slack farmer in the wasteland

Chapter 36 It's Really A Baby
I went to the market to buy a fan of pork, and I also bought some trotters. Seeing that the potatoes on the side of the road were good, Cang Hai bought another sack of potatoes. I went to a small gas station and bought a barrel of diesel oil. Only then turned back to the village.

When we got home, we unloaded the things, put the donkey into the shed, and hung potatoes and other food to the kiln mouth. Anyway, as long as the dog can't reach it, it is safe.

Pushing open the cave door, I found that there was an extra circle of reeds in my cave. This thing was about twenty centimeters high, and in the middle of the fence was a group of fluffy chicks. Now they were chirping and chirping. He looked very happy, and there was still some water and some millet in Lu Mie's enclosure.

This guy, Hutou, is standing by the fence now, looking at these new chicks curiously with his puppy eyes open, as if looking at something interesting.

Seeing this, Cang Hai understood that these were the chicks that his family wanted last night.

Cang Hai likes the local chicken, but living in the same room with the chicken, Cang Hai can't stand it. Although the smell of the chicken is not strong now, it doesn't mean it's tasteless. Anyone who has raised chickens knows that, What kind of smell do these goods have?

But under the current situation, Cang Hai can't throw the chicks out, because if the chickens are thrown out in this weather, if they are thrown out overnight, there will be none of these chickens left.

I want to get the chick out, but it's inconvenient to be blind.

It’s not that people in the village play tricks on Cang Hai, but that every household does it this way. Chickens are usually placed in the kiln, which is easy to take care of and prevents some things from being damaged. The most dangerous thing is Among the dogs in the village, the second most dangerous thing is the weasel or something.

The surrounding environment is so harsh, and it is very difficult for weasels to survive, so the surviving weasels are all first-class and clever, which is really difficult to deal with. Therefore, for the folks, it is better to put such a small chicken in the kiln to be safer. Even if you let it out, you have to wait for the chick to grow up.

Since there was no other way, Cang Hai had no choice but to hold his nose, wash his face, brush his teeth and lay down on the bed.

Fortunately, Canghai was too tired from running this day, so he lay down on the bed and Ben didn't have time to think about it, so he went on a date with Duke Zhou's daughter.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Early the next morning, while Cang Hai was still asleep, he heard someone knocking on his window, thinking it was Ping An, so Cang Hai didn't agree, covered his head and prepared to go back to sleep. a while.

After a while, I felt a chill all over my body, and opened my eyes to find that Second Grandma Li was looking at me with her head outstretched.

Came back to his senses, Cang Hai pulled the quilt over his body: "What are you doing here so early in the morning?"

Second Grandma Li was a little shy when she saw Cang Hai, so she smiled and said, "Grandma hasn't seen anything on your baby. She was naked and didn't wear clothes when she was young!"

Cang Hai sleeps naked, only wearing a pair of underwear, and now he feels a little embarrassed when Second Grandma Li lifts the quilt.But the women in the village like Second Grandma Li don't care about this. These old women are much more crazy than men, and they don't mind meat or vegetables.

"What's the matter?" Cang Hai wrapped the quilt tightly.

Grandma Li said: "Haiwazi, the head of our family will lend you your hand to use."

"You can just use it right outside, the oil drum is in the kiln next to it," Cang Hai replied.

Grandma Li said again: "How do you calculate the gas money?"

"You use it first, let's talk about the gas money or something, otherwise, help me take care of the chickens at home when you are free." Cang Hai has the nerve to accept the gas money.

Second Grandma Li listened and nodded: "Leave the matter about the chicken to me!"

After finishing speaking, Second Grandma Li turned around to leave. When she reached the entrance of the kiln, she stopped again, turned around and said to Canghai, "Haiwazi, what are you going to plant on the few acres of land you left behind? It's time for everyone to buy seeds." Bring it with you."

"Plant two acres of wheat, two acres of rapeseed, one acres of peanuts, half an acre of sweet corn if possible, and the rest of potatoes," Cang Hai said.

"It's done, I'll tell our masters to go"

After speaking, Second Grandma Li opened the door and went out.

Cang Hai couldn't fall asleep after being disturbed by Second Grandma Li. He put on his clothes, got up, washed his face and brushed his teeth. When he went to the kitchen, he found that this morning's breakfast was to his liking.

Roujiamo pancakes are not ordinary pancakes, but learned from Xi’an Tongguan, they are crispy pancakes, layers of pancakes are very crispy, served with delicious stewed meat, Cang Hai ate three in one go, and drank I ordered a big bowl of Hu spicy soup.

Li Liren saw that Cang Hai was eating delicious food, and while puffing on his cigarette, Li Liren advised, "Eat more if you like it."

Cang Hai patted his stomach: "Enough, enough!"

"Is it still time to plant trees today?" Li Liren asked again.

Seeing Cang Hai nod his head, Li Liren sighed: "I don't care about your land?"

"Isn't it looking for someone to plant? I don't care about these things now. I plan to plant some fruit trees on the slope in two days. I should find someone to plant the few acres of land," Cang Hai said.

