My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 109 Visiting Relatives

Of course, Chen Ling didn't just play around with the little boys. In the process, he also stuffed a lot of things into the cave, such as tadpoles, loaches, eels, mountain catfish and other miscellaneous gadgets, which were placed behind the hut. In the newly opened water channels, tadpoles simply became food, and many other fish survived, and they lived very well together with red eels.

After the two old red eels were put into the cave by Chen Ling, they really started to grow. Now they are both 60 centimeters long and extremely thick. If it wasn't for the whiskers on their mouths, they would have grown to nearly ten centimeters long. People are treated as two big red pythons.

Chen Ling squatted on the edge of the canal and watched, the fish roe hatched into new red eel seedlings, a mess, and followed the big eel to swim around in the canal, this is to avoid the newly put into the water. Other common eels and loaches are guarded by big red eels, and they will not be eaten.

   "This red eel is growing more and more, and I don't know if it is delicious. Why don't you grab one and try it some other day?"

   "I've eaten blood eels several times in my last life, and this time we're going to try this 10,000-piece red eel..."

Chen Ling was smacking his mouth when the little pigeons came over in a line, pecked his hand and cooed at him. The one-month-old pigeon just started to fly, but it didn't fly very high. Ling tried to let them out a few times, they were quite smart, and they actually learned to find food independently. These days, they often look for insects around the yard to eat, and Chen Ling does not need to deliberately feed them. They let them out for half an hour every day. Just do it.

   "What? Do you want to go out again?"

Chen Ling saw the little pigeons coming around, and they flew to his palm as soon as he stretched out his hand. He knew what these guys were thinking. Although the environment in the cave would be better, after seeing the wider sky outside, they still remained I couldn't help but want to go out for a spin, fly twice, and see the different scenery.

   "Stay well for now, and I'll let you out later."

   Then he picked two handfuls of Dongtian beans and went out to cook. Now the beans grown at home can be eaten, and he has no worries about taking them from Dongtian.

   "A Ling, we still have a large open space in our field. I don't think the soil quality is very good, and the grass is not as tall as other places. Why don't we plant some beans and peanuts."

   At the breakfast table, Wang Susu suggested.

   "Okay, I'll go and **** the land first. The weather is not good these days. I'll go to plant it when the weather is better."

So after dinner this morning, Chen Ling carried the moon hoe, rode on the cow and led the dog out the door. In fact, this was just a pretense, just to deal with Wang Susu. The weather has been really bad recently, I guess The flood will come soon, and Chen Ling didn't want to waste his energy, so he made a random excuse to repair the open space first.

This place was kept by Chen Ling to build a house and to build a lotus pond. He has never planted anything. The soil has not been greatly improved by the stream water. Compared with other places, it looks barren. Wang Susu wants to grow some soybeans and peanuts. It is normal.

Soybeans and peanuts are both leguminous crops, which can improve the soil to a certain extent. In addition, these crops are basically planted by every household, but there are more or less. Except for daily consumption, most of them will be grown. Used to extract oil.

Slowly swaying to the field, Chen Ling walked through the grove, untied the cow rope, and after the pigeons were released, he picked up the **** and started weeding in the open space. Although the few acres of land vacated here were not fertile, the grass was The growth is not high, but the grass is not tall does not mean that there is not much.

Now it has grown overgrown with weeds such as tribulus terrestris, thorn grass, and horse head grass that grow close to the ground. These grasses are very tenacious and drought tolerant. No matter how the sun is exposed, they will not die. On hard dirt roads, a large area can grow with just a little gap.

The most annoying is the tribulus terrestris, which sticks to the ground and is usually hidden in the weeds. It is difficult to see them. of blood on the soles of his feet.

   He picked up his **** and grabbed two grasses down, trying to get a handle on it, so he rubbed his palms and started to work.

Chen Lingyuan is not a good farmer, but under the influence of his eyes and ears these days, he can do almost any work gradually, but the speed of work is still not fast, and he was originally here to deal with his daughter-in-law. He slowly hoeed half an acre of weeds, and then started hoeing and turning the soil.

   It's just that he is a half-assed person after all. When he picks up the ground, the soil runs under his feet. The soil is turned over in piles, and it is not even at all, so he frowns when he sees it.

   "Well, it's because of too little farm work."

   He has seen many old farmers in the village hoeing and working, which is really a visual enjoyment.

The **** is raised above the head, and it falls into the soil lightly, and then gently pulls, and the soil is immediately loosened. At this time, pull out the back of the **** and flip, or turn sideways, or turn over, and dexterously knock on the large piece of soil, rising and falling. , Like a dragonfly on the water, when the aftertaste came, the old farmer had already stepped forward and continued to excavate the soil in front of him.

  The straw hat with shade, the ticking sweat, the flipped hoe, the muddy rubber shoes, the kettle on the ridge, a few thick bowls, the sound of crickets, grasshoppers, the wind, the rustling of leaves... It's like a beautiful country picture.

