My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 92 Mai Huang

After listening to the villagers' words, Du Juan was still a little confused. He stood outside the sheepfold and stared at the big ram, but the big ram had just been castrated and was so frightened that he was lying in the grass nest and didn't dare to come out. , She looked around, but couldn't see why.

  Chen Ling saw her frowning and was puzzled, so she walked out of the sheepfold and explained with a smile:

"There is an old saying that pigs are slaughtered, sheep are heroes, and cows have tears in their eyes. It is said that when these rural livestock are slaughtered and castrated, the sheep behave the most manly and have the most backbone. Many sheep do not cry until they die. It's not that I don't call, it's that I'm too timid to call."

   "Besides, sheep's voices are not loud in the first place. You will know this after more observation. Among all poultry and livestock, sheep's calls are actually the smallest."

   "Some sheep will bark even if they are frightened, but they are not as far-reaching as pigs, dogs, and cows. No matter how loud they bark, they can be heard by a few nearby households..."

   After saying this, Du Juan understood.

   smiled at Chen Ling, said thank you, and hurriedly took out a small notebook from his jacket pocket to write down what he had just said, even the fox eyes that were flying diagonally upward were sparkling.

   This posture can amuse the surrounding villagers.

   Heart said that people from outside are just ignorant, what's so rare about a sheep?

   If you ask this or that, you even take a notebook to write it down. What else can you learn here?

   After that, they all lost interest in this strange woman, and they left the courtyard of Wang Jusheng's house one by one.

  Chen Ling took off his apron to wash his hands, and declined the invitation of Wang Lixian's family.

   In this season, every household has something to do, so he still doesn't stay here to cause trouble.

   So he said a few words to Zhang Qiaoling, teased his head for a while, then turned around and went home.

   Zhang Qiaoling, holding the doll, accompanies Du Juan to continue wandering in the village, chatting with the old people in the village, understanding and recording the local humanities and folk customs here, and looking for creative inspiration.

   At first, the villagers also thought this woman was strange, but after Du Juan took pictures of them with such a rare object as a camera, the old man and the old lady happily started to have family affairs with her.

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   When Chen Ling got home, Wang Susu was standing in the yard, letting out the chickens, ducks and quails and letting them go outside to find food.

  In spring and summer, there are a lot of bugs in the villages such as weeds, dry wood piles, wheat straw piles, etc. Therefore, chickens and ducks raised at home generally don’t need to feed too much food at this time, and they can just find bugs to eat by themselves.

   But the little rabbits can't do it, they have to eat grass.

   Now the six and a half-month-old little rabbits at home are normal in size. Apart from being clingy, they are too timid to go out, and there are many dogs in the village, so they cannot be released.

   Before Wang Susu went out to herd cattle, he would bring them back a basket of grass.

   The red eels have produced eel fry in the past few days, and Wang Susu will not go out, and there is no grass at home to feed the rabbits.

  Chen Ling had no choice but to go out and cut grass for them.

   It was just about the beginning of May, and the sun was gradually getting hotter. He couldn't continue to lie down and read in the yard, so he carried a basket on his back, led the little white cow out of the backyard, and went out of the house with two dogs.

   As soon as he left the village, Chen Ling smelled the faint scent of wheat from the wind.

   At this time, the wheat has begun to turn yellow, and the wheat looks like a day when the wheat is ripe. After another ten days, it can be harvested with a few southeast winds.

  Every household in the village is ready for the wheat harvest. In the wheat fields and threshing fields, there are busy figures.

  Before the wheat harvest, the threshing field has to be rolled in advance. If it is not flat or solid, there is no way to play the field. The weather is changeable in this season.

  Chen Ling rode an ox, greeted people he knew, and rushed all the way to the fields at the foot of the mountain.

   For more than a month, the fruit tree saplings have been lush, with luxuriant branches and leaves. Between the saplings, the cultivated vegetables are also growing well.

   He had nothing to take care of, so he untied the reins of the little white ox, let it play with the two dogs in the field, and quietly entered the cave.

  The outside world is about to enter the summer, but the cave is still warm as spring, the flowers and plants are prosperous, the ancient trees are lush, and the state is thriving.

  Chen Ling raised his head and looked up at the sky, where a dome was buckled upside down. Although it was called Sun Moon Cave Heaven, there was no sun or moon in it, and the bright sky light did not come from where, so that the entire cave was always in daylight.

   Actually, Chen Ling also explored several times in the cave.

  From the ancient monument with the four characters of 'Sun Moon Cave Sky', to the strange old trees and dense forests, against the stream flowing through the dense forest to the depths, after several explorations, he also discovered that this cave and blessed land also has boundaries.

   The entire Sun and Moon Cave he can reach is about a hundred acres in size.

   Ninety percent of them are covered by dense forests.

Outside the dense forest, the place he couldn't reach was shrouded in a thick milky white mist, which should be the same as the mist that poured into his soul body at the beginning, but he couldn't touch it now, and he couldn't walk through the mist to go deeper. .

   But Chen Ling is not in a hurry.

   He hasn't fully utilized the Sun Moon Cave at all, and since the day he got it, he hasn't done any serious work, that is, raising fish, growing vegetables, usually cooking and scouring out some water, and doing nothing else. Seeing that the villagers were busy working in the fields, he felt that he was going to become a slob in comparison.

   "Well, I can't just sit around all day, and I have to find something to do in my spare time."

  Chen Ling sighed softly, wandered around the cave for a while, then walked into the thatched hut and packed up the remaining half of the flowers.

   I don’t know when I will go to the county town next time. It’s better to save up (cuan) together, otherwise it will take up too much space.

   After picking up the peanuts, Chen Ling walked to the corner of the thatched hut.

   I saw a thick layer of withered grass in the corner of the wall, and there were six bird eggs the size of the belly of the thumb, and more than 20 red-bellied brocade eggs.

   It’s just that there is no movement yet.

  Chen Ling glanced at it, then got up and walked outside.

   Behind the hut are pear trees, peach trees, and jujube trees, each with three or four trees, which were planted when they first got the cave.

   Except for pears, Chen Ling took them out and boiled them a few times, but peaches and dates have never been eaten.

   Although these trees are still the same, the fruits hanging on the trees seem to be more and more colorful. Before Chen Ling got close, he could smell the rich aroma.

   was about to pick two peaches to taste, when there was a rustling noise from the other side of the pond, Chen Ling hurriedly walked over to look.

Seeing that in the pit beside the pond, old soft-shelled turtle eggs slightly smaller than table tennis **** were cracked, and Chen Ling suddenly showed a pleasant smile when he saw this posture: "My dear, I waited for two months. There's not much movement, it's about to break the shell now."

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