Chapter 245 Second Injury
“What’s wrong, dad? What’s wrong, dad?”
“Did you find anything?”
Hearing the movement outside, Wang Zhenzhen He ran out of the bamboo forest with a bunch of little kids, each holding a stick in his hand, running around like a group of restless little monkeys.
“It’s a thief, stealing our eggs...”
Wang Cunye pointed at the slightly nervous grass-headed snake on the ground. This snake was surrounded by people. It was also a little panicked now. It slowly curled up and let out waves of threatening hissing sounds.
Unfortunately, it was too greedy and ate too many eggs. It wanted to curl up and make an attack posture, but it couldn't do it.
“Wow, this long worm has held back so many mouse bumps.”
“Nonsense, these are egg bumps, not mouse bumps.”
Seeing this The little ones were so excited about the egg-stealing snake that they waved their sticks and hit the grass-headed snake.
"The thief is a worm, the thief is a worm, beat you to death, you are a thief and a worm!"
How could the grass-headed snake withstand the torment of these monkeys? It was so frightened that it trembled all over and made a frightened "hissing" cry. It's not accurate to say it was a scream, because it panicked and tried to escape, but it swallowed too many eggs and couldn't twist its body. It couldn't use any strength and couldn't turn around.
So he opened his mouth wide, his whole body twitched and squirmed, and made a series of strange sounds.
This lasted for a few seconds, and a surprising scene happened.
The egg eaten by the grass-headed snake was actually slowly spit out.
"Good guy, this snake is so powerful, it can even spit out the eggs it eats."
Liang Yuemin was dumbfounded.
Qin Rongxian was also surprised: "I know snakes steal eggs, but I have never seen them spit out eggs in such a hurry."
Chen Ling had not seen this either, and waved to Wang Zhenzhen and the others to stop. Next: "Don't beat them yet, let the worm spit out the eggs before beating them."
These monkeys get excited when they see wild things.
"Ka-ka-"
Accompanied by bursts of strange and subtle sounds, this thick-bodied grass-headed snake vomited out eggs one after another as if it was vomiting. .
“This long worm is so powerful, it can actually eat six eggs.”
Qin Rong first counted the number of eggs spit out by the grass-headed snake, then squatted down and used a leaf as a cushion to pick up one. The egg looked at it, but there was nothing damaged.
“Yes, if we don’t say that the thieves are infested with insects, it seems that we need to sprinkle some snake repellent in the woods in the next two days.”
Wang Cunye said.
At this time, the little kids next to them had already used sticks to push the grass-headed snake to the side. They were waving the sticks in their hands and shouting "beat the long worm, beat the long worm", and tortured the grass-headed snake. He was so excited that he jumped from the grass into the ditch and rolled on his belly. He couldn't escape even if he tried. That guy was really miserable.
Liang Yuemin glanced at it twice and said: "That's just the time to see Uncle Wang's snake repellent. I've only heard the rich bragging about it before, but I haven't seen it before."
"Haha. , OK, I’ll let you see it tomorrow. I’ll prepare the powder today.”
Wang Cunye scratched his cheek and laughed.
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In the next two days, a few people spread medicinal powder everywhere in the grass of the orchard, and also used hoes to prick and pull out the seedlings.
In fact, where there are grass-headed snakes, there are relatively few other snakes.
But, if you raise chickens and ducks in the wild and often lay eggs everywhere, you will inevitably attract wild things.
Birds, snakes, weasels, and even hedgehogs will come to steal eggs and eat them, so don't be careless.
Sprinkling snake repellent and digging thorns to pull out the seedlings, a few days passed by in a flash.
The weather has been changeable recently, sometimes sunny and sometimes rainy. Liang Yuemin and his son helped here for two days before taking their cattle away, while Chen Ling took a few Weasels called over from near the reservoir and built beautiful nests for them with wooden boards.
Xiao Huang and Xiao Pang really like this cozy little house-like nest.
But the three little weasels didn't like to stay inside. They were looking for tree holes and rabbit holes around the orchard to drill in. Chen Ling didn't bother to care about them.
