My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 148 Crane Shadow

   I have saved a lot of eggs and duck eggs at home, but not as many as before.

   Liang Yuemin came to his house two times before and brought a lot of things with him.

   When we left, we naturally couldn’t let people go empty-handed, so they brought back two baskets of eggs and duck eggs.

   Now someone is coming to buy them, and a total of 50 pieces of the two are picked up and sold at the highest price on the market.

  The couple squatted down and picked them up carefully, looked at the quality of the eggs, and nodded secretly, not feeling disadvantaged.

   After weighing the weight, giving money is also very happy.

  Actually, soil eggs are much smaller than normal eggs.

   Chen Ling's eggs are so big that they are almost as big as other people's duck eggs.

  Many people saw it and thought it was not an egg.

   But to the touch, the eggshell is much thicker than the eggs laid by chickens.

   In fact, not only eggs, duck eggs are also a circle larger than normal.

   Even if you don’t eat it, you know that such chicken and duck eggs are definitely not bad.

   Of course, the people of today are no better than later generations, and they don’t pay attention to whether the eggs are soiled or not. When they look big, they think they are better.

   The couple didn't stay long, they slung their baskets over after buying and left.

After leaving, Qin Rong first said that these two people lived not far from them in the county town. I bought this not for myself, but my daughter ate it while she was confinement. Liang Hongyu gave a few a few days ago and made steamed eggs for her daughter to eat. If you want it, I will come here specially.

  “Not far from living…”

   Hearing Qin Rongxian say this, Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that the two of them looked familiar.

   "Uncle, aren't these two Qin Qiumei's in-laws?"

   "Haha, you know this too?"

"It's that girl's in-law's family in Qiumei. The girl who really should be called my fourth uncle is from Qinwan in the south of the city. When you were building a house before, I met you at your house and knew it was a plan. I have a little impression of you and your aunt when you give birth, but when you were hanging out that day and talking to each other, you knew it was a fellow, her parents-in-law retired this year, and they have nothing to do at home, and they just started dating.

  Chen Ling nodded, indicating that he understood.

He didn't know him originally, and when he was building the house, Zhao Dahai drank too much, so he drove a car to help Qin Qiumei drop by, and he felt a little familiar, but he just glanced at it and left. recognize.

   Anyway, they are people who are not short of money.

   Find a home to buy it, saving him from going to the county seat.

   While chatting, Liang Yuemin set up the chessboard, and the old and the young were killed.

   He watched for a while by himself, and seeing that the father and son had been playing chess for a long time, he turned around and grabbed a handful of wheat, whistled and went to feed the pigeons.

   Recently, their father and son came here every three or five minutes.

  The villagers also know that they are looking for Chen Ling to play chess and cards.

   After a while, a group of people gathered in the yard.

  Chen Ling lost two games in a row.

   Not long after the change, Qin Rongxian quarreled with the old man in the village, blushing and arguing.

  The villagers who were watching didn't help anyone either, smiling and holding their arms, watching the excitement beside them.

   It was so noisy that it didn't disperse until noon.

  Qin Rongxian still had nothing to do, and made an appointment with a few old men to fight again tomorrow.

   Then he refused to stay for dinner, and rode away with his son.

  The villagers also left one after another. Before leaving, Chen Yubin of Guoxingjia threw a word.

   "Uncle Fugui, remember to eat early in the evening, we have to go to the Temple of the Earth."

"understood."

  The village went out to hunt collectively, and the night before, they had to worship the land master.

   Pray to the Lord of the Earth to bless you to get more prey.

   As for why the sacrifice was made to the land, not the mountain god, it is unknown.

   It has been handed down from an old life, and it has always been like this.

afternoon.

  The seven teams who wanted to enter the mountain gathered together at Wang Lixian's house.

  To discuss tomorrow's hunting together.

  Which direction to go, who has a suitable Gouhu Mountain, who controls the Aokou, those people search the mountain, etc. Detailed division of labor, no need in the surrounding mountains, and few prey, these are after going deep into the mountains and forests.

