My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 498 New Discovery

   "Look, the eagle is hanging around again."

   That evening, when Chen Ling was picking up eggs on the mountain with his uncle and his brother, several black figures were circling back and forth at high altitude.

  And as they hovered, they were constantly lowering their flying altitude.

   It seems that they are looking for a suitable hunting target.

   "These guys are really, they are getting bolder and bolder. They didn't dare to fly near Zhuangzi two days ago, but they are so close today."

  Wang Qingwen put the egg basket on the ground, raised his head and frowned slightly.

   He had naturally heard about the fact that the eagles formed a group to steal chickens.

   Later, he was deterred by the second bald man who made an example.

  Chen Ling also dried the body of the dead eagle and nailed it to the tree next to the rear pheasant nest as a warning.

   Let these eagles dare not approach Zhuangzi for a long time.

   Unexpectedly, after these egrets and cranes migrated over, they were recruited again.

   "Don't worry too much about this. Erbald came back today. They dared to steal chickens and ducks. Erbald is not a vegetarian."

  Chen Ling didn't care much about these eagles, not because he was big-hearted, but because there were too many egrets, much more than cranes.

   Cranes, including red-crowned cranes, are no more than a hundred.

  However, these egrets and herons plus some local cattle egrets and little egrets mixed in are estimated to reach nearly a thousand.

  For some people who live in places with water or paddy fields, this number may not be too much.

  But it is enough for the eagles to hunt every day to return with a full load and a full meal.

  Even the bald man has been going out frequently recently to attack these migrating big birds.

  With such sufficient food, they have no intention of harming chickens and ducks.

   "That's true."

   Once Wang Qingwen thought about this, he stopped worrying so much.

  The three of them picked up the eggs and talked. After picking up the eggs, they happened to catch up with a large number of egrets returning to their nests.

  A large group of egrets flapped their white wings, like pieces of white clouds drifting into the canopy of the big tree and the nest on the top of the cliff.

   After the sun goes down, the darkened sky is filled with rattles.

   is also a rare spectacle.

  Chen Ling and his uncle stopped and watched for a long time.

  Watch those eagles swoop down from all directions from time to time, launching a surprise attack on the herons.

  There are so many egrets, and the ferocious eagle is like a mouse falling into a rice bowl. It can be easily obtained by swooping over.

   It caused the egrets to fly in panic.

   Until the sky became darker and darker, the eagle's vision was greatly affected.

  The battle in the sky gradually subsided.

Afterwards, the uncle pointed to the egrets' nests on the cliffs and trees and said: "I heard from people in your village that these rare birds have increased since last year. It's really strange. In the past, there were not so many wild geese here. , Those who stayed for a month or twenty days then left.

   Unexpectedly, the red-crowned cranes have built nests here with their heads.

   It’s not really what I told my father, what kind of geomantic treasure is buried here…”

What he said, before Chen Ling could answer, Su Ligai smiled lightly and said, "Is there even a need to ask? Lord Turtle has traveled a few times, so it must be a treasured place of geomantic omen, and you need to really bury it in the ground." baby?

  You think so, Ling Zi? "

   "Yes, yes, sister-in-law is right."

  Chen Ling laughed.

  He also has a sense of accomplishment for attracting so many cranes and egrets to nest around his village.

  Sometimes, there is no need for people to divination whether Feng Shui is good or not.

  Good birds choose wood to live in.

  The performance of these rare birds and animals is more convincing than any Feng Shui master.

  This proves that under his influence, the environment in his hometown is getting better and better.

  And it is foreseeable that the local products will become more and more abundant in the future.

   This is more fulfilling than how much money he makes.

  …

  The sky is gray and not bright yet.

  Old River Bend.

   There was already a young man leading a young pony, and accompanied by a tiger-headed little milk boy, wandering along the river.

  The weather is not very good these two days.

   Come out early in the morning, it is still a little cool.

  Chen Ling took his son around twice, not disturbing the egrets nesting in the reeds.

  Just rolled up his trouser legs, went down into the cold river, and pulled the cage.

   "It's been three days, and still nothing. Could it be that I accidentally let out those pouts near the farm?"

  Chen Ling looked at the cage full of fish and shrimp, but there was no smile on his face. He casually opened the mouth of the cage and dumped all the fish and shrimp inside on the ground.

   Don't care about the crayfish and crabs crawling around.

  Looking at this pile of miscellaneous fish and shrimps, Chen Ling still didn't give up.

   It is reasonable to say that the bait he puts has a special taste, and if there are cockroaches in the river, it will definitely be attracted.

   Impossible to have none.

   "Daddy, Daddy."

  Rui Rui ran over on short legs, holding a slimy and dirty little turtle in his hands.

   "Hey, the wheat field turtle has hatched?"

  Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, and then thought, it's the end of June in a blink of an eye, and it's time to get out of the shell.

