My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 205 Visiting a new home

  It took a little while for his sister-in-law to get rid of the lice, and Chen Ling caught the three wild pigeons in his hands. As before, he trimmed their wings as usual.

   Most of the wild pigeons on their side have blue feathers, with one large and one small two circles of black patterns on their wings. Although they are not white pigeons, they are much more beautiful than turtledoves.

   "This wild pigeon is much smaller than our pigeons."

  Wang Susu grabbed the wild pigeon with one hand, and pulled the wild pigeon's wings with the other to let him cut it.

   "Yeah, flying around all day, definitely can't compare with the pigeons in our house. The pigeons at home are fed, and the wild pigeons outside have to worry about what to eat every day. It's a weird thing to grow meat well..."

  Chen Ling cut off more than half of the feathers of the wild pigeons' wings with a few clicks, so that they could not fly away.

   The rest are the male and female, and they are artificially paired and artificially tied.

  Otherwise, the unfamiliar pigeons have just entered the house and cannot integrate into the group. The pigeons at home are easy to bully them, especially the male pigeons.

   But a male and female pair are much better together.

   As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, unless there is one male and one female, and the same is true for pigeons.

   "Brother-in-law, all the cages in the firewood house are broken, why don't you let the birds out of the chicken coop?"

  Wang Zhenzhen ran over to ask at this time, she and Liang Hongyu were looking for cages in the firewood room for a long time to find every available one. The rabbit cage at home was broken long ago.

   "Don't let it go, those birds are still useful."

  Chen Ling plans to eat less in the wild after entering the twelfth lunar month, and use those birds to lure the hares.

   In fact, I didn't really care much about this harrier before, but I was aroused by the fact that I accompanied my daughter-in-law back to her parents' house a few days ago.

   First, he saw the skills of a few Harriers, and he was very envious.

  Secondly, what the second uncle said makes sense. Harriers are trained to guard against birds. Although they don’t grow food, the farm is at the foot of the mountain after all. In the future, if they raise chickens and ducks, they will inevitably be targeted by eagles and the like.

  In addition to eagles and falcons, mountain magpies are also easy to steal eggs. This is also hard to guard against. It can also be a little more worry-free to have a harrier to help watch.

   After all, two dogs can only keep an eye on a thief running on the ground, but not a thief who can fly.

   "Then what should I do, brother-in-law? What else is there to shut down the pigeons?"

  Chen Ling thought for a while, "If you don't have a cage, you can still use a basket. Bring two baskets here."

  Wang Zhenzhen and Liang Hongyu took out two bamboo baskets from the firewood house.

   At this time, Chen Ling had already trimmed the wings of the three wild pigeons.

   put them on the ground and panicked and wanted to fly away.

   But unfortunately, no matter how hard you try to flap your wings, it’s useless.

   kept fluttering, and the feathers they cut off were fanned far away, but they couldn't fly.

  If you want to avoid people, you can’t hide very far. There are still ropes wrapped around your ankles. Although they are not tied too tightly, they will affect your balance.

   made them coo in a hurry.

  The three wild pigeons were making a fuss like this, and the pigeons at home also gathered around, each with their heads tilted, looking at these same species with curiosity and vigilance.

   "Yo, this still looks lively, come here for me."

  Chen Ling was about to catch them, but he didn't expect to get close to them. Without saying a word, he reached out and grabbed one.

  The pigeons at home had no defense against him, and the pigeon was directly caught by him, and then it was also struggling for a while.

  Chen Ling didn't care, he opened his wings and looked at it, but there was no sign left. This is a female pigeon, just right for use.

  Because there is only one male pigeon at home, Chen Ling used ink to leave two handprints on the male pigeon's wings as marks for easy identification.

   "How about it, can it be done?"

  The old lady was a little worried when she saw how hard the wild pigeons were struggling.

   "Go, walk, buckle them up."

  Chen Ling grabbed the female pigeon in his hand, picked a male from the wild pigeons, and walked to the barn.

The grain, rice, and noodles in the barn are all in the jars, placed next to the walls. The remaining empty space in the house is relatively large. Wang Susu and the others followed him to help him, using bamboo baskets to hold two pairs of wild pigeons on the ground. Put two more stones on the ground, sprinkle some corn kernels on it every day, and feed some water, that's all.

   saw two pairs of pigeons being buckled up, cooing in panic under the baskets, and making a fuss when they hit the bamboo baskets.

