Chapter 421 Comfortable
“Can a dog drink the water from this spring?”
“It’s too cold. It’s better not to drink it just after vomiting. Let it drink the water from the ditch. ."
"OK."
……
Chen Ling looked up at the sun. It was almost noon, so he asked everyone to take a rest.
This small water tower is a small project. With Wang Lixian's assistance, it can be completed in two or three days at most. There is no need to rush it.
"Fugui, since the water tower has been built, why don't we quickly build a tap water system in the farm? Two things in one package, then it will be more convenient to drink and use water."
"Well, yes, there is This plan is to install a faucet in the water tower, and the faucets in the courtyard will be installed on the grape trellis and the kitchen..."
The two Shanmao accompanied Wang Li to feed the dog water, and at the same time, they also gave water to the dog. Chen Ling made suggestions.
Without saying a few words, two old men shouted from the front.
"Cat, cat, such a big cat."
When they shouted, the branches and leaves on the nearby trees swayed.
On the crown of the tree, a big cat with straw-yellow hair, some red spots on its back, and small black spots held a magpie in its mouth. It hurriedly jumped down from the tree and slipped into a lush place in the distance. among the grass.
There were a few sneaky little heads on the edge of the grass. They poked their heads out and looked out. Then when they saw everyone looking over, they suddenly retracted into the grass.
"It's a mountain lizard."
Wang Cunye said: "The one I told you yesterday was raised by Lingzi here, and he caught it and paired it with domestic cats."
"Ah , This is the mountain fox, bigger than a domestic cat, looks like a half-big dog, fat and strong."
Zhao Yubao said in a daze, thinking that the mountain fox is the same. Just like a little leopard, it grows big, beautiful and majestic.
Old man Zhong was more curious and couldn't help but want to walk over and take a look, muttering: "I seem to have seen a little kitten showing its head just now.
...Cunye, Cunye, come here, aren't you talking about the newly born kitten? How come it came out of the nest so quickly? "
"Ang, that's not surprising. Wild cats are just like wild rabbits. They will run away in two or three days after birth. "
Wang Cunye said matter-of-factly, "If you don't believe me, ask Lingzi. He often takes his dog to catch rabbits, and he even raised hares in the past two years. "
"Is this true? Rich? Is the wild one so powerful? "
Chen Ling was afraid that the two old men would look around out of curiosity and scare away the mountain raccoons in their cub-nursing stage, so he quickly replied: "Yes, there are a lot of wild things in the mountains and wilderness. These wild things give birth to cubs that are afraid of being eaten by natural enemies, so they must have some ability to protect themselves as soon as they are born.
For example, take a hare. A small hare will follow the big rabbit when it is born. It is covered with fur and can open its eyes very quickly.
Domestic rabbits cannot do this. Rabbits are born hairless, pink and tender, and do not open their eyes. "
Zhao Dahai's eyes lit up after hearing this, "I know this. It must be like wild ducks, wild geese and geese. Rabbits are like this when they degenerate. "
Everyone nodded in agreement and thought it made sense.
Chen Ling smiled and shook his head slowly: "This is really different. Rabbits and hares are not the same kind. Things are just like domestic chickens and pheasants. Domestic chickens are not domesticated from pheasants, and domestic rabbits are not domesticated from hares. ”
In fact, domestic rabbits were domesticated from cave rabbits, just like domestic chickens were first domesticated from jungle fowls. Wild and domestic ones are not closely related in nature.
Hare is just a common local hare. You can’t tame it into a domestic rabbit no matter how long you raise it at home.
Wild rabbits are not suitable for domestication. They jump around in circles, dig holes, do not grow meat, and do not recognize people. Raising them is a waste. They often eat half of them before they are ready to sell meat, but they all break out and run away. .
Wang Susu and Xiang Wenxia Dujuan were playing with their dolls nearby. When he heard what he said, Wang Susu said strangely, "Hey, that's not right. I remember the baby Liu Nier and Xizi sent before The rabbit can't even open its eyes and can't run."
"That's just a newborn. Didn't you hear that the babies said that I was fed with cat milk?" Chen Ling smiled helplessly. road.
Wang Susu knew that the goat milk that the rabbit was fed to the dog at that time was actually mixed with spiritual water to feed it.
Small beasts such as hares, mountain civets, and some wild birds. Although these wild animals are born stronger than domesticated ones, they seem to have more tenacious vitality.
But one thing is that it cannot be caught.
Once caught, it will basically not survive for a few days if brought home, and it will die young.
Without spiritual water, Chen Ling was not sure whether he could feed the newborn hare with goat milk or cat milk.
A group of people chatted and walked towards two bird nets.
Many birds were smart today and avoided the range of the two bird-catching nets.
There are smart people, and there are also stupid people who stumble forward.
But Chen Ling’s goal is Net Wild Pigeon.
Let these silly birds go as long as you can, not even the silly turtledoves. Only some common pest birds will be taken down appropriately and one or two will be taken down for the two dolls to play with and have fun.
