake. The place there was large and they would not be bored.
"Shhhhhhh..."
In the morning, Wang Cunye was herding sheep in the orchard, constantly driving away the birds that flew to the ditch to eat fish fry.
This is the disadvantage of only releasing small fish and not large fish.
But big fish are wild enough and too ferocious, like herring, which is like an old turtle at first. It sinks to the bottom of the water and doesn’t like to move. However, the herring raised in the cave is very ferocious and will eat the shells after eating them. Small fish, and often jump out of the water to eat some birds that come to drink water.
If this were released, smaller birds would really not be its opponents.
It's also troublesome to be seen.
"Why don't you bring the kites over? More and more thieves are coming to steal fish and eat them."
Wang Cunye said.
“I can’t bring the kite here, and I’m busy flying around now looking for companions.”
Chen Ling was taking the dog everywhere to pick up eggs and duck eggs. When he heard this, he smiled at his father-in-law: “ I’ll tie up the sticky bird net again. “Actually, there’s nothing wrong with eating small fish, because we don’t really need too many small fish.
Recently, even magpies and storks often fly over and pick up small fish to eat by the channel. When people come over, they have already picked up the fish in their slippery mouths and flew away.
This is certainly due to the great temptation of Dongtian's fish fry, but also because Chen Ling pours buckets of Dongtian spiritual water into lotus ponds and mountain streams all day long.
Now two water canals surround the farm and flow throughout the orchard. Pour a few buckets of spiritual water into the stream at the foot of the mountain. The diluted spiritual water will flow everywhere in the orchard along with the canals to water the fruit trees. At the same time, it also brought vitality to this barren land, and the wild grass and shrubs grew rapidly.
So, it is normal to attract many birds and small animals.
It's okay to eat fish and drink water, as long as it doesn't harm eggs and duck eggs. You must know that magpies and storks are little experts at stealing eggs and meat. Now that the small fish can feed them, there is no need to steal eggs.
In fact, this is because the price of fish is low now, the transportation is not good, and no one comes to collect it. If the fish can be sold, let alone using sticky bird nets, Chen Ling would have already raised his gun and started shooting.
But Wang Cunye felt a little distressed because he couldn't sell it for money. "Give me your slingshot this afternoon. I'll get angry when I see these thieves."
"Okay."
Chen Ling smiled and continued to pick up eggs with his two dogs.
When we reached the small river ditch at the foot of the mountain, because he had put fish in it, there were more water birds, wild ducks, water hyacinths, and rails on the edge of the small river ditch, foraging and playing on the water.
When they found someone coming, the wild duck immediately flew up alertly, the water hyacinth dived into the water, and the corncrake also fled quickly, and the water surface made a splash for a while.
The frogs in the grass by the river also jumped into the river.
It’s just that this small river ditch is still a little turbid and not clear enough. As you get closer, you can see green aquatic plants swaying under the water through the green water, and small fish and shrimps flash and disappear among the grass from time to time.
Suddenly, his eyes stopped, staring at a place and slowly opening his eyes, "Good guy, the duck eggs have fallen into the water."
There are lush aquatic plants at the bottom of the small river ditch, and a few duck eggs are hidden among the aquatic plants. There is a dense layer of small fish fry around the duck eggs, nibbling something on the eggshell.
After Chen Ling opened the water plants, these small fry dispersed in a rush.
Leaving chickens and ducks free of charge saves money on feeding, but that’s the disadvantage. They lay eggs everywhere with all kinds of nooks and crannies. I don’t know what they think.
The same goes for this duck. I don’t know whether it laid its eggs on the shore and slid into the water, or whether it laid its eggs while playing in the water.
Pick them up one by one and put them in the basket.
Chen Ling continued to take the dog with him and asked the dog to help him find it. Otherwise, he would not be able to find everything by himself and would miss too many things.
After finding the eggs and duck eggs, he picked up the hoe and went to the vegetable garden and wheat field to weed, and the dead ears of the wheat field also had to be pulled out.
