My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 164 The Mustache

   "No one today, lame brother."

   Slowly walked to Cui Laizi's door, the surroundings were deserted, only Cui Laizi was there holding a cane, leaning against the wall and dozing off in the sun.

"what?"

  Cui Laizi opened his eyes in a daze, and wiped the corners of his mouth: "That's right, it's almost autumn, so I've gone to work in the fields."

   "Why did you come out so you don't have to stay home with your daughter-in-law?"

   "No, someone came to look for her, and the mother-in-law's family kept talking and was very annoying."

   "Hahaha, you kid, how many plates?"

   "Come on."

   "I know your hands are itchy, I'll go get chess."

   Cui Lazi smiled, stood up slowly on crutches, and limped back to get the chess.

  Chen Ling propped up the chessboard under the tree. The chessboard in the countryside is very simple. Just find a square board and draw the chess path.

   When Cui Lai Zi took out the chess, the two of them formed a battle to kill.

   "It's going to be a baby in a few months, what are your plans?"

   "Plan? What plan?"

"Planning for the baby's future. Look at Shui Wazi and the others, they are all trying to go out to work, and they won't stop after the autumn. Wu Ni'er was admitted to a university. They didn't tell you about it? "

   "Said. They went to theirs, and I farmed at home. The thirty mu of land is enough for my baby to eat and drink..."

"Snapped!"

   Having said that, Chen Ling knocked out Cui Lazi's horse with one shot.

   "Hey, kill my horse and eat your car."

   Cui Cripple shouted, and also shot across the river with a cannon.

   Then, he continued: "Your 30 acres of land have only just been able to grow something this year. If you don't add fertilizer, can you slow down if you don't raise it for a few years?"

   "Yes, it is to be raised and planted when the soil strength comes up. Let's not mess around for the next two years. As I said before, circle a place and raise something."

"Hey, listening to you, I see people buying eggs from your house every three or five years. This guy, plus the vegetables you sold before, you've made a lot of money in the past six months, right? If you don't make a sound, maybe it's fast. With a household of 10,000 yuan, it is possible to build a chicken farm."

   Cui Laizi pinched the chess piece, looked at Chen Ling with his eyes, and smiled a little thiefly.

He often goes to the county market to buy goods. Compared with ordinary villagers, the prices of all kinds of firewood, rice, oil, salt, and vegetable grain are all clear. Chen Ling has pulled a full five acres of vegetables to the market to sell. According to this year's price, Definitely not for less money.

   It's just that he is a good thing, and he likes to join in the fun, but he doesn't talk too much. He has guesses about the money Chen Ling's family sold this year, but he doesn't mean to shout out to anyone.

   "Come on, it's 10,000 yuan. If I can get 10,000 yuan, I'll start a small western-style building immediately."

   "Like what Erzhu used to build in the county seat?"

   "More foreign than his."

   "Haha, you look like a baby. Why are you afraid of people borrowing money from you? Don't worry, I won't tell you."

   Cui Laizi took a step forward, raised his head and pointed at Chen Ling, grinning.

  Chen Ling was also happy when he saw this.

"It's not that I'm afraid of people borrowing money. This year, I've been lucky enough to earn a little bit of money. That's how it is anyway. Lame brother, do your own calculations. You've been running a club for so many years, selling cigarettes, alcohol, and pork. You can earn money in one year How much? Can I be stronger than you?"

"Hey, hey, don't talk to me, I'm telling you this because I thought of listening to the branch secretary talking about contracting the land and contracting the mountain forest reservoir a few days ago. If you have money, you can ask the branch secretary to bring the mess of Erzhu over to me. , and also build a greenhouse, even if it is small..."

   "Then you know what, green vegetables in this greenhouse are very expensive. This year, people are poor and no one can build a shed. Hurry up and start it, and you can grab it first."

   "Do it now, and you will be able to sell it in the spring of next year. It will definitely make a lot of money."

In fact, Cui Laizi made some sense, but Chen Ling was not interested in this, so he told him that this year not only can building a greenhouse make money, but pork is also expensive, so let him go to the south of the village to build a pig farm to raise pigs. Knowing that when pork is expensive, there must be more pigs in the coming year. When the next spring starts selling piglets, you can make crazy money, not to mention selling meat.

   "Don't tell me, if my legs and feet can be a little more agile, I will also build a pig farm. It will cost much less than building a greenhouse, but I will earn a little bit more."

   "Yeah, I knew you know what to do, Brother Lame. It's too unprofessional to start a club in the village. If you go out to do business, you can definitely be a big boss."

   Cui Lazi heard this, and laughed until he could not close his mouth, and waved his hands repeatedly to say no.

   This **** is a bachelor. He doesn’t farm the land, and usually has nothing to do. He just plays cards and chess with people every day.

   In addition, what I like the most, is to ask about things, and the other is to tell people how to make money, as if listening to his words, you can make a lot of money right away.

   Although his character is not bad and his heart is good, he is also annoying to be like this all the time.