Wang Lixian looked up at the sky; "At this time, the sun is strong and there are few birds. It has to be morning and dusk, especially in the morning. It is best to go out at five o'clock in the morning. At that time, there are the most birds and it is easy to net.
Fugui, if you want to catch pigeons, you’d better get up early. Wild pigeons are a bit smart, but they won’t hit the net by themselves if you don’t put some bait on them.”
“Yes, wild pigeons. Pigeons are hard to catch, so I’ll get up early tomorrow if I can’t find a pigeon lure.”
Chen Ling rubbed his chin and thought to himself, his two little pigeons have been quite obedient recently, how about hanging them out? Are you trying to lure the wild pigeons outside here?
Well, maybe it will work.
"Hahaha, let's get up early tomorrow and accompany you to net pigeons."
Hunting is the fun of hunting, and netting birds is also the fun of netting birds. Zhao Dahai and his family are just here to play, but they don't want to Miss this fun thing.
"Dad~"
Ruirui, who was playing with birds with Yaya not far away, suddenly turned around with bright eyes, called Chen Ling, and headed east Point your finger diagonally.
“Look~”
"Uncle, it's a kitten. Another kitten came out."
Yaya also jumped and shouted happily.
“Oh, it’s really...”
“It’s the litter of kittens from the east that came out.”
The adults took a closer look and were all pleasantly surprised.
On the east side of the farm, under a few small locust trees that had just grown up, I saw a few furry little guys playing with an orange house cat, like balls of wool, and I could hear " The soft and subtle cry of "meow, meow, meow" is extremely cute.
The old man and the old lady from the two families couldn’t help but want to go and take a closer look.
Chen Ling quickly stretched out his hand to stop: "Uncle, aunt, don't go there now. The big cat has just given birth to a kitten. The big cat is very nervous. If we approach rashly, it will scare them. It is estimated that he will be holding the kitten in his mouth in two days." The cat has moved.”
The family’s animals have to give birth while hiding from their owners.
What’s more, this is a semi-wild cat family composed of mountain cats and domestic cats. Needless to say, they are wild and wary.
"Okay then."
The two elderly people gave up reluctantly.
Zhao Yubao suddenly remembered something and asked: "By the way, Fugui, didn't you also raise a litter of weasels? I didn't see any."
"Hey, don't mention the weasels. I even called them back this spring, but I couldn't find them all day long. I used to catch birds and frogs at the reservoir and Laohe Bend, and I only saw them a few times a year... "
Chen Ling shook his head. Those little things are just like domestic dogs. If you say they are clingy, they are clingy, but as long as they go out to have fun, they will run away.
When Wang Cunye was herding sheep, he saw them at Tutu Temple and at the foot of Xishan Mountain. They were everywhere.
"Is that so, then we don't know if we can see it for a while." "Yes, the weasel, by the way, and the fox you mentioned, we really want to see it. ”
“Hai Dai and Xiao Lin have seen it, and even Yaya has seen it, but we have never seen it.”
Yaya heard this. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Grandpa, Grandpa Zhong, you two are so childish."
The two old ladies also said: "Well, you are still competing with Yaya, why not with Ruirui?"
When Ruirui heard someone calling him, he ran over with a bamboo stick carrying the bird. , raised his little head to look at them and listen to what they were saying about themselves.
"You see how busy you are." Chen Ling smiled and patted him on the back of the head. "The two old uncles want to see the weasel and the fox. It's nothing. I'll give it a shout, but if it doesn't work, let Xiao Jin find it." If you look for it, you can find it.”
The two old men were immediately overjoyed and became happy again.
They wanted to see weasels and foxes. First, they were rare. They had never seen them before, and they were very curious.
Secondly, I want to take some photos and show off my knowledge to my old friends when I go back. It feels very beautiful just thinking about it.
"It's almost noon, and the sun is very hot. Stop standing here without shade. Go back and cool off, and we'll have lunch."
Chen Ling greeted everyone. Go back to the farm and ask them what they want to eat for lunch.
If ordinary people come to the house, he usually doesn't ask, but these people are different. I won't say much about the relationship between Zhao Dahai and the old people who also take good care of him.
When we were in the city, the three of them were invited to our house for dinner, and they even bought Ruirui this and that.
Naturally, you can’t neglect it when you come to your own home.
As for Zhao Dahai and the others, they were very relieved when they came to Chen Ling's house. He waved his hand and said, "You can figure it out. Let's go and feed Brother Xian's dog some water and food."
The old people followed Wang Cunye to the grape trellis to feed the pigeons.
They and Wang Lizian were at a short section of canal on the east side of the lotus pond, taking care of the big wolf dog.
“Oh, it’s so cool here. Fugui, your farm feels a bit like a summer resort. I didn’t feel this way when I came here last year. It seems that the flowers, plants and trees have grown up this year, which is better than It was so strong last year that I didn’t feel the heat in the summer.”
