Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 639 The weasel pays New Year greetings to the chicken

The style of Gao Shouwang's photo album is similar to that of Gao Mingcheng's previous photo albums. There are landscape photos, portrait photos, individual photos, and group photos.

After reading this photo album from beginning to end, Gao Mingcheng had a rough impression of Jinling during this period.

While he was flipping through the pages, many beauties gathered around to look at them with expressions of amazement.

Jinling was once a famous ancient capital, but during a special period, it suffered tremendous hardships.

But time will heal the scars, and Jinling now looks like a new look.

Gao Mingcheng looked at the photo album and asked Gao Shouwang with a smile what he had played in Jinling and what he had eaten.

Gao Shouwang was waiting for him to ask, and immediately gave an overview of what happened to his group in Jinling.

Finally, Gao Shouwang said with unfinished content: "This trip has opened my eyes. In the past, I only knew Gaojia Village, and I only visited the county town once in a while. Now that I have gone out, I know how big the world is!"

Gao Mingcheng smiled and thought that during this trip, Gao Shouwang not only knew how big the world was, but also saw a world that ordinary people could not see because of his son.

It was close from Xing'an Mountain to Gaojia Village. It only took a few minutes to drive. However, this time they did not stop at the old village. The car drove directly to Niuweiling.

However, Xiao Xuxu is still young and does not have a good vocabulary. He cannot call the dogs by their names, so he just calls them dogs.

"Second sister, little stones." Duo Mei laughed immediately when she saw many jade and small stones, and went to the back of the carriage to get snacks for them.

When the dogs at home heard the noise, they rushed out one after another, wagging their tails enthusiastically and following the car to welcome their owner's return.

After chatting for about ten minutes, Gao Mingcheng said goodbye and left.

Duoyu was holding a large bag of snacks and was very happy. She immediately said, "How beautiful, you can come to my house for lunch!"

Xiao Xuxu stood on the seat, with his upper body lying on the window, looking intently at the dog next to him. He grinned, waved his little hands, and said inarticulately: "Dog~"

Gao Mingcheng said hello, opened the car door, and first let Duo Mei hold Xiao Xuxu in the car.

After hearing this, Duo Mei felt that the meal would be uneasy, so she refused to go.

He looked around, planning to ask someone if they had any honey.

Duomei bought some sweet and sour snacks that pregnant women like to eat, and also bought some chicken cakes, mung bean cakes and other things, which were also shared with Xiao Shitou.

Duo Mei didn't care about her second sister's meal, and said: "Second sister, you can't smell the oil smoke now, can you?"

"Uncle Shouwang, I'm going back to the village to shake honey today, so I won't delay any more and go back to work first."

Gao Shouwang didn't stay for long, he just said: "Then go slowly."

Duo Yu said with experience: "When cooking, I cover my nose with a scarf so that I can't smell much oil smoke."

After Gao Mingcheng parked the car, he opened the door and took Xiao Xuxu out.

At this time, everyone was doing things. Chen Dasong and his family were not seen for a while. However, after Duo Yu heard the movement of the car, he came here with a small stone.

In the first few months of pregnancy, a woman's body is relatively weak, she has no appetite to eat or drink, and she will feel nauseated when she smells the smell of cooking fumes. Therefore, many women will lose several pounds in the first few months of pregnancy. They will only lose weight after the early pregnancy reaction disappears. , can you eat and drink with a big appetite and maintain your own weight and the nutrition of your fetus.

This was rare. Gao Mingcheng glanced at Duoyu in surprise.

Duoyu rarely calls them to eat at home, and because Duoyu's cooking skills are mediocre and her cooking is too slow, they are not willing to eat at her place.

"This is a black tiger. That is an elf." Duomei pointed at the dog outside and taught Xiao Xuxu how to recognize the dog.

However, she still gave her second sister a tip and said: "Rapeseed oil and camellia oil both have a smell. You can't smell the fumes now. It's best to use lard for cooking. The smell of lard is lighter."

Many Yujia grow beans and rapeseed. When the frost comes every year, they will go to the mountains to get some Camellia oleifera seeds. If the quantity is small, they simply sell them for money. If the quantity is large, they can be sent to an oil-pressing workshop to squeeze camellia oil.

Therefore, their family eats tea oil, tea seed oil and soybean oil throughout the year.

Duoyu said: "Last time I went to the market, I asked your brother to buy a pair of suet. Recently, I have been eating lard."

Gao Mingcheng watched them chatting for a while, then asked if they had anything to do with honey.

Beekeeping and honey harvesting are under Chen Duofu's control, but Duoyu lives here, so he must know whether there is honey harvesting.

