Chapter 433
"How about it, Fugui, holding the net all day long, have you caught any wild pigeons?"
Ruirui and a group of little kids were destroying the ant nest under the tree and driving away food. The villagers at the field asked as they stared at Chen Ling's two big bird nets.
"No, I haven't seen many wild pigeons. I haven't bothered to squat in the past few days, and I haven't caught any..."
Chen Ling originally wanted to let his family The two little pigeons are used as pigeon lures to lure wild pigeons to the bird net, but this requires someone to stay and watch.
He hasn't put much thought into this aspect in the past few days. Of course, this is also the reason why there are fewer wild pigeons than other birds.
If they were as diverse as the turtle doves, and a large group came at once, he would not have to worry.
Wang Lixian said: "In fact, there are many wild pigeons. These guys fly far and change places frequently. They rarely look for food in the same place. They also like to fly in the sky. There are a group of them in the sky in the morning and dusk. A group of more than ten or twenty...
At this time, the wheat is almost ripe, and they also come to eat the wheat, but they are much more refined than the silly pigeons. People usually hide there.”
“That’s right.”
Chen Ling nodded, thinking that it seemed like he had to squat early.
"Haha, Li Xian still understands this... Fugui, you have so many birds here, basically all kinds of birds are there, why are you specifically looking for the wild pigeon net? Is this thing valuable?"
“Well, I can’t say whether it’s worth it or not, and I haven’t even asked. I just keep it for fun. I want to train it into a homing pigeon. If you want to raise it, just follow me online.”
“Ah, we can’t raise homing pigeons.”
After hearing this, many people became less interested.
Are pigeons said to be difficult to raise? It is not difficult to raise, but there are few raised in the mountains.
Moreover, if there are too many pigeons, they like to land on the roof. If their claws are not honest, they will turn over the tiles. It will be troublesome when it rains heavily.
Here, it is not uncommon to raise chickens and ducks from all over the country. I have never heard of anyone raising pigeons. Only people like Chen Ling who have more leisure time can raise pigeons.
While the adults were chatting, Yaya hurried to Chen Ling, raised her little head and complained loudly: "Uncle, Ruirui is not good at hygiene again. He peed in the ant nest and mixed it with urine. "
When Chen Ling heard this, he quickly turned his head and looked over.
But Wang Lixian and the others didn't care, and laughed loudly: "What about urine mud? Who hasn't played with it when you were a child? You are anxious to see wealth."
At this time, Chen Ling saw that his son was using a small piece of wood. After the stick was mixing with the mud, he looked away with relief and started laughing.
Indeed, the little baby only cares about play and does not care about cleanliness or hygiene.
"Okay, Yaya, take him to wash his hands later, and I will take you to the village to play."
Chen Ling touched the back of the little girl's head and said with a slight smile.
Zhao Dahai and Shanmao went to the village to find someone to build a thatched house.
He was going to find Chen Sangui to build some beehives later, and he could take the children to play with him.
But before they were ready to leave, Zhao Dahai and others came over with people.
Going to the mountains to cut bamboo.
Chen Ling thought that if he went to the mountain, he would go to the mountain, so he picked up his son, called a bunch of little dolls, and followed him.
"I'm going too, it's the Dragon Boat Festival. I should make some baskets and get some new bamboo chairs and go to the county town for the temple fair." Chen Dazhi put down his rice bowl and followed him.
He is a bamboo craftsman, of course he can also be called a bamboo craftsman. He specializes in making daily farm utensils from bamboo, including brooms, baskets, tables, chairs and benches.
In the spring, I also helped Yu Qian and others weave bird cages, and the craftsmanship was very exquisite.
When there are big fairs and temple fairs, I will set up stalls to sell.
"Oh, maybe Dazhi said that I have forgotten, the bamboo plaque in my house is also broken. Last year when drying wolfberry, a group of bastard magpies fell from the roof, and I also Go chop some bamboo and make two.”
As soon as Chen Ling and Chen Dazhi set off, others followed to join in the fun.
Someone on the road also asked: "You also contracted the Fugui bamboo forest, right? There are so many of us going up the mountain, why don't we do bad things for you?"
