My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 208 Small Gathering

   Harriers belong to sparrowhawks. If they are caught and trained, the process is roughly the same as that of boiled eagles.

  What did not let the eagle rest for six or seven days in a row, what did he feed the hemp ball to scrape oil, and stumbled on the eagle falcon...

  Chen Ling's head is big just thinking about it, not to mention that people have to accompany him all the way. This method is pure guilt.

  This harrier was different from him, and he always followed him secretly before, and as a result, he was caught fighting magpies near his home several times.

   The number of encounters was too many, and it stopped hiding, and simply settled down outside the hospital.

   is now occupying the magpie nest on the toon tree outside the courtyard.

   Several previous attempts have also proved that this Harrier is not preventing him from approaching, but is just afraid of being hurt again, so he can't use the method of boiling the eagle.

  Chen Ling knew that in the recent snowy days, the Harrier did not come out of the nest very often, so he moved a bamboo ladder to climb up and stuffed a sparrow into its nest.

At this time, Harrier was sleeping in the nest, with his head huddled, his feathers fluffy and exploding, like an owl, the movement made by Chen Ling startled him, but when he saw that it was Chen Ling who stuffed the sparrow in again, It gradually calmed down.

   Then he called out to Chen Ling, pressed the sparrow under his claws, and ripped it apart with its sharp beak. It quickly ate into its stomach, leaving only a pile of **** bones and feathers.

  Chen Ling handed it the remaining one to eat.

  Two sparrows a day, if they say they are not full, they will not be too hungry if they say they are hungry.

  Because of the sticky bird net a while ago, many birds can be caught every day.

  The chicken coop soon couldn't hold any more, so I came back every day to feed the Harrier.

   Feed four or five a day from the very beginning.

   to the later three.

   Now two a day.

   may be reduced to one in the future.

   hang it like this.

   It was the twelfth lunar month, and it was covered with heavy snow. There was very little food in the wild. After getting used to his own feeding, Chen Ling was not afraid that it would not ask for food.

  …

   Another thing worth mentioning is.

   This harrier, Chen Ling, called it Brother Carved, but it was wrong, it was actually the mother's.

   This is after Wang Lixian accidentally saw this harrier outside the courtyard a while ago, and identified the male and female.

   It is said that the male Harrier is not that big at all.

   "I'm not called Brother Diao, should I change my name to Sister Diao in the future? How ugly that sounds."

  Chen Ling muttered and carried the ladder home.

  …

  On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the snow stopped, and in the morning the sound of brooms and shovels resounded all over the village.

  Chen Ling accompanied his daughter-in-law at home to make sheets and quilts for the past two days.

The rest of the time is either braving the wind and snow to scatter grain near the ground cover near the fruit forest, putting down two clips, or staying by the stove and playing with the bows and arrows that my father-in-law gave him. Of course, I mainly make arrows, because Wang Cunye only gave him this. Zhang big bow, also gave three arrows.

   Not only the arrows were given less, but the bowstring was actually broken, and it was a new bowstring that Wang Li presented to him after he came back.

  Because this bow was left by Wang Susu's grandfather, it's been a while.

   When I was looking for a medical book for Wang Susu, I found it from the old house.

  Chen Ling took a fancy to it as soon as he saw it. This bow was much larger than the average bow, and it was useless for Wang Cunye to stay at home, so he asked him to bring it back.

   After getting up in the morning and sweeping the snow in front of the yard and the door, Chen Ling began to bow and shoot arrows at the old tree stump that was left as firewood under the root of the south wall.

   "dole", "dole", "dole"…

   The sound of arrows hitting the stakes sounded in the courtyard.

   He doesn't care about whether the head is right or wrong, just to have fun.

  …

   "A Ling, the water press is frozen again, bring the pot of hot water over here."

"okay."

  After entering the winter, as long as it starts to freeze, it is a common thing for the water press to be frozen.

  If you find it troublesome, fill the tank with water in advance, which can last for several days.