  However, this man is ashamed when he praises him without complimenting him. He gets so annoyed with complimenting him that he immediately blushes and falters, but he can’t say a word, but he can secretly be happy for a long time.

   He played chess like this, and soon it was almost noon. The villagers also came back from the fields one after another. Some went straight home to cook, and some stood by to watch them play chess. Soon they were full of people.

   "I want a car! I want a car!"

  Chen Ling won a few games in a row, and finally was about to lose. The people next to him suddenly shouted, waiting to replace him.

   Just at this time, someone said that Susu called him home, and Chen Ling immediately remembered that lunch had not been made yet, so he didn't have the heart to play any more.

  …

   "Rich and honor wait for me."

   Not two steps away, a woman hurriedly chased after her, the sister-in-law of Xiuying from Chen Dazhi's family.

   "What's wrong, sister-in-law?"

"I'm here to ask you, is your sprayer still in use, if not, can you let me use it for a long time in the afternoon? My old leaker, I took the medicine twice in the morning, and your big brother's back is soaked. , the skin is hot and spicy."

   "Well, I just took the medicine in the morning and was just idle. Let's go, I'll go home and get it for you."

   "Baogu is about to be harvested, what kind of medicine do you need, sister-in-law?"

   "It's not budgu, it's to beat the cotton twice."

   "Oh. Cotton, you have to take good care of it, worms are coming."

"Who said it wasn't, I just had a fight a while ago, and I got up again after a few days of neglecting it. It's very worrying, you Dazhi brother is really, you have been working hard enough to grow strawberries in the past few years, and this year you are planting this cotton again, I want to see Might as well grow sweet potatoes."

  Cotton is easy to breed insect pests, such as cotton bollworm, cutworm, various moths and grasshoppers, etc. Sometimes there can be four or five kinds of insects on a cotton plant, and there can be thousands of insects in one acre of land. It is no exaggeration.

  If you don't take care of it in time, the guy won't go to the ground for a while, and the cotton fields will not be available.

  This year's cotton, soybeans, and peanuts were affected by floods and were sown late. They are all summer crops. These crops that like water, fertilizer and light and heat actually grow faster in summer than in spring, but at the same time, the pests and diseases are also more serious, and they need more diligence and care, which is more laborious than spring.

   In addition, although these crops have a short growing period in summer, they are also easily affected by frost, which reduces the harvest. The villagers also know this, and there are relatively few such crops.

  Like Chen Ling’s family, it is rare to find peanuts and soybeans with two acres each. In the past, so many were planted, and it was planted in the spring, that is, together with rapeseed.

   Back home, Wang Susu and Qin Qiumei took two people with scissors, and just cut two moustache from the white milk goat.

   At this time, seeing Chen Ling leading Xiuying's sister-in-law into the yard, she hurriedly greeted her.

  The women were talking, and Chen Ling went to find the sprayer.

   "Rich and noble, you already have it, are you too happy?"

   Sister-in-law Xiuying took the sprayer and said with a smile.

   "It's not that the joy is broken. I can't sleep with joy these days."

   "Then think about it more, make something delicious for Susu, and take care of your body, and the baby will be strong in the future."

   Xiuying's sister-in-law said.

   followed and wanted to say something, but found that his big yellow dog ran over at some point, ran to Chen Ling's side, went around his trousers, bit and rubbed, and cheered at him.

   This dog from her family followed Chen Dazhi into the mountains, and became acquainted with Chen Ling. The guy was very affectionate when they met.

   But sister-in-law Xiuying felt that her dog was too dirty, so she kicked it: "Go to the side, and then go home and tie you up."

   The big yellow dog was kicked, quite innocent, and looked pitifully at its owner, then at Chen Ling, and kept wagging its tail.

  Chen Ling and Wang Susu saw each other and said they were fine, there were dogs running back and forth in their house every day.

   Also, after raising two Heiwa and Xiaojin, the village dogs ran to the house every few minutes, and they never stopped.

   Sister-in-law Xiuying didn't answer, "Susu, don't blame my sister-in-law for being talkative, you are pregnant with a baby, what kind of cat, dog or something, you can't get too close, you are precious now."

   "I know my sister-in-law, I will pay more attention in the future." Wang Susu smiled slightly.

   Then, together with Chen Ling, they sent Sister-in-law Xiuying to the outside of the courtyard.

In fact, more than one person has talked to her about this and that in the past few days. There are a lot of things to pay attention to when you are pregnant, and she also keeps them in mind. Chen Ling is also very cautious. Take care.

   Sending off Xiuying's sister-in-law, Chen Ling looked at his daughter-in-law and the two lesbians and asked in confusion, "What were you tinkering with at home just now, why did you go shearing?"

   "No. Not shearing wool, but a little goatee."

   "Sister Xiaoyun's child has sores on her body, so it's better to try it with an earth formula."

   Wang Susu said.

"oh, I see."

  Chen Ling nodded.