The purpose of moving them here is to let them cooperate with Heiwa and the two dogs to watch some chickens and ducks. Otherwise, some wild things have strange abilities, and it will be difficult for two dogs to handle them.
Weasels can go into water and climb trees, and are more flexible than dogs.
"When the kite comes back, the sea, land and air will be all over."
Chen Ling looked up at the sky, "Unfortunately, I don't know where that guy went to find a lover."
< br>However, he is not worried about problems with the kite. The current kite has outstanding intelligence and strength, has few natural enemies, and has developed its loyalty and dependence. He will not run away for no reason.
"Don't hatch the eggs outside." He muttered in his heart.
Just as he had this guess, the next day at dusk, the kite, which had not been seen for many days, magically appeared. Like a dirty rag, it hit the eaves of the bamboo house, scaring Chen Ling. Big jump.
I didn’t recognize it as a kite at first sight, but I finally recognized it after looking at it several times.
The kite's feathers were messy, its body was wet, its mouth was slightly open, and its eyes were looking at him tiredly, as if it was very lack of energy.
I stretched out my hand and called it a few times, but it stopped flying to my shoulder.
After approaching and grabbing it, Chen Ling was a little surprised by its condition, "Good guy, why are you injured again?"
He reached out and touched it, and found that the kite's wings were injured, and there were many peck marks on its back, and the wounds were slightly suppurating and worsening.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp..." The kite seemed to be hurt by his touch, and it screamed weakly a few times, and its eyelids were fighting.
"What did you do? Are you like this again?"
Chen Ling let go of his hand, frowned, picked it up in the bamboo basket, picked it up and walked towards the backyard of the farm.
“Chirp, chirp...”
The kite nestled in the bamboo basket and screamed hoarsely, with eyes that seemed angry and helpless.
Chen Ling didn't know what happened to it, but he could tell that it was not injured.
If it’s not a human, it’s more likely to be a bird.
This guy has also become wiser, and his combat power has soared a lot. How can he still be so seriously injured?
“What’s wrong Lingzi?”
"Dad, the kite has flown back. It's this guy who got into trouble outside and got into this bad shape."
Seeing his father-in-law following him, Chen Ling held the bamboo basket with one hand. He ruffled the kite's feathers to show him his injuries.
"Good guy, this is going to suppurate, the injury is serious." Wang Cunye said in shock.
"Yeah, I wonder if there was a fight with the male kite when they were paired."
Chen Ling sighed softly, "Oh, this guy has a fierce temper, and he won't admit defeat if he has a problem." Jiner, you can also find trouble by finding a good partner.”
"Then you raised it. Who's to blame? Hurry up and give it medicine." Wang Cunye said with a smile.
Then he added: "I heard that eagles are solitary before pairing. When paired, those with bad tempers will be more likely to fight. Maybe the same is true for kites."
"But it's possible that it wasn't the male kite. It's been raining a lot recently. If it rained heavily when it was heading back, it might have flown somewhere. It's normal for the kite to be injured and exposed to the rain, and for the wound to suppurate. . ”
When Chen Ling heard this, he thought it was right. He glanced at the kite, who was getting worse and worse, and quickly went to get the medicine box.
First I gave it some spiritual water disguised as a "potion", and then I cleaned its wounds and gave it anti-inflammatory drugs.
The kite was quite obedient in its hands. When the wound was being cleaned, it shivered in pain the whole time but could not avoid it. Wang Cunye greatly appreciated it and also admired his son-in-law's ability to train the kite.
"Take care of it. The injury is healed. In two days we will take it to the mountains to collect herbs. You train it well. It will be great if you can train it to find herbs."
"What a good idea. I'll try it after it recovers."
Chen Ling's eyes lit up.
Hunting, looking for herbs, one falcon can be used for many purposes, it’s really good when you think about it.
The two of them talked and quickly gave the kite good medicine.
Chen Ling continued to put it into the bamboo basket, looked at the kite's messy and sleepy appearance, smacked his lips, and put it under the eaves of the front yard.
You can also watch it here. If it were placed in the backyard woodshed, the kite might have been eaten by something in its current state.
