Chapter 398 Old Turtle Egg
When I mentioned this idea to my father-in-law, the old man didn’t say anything and let him do whatever he wanted. Mainly because many of his son-in-law’s previous ideas seemed unreliable, but in the end it turned out It proves that every time he comes up with an idea, it has all kinds of magical effects.
But now, I just don’t know whether the springs here are stable or unstable. Don’t rush to build a water tower. There will be no water in the future. Isn’t that a waste of effort?
"Well, I'm worried about this too, so let's see what's going on with the spring here first. Don't rush to build the water tower now. We'll do it if it's stable."
Chen Ling just had a whim because he saw the ice-cold water flowing out of the spring. If it didn't work, it wouldn't matter. He could just buy a refrigerator.
Zhao Dahai planted telephone poles for him on the hills and mountains near the farm. He has been busy setting up the wires recently. As long as they are set up, the power will be more stable than before, and getting a refrigerator will not be a problem.
Wang Cunye nodded: "As long as you have an idea, there are so many bluestones piled beside the reservoir at the entrance of the village, but no one wants them anymore. We will build a small water tower in the future, which will be more than enough."
"Ang, I know. By the way, Dad, the apricots in our orchard are almost ripe and can be eaten now. They are crispy and sweet and not a bit sour. I plan to pick two baskets and sell them first."
< br>"Oh, the apricots are about to ripen. I forgot about this. Don't catch up with the wheat ripening. That guy bumps into one and it will make people busy."
"It's okay, dad, I Pick some ripe ones first and ask the little sheep to deliver two baskets of apricots to the market. Let Liu Jiancheng and the others try selling them. If they sell well, that would be the best. If not, then look for another one. The worst option is Chuangzi’s Cannery. Well, hahaha.”
"What you said, if it can be sold well, why send it to the cannery?"
Chen Ling chuckled, put the keg aside, and then called Erhei home to get a shovel and put it away. Dig a small ditch first at the spring, otherwise the water will flow turbulently and there will be a large area of wet mud.
Weng and son-in-law were busy for a while. In the middle, Gao Xiulan came back to see them working, so she went home and cooked lunch. When Wang Susu came back from the village with her child in her arms, the family had eaten, and Chen Ling I picked up the baby and went to Chen Yongsheng's house in the village to find the little sheep.
Today it is the turn of several of them to sell fish.
Gao Xiulan was very well-informed and knew that Little Sheep stayed at Chen Yongsheng’s house for lunch.
Recently, the tourists in Chenwangzhuang have gradually stopped, and there are no more stalls on the reservoir. The little sheep no longer have to come here in the morning and evening as before.
"Fourth Grandpa, have you had dinner?"
When they arrived at Chen Yongsheng's house, they saw Chen Gannian sitting on a half-pulled millstone outside the door, peeling melons with a sickle head to eat, Chen Ling said casually asked.
“It’s rich and honorable. I’ve eaten it before. But this person is old and can’t eat more serious meals. He’s still hungry after eating half a bowl of noodles. Let’s eat some melon as a cushion.”
"These melons were given to me by the son-in-law of Li Xian's family. I'll get them for you. You can taste them, and let your baby taste them too."
The scar-faced old man stood up and said with a smile, he was about to go back to get something.
"Don't take it from Grandpa Four. I've had dinner. I just came to talk to Xiao Fang."
Chen Ling walked into the house holding the baby, and the little sheep was holding it Wan Wan was squatting under the tree in the yard, slurping noodles, with his trouser legs rolled up and two cloves of garlic in the hand holding the chopsticks. He was sweating profusely as he took one mouthful of noodles and one mouthful of garlic.
He was also wearing dirty, badly faded old clothes and green rubber shoes on his feet.
He looked like a rural young man, completely different from the non-mainstream appearance when I first saw him.
"Here you are eating, Bo Ming. The fish in the village are almost finished."
Chen Ling walked over with a smile and said hello to Chen Yongsheng and his wife who were squatting at the root of the yard wall eating noodles.
"Well, we're almost done. Uncle Fugui, you're back from the city. I haven't seen you for more than half a month."
The little sheep saw Chen Ling coming and stood up quickly He stood up, quickly finished the remaining noodles in the bowl, and put the bowl and chopsticks aside.