The immune system of children is low. If you don't pay attention, you can't tell where it will be affected. When the seasons change every year, the hands, feet, and chin will get pimples and sores, itchy, swollen, and even pus. I can't help scratching it. Another long film, and it won't get better in a short time.

   Later, the doctors in the countryside found out the earth formula, which is to use the goatee to treat, which is very effective.

   For the treatment, just put the clean and dry goatee on a tile and bake it until it is crispy, then grind it into powder, add some sesame oil, or vegetable oil, and apply it to the sore area in a paste.

  Wait until it dries, scabs and falls off, and then apply it again, after a few days of repetition, the abscess will be almost healed.

   "No, the baby in the family is weak and has small problems, which makes it difficult to manage."

  Zhong Xiaoyun also smiled at Chen Ling embarrassedly.

  Chen Ling knew that this female teacher must have come here for more than just this matter, but the affairs of the woman's family had nothing to do with him.

   Seeing that it was almost noon, he said to Qin Qiumei, "Don't leave at noon today, let's stay with Teacher Xiaoyun for dinner."

   "Okay, let's Xiaoyun also taste your craftsmanship."

   Qin Qiumei showed a bright smile and was not polite to him.

   "What are you going to cook?"

   "Well, it's not a good meal. There's a lot of venison and deer meat left for Susu. We can eat the stewed meat in the afternoon."

   "In addition, what else do you want to eat? There is a menu behind the kitchen door. You can order whatever you want, and I will make it for you."

  Chen Ling pointed into the kitchen, and cut out a piece of calendar paper behind the door, with the name of each dish written on it.

This is something he did when he had nothing to do two days ago, otherwise pregnant women should not eat it, what can be eaten and what can't be eaten, there are so many meat, fruits and vegetables, he is too lazy to remember, why not write it directly, cook Look ahead, it's clear.

   Hearing that there is a menu, Qin Qiumei was surprised at first. But when I knew the reason, I understood.

   It is one thing to understand, but it is unavoidable to be envious. In my heart, I said that seeing how the young couple lived, and then looking at their own family, the scenery is decent on the bright side, but it is hard to say in private.

   How could anyone live so comfortably.

   "Will we help you?"

   Maybe a man who loves his daughter-in-law is easy to win a favor. Even Zhong Xiaoyun put down the strangeness and took the initiative to ask.

   "No, the meat is all slaughtered, just wait and eat. Go and see the menu, what else do you want to eat."

   "That's enough, I can't finish eating more."

   "That's fine."

   So Chen Ling went to the well to pull up the meat, and Qin Qiumei followed Wang Susu to feed the sheep, pigeons, rabbits, and tease the little wild boar.

   Pigeons and rabbits are fine. Even if the rabbits are about to give birth, they don't need to worry about them. The two ewes to take care of are the ones.

  Sheep don't like to move very much before giving birth, they have a small range of activities and eat less.

  At this time, you must take care of what you eat and pay attention to the water you feed. The water must be clean and sufficient, with no dirt or too cold.

   In addition, you need to lead them to move around a little every day, and brush them, otherwise it will be prone to prenatal paralysis, or dystocia or miscarriage.

In fact, these two sheep were brought back by Chen Ling in the cave. In the cave, they were fed water, ate grass, and cleaned their bodies by the way, so not only are they very healthy, but their hair is also very clean. .

  After Wang Susu cleaned up the sheep dung, the three women gathered around the two sheep, combed them, tickled them, and blew the sheep comfortably.

This time, Xiao Bai Niu's eyes became hot, he walked from the cowshed to them, slowly fell to the ground, mooed softly, rubbed his tail on the ground, and leaned in front of Wang Susu, thinking Let the hostess tickle it too.

   Wang Susu had no choice but to take a brush and brush it too.

   The two women have never seen such a cow that is smarter than a dog, and it is so beautiful and coquettish. Suddenly, their hearts melted. They wanted to reach out and touch them, but Wang Susu warned them before and didn't dare to touch them.

   After Wang Susu scratched the little white cow comfortably, and closed his eyes, he carefully reached out to touch it and tickled it.

   This made the two women very happy, feeling as excited as touching a baby.

  …

  Chen Ling glanced out of the kitchen, shook his head and smiled, thinking that his daughter-in-law is amazing, no matter where the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law come from, they can get along with her.

Now that the venison and deer meat are ready, Chen Ling thought about it for a moment and decided not to stew or fry the meat today, save some trouble and make a hot pot shabu-shabu. Anyway, there is no shortage of seasonings at home. .

  The thing to pay attention to is that it is a little lighter for the taste of the daughter-in-law.

   "Susu, why don't you make hot pot at noon, do you eat it?"

  Wang Susu asked Qin Qiumei for their opinions, and immediately replied: "Eat, we will eat whatever you do."

   "Okay, let's eat mushroom soup hot pot today."

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  ps: There are a lot of things to do before March 15th. There will be nothing to do after next Tuesday, and it will not be interrupted for so long in the future, everyone can rest assured.

   (end of this chapter)