Chapter 291 The Missed Person
I harvested honey. When I went back, I gave some to Liang Hongyu’s family. I got home just in time for lunch.
The Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, and Wang Qingwen’s family and two grandsons are also here, so the mother-in-law still cooked two meat dishes for lunch.
Although it is simple, with one eel plate and the other fried chicken nuggets, it is still rich compared to ordinary people.
Cut a few salted duck eggs, mix some freshly picked side dishes from the vegetable field with tofu as a cold dish, make a plate of crispy fried peanuts, sprinkle some sugar and you're done.
Seeing this, Chen Ling also got into the kitchen and added two dishes.
Didn’t I just harvest so much honey?
I made honey yam and honey steamed eggs.
I won’t talk about honey yam, but the key point is this honey steamed egg. Eggs at home are better than ordinary eggs.
Crush the egg liquid and mix well, add honey and water. After steaming out of the pot, the whole steamed egg will rise, slippery and bouncy, showing a crystal light yellow amber color. Look It goes up like jelly, as if it has a kind of gelatin.
At the same time, the aroma of eggs and honey was stimulated by the steam of the hot pot, and the aroma filled the dining table.
Put a mouthful into your mouth with a spoon. You don’t need to chew it at all. Just lick it with your tongue and the steamed egg will “sizzle” down your throat and slide down.
It only leaves a strong fragrance in your mouth, and among the strong fragrance, there is also the sweetness of honey, which makes you have endless aftertaste.
It’s amazing.
After lunch, it is very pleasant to have a cup of honey mint tea, sit in a pavilion outside the farm, play chess, drink tea, and let the cool mountain breeze blow.
As for the meal in the evening, I didn’t make any special preparations. It was just a simple meal, because tomorrow Chen Ling was going to take his family to Yaowang Temple to burn incense.
After dinner in the evening, I packed up my things. This trip was originally intended to take Wang Susu and her children out to play.
So you need to prepare all kinds of things such as diapers. As the saying goes, a poor family will get rich, so don’t panic when you bring enough things to be useful.
Everything was ready and the car was borrowed. Unexpectedly, it started to rain when we were leaving in the morning.
The autumn rain began to fall in a steady patter. It was not heavy at all, but it had been raining all morning and showed no sign of stopping.
Helplessly, the travel plan was interrupted, and Chen Ling's family had no choice but to put away their things again and stay at home to wait for the rain to stop.
As for Chen Ling himself, after replying letters of thanks to his pen pals, he had nothing to do, so he went to the hunting equipment room and started messing around.
First, tidy up the heads of the two muntjacs.
One was picked up from the mouth of a local leopard, and the other was taken back from the mouth of a male wolf. They are both well preserved.
In addition to the muntjac, the newly added wild boar tusks have also been slightly tidied up.
After finishing these, he wrote back his hunter's notes and added the latest badgers, foxes, leopards, and wolfdogs.
“This guy is getting thicker and thicker as he writes. The story of the causes and emotions are quite readable... If this continues, maybe he will be able to publish a book in the future. Well, it will be called [Qinling Mountains] [Hunter King], and then put a picture of a dog and an eagle on the cover, wow, how majestic it is.”
Chen Ling laughed and thought for a while, then closed the [Hunter Notes] and put it back. .
Then he locked the door of the hunting equipment room and entered the cave.
He came in to see the bumble bees and wanted to see if there were any changes in the ones he brought in yesterday.
The time to get to the cave is not short.
He discovered that things in the outside world, such as birds, animals, insects, and fish, would undergo very drastic changes in the first three days or even the first day after entering the cave.
Just like the original big cock.
And later two red eels.
The common red eel is not as mysterious as people rumored.
Apart from the color, they are no different from eels. The wild ones grow very slowly.
But Chen Ling's two red eels were different. They grew rapidly, growing to more than 30 centimeters in a month under people's eyes.
This is also the reason why Bobcat and Professor Han were so surprised that they even paid a high price.
Even if Chen Ling dropped the bag, the ones given to them were not the first two.
After they brought it back, they also made quite a few research discoveries.
And this bee, not to mention it.
Especially the worker bee, which is originally an incompletely developed female bee.
When they are in their larval stage, they are closest to the throne of the queen bee.
So much so that many artificially bred queen bees help worker bees change their lives in their larval stage.
When something happens to the queen bee in a bee colony, the worker bees rush to build a queen bee, secrete royal jelly, and cultivate the queen bee.
But after missing the larval stage, those who are already worker bees will always be worker bees, and will never have the chance to change their destiny and become the queen bee.
But now that they have entered the cave and come into contact with the rich spiritual energy in it, the opportunity to change their fate that they once missed and failed to grasp is once again placed in front of them.
