Chapter 462 The Unexpected Person
“Can fish glow?”
“Oh, it’s true, Lingzi, come and take a look, these little fish are really glowing. Just like fireflies.”
Hearing this, Chen Ling hurried to the front yard.
Outside the living room of the bamboo building in the front yard, the father-in-law and his two children were picking at the edge of a large stone water tank, lifting the lotus leaves on the water, and looking inside.
At the same time, Wang Susu and his wife heard their shouts, put down the dishes they had washed, and came over.
In addition to the ordinary fish that are sold in fish ponds, Chen Ling also raises high-quality fish that he keeps for fun.
He specially made a large water tank made of bluestone and placed it in front of the door of the living room of Zhulou.
Inside the stone tank, in addition to fish, there are also aquatic plants and some lotus flowers.
It looks like an ecological fish tank, very beautiful.
"Brother-in-law, sister, look, the little fry here is glowing."
Seeing everyone coming over, Wang Zhenzhen suddenly became very excited and stood up directly to point at them.
In the water tank, under the dim darkness of evening, there were small fluorescent fish fry swimming around.
"Hey, are these the fry of those pearl fish that just grew up? There was nothing special about them a few days ago?"
Chen Ling looked at them and was a little surprised.
Is this another mutation?
Generally speaking, there are very few freshwater fish that can emit light.
There are more in deep seas and caves.
Biological phosphorescence, some of which are symbiotic with other organisms, is rare in ordinary fresh water.
After all, freshwater areas have sunlight and strong visible light, or the water is murky and light penetration is poor. That little light cannot attract food or mate, and is of little significance for survival and reproduction.
"Things flying in the sky can shine. We have seen some of them. Things swimming in the water can shine, but we have never seen them before..."
The father-in-law and mother-in-law were amazed, with wonder on their faces.
Wang Susu also had a fresh look on her face: "Yeah, I've never seen one before. I used to say that the rarest ones were the two red eels that A Ling caught. I didn't expect that there are such things that can glow at night. Where's the fish? "
"Yeah, Susu, you mentioned the red eel. The red eel is so valuable. These fish can shine brightly at night, aren't they also valuable? "
When Wang Cunye heard his daughter's words, his eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at Chen Ling.
"Well, I really don't know about this. I'll call the county town tomorrow and ask."
Chen Ling recalled carefully and found that there was really no news about fluorescent fish at this time.
Not to mention the fluorescent fish that have mutated from ornamental fish.
"Okay, let's ask. Our family has really raised something rare."
Wang Cunye shook his head with satisfaction, otherwise outsiders would always call his son-in-law the "Dog King". It's too unpleasant to wear.
King of Fish sounds better than this.
"Dad."
As the adults were talking, the little guy, who was standing on tiptoes and holding the edge of the water tank with his little hands, raised his head and pointed at the fluorescence in the water tank with one hand. Yu looked at Chen Ling eagerly.
"What are you doing? Do you want to play with it?"
As soon as Chen Ling saw his eager little face, he knew what this brat wanted to do.
"Yeah."
The little thing nodded vigorously.
"Okay, let's eat first. After dinner, daddy will find you a small bottle, put it in it like a firefly, and hang it in the room, okay?"
Little thing His eyes lit up: "Okay."
Wang Zhenzhen also shouted quickly: "I want it too, I want to raise it too."
Compared to this little fish that can glow, what fun are fireflies? They will die after only two days.
"Okay, okay, you all have a share."
"Aling, don't let them play around, these fish may be really valuable."
>"That is to say, how can they just give them whatever they want? What if this fluorescent fish is really as valuable as the red eel, costing several thousand yuan a fish, and it spoils it for the two of them? That would be a big thank you.
You also said that such ornamental fish are delicate. ”
"It's okay. This is a fish and nothing else. I just need to mix some potion. No matter how often I change the water, it will be fine if I keep it in a bottle."