   "Hee hee, take it, Dad."

  Rui Rui tilted his little head happily, and stuffed it to him, turned around and ran to the grass on the river beach to continue catching turtles.

   Chen Ling saw that the two Hei Wa had followed, with their big tails cocked, running around, busy working around the little Wa.

   So he rinsed the little turtle in the river and threw it into the bamboo basket.

  Picked up some larger crucian carp, grass carp, carp, etc. and threw them back into the river. The small miscellaneous fish, crayfish and crabs were left alone and thrown into the bamboo basket, and brought back to feed the crocks to Ruirui.

  Although the stinky boy doesn't know how many days he can have the patience to feed him, he can't ignore it and die of starvation.

   "Huh? My good guy, this is the eelfish. I haven't seen it for many years. This fish is even rarer than the wheat field turtle..."

  Chen Ling picked up a strange long fish from the bottom of the net, dark brown, long and thin, with barbs on its back, and a sharp and thin mouth.

  It is a bit like a rice field eel, smaller than a rice field eel, and a bit like a loach, but bigger than a loach, and its mouth does not have a beard.

  If it wasn't for the inconspicuous color, it would be a level higher than the red eel with its strange appearance and barbs.

   "Although we didn't find any school of white-mouthed fish, we were lucky to be able to find the eelfish."

  Chen Ling originally thought that if he didn't catch Baizuibai from Laohewan again today, he would switch to the reservoir to put the cage.

  But after seeing this thorny loach, I felt slightly concerned.

   Chen Ling also had to admire his luck in catching this kind of eelfish, which he hadn't seen for many years.

  Of course he knew in his heart that it was largely because his bait was more attractive, which attracted so many fish and shrimps to crazily drill into the cage.

  This thorny loach is also called knife loach.

   I haven't seen it since the late seventies.

   This kind of fish looks weird, but it tastes very good.

  The fish meat is delicate, more delicious than rice field eel meat, and less muddy.

   In addition, this thing can also be used as medicine.

  The whole body is full of treasures. Eating fish meat can nourish qi and blood, and soaking fish bones in wine can dehumidify.

   This is what Chen Ling values ​​more.

   It is more important than whether it is delicious or not.

   After all, the mountains are humid, so this fish is much bigger than other aquatic products in terms of value.

  Continue to pick and choose in the pile of fish and shrimps. There are few eelfishes, and I only found five in total. Two of them are as small as the thickness of a pinky finger.

   But five are not too few.

  Chen Ling happily threw them into the cave, happy that he had found another precious fish.

   According to the rules in the mountains, hunting in the mountains is not allowed in summer. Apart from taking the baby to touch the monkeys and looking for scorpions at night, his fun is also in the water.

  He has made new discoveries, and Ruirui has gained a lot.

  In such a short period of time, I caught five or six little turtles, and every time I caught one, I ran over and put it into the bamboo basket, busy back and forth.

There were so many small fish and shrimp mixed in, Chen Ling had no choice but to pick them out, picked two lotus leaves and covered them in the bamboo basket, separating the little turtles from the fish and shrimp below, and let them crawl back and forth on the lotus leaves move.

  These little guys are obviously just out of their shells, and they are also crawling around in the grass on the river beach.

   It is estimated that there will be more at night.

  In some respects, this thing is very similar to a baby sea turtle that has just hatched. It is not weak when it is born, and it can come out at night and not come out to wander around during the day.

   There was nothing to do in the morning. Seeing that his son was happy, Chen Ling asked him to catch those little turtles to his heart's content.

   It's just that the further you go, the harder it is to find.

  In the end, only a dozen or so were caught, and with the addition of those big tortoises at home, it was enough to make up a pool.

  The father and son returned home happily.

  Back at the farm, before the whole family got up, Chen Ling walked lightly to the backyard kitchen with his son in his arms, made porridge and spread out a few egg pancakes.

   Then, with Little Naiwazi, one big and one small, surrounded the crakes' bamboo cages, and started feeding them small fish and shrimp.

  Ruirui actually likes to feed this kind of gadget the most.

   Watching them eat bugs and small fish bite by bite, I am happier than eating by myself, squatting next to the bamboo cage and not taking my eyes off the whole time.

   If he was full and stopped eating, he would stick his fingers in and poke them a few times.

   He murmured a few words of unknown meaning, but he was having a good time anyway.

  Generally, there is no need for human management.

   Brat feeds crakes with great enthusiasm.

  Chen Ling took down the box containing the turtle eggs, looked left and right, and there was no sign of hatching.

  Compared with those little tortoises who hatched early in the cave, they are not a little late.

  Shaking his head, he put the box aside, and simply took the tortoise he caught earlier, and put it in the stone trough under the gourd stand. This is a livestock trough brought back from the village.

