Chapter 352 Digging bamboo shoots and fighting dogs
Only three days after the pregnancy was confirmed, Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan rushed over from Fenglei Town.
The two elders are so happy.
The son-in-law’s family is already small, so he still has to work harder to have a baby.
The family must be lively and lively. Only then will the life be prosperous and the children and grandchildren prosperous.
The father-in-law and mother-in-law came again, helping to take care of the children, do some farm work, and deal with miscellaneous things on the farm.
Chen Ling felt much more relaxed all of a sudden.
There is also time to let horses and walk dogs, and time to run in the mountains.
He is also thinking about taking the ornamental fish to the city in a few days to try out the price.
Spring rain is as precious as oil.
This year's spring rain has made people eagerly await it, and it finally started raining today.
The spring rain is like cow hair, like fine needles, refreshing and cool, crystal clear.
Dense drizzle was flying over the vast fields, and it was completely white.
Like smoke, like fog, like dust.
Lingering, like endless silver threads, descending overwhelmingly.
From time to time, thin ripples and circles of light ripples appeared in the large and small puddles.
In the lingering spring rain, the poultry and livestock on the farm became happy.
The geese and ducks spread their wings, quacked, and turned in circles to welcome the baptism of the spring rain.
A group of native chickens also kept fluttering their feathers and letting the rain fall on them.
The sheep in the sheepfold and the mules and horses in the barn have also been barking impatiently.
When Chen Ling and his wife saw this, after milking the goats, they released all these guys and let them have fun in the orchard. They didn't care whether they were running, jumping, or playing in ditches and ditches.
Even the big dogs, puppies and kites at home were let out to let them welcome the baptism of the spring rain.
The two of them held their son in the pavilion in the bamboo forest and talked some intimate words, waiting for Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan to come here to eat.
“Yeah~”
At this time, Ruirui on Chen Ling’s lap let out a cry of joy, showing his white and tender little teeth, and his two little hands spread their teeth and claws, smiling happily in the direction of the farm. shouted.
But the little cat saw everything in the house and ran out, so he also tried to run out.
This little thing has never traveled such a long distance.
The sneaky and cautious look made Ruirui feel very amused. She stretched out her hand as if reaching out to catch a kitten.
At this time, there was a sound of "woof, woof" dogs barking. It was the little dogs who were having fun in the orchard to drive away the chickens and ducks.
The little cat heard the familiar cry, slipped away quickly, and ran over.
Go and snap at the chickens and ducks with the little kids.
Unexpectedly, the leader of the chickens and ducks was offended. Several big geese leaped up from the ditch, took the chickens and ducks with them, flapped their wings, chased and pecked at them, and killed the group. The naughty little guy ran away after being chased.
Soon, in the drizzle, we were chasing birds holding stones and picking up tree branches.
“There are more birds in the forest this year than last year.”
Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan walked through the drizzle and saw the birds around the orchard looking for food and riding in the rain. Then I looked up the tree and walked into the forest. A large group of birds flew up from the tree and from the withered and yellow grass.
It was so dark that there must be hundreds of them at least.
"There are quite a lot. It has just warmed up today. Look, there is a thick layer of bird droppings in this forest." Gao Xiulan said.
The two came over, carrying two baskets of sweet potato seedlings on their backs, and poured them into the stone trough of the livestock shed to feed the animals.
Sweet potato seedlings and peanut seedlings are eaten by mules and horses.
There are also those that are dried and broken into pieces, mixed with some miscellaneous things and used as feed.
Seeing Chen Ling and the others coming over, Wang Cunye smiled and said: "We all know that you raise horses. Several families in the village asked your mother and I to get sweet potato seedlings. There are a lot of them now. It won't rain tomorrow. Go and drive the tractor to pull two cars back."
"Okay, we'll start crushing sweet potatoes soon. There are indeed a lot of them." Chen Ling nodded while holding the baby.
In the past, poor people in the mountains relied on sweet potatoes to survive. They are not picky about the land and have high yields. They can be grown two or three times in a row. They were used as a staple food for a long time.
The sweet potato well that every household has is the proof.
This was the grain cellar back then.
When planting sweet potatoes, after the first month of every year, we start raising sweet potato seedlings.
In March of Yangchun, the sweet potato seedlings begin to be pressed.
In the local dialect, it means pressing sweet potato seedlings.
In fact, it is "cutting sweet potato seedlings".
At this time, the excess sweet potato seedlings produced by the seedlings are not valuable except for feeding chickens and ducks or livestock.
"Well, there are a lot of rapeseed seedlings. The ground has grown so thick and thick that there are piles of seedlings pulled out. No one wants them, and the chickens and ducks can't eat them all." Wang Susu followed.
There is no need to ask for this from others, just throw it out yourself as there is plenty of it in the fields.
But most of them are sheep.
Sheep are not picky eaters.
"Hey, don't keep talking about livestock. There is always no shortage of food for our family. What do you want to eat? It rained today, so our family is thinking about making something at home. Is it delicious?" Gao Xiulan said with a smile.
The old lady has been very happy every day in the past two days. It's great that her daughter's second child has come so quickly.