Scenes like    are not uncommon in farmland after summer harvest.

  Chen Ling recalled, slowly finding the feeling, and it took a lot of time to complete the more than half an acre of land.

  Half an acre of land has been refurbished, but you can't really do nothing.

  Chen Ling took a few watermelon seedlings from Dongtian. These watermelon seedlings were not planted by him, but the watermelon seeds were eaten by chickens and ducks and then pulled out and grew out of the courtyard.

After he saw it, he pulled it out and threw it into the cave, ready to spawn some watermelons and sell them the next time he went to the county seat. There are a lot fewer pieces of paper. Except for the owner of an oil mill who said to send 2,000 catties of peanuts, there are only four or five people who say they want to buy vegetables.

After all, it’s summer now, and there are all kinds of vegetables in the market. Even if the vegetables he sells are delicious, the price of two yuan per catty is there. In this comparison, the number of people who buy them will definitely decrease. This is a normal thing, so plant some watermelons and bring them over next time, and add some seasonal melons and fruits.

   And after the flood, fruits and vegetables will definitely be scarce, and you can sell a lot of money without a special price increase.

   But after planting the melons and putting them in the cave, Chen Ling thought about it and collected a lot of the vegetables from the vegetable garden in the cave.

   "The flood is coming. These vegetables can also sell for a good price. It's a pity to throw them here. Let's sell them together with the watermelon."

  Muttering to himself, Chen Ling picked up a few bundles of mulberry branches from the cave and came out.

   After all this work, it was past noon, and Chen Ling whistled twice to call the pigeons back and prepare to go home for dinner. Who knew that these little guys were playing crazy outside. After finding food and filling their stomachs, they flew around in the woods, chasing birds and playing around, refusing to come back.

The weather in the past two days is really not very good. The domestic swallows and the native swallows in the sky are all black and dark, covering the sky and the sun, which is very spectacular. It's just that they were too small and lacked strength. They often flew back to Chen Ling's shoulders after a while, or landed on the cow's back to rest for a while, and then continued to fly over to play.

   Seeing this situation, Chen Ling ignored them, and rode the ox home.

Just after passing a steep slope, Heiwa Xiaojin looked at the sky and shouted "Wangwangwang". When Chen Ling looked up, he heard a sharp bird chirping in the sky. The black shadow shuttled against the swallow group, like a black lightning piercing the sky, and in an instant, several earth swallows were shot down, and they fell from the sky to the distant farmland in a whirl.

   The flock of swallows in the sky suddenly seemed to have fried a pot. They were so frightened that they screamed and flew away. The little pigeons also flew back quickly.

   "Wang Wang Wang ~"

   When the two dogs saw this, they yelled and wanted to rush over to **** the fallen swallow, but they were stopped by Chen Ling. He knew that it was the harrier that was preying on it.

Speaking of which, this Harrier is also interesting. It may be because he saved a life, so he often wanders not far from him, but at the same time he is very vigilant. He never gets too close to himself, but it is not really. leave.

  Sometimes when Chen Ling came home at night, he could feel that something was following him. He looked around with a flashlight but couldn't see anything. In this situation, if he was timid, he would be scared to death. Chen Ling also checked back and forth a few times before confirming that it was this Harrier who was quietly following behind his butt, but he was afraid of people and didn't show up often.

   "Okay, don't bully it, it's not easy to grab something to eat."

  Chen Ling touched the heads of the two dogs, and then put the pigeons into the cave.

At this time, it was just the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and corn was planted in the fields. Some people also ordered soybeans and planted cotton on several large steep slopes of the dirt road in the field. To the south was the greenhouse of Chen Erzhu, which has not been fully completed and is now abandoned There, except for the little dolls in the village to play there, other villagers don’t go there often. Anyway, the land rent for the first three years is taken, and it will be recovered after the lease term.

   Riding on the back of the bull, he glanced south, and Chen Ling retracted his gaze.

  …

The days passed, and on the fourth day of the sixth month, the young couple found that the silkworms in the backyard seemed to have shortened overnight. In the same way, when they grabbed it and saw that there was still a faint thread under their feet, the two of them knew that this was about to spin a silk cocoon. The silkworm shelf made of zitzag was brought over, and after the silkworm sand was cleaned, it was placed in the plaque and laid.

   The silkworms eat very little before they form cocoons, and gradually they no longer eat mulberry leaves, but the silkworm sand excreted will become very large and need to be cleaned up in time.

  After everything was ready, the couple caught the silkworms on the silkworm shelf made of bunches of wheat straw, helped them go up the 'mountain', and found a place for them to pull silk, so as to form a cocoon.

I went back to the front yard to have breakfast, and it turned out to be sunny again today. Chen Ling, who didn’t wait for the heavy rain, was a little disappointed. He had nothing to do at home and couldn’t read the book. After the watermelon is sold, although the price of vegetables will rise a lot after the flood, who makes it easy for him to stock up?

   In addition, there are a lot of eggs, ducks and eggs at home. He and Wang Susu can't finish them, so they have to sell some of them.

