Chapter 365 The Birdcage and the Thieving Bird
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“Oh, it’s Baoshuan.”
“I thought someone caught a kite, but it turned out to be a paper kite.”
Wang Lishan said two days ago that if Baoshuan knew that Chen Ling wanted a paper kite, he would definitely deliver it to his door.
I didn't expect it to be delivered.
A paper kite is a kite. It is made by tying a frame with bamboo pieces and pasting it with floral paper.
It sounds simple, but it requires a certain amount of skill to do it.
Chen Baoshuan had such a skill. Seeing that someone had been setting up a stall at the reservoir for the past two days, he followed suit and set up a stall selling paper kites. He sat behind the stall and made kites while selling them. Every day it attracts a bunch of little dolls from inside and outside the village to watch, and they also sell some money.
Although the money is not much, it is definitely better than doing nothing at home.
"It's not a paper kite. I'm not as capable as you, Fugui, to catch a real kite..."
Chen Baoshuan smiled, followed Chen Ling to the eaves of the bamboo building, and put the two workmen He took out the exquisite kite and said, "The wind is strong in the spring in the mountains. When the weather is fine, let's take the kids to fly it."
Put down the kite and jingle the contents in the bamboo basket and snakeskin bag. Pour it out and put it together into a simple wooden box.
“What are you doing here, Baoshuan?”
“The beehives I made, can you see if they can be used? I heard from Uncle Cunye that you want to raise two beehives at home this year. I just happened to have some wood left at home, so I made this thing when I had nothing to do.”
"If you can see if this can be used, I'll sneak the rest over for you once the rest are done."
Chen Ling, Weng's son-in-law, Zhou Weijun, and Yu Qian heard this and came forward, surrounding them. I looked at this simple little beehive and found that it was an old carpenter's craftsmanship. I couldn't find any faults with it.
“Not bad, this beehive is pretty good-looking.”
“Hey, as long as you are satisfied, I will bring it over to you tomorrow. This beehive is quick to build.”
< br>Chen Baoshuan squatted on the ground, smiling with his purple face raised.
Wang Lishan was right about one thing.
Chen Baoshuan caught Chen Ling's fry, and this time he knew the price of this thing. While he was grateful for Chen Ling's generosity, he was also quite embarrassed.
Later, after discussing with Chen Sangui, we learned that Chen Ling was planning to raise two swarms of bees this year, so they decided to build some beehives for him first. If they had any carpentry work to do in the future, they could do it themselves. No money will be charged.
Chen Ling didn't expect this, and just said: "Hey, what else are you giving me? Just call me when the time comes and I will go and get it."
"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay. It’s not raining anymore, so I can’t go to the reservoir to set up a stall. I’m just idle at home, so I might as well come and play cards with you.”
Chen Baoshuan smiled.
At this time, Yu Qian asked: "Is there no one in the reservoir now? When we came out of Jushengjia, we saw some people kowtow and burn incense there."
"Yes. , there are still people who come to kowtow, but only people from our village go there. It rained very hard last night, and no one from other villages came.”
It is still drizzling in the sky now. But this cannot stop people's enthusiasm to worship Lord Turtle, and this worship takes seven days. The villagers do it rain or shine, just like last year.
Of course, it is not possible to burn incense in weather like today. At most, I can only light a few pieces of fire paper.
Having said this, Chen Baoshuan looked at Yu Qian: "By the way, boss, didn't you ask someone to catch birds for you two days ago? Do you want a birdcage? My neighbor and I can build birdcages."
< br>"Yes, I definitely need a birdcage. The lovebirds I caught are still kept in the small iron cages used by wealthy quails."
Yu Qian's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Do you have any at home?" Is there a ready-made bird cage?”
“I don’t have any ready-made bird cages. My neighbor may have one. How about I take you to see it?”
The neighbor Chen Baoshuan mentioned is naturally Chen Dazhi. .
His two families were relatively close to each other. In the past, Chen Baoshuan would stand on the roof and throw bricks into the well of Chen Dazhi's house.
In the past year or so, Chen Baoshuan has been quite honest and settled, and Chen Dazhi and his wife are famous for their benevolence and kindness. For the sake of Chen Sangui, their neighbors have gradually started to interact with each other.
Otherwise, in the past, Chen Baoshuan would not have dared to bring someone to visit Chen Dazhi's house.