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But this worry will soon cease to be a problem.
There were spiritual water and various medicines. After two or three days, all the wounds on Yaozi's body were scarred, and his spirits were getting better day by day.
The feathers are a little bald after being injured, and the injuries on the wings are not good enough, so I won't be able to fly for a short time. But when it sees strangers coming to the farm, even if it is nestled in a bamboo basket, it will stretch its neck, chirp several times, its eyes are as sharp as knives, and its appearance and aura are extremely fierce.
This made Chen Ling very happy and touched its head approvingly, "You've been bald twice now. Let's call you Erbald from now on."
After that, regardless of whether the kite agreed or not, he hugged his son and wandered outside the farm while humming a tune.
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The kites are showing off today. Wang Lixian and Wang Jusheng came over to play for a while. The peaches on the hillside near the orchard ripened late, but they were very sweet and delicious. Chen Ling brought them and their family together. Called over, we spent the whole morning eating peaches.
The two families brought over a large basket of tender soybeans, also known as edamame.
Knowing that Chen Ling is a delicious food, in addition to edamame, I also gave him a lot of broad beans.
After lunch, Gao Xiulan began to clean up the pile of edamame.
"Li Xian's family gave us a lot of edamame, why not make some edamame?" Gao Xiulan suggested.
"Okay, it wouldn't be a bad idea to make some moldy beans. Otherwise, you'll grow old if you don't finish them all." Wang Susu answered, holding her son in her arms and walking slowly.
Moldy beans are not part of the local cuisine. They were made by Wang Qingzhong and Guo Xinping who learned them from other places when they were selling grain.
Fenglei Town is located at the junction of three provinces, and there are many traders coming and going, but they don’t know where this dish belongs.
But after learning how to make it, the whole family loves to eat it.
Chen Ling also tasted it when he took Wang Susu back last year and thought it was pretty good.
Actually, this stuff has a similar taste to fermented bean curd, and the processing methods are also similar.
Peel the plump and tender soybeans, boil them, and put them in a bamboo basket to let them grow mold naturally.
With weather like this, the beans will ferment and become soft in about two days.
Put it into the pot again, add water and seasonings, cook it, put it into a pickle jar and seal it for storage.
Normally, you can eat it for a month or two and it won't go bad.
Whether you eat rice or steamed buns, you can add some mold beans for seasoning. It has a unique fragrance and is very appetizing.
You can also use molded beans as the main ingredient, put it in a large bowl, add water, and then put the pork belly, fried tofu, etc. cut into small pieces into it. When steaming the buns, steam them out in one pot and mix them with local The three major steamed dishes are made in the same way.
It tastes good and goes well with rice.
"Mom, you can make moldy beans, don't make them all. First boil some salted edamame and mix it with broad beans to satisfy your craving. Dad and I will drink some wine in the evening." Chen Ling quickly reminded.
Molded beans are quite delicious, but Chen Ling still likes to eat them fresh and shelled. What a great dish to go with wine.
"I know, I don't know you yet." Gao Xiulan glanced at her son-in-law and smiled.
Then he poured the shelled edamame out of the basket, put it into the basin, took the scissors, and prepared to cut off the head and tail.
The son-in-law is greedy for delicious food, so I prepare it for him first to save him from making endless noises.
“I’ve made moldy beans, how about making bean paste too? I see Lingzi uses it a lot when cooking.” Gao Xiulan said.
"No, mom, please stop working so hard. I bought a lot of Doubanjiang."
Chen Ling waved her hand, feeling very sorry for the old messenger calling her mother-in-law.
"Buy, buy, buy, you know how to buy. Now that you have Ruirui, you don't know how to save more money. We can make it at home, so why spend that money on it?" Gao Xiulan couldn't hear the word "buy" the most. , People who have endured hardship are like this. They would rather be busy than spend money on random purchases.
"Your mother is right. Ruirui doesn't know how to run around now. It's time to have some free time. Just make whatever you need." Wang Cunye was grinding his nails with the head of a sickle next to him. He also followed suit.