"Haha, it's okay, what about the bamboo forest? Many people have never been there, it’s such a big area. Besides, bamboo is just cut and used. As long as the roots are not dug, what can happen?”
Bamboo only grows underground. The bamboo whip is still there, and even if all the bamboo on the ground is chopped down, it won't take long for it to grow back.
What's more, in such a large bamboo forest, there are so many tall old bamboos that they can't use a few.
If you don't go to Shanzhong Lake, there are many bamboo bushes in Shitougou on the west side of Beishan Mountain, where Chen Ling first encountered the red muntjac.
However, those bamboos are relatively thin, about the same as a human finger. They are generally suitable for building shelves for fruits and vegetables, or for inserting small fences in vegetable gardens.
As serious building materials, bamboo weaving and the like are no longer useful.
There are many types of bamboo, but they can grow taller, but not thicker. Depending on the thickness of the species, they can only grow so thick.
So the bamboo on the side of Lake Yamanaka is better.
"No wonder the old men from our two families like it here. The scenery here is great. It's so hot in the village in the afternoon. It's similar to the Fugui Farm. It's very cool and has a lake view."
When we arrived at Yamanaka Lake, we had a good view of the lynx He held the woodcutter and put one hand on his hip.
Zhao Dahai nodded beside him: "That's right, if it were me, I would live here in the summer."
Just after he finished speaking, a splash of water suddenly appeared by the lake, and the fat man was I was shocked, "My mom, what is in this water? Isn't there a water monster in this lake?"
"What a water monster? It's a big old turtle, laying eggs by the water. "Wang Lixian used a stick to push the grass on the shore of the lake and said calmly.
Then he said to Chen Ling: "This savage ditch used to be bottomless, but now it's full of water. I can't tell what's in it."
"Yes, that's right."
Chen Ling also agreed upon hearing this.
Actually, this is the old turtle he released, the turtle's son and grandson.
I just didn’t expect that just a few days after I was released, I would start laying eggs.
"That head is quite big. Why don't you come over and catch it at night? Go back and make turtle soup, and give it a nest of eggs?" When Zhao Dahai heard that it was a big old turtle, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up and his eyes started to flow. Mouth.
He heard Chen Ling say that it is easier to catch the old turtle that lays eggs at night, because it does not lay all its eggs at once.
Moreover, old turtles are more cautious during the spawning period and usually come out to lay eggs at night.
Just guard the place where the eggs are laid and wait for it to come. It is best to catch it at this time.
“You know how to eat. You have been in the mountains for so long and you still don’t know the rules in the mountains.”
The lynx kicked him: "If you don't kill Xia Tian's mother, you won't kill her cubs. What's more, you can't kill such a big old turtle."
"Hey, I'm not kidding. "
Zhao Dahai laughed, and after walking to the bamboo forest, he asked: "Do you have to cut the bamboo upward? If you cut it too close to the root, it will be easy to damage it. "< br>
Everyone laughed now, and Chen Ling also patted him on the shoulder and said: "Learn and use it, Brother Dahai, but the bamboo is fine. As I said, don't dig up the roots and you won't be afraid."
Then put down Ruirui and let them and the other little kids play away from each other.
He also carried a chopping knife, picked out a suitable bamboo, and then raised the knife towards the bamboo. With a click, he chopped down a large bamboo with a large bamboo branch and leaves at the top.
Perhaps there were many people coming and there was a lot of noise, but until they carried the bamboo down the mountain, the two mountain donkeys never appeared.
“There are a lot of red-billed jades here...eh? What kind of bird is that? He looks like a big fool, why is he wandering around here alone.”
“Qingzhuang Well, these things usually live alone.”
“Yes, some of them often go to the small river behind my farm to eat fish, and I don’t care about them.”
Although there are many water birds, the water usually has a strong smell, so Chen Ling is too lazy to catch them. He can just watch them on weekdays.
However, during the breeding season, waterfowl are more annoying than other wild birds because they sing incessantly and are quite noisy.
Fortunately, it doesn’t take long, and it becomes interesting once you get used to it.
Just as I was talking, I just walked down from Beishan, and there was a lot of excitement in the orchard.