"Okay, please take me over and have a look. It's okay if you don't have any ready-made ones. Just make two and use them as needed."
The bird cage is nothing complicated, just choose a few. Just drill holes in suitable wood or bamboo sticks or bamboo slices, grind out round and smooth bamboo sticks one by one, and assemble them together.
But when it comes to raising ornamental birds, it’s a question of whether the cage is beautiful or not.
As long as you are good at bamboo weaving, building a bird cage is generally not too ugly.
Chen Dazhi was good at bamboo weaving.
Chen Baoshuan used to learn carpentry from his father. He didn’t study hard and just played around by himself. He couldn’t make any serious bamboo tools. He just built kites and bird cages and touched bamboo. Whistle or something, that’s pretty good.
Yu Qi'an didn't care about good or bad, he was just pretending to be a bird temporarily. After saying that, he waved his hand: "Let's go, Fugui, you have nothing to do when it rains. Come with us to get two birdcages."
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"Forget it, I won't go, you go ahead."
Chen Ling pointed to the outside of the farm, "It rained all night, and I haven't taken care of the poultry and livestock in the orchard yet."< br>
"That's it, that's okay. Then you should be busy first. We'll go back and help you when we come back."
"Hi, it's okay. I only have a few things to do here, just play. It's yours."
With that said, Chen Ling and his son-in-law Weng sent them out of the farm.
At this time, the raindrops were getting smaller and smaller, and they hit my face like a vast mist of water vapor.
Being in the fruit forest, you can hardly feel the rain.
The two went to see the chickens and ducks. They were in good spirits and seemed not to be affected by the thunderstorm last night.
Open the door and let the chickens and ducks out. Sure enough, they were all jumping around, squawking and coming to the father-in-law and son-in-law to beg for food.
Some old hens, perhaps hungry, flapped their wings and came to peck at the feet of the two of them.
After being kicked away by Chen Ling, he still shamelessly approached the two of them and couldn't drive them away.
Seeing this, Chen Ling had no choice but to call out the dogs, drive them away, and let them go to the orchard to find food.
As for the ducks, they had already jumped into the ditch with a few big white geese before they could get food, and started to have a great time in the breeze and drizzle.
After a while, he squawked, jumped out of the ditch with flapping wings, and pecked at some small crabs and small snail shells that crawled from the ditch to the grass. Needless to say, there is no need to talk about small snail shells. They will always breed in large numbers wherever there is water in and outside the village.
Mainly crabs.
These little crabs are about the size of fingernails and crawling back and forth among the wet grass. If you don’t look carefully, you could easily mistake them for a bunch of big spiders.
Chen Ling really hadn't noticed much before.
So after seeing it, I was quite puzzled: "When did so many small crabs appear in the ditch? Are the crabs from the mountain coming down with the rain?"
Catch them I put a few of them in my hands, and my father-in-law came over to look at them and said that these were the little crabs that had just grown up. Either they had just run down the mountain, or they were laid by old crabs in the ditches and creeks at the foot of the mountains last year.
The farm's water channel is connected to the mountain streams and the river ditch at the foot of the mountain. There is never a shortage of crabs, shrimps, mussels, snail shells and so on.
It’s just that there have never been so many big crabs as there are today.
Like the scorpions that swarmed in the orchard last year, they were crawling all over the ground.
Crabs are not the same as fish. As long as it rains, they will crawl to the shore like crazy. Especially in the summer when it rains heavily, crabs will even climb trees. As soon as I climbed, the tree was completely covered. Although the little crabs were not fully grown yet, they still had this kind of virtue and kept crawling everywhere on rainy days.
This time the duck was in a good mood. It swayed its plump body and explored the ground with its mouth. Two or three small crabs entered its mouth in one mouthful. It tasted delicious.
After a while, the chickens were also attracted. These chickens ran around in the mountains and fields all day long and were very wild.
After discovering the food, they clucked one after another, flapped their wings and flew to the ditch, pecking at the small crabs and snail shells.
The chickens and ducks had a great time eating.
But the little crabs suffered a disaster. They fled in panic one by one, like headless flies. Some crawled back into the water, and many were hidden in the grass. Chen Ling sometimes didn't pay attention. One foot can crush three or four to death.
This was such a pity, so Chen Ling and his father-in-law brought some small buckets and prepared some fried crabs for lunch.
There is not much to do on a rainy day. It is very pleasant to tinker with food and drinks and drink some wine.
