Chapter 456 Eat disaster
Give good medicine to the little white cow. Seeing that it finally felt better, Wang Susu relaxed her brows slightly: "Did it come from a gadfly bite?"
"A gadfly? That's also true. No... Even if our cattle are clean and we clean them, we haven't attracted many gadfly flies. Besides, there have been fewer gadflies in recent years. They can usually be seen in the fields during busy farming periods. Last year, when we were breaking off the buds, six gadflies were Ni'er just bit her. It was swollen and painful for several days."
Chen Ling shook her head.
There used to be a lot of gadflies when they were young, but now there are indeed fewer of them in recent years.
A gadfly is a fly-like insect.
I am definitely no stranger to letting cows off when I was young.
Gadflies like to fly around cows, especially in summer, when there are more gadflies than mosquitoes, which is more terrifying.
What these guys like to do most is to bite and suck blood from the cow’s back, legs and eyelids.
At this time, just one slap will kill several gadflies.
Then his hands were covered with the blood of the cow it had sucked.
Whether buffalo or oxen, they all attract gadflies.
Buffaloes especially like to be by the water in summer, and the waterside is even more of a paradise for gadflies.
The little white cow might have been bitten by a gadfly.
They were just about to go out and take a look when they heard Wang Lixian’s voice coming from outside: "Come out, rich and noble, come out and see your cattle..."
This must be the three scalpers outside.
It just rained last night, the ground was not dry yet, and the grass was full of mud and water, so I didn’t deliberately drive them out, I just let them out and let them move around the orchard.
It’s no problem if a dog is watching.
As a result, the little white bull was injured first, and then Wang Lixian shouted outside again.
Chen Ling and the others hurried out to take a look.
When I went out to take a look, it was like that gadfly. But it was not just one, but a group of them. They were everywhere on the three oxen. They were so anxious that they kept swishing their tails.
"When I first came here, I saw dragonflies flying all over the sky on the way, and there are so many gadflies coming to your place. Don't let there be another disaster this year?"
Wang Lixian came over with the cart. , came to pull quail dung. When he saw Chen Ling's cattle being besieged by gadflies, he didn't dare to move forward and chase them away, so he quickly called him out.
Seeing this, Chen Ling took off his shoes without saying a word and slapped the cow. While slapping the gadfly on the mouth, he responded: "There is nothing to cause a disaster. In the past, there were dragonflies flying all over the sky. I've had it happen before, and it's better to come out around the time of rain...
There are more of these gadflies all of a sudden. I guess they were attracted because our village raised more cattle this year."
Raising too many cattle will attract gadflies. Other families are not as diligent in cleaning as Chen Ling's family, and they breed quickly.
Gadflies, like dragonflies, breed near water, and when it rains, they are all frightened out.
Of course, the environment on the farm is too good, which is also an inducement to accelerate their reproduction.
"It's possible that this year the whole village will follow your example of raising cows. Some people will raise two calves directly. Our village now has about thirty cows in total..."
" Yes, it’s a good thing it was discovered early, otherwise the cow would not only suffer, but would also have trouble growing meat.” Gao Xiulan and Wang Susu also helped to shoot gadflies on the cow.
The gadfly is a powerful sucker of blood and carries pathogens. If the cow is bitten too many times, it will become upset and if it does not eat well, it will definitely affect its normal growth.
Chen Ling nodded, turned around and shouted: "Erhei, go and drive over two chickens."
When Erhei heard this, he immediately drove out two chickens with cubs. The old hen came over and pecked at the gadfly that had fallen on the ground.
Wang Lixian laughed when he saw this: "Hahaha, you still remember feeding gadflies to chickens?" I refuse to waste it and feed it all to chickens...
This is good stuff. The old hen eats it and lays eggs. The whites are white, tender and smooth, and the yolks are charred and brown. When fried, they taste incredibly delicious. "
Chen Ling said with a face full of aftertaste.
"Hey, your kid really never forgets to eat. "Wang Lixian smiled and shook his head.
"But it is true, this thing sucks blood more powerfully than mosquitoes. The blood sucking is not for nothing. After eating the chicken, the eggs will be delicious. ”
Although this gadfly is hateful. In addition to harming cattle, it can also suck human blood, but its protein itself is extremely high.
Feed the chickens and the eggs they lay will be big and delicious.
Many people know this.
It’s just that there are so few of them, so if you don’t raise cattle, you won’t be able to catch them.
If you raise cows, you will have trouble with them.
“You guys clean up here, I’ll go get the quail poop out.”
After a few more jokes, Wang Lixian pulled the cart and left.
"Aling, can the spice you mixed with it prevent gadflies? If it can, add some to the cow..." Wang Susu asked worriedly.
Although she has a lot of home remedies, they are used to treat people's illnesses.
