"Fugui, look, we found a rare thing on the mountain."
Under the eaves of the bamboo house, Chen Ling was teaching the three Shen family members to clip the wings of wild pigeons, while the middle-aged and fat Wu Fei carried it. Walking in excitedly holding a pine branch.
Beside him is his short-haired and thin wife, also carrying a pine branch of about the same size.
The couple dress up just like villagers. These days they go to the mountains with great interest to look for mushrooms and chestnuts and pick various wild fruits.
Come back and share it with Chen Ling’s family and the villagers.
When I have nothing to do, I go to do some small work in various farm fields.
They enjoy this feeling very much.
“Hey, the great scholar discovered something good.”
Chen Ling joked without raising his head.
Although Wu Fei and his wife are ordinary people and not as well-known as Chen Xiaoer, they are also learned in their own right.
And one of them likes small animals, and the other likes insects.
Zhao Yubao once said that two people could be animal teachers for children.
It didn’t take long for the countryside to switch to natural science at this time.
I used to be called Animal Teacher.
"Hurry up and take a look. It's really a strange thing. There is sugar on the pine trees." Wu Fei pointed to the pine branch in his hand and said: "Brother Shen, Sister Shen, come and see too." , there’s a lot of sugar on it.”
"Oh, it's true."
While helping Chen Ling catch the pigeons, the three Shen family members raised their heads and stretched their necks to look.
"Yeah, I didn't lie to you."
The couple also went to the mountains early today. It was like fishing and hunting. Ordinary mountain climbing is also addictive. Especially when they have just become familiar with the environment here, their desire to explore alone is the strongest. When they fall asleep, they are thinking about climbing mountains, and they can't fall asleep when they get there.
I woke up early and walked around in the mountains. The harvest in the mountains and forests in this autumn is really surprising.
Not only did we pick up a lot of wild fruits, but we also photographed many beautiful little animals.
Just when they were satisfied and ready to go down the mountain.
Turning his head, Wu Fei accidentally discovered that the pine needles on the slope above contained many white crystals, the size of mung beans, which were unusually conspicuous in the morning light.
At first he thought it was caused by frost. After getting closer and taking a few photos, he felt something was wrong.
There is no such heavy frost on other trees.
So the couple tried to reach out and pick a few crystals. When they pinched them with their hands, they melted immediately, and then they felt a sticky feeling on their hands.
Wu Fei is also silly and bold, with a strong desire to explore.
Out of curiosity, I pinched another pine needle with crystals hanging on it, smashed it into my mouth and tasted it. The sweet feeling immediately lingered on the tip of my tongue, fresh and tender, with a bit of pine needle. The fragrance is very unique.
He immediately thought he had discovered a new world and quickly invited his wife to try it.
His wife thought the old boy was playing a trick on her, and after tasting it with some doubt, she immediately felt it was incredible.
5. Why do jelly beans grow on pine trees?
And the whole tree is, obviously not man-made.
So the couple took a lot of photos around the tree, and then returned to the village to report their new findings.
After hearing the couple's story, Chen Ling said in a funny way: "This is not a strange thing, isn't it just pine needle candy? In autumn and winter, there are a lot of them on the pine trees in the mountains."
"This is called pine needle candy? Can pine trees really produce sugar?" Father Shen and Mother Shen's eyes widened.
They always thought that all sugar was artificially refined, so how come it still grows on wild trees?
"Of course...we have eaten this stuff before. At that time, the village was poor and the children had no snacks to eat. In autumn and winter, they would look for pine needle candies while hunting wild fruits. .
You can eat the larger ones with your hands, and the other kind is fine powder, which is attached to the pine needles. You need to put the pine needles in your mouth and lick them.
By the way, this thing is also fine. It can make sugar. It was sold in the market in the early years. "
"Ah? I thought I found something extraordinary, so I was so happy."
Wu Fei shook his head depressedly. He knew the local old turtle rumors, and when he saw the huge wild boar skeleton and the endless stream of strange creatures, he had a hidden thought in his heart that he would also encounter new discoveries in the mountains.
“You are all learned scholars, but you don’t even know this?”
Chen Ling asked casually.
“We are only interested in animals and insects. You mountain people who guard these things don’t know as much about plants... But you know what you know. Xiaoer and his family definitely don’t know. , I have to show off to them.
The waiter is busy building a house these days, so he doesn’t go around much anymore. ”
Wu Fei left in a hurry with his wife.
"Go ahead and call the second brother over for a drink in the evening. My second brother picked up two dead wild boar cubs from the Internet in the morning and we stewed them."
"Okay. ”
Compared with the thick eyebrows and big eyes, Wu Fei is passionate and unrestrained.
Chen Xiaoer is much more restrained.