   Fortunately, the stone trough is quite big.

  Now it is used as a turtle pond, and all the turtles, big and small, are put in, and a few copper money plants are thrown in, and it is full of vitality, which complements the mottled marks left on the stone trough.

  Father and son, one feeds the crakes, and the other plays with the tortoise.

  Wang Qingwen and his wife found this scene very interesting after getting up.

Su Ligai walked this way and said to her husband: "You should take everything over. Your father is not as good as Ling Zi. You haven't played with your son much since he was a child. Look at what Ling Zi did to Rui Rui. Things, such as crakes and turtles, how wonderful."

  Wang Qingwen moved his lips, wanting to refute, but he had nothing to say.

   Fortunately, Gao Xiulan arrived in time, brought the little white cow from the village, and then said that Wang Jusheng had returned from the hospital, and told Chen Ling to go and have a look after dinner.

   These days, when Chen Ling let his horses out every day, as long as the weather was fine, he would ride around the county town and go to the hospital to see Wang Jusheng.

   I'm afraid he won't be able to think about it himself.

   But fortunately, after Zhang Qiaoling's family made a fuss, Wang Jusheng seemed to know that other than his mother-in-law and Chen Ling, there were relatives who cared about her.

  So gradually I felt less uncomfortable.

   Once when Chen Ling passed by, he took the initiative to mention to Chen Ling that he wanted to take his brother-in-law to do some business with Chen Ling.

   It is inconvenient for him to be in the township police station, and Zhang Qiaoling has to take care of the children, so it is better to let the family with the daughter-in-law take care of it as Chen Ling told him at the beginning.

   "If it doesn't work, let Ju Sheng work with your second brother first."

   While eating, Wang Qingwen said.

  Among Chen Ling's friends, Wang Qingwen felt that Wang Lixian and Wang Jusheng were the ones he could get along with the most.

  Especially Wang Jusheng, he is very sympathetic.

   "That's not necessary. You and the second brother will do that. Others won't let them get involved. Brother Jusheng, the two of them stick to things that can make money, and they just don't want to bother with that."

Chen Ling wrapped pickles with egg pancakes, and ate them with scallions, without raising his head, and said in a muffled voice, "Let's talk about these pickles, and it was Qiaoling's sister-in-law who taught Su Su, but our pickles are good, I don't know What's going on, it almost tastes like someone else's.

   Later, people came to the house and marinated with our stuff, so that it tasted better.

  A few friends in Beijing, every time they come over, they go to his house to make pickles.

  If this business can be done, it will be great.

  I have persuaded them more than once, and they all listened to it as a joke. "

  Wang Susu was feeding Ruirui to eat steamed eggs, and nodded hurriedly: "Well, yes, sister-in-law Qiaoling is also an honest person, and she shook her head faster than anyone else when she heard about business.

  We joked about it afterwards, after all, no matter how close we were, A Ling couldn't force them to do it. "

  Wang Qingwen and his wife looked at each other.

  I thought to myself that this brother-in-law has so many ideas to make money.

  Gao Xiulan looked at them and chuckled: "This is the same as you and the Qingzhong brothers. When you get the hang of it, that's all."

   Said Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.

  They were eating, and before they had time to go to the village, Wang Jusheng wandered over by himself.

  Carrying a basket on their backs, they packed some gifts for recuperating in the hospital. They said it was for Wang Susu and Ruirui to replenish their bodies, but in fact they came to express their gratitude.

   But he didn't stay here too long, Chen Ling went back to the village with him after dinner.

  Today, the group of them who are usually close are all here. Wang Jusheng has been discharged from the hospital, so they have to sit together for a meal and talk about this matter.

   Unexpectedly, Wang Laishun, the father, came over halfway through the chat.

  This old man doesn’t know what he’s thinking, he made such a fuss, and why did he come here on purpose? I don’t know if the couple here are so impatient and hate them?

  As a result, as soon as I entered the door...

  Good guy, Wang Jusheng didn't say anything, Zhang Qiaoling blew up, holding a broom and slapped her, and drove her father-in-law out of the door like a dog.

   This is not the end.

  In the afternoon, the aunt in the county heard that Wang Jusheng, the boss, wanted to break up the relationship, so she hurried over to intercede, and was kicked out by Zhang Qiaoling.

   It was so noisy that it was called a chicken flying dog jumping.

   It made people watch a joke.

  Wang Juxiang and his wife were so angry that they couldn't survive in the hospital. They didn't dare to make trouble with Chen Ling anymore, and they all hated Wang Jusheng, the boss.

  Wang Juxiang even let it go: "It's broken, it's broken. When my parents are gone, I want to go to the grave and ask him to kneel down and pay me. If I don't pay 30,000 yuan, I don't have his share...

  I don’t have any mothers, let’s see where he will cry in the future. "

  (end of this chapter)