Chapter 713
After Chen Ling came out of Aunt Hongyu's house, she didn't wait for Zhenzhen to finish school, and drove the tractor back to the village.
When we arrived at Wang Lixian's greenhouse in the east of the village, we unloaded a cart of bamboo poles.
There are a lot of things piled up here now.
But after Chen Ling realized that he had to put a lot of things in the greenhouse, he suddenly felt that these building materials were not enough.
At first, he didn't think about how big the greenhouse would be.
Now that the real work is about to begin, I feel that the greenhouse is too small and there is not enough space.
After careful consideration, he felt that this kind of earthen greenhouse was not suitable for making it too big.
If the space is not enough, it would be better to build a few more.
It’s just a matter of making a few more trips to Bastard City and pulling two more trucks of building materials.
I made up my mind.
Chen Ling drove the tractor home, and everyone else at home happened to be there except Wang Qingzhong, who had returned to Fenglei Town.
Then he talked about how he met his eldest cousin Zhao Wenpin in the county town.
No one in the family had any objections to Chen Ling secretly stuffing money into him.
It is inevitable that I have to say a few words about Chen Ling about the use of money.
"You two don't have much money to save and spend. How can you do it all day long?"
"Ling Zi, too. If you save some in the county or the city, you are not afraid of forgetting."
"Dad, Mom, there is a saying that goes well, you can't put your eggs in one basket."
"Stop doing this, save some money, and be aware of it. Don’t you want to buy a house and open a shop in Bei’an after the New Year? Quickly settle the accounts and don’t open a shop. The family has no money to spend.”
“Su Su, didn’t you keep accounts every day? , Lingzi doesn’t care about anything, why don’t you even keep accounts?”
Wang Susu felt wronged when she heard this: "Mom, I have three children to take care of, and I don't even get enough sleep. How can I take care of accounting!"
After that, while feeding Ruirui, she whispered: "You are reluctant to talk about your son-in-law, but you are talking about me."
Ruirui, that brat, was eating the rice fed by Wang Susu while squinting his eyes to see Chen Ling's reaction.
He listens to what the adults say.
Chen Ling was grooming Ah Fu and Ah Shou, and when he heard everyone talking about himself, he quickly said: "I'll keep the accounts, I'll keep the accounts, and I'll start keeping them tonight."
In the past, Wang Susu clearly remembered every account, how much money she earned and how much money she spent in her account book, carefully.
Since I had a baby at home, apart from reading some medical stories, I have gradually forgotten about accounting.
“This is not to scold you, let alone the money from Salted Eggs, a batch of fish fry was just released yesterday, and the money for these fry is divided between the cannery and the city’s restaurants, which is a lot of money. You have to write it down when you have to. Regardless of whether you have money or not, you have to know your own family background."
Gao Xiulan explained.
Chen Ling agreed repeatedly after hearing this.
Then he hurriedly changed the subject: "By the way, I got a footprint from that demonic tofu shop and threw it on the tractor..."
I went out and threw him into the two mud footprints in the cave. Take it out.
Because the ground was not dry after the rain on the night of the accident, the hoof prints left behind were preserved.
But what Chen Ling didn't know was...
The hoof prints were caused by the soil being too soft and had been severely deformed.
Otherwise, the hoof prints are two or three circles larger than the mouth of the bowl, and there are no claws. From their side, it is definitely a monster-level thing.
After Chen Ling took it home, the family was really surprised.
On the other hand, Ah Fu and Ah Shou behaved very strangely.
He had a lazy look on his face, licking his paws from time to time, as if he was not interested in the footprints.
Erhei was also running around and working non-stop.
He kept passing by them without even looking at the large piece of mud with hoof prints.
Heiwa Xiaojin was not there at this time, and went to the backyard to play with Ruirui after finishing dinner. Erhei ran around to deliver things to them.
Some shovels, some baskets, some gourds...
Anyway, the dogs and tigers at home have no reaction to this thing.
“Such a big footprint, almost catching up with that old pig spirit, it’s scary to look at.” Wang Cunye said.
"You can keep the hair you combed from the tiger. There must be people who want it and take it back to ward off evil spirits."
Chen Ling didn't take it seriously: "When I get up at night, I will take the dog and the tiger out for a walk. Turn around and see what's causing the trouble... I still don't believe there is a monster?"
Gao Xiulan quickly turned around and said, "Why not? Someone from your second sister-in-law's side saw Muke in the past few years."
Muke is also a kind of mountain spirit ghost. He will collect firewood by himself in the mountains. If he meets someone walking at night and takes something from the person, he will put down a bundle of firewood in exchange. Mountain people believe that This is a kinder kind of monster.
Chen Ling responded, but secretly curled his lips inwardly.
Said: "I'm going to cut some reeds before it's too late. In the morning, I saw that the wings of the wild geese have grown out. They grow very fast. I have to build a shed for them quickly."
"I Let's go with you, don't we need reeds for greenhouses?" Wang Cunye stood up.
"No, Dad, you can rest. It's cold, and your legs can't go into the water. Besides, I work quickly."
Chen Ling waved his hand, dragged the oxcart out, and shouted We got on the little white cow and the little buffalo, then let out the little green horse and headed for Laohe Bend.
