My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 204 Lice

   On the last day of the end of October in the lunar calendar, the engineering team from the city arrived.

  Because many of the places that Chen Ling requested were mainly built with bamboo and wood structures, the engineering team also followed a few masters, all of whom were skilled in this area.

   After Chen Ling arranged them, he went to the county seat to talk to Zhao Dahai on the phone.

  I have known each other for so long, and they are all very good friends. Saying thank you is too outlandish, so I simply talk about the situation, reminisce about the old times, and let him come over to play when he is not busy.

   Zhao Dahai happily agreed.

During the period of   , when he heard Chen Ling tell him about the encounter with the bobcat, he was even more envious.

   This fat man has a dream of running mountains.

  Thinking about it day and night is to carry a gun and bring a few hunting dogs to Wuthering Mountains.

  It's a pity that he is too fat, the weight is not allowed, and he has never been able to achieve it.

   Therefore, I am more and more concerned about this matter.

   After talking on the phone with Zhao Dahai, Chen Ling went to the flour factory to bring a few bags of white noodles, and went to the small courtyard in the south of the city to plant some sweet potatoes and potatoes, which were spawned and brought home.

  Because the construction will start next, there are about forty people in the engineering team who also have to take care of the meals.

   These things have to be prepared in advance.

   You have to take care of what you eat, and where you live, it is arranged in the village primary school nearby.

   Their primary school in Chenwangzhuang used to have a fifth grade, and there were a lot of houses.

  Although it was not long after it was renovated after the flood, the room was not completely dry, and it was a little damp, but it was very good that there was a fire at night, and the bed was set up to live in the Datong Shop.

  …

   "Rich, it's time to start work."

   "Yeah, work officially starts today."

  On the first day of November, Liang Hongyu's family rushed over after having breakfast early in the morning.

   Liang Yuemin and his wife were also there, waving at him with a smile.

   Then let him arrange some work.

   In fact, when it comes to arranging work, there is really no work that can be arranged for them.

   You don’t even have to worry about cooking.

  Someone in the engineering team took care of the food. Chen Ling bought rice noodles and vegetables, and they could cook by themselves.

   But everyone kindly came to help, and there was nothing to do, so I still had to find some chores to do.

   took Qin Rongxian and his son out of the village.

   Leaving Liang Hongyu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to accompany Wang Susu at home.

   "Didn't Xiao Ming come back with you?"

   "He's back. It was delivered to his grandmother yesterday afternoon. This kid is too naughty and always makes trouble with him."

   "Seeing that you are going to be busy here again, how can you take care of him, I will bring him over to play when you are not busy."

   Liang Yuemin said.

   Then he looked at the surrounding fields with surprise, "Huh? Are we also growing winter wheat here?"

"yes."

  Chen Ling nodded, "Don't think it's very cold in winter here, in fact, it's only the twelfth month and the first month, the two cold months, so it's no problem to plant winter wheat."

   Liang Yuemin suddenly said, "Oh, I know this, in the south of the Qinling Mountains, it is said that it is cold in winter, and it is not too cold compared to other places, right?"

   "That's not true."

  Chen Ling smiled, "We are also very cold in winter here. If you don't go back this year, try it when you enter the twelfth lunar month."

   "Huh? Why is this?"

   Liang Yuemin looked at Chen Ling and then at his father, seeing Qin Rongxian nodding in agreement, he felt strange.

   "Because the terrain is high."

  Chen Ling glanced at him. How much money has this big brother earned in foreign exchange? He has even been to Africa, so he doesn't understand this.

   "Oh yes, I forgot about this."

   Liang Yuemin slapped his forehead and smiled.

   Then he also asked about Chen Ling's plans after building the farm, but what he asked was different from the villagers' gossip, and he would bring some good advice, and Chen Ling would not feel impatient.

   The three of them talked and rushed to the foot of the mountain.

   At this time, Wang Lixian had already arrived at the orchard. He came to be a foreman and was there yesterday.

  Beside the dirt road outside the orchard, three dirty old Jiefang vehicles were parked, and the surrounding ground was messy with ruts and various debris.

   After all, it is the engineering team in the city, and everything is very complete.

  The open space is full of rammers, mixers, generators, chainsaws, switch wires, etc.