Fortunately, the dogs at home have never been interested in these crabs and the like. They find the fishy smell too strong and usually walk away after sniffing twice. Otherwise, if they get interested and eat chickens and ducks, people will They are also edible, but these little crabs probably have no chance of survival.
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It was drizzling all day long.
It wasn’t until the evening when smoke rose from every household in the village that it stopped completely.
On such a rainy day, it’s still comfortable to stay at home.
At noon, I fried some crabs and drank two glasses of wine. After picking up Wang Zhenzhen in the evening, I had another meal of pure beef stew in a pot, pasted on pancakes, and a hot meal.
Go to bed right after eating. It’s so comfortable.
The night after the rain is very quiet, and the mountains shrouded in fog seem to have fallen silent.
Chen Ling’s family of three had a good sleep. The next morning, I was sleeping soundly, but I was awakened by the noisy birdsong outside.
When I opened the window, I saw that a group of miscellaneous birds had landed on the nearby roof. Their cries were unpleasant and noisier than magpies. When Chen Ling looked over, they immediately flew away.
“Bah, you two bald guys are unreliable. I won’t go home for a few days. When I come back, I have to teach these thieving birds that disturb people’s dreams. These thieving birds are getting more and more unruly. "
The kite at home was still here on the first day Zhou Weijun and Yu Qian came, but it disappeared at night, and I don't know when it left.
Otherwise these birds would not dare to approach the farm.
Chen Ling walked downstairs and blew a few bamboo whistles in the backyard in all directions of the mountain, calling him "Er Baldy".
The flowers, plants and trees inside and outside the farm are still dripping with water.
The sound of pattering, coupled with the long whistle, at the foot of this misty mountain, has a different artistic conception.
"The birds outside are jumping lively. It must be a good weather today."
Chen Ling put down his bamboo whistle and looked around. There was a faint red light appearing in the east, and the red sun was about to Before it rises, the mist covers the red morning glow, giving it a misty beauty like steaming clouds.
The dog at home has long been running around happily with the little tabby cat.
This little tabby cat is the cub left by a mountain raccoon. It is different from other domestic cats. It is getting longer and more beautiful now. Its hair shows a golden red color, which is very beautiful.
I have been with dogs since I was a child, grew up together, and absorbed the dog's habits.
When running around in the yard, stretching, and even throwing food to it, it behaves like a little puppy wearing cat skin.
Especially when feeding, it catches objects in the air, just like a dog.
After breakfast was cooked, Wang Susu came out with Ruirui in her arms. Chen Ling swept the yard and went out to let the horses and walk the dogs.
But after leaving the orchard and not walking a few steps, Chen Ling suddenly realized that something was not right about his vegetable garden.
Immediately let go of the horse's reins and let the dog and horse move freely.
Go to the vegetable garden to check the situation yourself.
In fact, when planting vegetables, if the seedlings are not usually transplanted, the seeds sown directly cannot be watered too much, which means that the seedlings must be squatted.
However, there was a heavy rain just after planting, so there was nothing we could do about it. Anyway, half of them were transplanted vegetable seedlings, so that was fine.
Furthermore, with the powerful weapon of spiritual water, Chen Ling did not have to worry about the vegetables in the garden not growing well.
So I haven’t come to check in the past two days.
But looking at it now, it’s incredible.
I don’t know what happened to the vegetable seedlings and sweet potato seedlings. There were no green leaves at all, only the bare stems were left.
Even the vegetable seeds that were planted were dug out, leaving only small pits, but the seeds were nowhere to be seen.
"His grandma must have done this to those thieving birds."
As soon as Chen Ling looked at the footprints left on the wet ground, he knew that they were definitely not pheasants or quails, but other birds. It's just that I don't know what kind of bird came here to cause mischief.
They spent a lot of effort planting these two acres of vegetable gardens.
This is a mess. Many places still need to be replanted, which is troublesome just thinking about it.
“This footprint doesn’t look like a magpie, and I don’t know what kind of bird it is.”
"No matter what it is, if you dare to come to my vegetable garden and run wild, you are finished."
Chen Ling looked at the messy vegetable garden and was really angry.
Without saying anything, he returned to the farm and took out a few sets, and placed them next to the vegetable seeds that were planted. No matter what kind of bird they were, if they dared to come over to eat, one set would be accurate to prevent them from coming. Back.
(End of this chapter)