My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 453 Got it

In fact, like the male dolls of Chen Ling and his generation, when they were young, there were not many tortoise eggs that hatched with great difficulty, and they ate them when they found them. incubation.

  I want to hatch a nest of little turtles and play with them.

  He remembered that after picking up turtle eggs, he struggled for several years before he knew how to hatch the little turtle.

  Because some tortoise eggs are not fertilized, they are useless eggs and villains themselves.

   After he was able to tell the difference gradually, some of them were picked up and eaten, while others were played with.

  The remaining natural hatching rate is extremely high.

   It doesn’t mean that as he told Komori and the others, every turtle egg can be guaranteed to hatch. What can he do about the unfertilized ones?

  The reason why I mentioned this to these little devils is because he has also been taking time to tinker with these things recently.

  It is done in the cave, and it is also done outside.

   Of course, it is mainly inside the cave.

  A while ago, the night before going to the zoo, didn’t I watch watermelons with Wang Jusheng and the others for half the night.

  At that time, Wang Jusheng gave Rui Rui two wheat field turtles, and Rui Rui and Wang Zhenzhen also caught a few in the melon field.

  After the turtles were brought back, they laid eggs one after another.

  At that time, Chen Ling and the others were in the city, and Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan saved up after seeing the turtle laying eggs at home.

   I saved up a bunch of straw hats.

   Later, after Chen Ling and the others came back, Chen Ling put the turtle eggs in a small stone trough, buried them with sand, covered them, and poured some water on them, waiting for them to hatch.

  Wang Zhenzhen and Ruirui also participated in it enthusiastically, looking forward to it.

   But during this period, Chen Ling saw that the two of them loved the tortoise egg very much, so he took a small half of it and put it in the cave on the grounds of removing the unfertilized eggs.

  Hatch in the same way.

This is not only throwing them into the cave to let them multiply and evolve new species, but on the other hand, Chen Ling also wants to see if he can let these little turtles appear on their backs in the cave, a place where he has magical power, according to his own wishes. Graphics, words and prints.

   Not only is it fun to raise, but it can also make money.

   This was the inspiration that Wang Jusheng caught from the turtle.

   But unfortunately...

  After those turtle eggs were put into the cave, because they entered the cave for the first time, there were some benign small changes, which can be regarded as mutations.

   But Chen Ling's "wonderful idea" could not be realized.

   Right now.

   That is to say, the hatching time of the wheat field turtle was shortened from about two months to more than half a month.

  In general, it’s not like there’s no gain at all.

   Subsequent changes, I hope they can have a variety of turtles like bees.

  Back to the farm, Wang Susu was pickling salted eggs under the grape trellis, and Gao Xiulan was sitting beside us weaving a summer mat.

   "Lingzi is back? Your father said that you went to Nanshan to gather medicine, and I just told Susu that you don't know if you can come back for dinner at noon."

   "No one in the village has the time to dig medicinal herbs this year. The valuable herbs are in Beishan, and no one goes to Nanshan. The herbs commonly used in pharmacies are everywhere. I can pick them casually and that's enough for this trip."

  Chen Ling came over and put down the bamboo basket for the two of them to watch.

   "It's true. This year, there are a lot of people from other places in the village, and there are also a lot of income. A few days ago, Mr. Zhao was recruiting workers to dig river ditches, and the mountains are also full of jackals. No one goes to the mountains, and this herb is growing like crazy..."

  Gao Xiulan smiled and said: "Just in time, while the medicinal materials are drying, I also picked the beans on the shelf in the backyard in the afternoon, washed them, and dried them in the sun. Otherwise, there will be so many beans all at once, and they will grow old in a few days."

  Now it is the peak growing season of beans, and I can pick more than ten or twenty catties of beans a day, and I can't finish eating them all.

  No one wants to send it to the village.

  In summer, who still lacks vegetables to eat? There is more than enough food to grow in the vegetable garden.

   Beans, cucumbers, loofah... are not rare.

  Especially the beans, which grow on seedlings and become old after three to five days, so they cannot be eaten at all.

