My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 161 Veterinary

   At six o'clock in the morning, Chen Yuqiang and the two shouted outside the door.

  Today is the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, the day when there is a big gathering in the village.

   The few of them who went into the mountains, as long as there is nothing at home and the fields are not busy, they all go to the market today.

   Hearing someone calling, Chen Ling answered loudly and got up to pack up.

   He is going to bring the rabbit to the set to sell.

   These litters of rabbits in the family have grown up. He and Wang Susu have taken good care of them in the past. All of them are chubby and plump, and they are completely ready for slaughter.

   Seeing that the next litter of rabbits will be born soon, this time he has to buy two sheep to come back, just in time to sell these rabbits while going to the market to make room.

   A straw-colored rabbit was stuffed into the cage by Chen Ling's ears.

   There were about thirty rabbits in three large cages.

   Yuqiang and Chen Ze helped him, and the three of them rushed to the brigade with one hand in hand.

  Today I’m going to the market to drive a tractor.

  There was no such thing in the village before. It was driven from the county after the flood. It was not hand-held, but the kind with a steering wheel.

   The engineering team used this tractor and mud before.

   is to take off the V-belt of the front diesel engine, hang the cover and connect it to the mixer, and you can mix the mud.

When the    engineering team left, they did not drive away, so they temporarily left the tractor on the team. The county said it was for the villagers to build houses and repair the dam.

   But it was old enough, and the chimney was broken in two.

   When they arrived at the brigade, the lights were turned on in the courtyard. Wang Lixian and several people were cleaning up the sundries on the tractor, and then filling up the fuel and water tanks on the diesel engine.

  , etc. are all packed up, and the task of the tractor driver naturally falls to Chen Ling.

   There are a lot of other people meeting.

   But dare not drive on the mountain road.

   "Yubin, you come down first, I'll shake the machine away..."

   "Hey, Uncle Fugui, just shake it, we can't get in your way by sitting on the truck."

   These boys knew they had to catch the big fair, so they got up earlier than them, so when they climbed up, they fell asleep and didn't want to come down.

   "I have to turn the tractor out of the yard when I shake it off. What should I do if it bumps into you, get down quickly."

   Hearing this, these young boys jumped out of the car with a smile on their faces.

  Chen Ling held the crank handle, moved it to decompress, and tried to shake it slowly for two times.

   Not to mention.

  This tractor looks old, the machine is quite nimble, and it is not heavy to shake.

   "Huchihuchi..."

   After shaking the machine a few times, the machine was warmed up, and the tractor "suddenly" emitted a black smoke.

   "Hey, that smoke smells good."

   "I also think it smells good. Uncle Fugui, does the car also use the crank handle?"

   "What's the crank handle for a car? There is a key under the steering wheel, and it can be hit by turning it by hand. It's much more advanced than a tractor."

  Chen Ling sat on the tractor and turned around, turned a few directions, and slowly drove out from the yard of the brigade.

   "Get in the car! Have you got everything?"

  Chen Ling shouted loudly.

  The chimney of the tractor was broken, and the machine was so loud that people couldn't hear it without shouting.

   "All in all."

   "Fugui, be careful on the road. There are many ridges and valleys on the mountain road. Drive slowly."

  Chen Yubin and the other boys were worried, so they ran over, got close to the tractor, and warned.

"understood."

  “…”

   "Second sister-in-law, don't worry, rich and noble often drive a car, and a tractor can't trouble him."

   stepped on the clutch, put the gear on, and the tractor drove out of the village. The headlights at the front were very bright, shining brightly in the dark sky.

   A few wives rushed to the entrance of the village and watched the tractor go farther and farther, until they could no longer be seen.

   "Let's go around Taoshugou. They have built a road there. It's more spacious and flat than Kinmen Village."

After    over a mountain ridge, Chen Ling drove to the mountain road in the due west direction. At this time, Wang Lixian reminded him in time.

   "Okay, then let's go to Taoshugou today."

   So when he reached the Jinshui River, Chen Ling turned and drove south again. As the terrain gradually became higher, a small village appeared in front of him. The uneven houses were located on both sides of the Jinshui River, and there were no more than a hundred or so families.

   drove the tractor over the bridge and out of this small village, the sky gradually brightened.

The cool morning breeze was blowing past, and the mountains were still rolling under the sky. Fortunately, the mountain road was widened a lot after being repaired. Now it is also three or four meters wide. The road is also paved with a layer of gravel and fine sand. Rain is also not muddy.

   "Damn, if it weren't for the flood this time, I guess no one would be willing to repair this way."

   "No, this road used to be narrow, and the donkey carts had one side hanging in the air, which could scare people, not to mention tractors."

  Now the mountain road is wide and smooth, and the road of more than 20 miles passes quickly.

   Left the village at 6:30 and arrived in the village in over an hour.

At this time, there were not many people in the big set, and the stalls had just begun to open. As for the breakfast, some stalls such as fried dough sticks, wontons, steamed buns, and steamed buns were already on the market. They were eating and shouting loudly. I don't know what to say, but it was full of fireworks.