  The mixer is a three-in-one old-fashioned concrete mixer, drum type, and can also be disassembled.

   Connect the tractor engine with a V-belt and you can use it.

  What kind of mortar, cement, no problem.

   Building walls, repairing steps, paving roads, and paving the bottom of ponds are all very convenient.

   "Brother Fugui, your bird net is very energetic. Birds hit the net early in the morning."

   Seeing Chen Ling and the others coming, the foreman went up to him with his hands behind his back and said with a smile.

Except for a few old masters and their apprentices, many of the    engineering team were acquaintances.

   is the same group of people who came to repair the dam before.

   Of course, this is no coincidence.

   was specially found by Zhao Dahai after asking Chen Ling's opinion.

   After the initial flood, the drinking water of each household in the village was polluted.

The    engineering team often went to Chen Ling's house to fetch water.

   Later, when Chen Ling's family built a house, they also sent a rammer, lime wood or something.

When    went up the beam, Chen Ling also brought them some wine and vegetables.

   So the two sides have had a lot of dealings, and they have been familiar with each other before.

   "Hi, I just bought it to play."

  Chen Ling smiled and handed the workers cigarettes, and then went to the Internet with Qin Rongxian and his son.

  Heiwa and Xiaojin were very discerning and followed them step by step with the chicken cage in their mouths, waiting for the birds to unpack and put them in the cage.

   But today's birds, Chen Ling has released many of them, leaving some sparrows, **** and so on.

   "Isn't the net support in the way here? I'll remove it if it doesn't work."

   After untying the bird, Chen Ling asked.

   "It doesn't get in the way, it doesn't get in the way, it's too far away to get in the way."

   The foreman waved his hand hastily.

  Three sticky bird nets are tied in the old grave.

   Now, apart from some messy withered grass and trees, there is nothing else, which really does not hinder the construction.

   "That's fine..."

   "Brother Xian, bring the cannons."

  Chen Ling nodded and looked at Wang Lixian.

  Wang Lixian pointed to the basket in front of the firewood shed, "I brought half of the basket, when will it be put away? Have you set a time?"

  This farm is not considered a small project. In order to get auspiciousness, it is necessary to fire guns on time.

  Chen Ling looked at his watch, the time was almost up, so he said let's start now.

   Then he took the two kicks from the basket, and presented them with Wang Li on the ridge, and set off the cannon.

   After a burst of gunfire.

  The farm has officially started.

   As for the drawings of the farm, Chen Ling had already shown them to the engineering team yesterday.

  The orchard covers an area of ​​30 acres. If you count the surrounding ditches and the slopes at the foot of the mountain, the area will only be larger, so this farm is embedded in it.

   To put it bluntly, this is to build a farm in the fruit forest.

  The place to live in the farmhouse is dominated by wooden and bamboo buildings.

  Besides the wooden building and the bamboo building, a corridor is connected in series.

   Along the corridor is a large lotus pond with a bridge on the lotus pond.

  There are two pavilions to be built on the left and right sides of the lotus pond.

   And facing the bridge, there is also a long passage, which borders the fruit forest, and a wooden gatehouse is also built.

   That is, go in from the gatehouse, walk along the road, you can walk to the bridge, cross the bridge, it is the corridor, go through the corridor, you can go to the place where you live.

   In addition to this, many places are similar to the layout of the cave.

   But in order to save trouble, the bridge over the lotus pond was temporarily constructed of wood.

  Otherwise, it is really not easy to build an arch bridge like Dongtian.

  The rest is the fence, and the place where livestock and poultry are raised, is mainly built with masonry.

  With the drawings, probably the frame is also clear.

  What we have to do today is to choose a place, clear the debris on the ground, and then start laying the foundation.

   And when Chen Ling planted fruit trees, he considered this.

   At that time, several vacant lots were vacated.

   At that time, I told Wang Susu to build two small ponds, plant some lotus flowers, and raise some fish to play.

   Later, in addition to planting vegetables, that is, planting peanuts and soybeans, and never did anything.

   After choosing the place.

   The main work in the past few days is to lay the foundation. After the foundation is laid, the beams will be erected. In the construction of the wooden building and the bamboo building, the most important thing is the central column. There are eight central columns, all of which need high-quality wood.