Seeing that the fat man was whistling and not at all restless, Chen Ling glanced at him helplessly: "How can it be so exaggerated?" "
Xiang Wenxia heard this and said: "I have this feeling. When Susu was in confinement last year, it was still hot here in summer. Even if it was cooler than in the village, it would be better to sit in the room. You’re sweating too, right Susu?”
Wang Susu thought for a while, and really said, “Well, it’s a little cooler this year...”
“Look, Susu said. ”
Zhao Dahai sat down next to the ditch, "Hiss, the bluestone of this ditch is a bit cold. Bobcat, look, there is moss growing here. The farm of Fugui's family is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the house is surrounded by this ditch. Tsk tsk, this If it’s not cooler than other places, it would be weird.”
“By the way, you can make a fortune by finding a summer resort and staying in this farmyard.”
He knew that when the crew was here in the spring, Chen Ling made a lot of money from accommodation.
Unfortunately, Chen Ling listened to him talking non-stop like chanting sutras and was not in the mood to think about it. He killed the two mountain birds left yesterday and moulted them aside.
The lynx laughed when he saw this: "Fugui thinks you are noisy and doesn't want to talk to you anymore."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Yaya also made a face: "Dad, you are so annoying. You talk just like Erhei. He talks non-stop."
Erhei is a typical chatterbox at home. Too much to worry about.
Chen Ling thought it was a good hunting dog at first, but later saw its virtue and decided to let him become a housekeeper.
Zhao Dahai was so angry that he stood up and chased after him: "Hey, little girl, you still dare to scold me, see if I don't beat you up."
Yaya and Ruirui were running around the yard laughing and joking.
The two little ones crawled and crawled around regardless of whether they were dirty or dirty. They felt happy and excited.
On the other hand, Zhao Dahai was chased so hard that his shoes and socks fell off. He was sweating profusely and was really embarrassed.
Seeing how happy they were, Wang Lixian smiled lightly and said: "The Fugui family is lively. The people here are conservative. There are people coming to the house all day long. If they come too much, it will be annoying, so the Fugui family It’s so easy to play.”
Bobcat nodded in agreement.
Zhao Dahai came back panting and said: "Come on, Brother Xian, I didn't see that Fugui just disliked me. Hey, brothers, I'm so sad."
As he said that, he covered his heart with a look on his face. Sad look.
"Go away, don't be disgusting."
Chen Linggang had just finished taking off the bird feathers, and felt a chill when he saw this, "You look like Lu Zhishen, why should you imitate Lin Daiyu."
Everyone was stunned when they first heard this, and then burst into even more enthusiastic laughter.
Zhao Yubao even clapped his hands and praised with a smile: "Let me just say, wealth is suitable for being a writer."
Then he glanced at Zhao Dahai with a disgusting look.
Being despised by his father again made Zhao Dahai very depressed. He took off his two socks and walked towards the ditch: "Why don't I just shut up? I'll wash my feet." ”
But he was more than depressed. He didn’t feel anything in his heart. Instead, he felt that the atmosphere was very enjoyable for him.
In other places, family and friends can't let it go so freely when they joke so unscrupulously.
Just like that, I sat down on the bluestone beside the ditch and stretched my feet into the ditch. I originally wanted to rinse my feet simply, because there is no faucet installed at Chenling Farm, and the pressure well is occupied...
Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached into the ditch, the cool feeling soaked into his big feet, and the cool feeling seemed to touch his soul all of a sudden.
The fat man shivered and let out an extremely soul-stirring groan.
Hearing this, Chen Ling and others all shuddered.
Even a group of dogs at home looked over with wide eyes.
"Why are you shouting in surprise again? Can't you calm down?" Zhao Yubao and his wife felt embarrassed.
My son is not like this usually. When he comes to his brother in the country, he really lets himself go, and his daughter-in-law doesn’t know how to control him.
"I don't want to either, dad, but the water is so comfortable. I can't help it when I get in the water. If you don't believe me, come and try it?" Zhao Dahai said aggrievedly.
“I’ll give it a try, do you think I can be like you?” Zhao Yubao said disdainfully, as a great writer, how could he not be decent at all.
But it took a few minutes.
Seeing that Zhao Dahai had been soaking in it and couldn't get out, he walked over to him with his hands behind his hands and took a look in confusion. He saw Zhao Dahai squinting his eyes and half-lying on the stone beside the canal, almost falling asleep.
The water in the canal is flowing loudly and the water plants are floating gently. It feels really good.
Zhao Yubao swallowed and felt a little moved. He looked at the two bobcats taking care of the dog on the other side. Seeing that they didn't look here, he tentatively sat down and took off his shoes and socks, stepping lightly. He put his two feet into the water.
As soon as his feet entered the water, an indescribable cold feeling hit the sky, and he couldn't help but scream.
In an instant, everyone looked over.
Zhao Dahai was so frightened that he almost slipped into the water.
After reacting, his eyes widened instantly and he looked at the father next to him in horror.
Zhao Yubao's face turned red when everyone saw him. He pushed up his glasses and said, "Well, you guys, come and try it too. Dahai is not kidding. The water is cool and very comfortable. ”
(End of this chapter)