Chen Ling drove the tractor straight over, and found a sunny open space not far from Luomashi, parked the tractor horizontally, lowered the baffles of the truck, and helped the prey and rabbits. Everyone unloaded the car body and placed one piece in front.

   There are few people now. Chen Ling didn't want to guard the booth. After cleaning up, he said, "I'm going to the Luomashi Market, do any of you go?"

   "We're not going."

   "Uncle Fugui, what are you doing? Are you going to buy livestock?"

   "Well, let's see if there are any sheep selling."

   He actually wanted to go to Luomashi to find someone to ask where Lao Ba lives.

  After all, no one will pull out a ew who is pregnant with a lamb and sell it.

   They are all waiting for the lambs to be born and raised before they are sold.

   You can only ask a mule and horse broker to help you find it.

   Walking to the mule and horse market in the west, there are still very few people, only a few people, leading a few big donkeys, cattle and horses, squatting under the trees and talking.

   He walked over and handed out the cigarette to inquire about it. Laoba's name was really loud enough, and he immediately asked where it came from.

   "Old Batou is not at home at this point. He is at the livestock station with his eldest son-in-law. Go look for him over there."

   "Livestock station? It's past the health center, the one on the farthest north, right? I've passed by there a few times, and there's no sign."

   "Yes, that's it. The signboard is on the door frame behind the old locust tree outside the door. There is a wooden plank hanging there. You can see it when you get close."

   "Okay, I'll go take a look."

   After leaving the Luomashi Market, Chen Ling did not walk from the hospital, but went directly to the north. He circled around the village of Changle and came to the animal husbandry station.

   The animal husbandry station in the village is a few years old.

The gate is two black iron gates covered with rust. It is very narrow. The gate is only one meter five or six wide. There is a small **** at the gate, and there is a lush old locust tree on the left side. The long wooden board was painted white, and the words "Changle Township Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station" were written on it with a brush, but it had also turned yellow and faded.

  Chen Ling took a look and walked in. The floor was covered with blue bricks, and there were wisps of cooking smoke. Before taking two steps, a dog barked.

   "Anyone? Is Old Pug?"

   "Wang Wang Wang..."

   When a stranger came in, a stray dog ​​was jumping around beside a jujube tree with a chain stretched, barking constantly.

   "Who?"

   A yellow-faced old man with a shrug and a hunched back stuck his head out from the east room.

   It was the old bust who was the mule and horse broker.

   After seeing Chen Ling, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Yo, aren't you that?"

   "I've waited for you for several big episodes, but I haven't come. How is your little white cow? It's not easy to raise."

   "It's my fault you came early this time. I'll take you to pick a good big animal later..."

  Chen Ling waved his hand when he heard the words: "It's alright, I'm not in a hurry. Old man, you have to eat first, but I'm not here to buy livestock, I want to ask you to help me find two ewes with lambs."

   "That's it, okay, now that Qiu Gaozi is down, it's not hard to find the one with him."

   "Why did you buy it back?"

   "I want to buy milk for my family to make up for."

  Chen Ling explained.

   "Okay, I'll ask you later, don't worry, I'm still a bit famous in this ten-mile-eight village."

   "If you can't find it on the set, I'll find it in the village for you."

  Laoba understands and agrees happily.

  Chen Ling naturally knew how good his old mule and horse broker was, so he sat next to him and waited for him to eat.

   "Da, aren't Erwazi's sheep the newest lambs? The milk is plentiful."

At this time, a square-faced man with glasses came out of the kitchen carrying pots and bowls, and after putting them in the yard, he smiled at Chen Ling again: "Little brother, the ewes only milked the lambs ten years ago, and they are still pregnant. , it is better to have been born."

   "Otherwise, if you buy it back, you will have to wait for the ewes to give birth. Besides, if you have a long way to go, you might not be able to buy it back."

   "Yeah, I know that too."

  Chen Ling nodded, and then said: "Actually, I can do both. The distance is not a problem, and I have a solution, but the key is to see if people are happy or not willing to sell."

   "Oh, you're on the point. Meat is terribly expensive this year. If there are lambs and piglets at home, where would you be willing to sell them?"

  The man agreed and said to Laoba, "Nada, take your little brother to Erwazi's house after dinner, and by the way, see what's going on over there, I won't go."

"Row."

  …

   Waiting for Laoba to have a good meal, the sun has risen.

   Laoba took the medicine box and took Chen Ling north out of Changle Township.

  The north wild trees in the village are messy, and after walking along the earth and stone path for less than two miles, we arrived at a family.

   It is not accurate to say that it is someone else’s house. Looking at the feces dumped around and the area of ​​​​this is obviously a chicken farm.

   After entering, the yard is long from north to south, with long chicken coops on the east and west sides, and the ground paved with stone bricks in the middle.

   A man with a bald head, swollen eyes, big and small eyes, and a mustache is in the yard, using a shovel to feed his bare feet.

   I was a little surprised to see Lao Ba lead a strange face.

   "Uncle Old Ba, why are you here?"

   "Why can't I come? I can see the diseases your brother has seen."

