Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 66

They were chatting about ginseng under the tree, when suddenly there was a "cha-cha" sound above their heads, and when they looked up, they saw two flower magpies landed on the big poplar tree in the yard, "bang bang" incessantly pecking non-stop.

"It's so strange, when did the magpie become a woodpecker?" Because through the branches, Professor Zhao couldn't see clearly, thinking that the bird was catching bugs on the tree.

Poplar grows very fast, and within a few years it can grow to the point where a child can't hold it with outstretched arms, but although it grows fast, it has a "sharp mouth, thick skin and hollow belly", the wood is very weak, and it is easy to attract insects.

Many poplar trees are as tall as several floors, and their branches and leaves are luxuriant in summer, but the inside has already been hollowed out by insects, and they will die within a few years.This kind of tree has no other use in the countryside except as firewood. At most, some trunks that have not been drilled by insects can be used as window frames, but people don't like to use them as window frames, because this kind of windows is particularly easy to be attacked by scoliids. drill hole.

However, the two poplar trees in Liu Junhao's yard are alright. Up to now, there is no sign of the core worm's arch hole, so he hastened to take a closer look after hearing what Professor Zhao said.

"It's not catching insects, it's making poplar branches to build nests." He saw clearly that the two magpies were pecking at those twigs.

Hearing what he said, Professor Zhao also became interested, stopped playing chess, and looked up at the flower magpie on the tree.

What surprised Liu Junhao was that the two flower magpies did not carry the branch far away, but built a nest on another big poplar tree, and it seemed that they were ready to settle in their yard.

Rural people still love birds like magpies. Generally, no one touches magpies' nests. Even if a child digs out a small magpie and his own adults see it, they will reprimand the child and ask him to put the magpie back.

If there is a magpie chirping on the big tree in front of someone's house in the early morning, he thinks that a happy event will come to his house on this day, so Liu Junhao welcomes the magpie to settle down on his poplar tree.

The next morning, Liu Junhao was surrounded by chickens and ducks as soon as he woke up. It seemed that they had formed a habit.Knowing that "crybabies have milk", they all stretched their necks and screamed into a ball.

Even when he went to the toilet, the group of teal ducks followed him and kept pecking at his trouser legs.

Helpless, Liu Junhao had no choice but to go back to the house and get a big bowl of wheat and sprinkle it on the ground. Those chickens and ducks were safe, and they ate one by one on the ground.

It can't go on like this, after a few days it will be warmer and there will be more bugs, then let Xiaopi drive them outside to look for food in the morning.It's not a big deal to have a big bowl of grain every morning, and there is no grain grown in his field, and these are all made by the mouse holes dug in autumn. After feeding them all winter, there is only one bag left.

Seeing that they were eating happily, Liu Junhao went back to the house to fetch water for cooking with a bucket, but just as he came out with the bucket, he was stunned. wheat.That gray body flitted across the ground swiftly, faster than a water duck.

A teal next to the magpie probably couldn't get enough food, so it quacked angrily at the magpie, who knew that the magpie also declared war on the magpie.

They are really rude. Living in their own yard without collecting rent is already worthy of them. Who knows that they would like to come to eat and live in a dragon, and what's more, they even show their power to the teal ducks they raise.Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, Liu Junhao immediately walked towards the crowd of water ducks, knocking the foreign iron bucket in his hand.

It was only then that the two arrogant magpies were driven away, but just as he walked away a few steps, they fell down again.

"Forget it, let them eat, how much can the two little birds eat." Seeing that they couldn't be driven away, Liu Junhao could only comfort himself in his heart.

Today's weather is also good. After eating, Liu Junhao dug out a large bag of watermelon seeds with big flower peels from the box, and prepared to take them outside to dry in the sun. Don't put them out for a long time and they will not germinate if they become damp and moldy.

The half bag of watermelon seeds from years ago was fried, and these were left as seeds, weighing more than a catty.

Liu Junhao dumped all the more than a catty of watermelon seeds in the dustpan and spread them out. Seeing that there were many sunken melon seeds inside, he stretched out his hand to pick them out one by one.

While picking it, Professor Zhao came in with a large teacup, and asked, "Is there any water in the teapot? I boiled it last night and drank it. I didn't have time to boil it in the morning."

"Well, I just boiled a pot this morning and put it on the table. You know where the tea is, so if you want to drink it, make it yourself." Liu Junhao said without raising his head.

"No tea, I have the best Maojian here," Professor Zhao said, shaking his teacup.

"What's the best Maojian, it's not a bitter taste, it's like a baby." Liu Junhao said with some disapproval.

"I won't tell you." Professor Zhao shook his head annoyed, and ignored him.

The one or two tea leaves in Professor Zhao's room were given by an old colleague when he returned to the city for New Year's greetings during the Spring Festival. He only gave two or two. , very precious.And if you have money, you may not be able to buy real tea. This tea was brought by one of his students during the Chinese New Year.

Of course, Professor Zhao was as rare as a treasure. When he came back, he brought back these two taels of Maojian, and gave half of it to Liu Junhao by the way.

He didn't make it clear when he gave it, only saying that it was tea brought from the city.So Liu Junhao used it like ordinary tea, put a lot of it in the space cup, then made a big pot of boiling water, and drank it in his arms.

Although it smelled quite fragrant, he rinsed his mouth bitterly after taking a sip. He ran to ask Professor Zhao what kind of tea it was, and why it was so bitter?
When Professor Zhao saw the space cup in his hand, he was so depressed that he almost vomited blood. Every time he drank tea, he counted the tea leaves and poured them out.This kid is good, he put a lot of them at once.This kind of big space cup can hold less than half a teapot of water at a time. His big cup is worth at least 40 yuan, and the tea leaves are completely wasted for him.

This kid is tasting tea, but drinking cows!

After he talked about the preciousness of the tea, Liu Junhao also hurriedly lifted the lid of the cup and took a big gulp, then said with some doubts: "There is no difference, it is still bitter."

This made Professor Zhao dumbfounded. Knowing that it was useless to say it, he never talked about tea tasting with him again.

"What happened to the watermelon seeds?" Professor Zhao asked casually after pouring boiling water and squatting in front of the dustpan.

"Pick out the empty bags of melon seeds, let them dry in the sun, and plant them in the backyard later. If you don't want to, plant some in the yard too."

"Let's talk about it when the time comes." Professor Zhao casually squeezed one and put it in his mouth and started to knock it. The fragrant raw melon seeds have a different taste.

Maybe it was because of the spring water, but the watermelon seeds were not too shriveled, and they were picked up in less than 10 minutes.

Liu Junhao asked Professor Zhao to support the stool below, and stood up and carefully placed the dustpan on the tiles of the roof.

His house faces south, and the roof happens to be unshaded by trees, so the sun is particularly bright, and it probably lasts almost a morning.

Professor Zhao soon stood on the edge of Liu Junhao's fence with a teacup. After planting these flower seeds, he observed them every day.The ones in Liu Junhao's yard obviously grew faster than those in his house, and after a night of disappearing, many new shoots emerged from the soil.

Liu Junhao watched it with him for a while, and then he was going to take out the chess in the house, but when he got to the eaves, he found a lot of watermelon seed shells on the ground.

What's going on?He hastily retreated a few steps and looked up to the roof, only to see the two magpies eating watermelon seeds beside the dustpan.It's really hard to guard against! !
The reason why I didn’t put the dustpan in the yard to dry was because I was afraid of the hens pecking it. I didn’t expect that the two magpies would find it on the roof.

(End of this chapter)