After finishing these tasks, I will beat the watermelon heads and let the cattle go.
At night, I bang the basin to call the chickens, ducks and geese back.
I have let dogs help drive them away several times in the past, and they are used to it and know that this is calling them to go home.
Every time the sun goes down, Chen Ling stands outside the orchard, holding an iron basin and banging it.
Chickens and ducks, big and small, in the woods on the mountains, in the grass at the foot of the mountains, in the rape fields, gathered in groups and ran towards the orchard. The big chickens and ducks were far ahead with flapping wings, and the little chickens and ducks were far ahead. The ducks, led by the goslings, also swayed and ran very fast.
After entering the orchard, all these guys were dishonest. They swam along the channel, playing with the water, and then swam to their respective nests.
There are a few small pheasants mixed in among the chickens, and they also peck at the snail shells on the edge of the ditch from time to time.
In the end, the dog barked and chased me away several times before I honestly returned to the den.
...
The days passed peacefully like this, but in the last few days of the fourth lunar month, Chen Ling's leisurely days were broken again. It was a matter of Wang Lizian's family.
His family hadn’t been home for several years, and Sannier, who had heard nothing from her, unexpectedly came back.
And he didn’t come back alone, he also brought a young boy in his twenties with him.
The unmarried older girl actually led the young man from outside home.
It is extraordinary that something like this happens in this day and age.
Soon, the whole village knew that the third daughter of Wang Lizian's family had someone outside, and they made a fuss.
You can live with someone else without getting married, you can have multiple abortions, you name it.
I don’t know how Wang Lixian felt after this happened, but it is said that Liu Yuzhi fainted from crying that day, and Aunt Wang also had tears in her eyes, pointing at Sannier and scolding her until she was out of breath. .
"Why do you think such a good man like Li Xian would end up with such a girl?"
During breakfast, Wang Cunye beat his legs and sighed.
“That Nizi is careless.”
Chen Ling shook his head. Sannier also played behind his butt. The wild girl was very fierce and savage. None of her older boys dared to mess with her. At that time, everyone was still young and ignorant. One boy called her mother a mute, and Sannier almost bit her ear off.
The parent came to the door and was hit on the head with a rock by her, which was covered with blood.
Everyone who saw this girl said that her temper was not like that of the Wang Lizian family.
When he grew up, he was really disobedient. He ran away from home early and promised that he would never come back.
I didn’t expect that a few years later, something like this would happen again.
“I heard someone said that they brought back a boy who was six years older than her. Sannier met her while working outside. People in the village said that this boy looked like a goblin, with oily hair and powdery face, and he also fought. Wearing earrings doesn’t look like a serious person,” Gao Xiulan also said.
She has been hanging out with the women in the village recently and is very well-informed.
"Who says it's not the case? He's not a boy, he's not a girl, he doesn't look like a man in charge of his family. How can such a young boy support his family and establish a family?" Wang Cunye sighed again.
"But this disgraced and disgraced girl only likes someone like that. She insists on marrying someone else. Li Xian almost made my mother angry to death."
Although it was someone else's business, Gao Xiulan became more and more angry the more she talked about it. gas.
"If something like this happens, it will be difficult for Li Xian to handle it. Lingzi, you'd better come and have a look. Call Jusheng and let us go together."
Wang Cunye looked at Chen Ling said.
Although this is a troublesome matter, given the relationship between the son-in-law and the Lixian family, how can we ignore it? If you get into trouble, just hide away. Then don't interact with him at all in the future. The village will complain that your son-in-law is ignorant.
"Well, I was just about to say go over and have a look."
Chen Ling came to the farm last night and replaced Wang Cunye. Who would have expected that he would hear about Wang Lixian's family affairs just after he came back.
“Eat first, and then go after breakfast.”
Wang Susu and Gao Xiulan successively reached out to stop him.
She said she was stopping him from eating, but she took the opportunity to tell him that if there was any trouble later, she would tell him not to hit anyone impulsively. In the morning, people in the village were saying that the words of the boy from outside were very irritating.
(End of this chapter)