At this time, Wang Cunye said in a very disgraceful manner: "Do you, an old woman, have to worry about what you are going to eat? You two can cook whatever they want, and why do you still need to talk so much?"
When Gao Xiulan heard this, she was so angry that she couldn't help but want to take action. She glared at Wang Cunye and said, "If you can't speak, then stop talking."
Seeing that the old couple was about to fight, Wang Susu quickly said, "Dad, "Mom, Aling said that we will dig bamboo shoots later. Just fry some vegetables with fresh bamboo shoots at noon, or cook another fish."
Wang Cunye naturally loves his daughter and knows that her daughter likes to eat. Bamboo shoots, he cheered as soon as he heard it: "Okay, I will go up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots with Lingzi later. Our bamboo forest is not good, there are no bamboo shoots this year."
Chen Ling said, "I've had it several times. Dad, your legs and feet feel uncomfortable in rainy weather. I can just go by myself."
Wang Cunye waved his hands and smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, my legs and feet are not feeling well." It’s just not working at home. I’ve just been here for two days and it’s fine. It started raining this morning, but it doesn’t hurt at all. The soles of my feet are still warm now, but they are cold at home.”
Gao Xiulan. Hearing this, he snorted, "Look, your father is pretending to be sick now."
It's okay to come here, but not at home. If the villagers in the son-in-law's village hear it, they will think they are just thinking. Come and enjoy your daughter's life.
“Oh, what are you talking about? It’s not like I’m pretending to be sick...”
Wang Cunye shouted impatiently at the old woman, and then flexibly shook his sick leg at Chen Ling and the others.
Oddly enough, at home, this leg really hurts every time it is cloudy, rainy or snowy, and sometimes I can’t sleep at night.
But when I came here, I immediately got better.
Thinking about last year, during most of the half year here, my legs never made any noise, and I slept well and ate well.
This made the old man murmur in his heart. When he came here today, he thought to himself on the way, does the son-in-law’s family really have a precious house?
Otherwise, why would such a weird thing happen?
The old lady was not sick or in trouble, but it was not obvious. She thought that the old man missed his two daughters and grandson and kept thinking about coming here.
Listening to the two elders bickering, Chen Ling smiled slightly. He knew very well that this was actually a problem with his own water source and food.
Originally, Wang Cunye’s leg would gradually get better if he stayed for a few more months last year.
But the two of them are going home at the end of the year, so naturally it’s not that interesting.
But Chen Ling was not in a hurry.
If you are in a hurry, you can quickly recover by drinking the spiritual liquid from the small tree in the cave sky every day.
But that was too shocking. It's better to take your time.
It will take two or three years to cultivate your own legs, and people will be able to adapt to them more easily.
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“I’m going up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots.”
Wang Zhenzhen, who came after hearing the news, jumped three feet high.
Today is the first light rain in early spring. Many villagers are happily digging wild vegetables outside the village. Wang Zhenzhen and the little kids in the village also went.
I went crazy for a while and dug a lot of wild vegetables. I was still very excited when I came back and still wanted to follow Chen Ling and the others into the mountains.
No, I have already prepared a backpack and a small hoe.
The sky is overcast and the rain has stopped.
The three of them took hoes, woven bags, backpacks, put on rain boots, and headed into the mountains with the two dogs and the eagle.
After walking less than half a mile on the mountain road, Wang Zhenzhen felt a cold sensation in his right ear. He held it in front of his eyes and quickly said to the two of them: "Dad, brother-in-law, it's raining again."
"What's there to be afraid of? It's just a little rain. There's been so little rain this spring. I'm afraid it won't rain anymore." Wang Cunye smiled and replied.
"It's not that I'm afraid, I'm happy."
Wang Zhenzhen smiled, led Heiwa Xiaojin past the two of them, and ran up the hillside quickly.
There was a yellow-clawed hawk standing on the backpack behind Chen Ling, one for each person, looking around as he walked.
This trip to dig bamboo shoots is from the West Mountain, and we have to dig in the large bamboo forest of Yanzhong Lake.
A spring rain washed away the dust in the mountain forest, leaving the trees and bamboo forest green. Under the fine rain, mountain springs flowed in the gullies, and there were countless bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest.
Big and small, tender and old, there are few people here, and it would be a waste not to dig the bamboo shoots.
Walking to the shore of the mountain lake, the lake surface is very shallow in early spring, and the thin raindrops create small ripples on the lake surface.
The green bamboos on the south bank are slender and tall, and the green leaves are covered with crystal water drops.
It’s really picturesque.
Wang Zhenzhen and the two dogs ran happily, turning into three mud monkeys.
At this time, he found a big bamboo shoot, so he couldn't wait to run over. Wang Zhenzhen rolled up his sleeves and started digging, while the two dogs were also digging around.
The three guys were very busy.
Wang Cunye glanced at it and laughed: "Zhenzhen, you have completely forgotten what I just taught you last year. You are just here for fun, right? When digging bamboo shoots in early spring, choose the freshest and most tender ones that have just emerged. It’s the best to eat, so you’re just thinking about being greedy.”