Sure enough, Duoyu said: "We haven't shaken the honey yet, but I heard that they will prepare to shake the honey in the next day or two."

Gao Mingcheng nodded, which was pretty much what he expected.

Okay, since you haven’t shaken the honey yet, let’s get ready to work!

Gao Mingcheng carried Xiao Xuxu back to his yard and asked Xiao Xuxu to play in a cool place while he moved the honey shaker and plastic bottles to the yard to prepare for cleaning.

It is worth mentioning that I now have two honey shakers at home.

The first honey shaker was made by the carpenter Gao Mingcheng called Junling. It was shaped like a large wooden barrel, and a simple machine for shaking honey was installed inside. After the honeycomb was installed on it, the centrifugal force could be used to throw the honey to Come in the bucket.

The structure of the honey shaker is not complicated. As long as you know the principle, it is easy to make.

However, as more and more bees were raised, one honey shaker was not enough, so Gao Mingcheng asked Chen Duofu to buy another one, and he would reimburse the bill later.

This new one I bought is still in the shape of a wooden barrel.

Those honey shakers of later generations were basically made of stainless steel, but stainless steel was a rare item at this time. Ordinary people who wanted to buy stainless steel had to wait until the mid-to-late 1990s!
As for the ironware made by the blacksmith, it is easy to rust and must be carefully maintained.

Gao Mingcheng took out the bucket and was responsible for carrying water from the well, while Duomei was responsible for cleaning the honey shaker and bottles.

The honey shaker must be washed before and after use. Now that the weather is good, after washing, place it in the sun to dry it quickly.

When Duomei was washing things, Duoyu also helped with the washing. She got a lot of things from Duomei one after another. She originally wanted to ask them to go home for dinner, but she refused.

"Xiao Shitou, take Xiao Xuxu to play, don't let him fall!" Duoyu warned, letting Xiao Shitou take Xiao Xuxu to play.

Little Shitou is also well-behaved, and he plays with Little Xuxu obediently. They play in the main room and the yard. It is relatively safe here, as long as they are careful not to get close to the well.

After Gao Mingcheng brought the water, he said he was going to find Chen Dasong and his son. When he was ready to shake the honey later, he asked a few more people to work together and try to shake the honey within one day.

Duoyu said that they were working in Xiaofushan, so Gao Mingcheng walked to Xiaofushan. As soon as I walked to the pond, I saw Zhang Chengyuan carrying water.

"Brother." Gao Mingcheng greeted.

Zhang Chengyuan nodded and continued to carry water into the mountains.

After the fruit trees are planted, they don't need much watering. Zhang Chengyuan came to fetch water specially to water the soybean seedlings.

Before, Gao Mingcheng slapped his forehead and felt that the distance between the fruit trees was very large, and the fruit trees were not fully grown yet, so he wanted to plant some soybeans in these gaps.

Soybeans are drought-tolerant and like to be dry, so they are the best crop to plant after land reclamation. After planting a few soybeans, the land will become fertile.

But, being drought-tolerant and liking dryness is one thing, but needing water is another. The sun has been relatively hot these days, and Zhang Chengyuan found that the bean sprouts were a little wilted, so he decided to water them.

Gao Mingcheng looked at Zhang Chengyuan carrying water up the mountain and watering the bean seedlings. He felt that it was very hard. In the absence of mechanized planting, he should do less things that slap his forehead in the future!

Gao Mingcheng showed an embarrassed expression and walked towards the area where peaches were planted.

His peaches are ripe from the end of June to mid-July. It is only mid-June now, and they still look a little green. However, on the side of the peaches facing the sun, a few peaches have already appeared a touch of red, and even the tips of the peaches are faintly red. famous.

This means that although it is not fully ripe, it is still ready to eat.

And the texture is crispy and sweet!

Gao Mingcheng strode over, stopped under a peach tree, and then reached out to pick a peach with a red tip. He had already set his sights on this peach!

Although it is a peach variety, the surface of the peach still has fuzz, but it is better than the hairy peach.

Gao Mingcheng was not particular about it. He wiped the peach on his clothes, then bit off the tip and spit it out.

Since childhood, the old people in the village have said that when eating peaches, you should not eat the peach tips, otherwise you will develop red bumps on your body, which are like peach tips and are very itchy.

Although Gao Mingcheng later learned that there is no inevitable relationship between growing buns and eating peach tips, the habit has been formed and it is difficult to change.

After Gao Mingcheng spit out the peach tips, he could eat the peach meat in big mouthfuls. The unripe peaches were indeed crispy and sweet, and they tasted very refreshing.