The rich spiritual energy will cause their bodies to undergo drastic changes again and start a new transformation.
The best among them will seize the opportunity to become the queen bee.
The remaining worker bees may not have any changes on the surface, but when it comes to reproducing offspring, such as the drone bees, the mutated genes buried deep in their bodies will play a decisive role.
If such a drone mates with a queen bee, that guy will be awesome.
This is the same as red eel.
Ordinary red eels are caused by genetic mutations under the influence of living environment and other factors. The offspring will return to the color of normal eels and become rice eels.
But Chen Ling’s two branches gave birth to new branches, and their offspring were all red.
This is why Chen Ling is more concerned and wants to come in and take a look.
There were probably hundreds of bees collected yesterday, and he simply trapped them in the thatched house.
After entering the cave, two queen bees transformed.
Now that the bees have been divided, they are planning to build a nest in the thatched house.
Chen Ling used his mind to control the bees and divided them into two places to prevent them from building nests in the thatched house.
While dividing, he also carefully observed the changes that occurred after the two swarms of bees entered the cave.
"One color is darker, the black is heavier, and the other color is golden, the yellow is more prominent..."
Chen Ling mused, "Looking at it this way, it's like the whole swarm of bees collected at the beginning. , the change with the queen bee is the smallest.”
“Is it because the queen bee is not anxious, and there is no survival crisis?”
“Is this still necessary? Collect a few more bees for observation.”
Then he suppressed his thoughts and returned to the front and back of the hut.
In the water channel in front and behind the hut, the population of red eels is getting stronger and stronger, floating in bright red colors. The first two red eels are now more than one meter long, extremely fat, with long whiskers, and they start swimming. Behind us were schools of fish, large and small, swimming in the channels, which was very spectacular.
Especially now that they have two small claws on the top of their heads, which really look like two red dragon kings.
Many fish have small fish like this, and they don’t have horns or anything like that, so there’s nothing strange about them.
Chen Ling waved his hand towards the canal, and the water splashed in the canal, and the red eels flew to the shore one after another. He then summoned a knife from the thatched house and killed them simply.
The dishes for dinner are ready.
This eel is delicious and very nourishing to the body. As the saying goes, Xiaoshu eel is better than ginseng. The red eel in his cave is not inferior to ordinary ginseng, and there are no disadvantages of overdosing it.
Good things are good things, but in places where they are not sold now, the number of fry is still increasing. Why don’t we eat so many fish?
“Well, it’s time to put some of these golden pheasants outside.”
Chen Ling washed his hands and walked slowly behind the hut.
There is a group of golden pheasants here, running back and forth among the flowers, constantly pecking at mature grass seeds.
Seeing him, some were not afraid and continued to go their own way, while others flew up to the fruit trees and watched him quietly, very wary.
Just be afraid, and let those who are afraid of him out later.
Chen Ling smiled and stamped his feet and waved his hands to drive them away, and the golden pheasants on the tree flew up. Each one has bright red feathers, and there is a gold crown on its head, like a phoenix, it is really beautiful.
Now after more than a year, they have started to multiply in the cave sky, and it’s time to release a few outside.
Just do it.
I ducked out of the cave. It was still raining outside.
He found an umbrella, called Hei Wa, and left the farm.
After leaving the farm, we headed straight towards Nanshan.
There are no wild animals on Nanshan Mountain.
After these golden pheasants were released, there were relatively few natural enemies, and the number of survivors was far greater than that in Xishan and Beishan.
As for whether rainy days will be a problem, Chen Ling is not worried at all.
When they arrived at Nanshan Mountain, they released the golden pheasants and watched them flying around in the forest in the rain. Chen Ling laughed heartily.
“Let you be afraid of me.”
“It’s right to be afraid of me. After I release you, I’ll worry about finding you if you see me.”
Then he glanced at Hei Wa and said, "Let's go and continue to the old place to see if there are any traces of leopards."
Hei Wa understood the meaning instantly and ran ahead in the rain, exploring the road and sniffing The smell.
Of course rain will wash away the smell.
However, a beast like a leopard eats a huge amount of food, so it is impossible not to come out to drink water and find food.
Walk along the river and see if there are any footprints left. It rains and the footprints are clear, making it easier to find than usual.
For nearly an hour, I walked to the old place and walked around the nearby rivers and water sources.
There are discoveries, but the results are still very disappointing.
"Looking at these footprints, they were several days ago. They must have suffered a loss at our hands, so they came to the water to drink and hunt. After filling their stomachs, they left Nanshan."
< br>Chen Ling looked at the string of leopard footprints left by the river and the bones of two small wild boars at the edge of the woods, and was sure that the time was not too short.