Wang Zhenzhen is not afraid of Wang Cunye the most. He wiped the rain off his face and retorted sternly: “Who is patronizing?” Come on, I know this old one is not tasty, so I dug it back to grow bamboo." Chen Ling immediately felt disgusted when he heard this: "You don't need that to grow bamboo, so don't waste your time."
As he said this, Weng and his son-in-law each found a small bamboo shoot. They dug up the soil at the root of the bamboo shoot, and the root of the bamboo shoot was exposed little by little. A bamboo shoot was pulled out.
Wang Zhenzhen felt bored when she saw the two people ignoring her. She followed her with her dog and started digging for young bamboo shoots.
But because I was young, it was very difficult to dig up the bamboo shoots. After a while, I was exhausted and sweating profusely. I had no strength. I peeled off a lot of the skin of the bamboo shoots and damaged some of the tips. .
It is said that digging bamboo shoots is not as fun as digging wild vegetables.
It’s too tiring to dig bamboo shoots, and I can’t dig out any mice yet.
Chen Ling said that there were bamboo rats in the bamboo forest and asked her to take the dog to catch them.
The little girl then regained her strength and ran out with full health.
The dog and the eagle followed them unwillingly.
Under such a luxurious lineup.
Even though bamboo rats in early spring are not as easy to find as in summer, I finally caught two little chubby rats.
After returning home, the family had a delicious meal of fresh bamboo shoots and two bamboo rats.
......
The father-in-law and mother-in-law came, someone looked after the baby, and Chen Ling had time to do her own thing.
He plans to go to the city tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, after the weather improves, and bring the first batch of ornamental fish to sell.
To say they are the first batch is a bit general.
In fact, according to the pictures in the books he bought, he found that the appearance of the first batch of ornamental fish should be divided into three grades.
The first level is beauty.
The second level is pleasing to the eye.
The third level is ordinary.
Speaking of ordinary fish, this grade is also better than the adult fish that Chen Ling bought last year.
He mainly wanted to see what prices the first two grades could fetch.
When the time comes, those from the south and north of the Yangtze River will go to two more places to compare.
So I thought about taking a boat to Tenghe Township in the southeast of the city tomorrow to bring the fish there.
Since you want to regard ornamental fish as a serious income, you have to put it on the bright side.
While I was thinking about it, I heard a group of dogs barking wildly outside the farm, and a car horn sounded.
Wang Cunye stood up after hearing the sound and looked up with his feet on his feet: "Who is here? Don't be Dahai. Didn't he say that he would come to our place in the spring this year to replace transformers and plant telephone poles?"
"Probably not, an acquaintance. Heiwa and the two don't scream."
Chen Ling shook his head and walked towards his wife. When he went out, he saw Sun Yanhong's car parked at the edge of the wheat field. The woman and a strange man were holding some meat. I want to feed the dog.
But Chen Ling’s dogs never eat food from strangers. If someone feeds them, it will only have the opposite effect and attract the dog’s hatred.
Now the man and the woman were surrounded by dogs, and they were so frightened that they clung to the car and did not dare to move.
"Fugui, your dogs don't understand good people. Why do you want to attack us after feeding them?" Sun Yanhong said with a pale face.
"Come on, who knows what you are thinking? I don't even care about you. You said that every time you come to my house, can't you come honestly? There are so many little things."
Chen Ling glanced at the two of them: "Are you here to buy wine or salted eggs?"
People who come to his place usually have nothing else to do except these two.
"Hey, come and see the dog. I met you on the street several times walking the dog, and you ignored me when I talked to you..."
Sun Yanhong complained deliberately, then pointed at the man next to her and said, "I brought a big boss to you today. I know you have a good dog and want to spend a lot of money to buy it."
She just finished speaking. , just when Chen Ling was about to frown and refuse, the man next to her quickly waved his hand and said: "I won't buy it, I won't buy it. I've heard for a long time that your dogs are great, and I want to buy two puppies to raise. Feeding them since they were young can help them become mature dogs.
I am coming to your county today, so I asked Sister Sun to bring her here to see. I didn’t know that all the puppies in your litter would grow into big dogs. Now that he has grown into a big dog, forget it.”
And he had just seen how ferocious these dogs were, and he was still frightened now.
I was afraid of returning, but now after taking a closer look, I feel very fond of these dogs.
Then he put down the meat and introduced himself to Chen Ling enthusiastically.
This man is from a county near Tiannan City. His name is Yu Bangjin. He is small, with a round head and thick lips. He has two large instant noodle factories and beverage factories at home. Chen Ling asked him to call him Lao Yu or Lao Yu. Just Lao Jin.
The rain did not stop in the afternoon and it was still raining lightly outside. Chen Ling invited the two of them to the farm for a cup of hot tea.
After sitting down in the living room, Yu Bangjin was still saying: "This dog of yours is really well-raised. It is tall and strong. Look at the legs like small pillars. It is very pleasant to look at."
"But brother Fugui, your dog is so well-raised, it should be taken out for fun. I know a place that specializes in dog fighting. Are you interested? If so, I will take you there and let's have some fun. ”
(End of this chapter)