My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 114

Wang Susu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, then went out of the kitchen and went to the side room to the east to feed chickens, ducks, quails, etc. Last night, when she came here in a hurry, she didn't have time to tidy up, she just opened the basket and put them in the house , simply laying a grass mat on the ground doesn't matter.

In fact, chickens and ducks are fine, they can sleep and lay eggs on the straw mat, but quails can't. Now more than half a month has passed, the male quails have already hatched small quails. Seriously, luckily, I didn't get suffocated, but my spirit was very bad.

It was colder on rainy days. Wang Susu knew that the little quail was afraid of the cold. She had been drenched in the rain yesterday, and she was not at ease hiding beside the male quail. Made a few dishes and placed them next to them for warmth.

   Then, while cleaning up the excrement of chickens and ducks in the house, I observed them. After a while, the spirits of the little quails improved.

In fact, the little quails can run on the ground in half a day after hatching, not more than ten hours at most, but unfortunately, in the rainy day, they have been hiding in the chicken coop after hatching. After warming up, he started running around the room with a chirping cry.

  Wang Susu felt relieved upon seeing this. After cleaning up the feces in the house, she put on a straw hat and went to wash the little white cow under the shed. Xiao Bai Niu loves cleanliness very much. Last night, his body was covered with muddy water, which made it very uncomfortable. That is to say, he had to have wisdom to endure it. Now that Wang Susu came over, he immediately lay down on the ground and let Wang Susu act. Shaking his ears, he mooed.

Liang Hongyu, who had provoked them, also came over to join in the fun, but it was very generous for Xiaobai Niu to let them ride once last night. Where would they touch them again? Let out a dissatisfied roar.

The two had no choice but to stand far away, for fear of angering the little white cow and losing their temper. Originally, they thought that they would ride on their backs last night, so that they could get closer. After all, they still have such a beautiful cow. I haven't seen it before, and I like it very much, but I didn't expect it to be turned around and not allowed to touch it.

   It was a pity when the old couple was surprised.

  Wang Susu comforted Xiao Bai Niu twice, and then explained to the two: "Actually Xiao Bai is very sensible, but he is a little stingy. Except for me and A Ling, he will not let others approach."

"Besides this, Xiaobai is also very protective of his family. Before someone went to our backyard to steal eels, it was Xiaobai who drove them out. I heard from Aling that if those people hadn't carried shotguns, Xiaobai would have to chase them. , and was afraid that the shotgun would hurt it, so I hurriedly called it back."

The old couple didn't know that they had made a fuss about this, and they couldn't help but praised when they heard the words, and felt that the little white ox had spirituality. The three of them got up and went to the kitchen for breakfast until Chen Ling shouted that the meal was ready.

  …

   In the next few days, the heavy rain disappeared, but the light rain continued. The county fired several signal flares in the past few days, which were red, which meant the flood situation was very urgent.

   During this period, someone from the county came over to inform Qin Rongxian and the two of them and brought a piece of news.

The situation was similar to what Chen Ling had guessed. There was indeed a problem in the upper reaches of the Jinshui River. This river is usually turbulent, but this time the torrential rain is coming more rapidly. When the water rises, it is not enough for a reservoir to share the pressure with the Nansha River. , causing all the villages and towns on both sides of the Jinshui River to suffer.

  Fortunately, the rain has weakened in the past few days, and the military and police were dispatched very quickly, otherwise there would have been a large number of casualties.

Under the current situation, he will definitely not be able to go back to the village in a short time. Chen Ling has nothing to do. Every day, he either takes his dog out for a walk with an umbrella, or stays at Liang Hongyu's house to read, or write and draw some drawings. , This time the village was flooded, and the two courtyards of the family were just scraped and recombined into one, and by the way, the fields at the foot of the mountain were also well designed, and then a small village was built.

   Plant flowers, trees, chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep in it, dig a big pond, build a few canals, and raise fish and lotus flowers. Thinking about that scene, it is very beautiful.

As for the yard in his own village, Chen Ling turned his head and looked outside. In fact, the place where Qin Rongxian and Liang Hongyu lived was not bad. At first glance, it was carefully laid out. Exuberant feeling.

   Compared with the houses that other people in the county live in, it is too much.

  There is also a big tree in the center of the courtyard that can only be hugged by two or three people. The trunk is twisted and solid, like an enlarged bonsai. The canopy covers the entire courtyard like a canopy, which is very powerful.

   "It just doesn't fit in the village, so it's better to keep it simple."

  Chen Ling shook his head and gave up the idea.