   He wasn't worried either.

   An unfamiliar pair of male and female pigeons is so locked together that it will not take too long to become a pair.

   What's more, the pair of male and female were originally netted wild pigeons. After being locked up for a while, when the two pigeons were paired together, they would also be domesticated, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

   Pigeons are mild-tempered, they will be released later and their wings will be trimmed several times, and they will not fly away.

  …

   "Really, I'm going to the county town to refuel and buy something, will you follow along?"

   After locking up the pigeons, Chen Ling washed his hands and was ready to go to the county town to refuel.

   "Go, I'm going, brother-in-law, I still want to see the yard you mentioned, okay?"

   "Okay, what's wrong with this?"

  Chen Ling said with a smile: "Go and call your sister, just today I'm going to see our new home in the county seat."

Before the construction of the farmhouse, Chen Ling told Wang Susu about buying a yard in the county seat.

  Wang Susu was very happy to hear that the middle school next to the county seat would make it easier for the family to go to school in the future.

   However, because I just started work, I said that I was not too busy, and there were a lot of odds and ends at home.

   "Go now? We're getting ready to make lunch."

  Wang Susu and Liang Hongyu came out of the kitchen.

   "Don't do it, let's eat it in the county seat, come back to our uncle, and brother Yuemin to bring some."

  Chen Ling said.

  Liang Hongyu laughed and said, "That's fine, don't do it, Susu, I just have time today, let's go and see the new home, and I'll follow along."

   "Okay, let's see if it's close to my aunt's house."

   Wang Susu also smiled, winked happily at Chen Ling, then wiped his hands and took off his apron to change clothes.

   So at eleven o'clock in the morning, the family drove to the county seat by car.

   After leaving the entrance of the village, when he reached the dam, Chen Ling stopped the car and called out a few weasels.

   "Little Yellow" and "Little Fatty" shouted for a while before they saw them running out of the yellow reeds beneath the dam.

   Needless to say, he must be here to catch birds again.

   "Come here, get on the bus, and take you to the county town for a good meal."

  Chen Ling saw that they were just darts around his trousers, so he grabbed them and put them in the car.

   "Are these little things changing?"

  Liang Hongyu has also seen these little guys in the family before, so it is not surprising to see them.

   "I changed it a long time ago. I just make trouble all day long. I get hurt here or there, and I grow slowly."

  The three little weasels used to be the same as the grey mice, and only gradually started to change their brown-yellow hair two months ago.

   "It's good to be lively. I didn't expect this weasel to bark like a puppy when he gets close to people. He looks more lovable than our little raccoon."

  Liang Hongyu looked at the little things crawling around and sniffing around in the car, and said enviously.

   chatted all the way, and soon arrived at the county seat, Chen Ling drove to the gas station to refuel.

   At this time, the gas station in their county town was privately owned, and the small factory opened in the suburbs of the county stored many large oil drums, both diesel and gasoline.

  Chen Ling went to fill up the two large oil drums. Diesel was used for the generator, which was used more. Gasoline was mainly used for chainsaws and rammers, which was slightly less.

  Finished the gas and drove to the small courtyard in the south of the city.

   It was already noon, and the school gate was full of students. This Saturday, they were going home for a holiday at noon. They all walked out noisily with their bicycles and baggage.

Chen Ling honked the horn and drove over, and stopped in front of the small courtyard. There were also many students buying miscellaneous books and snacks in front of the small shops. Seeing this, they looked at the car with curiosity and envy. His eyes kept looking back and forth.

   "Wow, a lot of people, are they out of school?"

  Wang Zhenzhen saw that there were so many people, he immediately got excited, and looked out with his little head.

   Then he noticed that the students were all looking at them, so he raised his chin quite proudly, and felt that he was in the car, which was amazing.

   "It's a holiday, right? The junior high school is living in the school."

   Wang Susu said, she doesn't feel anything to be proud of, after all, it's not her own car.

But she was very happy to see the students, and looked forward to her own children coming to junior high school anytime. She and her husband were in the yard, cooking for them every day, waiting for them to finish school, thinking about the scene Just thought it was interesting.

After    stopped the car, she saw two female students walking over after picking out a few hairpins. She smiled and talked to others.

   "What time are you in junior high?"

   "It's the second year of junior high, sister, this car is so beautiful, is it yours?"