Even though this person is a comedian, he has no real appearance in front of Chen Ling and others and their own family members.
Actually, he is not a cheerful and outgoing person.
On weekdays, he rarely talks. Apart from visiting Chen Ling's house and following Wang Qingzhong and Wu Fei on mountain treks, he takes his wife and children around to cut thatch and reeds and remove adobe bricks. , or ride the newly bought 28-inch big bar to wander around outside, buy things, and prepare for building a house.
Even Zhao Yubao and his two sons have only been there once, and have had very little communication with the villagers.
In short, it is very different from what he showed on TV and in front of Chen Ling and others.
His wife is also a down-to-earth and hard-working woman.
After the couple built a straw shack and made a simple kitchen with the help of Chen Ling and Shan Mao, the woman would carry a basket from time to time and exchange the eggs she bought for vegetables and other things from various villagers. .
Why is it so troublesome?
This is how people in the village particularly recognize ‘Lao Lier’.
I feel that since we are settling down, we are all from the same village as Professor Zhao and others. We are just picking some vegetables, so how can we collect money?
As for Chen Xiaoer, it's strange that he feels uncomfortable taking things from others for free.
Come on, just use the eggs you bought in exchange.
At this time, there are no good vegetables in the county’s vegetable market. Most of them are dried vegetables, such as dried fungus and dried mushrooms.
Greenhouse vegetables are only available in spring and winter.
In other seasons, every vegetable garden has so much food to eat, where is the need to buy it?
Therefore, they cannot buy groceries even if they want to.
And Wu Fei and his wife.
Be older.
Already in his early forties.
They lived in Zhao Yubao's house carelessly.
I eat and drink every day without feeling anything.
Zhao Yubao also enjoyed the fun of receiving guests.
He also told them about his experience in building a house in the first place.
……
Autumn harvest is, after all, a crucial matter for farmers.
In the past few days, the village has been busy all day long.
Cattle and carts are parked everywhere on the paths in the fields.
Wagons of corn cobs, peanuts, and sweet potatoes were brought home. The work was in full swing and the scene was extremely spectacular.
Some people’s families have a strong family, and with many people, they are powerful, and they can work extremely quickly.
More than 20 people, adults and children, men, women, old and young, got into the cornfield and broke off the corn cobs in a short time.
Then it’s time to chop down the corn stalks.
Another big family went into battle together, just like the wheat customers entering the wheat field during the summer harvest. The sickles were swung together, and as the corn stalks swayed, the sound of clicking and clicking continued for a long time, high and high. The corn stalks fell down in pieces.
The horizons broaden.
At this time, there are no such small crushers and rotary tillers in the mountains.
The big one can’t be driven in.
Driving in is not worth the gain.
Mountains are not suitable for this kind of work.
Then you still have to use the old method of cutting down the corn stalks.
As for burning, don’t even think about it.
If the wind blows up the mountain fire, it will cause great harm.
So I just cut down the straw.
If the plot of land is small, people use a hoe to dig up the roots. If the plot of land is large and they are in a hurry to finish processing the corn, they use a sickle. As for whether to burn the straw as firewood or fertilize it in the fields, it depends on personal choice.
The Chen Ling family has also harvested twenty acres of corn these days.
It’s time to chop the straw.
But before she could cut it, Wang Susu was about to give birth.
This is hopeless.
In fact, with Wang Susu’s physique, the birth will be smooth, and there will be no physiological reactions before the birth. As for being upset, angry, nervous, and scared, Wang Susu will not have such symptoms after successfully giving birth to her first child. a negative emotion.
Besides, there wasn’t much warning before she gave birth.
Others can’t predict the date accurately.
Chen Ling finally realized through the reaction of the little white cow that Su Su was about to give birth.
This was the case when Ruirui was born.
Still on the street, as soon as the eggs were sold, the little white cow suddenly became restless and didn't even care to drink the water.
It’s similar this time.
Not long after Chen Ling came to the county after taking care of the wild pigeons and young quails at home.
Just after squeezing the juice in the yard and preparing to go to the hospital, the little white cow started digging at the ground with its hooves and biting and tearing at his clothes. He was extremely anxious.
Chen Ling was a little confused at first, but then he saw that it wanted to go to the hospital with him, and he immediately understood what was going on.
I suppressed my excitement and took Little White Niu to the county hospital.
Donkey carts sometimes come in to the hospital at this time.
The buffalo coming in is not worth the fuss.
Chen Ling asked her to wait downstairs and hurried to the delivery room.
Sure enough, upon arriving here, the father-in-law and mother-in-law were busy, and Wang Susu was also pushed into the delivery room.
Before being pushed in, he winked at Chen Ling and said with a smile: "Aling, I feel it, there are really three babies this time."
"..."
Chen Ling was speechless.