  Everything is ready, so we only have to go to the Earth Temple at night to worship the Earth Lord.

  In addition to offering large offerings during the Chinese New Year, the other festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival will add incense and burn paper.

  No one usually comes, so it is relatively deserted.

  The inside is full of dust, cobwebs, and the ash is very thick. After a few young people cleaned it up in advance, they began to worship.

   No matter which team entered the mountain this time, they all came over, burned a handful of incense, lit yellow paper, offered offerings of fruit and meat, respectfully kowtowed a few times, and said some words of respect.

  Otherwise, when so many people entered the mountain, they would not say hello.

   Grandpa Land will be unhappy, hide all the prey, or let them run away, so that not a hair of hunting in the mountains can be caught.

   At about nine o'clock at night, the worship was basically over.

  Chen Ling got up and went to fire.

   A large plate of two kicks was taken out of the sack, lined up in a row, and lit around the Temple of the Earth, banging bang bang bang the fire, constantly blasting in the night sky.

   rang for a full ten minutes.

   At this point, worshiping the Lord of the Land is considered complete.

  The last one to leave, close the temple door, and only wait until tomorrow to enter the mountain.

  The seven teams had the most people in the mountain. In addition to Chen Dazhi and Wang Lixian, there were also several uncles and brothers of Chen Yuqiang and Chen Ze's family, adding up to a total of 12 people.

   There are still five people who can't get a gun, they think they are too young, so they are all rushing to follow the mountain.

  On the fourth day of the eighth lunar month, early in the morning, Chen Ling put on a shotgun and led two dogs out the door.

  Waiting for departure outside the village.

   He didn't bring much, just put on a coat, packed a package, and let Heiwa help carry it.

  A hatchet is slanted at the waist, which is used to open the way and cut the vines.

  This one is similar in shape to a dog-leg knife. It has been a few years old, and it was left by Chen Ling's father. He often carried it with him when delivering letters.

   No matter if you open the way or defend yourself, this knife can solve it, it is very sharp.

   After special processing and polishing, it is still sharp and sharp, and there is no sign of rust.

  Yan Ye family, hatchet is a must-have item at home.

   is like a sickle, and there are always two or three spares at home.

   As a hunter in the mountains, a hatchet is as important as a hunting knife for skinning.

   In addition to clearing roads in densely vines, you can defend yourself when encountering beasts that suddenly jump out, and you can also chop bamboo to make rafts, which has many uses.

   It didn't take long for the seventh team to arrive.

   Although the other teams did not go together, they were still lively and lively. Outside the village, groups of three and five gathered together, smoking cigarettes, talking and laughing with enthusiasm.

  Chen Ling brought the dog.

   The rest of the seventh team also brought their own dogs.

   This was discussed at Wang Lixian's house yesterday. The two dogs of Chen Ling's house are quite powerful.

   As long as the two of them take the lead, the local dogs in the village will turn into a different look, fierce and abnormal.

   Even in the face of wolves, he dares to rush up.

   And the dog in the village, after the last battle with the wolves.

   There were a lot of injuries, but he did look a lot more fierce. With a bark, his spirit changed.

  When hunting in the countryside, they don’t pay much attention to hunting dogs such as retrieving and tracking.

  My own local dog, like the yellow tabby brought by Wang Lixian, can search, chase, bark and bite a dragon after training his legs.

   It's gun hunting anyway.

   It is much easier than usual to go into the mountains to catch prey.

  Dogs are mainly used for warning and searching for prey.

   "When everyone's here, just wrap your trouser legs, we're ready to go."

   After Wang Lixian finished smoking a cigarette, he asked everyone to wrap tapes around their legs to prevent poisonous insects from getting in after entering the mountain.

   wrapped the belt and tied the legs, and a group of people set out to the north, going into the mountain from the side of Chen Ling's home.