Hearing what Cang Hai said, Li Liren stopped persuading him. From the old man's point of view, Cang Hai didn't even turn over a single piece of land. It would cost more to find people to plant this kind of land than to buy food in a year. Dao: You kid is also rich and messing around!
After eating, Cang Hai got into the car and was about to leave the village when he smelled a pungent smell, stretched his head to look around, and found that Grandpa Hu was pouring manure into his vegetables.The vegetable fields in the countryside are all filled with farmyard manure, which is the so-called manure. Once this thing is poured, as long as it stays in the downwind outlet, the smell will not be so disgusting.

After driving the ugly donkey a few times in a row, Cang Hai escaped the smell of dung all over his nose.

Arriving at Fenghuanggou, Cang Hai checked the Seed of Life first, and found that the seedlings planted the day before yesterday had grown slightly, and were now as tall as a palm.

Stretching out his hand to touch it, Cang Hai was about to try the leaf, who knew that as soon as his hand touched the leaf, he felt a flash of meaning in his mind, as if he felt the vitality of this young seedling, with an indescribable pleasure.

Cang Hai was stunned for a long time, then withdrew his hand, looked at the little plant under his feet and said to himself: "Little Miaozi will be happy too?"

After looking at it for a while, I touched it again. This time, not only did I feel its "mood" from Xiao Miaozi, but also some of the surrounding underground situations came into my mind in an instant. There is a mouse nest about 50 meters away from me. There are two mice, one male and one female, and a litter of newborn mice whose eyes have not yet opened.

In order to verify that he felt something, Cang Hai went to the vicinity of the mouse nest and looked for it. As expected, he found a mouse hole. According to Cang Hai's experience, he found that there were signs of new mice coming in and out of the mouse hole.

After removing the pickaxe from the car, Cang Hai spit two mouthfuls into the palm of his hand and began to dig. Because he knew the direction of the mouse hole, Cang Hai soon dug the mouse hole open. There was a nest of small mice, but the grown-up mice had already disappeared along the other side of the hole.

Mice are not a good thing, even the little mice didn't get Cang Hai's sympathy, they just dug up the mud and buried a litter of little mice, and after they were buried, they stomped hard on it.

Standing next to the sprouted seedling of the Seed of Life again, and touching it a few more times, Cang Hai felt that he could grasp the surrounding situation through this guy. To put it more clearly, this thing is like an encyclopedia of the surrounding fields. , I can know the situation of nearby animals and plants as long as I reach out and touch it.

"It really is a treasure!" Cang Hai said with a smile.

Treasures are treasures, but they can't plant trees for Cang Hai, so Cang Hai has to put away his joy and drive the ugly donkey to continue planting his own trees.

The work of planting trees is simple and boring, but now we can't ask for help, because according to the growth environment of the bottle tree, the geographical conditions of Canghai's hometown are really not suitable, because the winter is too cold, if there is no space for water Well, the Canghai tree will probably only take a year to plant, and all these trees will die when winter comes.

Moreover, Canghai had to cast a spell while planting to make the roots of the tree go deeper. Originally, the roots of the bottle tree were very domineering, and there were very few plants that were not bottle trees growing near it. Adapting to the drought conditions, the roots have evolved very strong. As long as they can absorb water, they will suck up their own tree trunks and store them for use in times of drought.

The lunch at Canghai is also just enough. Two meat buns, one bread, and a thermos pot of warm soup. After eating, he lay down on the flatbed cart and rested for more than half an hour to continue digging. Trees, after such a busy day, I planted more than [-] trees.

For the next ten or so days, Cang Hai spent his days planting trees day after day, planting trees and planting trees, coming early in the morning and returning to the village after dark at night.

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Woke up early in the morning, and as soon as Cang Hai went out, he saw light rain falling outside today, with a patter of early spring chill. He looked up at the sky and found that the sky was covered with dark clouds, so he knew that the light rain was coming soon. It's impossible to end half a meeting.

Standing at the door, Cang Hai looked at the light rain in the sky, he was at war with heaven and man in his heart, thinking whether he should go out to plant trees today.

"Haiwazi!"

At this time, Grandpa Li Licheng was wearing a piece of plastic cloth as a poncho, and trotted past the gate of Canghai. He saw Canghai standing at the kiln entrance, and the old man stood beside Canghai. He shook the plastic sheet on his body, shook off the rain, and then took off the plastic sheet on his body.

"This rain will last for at least two or three days!" Li Licheng said with joy on his face.

The light rain at this time is very good for the crops. After this rain, the seeds that have just been sown in the field can germinate, and maybe a piece of green seedlings will grow in the field in a day or two.

"Yes!" Cang Hai replied.

Li Licheng didn't seem to be very interested in seeing Cang Hai, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm thinking about planting trees today," Cang Hai replied.

After hearing this, Li Licheng said: "The light rain has blocked you from planting trees? The big guys are all busy in the fields, why don't you take a day off today, go to the field to help, and take a look at you by the way Are you satisfied with what your family has planted?"

When he heard about looking at his own field, Cang Hai thought for a while and shook his head: "Forget it, I'll plant trees!"

Li Licheng couldn't be choked to death by Cang Hai's words, he was stunned for a while before saying: "Forget it, you'd better plant trees!"

(End of this chapter)