The big grass-yellow cat jumped out of the grass like lightning with a gray water bird in its mouth, followed by a group of geese chasing fiercely with open wings.
"Oh, your big goose is so fierce, it dares to chase away the mountain raccoon." Wang Lixian shouted.
Chen Ling's eyes narrowed, "This mountain raccoon is always stealing chickens and dogs. Last winter, when there was no food after the snow, he ate all the cabbage in my vegetable cellar and the steamed buns in the kitchen."
“Good guy, so wild.”
“Yeah, I’m so hungry...” “Lingzi, something came over and made the goose ruckus.”
Wang Cunye took a sheep whip and led a group of big dogs with tongues sticking out and excited faces to come over eagerly.
“The mountain raccoons came to catch waterfowl, and the big geese were frightened.”
The geese are quite ferocious, and if you keep them at home, they can look after the house and the yard, and you can also prevent them. There are rats and weasels, but if there are mountain civets, they are generally impossible to prevent.
The Chen Ling family raises a lot of geese. If something comes to their territory, they will chase after it like crazy.
Wang Cunye was startled: "Isn't he still the big thieving cat?"
"Well, it looks like it's him." Chen Ling was also helpless. That fat, sly cat was closely related to his family, and the two litters of mountain civets in the orchard were the offspring of it.
The little tabby cat that eats and drinks with the dogs at home is also his cub.
But they didn’t recognize it. When they saw it, they chased it, bit it, chased it and started fighting.
The one who fights fiercely looks like he is going to kill him at first glance.
That's it, this big thieving cat still comes hanging around the farm every now and then.
Chen Ling secretly thought more than once: "If this thief hadn't had good genes, he would have been bitten to death by a dog just because of his efforts."
This guy is all yellow in color, and has They are not pretty, but the fur color of the offspring, whether they are kittens or the two male mountain civets, is prettier than the last.
So Chen Ling left it alive and saw how the next litter would fare.
If it looks good, catch it and raise it.
Anyway, it is better to keep it on the farm than to suffer hardships in the wild.
"Hey, this big thieving cat really likes our place."
Wang Cunye sighed, then turned around and shouted twice, and Erhei and the others drove the sheep over happily.
Heiwa and Xiaojin circled around Ruirui.
"Rui Rui, let's go herding sheep with grandpa."
Wang Cunye put on his straw hat, raised his whip, smiled from the little baby, and followed Chen Ling and the others towards the village.
There are two big steep slopes in Chenwangzhuang, one is higher in the north and lower in the south.
The inside and outside of the village can be clearly seen from the terrain.
It’s just that within the village, due to a series of renovations such as the construction of houses by the villagers, it has become less obvious than outside the village.
In fact, these two large steep slopes extend for a long time, one is behind the school and Dayan Pond.
There are many trees planted on the slopes, with green grass under them, and small pieces of farmland that have been reclaimed. Most of them are planted with crops such as cotton, soybeans, mung beans, sorghum, or some vegetables.
It is also a good place where villagers often herd sheep and cattle and children often play.
Zhao Yubao and the others chose some gentle places on the slope to build their houses.
But now I plan to follow Chen Ling's suggestion and build two thatched houses first.
He also said that these two slopes are no worse than the bamboo forest in Yamanaka Lake. Such a large grassy slope with green grass would be very good with a simple layout. If it were all flowers and trees, without crops, even It will have a bit of the artistic conception of Western European countries.
Seeing Chen Ling and others carrying bamboos over, and the place where Zhao Yubao and others built their house was also on the slope, Wang Cunye drove his cattle and sheep to join in the fun.
Because Chen Ling wanted to add two more boxes of bees, he released some bees from the cave. After putting down the bamboo, he took Yaya with his son to the village to find Chen Sangui to build a few more beehives.
Now the circle of flowers and trees growing outside the farm wall is like a fence. It grows densely and vigorously. Some flowers bloom in the morning, some bloom in the evening, and some flowers bloom all day long. Bees fly every day. It’s so busy with people flying back and forth.
Wang Susu has no feelings for bees. She mainly likes flowers and plants and the atmosphere of bees and butterflies surrounding them.
The young couple coincided with each other.