   Who knew that just as he drove the ox cart to the reservoir dam, he heard someone calling him. Looking from a distance, it was the old couple Qin Rongxian and Liang Hongyu.

  Qin Rong first rode a two-eighth pole carrying Liang Hongyu, and the two walked over swayingly. After seeing him, they waved at him from a distance.

   "This is not going to work."

  Chen Ling sighed inwardly.

   Think about it seriously, this old couple is more idle than him. He gave them the address before, and it will be a matter of time to find them.

   After pressing these thoughts, Chen Ling stopped the ox cart and smiled: "Uncle Qin, Aunt Hongyu, why are you here?"

   "Haha, my aunt and I went to live with my relatives in the village for a few days. If you don't come back and pass by here, I just wanted to see you."

   Qin Rong stopped the car first and said with a smile.

  Liang Hongyu jumped out of the back seat, and her face was full of joy: "What are you doing with riches and honors? Are you going to the county town again?"

  Chen Ling nodded: "Yeah, let's go to buy the goods again."

   "Oh, then we're not here at the right time, so don't delay your business."

  The old couple looked at each other, and they were embarrassed to go home. They knew that Chen Ling's life in the countryside was not easy, and they couldn't make money because they made a mistake.

  Chen Ling smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, what's wrong with this, since the second old man is here, why don't you go home and have a meal?"

   "I can go whenever I buy goods. Anyway, I only go two or three times a month, so it's not a problem."

  Liang Hongyu was a little dubious: "Is it really okay?"

   "It's not in the way, let's go, I don't grow any food this year, and I just set up the silkworm rack this morning, so I don't have much to do, so let's go and sit at home."

  Chen Ling turned the ox cart over as he spoke, and beckoned the old couple to follow.

But the two of them were still a little embarrassed. They felt that it was not the right time to come. When Liang Hongyu got on the back seat of the bicycle, Qin Rongxian couldn't stop muttering, saying that if you are not allowed to come, you must come. What a good impression?

  Liang Hongyu pinched him behind his back, saying that I didn't miss my child, so I stopped by to see what happened.

   "Yo, rich and honorable, this is my father-in-law and mother-in-law, right? I have to entertain you today."

   Entered the village, and someone made fun of him not long after he walked.

  Liang Hongyu retorted: "No, I am his aunt, this is his uncle, who came to visit relatives."

   "Haha, auntie, that's also the auntie of my daughter-in-law's family, right?"

  “…”

   This sentence made the old couple not know what to say.

After hearing this, Chen Ling didn't think much about it. After all, uncle and aunt were called from outside. In the village, it was normal to say that aunts and uncles were normal. Then, when he saw this man walking by, pulling a big dung from a car, with a dung spoon inserted, he covered his nose and said. : "Brother Lishan, haven't all the buds been planted, why do you still need to pour manure now?"

  The man is Wang Lixian's brother Wang Lishan, and he is also the father of Zhuwaer.

   "My family is feeding pigs this year, and the manure is left to take up space, just for watering the vegetable garden."

  Wang Lishan said something, and then joked to him: "Your baby really can't bear the hardship, and even this smell can't stand it, be careful that your mother's family will go back and give a small report."

  Chen Ling was speechless and could not explain anything, so he said, "Brother Lishan, it is better to say a few words less than anything else."

  This car stinks of pig manure, not only Chen Ling, but also the little white cow who can't stand it.

  Wang Lishan still laughed and joked a few more times before slowly pulling the dung cart towards the field.

   But these words were empty, and many villagers heard it. They really thought that Wang Susu's family was here, and they wanted to trouble Chen Ling again. Those guys were all excited and ran out to watch the fun.

  Liang Hongyu was very happy to see it, and she explained with a smile: "I am the rich and noble aunt, this is his uncle."

   As a result, no one thought about it elsewhere and thought it was the aunt of Wang Susu's family.

   Before they got home, Wang Susu ran outside to look at it. She really thought that after the letter was sent back, someone came from her own family. She didn't expect that it was two old people who didn't know each other, so she was a little stunned.

   "A Ling, this is?"

When Chen Ling saw his daughter-in-law come out, he jumped off the ox cart: "Susu, come, let me introduce to you, this is Uncle Qin, this is Aunt Hongyu, last time I brought back such a big basket of zongzi, It was made by Aunt Hongyu..."

   At the same time as Chen Ling introduced, the old couple also looked at Wang Susu and nodded their heads in approval.

Liang Hongyu couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed Wang Susu's hand, repeatedly complimenting her on her beauty, saying that the girls she had seen over the years were not as good-looking as Wang Susu. Satisfied look.

  While making Wang Susu embarrassed, she also felt strange in her heart. She felt that the aunt's eyes were like those of a mother-in-law looking at her daughter-in-law, and she couldn't help but start to think more.

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  PS: The main text is that there will be no parents. If you have friends who want to read it, you can add extras after you finish the book.

   (end of this chapter)