Then he took out a cigarette, handed one to Chen Ling, and then went to spread the cigarettes for Chen Yongsheng and his son.
Although this guy has been looking slovenly recently, he has been transporting fish one trip after another. He has earned a lot from shipping fees, and his pockets have quickly bulged.
“Oh, I forgot, Uncle Fugui, you don’t like to smoke, so why don’t you eat a melon? I picked this from the farmland on the roadside on the way, and the idiot put stones to block the road to prevent cars from passing, I I got out of the car in the middle of the night and stole two big bags of melons from him..."
The boy smiled naively, turned around and stuffed two melons at Chen Ling.
"Good guy, you kid, why are you so thief now."
Chen Ling joked with a smile.
At this time, Chen Yongsheng brought over a small pony: "Fugui, stop standing, sit down."
Chen Gannian also handed over a kitchen knife and asked him to cut off the bumps on the melon.
At this time, Chen Yuqiang and several cousins also walked into the yard. When they saw this scene, they laughed and said: "Hahaha, this is a big deal for Uncle Fugui. As soon as he came to the door, he came to visit relatives with his mother's family. "The same."
Chen Yongsheng's mother-in-law, Wang Xiuhua, then laughed and said, "Yuqiang, when will your family have another baby? Come over to your house. Uncle Yongsheng and I will also hang around you. Give it to you." Bring tea and pour water.”
“Come on, I don’t have the wealth and wealth of Uncle Fugui, so I don’t dare to live again.”
The group laughed and then all found a place to sit in the yard.
They work together to sell fish.
"Uncle Fugui, is it time to sell your fish again? It won't be so soon, right?"
Chen Yubin asked.
“No, the apricots in the orchard are about to ripen. How about asking Boming to send two baskets to the city to sell them?”
When the little sheep heard this, he immediately understood and said: "Why don't you give it to Liu Jiancheng, Uncle Fugui?"
"Yes, give it to him. You go and let him try to sell it. If it doesn't work, find someone else."
"Okay, I know. There are apricots for sale in the city now, but there are not many. If Liu Jiancheng can't do it, I will call Xiaojing to tell you, Uncle Fugui, you Make up your mind again.”
Little Sheep is now very neat and tidy, so it’s no wonder that Wang Lixian’s opinion of him has changed a lot. The village is still talking about Sannier, but there is almost no gossip about Little Sheep behind his back. .
Chen Ling had just returned from the city a few days ago and naturally knew that there were not many apricots selling now, so he asked Little Sheep to ask Liu Jiancheng to sell the apricots at the market price first. After chatting about this matter, I stayed at Chen Yongsheng's house for a while, then walked to my home in the village with the baby in my arms.
Now Ruirui has already distinguished the two places: the farm and the home. As soon as he turned out of the alley near his home, he stretched out his little hand and pointed in that direction by calling "Mom". Mom is there.
If there is nothing special, Wang Susu will bring him here every day, put him in the walker, and let him play with Heiwa in the yard.
Recently, Xiao Jin has been added to the family. Two big guys are surrounding a little guy, helping to take care of the baby at home.
Wang Susu can also treat people with peace of mind and take medicine.
"Let's go, daddy will take you home to find mommy."
Chen Ling smiled, kissed him on the cheek, and whistled softly, and sure enough, soon two big dogs, one black and one yellow, appeared. In front of you.
I arrived here early to wait for them.
I walked to the door and looked into the yard. Wang Susu was also here, drying the herbs in the yard.
After drying many herbs, they also need to be sliced. These things are all done at home. Fortunately, Wang Susu likes to do this and does not find it boring.
As soon as Chen Ling put his son in the walker, the young couple squatted in front of the bamboo garden in the center of the yard to prepare the medicinal materials.
The two of them cooked the medicinal materials in the afternoon sun, and cut them into small sections or thin slices with a guillotine. They worked carefully and enjoyed the tranquility of the years.
Even Ruirui, that brat, is still dishonest. There is no other way. Little babies of this age rarely settle down.
I like to run back and forth on the ground and don’t want to be held by adults anymore.