Of course, when you go out, you will not forget to put the two tigers into the mountains. After the weather clears, the reeds dry quickly.
There were no people in the village in the afternoon, and only a few villagers were outside. The gang from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and even Yu Qian and the others, were not seen wandering around outside.
Chen Ling was a little surprised and continued to Laohewan.
It has been raining these past few days. There are no wild geese coming to eat the wheat seedlings in the wheat fields, and the wild goose droppings are naturally invisible.
After the weather cleared today, Wang Wenchao and several young men began to pull nets at the foot of the mountain again and began to net rabbits.
There are so many rabbits this year that there seems to be no way to catch them all.
In the west of the village, we caught six to seven hundred rabbits in one afternoon.
Chen Ling was shocked at the time, thinking that the farmland was full of rabbit holes, or that there were many rabbits living in one hole.
He had only heard that a badger hole could house dozens of badgers.
I have never heard that wild rabbits, like domestic rabbits, can live in a nest of more than ten or twenty.
Later I found out that it was a special situation.
It’s because the corn stalks were relatively tall at that time and there were more rabbits coming down the mountain.
Now that it is a wheat field, it is obviously much smaller.
This is mainly because the dogs at home are too powerful. They patrol everywhere every day in search of food. The rabbits and pheasants have learned so well that there are fewer people going down the mountain, or they only dare to go down the mountain at a time when the dogs are not around.
Rabbits and pheasants are plentiful in the mountains this year, but they are not overwhelming yet.
Showing signs of overpopulation are field mice and bamboo rats.
Although there are mountain civets, foxes, and leopards to catch them and eat them, it is difficult to have much effect.
After all, they don’t catch these two types of little things every day.
As for field mice and bamboo rats, they give birth to many babies very quickly, and they dig their burrows very deep. When their numbers increase, they grow very quickly.
Chen Ling had previously thought about taking the Weasel family out to do something in the evening.
Later, after Erbaldy didn't come back, they also lost their homes and forgot about them.
"If it's still sunny tomorrow, let's put the fake geese made by Liu Ni'er and others in the wheat field and start attracting the geese."
Chen Ling thought to himself, going all the way to the old age Walking along the river bend, he also looked at the wheat seedlings in the wheat field, which were indeed growing vigorously.
This must be taken care of.
When he arrived at Laohewan, Chen Ling unloaded the ox cart and let the two buffaloes and the young green horse play by themselves. Then he picked up his sickle and walked towards the reed swamp.
He had just walked two steps when he found someone looking at him with a smile under a tree on the other side of the river: "When I just came here, I saw a tractor pulling bamboo poles. What? Are you going to open a greenhouse tomorrow?"
< br>"Huh? Brother Xian, are you cutting reeds here too?"
"Yes, cut some reeds to make two nests for the dogs at home...Did you see when you came here, Wenchao and his gang? , they all regard your rabbit net as a treasure!"
"Haha, let them play, I have no use keeping that net at home."
Chen Ling said with a smile: "It's about the greenhouse. I thought about it again today and I feel that two sheds are not enough. I need to build at least three, or two larger ones.”
"Hahahaha, you, I knew it."
Wang Lixian couldn't help laughing loudly: "You are doing something. When you don't do it, you can't remember it. If you want to do it, you can't remember it." , when I think about it, I am not willing to compromise at all. I have to make myself miserable..."
Chen Ling said matter-of-factly: "That must be my fault. "My heart."
"Do it, do it, you can occupy as much space as you want in my house!" Wang Lixian waved his hand with a smile.
Then he stood up and touched the sickle beside him: "Come on, I have rested for a while, and I will cut the reeds with you."
"Let's go."
The two were cutting reeds, and Wang Lixian also told him about the two strange things that had happened in the past two days.
There is nothing much to say about the donkey-headed wolf.
You say this, I say that, guessing a little here and there, no one has seen it, and no one can tell what kind of monster it is.
There is not much difference from the legendary Gluttonous Ghost and Muke who have never seen their true appearance.
On the other hand, Wang Lixian said that he had heard of many similar stories about Chen Baoshuan's aunt in Taoshugou.
There was a family in the east of the county town. Since their first born was a boy and a girl, they didn’t want a daughter, so they threw her into the ditch in front of their door.
Later, the son grew up to be eighteen years old. At that time, it was early in the countryside to get married, and the son, who had never been sick or had any disasters, died in the small ditch in front of the house on the day before the wedding.
At that season, the water in the river was very shallow, just like a small stream. With a shallow layer of water, an adult could not drown even if he lay in it.
But the boy fell in and drowned.
Anyone who saw the death state would have drowned.
Later their parents told them that they had a dream the night before, and they dreamed of a child crying at the door, but they didn’t know it at the time.
Now that I think about it, it should be the child I lost back then.
There is resentment in my heart.
Chen Ling smacked his lips after hearing this. Even though he was in the cave, he felt a little chill down his spine.
Of course, there are many strange things like this in the countryside, many of which are very interesting. He once had the idea of collecting them.
Later I discovered that some of them were unethical and unsuitable for dissemination and publication, so I left them alone.
(End of this chapter)