Chapter 271 Xiao Jin also has friends.
The weather today is quite good. My father-in-law rushed to the county to see off Wang Zhenzhen. Chen Ling had no choice but to go to the mountain to pick green persimmons.
In autumn, the mountains are full of fruits. The trees and vines are covered with green and red wild fruits.
Chen Ling, carrying a basket on his back with Erbaluzi, Xiaojin and three little yellow mice, passed by the Tutu Temple and walked into the Western Mountain. His eyes went from the wild dates, pomegranates and grapes at the foot of the mountain to the hawthorns and walnuts on the mountainside. , chestnut, and finally persimmon, and kiwi fruit.
Wild persimmon trees on the mountain are quite common, but they are unevenly distributed. Moreover, most of the trees are generally around several decades old and very strong.
Lower branches can be completely withstood by an adult standing on them.
Look up and look carefully. You can also find one or two red persimmons at this time.
Although these persimmons are not yet fully ripe and taste astringent, there are ways to accelerate ripening after picking them and taking them home.
For example, if you put some white wine on it and put it with some bad grapes or bad apples, it will become soft and sweet in five or six days.
It just tastes not as good as naturally matured ones.
"Xiao Jin, take them around to see if there are any honeycombs nearby?"
Chen Ling waved his hand and asked Xiao Jin to take the little weasels to search for honeycombs, while he began to pull the branches of the persimmon tree. pick.
No one has pruned the wild persimmon trees, and most of the branches are decorated low with fruits.
I just picked a lot, and suddenly I felt a little bit of coolness on my face, as if fine raindrops fell on my face. I stretched out my hand and touched it, it was wet, and I suddenly understood...
Damn it, it’s the cicada on the tree that pees.
Chen Ling looked up, kicked at the tree, and several cicadas made a "squeak" sound and flapped their wings and flew away.
“You dare to pee on me, you two bald man, go and catch it for me.”
At the command, a ferocious harrier flew out of a tree not far away, and I don’t know how it took action. Yes, those cicadas were placed at Chen Ling's feet in a short while.
And it returned to the tree by itself, looking around, obviously not interested in such a small thing.
Chen Ling looked down and saw that a few cicadas were still alive, so he pinched off their wings and threw them aside, waiting for the little weasels to come back and eat them. Those little guys are not picky eaters, and they are not afraid of raw or cold food. Just eat.
Picking persimmons is pretty quick.
However, Chen Ling did not specifically grab a tree to dig up.
Instead, I walked around nearby, picking all the green persimmons on the big and small persimmon trees, regardless of size, in the low places.
Just pick it casually, and you will have a basket full of green persimmons and two large snakeskin bags.
In the middle, I saw two bald birds’ nests built by two persimmon trees. Inside were young birds that had just hatched. When I saw the two bald birds flying around, I poked my head out of the nest. It was chirping with its mouth open, as if it thought the big bird had returned to its nest and was begging for food.
Fortunately, Erbaldie is not hungry now, and he is not short of food every day. His targets are always pheasants, hares, or his old enemy, the magpie.
So turn a blind eye to these young birds.
I got tired of being called, so I flew up into the air, flying back and forth in the high air above Chen Ling's head, circling back and forth.
"It's autumn, and there are still a lot of birds hatching their babies."
Chen Ling didn't go a few steps further. In addition to the white-headed weevil, he also found many bird nests. It is also a guy with a relatively long breeding period.
"It's very good. These birds have strong skins. Let's put a few of them in the cave some other day and study them."
Recently, he and several pen pals wrote letters to brag and talked to each other in the air. They were very passionate because they were in the cave. After tinkering around with paper mulberry, I got some movement.
It will greatly increase his confidence and prepare him to cultivate some new species of birds when he is bored.
When I don’t want to raise too many chickens and ducks in the future.
You can also hang a circle of bird cages on the farm, which is a good selling point for bird watching without leaving home.
While he was thinking about it, Xiao Jin's dog barked from afar. Although the bark was not urgent or panicky, it had a strong warning tone.
“Er Baldy, take me there.”
Hearing that the voice was not close, Chen Ling quickly gestured to the kite in the sky, put away the green persimmons and hurried over.
He often goes up the mountain and is in good health. His speed is not slow. Soon he saw Xiao Jin leading three weasels from a distance, roaring with bared teeth, and confronting two small brown-gray beasts with rolling flesh. .
“Damn, it’s a badger again. Are badgers really a disaster recently?”
Chen Ling was stunned when he saw these two little beasts. Grandma's were two more pigs and badgers.
And these two pig badgers are not too big. Although they are full of meat, they are not as thick as the badgers seen before. They are probably still little ones born last year and just came out of the nest this year.