   One by one is carrying cloth bags and hanging large and small bags, which are also filled with medicines and some commonly used items.

   Passing the wheat field, and then heading north, the village entrance in the northwest corner is Nianzikou.

  The old Nianzibang is gone, and the fields around the village at that time are now built into houses.

   But there is no change in Langdianyan, it is the highest peak of the mountain in front of it, and it will pass through this time.

   "Look at the wealth, Susu still came out to send you."

   After walking for a while, Chen Dazhi smiled and patted Chen Ling on the shoulder and asked him to look back.

  Chen Ling turned around and saw that Wang Susu was standing at the entrance of the village with her sister, and the two were looking over here.

   Chen Ling used to go to the mountains just to play.

   This time, we are going to the depths of Wuyun Mountain, which is very dangerous.

  On weekdays, the villagers’ activities are only in the periphery. To get more prey, they have to go deep.

   Among them, wild boars and wolves are very common, and there are also leopards. Poisonous snakes, poisonous insects, and dry leeches are even more difficult to guard against... There are many dangers in deep mountains and forests, and there are many things that cannot be named, which are also very fatal.

   Before leaving, Wang Susu was reluctant to say unlucky words, but how could he not be worried.

   She had to wait until the team was far away before coming to take a look.

Chen Ling seemed to be able to see his little daughter-in-law's big eyes that contained many emotions. He smiled and waved to her, shouted aloud, "Go back," then called the two dogs that followed him and barked, and turned around. Go over a steep slope.

  The crowd followed closely, and it was inevitable that they would make fun of them.

   "Fugui, after passing through Lang Diaoyan, let Xiao Jin take the dogs to the mountain, Xiao Jin runs fast."

   After walking up the mountain road, Wang Lixian suggested.

   He was mistaken.

  Xiaojin really has this ability, she can be the queen of dogs.

  Wang Lixian said this. It was also the night of the wolf fight. Together with the villagers, they all saw Xiao Jin's amazing speed.

   It's like running like a trend, no shadows can be seen on the legs, and the wolf will admit it when it sees it.

   "Okay, then this big responsibility falls on my family's little gold head."

  Chen Ling patted Xiaojin's head and instructed it to push the mountain later.

  It doesn't matter if there are few prey outside the mountains and forests. If you climb over the top of the mountain outside and enter the inaccessible mountains, you will have to send dogs from the outside to the inside to search for it step by step.

Whether there is prey or not is mainly judged by the bark of the dog. When the dog smells the smell of the prey, it will naturally bark continuously and loudly, which means that there is prey. If the dog barks softly and stops barking from time to time, It means that no prey has appeared yet.

  When the prey is found to be moving, the people searching the mountain will send a signal one by one, that is, they shout loudly that the prey has now come out of the mountain, and has now reached a certain position, please pay attention.

   Then outflank the past and raise a gun to fight.

   "Haha, Uncle Fugui, what nonsense are you talking to a dog, no matter how smart it is, can it still understand human speech?"

   Guoxing's boy Chen Yubin laughed.

As a result, he was trained by Chen Dazhi: "Old dogs understand human nature, old dogs understand human nature, have you never heard of this? When you were an electrician, Dagang was knocked down under a tree by electricity. You asked who it was. The person who went to bark? Isn't it my dog?"

   "At that time, your second grandmother was still alive, and the dog in the family was very strong, and the hair was smooth. The dog was grateful and sensible."

   Chen Yubin's eyes were blurred when he heard it: "Ah? What else is there? Why haven't I heard about it."

   "I won't tell you, Brother Guoxing was knocked down with a sap by someone back then. I told you, I'm afraid you will take revenge."

   "Who, which **** hit me with a sap, tell me, Uncle Dazhi, I will definitely not hold grudges."

   "That person died a long time ago, and the grass on the grave is old, so it's useless to tell you."

  “…”

   The two of them said.