   It’s better to take advantage of the good weather and pick them all up. They can also be dried into dried beans or pickled into pickles, so they won’t be wasted.

   "Okay, then I'll go catch some fish and cook two dishes for lunch."

  Chen Ling responded, turned around and took the newly woven net bag, and caught a mullet and some mullet.

   Then go to disembowel and clean it.

   The mullet is eaten steamed today, first spread the lard, and then spread the sauce and salt.

   Mix soy sauce and vinegar in a bowl, and add some pepper oil.

   After boiling the water, put the fish bowl in it, put the sauce bowl in it and steam it together.

  Pick the time and turn off the flame.

  Simmer for a while after turning off the fire.

  Pour the sauce bowl all over the fish.

   Steamed mullet and that's it.

  The thin scale fish is simpler, just cook the fish soup directly.

   Plus some cold vegetables.

   Two meat and one vegetarian are enough.

  Lunch in summer is lighter, so you won’t get tired of eating it.

  These two kinds of fish are delicious no matter how they are cooked.

  Every time it is made, the whole family eats it clean.

  Delicious is delicious, but these two fish are too expensive.

  Even if the family has a lot, they are not very willing to eat.

  If it weren't for Chen Ling to eat out from time to time for Wang Susu's health, no one else in the family would even move.

  …

   After lunch, take a nap.

  Going to the cave to see the little turtles, Chen Ling went to the backyard to pick beans.

  The wall of the backyard is already full of greenery, and the base of the wall is leaning against bamboo poles, covered with loofahs, gourds, and beans. Loofah flowers are yellow, gourd flowers are white, bean pollen is purple... Butterflies and bees are flying around in the flowers, which is really lively.

  Under the wooden frame, the old hen led a group of chicks to dig food in the soil. They didn't know what good things they dug out at this moment.

  Chen Ling stomped his feet with the bamboo basket, and they were not afraid, until the two dogs came to chase them away, and then they clucked in panic and got out from the mouth of the water channel in the corner.

   "Why run home all the time, there are so many bugs eating outside, and there are no bugs at home."

  Chen Ling asked the dog to drive them all out.

   Then began to put down the basket to pick beans.

  After working for more than half an hour, Doujiao picked a large bamboo basket.

  Chen Ling pressed two buckets of water, then poured the beans into the basin to rinse.

  This step is mainly to eliminate insects. The beans are not treated with pesticides and are pure natural green food, which means that insect eyes and insects are inevitable.

   During the process of soaking in water and rinsing, the bugs hidden in the beans will be overwhelmed and crawl out from the insect holes on the beans.

   Otherwise, simply washing them will not wash them out.

   When eating, it is not good to eat bugs.

It took another half an hour to rinse, so Chen Ling boiled a pot of water in the kitchen, saved some fresh ones for cooking at night, threw all the rest into the big pot, boiled it for three to five minutes, and then put it in the front yard Tie a rope to the side of the wooden building and start to dry it.

   While busy, Gao Xiulan brought Wang Zhenzhen back.

  As soon as this girl entered the house, she first went to see the cocoons and turtle eggs on her wooden building, and then told Chen Ling not to forget that he was going outside to catch monkeys tonight.

   Have to make dinner early.

   Then I rushed to prepare cicada tools such as small buckets and small shovels, not to mention the excitement.

   Not long after, Wang Cunye came back with Ruirui to herd the sheep. Good guy, there was another round of screaming at home.

   I don't feel tired after playing for a day, and I am very energetic.

   It’s easy to say that they are not tired, continue to take them out to play, and be honest when they are tired.

  So after eating early, not long after the sun had set and the sky was still dark, Chen Ling took the two little guys with him, got all the tools to catch the monkey, and went out together.

  Rush to the threshing ground first, and wait for Liu Nier and his group to come over.

   "Uncle Fugui, let me test you. Do you know which tree cicada monkeys like to climb?"

   After Liu Nier arrived, she raised her head to show off to Chen Ling.

   "Oh, you still test me? Isn't it because willows, elms and other trees have the most?"

"No, you're wrong. Cicada monkeys like willows the most. Elms are no match for willows. We were on willow trees by the river before. We could touch more than ten or twenty cicada monkeys on one tree. .”