Seeing this, Wang Susu glanced at Chen Ling with a smile and said to her parents: "Okay, then I will also be busy, and I just want to pickle some salted eggs."
When Chen Ling heard this, he thought to himself: Pickled salted eggs are good. You can cook a few if you want to eat them. It is most convenient to make porridge in the morning.
"I'm going to pick out some duck eggs."
Chen Ling stood up, picked the basket and left. Pickled salted eggs are more delicious than duck eggs.
Duck eggs are indeed suitable for pickling salted eggs, but are not suitable for steaming and eating.
“Here, the broad beans for you and your son-in-law to go with the wine are already in the kitchen. Let’s cook them together.”
After the edamame was cut and Gao Xiulan was washed, she pushed it in front of Wang Cunye.
Wang Cunye raised his head in astonishment: "Why did you wake me up here?"
"Where is Zhenzhen? Zhenzhen, where did you go? Come back soon to cook edamame."< br>
He wanted to call his little daughter to help, but the little monkey had already disappeared.
"Dad, please don't worry about it. A Ling and I will cook it later." Wang Susu said upon seeing this.
"No, no, no, I can do this. Don't you know your father? You can't be blamed for drinking wine." Wang Cunye picked up the cut edamame with a smile and went to the kitchen in the backyard of the farm.
"Your father has also learned to be lazy recently. He is just like an animal. He can't do anything if he doesn't do it regularly."
After the old man left, Gao Xiulan couldn't help laughing.
"Mother."
Wang Susu scolded, "Look what you said, my father is such a good person."
"Haha, your dad is very good. Even though you have gotten married in the past two years and life has become easier, he always wants to be lazy."
The mother and daughter were talking and laughing.
Not long after, Rui Rui’s cry sounded in the hospital. Needless to say, it was time to breastfeed again.
After Wang Susu fed Ruirui, she rolled up her sleeves and went to the backyard.
She took out one of the pickle jars, wiped off the dust, and put it in the sun to dry.
This can play a sterilizing effect on the pickle jar.
At this time, Chen Ling also picked out most of the basket of duck eggs, all of which were large and double yellow duck eggs.
Wang Susu carefully scrubbed the duck eggs clean one by one, placed them in a ventilated place to dry, and then wiped some wine on the surface.
Then, Wang Susu found an old earthenware basin, took some plant ashes from the kitchen, poured some water in, sprinkled a handful of salt in it, and stirred it up.
Chen Ling was watching his father-in-law cooking edamame in the kitchen, and walked over when he saw his wife busy at work.
"This is dirty, let me do it." How to wrap duck eggs, he saw other people doing it.
It’s not a difficult thing, he can do it just by looking at it.
"You go about your business, I'll do it." Wang Susu smiled and waved to him.
Chen Ling wanted to join in the fun, "Then let me help you. I really don't know how to pickle salted eggs. You sit down and command me, and we will work together."
As he said Then he squatted down.
Wang Susu said with a smile, "Okay, okay, let's go together."
You are strong, you have the final say.
Pickling duck eggs is very simple. Chen Ling quickly wrapped a duck egg without Wang Susu's instructions.
It only takes about an hour to prepare half a basket of duck eggs.
Wang Susu brought the dried jar to Chen Ling, "Just put it inside, one by one gently."
"Okay." Chen Ling carefully picked up the duck eggs one by one, put them gently into the jar, and closed the lid.
After finishing it, I carried the jar from the kitchen to the warehouse and put it together with the pickled vegetable jar and the wine jar.
At this time, the father-in-law also boiled the edamame and broad beans out of the pot. After taking them out of the pot, let them cool before eating.
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In the evening, with the cool night breeze blowing, the father-in-law and his father-in-law were sitting in the courtyard of the farm, drinking wine with the salty edamame and broad beans. It's so comfortable.
"Tomorrow I will go to the mountains to collect herbs. I left a mark last time. Will you follow me?"
"Okay, just go. I have nothing to do tomorrow."
While chatting while drinking sweet fruit wine, Weng and his son-in-law discussed going to the mountains to collect herbs together tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)