Children want to play with this gadget, so let them play with it. That's it, Chen Ling naturally has nothing to be reluctant to part with.
In the evening, I put four or five small fishes in each glass bottle for them, put them in the room and turned off the lights. They immediately glowed brightly, which was very beautiful.
The two little dolls loved it so much that they played until midnight. They were so sleepy that they were reluctant to go to sleep.
Even the cicada monkey forgot to look for it.
...
The next morning, the eagles in the sky were still circling nearby looking for prey, but no one was found approaching the farm.
So after breakfast, Chen Ling rode on his little green horse and headed to the county seat.
I called the fish shop owner Du Guanghe and others in the city to inquire. I also asked Yu Qian and Ma Wei.
They all said they had never seen this kind of fish before, and they couldn’t say whether it was worth the money.
After all, traditional ornamental fish appreciation does not rely on whether it shines or not to measure its value.
Chen Ling thought: In this case, let’s keep it for the children to play with.
Chen Ling put down the phone and planted another watermelon in the small yard in the south of the city.
This time, based on the grafting of watermelon and winter melon, pumpkin is also grafted.
This kind of pumpkin is black and can grow to be extremely long and heavy.
Outside the village, there will be many breedings on the slopes every year.
It has golden flowers and black pumpkins.
The largest ones can grow to more than one meter.
It is also a very heavy one.
This time I borrowed a pumpkin that was big and sweet.
The effect of planting it in Dongtian is quite good.
Originally, Chen Ling thought it would be good to grow it outside.
Unexpectedly, there was a new change in the outside world, and it turned into yellow melon flesh. In desperation, he had to prepare to let it go again.
This watermelon is so disobedient to cultivate.
Not at all what he wanted.
On the contrary, Taozi succeeds every time.
‘Blood Peach’ is a red-fleshed peach grafted with cherries.
There is another one grafted with a plum, which is not bad. He hasn’t had time to name it yet.
“If you fail, you will fail. Next year we will start with peaches. I still don’t believe that we can’t make a new variety of watermelon if we raise it in Dongtian for two more years.”
The broken yellow pulp watermelon was fed to the little green horse, the vines of the melon were plowed out, and the peach core of the 'blood peach' was planted here. Several small saplings would soon grow.
These peaches and apricots grow very fast.
If you accidentally throw it away outside the yard after eating it, small saplings will grow out after a while, which is very common.
If left alone, the peach core will grow to the height of a person in the second year after dropping it.
In addition to these peach stones, he also threw several excellent ornamental fish that gave birth to fluorescent fish into the pool in the courtyard.
Let them all grow wild here.
No one comes to the small yard except myself. Let’s see what they will develop into.
After coming out of the courtyard, Chen Ling was originally going to buy two pieces of tofu and go home, but he ended up going back to the post office halfway.
I almost forgot to send the letter.
In addition to letters, he also subscribed to magazines for a year.
There are some short stories in this type of magazine that are similar to Liaozhai.
It is compiled and adapted from various anecdotes that have been circulated in the local area.
It not only has warning meaning, but also sounds very interesting.
For example, the legend of Wolf Bazi and Donkey-headed Wolf.
The jingle made up for Chen Ling said that he is "he is the king of the Qinling Mountains". This sentence comes from the donkey-headed wolf.
This monster has the head of a donkey and the body of a wolf. It is very ferocious and terrifying. It is known as "it is the king of the northern slope of Qinling Mountains".
These ancient legends can only be heard from the mouths of old people like Chen Sangui and Fourth Grandfather Chen Gannian, but there are some omissions and they are not as complete as what is stated in this magazine.
The last time Chen Ling saw a few books in the mail bag of the rural postman, he took it over and flipped through it, and he was attracted.
This time I subscribe without saying a word.
“Hey, I came across wild fruits given by mountain people while collecting herbs. After eating them, I didn’t have to eat for ten years and I didn’t feel hungry... I don’t think I’ve heard of this somewhere.”