   These eight woods are no less important than the beams and columns of the brick house.

   However, there are a few masters to guide, and it is definitely no problem to choose a few central pillars.

  …

   In the blink of an eye, half a month passed by.

   Most of the young people in the village have gone out to work, and the construction of Chen Ling's farm is far less exciting than when the house was built.

   On the other hand, the engineering team and the masters who are familiar with the construction of wooden buildings are more professional and orderly in all aspects, without their help.

   Wang Lixian, a supervisor, couldn't find anything wrong.

   And Liang Yuemin and his son, after experiencing the initial novelty, because there is no practical work to do, they will walk around with slingshots all day, hunting birds, or driving them on sticky bird nets.

  When you need to buy something temporarily, you can drive to the county seat to buy something.

   At other times, just like Wang Lixian, while supervising the work of the workers, he chatted with the villagers who came to watch the fun.

  Chen Ling is the same as before, guarding here at night. During the day, if there is a shortage of sand and gravel, he will drive a tractor to load sand and gravel, and if there is a shortage of soil, he will load soil.

  Because some places are bumpy and uneven, it needs to be padded, or some places are too low and the soil is too soft, so they should be tamped firmly.

   In addition to these, there are follow-up paving, and sand and dirt are also indispensable.

   "Big boss, the diesel and gasoline are gone. Help me get two barrels."

This morning, the sun was shining brightly, and Chen Ling and Liang Yuemin had nothing to do, so they squatted not far from the sticky bird net, quietly waiting for the birds to take the bait. A cry sent the wild pigeons flying.

But fortunately, Heiwa and Xiaojin had already taken advantage of the situation to rush out. The wild pigeons were frightened and flew around in a panic. They were driven by two dogs. Three pigeons hit the two sticky bird nets respectively, colliding both nets. Gotta shake.

  Chen Ling was overjoyed when he saw this, got up and waved at the foreman, "Understood, I'll go right now."

   Actually, the big boss called Liang Yuemin.

   Liang Yuemin drives a car all day, but does errands, and the workers make fun of him when they see him.

   And he is mild-mannered, and besides the workers joke, he also likes to call him the big boss.

   But now that he caught the wild pigeon, Chen Ling was very happy, and hurriedly responded, and got up and ran towards the bird net.

   Liang Yuemin and his son Wang Lixian also followed.

   In the past two weeks, many birds have learned to be smart, and they don't come to stick to the net very much. Even if Chen Ling sprinkles more food, he will still pick up the peripheral food.

  Because Chen Ling also put down the ground cover near the sticky bird net, and after some companions were fooled, they were all cautious, and even the naive turtle dove, famous for its naivety, didn't come.

   So today's wild pigeons are really a surprise.

  Unexpectedly, the wild pigeon, who had not shown up for half a month, finally couldn't help coming over for food today.

   Maybe food is hard to find this season, so make them hungry.

   But now I can't control that much. Chen Ling walked to the nearest net and carefully unraveled the wild pigeon.

  This wild pigeon is not too small. It grows and croaks, struggles hard, and pecks on Chen Ling's hand.

  The mesh of the bird net was originally small, so the wild pigeons struggled, and the entanglement became tighter and tighter, and their wings, claws, and nails were all hooked.

  Chen Ling took a lot of effort to untie it.

   And Wang Lixian and the others also dawdled for a long time before they carefully freed the two wild pigeons.

   "How about it, male and female?"

   Liang Yuemin looked at and asked.

   These days, he has also fallen in love with all kinds of birds. Not only are they beautiful, but they also have nice sounds and taste delicious.

  Chen Ling originally had nothing to do, so he didn't need to stare here, he had to come, he had to come every day, he came here to hunt birds and net birds.

  The addiction is getting bigger and bigger.

   Now listening to him ask such a question, Chen Ling grabbed the two wings of the wild pigeon in his hand and took a closer look, the tail of the wild pigeon immediately pressed down.

   immediately said with joy on his face: "I'm just a male."

   "Hey, mine is a male too."

   Qin Rongxian also tried it out at this time, and said with a smile, "Okay, today, you're lucky, what about yours?"

  Wang Lixian shook his head: "My tail was wrapped around the net just now, and it fell off, so I can't see it."

   "Yuemin, come and help me pinch its mouth."