  The two little girls bravely stepped forward and touched the glass and door handle of the car.

   "Not our family, but a friend's."

   She was pulling Wang Zhenzhen to talk to the two female students when she suddenly heard someone calling her from the crowd not far away.

   Looking over there, it turned out to be Zhong Xiaoyun, who was waving at her with a face full of surprise.

  Wang Susu was also very surprised to see her, but the students in the surrounding book stalls suddenly dispersed, and some were still shouting that the book collector was coming, which made Zhong Xiaoyun embarrassed when she heard it.

At this time, Chen Ling just opened the door of the small courtyard and cleaned up the sundries at the door. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help laughing, "My dear, you are almost becoming a master of extinction, and one day you will help me. I'll take a few books and read them, so I don't have to come to the county to buy them."

  Zhong Xiaoyun spit at him when he heard the words, "What are you talking about, it's like I deliberately accept books from them. I didn't do it so that they can concentrate and study hard."

   "Yes, yes, I can feel the good intentions of you, a teacher of the people."

  Chen Ling nodded again and again, and then the group walked into the yard with a smile.

   "I didn't expect you to buy a small yard here. When will you move here? If you can move here, Amei and I want to play with you in the future, but it will be very convenient."

   Zhong Xiaoyun said happily while holding Wang Susu.

  Wang Susu chuckled and shook his head: "Then you have to wait. It is estimated that after the family's children come to the county to go to school, they can move here."

   "Ah? After so long, I just wanted to say, you can also open a clinic here. It just so happens that there is a small door outside the hospital, and you can get a consultation by hanging a sign. How wonderful."

  Zhong Xiaoyun adjusted her glasses and said seriously: "If you want me to tell you, you are much better than the doctors in the county town."

  Her grandmother's bedsore county hospital didn't have a good way. Wang Susu gave two packets of medicine powder and it was cured. It's not as good as I don't know. Sometimes those local recipes can't explain the reason, but they can cure people in a confused way.

  Wang Susu praised her shyness when she heard this, and shook her head with a flushed face, saying that she was actually still a novice, and the prescription was good, but she herself was not far behind.

  …

   "Hey, Susu, what's behind Fugui? Is it a squirrel?"

   Suddenly, Zhong Xiaoyun was attracted by the weasel jumping up and down behind Chen Ling, but she lived in the county since she was a child, and she hadn't seen it much, and she couldn't recognize it for a while.

   "Not a squirrel, but a weasel."

   "Huh? This is the weasel?!"

  Zhong Xiaoyun was taken aback.

In front of   , Wang Zhenzhen turned around, "What's the matter, sister Xiaoyun, are you afraid of weasels?"

   "I-I'm not afraid, I just heard people say, isn't it bad to keep it at home?"

   "What's good or bad."

  Liang Hongyu said with a smile: "As long as it doesn't harm the chickens and ducks in the family, that's fine."

  Wang Zhenzhen also nodded and said, "Yes, Xiao Huang, they are obedient, but they just don't let me touch them."

   "But they are very good at catching mice and birds. My brother-in-law brought them here to catch mice..."

   Zhong Xiaoyun's face became paler and paler when she heard this. This guy is both a weasel and a mouse, and it was too scary. Her legs were shaking a little.

   At this time, Chen Ling had already picked up half a bucket of water from the pool in the courtyard, and then aimed at a mouse hole in the wall of the east house, and poured water into it.

  The hole dug by the house mouse in the yard is different from the hole of the ground mouse, so there is no clear hole and dark hole.

   But because the holes are connected, the area is not large, and there is no need to block the hidden hole like a mouse hole in the wild to prevent escape.

   This is relatively simple, as long as the water is poured in, the mice will quickly explode their nests.

   At that time, the mice in the whole mouse hole will run out in a panic.

   At this time, Chen Ling poured half a bucket of water down, and the mouse hole began to bubbling.

   But there is no movement inside, it seems that the water has not flooded into the nest.

   So he went to scour another half bucket of water and continued to pour it into it.

   He poured water into the mouse hole, and a group of weasels watched curiously.

  Wang Susu and the others were also standing next to them, staring at the movements of other mouse holes. Although Zhong Xiaoyun was a little scared, she was also attracted and curiously leaned forward.

   When Chen Ling poured the whole bucket of water, the surrounding area was wet, and the mouse hole was also full.

   It was only then that there was movement.

