Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 460 The world has its own tastes
Gao Mingcheng brought back a cart of red bricks. After unloading them, he went to the bayberry forest to see if the bayberries were ripe.

The temperature in summer is hot, and the fruits ripen faster. After several days of growth, the bayberries that were still a little raw before have now turned dark red.

Anyone who passes under the tree can smell the sweet and sour smell.

Gao Mingcheng reached out and picked one and ate it. It tasted pretty good.

He found that there was a simple scaffolding placed under the tree with the most bayberry fruits. People could climb up the scaffolding to pick bayberries in the future.

In addition to Yangmeilin, Gao Mingcheng went around again and saw a few snakes in the grass.

In the past, when Gao Mingcheng didn't go out to catch snakes, he wouldn't pay attention to them even if he saw them. But now that he learned that snakes had swallowed his eggs and killed his chickens, he felt disgusted with the snakes.

It doesn’t matter if these snakes did it or not, in short, do it!
Gao Mingcheng picked up a wooden stick casually and lifted it up. The snakes he saw did not escape this bad luck.

In the spring, Gao Mingcheng bought a large amount of barbed wire and surrounded the entire Xiaofu Mountain.

These barbed wire fences can effectively prevent wild beasts from the woods outside from entering, and can also prevent chickens raised inside from escaping.

But the barbed wire fence has holes, and small animals like snakes and mice can still come in and out freely.

But my territory is mine!Any snake that dares to appear here will not be spared!

Gao Mingcheng competed with the snake.

It was dusk now, and the twilight-type snakes began to become active. At night, there would be nocturnal snakes, and during the day, there would be diurnal snakes.

Different species of snakes have different activity patterns.

Gao Mingcheng searched for a while, but did not find any more snakes.

After all, Xiaofushan already has traces of human activities. There is a lack of extensive food here, and ordinary snakes will not stay here for a long time. The snakes that were just killed were probably attracted by the chickens in the chicken coop.

Gao Mingcheng carried several snakes and returned to the chicken coop.

Chen Dasong and the others are still working, but the foundation has almost been dug.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming back with several snakes, Chen Dasong couldn't help but feel happy.

He said to Gao Mingcheng: "Mingcheng, do you have realgar at home? Snakes are most afraid of realgar. If you sprinkle some around the chicken coop, snakes will definitely not dare to come near."

Gao Mingcheng smiled.

He used to often hear people say that snakes are afraid of realgar. The most famous incident was that the White Lady changed into her original shape after drinking realgar wine, which frightened Xu Xian to death.

But Gao Mingcheng later learned that realgar was somewhat useful in repelling snakes, but not very useful.

The reason why realgar can repel snakes is not because it can directly harm snakes, but because realgar contains sulfur. Snakes are very sensitive to the sulfur smell, so they are reluctant to approach after smelling the smell.

Here’s the problem, people’s sense of smell is different, so snakes’ sense of smell is also different!
For example, cobras with the most sensitive sense of smell will avoid realgar, but cauliflower snakes with insensitive sense of smell will not avoid realgar at all. It can be said that they regard realgar as nothing!

In this case, no matter how much realgar you sprinkle, it will be useless.

Besides, realgar is a toxic mineral medicinal material and should not be used indiscriminately. The smell it evaporates is toxic. If you sprinkle a lot of realgar in the chicken house, the toxic smell will cause harm to both chickens and people.

Gao Mingcheng gave Chen Dasong and the others some popular science, but Chen Dasong was hesitant and said, "That's what the old people said in the past. It can't be wrong!"

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth!

Gao Mingcheng had no intention of arguing with them, he just said: "Next time if I catch a cauliflower snake, I will let you see if it is afraid of realgar!"

"Okay, it's getting dark, go home and rest. I'll pick up half a truck of river sand and half a truck of cement early tomorrow. After that, if you are free, build the house first."

Gao Mingcheng said, motioning for everyone to go back to their homes.Chen Dasong asked Gao Mingcheng if he was having dinner at his house tonight, but Gao Mingcheng said he wasn't.

"I'm going to Grandma Xi's house for dinner. By the way, do you want these snakes?" Gao Mingcheng shook the snakes in his hand.

He killed three snakes, two were non-venomous and one was a poisonous viper.

The pit viper has a very obvious feature, which is the triangular head and small tail. As for patterns, different species have different patterns.

He didn't ask Zhang Chengyuan if he wanted it, but he knew that Zhang Chengyuan and Duo Yu didn't dare to eat snakes.

Chen Dasong looked at the snake, not afraid, and even accepted it happily.

Everyone dispersed and headed towards home.

Gao Mingcheng put more than twenty eggs in a vegetable basket and walked to Grandma Xixin's house.

Among the chickens in the chicken coop, some hens have begun to lay eggs. However, the newly laid eggs are very small. Normally, they are as small as ping pong balls, but there are also many as small as quail eggs.

There is a saying here that newborn eggs are very nutritious and suitable for the elderly and children, so Gao Mingcheng took a lot of newborn eggs.

When we arrived at Grandma Xi's house, the sky was not completely dark yet. In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. Even though it was already seven o'clock in the evening, there was still a dim glow in the western sky.

As soon as I walked into the yard of Grandma Xi's house, I heard familiar sounds - the sound of cooking and the sound of the radio.

Grandma Xiao was cooking in the kitchen, while Gao Zhuang was sitting on a recliner, listening to stories on the radio to relieve his fatigue.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming, he immediately stood up, smiled and shouted: "Brother Mingcheng!"

"Gao Zhuang, why are you black again? Don't think that you don't have to worry about your appearance just because you marry your wife into your home. You have to wear a straw hat when you go out to work!" Gao Mingcheng was startled and almost didn't recognize Gao at first sight. Come strong.

"Hehe." Gao Zhuang rubbed the back of his head and said with a silly smile, "The straw hat at home is broken, and I haven't had time to buy it yet."

Gao Mingcheng was speechless and said: "How difficult can it be to buy a straw hat? Well, tomorrow is the county's market day. You and I can just go to the county to buy and buy everything we lack at home! Look at you again Wife and kids.”

Gao Zhuang was extremely moved by what Gao Mingcheng said.

Grandma Xi also asked him to go for a walk in the county before.

Gao Zhuang was excited, but he was also afraid that after he left, Grandma Xi would be too busy at home.

There is also a pig and a dozen chickens at home.

"Zhuang Zhuang, just go!" Grandma Xi came out of the kitchen with a plate of dishes and persuaded Gao Zhuang to go for a walk in the county.

Grandma Xi doesn't like to walk around, but she still hopes that her grandson will go to the county for more walks, not to mention that He Xiuman and Xiao Yuanyuan are also in the county.

The couple hadn't seen each other for almost a month, so they must have missed each other.

Both of them persuaded him to go to the county. Gao Zhuang no longer hesitated and immediately nodded and agreed.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Okay, I have to buy a cart of river sand and cement tomorrow morning. I'll call you when I go to the county."

"Brother Mingcheng, are you planning to pick bayberries and sell them in the county tomorrow? Then I will pick bayberries for you in the morning." Gao Zhuang said positively.

But Gao Mingcheng refused to let him go and said: "You are not needed. I am hiring three people to do the work. There are not many bayberries in total. If they pick a few bayberries each, they will be gone. If you want to pick them, wait until next year! There will definitely be a lot more next year. !”

"Okay!" Gao Zhuang happily agreed.

"Come for dinner!" Grandma Xi called them to come for dinner. The three of them sat on the table. There were four dishes on the table. Although they were simple meals, the world had its own tastes.

(End of this chapter)