Chapter 526 Leopard
When I walked to the backyard of the farm to pick vegetables, a few ducks flapped their wings, quacked, and swam in from the outside along the water channel.
As soon as they came in and saw Chen Ling here, they all turned around on the water and swam out with a loud scream.
"Hey, is this duck still afraid of me today? Don't secretly lay eggs here."
Chen Ling was stunned when he saw this.
Once chickens and ducks avoid people, they have a high chance of secretly laying eggs somewhere.
Just as I was guessing, the two little swallows in the kitchen made a panicked cry.
Chen Ling looked over there and saw that there was a little leopard squatting on the kitchen door beam, with two beautiful amber eyes staring straight at the little bird in the bird's nest.
"Damn, this unlucky boy, I said you came and left again, but I didn't expect you came here to steal a bird."
Chen Ling slapped his hands and stamped his feet , frightened the little clouded leopard, trembled, jumped off the door beam with a plop, turned into a yellow afterimage, and quickly disappeared from the vegetable garden in a few jumps.
When he saw it again, the little guy was standing on a tree on the hillside, frothing in the distance, ears pricked up, and howling softly at him in dissatisfaction.
“You’re so fat and you still come here to eat, you are also a little white-eyed wolf and leopard.”
Chen Ling noticed that when this guy jumped down from the door beam, he was There was a heavy plop. Wang Susu often fed it when she was at home, and its body was covered in flesh. It was absolutely dead.
"Stop yelling, I'll give you a piece of leftover steamed bun to eat."
Chen Ling went back to the kitchen to find a piece of steamed bun that had become a bit sticky due to the heat, and stood far away from the wall. Throw it away.
The little clouded leopard thought at first that Chen Ling was trying to hurt it.
He shouted a few times more and more angrily.
When I saw Chen Ling picking tomatoes and cucumbers, I stopped looking at it.
Then he looked at the steamed buns under the tree, shaking his head and looking left and right.
Then he jumped down from the tree and smelled the remaining steamed buns in the grass.
After smelling it, he trembled, tilted his head and closed his eyes in disgust, and took a few steps back.
While sneezing, he meowed loudly.
I just happened to see a little rail chick poking its head in the grass near the ditch at the foot of the mountain, so I quickly lowered my body and lurked over.
Soon there was a lot of excitement at the foot of the mountain.
……
Afternoon.
Wang Lixian and the others went home to rest for the time being.
Wait until the weather cools down a bit before we come back and continue watering the ground.
My brother-in-law, his wife, and Yu Qian all went to wander in the mountains to watch the people from Provincial Taiwan taking pictures of birds.
There is no one in the farm and it is very clean.
Chen Ling moved out a lounge chair and took a nap in the bamboo forest outside, squinting his eyes and covering his face with a book.
In a daze, it was past two o'clock in the afternoon.
The shrill, mournful meow of a mountain raccoon came to my ears.
Chen Ling opened the book and stood up to take a look. It turned out that the little leopard hadn't left yet.
The little leopard was squatting on a thick branch. One of its fleshy front paws hooked a branch as thick as a teacup in front of it. It raised its head and opened its mouth to bite, revealing the sharp and sharp upper and lower limbs. His teeth were biting back and forth on the branches, as if he was grinding his teeth after a meal.
At this time, the little leopard doesn't look fierce at all, it's cute and cute, like a lively and playful kitten, which is very lovable.
It’s just that the mountain raccoons don’t like it.
I feel that there is a rival in the territory, and they often fight for leftovers under the farm table. There has been a grudge for a long time.
The little clouded leopard ignored their calls and hooked its paws on the branches and leaves swaying in the mountain wind, playing happily on the tree.
“Why doesn’t this little thing leave? You don’t want to wait for Susu to come back, do you?”
Chen Ling muttered a few words, this little leopard does seem to be more clingy the bigger it gets.
When Nipple was little, she came once every ten and a half months, and now it comes every three to five days.
I like to sit next to Wang Susu.
After another glance, Chen Ling didn't bother to scare it. He just wanted to stop harming two nests of swallows at home.
……
Had a nice nap.
Chen Ling felt so comfortable that he took out the pickled salted eggs and marinated new eggs and duck eggs.
He works quickly, and pickling salted eggs is not a complicated job.
I pickle some every day when I have free time, and it’s done in no time.
During this period, he threw the remaining egret eggs into the sky to hatch.
When we were drinking last night, those people from Provincial and Taiwan wanted to try something fresh, grilled, boiled and stir-fried, and tried to cook it a little.
It’s a pity that it doesn’t taste good at all.
In the end, they all went into Erhei’s belly.
So Chen Ling threw all the remaining egret eggs into the cave without an old hen to hatch them.