On the other hand, if you build a village at the foot of the mountain, it is easier to do it. Just follow the current layout of the cave. There are people in the depths of the woods, the water canals in front of the house and the back of the house are surrounded by lotus flowers, and the stone arch bridge can’t be built. A stone bridge, but also more natural beauty.

  Looking out the window in fascination, his thoughts and inspiration gradually increased.

The light rain kept falling outside, the chickens and ducks hid in the house and huddled together, dozing off and refusing to come out. In the past few days, laying a lot less eggs, but a few rabbits seemed to be completely unaffected and came running in the rain. They ran and got wet. The old couple was afraid that they would slip out along the waterway and get lost, so they chased the yard in the rain. After chasing them a few times, the rabbits became more aggressive, like playing with the second old man. Start the game.

  Chen Ling saw them being naughty, so he tied them together with a straw rope and threw them together with the chickens and ducks, which was not very honest, and kept making noise in the house.

Two days later, with Wang Susu's reminder, Chen Ling discovered that they were not naughty and playful, but that a female rabbit was pregnant with a cub and wanted to find a place to dig a hole. Only then did he remember that his own rabbit was Liu Ni. The hare cubs brought by my son grew up.

In order to adapt to the harsh living environment in the wild, the hare generally begins to enter the estrus period at the age of four months and completes mating in a very short time. At this time, it is necessary to burrow again or expand the original burrow to prepare for fertility. , when they are six months old, they will give birth to cubs.

It is now the 20th of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and the rabbits at home are more than four months old, but because there are so many good things at home, they grow better than wild rabbits and grow faster. At less than six months old, the baby rabbit will be born in a month at most.

   So now they want to dig holes everywhere, it is their instinct before they give birth.

After knowing the result, Chen Ling suddenly realized that there are quite a lot of things in his own cubs, especially after the young quails hatched, the female quail laid two more clutches of eggs, and the male quail started to work again, and it took more than half a month. Then another litter of quails hatched.

  There are also rabbits. This thing is not slow to grow and give birth to cubs. The hares have become domesticated, and one litter a month is not a problem, especially if they are fed by themselves.

   "This guy, I never thought about farming, why do I feel like I'm about to become a big farmer?"

  Chen Ling scratched his head, turned around and saw that two bamboo baskets had been piled up in the corner of the room, and he sighed helplessly.

   That's right, two bamboo baskets, not bamboo baskets.

Think about it, when there were only two old hens in the past, they could pick up a dozen eggs in two days when they were fed with stream water. Now there are seven or eight hens and four or five female ducks at home. That guy lays eggs. Come on, I can't even eat it.

  Before the flood, he wanted to come to the county to sell some, but he didn't expect Liang Hongyu and his wife to come, and they didn't make it.

   Now it's a mess outside, so you can't sell it.

  Chen Ling was a little worried, when he heard Liang Hongyu calling them down.

   "Fugui, Susu, come out quickly, Uncle Qin has fried silkworm chrysalis, come down and eat."

   "Okay, here we come."

  Chen Ling replied, no longer thought about it, went out, called Wang Susu, who was outside the door to deal with silkworm cocoons, and went downstairs.

After the silkworm has formed a cocoon, it can shed its skin and turn into a silkworm chrysalis in about seven days. It will become a silkworm moth biting through the cocoon and breaking out of the hole, so that the silk thread will be damaged and become incomplete, much shorter than normal, and cannot be sold for a good price.

The process of    is actually the process of pulling out the cocoon.

Put the silkworm cocoons in the boiling water, cook for a while, and when the silkworm cocoons become softer and softer and the water in the pot turns yellow, you can take them out and soak them in clean hot water for a few minutes. .

At this time, the cocoon should be pressed to the bottom of the water, and the cocoon should not be allowed to float on the water surface. Use chopsticks or other things to stir vigorously in one direction in the water. The cocoon will become more and more loose as the water rolls, and then the silk head will come out. .

   Grab the wire head and pull it up to pull out the wire, wrap it around the coil, and pull it out like a wire.

   But Liang Hongyu doesn't have a silk reeling car here, otherwise it would be a lot faster.

Speaking of the silk reeling cart, there is a verse in ancient times, "Every time the misty rain falls, the cart is smashed", which shows that the ancient rural women would often shake the silk reeling cart on rainy days. .

   Therefore, for the past two days, Wang Susu and Liang Hongyu have been busy at home dismantling silkworm cocoons, collecting silk, and stripping out the scalded silkworm chrysalis and putting them in a pot.

  Silkworm chrysalis is a good thing. It cannot be wasted after being scalded to death. It is high in protein and nutrition, and it is best to eat it when it is fried.

   is not only delicious, but also nourishes the spleen and stomach, and nourishes blood. It is a good product for all ages.