If you wait a few days before picking, the sweetness will be even higher.

Gao Mingcheng ate a peach in two bites and was satisfied with the quality of this year's peaches. These peach trees also produced scattered fruits last year, but the fruits were not as big as this year's fruits and the quality was not as good.

Next to the peach grove is the pear grove.

Golden Autumn Pear and Cuiguan Pear are hanging on the treetops, facing the wind and bathing in the sunshine.

These pears look as big as a child's fist, but they are still a month away from maturity.

Gao Mingcheng walked around here and only ate one peach, because most peaches were not ripe yet, just a small green fruit, and even the smell was green rather than sweet.

Gao Mingcheng didn't see the Chen family and his son here, so he became angry and shouted loudly: "Uncle Chen! What a blessing! What a joy!"

His voice spread on Xiaofu Mountain, going away a little bit, and then turned into a faint echo.

"Hey! Here!" Not long after, Gao Mingcheng heard Chen Dasong's reply. He identified the direction and walked in that direction.

It's over there by the orange grove.

The orange flowers had long since withered, and now small green oranges had grown, and Chen Dasong and his son were thinning the fruits.

In addition to thinning the fruit, they will also pay attention to whether there are any eggs scattered on the ground.

Because the orange grove is close to the chicken coop, the chickens usually move around on the hillside, but sometimes they will go farther, and these chickens that go far are likely to lay eggs along with them.

Gao Mingcheng ran all the way and soon found Chen Dasong and the others.

Seeing him coming, Chen Dasong immediately said: "Ming Cheng, a weasel came to the chicken coop last night!"

The most famous saying about weasels is - weasels are not kind to roosters when they wish them a happy New Year!
When Gao Mingcheng heard about the weasel, he immediately asked what was the damage to the chicken coop.

Chen Dasong smiled and said: "The five dogs at home are all good dogs. Before the weasel killed the chicken, it was discovered by the black tiger and they chased it out. After a while, I saw the black tiger holding the chicken in its mouth. The weasel is back."

Speaking of dogs, Chen Dasong said: "Mingcheng, if Rhubarb gets pregnant again and gives birth to pups, can you give me a puppy to raise? With dogs, weasels and foxes, it will not be easy for them to come to the house and steal the chickens. "

Chen Dasong wanted to raise a puppy, and Gao Mingcheng naturally agreed, but his agreement was useless because he had to wait until Dahuang became pregnant with a puppy again.

Fortunately, Chen Dasong was not in a hurry. In order to hold a wedding banquet for his eldest son, he had almost killed all the chickens at home. He would build a house in the second half of the year, and he had no time to raise a dog.

After ignoring the topic of the puppy, Chen Dasong said that he had already skinned the weasel.

Gao Mingcheng immediately said: "The skin of the weasel can be used as fur coats, and the hair of the tail can also be used as writing brushes. It is quite valuable. However, the hair in summer is not valuable. You have to wait until winter comes."

Chen Dasong felt a little pity after hearing this.

While talking, Gao Mingcheng also followed suit. At this time, the oranges have just grown and are only a little big. It is difficult to tell whether they are good or bad for the time being. However, if they grow too densely, you can pick off a batch first.

When they are older, remove the obvious secondary fruits.

Gao Mingcheng picked some fruits casually and then remembered the main purpose of today: "Oh, I came back today to prepare the honey shaker. The honey shaker and bottles have been washed and dried. We will shake it later. Honey, after shaking the honey, I have to go to Yangcheng."

Chen Duofu said immediately: "I looked at the beehive two days ago, and the honey inside is almost ready. Okay, I'll go back and get the things first, and then I'll take you to shake the honey."

Chen Duofu is not as bold as Gao Mingcheng. Every time he shakes honey, he has to be fully armed. He has to protect his head, face and hands before he can shake honey.

After several people went down the mountain, Chen Duofu walked forward quickly. He went back to his home first, put on long-sleeved trousers, and socks. He tucked the trouser legs into the socks, and then put on a pair of single-layer pants. Liberation shoes.

Then use a cloth towel to wrap around the head, face and neck, and finally put on gloves.

After getting dressed, Chen Duofu took Gao Mingcheng and others to the location where the beehives were placed.

Chen Duofu's physical strength is limited, so he is not like Gao Mingcheng who would move beehives to deep mountains when he gets interested. Under his care, the beehives are usually at the foot of Niuweiling Mountain and halfway up the mountain.

When the fruit trees in Xiaofushan bloom, a few beehives will be moved here to collect honey.

(End of this chapter)