   "Tell me Erwazi, what happened to your chicken?"

   Laoba walked to the chicken coop with his hands behind his back, looked through the window and asked.

   "I don't know what's going on these days. My chickens are always diarrhoea, and now many chickens' **** are red. If this goes on, the intestines will be pulled out."

   Erwazi said with a sad face.

   "New feed?"

   "Ah? It's changed, uncle, how do you know?"

   "Is it a case of enteritis, is it the same with laying hens, or is it with roosters?"

   "This, I didn't pay attention to this, I'll go take a look."

  Erwazi quickly dropped the shovel and ran into the chicken coop with bare feet.

   Laoba and Chen Ling also walked over.

  The smell of the chicken coop is not good, there is a smell of hot smoke, accompanied by the smell of chicken, which is very unpleasant.

   The two of them hadn't come to him yet.

   Hearing Erwazi scream in a panic, "Uncle, look at it, why did this chicken die so much?"

   took a closer look, and sure enough, a lot of chickens died, and there were roosters and hens, at least a dozen.

   "I hadn't eaten yet, so I prepared a feed. It only took a while..."

   Erwazi stomped his feet in a hurry, the hair on both sides of his bald head trembled, and he was so anxious.

   "Your feed is wrong, what new feed did you use?"

   "New feed? I saw that this chicken was not diligent in laying eggs in autumn, so I bought a few bags of machine-made feed at the feed factory..."

   "It shouldn't be, uncle, I also bought it in previous years, and nothing happened."

   "Then why do you think the chicken is like this?"

   With one finger, the intestines of several chickens were pecked out. From diarrhea, chicken prolapse, to pecking each other's anus, **** pecking is easy to become addictive, and within five days, these chickens will all die.

  The family is rich, and those with hair are not counted.

   Poultry epidemics spread the fastest, and once a large area died, all of them could die in one night.

   "Ordinary chickens get enteritis, but not so ruthless."

   Seeing this Erwazi still didn't quite believe it, Chen Ling reminded next to him: "This year, the flood has brewed a lot of grain, and people can't eat it at all. In the end, it was pulled to several feed factories in our county..."

   Hearing this, Erwazi's complexion immediately changed.

   "His ancestors dare to cheat on Lao Tzu! I'll go to these idiots to get an explanation."

   "What are you doing? Running to the feed factory now, can you save this chicken?"

   "Ah? Can you save Uncle?"

   "Can you save, do you still have the old feed?"

   "Yes, enough for one day."

   "Enough is enough, you mix in this packet of medicinal powder and mix it well, I will give these chickens an injection first."

   Old Batou said, and when Erwazi hurried out with the medicine bag, he smiled apologetically at Chen Ling.

   "I didn't expect things on his side to be so troublesome. If you have something to do, go to work first."

   "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry."

...don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, Chen Ling saw that the old man was a little too slow, so he stepped forward and helped a piece to give the chicken an injection, one third of each injection, three chickens one injection, two people came together, but it was very fast .

   "Er Wazi, quickly clear the dead chickens out, open the doors and windows, let the ventilation, and then go to the animal husbandry station to get some medicine needles..."

   "Good uncle, is this brother a new veterinarian? He's really smart at work, much faster than you."

   "Whenever you still owe your mouth, quickly get the medicine needle."

After Erwazi left, Laoba watched Chen Ling fill the vial of injection with a needle, grabbed a chicken and stabbed it down, asking for one-third of the injection, which was extremely accurate. .

   couldn't help nodding his head in approval: "The hand is really steady, and the learning is fast. It's rare to see a young descendant like you..."

   Then he said to Chen Ling that no one wants to do this for years, especially young people, who dislike earning less money, and treating livestock and other diseases is very dirty.

  No one wants to be a veterinarian.

   In the past ten years, there have been no more than five veterinarians in Changle Township, who are both epidemic prevention personnel and veterinarians.

   Laoba said that this job is only found when it is needed, and it is not as popular as a mule and horse broker on weekdays.

  Chen Ling has always wondered why he still has the ability to be a veterinarian.

  Laoba said he was originally a veterinarian.

   Otherwise, if you don’t have any real skills, how can you be a good mule and horse broker? But he didn't expect that he was not famous as a veterinarian, but became famous as a cattle and horse broker.

   "If there is something wrong with the livestock in the family in the future, you will come to the village to call me. The station master is the eldest son-in-law of my family."

   "Haha, okay."

   "Brother, do you still need people at your animal husbandry station?"

  Chen Ling asked with a smile.

   "Yes, what's the matter, do you really want to do this?"

   Laoba was very surprised. He thought that this young man was handsome and fair, and he didn't look like a farmer. How could he think of working as a veterinarian?

  Chen Ling nodded and said yes.

   The grandmother of this animal husbandry station doesn't care about the uncle or love. There are only a few people. No one cares about it on weekdays.

   In fact, it doesn't matter at all whether you do it or not.

   The key is that in the future, with this name, your own poultry and livestock will be raised a little better, and no one will ask questions.

   (end of this chapter)