   Hearing a soft sound, a small gray-black head was exposed from the mouse hole in the corner of the south wall. It was wet. He probed his brain at the entrance of the hole. This should be because he couldn't hold his breath inside, so he came out to investigate the situation.

  As a result, after seeing the situation in the courtyard, he was obviously frightened, and jumped out of the hole with a squeak, trying to escape.

The little things around Chen Ling were already waiting for the opportunity. Seeing this, they ran out without saying a word, bit the mouse's tail easily, let it squeak wildly, and force it hard. dragged back.

   That guy, this mouse is even fatter than a weasel. When its tail was bitten, it screamed in panic and ran forward, but unfortunately it couldn't break free no matter how hard it tried, and was quickly bitten to death by the weasels.

   And Chen Ling also walked to the entrance of the hole and poured a little water again. The mice inside couldn't hold back their breath and exploded their nests, and began to flee like crazy.

  The weasels went to chase and bite, and Chen Ling also took a shovel to shoot.

These five weasels often go to the house to eat and drink, and they are getting stronger and stronger. Even those who escaped from the hospital were chased back.

   There were only two or three fish that slipped through the net.

   "These mice are running so fast, I can't even get a shot."

  Wang Zhenzhen also took a small shovel and wanted to shoot the mouse, but the mouse was so fast that she was too late.

   "It's okay if you don't get the shot, I guess there are still upstairs, let's go, go upstairs and take a look..."

   "But let's say, don't catch these mice with your hands, and Xiaohuang don't touch them later, lest you get bitten by lice again."

"Okay, I get it now."

  Upstairs, Chen Ling opened the outermost door and let Xiao Huang and the others go inside to find mice.

   It didn't take a minute to find it. It was inside a shabby sofa.

  As long as people walk up to the front, they can hear the squeaking sound inside.

  Liang Hongyu listened carefully, and said a little uncertainly: "Fugui, come and listen, this sofa should be a nest of mice, right?"

   "I guess so."

  Chen Ling nodded, he heard it too.

   But when I opened the cushions and took off the sofa cover, I couldn't find anything.

   At this moment, Xiao Huang and Xiao Pang next to him suddenly scratched at the armrest of the sofa "rustling", groaning and sniffing while scratching, like two puppies.

   "Isn't it, make your home in the armrest of the sofa? Can this guy live in it?"

  Chen Ling was greatly surprised, he leaned over and looked for it but couldn't see any openings.

   then patted the armrest.

  It doesn't matter, I heard a clatter immediately, and a pink and tender mouse fell under the armrest of the sofa, kicking its calf and squeaking.

  The three little weasels saw this scrambling to step forward, put the little mouse in their mouths, and crunched into their stomachs.

   "Do you actually live in the armrest?"

  Wang Susu was also very surprised, and bent down with her sister to look under the sofa.

  Zhong Xiaoyun also followed with her eyes.

   followed Chen Ling's family to watch them catch mice, and even the weasel even helped catch a piece of it. Now she is not so afraid, but finds it quite interesting.

   "Where did this little mouse fall out?"

   She was wondering when Chen Ling patted the armrest of the sofa again.

  patta, it's another pink and tender little mouse that hasn't opened its eyes yet.

   was eaten again by the little silly skins.

   Immediately afterwards, Chen Ling kept patting the armrest.

   Every few shots, a little mouse fell out of it and squeaked and fell to the ground.

  Wang Zhenzhen squatted beside him and counted carefully, a total of nine little mice fell down.

   was eaten by three little weasels.

   Finally, with doubts, Chen Ling found an iron wire, nested a hook, turned the sofa over and poked it along the gap of the armrest.

   Soon a lot of cotton wool and feathers and the like came out, a mess, with a vague smell of mouse urine, this is the mouse nest inside.

  Grandma, she really knows how to choose a place.

  Unfortunately, the big mouse went through the two rooms upstairs and never found it. It must have run away.

   Then a few people cleaned up the new home.

   The main thing is to clean all the rooms.

   As for the door corners, window screens, wires, etc. that have been bitten by mice, we have to wait for a while to deal with them.

   "Okay, the mice have been caught, the weasels are full, and we should find a place to eat."

  Chen Ling clapped his hands, locked the door, and drove everyone away in a car.

   Today is sunny and sunny. I went to my new house, got rid of mice, and went to a restaurant. The family had a good time and didn't return home until 2pm.

   (end of this chapter)