“Damn, this leopard is eyeing wild boars. Does it specifically eat wild boars?”
But I think of those wild boar cubs at home.
Chen Ling couldn't help but smack his lips. The wild boar meat was indeed delicious, and the roasted suckling pig was the most fragrant.
This leopard is quite discerning, but he has no fate with him.
He originally thought that if he could find it, he would take it into the cave and treat its injuries. If he had a chance to catch it again in the future, he would raise it and have a few litters of cubs.
Let it out when hunting, it makes you excited just thinking about it.
It's a pity that I couldn't find it.
So I had to go back. When I was going home, I turned to the reservoir and looked at the garlic and them.
I collected some water from the reservoir and played in the cave sky with clouds and rain, lightning and thunder, and then I went home after having fun.
On the 17th day of the eighth lunar month, although the rain stopped for a while, it started raining again in the middle of the morning.
This made Chen Ling very depressed: "I finally wanted to go out, but I still can't."
After saying that, Chen Ling became even more depressed when he saw his wife sitting on the bedside with one hand holding the baby in one hand and flipping through the book of medicinal botany with the other without even thinking about talking to him.
I had no choice but to walk over and pick up my son, walk around in the upstairs corridor outside, and watch the rain scene with my son.
After wandering for a while, someone suddenly called him.
"Fugui, come out and play chess."
He followed the voice and saw that it was Chen Dazhi standing in the corridor next to the lotus pond waving to him.
Huh? When did Chen Dazhi come?
Chen Ling glanced outside the farm, and it seemed that his father-in-law and uncle were also there.
He went back to the room, handed his son to Wang Susu, and went out under his umbrella.
When I walked outside the farm, I saw a few people sitting in the pavilion in the bamboo forest, "Oh, Brother Dazhi, Grandpa Fourth, when did you come here?"
Chen Dazhi smiled when he saw him. : "I've been here for a while, and we've played several games of chess. We thought you were taking advantage of the rainy day to sleep back in your cage, so we didn't call you."
At this time, Chen Gannian, who was sitting next to the chessboard, also looked over, "Were Fugui looking at the doll just now?"
Chen Ling was suddenly stunned.
When Chen Gannian saw him most of the time, he would call his father's name and rarely call him by his nickname.
If you don’t recognize him as his father now, then you are sober.
He said quickly: "Yes, bring the baby."
"Is the baby easy to take care of, or not?"
"It's not bad these days. It's getting cold, so I fell asleep for two hours in the morning and didn't make any noise."
"Oh, that's good. . ”
Although Chen Gannian was awake, his old eyes were still a little cloudy.
Chen Ling said, it’s raining outside now, so he might as well move the chessboard home to play.
As soon as he spoke, his father-in-law and uncle also agreed and invited them in.
While walking home, Chen Dazhi told him in a low voice.
I don’t know what happened to Chen Gannian this morning, and he stayed awake for a long time.
I didn’t eat in the morning, so I went up the mountain and stayed in front of the Fourth Grandma’s grave for a while.
The fourth grandma disappeared around this time last year, the difference was less than a month.
The old man may be feeling uncomfortable again.
After I got home and had dinner, I went around the village to visit some old friends from previous years.
Chen Yongsheng and his wife had nothing to do.
After following him for a while, Chen Dazhi saw him and took the old man to visit several houses in the village.
When I was about to go back at the end, I met Wang Cunye leading the cow and the little yellow dog to the farm. They said a few words. The fourth grandfather knew that this was Chen Ling’s father-in-law, so he said whatever he wanted. I followed him, and I didn’t follow him for anything.
He just pulled Wang Cunye to talk.
Wang Cunye didn't feel dissatisfied, so he called Wang Qingwen and played chess with the two of them outside the farm, talking while playing chess.
"Fugui, why are you still hanging half of a leopard's tail? Is there another leopard on Beishan Mountain behind you?"
I led them to the first floor of the bamboo building and just made tea for the two of them. After tea was served and the chessboard was placed, Chen Gannian pointed to the leopard tail hanging on the pillar under the eaves outside the house and asked.
Chen Ling was greatly surprised when he heard this, "Fourth Grandpa, do you know this is a leopard tail?"
"You must know him then. When I was young, I saw people hunting leopards on Beishan Mountain."
The old man took off his liberation cap, wiped the rain from the back of his head, and said casually.
"This..."
Chen Ling and his father-in-law looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.
Not to mention their husband and wife, Wang Lixian asked all the elderly in the village at that time.
Wasn’t it just that the fourth grandfather was left out?
No one would have thought that this confused old man would know such a thing.
(End of this chapter)