  Today their family has used up all the water in two large water tanks.

   Need to hit two more cylinders.

   So Chen Ling put down his bow and arrow, went to the kitchen to get a pot of hot water, and walked to the water well.

  I saw that the water outlet of the water press beside the well had been hung with ice slides, and the rubber pads and iron grooves inside the water press were also firmly frozen together.

  Chen Ling tried to press the armrest, but it was frozen solid and didn't move at all.

   "I'll fall."

  Wang Susu took the kettle and poured the water into the iron trough of the water press.

  The steaming hot water was boiled, and the ice cubes inside were washed away immediately.

  Chen Ling took advantage of this free time, and squeezed the armrest a few times, creaking and creaking. It was extremely hollow and weak at first, and as the hot water entered the water pipe, there was a strong sense of adsorption.

   This is the well water being sucked up.

   After pressing it a few more times, a clear water column sprang from the water outlet and crashed into the placed tin bucket.

   Fill a bucket of water, and then another bucket.

  When the two buckets of water are connected, they are poured into the water tank in the kitchen.

After   , Wang Susu was replaced to press the water, and he carried the water.

   After several trips like this, a large water tank was filled with water.

   "Uncle Fugui, I'm here to play with you."

   When the two of them were busy in the courtyard, Liu Nier and Wang Lixian came to visit.

   "Carrying water, are you rich?"

   "Well, if the water tank is empty, make two tanks of water, and it will be fine soon."

  Chen Ling responded with a smile, rubbed Liu Ni'er's little head, and continued to work.

   He works very quickly now.

   quickly filled another tank with water.

   "Auntie, I heard from my little aunt that after you give birth, you will open a pharmacy at home to treat people. Is it true?"

   "It's true, what's wrong?"

   "Then can you show me why I always have a runny nose? Now the snot baby doesn't have a runny nose, but I'm still having a runny nose. What if they all call me snot baby in the future?"

  Wang Susu couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Well, my aunt will give you some medicine, and I'll take it back later and make it as tea, so that you won't have a runny nose after the New Year."

   "Wow, Auntie, you are so kind. When you give birth to a baby, I will help you with the baby."

   Chen Ling finished picking up the water and covered the water tank. Liu Nier was already playing in the snow outside, sniffling her snot, and chatting with Wang Susu.

   Let the father and son enter the house quickly.

   went inside and made hot tea.

Wang Lixian explained the purpose of his visit, "The mushrooms in the mushroom shed at home have grown, let's go and pick some later, this heavy snow can't go anywhere, so we all go to the shed to play, I will call Jusheng again, let's noon Have another drink."

   "Okay, I was thinking of having a drink with the two of you two days ago."

  Chen Ling clapped his thighs and laughed when he heard this, "It's a pity not to sit down and have a drink in such weather."

  Actually, at this time, the mushrooms in Wang Lixian's greenhouse were also time to be picked and sold.

   But the heavy snow blocked the mountain road, so I couldn’t go to the county town to catch the market, so I had to wait for a while before the snow melted.

   "That's fine, I'll call Jusheng right now, and you can go there early."

  Wang Lixian heard Chen Ling agree, nodded happily, got up and dragged Liu Nier out.

  After the couple sent them out, they didn't delay much, and immediately packed up and prepared to go to Wang Lixian's house later.

   "I was thinking about going to eat and have nowhere to go when Brother Xian came. I'll go catch a chicken and carry it over later."

   "Well, I'm going to change clothes."

  Wang Susu went to the house to change clothes, and Chen Ling caught a big rooster from the chicken coop.

  The hens are still laying eggs, so now they naturally don’t eat if they can.

   Soon, Wang Susu came out of the house wrapped tightly.

  The two locked the door and walked towards Wang Lixian's house with the big rooster.

   The three of them don't need to be so polite.

   But Wang Lixian and Wang Jusheng are generous in their affairs. They kill sheep and send 10 to 80 catties of mutton alone.