After finishing the work of pickling salted eggs, Chen Ling took advantage of his free time to tidy up the skeleton of the pig king.
Prepare to use wire to simply splice small parts of the frame together.
Just assemble it directly when the time comes.
Or it can be erected in front of the farm. You can see it when you walk in the gate.
Or you can find another place and build a platform to put it on.
But this cannot be done in a short while.
Old Man Zhong said last time that such a huge wild boar skeleton alone would not look good in front of the lotus pond.
There still needs to be matching and foil.
It is best to make a rockery that is neither high nor short, and add some climbing green plants and flowers on the rockery.
Putting the huge skeleton of the Wild Boar King in front of the rockery is very good.
In addition, according to Chen Ling's idea, it can also be placed in the open space outside the farm gate.
This one is a little simpler.
At that time, a small haystack in the shape of a castle or a yurt can be built nearby the Pig King's huge skeleton.
There are sheep pens, livestock sheds, chicken coops and duck pens around, plus this haystack...
This is a primitive and rough style, which may be more in line with the scenery of the farm. indefinite.
Use pliers and wire to simply splice the frame.
Another jingle was struck to make the wire no longer so conspicuous.
Chen Lingcai placed these skeletons casually in the corridor next to the lotus pond. The bones of the Pig King were nothing else. They were frighteningly heavy and very strong.
Only Chen Ling can move it alone.
Even if you put it outside, no one can steal it.
Leave it here for now and tinker with it slowly in the next few days.
"Well, sooner or later, the haystack will have to be pricked, whether it has the skeleton of the Pig King or not."
Chen Ling had planned before to use wheat straw and thatch to make some yurts or small haystacks in the orchard. The castle is built with yellow mud, and some things can be cultivated inside.
Both ornamental and practical.
"Let's make the haystack tomorrow first. This thing is simple."
"As for other trophies, one of the two big tusks of the Pig King must be kept. The other one will be given to someone. I make a dagger..."
"The Pig King's pig gun, pig kidneys, and pig eggs have been soaked in wine, and the gall has also been hung up."
"And...pig urine soaked, um, clean this and keep it for Rui Rui. Let's play, you can play it as a ball, or you can fill it with water and hang it to raise fish. The brat will like it."
When Chen Ling is lazy, he is really lazy.
After bringing back the trophies from the Pig King, I took them out and played with them every day, and couldn't put them down.
The rest was soaked in wine in the Miao Village, and was thrown into the warehouse when I got home and never looked at again.
But if he is not lazy, he can work all day long without feeling tired after putting away these chores.
The little white cow didn't come back from the city, so he gave the little green horse a bath and carefully scrubbed his body.
He even tidied up the ornamental fish tanks and water tanks, which required half of the fresh water to be changed every day.
After all, it’s hot now.
Raising fish in a water tank is quite different from raising fish in a pond. On a sunny day, the water in the tank will be heated in half a day.
The fish can’t stand it inside.
Chen Ling will put in some fresh mountain spring water every day.
These fish live very well.
After changing the water every day, feeding the fish, watching the colorful and beautiful fish, big and small fighting for food...
It felt like an indescribable joy.
Today is no exception.
Chen Ling was in a good mood.
I cleaned the turtle tank again and changed the water.
The pigeon nest was also padded with some fresh wheat straw.
Later, I discovered that among the tortoise eggs that Wang Zhenzhen picked up upstairs, there were also wheat field tortoises hatching. Ruirui placed them under the grape trellis, together with the bamboo cages of the little rickets, and watched them every day.
I recently took the little turtle to the city to play. Today, the little turtle broke its shell and crawled all over the ground under the grape trellis.
Chen Ling grabbed it again and again, and it took a long time before he finished.
Then I put them in a broken basin alone, poured a little water, threw in some water plants, and put them together in the turtle pond when they grow bigger.
After tinkering around for a while, I watched the little swallows take their chicks out of the nest and learn to fly.
At about four o'clock, Wang Jusheng's two sons came over, and then they went out to open the water diversion ditch and got into the corn field to continue watering the ground.
To do some farm work in the fields during this season, it is better to do it in the afternoon.
It’s getting cooler and cooler.
It is also more interesting.
In particular, we would pick up some birds that had fainted due to heat at noon. They fell into the puddles on the ground and drowned due to heat fainting before they even drank water.
Among these birds are sparrows and golden-winged birds.
White-headed Bulbuls are also seen, but less frequently.
Why is this so?
In addition to drinking water, probably the watered corn field is cooler than other places.
On the moist soil, Wang Lixian found one after another the claw marks left by small animals and wild birds.
hedgehog.
Ground Mouse.
Shanlizi.
Pheasant.
Wild quail.
Even the old yellow quail was found.
