Super Orchard

Chapter 167 Agua's Spring

In early summer, the apple orchard returned to the grand occasion of previous years.

There are overgrown weeds, lush apple trees, native chickens, rabbits, sparrows, and more unknown animals and insects live in it. Everything grows, and the whole garden is full of vigorous vitality.

Unlike Duan, the loyal follower, although Agua would often follow behind Shen Yangguang, but in a blink of an eye, Agua flew away without a trace. Needless to say, he must have run into the apple orchard again, like the king of all things wander among them.

For the various animals here, because of the golden airflow, Agua will not hunt for food. In addition to feeding in the sun, Agua will fly to the westernmost virgin forest to catch some small animals to eat.

The reason why Agua likes to stay here is mainly because the density of animals and plants in the apple orchard is higher than anywhere in the orchard, and it is already comparable to the virgin forest outside.

Coupled with the existence of golden air currents, the rich vitality in the apple orchard is everywhere.

Not to mention a goshawk like Agua who is very sensitive in various senses, even Shen Yangguang and the others feel refreshed physically and mentally when they stay here.

Therefore, although the breeding department also has a new office in the office building, Xiong San and the others still like to stay in the apple orchard. They can not only carry out a series of breeding work nearby, but also stay in this environment for a long time.

At noon, rice dumplings were being boiled in the big earthen stove at Shen Yangguang's home, and the two of them made some more food and started to eat lunch. The follower, Dui, except for going around the village for a few laps, followed Shen Yangguang all the time to eat and eat. drink.

Agua is different. Usually, he looks at the meal time for breakfast and dinner to find what Shen Yangguang wants to eat. During the day, he can hardly see his shadow, let alone at noon.

After lunch, the charcoal fire in the large earthen stove was still burning for a whole afternoon. When it was almost evening, the charcoal fire was gradually extinguished, leaving a pile of very hot ashes, which still brought a lot of heat to the big iron pot. high heat.

Looking at the zongzi that had been cooking for a long time, Shen Yangguang and Xia Yunxuan had long been terribly greedy. Now it was time for dinner, so they opened the lid of the big pot, picked out a few zongzi with chopsticks and put them on the plate, and then fished out two more. Already cooked goose eggs.

Although the charcoal fire in the big earthen stove had already been extinguished, the residual temperature was still high, and the big iron pot was still baking, so these rice dumplings were very hot when they were just taken out.

Xia Yunxuan tried it twice with her hands, but it was too hot to push it away. Seeing her swallowing, Shen Yangguang skillfully picked up a pair of chopsticks, one in each of her left and right hands.

Then use the left and right chopsticks to hold down the tip of the knotted reed leaf on the rice dumpling, then gently pick it up with the right chopstick to open the knot, and then spread the leaves along the reed leaves, directly revealing the white and yellow rice dumpling.

Put the zongzi into a bowl and pass it to Xia Yunxuan, and Shen Yangguang peeled off another one in the same way. After preparing two small plates of sugar, the two started to gobble it up.

When eating rice dumplings, Shen Yangguang habitually eats one horn first, and then gradually lowers it, picks up a piece dipped in a little sugar and puts it in his mouth. After taking a mouthful of rice dumplings, his mouth is filled with the fragrance of reed leaves and the sticky taste of glutinous rice. Soft, both taste and texture are very good.

When eating in the middle, the red candied dates are exposed. The taste here is very sweet, and you can eat it directly without adding sugar.

Although the zongzi was still very hot, but because the taste was so good and they were made by themselves, the two of them were like refugees who had been starving for a week, and they ate a whole zongzi within a few mouthfuls.

Then Shen Yangguang put the goose eggs that had been taken out and placed outside where the temperature had dropped a lot in a large bowl filled with clean water, peeled the goose eggs in cold water, and took them one by one, and started to eat them directly.

Because the goose eggs and rice dumplings are steamed together for a long time, both the eggshell and the protein inside are all dyed yellow-green, and the taste is also infiltrated by the fragrance of reed leaves, which has a special flavor.

Boiling rice dumplings with eggs, duck eggs and goose eggs is a consistent custom in Jinquan Village. In the past, during the Dragon Boat Festival every year, Shen Yangguang would cook and eat them at home. The light will feel that this holiday is incomplete.

As for Xia Yunxuan, she hadn't been exposed to this custom since she was a child, so that when she saw Shen Yangguang put all kinds of eggs, duck eggs, and goose eggs into the pot at noon, she was worried that the shells would burst.

However, this did not happen, because the eggs were placed on top of the zongzi, so they were still intact, but the taste of the zongzi leaves had been boiled in, and it tasted very delicious.

Xia Yunxuan had never eaten such a delicious goose egg. After eating a goose egg that was much bigger than a fist, she wanted to eat more, but she was almost full at this time. She was worried that the goose egg would be too big to eat, so she just ate an egg.

Shen Yangguang didn't have this worry at all. Not only was he much taller than Xia Yunxuan, but because he exercised every day, he also had a lot more food.

After eating a zongzi and a goose egg, Shen Yangguang ate an egg, a duck egg and a zongzi. He stopped when he knew his stomach was full, and Xia Yunxuan was dumbfounded.

During dinner, Ah-Dai was also eating dog food with relish, but the strange thing was that Agua hadn't come back until the meal was over.

Shen Yangguang touched his chubby belly, saw the fresh beef that had been prepared, walked out the door with some doubts, but still did not see Agua.

Xia Yunxuan, who often came to Shen Yangguang's house, was also familiar with Agua's habit of going home every night, and immediately felt strange, so she said, "Why hasn't Agua come back yet? Why don't we go to the apple orchard? Doesn't it always like to stay in the apple orchard?" Is there?"

Shen Yangguang nodded and said, "Alright, let's go for a walk and digest food while walking." Before leaving, Shen Yangguang held the piece of fresh beef in his hand again.

The days in summer are very long. Although it is already six or seven o'clock in the evening, there is still a glimmer of light between the sky and the earth. The two walked side by side in the afterglow of the setting sun. About ten minutes later, they walked into the apple orchard.

Although the sky was not yet completely dark at this time, it was still a bit hazy, and the surrounding scene was not very clear. Shen Yangguang didn't need to look around, and just shouted Agua's name. After a while, a black shadow appeared like lightning Like flying to the front of the two.

Shen Yangguang took out the beef he was carrying and said, "We were playing outside and forgot to go home to eat?" According to Shen Yangguang's experience, Agua will definitely fall on his shoulders and start eating greedily.

But Agua just glanced at the beef, then turned and left, and flew into the apple grove. Both Shen Yangguang and Xia Yunxuan felt it was strange, and even Ah-Dai tilted his head and couldn't figure it out.

After being stunned for a moment, Shen Yangguang and Xia Yunxuan chased after Agua's flying direction, but the light was very dim, and they couldn't see very clearly, so they could only look for it tree by tree.

Ah-Dai reacted the slowest, but moved the fastest. After straightening his crooked head, he spread his paws and ran forward. Shen Yangguang and Xia Yunxuan followed Ah-Dai, and they came to a tree in a short time. Under the tall apple tree.

Looking up, I don't know when a large bird's nest appeared on the apple tree. Agua was squatting in the nest with another goshawk, combing each other's feathers with the tip of their beaks.

(End of this chapter)