  Wang Lixian said to Chen Ling: "It's already up the mountain, why do you let Heiwa carry so many things? The dog's waist is weak, and it can run or not. If you don't go far on the mountain, the dog will be exhausted."

   "It's alright, Heiwa is stronger than a calf, and it's full of tendons, so it's okay to carry something."

  Chen Ling said so.

But he still turned around and kicked Heiwa next to him, and said, "Okay, since Brother Xian said, I won't let you carry it. You lead the way, and you will perform well later, and don't let Xiaojin go any further. already."

   took off the package and carried it on his back.

  Heiwa was still heartless, gave him a naive look with his tongue out, then flung his hair vigorously, and rushed forward to play with Xiaojin and a group of local dogs.

  The sun is still good today, and the cool breeze is blowing gently. Looking at the heavy fruits on the wild trees, they are bright red and yellow. The ripe wild fruits emit a strong fruit aroma, and everyone feels at ease physically and mentally.

   But after stepping into the forest, the road becomes difficult.

  The trails opened by the villagers went up the mountain to collect herbs and hunt game. As long as no one walked for half a month, weeds and vines would be completely blocked, as if these trails had never appeared.

  The brothers Chen Yubin and Chen Guangbin who were walking in front, holding hatchets, cut through the obstacles and opened the way in front of their heads.

  This job looks very enjoyable, but it is actually very tiring.

  The weeds are slightly better, and the intertwined vines and shrubs are not so easy to deal with.

   A few young people have a lot of physical strength, and Chen Yuqiang is still relatively fat, so he is not suitable for this job.

   After more than an hour, I turned over from the top of the mountain where Langdianyan was located.

  Wang Lixian reminded again: "It's in the shade, pay attention to your feet."

   is about the poisonous snakes and poisonous insects underfoot, which are mostly on the shady side of the mountain.

  There are fewer people here usually, and the road is more difficult to walk.

  The rattan is also thicker, and the bushes and thorns are messy.

  The young people were so tired that they were panting and swaying their arms.

  Chen Ling took out the hatchet and stepped forward: "Let me do it, you guys take a break."

   replaced them all.

  The crowd backed away, and Chen Ling picked up the hatchet and waved it.

   The sound of "click" and "click" continued.

  Wild vines and shrubs snapped off in response, and the snow-white hatchet, printed in the slightly dark forest, looked particularly dazzling.

   The team really went a lot faster.

   Wait until a valley.

   The two dogs beside Chen Ling suddenly pricked up their ears and were about to rush out, but they were stopped by Chen Ling.

   "What's wrong with being rich?"

   Wang Lixian's eyes became solemn.

The people behind    also raised their shotguns vigilantly.

  Chen Ling put a finger to his mouth and snorted softly.

   then pointed to the front.

Everyone looked along the footsteps, and the vision in front was much wider. There was a mountain stream not far away, the sound of water was gurgling, the surrounding green bamboos were like green bamboos, the forests were dense, and there were big white birds standing in the water, with long toes and beaks. Variegated feathers.

   is a group of white cranes, there are about seven or eight, and it is a small group of cranes.

   At this time, the cranes were playing in the mountain stream, but there was a strange white crane with a high slender neck, a puffed chest, and round eyes, as if it was watching vigilantly.

  The crowd held their breaths, not daring to disturb them.

   But the local dog couldn't hold back, whimpered in a low voice, surrounded Heiwa and Xiaojin, his tail swayed restlessly, always wanting to rush over.

  The astute white crane quickly noticed the movement here, so it shouted loudly, flapped its wings, put its legs together, stretched its neck and raised its head and flew into the sky.

   Following that, a long, clear sound was heard in the air.

  Maybe they heard the warning from their companions, and the other white cranes also stretched their necks, flapping their wings and flying into the sky.

   "Hefei came back."

  Chen Dazhi raised his thin face and sighed while looking at the sky in the distance.

  The crane is here again, the autumn is here, and the year will soon come to an end.

   (end of this chapter)