I don’t dare to mess around like Chen Ling.
The key is that he can tinker with something useful.
Wang Susu was quite impressed.
"It should work. If it doesn't work, I'll try something else."
Chen Ling is also quite annoyed by things like gadflies.
Especially since the calf is a white cow and likes to stay near water, it is more likely to attract gadflies than ordinary cattle.
Not to mention that besides cows, it also bites people.
The bite is extremely painful.
The swelling will last for seven or eight days.
Now there are babies and pregnant women at home.
This has to be guarded against.
Since then, in addition to making fishing nets in the morning, Chen Ling has been watching the reactions of several cows after hanging sachets to see if they attract any more gadflies.
Fortunately, the products produced by Dongtian are still strong and did not disappoint Chen Ling.
After smelling the scent of the sachet, these blood-sucking guys were still reluctant to leave, but they no longer dared to come forward.
“It’s been raining a lot recently. We have to quickly weave the fishing net and get that big strange fish as soon as possible.”
……
“Dad, look~ ”
At noon, Chen Ling was frying cicada monkeys in the kitchen, and Ruirui, a little kid, ran over with short legs.
Hold up your chubby little arms and show them to him.
"Hey, what is that thing on this hand? Who drew the little watch for you?"
Chen Ling saw a cartoon cat drawn on the little thing's wrist. A small watch, very delicate and cute.
I knew this was probably drawn by Old Man Zhong for him.
"Hehe."
Ruirui hid her little arms back and smiled at him proudly with her little white teeth exposed.
Then I showed him the other arm.
“Here, little elephant~”
There is a little elephant painted on this arm.
"Haha, let's see what you can do. Just take a class and earn two small paintings."
At this time, Wang Cunye walked in with two pieces of drawing paper and said helplessly: "Hi, This brat always makes trouble for others, sometimes touching here, sometimes touching there, and even giving people fingerprints. Fortunately, this is not a serious class, so everyone is teasing him.
No, Old Brother Zhong is still here. I drew two pictures for him."
As he spoke, he unfolded the drawing paper, and one picture showed Ruirui himself, playing with a little white elephant toy.
The other picture shows Wang Cunye hugging him. The two of them are sitting at the back of the classroom. The little guy is still holding the little white elephant toy in his hand.
As expected of an old painter, the paintings are lifelike.
"The painting is really good. I'll frame it in two days and hang it on the bedside of this brat like you."
Chen Ling touched his little head and said with a smile.
Then, take out the fried cicada monkeys from the oil pan, divide some into two portions, put them in two bowls, sprinkle with a little seasoning, put them in the basket, and put the little ones into the basket. Qingma called to the front, mounted his horse and sent Zhao Yubao and his family over.
I didn’t waste much time when I got home, and the temperature of the fried cicada monkey just dropped. It has been placed on the table, waiting for him to come back to eat.
“This deep-fried food should not be stuffy, otherwise it will lose its flavor. Open it and let it dry for a while and it will become crispy. Try it.”
Put off the cicada monkey’s butt and eat the first half. The position of the head and back shell, put it in your mouth and bite it, your mouth will be full of fragrance, crispy and delicious, it is not too delicious.
Wang Susu tasted two and said they felt better than crayfish.
“I don’t think the crayfish is as good as this without the seasonings you put in it.
Ruirui, do you think it tastes good? "
The little guy opened his mouth wide and bit into the cicada meat handed over by his mother: "Ah, wow, so good." "
Chen Ling smiled: "It's delicious and we'll catch it after two days. ”
Afternoon.
Since there was not enough bamboo for weaving mats, Chen Ling went up the mountain to cut some more bamboo.
They weave mats locally, mostly using reeds in the past.
Reeds are quick and easy to weave.
They also have many small reed-weaving workshops here.
The finer thing is weaving some mats, bamboo baskets, baskets and other items.
Rough ones such as straw mats, straw hats, etc.
There are many styles.
Unfortunately, things made of reeds are not durable.
Especially reed mats.
The most unbearable thing is the harm caused by the children.
As long as the adults are not careful, their restless little hands will start to toss.
As long as you pull it gently, the reed mat will spread out along the lines.
I don’t know why.
It seems like I am addicted to taking this thing apart.
Children with weak hands can’t stop once they take it apart, and within a short time there will be a hole as big as their buttocks.
Even if you get beaten by your parents, you can't change this bad habit.
Later, bamboo mats gradually became popular, and things got a little better.
Just weave bamboo mats, which is much more troublesome than weaving reed mats.
Because the workmanship of bamboo mats is more detailed and takes more time than reed mats.
The entire bamboo mat used on the bed is made of bamboo strips.
Think about it, it’s like bamboo strips.
After the bamboo is chopped back, use a machete to break the bamboo poles, a sharpener to break the bamboo strips, and a mallet to pound the strips. After that, you have to punch holes in each bamboo strip...