   In this way, he can't be stingy, and naturally he can't go empty-handed.

  …

  The mushroom shed of Wang Lixian's house was built on the private plot to the east of their yard.

The area is not large, only less than half of the land. It is a slope-type earthen greenhouse built with three earthen walls. The snow is swept away very cleanly. Now the plastic film is covered with a thick layer of thatch mats. This is night time. For keeping warm in rainy and snowy days.

   On sunny days, pull and roll up the futon-style thatched mattress with a rope, so that the plastic film is fully exposed to the sun.

  To receive sunlight during the day and keep warm at night, the temperature inside is often kept above 12 or 13 degrees Celsius. When the temperature of the sun is high, it can even be close to 30 degrees Celsius. If it is higher, ventilation and heat dissipation are required.

   Chen Ling and his wife put the big **** in Wang Lixian's house, and they followed Wang Lixian to the mushroom shed in his house.

   They came over on the front foot, and Wang Jusheng's family of four also arrived on the back foot.

   came with Liu Yuzhi.

   Several people laughed and talked for a while.

  The mother-in-law led a few dolls into the greenhouse to pick mushrooms.

  Chen Ling and the others were not in a hurry, but walked to the roof of the greenhouse, chatting and looking around.

  Man, no matter how old he is, he still likes to climb up and down.

   This earthen shed is rectangular in shape except for the rear wall, and the earthen walls on both sides are right-angled triangles, just like a dustpan.

   So along the earth walls on both sides, walking up the slope, it is easy to reach the roof.

  …

  Wang Lixian's home is on the edge of the northeast corner of the village.

   Next to the village are the farmland, ponds, ditches, sandy beaches and wild woods on the east side of the village.

   is now all covered with snow.

   Chen Ling and Wang Jusheng don’t come here often, and they only glanced at a distance when they passed by the dam, so they looked around with interest at this time.

  I saw the old stage that was left behind, and I even came down from the roof, letting Wang Lixian lead the farmland around here for a long time.

   Then I came back and walked into the mushroom shed.

  The mushroom shed has a low door with a thick cloth curtain hanging over it.

   A tall man like Chen Ling had to bend down hard to get in.

   As soon as he got into the shed, a warm feeling rushed over from all directions.

  Looking around, the inside of the shed is full of rows of walls stacked with bags of bacteria.

  The walls are covered with mushrooms, large and small.

   These are all oyster mushrooms, which look thick and full, with well-proportioned colors, much better than the oyster mushrooms grown in the mountains.

  The wives are leading the dolls to pick mushrooms around, it is lively, and there is a burst of laughter.

   "How are you, rich and noble, let's build a shed next year, and see how well this mushroom grows."

  Wang Lixian plucked a huge mushroom, such a mushroom will grow old, so if it can't be sold, it has to be picked and eaten quickly.

   "Get one, and get one next fall."

  Chen Ling responded indiscriminately.

   The baby will be born at this time of the coming year, how can he have such an idle mind.

   Then I picked a very large mushroom and picked it off.

   Good guy, it is heavy in his hand, it is estimated that it is more than a pound.

   Sprinkle a little more water when selling them, the weight of that basket of mushrooms will rise to more than 100 jins.

   "Brother Jusheng, don't eat indiscriminately, this thing looks clean, but in fact there is a lot of dirt inside, you can't eat it raw."

  Chen Ling turned his head and saw Wang Jusheng sitting behind him with a **** on his waist, digging out two diced tender mushrooms that had just emerged, and stuffing them into his mouth.

   "It's okay, I've vomited it."

  Wang Jusheng smiled and quickly took two bites.

   He has gone to college anyway, but I don't know if he didn't eat enough food when he was a child, and he left something wrong. He wanted to stuff everything in his mouth.

  It is as small as wheat seedlings and grass buds, and as large as fruits and vegetables.

   Chen Ling alone has seen him several times. He rubbed eggplant, green peppers, and beans on his clothes and stuffed them in his mouth. The crunch was delicious.