Seeing Chen Ling running over aggressively, Xiao Jin and the three weasels became more and more fierce after Chen Ling came over, especially the three little weasels, jumping up and down, pretending to be fierce.
The two badgers were so frightened that they turned around and ran away.
So this battle was declared over before the official confrontation.
However, after the badger escaped, Xiao Jin and the little weasels did not go to Chen Ling to claim credit as usual.
Instead, he took small steps and walked to a stone ditch covered with lush weeds and shrubs.
The stone ditch on the mountain here is formed by the erosion of water over the years. It used to be a stream on the west mountain, and would flow to the ditch at the foot of the west mountain and the old river bend in the south mountain.
But after a major earthquake, some streams were cut off and diverted, and all flowed into Yerengou, forming the current mountain lake.
Chen Ling followed them into the wild grass in the stone ditch.
The two bald men also fell from the gap in the forest, walking slowly and following Chen Ling step by step.
After walking a few steps, Chen Ling heard a sad and wailing sound of "Ouch~Ouch~".
Looking in the direction of Xiaojin and the others, it turned out that under the cover of the grass, under a thick old tree root, there was a fox hole.
At this time, there was a fox with red hair, with the front half of its body exposed, lying in front of the cave and howling.
Seeing them approaching, his screams became more miserable, and his brown eyes as bright as amber became alert. He unexpectedly got out of the cave and stood up with trembling legs.
"What's going on? Is this fox injured?"
Chen Ling saw that the fox was a little abnormal. After a closer look, sure enough, there were stains of blood on the ground near the fox's hole, staining the withered yellow leaves red. .
Looking closer, it turns out that there are still a few little foxes in the grass next to the fox hole, but the situation is quite miserable.
Only two little foxes were left alive, and the rest had no rising and falling stomachs, so they were obviously dead.
Seeing this situation, Chen Ling immediately understood what was going on.
It was obvious that two badgers came out to find a ready-made nest to live in and found the fox's hole.
Maybe the female fox was not in the hole at that time.
So a few fox cubs suffered.
This kind of thing is very common in the mountains.
It stands to reason that a fox can give birth to at least six or seven fox cubs in a litter, but no more than three will survive.
It is because of the harsh environment in the wild that the cubs are either eaten by natural enemies or starve to death due to lack of food.
It is extremely normal.
But when most people encounter this kind of situation on the mountain, they basically take care of it if they can, and save it if they can. Unless they are more stupid or jerks, they will take the opportunity to get rid of the fox den and go back to kill the meat. Selling skins.
"Xiao Jin, go over and restrain it. I'll look at their injuries."
Chen Ling greeted, not only Xiao Jin rushed forward, but also the little weasel. They came forward and worked together to subdue the female fox.
It was said that it was subdued, but in fact it was just Xiao Jin who pinned it to the ground. The female fox was still struggling to resist and let out a sad cry.
It thought Chen Ling was going to hurt its child too.
It wasn’t until after a while that I saw Chen Ling taking out bamboo tubes and placing them in front of him, applying medicine and water to his children, that he gradually calmed down, and stared blankly at Chen Ling’s movements. Xiao Jin held down the hole and stopped resisting.
Foxes are spiritual.
They are smart and cunning, with high IQs. Even if they are wary of humans, they can still distinguish between goodwill and hostility. "Good guy, you are a badger after all. This wound is really deep."
Chen Ling had no intention of observing the reaction of the female fox. He was currently holding a little fox in his hand and looking at it.
I saw a long gash on the little fox's back, the skin and flesh were opened, and the injuries were horrific.
Like other little foxes, it was not bitten to death by a badger, but was caught on its back by its claws, and was almost cut in half by the sharp badger's claws.
“This one can still be saved, but the rest cannot.”
Chen Ling shook his head. Apart from the two slightly injured ones and the dying one, there were a total of three little foxes alive.
If he hadn't checked it carefully again, he would have considered this little guy dead.
After feeding two more drops of spiritual water, my breathing slowly recovered.
Something like spiritual water.
Using it when you are in good health is completely different from using it when you are seriously injured and dying.
In this situation, the spiritual water can only treat injuries and restore vitality.
So Chen Ling doesn’t need to think too much when using it for these injured little foxes.
After applying the medicine, the female fox was also checked. The female fox was not seriously injured.
After a brief handling, he took Xiaojin and the others and slowly retreated.
Watching the mother fox picking up her babies one by one and returning them to the hole. After putting them away, she returned to the entrance of the hole and looked at them secretly, with a pair of eyes in the dim hole. Glow slightly.
Chen Ling then turned around and returned the same way.
In the next few days, besides taking care of the baby, Chen Ling was busy making persimmon wine at home.