Going downstairs, Chen Ling smelled a very special meat aroma, mixed with the aroma of hot oil and chili peppers, like fried chicken that later generations smelled, but the aroma was obviously more strange and strong. Silkworm chrysalis in two porcelain pots.

  Each silkworm chrysalis is about the size of a pinky finger, golden in color, and glowing with red oil, which makes you appetizing.

  Chen Ling and Wang Susu took two of them with chopsticks and put them in their mouths. It was fresh and salty, with a crunch and a mouthful of charred and crispy.

   provoked Heiwa Xiaojin to run over and begging for food.

   "Rich and noble, Susu, eat with your hands, you can't hold two with chopsticks, it's not enough to eat."

  Liang Hongyu said, took two bowls, and gave each of them some to eat.

   "Any steamed buns, Auntie?"

  Chen Ling was also welcome and asked after taking the bowl.

   "It's still steaming, and before it's out of the pot, you know that there is no staple food to fill your stomach, so I've prepared it for you."

  Liang Hongyu said with a smile, got up and walked to the door to call Qin Rongxian out.

   "Rong came out to eat first. After frying, he ran into the house to play with the cat. It was not polite at all."

"I'm coming."

   Qin Rong responded first, then went out of the house with a few raccoons in his arms.

   "Rich, Susu, look at how strong this little raccoon is."

"This guy, my aunt and I have never raised anything before. They've always died in less than half a month, even cacti. The Vietnamese people say that we are the nemesis of flowers, birds, insects and fish. "

   "Who knows, these little wild cats actually let the two of us feed, do you think it's strange?"

   Qin Rong first put the little raccoons down from his arms and said with a happy face.

  Liang Hongyu was also very happy: "We were rescued by us in the end, and we have a fate."

When Chen Ling heard this, he rolled his eyes. There was no fate. If it hadn't been for a few days with his family's water flushed with wheat milk essence, it would have been strange that he could have survived. The posture, maybe one day it will be played to death.

   is still too busy.

  I like something, and I don’t want to let it out of my sight, and I go to play with it every day. Who can stand it?

   Isn't he raising and dying?

  Chen Ling doubted that if the cactus could be raised to death, the old couple had nothing to do all day, so they took it to the street and slipped away.

  It was his idea that he thought so.

   But the first time the old couple was feeding things, let alone the excitement.

Chen Ling watched helplessly, how did these two old men polish the wildness of these five small mountain raccoons? When they first got home, these little guys were so hungry that although they could eat, they would not let them get close to each other. , don't give it two touches, shrinking in the basket every day, looking at people with thirsty eyes, with a wildness that can't be concealed, but it is not as cute and lovable as a house cat when he was a child.

   But the old couple didn't care about that. Every time they were holding the raccoon raccoon for food, they also carried them to bed when they slept and put them in the bed, for fear of freezing at night, that guy was treating his grandson.

  How many times the raccoons struggled and tried to run, they were dragged back. They were held in their arms and kept from moving. They had to follow along when they pooped and urinated. In the end, these wild and big wild cats were forced to be obedient and honest.

   Now I don't do any struggle anymore. Knowing that it's useless to struggle, I quietly nestle next to Qin Rongxian's leg, quietly waiting for the food to be stuffed into my mouth.

Xiaoshan raccoon is actually similar to a domestic cat. He can open his eyes in seven or eight days, and can walk in about 20 days. Now this litter of Xiaoshan raccoon is almost a month old. In addition to drinking wheat milk essence, he can also eat other things. Now, this thing doesn't have to take care of the tenderness of the stomach and stomach. As long as the wild temper is changed, it will be as solid as a raccoon cat, and it will taste delicious.

Chen Ling was speechless about this. He got up and took down the steamer. He ate the silkworm chrysalis with the steamed buns. This stuff was silkworm chrysalis. It was crispy and fragrant. It's just a bun.

   Wang Susu was very supportive, saying that the old couple took good care of the little raccoons, otherwise this thing is so wild, how could it be possible to support it? The smile on the face of the second old man did not go down.

  …

  In the hazy rain, time is passing fast.

On the twenty-eighth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, in the early morning, Chen Ling woke up with a burst of cheers. Wang Susu, who was lying beside him, also sat up and walked outside the door. The rainbow, under the irradiation of the rising sun, exudes a magnificent light, and the rain that has been raging for more than half a month finally disappeared without a trace.

   The streets and alleys were full of people, cheering and running around to celebrate, and they were finally able to go home.

   (end of this chapter)