Because the claws of the old yellow quail are almost exactly the same as those of the quail, but they are two or three times larger, making them easy to identify.
In addition to simply discovering these footprints.
I also really caught a lot of gadgets.
Most of them are voles, hedgehogs, and wild birds. Most of them cannot be eaten by humans, and they are eventually fed to dogs or simply let go.
Afterward, Chen Ling lamented that no wonder Chen Baoshuan and Uncle Sangui caught old yellow quails when they were watering the corn. It turned out that all these things ran out as soon as the ground was watered.
As for being so close to the farm or orchard, there is also a water source right next to it, so why not go and dig into the cornfield instead?
Perhaps it is fear of dogs and mountain civets, or it may be that bugs are easy to find after watering the cornfield, and food is easy to find...
It may also be other reasons.
This is unknown.
In short, this does not affect Chen Ling's fun.
It can be said to relieve the boredom and boringness of watering the ground.
......
Chen Ling didn't want to delay the matter of watering the ground too late.
But Wang Lixian and Wang Jusheng both said that it got cooler and cooler in the afternoon, and it was even cooler at night, which was much easier than during the day.
Watering the ground and gossiping about the village was quite fun.
So it’s better to work hard and finish it in one go. What’s left of the tail? I’ll have to worry about it tomorrow.
Yes, that’s what everyone said, so Chen Ling stopped being pretentious. He looked at the sky and saw that the sun was setting, so he went out to prepare meals for everyone.
After all, people are here to help me with the work. Let’s make a rich meal tonight. The beer is low in alcohol content. It’s fun to have some cold beer, eat and drink, and water the ground and work hard at night.
And it was agreed that Ruirui would be brought back to play tonight. The brat was thinking about catching the cicada monkey.
So I went to the foot of the mountain to lead the little green horse.
......
Just at this time, Yu Qian and Liu Nier and a bunch of kids came down the mountain.
Liu Nier and these skinny monkeys run fast.
At this time, I was throwing stones at a group of magpies.
"Stinky magpie, get out of here!"
"Beat it for being a bad magpie, stealing chicks, and bullying little leopards."
"..."
It turned out that this group of magpies was squawking and pecking fiercely at the little clouded leopard on the tree.
The little clouded leopard didn’t know what to think. It was almost dark, but it hadn’t left yet.
"Little leopard did a great job. From now on, you will catch magpies to eat every day, and we will protect you."
The little kids are still shouting.
Some kids who were wearing crotchless pants or pants that had not been worn for a long time didn’t know who was good and who was bad here, so they jumped and shouted along with them.
The magpie is said to be bad, and the little leopard is said to be majestic.
There are also those who are not satisfied with throwing stones. They use their slingshots to hit the magpies hard, and then open their mouths with gaping teeth and make silly sounds.
"Oh, you naughty kids, did the magpie offend you? Why did you hit the magpie?"
When Bai Huining next to Yu Qi'an saw this scene, he threw away Yu Qi'an's hand and ran down and shouted road.
“Auntie, magpies are bad birds. They have stolen the eggs from the rich uncle’s house, eaten the chickens from many families in the village, and even bullied the mountain raccoons...”
Six Nier explained to some of the older dolls.
"Then...then we can't fight like this..."
Bai Huining's face turned red with anxiety. In her opinion, magpies were the matchmakers of the young couple and were romantic birds. How could she see them being bullied.
“Hey, look, the little clouded leopard ate the little magpie secretly, which made the magpie angry. The magpie did this to protect its children and family, and it is right.”
< br>"Yes, little aunt, the little leopard was raised by Aunt Susu. It is good and should eat magpies. Magpies are bad. If they are eaten, it is bad luck for them, so we beat them."
"..."
The little kid was gibbering, and his words were innocent and pure.
Bai Hui would rather defeat them.
When Yu Qian saw this, he pretended to come forward, cleared his throat, and gave his little girlfriend the decision: "Well, you are not allowed to hit the magpies anymore. If you hit them again, I will rip off your little chicks. "
When the little kids heard this, they covered their crotches one after another, and shouted one by one: "Donkeys are shameless!"
Then they spread out their short legs and flew away. Run away.
Obviously, he has experienced the magical skill of snapping his fingers from this old boy Yu Qian.
This old boy has never been formal. As early as the first time he came to the village, he was very familiar and happy playing with the children. The children were not afraid of him because he was an outsider, and they dared to make trouble with him.
"Hahaha, Qi'an, your surname is quite famous here..."
Wang Qingwen and his wife, who were driving chickens and ducks to the farm, laughed when they saw it.
Chen Ling also watched this scene with a smile and walked over to lead the little green horse.
“What do you do with wealth?”
"Go to the city to pick up Ruirui, buy some food and drinks along the way, and have some more tonight."
(End of this chapter)