Making persimmon wine is more complicated than wine.
Before brewing, it needs to be steamed in a pot, which is similar to rice wine.
The astringency of persimmons is removed after steaming.
Then again wait for it to cool and harden.
At this time, slice the persimmons, add the koji, stir well.
After that, it is sealed and brewed in a vat.
After fermentation is completed, pour everything into the big pot.
A wine steamer is placed on the pot for distillation.
The distilled product is persimmon wine.
But in terms of details, such as removing the head of the wine, putting wheat bran on the side of the wine pot, and filtering with cotton cloth.
It all depends on how you master it.
In short, persimmon wine is not difficult to make.
Just brew it and don’t drink it randomly.
Persimmon wine brewed by inexperienced people may have a high alcohol content and may cause you to lose consciousness after just one or two sips.
This point must be paid careful attention to.
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The weather was not very good that afternoon. After Chen Ling waited for his son to fall asleep, he leaned on the table and wrote letters to his pen pal, and did not go out to wander around again.
Wang Susu took advantage of her son's deep sleep to talk to Zhang Qiaoling and other women from the village who came to visit them outside the farm.
These corn cobs are edible. People came to bring some corn cobs to their family, and also stopped by to talk to Wang Susu.
After a long time, when everyone had left, Wang Susu suddenly ran back downstairs and shouted: "Aling, I really saw a fox in the reeds by the river just now, especially Are you here to steal some chickens and ducks?”
“Why don’t you call Heiwa and take a look?”
The orchard outside the farm is quite large, with thirty acres of land. , Heiwa and Xiaojin can't even look at it.
However, due to their power, they patrol around every day and urinate to leave a good smell. Most wild beasts would not dare to offend them.
"Fox? I'll go out and have a look."
Chen Ling got up and walked out, wondering if it was the fox he rescued a few days ago.
Just call Er Baldy and go outside along the bluestone path in the orchard to look for him.
At this time, Wang Zhenzhen, Liu Nier and others were beating around in the reeds with bamboo poles.
Chen Ling walked over and took a look. It was just a series of footprints.
When Heiwa Xiaojin was called over from the mountain, there was no reaction from the coquettish guy, and the hostility was not obvious.
Seeing this, he didn't take it to heart.
Unexpectedly, Wang Zhenzhen came here to play on Sunday the next day, and said he saw a fox, running around in the reeds, and quickly disappeared.
She chased for a long time with a few little dolls, but she couldn't catch up at all.
When Chen Ling heard this, he secretly paid attention to it and guarded the reeds in the river ditch for two days.
This defense was incredible. He had thought it was some other wild fox, who had thought it would appear near the farm, but it was actually the one he met on the mountain before.
This fox is moving, so it has been scurrying and running around in the reeds for two days.
But it doesn’t move alone.
There is actually a helper.
This helper is none other than Xiao Jin, who was raised by his family.
A dog and a fox, one behind the other, shuttled through the reeds with small steps.
From time to time, they wagged their tails and played with each other.
Chen Ling was dumbfounded.
It was rare for him to see Xiaojin play with anything else.
Even Heiwa is only close, but they don't play much, let alone other native dogs. They always show submission in front of Xiaojin.
Unexpectedly, as the little bully of the forest, Xiao Jin was now playing so happily with this fox.
And with its keen sense of smell and hearing, it naturally knew that Chen Ling was nearby, so it brought the fox to him while playing, wagging its head and tail coquettishly towards Chen Ling, as if to say: "Look , This is the friend I made.”
As for the female fox, she was still a little cautious, watching Chen Ling quietly by the river ditch five or six meters away.
"People say that foxes are friends with dogs, and foxes are friends with dogs. You really live up to that sentence. No wonder I didn't even touch fox fur in the past two days. It turns out that this fox got together with you."< br>
Chen Ling touched Xiao Jin's head to reassure him, and then waved to the fox: "You are Xiao Jin's friend, our own friend. You are welcome to be our guest."
Of course the fox couldn't understand human words, but when he saw Chen Ling waving, he still took small steps, stopped and walked around in the grass, stopped two meters away from him, squatted on the spot, and looked Looking at him, he whimpered softly at Xiao Jin uneasily.
This is obviously still a bit unfamiliar.
Seeing that they looked like two little kids, Chen Ling patted Xiao Jin's neck and couldn't help but smile: "It's rare to make friends, so you can go play, I won't hinder you."< br>
After that, he left slowly.
With Xiao Jin's approval, the fox will naturally not come here to harm the chickens and ducks, so he has nothing to worry about and take precautions.
I don’t even know where the fox’s new home is. If it’s near the farm, the little foxes will be much safer here.
(End of this chapter)