My daughter-in-law has such a big heart, she still has the time to say this.
My father-in-law was very anxious: "Lingzi, why are you so early? It's still less than ten months."
"Dad, don't worry, it's half a month and twenty early." It’s not considered a premature birth.”
Chen Ling hurriedly comforted her.
“No, I’m not worried about this, I want to say whether Susu is really pregnant this time...”
The old man had sweat on his forehead.
He was worried that his daughter would be pregnant too much and would not be able to give birth, and would have to undergo a caesarean section.
Cesarean section at this time is scary.
However, he did not dare to talk about it outside for fear of causing bad luck.
At this time, Gao Xiulan came over and glared at him: "What nonsense are you talking to Lingzi? Susu smiled and said three things when she came in. Can she not count it? You are the only one who is acting nonsense all day long."
The son-in-law is finally not so worried. How can he feel at ease after hearing this?
As expected, Chen Ling heard this.
I felt nervous for a moment.
What if I really have three babies in this pregnancy...
Bah, bah, bah, no, no, Su Su’s physique is so good, others don’t know, I still don’t know Do you know?
At this time, there happened to be a crying baby in the delivery room, and Chen Ling's self-soothing had no effect.
Despite knowing the physical condition of my wife.
But I was a little flustered and restless, like I was fetching water from fifteen buckets. I couldn't sit down or stand up.
Wandering around in the corridor like a headless fly.
Fortunately, not long after, Bobcat and Dujuan came. In the past month, with the help of Chen Ling's medicinal wine, the couple also successfully gave birth to a baby.
Out of joy, and to thank Wang Susu, Du Juan came to the hospital almost every day.
When the three Shen family members moved out of the original small yard, Shan Mao extended the lease for one month, and stayed there with Du Juan temporarily.
Originally, we could live on the second floor of Chen Ling’s small courtyard.
Naihe really wants to live in the same house.
My father-in-law is here, and they live in the same house.
Downstairs belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Chen Ling.
There is no other way.
The rent is not expensive anyway, so I’ll just live here and help out.
Otherwise, when they returned to the village, Mr. Zhong and his wife wouldn't let them do anything. Their bellies hadn't grown yet, so they would just serve them like a woman in confinement, and Du Juan's temper wouldn't be able to bear it.
"Huh? What a coincidence that we are here today. Has Susu entered the delivery room?"
When the two lynxes saw the scene in front of them, they widened their eyes and asked.
Chen Ling nodded and said nothing.
Seeing him like this, Shanmao joked: "What? You're so happy that you don't even want to say anything?"
"Oh, don't come here. I'm not in the mood to joke now. Su Su goes in. There was not even a sound, and I felt very anxious."
"How long has it been since Susu went in?" Du Juan asked quickly.
"It's been five minutes!"
Chen Ling looked at his watch, was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but raise his hand and shake it. In his mind, almost half an hour had passed.
Who knew it was only five minutes.
He was a little doubtful that his watch was broken.
After shaking it twice and looking at Bobcat's watch, I realized that the watch was not broken and that indeed only five minutes had passed.
"I feel like it's been a long time."
"Calm down, calm down, be calm."
Shanmao advised: "You've already been through this once, why are you still acting like a brat? "
"I..."
Chen Ling opened his mouth, but had nothing to say.
Dujuan was helpless: "Don't talk about wealth. Let's see how you are when I give birth."
"Me? I definitely don't like this."
The lynx proudly held up its chest.
Du Juan raised an eyebrow: "Huh? So you don't worry about us and your mother? Or are you unhappy about becoming a father?"
"Huh? This...that's not what I meant... ”
Shanmao hurriedly explained after hearing this.
In the past, when Chen Ling saw the situation between the two of them, he would inevitably start a fight.
Now I am not in the mood, I just feel noisy.
Continuing to pace back and forth in the corridor mindlessly.
“Look, if you talk too much, if you talk nonsense in the future, I will have to sew up your broken mouth.”
Seeing her son-in-law like this, Gao Xiulan gritted her teeth and said to her wife.
Wang Cunye smiled and did not dare to refute.
He is also worried and confused.
I don’t know how long it took, but Chen Ling heard a weak but loud cry while waiting in agony. He suddenly turned his head and the door of the delivery room opened.
A middle-aged nurse came out: "It's a twin brother and a girl..."
"Dragon and phoenix? Not three?"
Chen Ling was suddenly a little disappointed because of his preconceptions, but he quickly asked: "Where is my wife? How is she?"
Nurse He said with a smile: "Your wife is very good. The young man is in good health. She gave birth to the baby without saying a word."
After Chen Ling asked, Wang Cunye and the others hurriedly came forward: "It's a boy and a boy. A girl? Why can’t I hear the baby crying inside?”