Chapter 472: Cicada shells for popsicles
"Hey, hey, hey...Afu and Shou, what are you two doing? Come down quickly."
Meet an energetic little kid , the two colorful tigers could only retreat. When they were tired from playing, they climbed directly onto the bed next to the tiger cage and animal pen.
When Chen Ling saw this scene, he hurriedly stopped him, but the two idiots were not willing to listen. After climbing up, they arched their heads on the bed, turned sideways, and lay down with their backs spread out.
Close your eyes comfortably. I can’t hear what you are saying.
This is the disadvantage of being enlightened.
I know how to get close to people, but I like to act like a child.
"His grandma is disobedient, right?"
Seeing that the two single beds were overwhelmed by the tiger and the mosquito nets were crushed, Chen Ling walked over angrily , lift up the palm and hit.
These two beds are used to guard the tigers here at night. They are covered with mats, pillows, and mosquito nets. They are clean.
As a result, he was tortured like this by two tigers. You must know that they had just played in the water and fell on the bed covered in mud and water. This guy couldn't get the things on the two beds.
Can Chen Ling not be angry?
He was not used to them, so he went up and gave them a few slaps.
But the two tigers were tortured by Ruirui. They were tired and sleepy. The key point was that they couldn't resist and could only endure. Now they lay down on the bed and suddenly felt really comfortable.
When Chen Ling hit them, they just squinted their eyes, exposed their wet bellies, hugged his arms with their front legs, and purred to prevent him from moving.
Chen Ling was helpless for a while.
"These two little tigers have really changed since they came to your place. In just a few days, they have begun to crawl on the bed like a human being."
Xiao Li saw Chen Ling Finally deflated, he couldn't help but laugh.
Now that these two guys are still not wild or ferocious, they feel relieved and have the time to tease Chen Ling.
Liu Jiancheng and Liu Jiancheng also walked over with smiles and looked at this novel scene.
Not to mention the little ones, who let out another burst of excitement.
Chen Ling also knew that these two guys saw him sleeping on the bed at night and wanted to climb up in the morning. He didn't let them go and gave him a few words of training. Now they are climbing up.
"Climbing into bed is a trivial matter. The key is to make a mess and don't want it anymore."
Chen Ling said with a dark face.
If the single bed I made was not big and strong enough, it would not be able to withstand the tossing of these two tigers and it would fall apart.
This was also the first time he felt that tigers were really not something ordinary people could raise.
It is still difficult to keep these big cats at home. Let’s not say whether they can be kept at home. The key areas are too small, and the things in the house cannot withstand their harm.
Next, this feeling becomes even more profound.
When Chen Ling and his family were having dinner, they were roaring outside and couldn't stay away from people.
Good guy, can the tiger's barking be a trivial matter?
There was a lot of chaos outside the farm, and the dogs in the village were even trembling and afraid to make a sound.
Reluctantly, Chen Ling brought them home, but after a while, he and the dog grabbed a piece of chicken bone and overturned the table.
After a while, I went to tease the little cat with my paws.
Although the little tabby cat is just a mountain civet, it has become accustomed to them in the past two days. When it was annoyed, it also greeted the tiger directly with its paws in the face.
While greeting, he barked fiercely.
The two tigers were driven away and ran around the farm, knocking over countless things along the way.
They got into trouble one after another. Afterwards, the two guys knew they had done something wrong, and looked at Chen Ling pitifully with their big cat faces drooping in aggrievedness.
Chen Ling had nowhere to vent his anger.
I thought to myself that I shouldn’t enlighten these two fools. I thought Hei Wa and Xiao Jin were like this back then, and it took them three or four months to get better.
Back then, when I was still a puppy, I didn’t feel much.
But in the case of two sub-adult tigers that are almost the size of adult tigers, it would be a disaster.
“Fortunately, I have to leave tomorrow, otherwise I wouldn’t dare to fight, and scolding would be of no use. It’s really frustrating.”