That guy is taking a lot of effort. .
However, sleeping on the made mat is more comfortable than sleeping on the reed mat.
"Oh, are you finally willing to give it up?"
Chen Ling was sitting in a pavilion in the bamboo forest, polishing the burrs on the strips, when he suddenly heard a rustling sound.
It turned out that a nest of mountain raccoons had escaped from the west side of the bamboo forest.
The big one is an orange female cat, followed by seven small tabby cats, poking their heads in the bamboo bushes to look here.
One of the kittens still stuck out its butt, raised its tail, and sharpened its claws on a bamboo.
"Meow~"
The fat orange cat raised its long tail high, walked over slowly with light steps, and rubbed against Chen Ling's legs. After a while, he walked to the ditch next to him and lowered his head to drink some water. Then he took a bunch of kittens and lay down on the bamboo strips.
"Susu, come on, the kittens have come out of the nest again, come and feed them."
"Ah? Have the kittens come out of the nest again?"
Wang Susu heard Chen Ling's cry , and immediately responded happily: "Here he comes, come right now."
After a while, he walked out with a clay bowl with a happy face.
The bowl was full, and the monkey’s butt was broken off.
Cicada monkeys tend to have parasites on their butts, so they generally don’t eat them.
Just keep it and feed it to the cat.
The young couple feed the two nests of mountain raccoons outside when they have time.
Some meaty leftovers are not enough for the dogs at home to stuff between their teeth.
But it’s just right to feed the cat.
As the kittens grow older, the mother cat becomes less protective of the kittens. After this period of feeding, they gradually become closer to people.
Plus, female cats are originally domestic cats.
Once you get familiar with someone, you get used to it very quickly.
"Meow meow meow, come here quickly, I have delicious food here."
Wang Susu sat on the stone bench next to Chen Ling, grabbed a few and sprinkled them on the ground, big oranges The cat and a bunch of kittens surrounded it and started robbing it.
After a while, the small mountain raccoons on the east side of the bamboo forest also smelled the fragrance, and trotted over on their own without the big cat leading them, like little woolen balls.
When he found that the food had been eaten and couldn’t grab it anymore, he raised his little head and surrounded Wang Susu and screamed ‘meow’ and ‘meow’.
“Hee hee, be good, I will feed the good ones.”
Wang Susu touched their little heads one by one, then grabbed another handful, and looked at them with satisfaction. Fighting to eat.
Chen Ling smiled when he saw this: "It's great now. Now that I'm close to people, I can sell it in the future."
"Sell whatever you want. If anyone buys your cat, just keep it. It's quite fun."
Wang Susu said with some reluctance.
She originally liked dogs, but after seeing these bunch of beautiful and cute little furry guys, she gradually fell in love with them.
I really like coming over to feed them.
“Cats are useless if you keep them too much. They can’t look after the house or do anything. Let them have more and more cats.”
Chen Ling shook his head.
He originally wanted to breed new varieties of pet cats. Why would he raise so many if he didn't sell them.
"In this way, they dig their own holes, so we don't need to raise them..."
Before Wang Susu finished speaking, she heard a burst of crying from the little baby from far to near.
The big cats and kittens, who were still grabbing for food, were so frightened that they ran away quickly.
"Fugui, is Susu here? I went to the courtyard of your village, but Susu is not there."
It was Wang Lishan's voice.
The young couple looked outside and saw Wang Lishan parked outside with Piggy on his bicycle. Piggy was sitting in the back seat of the car, crying and wiping her tears.
There were Liu Nier and other little kids following behind.
"It's too hot here in the village. Susu hasn't been here in the past few days... What's going on, Brother Lishan, what's wrong with the pig boy?"
Chen Ling walked over and asked.
“Hey, these kids are dishonest. They caught gadflies after school and fed them to the chickens. They said that the chickens ate the gadflies and laid big and delicious eggs... But look at this, they were stung by the gadflies. "Hurry up and ask Su Su to give him some medicine."
Wang Lishan said with a frown.
Zhu Wa'er turned over and got out of the back seat of the car, wiping her tears and said: "Liu Ni'er told me that gadflies suck cow blood. Eating chickens is more effective than eating worms. Egg yolks are all It's very brown and delicious when fried."
Liu Nier scratched her head sheepishly and smiled: "I said it when I was drinking at noon. My brother-in-law said that the scrambled eggs at home are delicious. , it tastes great with wine... An Da said that after the old hen eats the gadfly, the eggs she lays are more delicious..."
After listening to the words of the two little kids, and seeing the little devils behind him swallowing saliva and looking forward to it after hearing how delicious the eggs were, Wang Susu suddenly looked at her man with a strange look on her face.
(End of this chapter)