Rui Rui now, although he is not very agile in walking, he has been able to come and go freely on the walker. With the walker fixed on his body, he can run very fast with his two short legs. , if you don’t pay close attention, he will run like a runaway puppy, driving a walker and chasing two big dogs all over the yard.
They whizzed past Chen Ling and Wang Susu again and again, leaving behind a string of crisp giggles.
"Dad~"
After a while, he suddenly stopped in front of the bamboo cage under the corner of the east room, pointed his little finger to the two birds in the bamboo cage, and called Chen Ling.
Those are the little crows and little cuckoos raised by Wang Zhenzhen. Now their wings are full and all the feathers have grown. They look no different from the big birds, but they can't fly yet.
“What’s wrong? What do you want to do again?”
Chen Ling turned around and took a look. This little thing had a lot to do and was very curious. He wanted to find out everything he saw.
Wang Susu also glanced over there, and suddenly let out a sigh: "Ah Ling, look, the bird in the cage is gone. Don't let anything come to the house to eat when we have lunch. ”
“Huh? No way.”
When Chen Ling took a look, the cage was indeed empty.
But seeing that neither of my dogs responded, I got up and went over to look in front and behind the bamboo cage.
Only then did I realize that it was these two little birds that somehow escaped from the cage and were sleeping in the shade at the base of the wall.
"You brat, you have sharp eyes."
Chen Ling pinched his son's little face, grabbed two little birds, and said to Wang Susu: "These two little things I don’t know how they escaped. It must be that the sun has been a bit hot these two days, and they couldn’t bear it, so they ran out to hide in the shade.”
“Then let’s find another place for them.”
Wang Susu came over and took a look, and felt that the place where her sister left it was indeed exposed to the sun for most of the day. Now that the weather is getting hot, the birds can't stand it.
Then he squatted down, grabbed his son's face with both hands and rubbed it: "Smelly Ruirui, you are quite good at taking care of things. Did you see the bird running out?"
"Hey, mom~"
The brat grinned proudly, then broke away from Wang Susu's hand and continued to drive the walker across the yard.
Chen Ling and Wang Susu ignored him and continued to sit down and prepare the medicinal ingredients.
After working for more than half an hour, Wang Susu sorted the processed items into the medicine cabinet.
At this time, the clatter of a bicycle came from the entrance of the courtyard, and the next moment Wang Jusheng walked in pushing the bicycle.
"Fugui, are you okay tonight? Come to my house for a drink. I caught two rare things today, I guarantee your satisfaction."
"Hey, Brother Jusheng, your pockets are bulging. , Dare you talk big, what a good thing it is. "
Chen Ling said with a smile, there have been a lot of people drinking with him in the past two days, and there are all kinds of drinks and dishes, but they are more generous than before. , are also very willing to give up.
Farmers have no culture, and they don’t know how to play in different ways. They are happy after making money and have nothing else to do. They just like to eat a few solid meat dishes and drink a few sips of wine.
"Who are you talking about? It's such a good thing. Yesterday, my boss picked up a nest of old turtle eggs from Laohewan. Today I knew that there were many old turtle eggs there, so I took advantage of the noon meal time to go there and look for them. I really caught an old turtle, not only the old turtle, but also two old yellow quails with a slingshot..."
Wang Jusheng chuckled, puffed out his chest and said, "What do you think? How's the harvest? Isn't it a good thing?"
"Hey, you are really good at this. I won't say it, even the old yellow quail can catch it."
Chen Ling was really surprised. There are so few old yellow quails. The old yellow quail is actually a kind of wild quail, but its body feathers are slightly yellow, and its neck is decorated like a partridge. The meat is extremely delicious. , much more delicious than wild quail and pheasant, without any muddy smell.
"That's not true. There are a lot of old yellow quails this year, and there are also a lot of wild quails. I see that there are also more Chinese rails. In about twenty days, they will be laying eggs by the water. Then go Collect rice seedlings and eggs.”
Wang Jusheng grinned and said cheerfully.
Rakes begin to appear here in late spring and early summer, much later than wild quails, but the meat does not taste good, but the eggs are okay, just like the old turtles, although It also smells fishy, but the people in the mountains used to be too poor to eat serious meat. Over time, they have become good at eating eggs, so they naturally have ways to deal with it.
(End of this chapter)