  Tomatoes and cucumbers, he can understand that he can't eat other vegetables raw anyway.

   Of course, except for onions, ginger, garlic and coriander.

At this time, he just vomited, turned his face and shouted: "Brother Xian, the taste of this mushroom is not bad, it tastes almost the same as the one in the mountains. After the snow melts in a few days, it will be sold in the city. The price will definitely not be lower.”

Wang Lixian smiled when he heard this: "Actually, I had some regrets a while ago, but when I saw the mushrooms in the shed, I immediately felt more at ease, thinking that even if the mushrooms are not good this year, I will definitely grow some vegetables here next year. No loss."

   Chen Ling agrees with this.

  Although the place is small, it is easy to toss.

   Anything is easy.

   is to sell or eat at will.

   "Brother Jusheng, it seems that you have also eaten wild mushrooms in the mountains? You know the taste so clearly."

   "Have you eaten, what have I not eaten?"

   "That dog pee? Have you ever eaten it?"

  Chen Ling turned around and asked him.

   "No, I was stupid to eat that stuff. It's poisonous from dog urine."

"Oh."

   was silent for a while, not knowing which string was wrong.

  Wang Jusheng smacked his lips, as if he was aftertaste, "Don't say it, although this dog urine moss is difficult to enter, it really doesn't smell like dog urine, but it smells a bit musty."

  “…”

   "Damn, you've really eaten it."

   "Uh, I didn't eat, I heard from my friends."

   The three of them were talking and laughing while picking mushrooms. They met with the mother-in-law and the dolls after a while, and then the group continued to pick the big ones.

   After staying in the warm shed for more than half an hour, I picked a lot of mushrooms, and everyone was sweating from the hot forehead, and their faces were flushed.

   When it was time to go out, I was worried about the cold and the heat, so I wrapped myself up and went out one after another.

   "Hey, it's cool, this guy is almost breathless in the heat."

   Wang Jusheng panted while leaning on his waist.

   It is true that although it is warm in the greenhouse, there is no fresh air coming in from the hot smoke, and it is very stuffy. After all, it is fresh and cooler outside.

Then he turned around and said to the group of dolls behind: "Dandan, Liu Ni'er, hold the mushrooms. Later, your rich and noble uncles will cook for us, so use these mushrooms. If anyone throws them away, they will not let someone eat."

   The two little dolls immediately looked forward to it seriously.

   "I'm not like you, I'm here to eat, why do you still let me cook?"

  Chen Ling immediately complained.

   Zhang Qiaoling also said strangely: "Fugui don't listen to him, such a big person can't speak."

   "No auntie, Uncle Fugui cooks delicious food, so we are willing to let him cook."

   Liu Ni'er said at this time, "Uncle Jusheng must think the same way, don't blame him."

   "Haha, good guy, Liu Ni'er will also say good things to people."

  Wang Jusheng happily picked up Liu Ni'er and wiped his nose. "Your baby looks thin, but it's not too light. In two years to seven or eight years old, my uncle can't hold it anymore."

   In fact, they are gentlemen, that is, they are just joking, and no one will really care.

   In the end, not only did Chen Ling not start the lunch, but no one started to cook.

   just made a hot pot with the seasoning brought by Chen Ling.

  Place the pot on the red clay stove, all kinds of meat and vegetables are constantly being rinsed in the hot pot, eating profusely.

   "Come here, cheers, there's still so much meat, don't rush to eat it, you have to drink well too."

   Wang Lixian had a lot of meat left over from his engagement a few days ago, and Chen Ling and the two also brought a lot of meat, which was completely enough to eat.

   Eating hot pot, drinking wine, and chatting.

I ate this meal until it was dark, facing the winter snow, chatting around the fireplace, the three families were lively and lively, adding a touch of warmth to the cold winter and twelfth lunar month, at the same time, a ray of New Year's flavor also drifted inadvertently. came out.

   (end of this chapter)