   "Good guy, you have done research on this."

  The kid smiled and took a look at Wang Zhenzhen: "It was the little aunt who said that she was praised by the teacher for writing the composition of the old man and the cuckoo. I thought about it, and I just knew that I knew the monkey, so I wrote this."

   "Good guy, your baby is smart enough."

   I know that the monkey is the larva of the cicada.

  Now there are many years and months, not only under the trees, but also near the river beach.

  They like willow most, followed by elm, then poplar, jujube and walnut trees have less sap, and less woody trees.

  The little doll has caught a lot, and gradually knows this.

This is the season when cicadas are unearthed. At night, cicada monkeys come out of the ground densely. From six or seven o'clock in the evening when it was still dark, until three or four o'clock in the middle of the night, there are cicada monkeys going out. climb.

  Especially during the time period from 10:00 to 11:00 in the evening, the cicada monkeys swarmed out like going to a market.

   After the little ones arrived, Chen Ling led them to the woods behind the Earth Temple to look for the cicada monkey.

  Many villagers here like to move out their beds and sleep under trees in summer.

  Cicada monkeys often climb onto the bed.

  Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, I am surprised to find a cicada monkey crawling on the sheets, mat, and bed leg.

   He was caught and fell to death on the spot, and he was fed to chickens.

   "Wow, look, there are so many holes under this old willow tree, we should have come out to catch them a few days ago..."

After passing the Earth Temple and going down to the forest in Dakeng, Wang Zhenzhen found a layer of densely packed small holes under a big willow tree, crowded together, at least twenty or thirty, as if they were inserted by someone with an iron rod. .

   This is the small hole that the cicada monkey crawled out of.

  The soil on their side is especially suitable for cicadas to thrive. It is really common for twenty or thirty cicadas to climb a willow tree.

   "Let me just say, there are the most willows under the willow tree, don't move, rich uncle, there is one under your feet..."

   While Liu Nier was talking, she suddenly found a small hole the size of a soybean at Chen Ling's feet, so she hurriedly told him not to move.

  At this point in time, many underground cicada monkeys have climbed to the surface, but have not yet come out rashly.

   Only a thin layer of soil is missing, and there is often a small hole the size of a soybean on it. It can be seen that the soil layer around the hole is very thin.

   This is an obvious feature.

  Just wait until it gets dark, and they will break out of the ground.

   There are a small number of cicada monkeys who are relatively timid. Once they sense any trouble outside the entrance of the cave, they will immediately retreat into the cave and hide in a deep place.

   Wait until there is no movement before slowly crawling out of the hole again.

Chen Ling stopped in his tracks, and saw Liu Nier gently pick the small hole with her hand, put a finger in, took advantage of the moment when the pliers of the cicada monkey were pinching her hand, hooked its pliers, and moved upwards. With one pull, the Cicada Monkey was easily pulled out.

   Seeing this novelty, Ruirui squatted down, staring wide-eyed.

Chen Ling glanced around, and soon found that there was another one behind him, and he could even see the head of the monkey and the two black eyes in the small hole, "Hey, there is another one here, let Liu Nier My brother taught you to catch, be careful, don't scratch your hands."

  The other little dolls were also very excited, squatting on the ground and constantly looking for those cicada monkeys crawling out.

   "There are so many here, I will definitely catch a hundred tonight."

   "What are you, I can catch 10,000."

   "..."

   "Uncle Fugui, why is the small bucket you're holding still filled with water?"

  Holding and holding, a little doll saw that Chen Lingti's small bucket was still half full of water. They were all holding cans or wine boxes, and no one filled it with water.

   "This is to prevent it from molting. I don't like to eat tender cicadas. Put some salt water, and they will not change."

   Chen Ling smiled and replied.

  Many people in their local area quite like the white and tender cicadas that have just molted their shells. He can't eat that, but he still prefers the cicada monkeys that haven't molted their shells.

   Once fried in oil, the shell is full of golden yellow, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and it tastes fragrant and crispy.

  (end of this chapter)