After the fresh energy, the two tigers became The presence of Xiong Wazi gave the old man and old lady in the family a headache.
But this will no longer be the case soon.
Tiger's happy time is short-lived.
They set out on their way back to the zoo the next day.
I didn’t even get to see Chen Ling when I left.
Chen Ling also didn't see the two tigers, like two little babies, feeling aggrieved and panicked in the cage, roaring, and reluctant to leave.
He was called to the village by Wang Jusheng early in the morning.
It was said that Wang Qingwen called the village from Fenglei Town and asked Wang Jusheng to send a message, saying that Wang Cunye's cousin was gone and asked the old man to rush back as soon as possible.
Come on.
No one can do anything about this.
Chen Ling didn't even eat breakfast, so he got on his motorcycle and drove his father-in-law and sister-in-law to Fenglei Town.
Get there early and return to the village early.
Gao Xiulan cannot go back because she has to take care of Wang Susu.
So Wang Zhenzhen should also go back.
We are a family after all. If we have one more person back, we will look better.
After arriving at Fenglei Town, Chen Ling did not rush back that day and stayed at Yaowang Village for a day.
The main reason is that apart from the funeral, Wang Qingzhong was too excited.
Those defective clothes made a lot of money. He only went to the store twice and almost half of them were sold. This greatly increased his confidence and he has already started to find people to work on them.
The couple pulled Chen Ling and talked about this and that.
My family will naturally not speak out their words of gratitude, which would appear to be insensitive.
Just tell me when Su Su will give birth to a baby, and ask the two sisters-in-law to come over and help take care of it.
Chen Ling smiled knowingly and didn't say much.
He knows better than anyone the character of his two brothers-in-law, and he can trust them better than anyone.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t be willing to reach out and give him a hand.
I mentioned it to Wang Cunye many times.
But Wang Qingzhong could not change his mind before. He was afraid of losing money and being cheated. He was afraid of this and that. This was the most terrible thing.
Fortunately, the idea Chen Ling gave him was not a big step.
It is also relatively simple and safe to do.
It can be said that it is very suitable for people with little experience like them.
As for selling grain to earn a price difference, the gap is still a bit big, and the effort is not focused on one place. After Chen Ling hurried home, he told his daughter-in-law and mother-in-law that they were both happy for the two brothers.
……
“I sell popsicles, white sugar mung bean popsicles, cicada shells for popsicles.”
As soon as ten o'clock in the morning, the sound of selling popsicles started to sound in the village. They were either middle-aged men in red vests or old men in straw hats.
As soon as they hear the cries, all the little kids in the village will huff and puff around them.
Each of them carried a cloth bag or a bag cut from a urea bag, took out the cicada shells they had accumulated, and exchanged them for popsicles.
A popsicle costs five cents.
But after this year, prices have risen sharply, and five cents suddenly seem worthless.
It's only a dime or two, and even five cents is not that rare if you talk about it alone.
Fortunately, little kids don’t have to worry about whether it’s ten cents or five cents, they can just exchange it for cicada shells.
As soon as Chen Ling came out of the village yard with Rui Rui in his arms, he met Liu Nier and the others gathered around an old man's car to exchange popsicles.
My father-in-law and my sister-in-law went back.
He naturally has to do the daily work of herding sheep and raising children.
Don’t forget to feed the birds and pigeons raised in the village yard.
"Uncle Fugui, give me some popsicles."
"Uncle, grandpa, eat mine."
"Rui Rui will eat too."
As soon as they saw Chen Ling come out, the kids who had changed into popsicles rushed to hand them to him.
He has never been stingy with these little brats, and they are very generous to him.
He is the first to think of something good.
Some little kids even complained to him, saying that his grandma hid good things and wouldn’t let them go out, and they wanted to save food, but he didn’t want to be the first to give it to Chen Ling, saying that she had good things. Must let Uncle Fugui try it.
When the father-in-law and mother-in-law heard this, they laughed for a long time and said that he had really become the king of children.