For an old carpenter like Chen Sangui, making beehives is easy and a piece of cake.
Chen Ling held Ruirui, who looked like a curious baby, for a while and then returned to his home in the village.
At this time, Wang Zhenzhen took Xizi and Yaya to feed the birds with a bottle of grasshoppers.
When Ruirui saw it, she hurriedly struggled out of his arms and rushed over to play with him.
Chen Ling ignored them and went into the house to help Wang Susu organize the medicine shop.
Put the dried medicinal materials into the medicine cabinet, and then pour the dried medicinal materials into round bamboo plaques and place them under the grape trellis.
Many Chinese medicinal materials need to be dried, but they cannot be exposed to the sun.
"This medicinal material is used quite quickly..." Chen Ling saw that only a small part of many medicinal herbs were left.
This requires going into the mountains to collect herbs again, but it is also a good thing.
It proves that Wang Susu's medicine is widely spread. Although it looks inconspicuous on weekdays, it can still be maintained if the water flows slowly.
Go back into the house and open Wang Susu’s memory account book. Over the past half year, I have quite a lot of memories.
The debt is not much, but more about the symptoms and medication, remember to be very careful.
Chen Ling laughed when he saw this, thinking that after the Dragon Boat Festival, he would go to the mountains to collect some medicine after harvesting the wheat.
My daughter-in-law likes to make this, but she can’t even have the medicinal materials she uses daily.
As soon as I put the account book back in the drawer, the curtain at the door was opened, and a little head came in and smiled at him: "Uncle Fugui, do you want to catch scorpions tonight? It's cool at night, so take Rui Rui with you. Let’s play.”
“Eh? When did you come, Liu Ni’er? I didn’t even hear you shouting in the yard.”
"Uncle Fugui, you have always wronged me. When did I scream?"
Liu Nier shouted loudly.
Suddenly a small figure ran over and wanted to enter the house from his side, but was blocked by the curtain.
The little head was holding up the floral curtain, making a squeaking sound under the floral curtain. The little head and hands were bulging under the curtain, running from the left to the right, but what? Can't get out either.
“Eh? Ruirui, why are you running here?”
Liu Nier looked here and quickly went to help him open the curtain.
Unexpectedly, this little person was already holding up the curtain, shouting "Yah" at the top of his lungs, and tried hard to cross the threshold with one little foot. With such a move, the little thing became unsteady on his feet. , and sat down on the threshold.
The little thing didn't know what was going on at this time. He sat on the ground and looked at Liu Nier with a blank face, and then looked at Chen Ling.
After seeing clearly that it was Chen Ling, he immediately burst into laughter and pointed out: "Dad~"
"What's the matter? What's going on outside?"
Chen Ling walked over, picked him up, and patted the dirt on his body.
“Aunt~”
“Haha, is it that your aunt doesn’t want to play with you?”
Liu Nier answered first from the side: “No, Fugui Uncle, it’s the aunt and the two women talking outside the door. Ruirui called their aunt, and the boss of our village, Yusun, is also here, and he seems to be looking for you."
"Then. If you don't talk about this, you will call me to catch scorpions when you come here." Chen Ling made him lose his mind.
"Hey, Uncle Fugui, I came to you to catch scorpions. I want to save money to buy a car like my aunt's."
"Oh? I want to buy a car, okay, what? When you get first place in the exam, you don’t have to save money, and you don’t have to pay for it. I will buy you a car, what do you think? "
Chen Ling said with a smile.
"Huh? First place? Uncle Fugui, you might as well let me harvest wheat for you."
Liu Nier suddenly made a sad face: "I just give it to you. If you harvest ten acres of wheat and you can’t finish it in one day or two days, you may not be able to finish it in two days. If you get the first place in the exam, you won’t be able to win in the Year of the Monkey.”
"Hahaha, okay, not bad, not bad. I will use it in the year of the monkey. Watching TV is not in vain."
Chen Ling touched his head and was about to tease this little monkey again, but he heard that A woman's voice and Sun Yanhong's shout came from inside.
"Fugui, Fugui, Boss Chen, I have sent you money..."
"I haven't come out even after calling for a long time. I have a big deal to discuss with you this time."
(End of this chapter)