The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 119
In Wang Shaodong's dormitory, in the plastic washbasin, all kinds of messy bugs covered the bottom of the washbasin, crawling around, making the scalp numb for people with dense phobia.

There are centipedes, scorpions, earthworms, soil turtles, and so on.

"Brother Dongzi, if we throw all these bugs into the chicken coop, if the chickens don't eat clean, it will be troublesome to crawl to our side at night."

Zheng Tao's worries are not superfluous. Now the plastic washbasin is covered with gauze, and there are already many small centipedes trying to get out of the gauze.

"If not, let's scald these worms with boiling water later, and feed them to the chickens after they are scalded to death. Otherwise, they might really come into our house."

This kind of situation is not surprising at all. The house built on the mountain sleeps all night, and there are scorpions and centipedes hidden under the pillow. snake.

In March and April of the Gregorian calendar, just after the stinging sting, the weather is still very cold, and the snakes crawling out of their holes will find a place to warm up, and the simple house built on the mountain is the best place to go.

Taohualing Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing the river on one side, Xiangshan Mountain on the east, Songbai Mountain on the west, and Wujiayuzi Mountain on the south.On the three sides of the mountains, there is an orchard in Wujiayuzi, and there are several thatched houses in it; there are also several thatched houses on Xiangshan Mountain; and there are also several thatched houses on Songbai Mountain.

Some of these thatched houses were places where people took shelter on the mountain when the bandits came to make trouble. They are old and no one lives in them.Then this kind of bluestone slab thatched-roof house, the thatched roof has long been removed for firewood, and the house is overgrown with weeds, such as hares, foxes, weasels, rats and worms, everything that one expects to find.

Some thatched houses are used by orchard builders to look at the fruits in autumn when the fruits are ripe.

The fruits on the mountain are ripe, and there are no obstacles on all sides. If no one is watching, greedy people will definitely go in and make trouble.

The thatched house is not a permanent residence, so the door is relatively simple, usually a door made of thorn twigs, which can prevent the sheep grazing on the mountain from jumping into the house and making trouble.

This kind of house cannot keep out rats and snakes.

There are many rats and snakes in the mountains, and these two kinds of animals regard each other as food. When the weather is hot in summer and autumn, the snakes will catch the rats and eat them. In winter, when the snakes hibernate in their holes, the rats will go to the snake holes again. Inside, snakes are eaten as food like carrots.

Before and after Grain Rain, the weather turned warmer, and the hibernating snakes began to crawl out one after another, but at this time, the night was still very cold.

When Wang Shaodong went up the mountain, he was specially instructed by Wu Lao Er in the village that if he woke up in the morning and found that his neck was chilly, as if there was something lying on it, he must not try to grab it.Because it was a snake lying on a person's neck to keep warm.If you grab it, the snake thinks it has been attacked, and it may coil around the neck of the person. The more you grab it, the harder it will coil it, or the person will suffocate to death.

How strong is the snake?

Wang Shaodong once saw a safflower snake as thick as sugar cane with his own eyes, and everyone chased it, and the snake ran into the crack of the wall. tug of war.As a result, the snake's body was pulled off abruptly, and the snake was not pulled out.

The strength of the snake is so great. If you don't have enough hands to pull the snake off, then when you wake up in the morning and feel that your neck is cold, the correct way is to beat the edge of the bed with your hands to make a little movement, and the snake will run away. .

This matter sounds a bit alarmist, but it is a very real problem on the mountain.

Fortunately, the snakes around Taohualing Village are mainly white-striped golden snakes, which are commonly known as red flower snakes by Wang Shaodong and others, and they are non-venomous.

After lunch, Wang Shaodong and the others scalded all the bugs to death with boiling water, and then, wearing gloves, scattered the bugs on the plastic sheet on the floor of the chicken coop.

At first, these little chickens didn't recognize these little bugs, and then they clucked in fright, but soon after a few bold chickens took the lead, the rest of the chickens swarmed to eat as soon as they saw that there was nothing wrong with them. up.

Strange to say, some small bugs are poisonous to humans.For example, a caterpillar that can turn into a butterfly, if the human skin touches the venomous sting of the caterpillar, a layer of itchy and painful herpes will appear, which is very uncomfortable.But not to mention the caterpillar, even after eating the centipede, the chick is fine.

After a feast of insects and insects, Wang Shaodong's five hundred chickens seemed very happy.

Tonight it was Wang Shaodong's turn to be on the night shift. At two o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Shaodong went to bed.

On the other side, east of the village, there is a chicken farm.

The [-] broiler chickens of the Wang family are growing well, and it is already the ninth day today. After five days of fighting the epidemic, everyone will relax.

These days, the people on the chicken farm have been working so hard. At night, the two of them took turns to shift shifts. As the owner of the [-] broiler chickens, Wang Fumin visited the chicken coop all night. Take a look at that chicken coop for fear of any mistakes.

At night, Wang Fumin went back and forth. During the day, Zhao Shiling was in charge of coordinating the feed with each family and observing the growth of the chicks in each chicken coop. After that, Wang Fumin was able to rest for four to five hours.

However, Zhao Shiling is a woman after all, and when encountering problems, she is not as good as a man.

The farm was busy here, and Wang Shaodong and the others were also busy on the mountain. After investing so much money in the Wujiayuzi Reservoir, the Wang family sent Liu Yujiang and Su Yulong to watch over there, and they didn't even have time to go and have a look.

Another week passed in the blink of an eye, the pre-epidemic prevention work for broiler chickens was completed, and then the daily management was on track. Wang Fumin slept soundly for two nights, and then on the twelfth day of the second lunar month, he rode a The motorcycle arrived at the Wujiayuzi Reservoir to check the situation.

On the construction site, three construction teams and more than [-] people were busy working.

Because it is a large-scale labor contract, that is to say, the whole project has been paid to three construction teams for a total price. Therefore, if the project is completed one day earlier, the construction team will earn an extra day of money, and then each construction team is highly motivated to work.

When Wang Shaodong asked someone to level the bottom of the reservoir earlier, he dug out a lot of stones, and now it is just right to use those stones to build the barrage.

For the barrage of about 100 meters, 50 meters of which are paved with rubber dams, there is no need to leave any overflow gates, overflow holes, etc., which saves a lot of work and reduces the project volume by more than half.

The project progressed rapidly, and Su Yulong and Liu Yujiang also worked hard, so Wang Fumin felt relieved.

After seeing the reservoir side, Wang Fumin rode a motorcycle, intending to go to Songbai Mountain where his son did some pine nut chicken experiment.

(End of this chapter)