  Liang Yuemin followed his words and tried to squeeze the mouth of the wild pigeon in his hand.

   As a result, the wild pigeon just cooed and pecked at him, and did not react too violently.

   This is the mother's.

   "Mother, two males and one female."

   "Not bad, I'll take them back and lock them up first."

  Chen Ling smiled, then tied the legs and feet of the three wild pigeons, and walked home with their wings.

   "Hey, Fugui wait, I'll drive you back."

   After walking a few steps, Liang Yuemin stopped him, carrying two oil drums in his hands and putting them in the back of the pickup.

   "Ah, yes, I have to go to the county town to get oil, so I'll go."

  Chen Ling hurriedly walked back and threw the wild pigeon into the car.

   "Okay, you can go as you go, the keys are in the car."

   Liang Yuemin was not polite to him either.

   So Chen Ling drove his car into the village, stopped in front of the house, and carried the wild pigeons into the courtyard.

  Unexpectedly, at this time, Liang Hongyu and Wang Susu were sitting together in the courtyard, holding their sister-in-law's head, and the two frowned and whispered.

   "Yo? What's the matter?"

  Chen Ling was stunned for a moment and hurried over.

   "Alas, there are lice on my head."

  Liang Hongyu sighed, "Look, this girl bit her scalp."

   "My hair is itchy, and the more I scratch it, the more itchy."

   The little girl pouted and had tears in her eyes, obviously very uncomfortable.

  Wang Susu glared at her angrily, "Please don't play with the cats in the village, you don't listen, those cats catch mice all day, and they are full of lice and fleas, and they are dirty."

   "Sister, that's a kitten, can't catch mice yet."

  Wang is really aggrieved.

   "The kitten also has it. If you don't believe me, ask your brother-in-law."

  Wang Susu glared at her again.

   "Brother-in-law, really..."

   The little girl looked over immediately.

  Chen Ling held back his smile and nodded, "Your sister is right, the kitten has it too."

   Indeed, lice are ubiquitous, big cats have lice, and kittens will soon breed.

   "When did you get itchy and didn't tell your sister?"

   "It started to itch a few days ago. After washing my hair, it's gone. I didn't care."

  Wang Zhenzhen washed her hair a long time ago, but she was too young to wash her hair very well.

   Now the toiletries of this age are not very good either.

  Lice, even if you wash it with hot water, it is difficult to eradicate it. After washing it for a few days, it will come out again after a while.

   "I still haven't suffered this kind of sin. After having a lice once, I have a long memory."

   Wang Susu sighed and got up to boil hot water.

   She and Chen Ling's generation have almost all been plagued by lice, and it is something that both men, women and children cannot escape.

   All over the body, in the seams of the clothes, in the cotton-padded clothes and quilts, lice are all-pervasive, as if they can't be caught and killed.

  Especially in winter, when you wear thick clothes to keep warm, lice begin to come out to harm people.

  The whole body is like countless small insects the size of grains of rice crawling, making people restless, put their hands into the cotton clothes, but can't touch them, I just want to take off my clothes to find them.

   is very maddening.

   And as long as it starts to itch, it will be even more uncomfortable, often scratching out red marks, scratching the skin everywhere.

   It is true that once a lice is born on the body, it will be remembered for a lifetime.

   "Come on, turn your head, Auntie will comb you twice first."

  Liang Hongyu brought a grate and asked Wang Zhenzhen to lower his head and carefully grate it twice on the little girl's hair.

Two lice came out of the grate for the first time. The fat and bulging ones had just eaten their fill. Liang Hongyu squeezed with her fingernails and made two sounds of "crack bang" and "crack bang", and the two lice were squeezed to death, and the corpse stuck to the ground. The old lady covered her fingernails and was squeezed out of blood.

   The second time, many flat stomach lice and lice eggs that were not full were hidden in the crevices of the grate, scraped out and pressed hard, and there was a clicking sound.

   "How is it, let's relieve your anger now?"

   "Well, it's much more comfortable, hehe."

   Chen Ling didn't care about the wild pigeons anymore, so he went to Chen Guoping to get two packets of lice powder.

   After returning, Wang Susu and Liang Hongyu washed the little girl's hair with lice powder.

   It's been a while of busy work again.

   (end of this chapter)