"Okay, okay, you can give it to the adults at home. It's a hot day and I'm still working at Teacher Zhao's place."
"I no longer work at Grandpa Zhao's place. My mother and I have gone to the fields to spray pesticides. There has been a lot of rain these days and the corns are infested with insects." But there are too many, and even the birds can't eat them. They say we need to spray them quickly, otherwise the buds and seedlings will be eaten up."
Chen Ling listened to their shouts and understood in his heart. This is because the environment is so good, and there are more bugs.
In addition, pheasants and other wild birds were harmed a lot by their own dogs. After all, they had a large appetite, so they had to go to the fields every day to find food.
After hearing this, the old man selling popsicles took out the popsicles from the wooden box and said with a smile: "Your Chenwangzhuang has good soil and strong fertility. Even the insects are everywhere. Our crops are here. It doesn’t grow well, and the insects don’t come.”
"Hey, where is this old man from?"
"Qinwan, when there is a flood, the land becomes even more useless."
When there is a flood, some places , water will wash away fertile soil, making the land increasingly poor.
In some places, fertile silt will accumulate, greatly improving soil fertility, and crops will have continuous bumper harvests in two or three years.
"Qinwan is close to the county seat. There are many teachers and officials there, and you don't care about the money for one-third of an acre."
Chen Ling smiled and said.
Qin Qiumei and Qin Rongxian are both from Qinwan. There are indeed some people who eat public meals there, and they are very famous.
"Those are from other people's homes. We are just ordinary people living a hard life."
The old man said this, but after listening to Chen Ling's words, he still smiled happily.
Then he collected cicada shells and exchanged them for popsicles for the children, while telling about the former high officials there.
He obviously knew who Chen Ling was.
Be willing to brag in front of this person.
As long as Chen Ling nodded and responded with a few words, he would feel much more accomplished than talking to ordinary people.
Without a few words, the little thing in Chen Ling's arms stopped drying up and started to come down to get some popsicles.
Liu Nier and the others gave it to him, but he didn’t want it.
Just want it in the box.
He also picked up the small square hole on the box and looked inside.
"Good guy, this kid is just like Fugui when you were a child. When buying popsicles, he first opens the popsicle box and looks at it."
Lao Niwai walked out from the south with his little grandson and said jokingly.
Obviously also here to exchange for popsicles.
"...Uncle Niwai saw me and had nothing else to do except expose my shortcomings."
Chen Ling shook his head and smiled helplessly.
When he was a child, he was very curious and wanted to know what treasures were in the boxes selling popsicles.
I have done a lot of ridiculous things for this reason.
I also want to get a box to sell popsicles myself, so there will be endless popsicles to eat.
Unfortunately it didn't work out.
Later I found out that the popsicles were filled with cotton. No matter how hot the weather was, the popsicles would not melt.
“Hahaha, your child is getting more and more capable now. If I don’t hurt you as soon as possible, I’m afraid you will grow wings and fly far away in the future. In the final analysis, it is better to live in the city, and it is better to live in the city. Scenery, don't you think so..."
Lao Niwai laughed, took out a dime and handed it to the popsicle seller: "Here, get me two popsicles."
The popsicle seller. The old man said: "You can also exchange cicada shells for popsicles."
"Hmph, which village are you from? A dishonest person will fool a little baby."
Lao Niwai snorted.
Then he tilted his mouth and eyes, and muttered to Chen Ling: "This year, the price of cicada shells is more than 20 per pound. How stupid can you be to exchange cicada shells for popsicles?" Son."
Chen Ling smiled when he heard this and said nothing.
Now that I know about cicada shells, I need to save at least a sack to sell them, and if I don’t have enough, I’ll just exchange them for some popsicles.
He didn't care.
On the other hand, after being stunned for a while, the little kids ran home like mourning, even the popsicles in their hands were no longer so sweet.
Seeing this, Ruirui held a popsicle in his hand and looked around with doubtful eyes. He didn't know why all his friends ran away at once.
(End of this chapter)