Chen Ling flipped through the catalog of the magazine and found an article with a catchy title. He turned to that page and browsed it roughly before smiling: "I don't know if I can cultivate such a magical fruit using the cave.
...Haha, it’s very difficult to imagine, and now I can’t even get the watermelon.”
“Uncle Fugui?”
I was lost in thought when I heard someone next to me. Calling him, he turned around and saw a very beautiful and tall young girl.
He just frowned, as if he had something on his mind. Even though he was a little surprised to see him, his face was still a little sad and solemn.
"It's Sannier, are you here to send a letter too?"
It turns out that it is Sannier who belongs to Wang Lixian's family. Recently, for more than half a year, because the little sheep's performance was very good, Sannier also came to find him. Opportunity admitted.
The Wang Lixian family slowly accepted their daughter again.
Last time, she and the little sheep went home together to help with manure in the greenhouse.
Change to the past.
How could this arrogant girl be willing to do such a dirty and tiring job?
Many gossipy women in the village also maliciously speculated that the girl from the Lixian family used to have such high eyebrows and look down on people from poor ravines and poor families. She found that man to come back and follow the rich to do this and that. It’s also dirty and tiring, can you bear it?
I’m afraid it’s better to go after the rich parents in the city, otherwise I wouldn’t have been with that boy named Fang.
He is stupid, honest, and has a soft temper. It is strange that he can control Sannier.
Because of Little Sheep’s honesty and progressiveness, many villagers in the village really recognized this kid.
But there is still a lot of prejudice against Sannier.
The young couple Chen Ling had heard Gao Xiulan murmur before, but when they met, as elders, as long as the junior was willing to say hello and talk, they had no prejudice in their hearts and were still very enthusiastic.
"Well, I'm here to send two letters. As soon as I came here, I saw this big horse, and it turned out to be you."
"Hahaha, right? , they say my horse is easier to recognize than me."
Chen Ling smiled: "Has Xiaofang come back from the car?"
"Not yet. It's two days late this time. When I called Boss Sun, he didn't say anything. He just told me that he was still waiting for the goods in the city." Share sadness.
"It's inevitable when you're out in the car. Well, I'll leave you a watermelon to eat. It's very hot now. I have nothing to do at home and eat two pieces of watermelon to relieve the heat."
Chen Lingjian She looked uncomfortable and didn't ask any questions. She just took out a large black watermelon that wasn't very heavy from the net bag on the side of the horse's back and put it down for her.
Sannier quickly said no.
But Chen Ling smiled and waved, got on his horse and left.
This watermelon is the same as last time, which is the grafted variety of watermelon and winter melon.
Last time I left it in the cave and didn’t take it out.
I only opened one in Fenglei Town. I drove a long way on a tractor at that time, so I took one out at noon and tasted it with my two brothers-in-law.
Both of them said it was okay, but the rind was too thick, but it was not wasted. It could be used for cooking after eating, which was not bad.
I just happened to take a few back today to try.
Let’s see if it tastes good when made into soy melon.
He was thinking about eating and playing, but the pair of little sheep and Sannier were in trouble.
It turns out that Little Sheep came back late from the train this time, not to avoid running into an empty train waiting for goods, but because his parents came here. He was afraid that his parents would cause trouble to Wang Lixian's family. He refused to bring his parents over.
But this kid is still a bit too young after all, and today he finally couldn’t withstand the hard and soft attacks, threats and inducements from his parents.
He drove his parents to the village in a transport truck.
At that time, Chen Ling was letting pigeons play on the slope of Zhao Yubao's house to test his pigeon whistles. At the same time, he asked the two bald men to drive the pigeons in the sky to train the pigeons' courage and adaptability skills.
Just as he was having fun with the two old men, Liu Nier followed Wang Zhenzhen and ran to him. She was sweating profusely, jumping and screaming, saying that his brother-in-law’s parents had come to the door and asked him to hurry up. Go check it out.
(End of this chapter)