My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 165 Abnormal

  The 7th, 8th, and 9th months of the lunar calendar are the time when the local wild mountain mushrooms mature. There are many kinds and quantities. You don’t need to go to the mountains to find them. You can pick half a basket of mushrooms after a little bit of wandering.

There is no shortage of mushrooms. Today's mushroom soup pot base, Chen Ling is more attentive. First, the soup base is boiled with a dozen kinds of dried mushrooms, and then three kinds of fresh mushrooms are used with some venison and deer meat. After that, when the heat is sufficient and the mix is ​​appropriate, the soup pot will taste delicious.

  Eat the mushroom soup hot pot, you don't need too many seasonings to taste, just use the taste of the mushrooms to match the seasoning.

  For example, butter mushrooms can be used to color and season, making the mushroom soup yellow and bright, and it can also make the soup a little spicy.

  Combined with red mushroom and deer antler mushroom, these two kinds of taste are smooth, which can make the mushroom soup thicker, and morel mushrooms can increase the original taste of mushroom fragrance.

   Finally, add some wolfberry, and a small amount of other herbs, and then adjust the salt.

   This mushroom pot soup is clear and delicious, mushrooms are fragrant, and the entrance is unforgettable.

  The so-called mountain treasures are worth a hundred flavors.

  The bottom of the pot with wild mountain mushrooms is cooked with venison and deer meat native to the mountains.

  The taste is even better.

   "It's so fresh and fragrant, how can a pot of clear soup be so fragrant."

   It was the first time for Zhong Xiaoyun to eat at Chen Ling's house. Her family was well-off, and she had seen a little of the world. At first, she didn't think homely food would be good, but she was amazed at the first bite.

   "This is nothing, Chen Fugui's ability is great, vegetarian dishes can be better than meat dishes, my brother said, the chefs in the city can't compare to him."

   "Today, let's get some light with Susu, otherwise we wouldn't have such a good taste."

   Qin Qiumei pursed her lips and smiled, boasting loudly.

   "Alright, alright, let's eat, I'm thick-skinned and it's okay for you to praise me. Our family is so thin, it makes you blush when you praise me."

  Wang Susu is indeed thin-skinned, and now her blushing little hand secretly stretched out behind Chen Ling's back and started to exert force.

   made the two female guests cheer for a while.

  Everyone, you say what I say, but it is fun.

   "It's delicious, but I always feel a little hot all over."

   Qin Qiumei's cheeks were flushed red, and the tip of her nose started to sweat.

  This is because they were guests, so they didn't let go of eating, and that's what happened.

   "There is no chili in the pot, I feel a little hot when I eat it."

  Wang Susu was influenced by her husband, so she ate fast, even taking care of the guests, she ate a lot, and her face was sweaty at the moment.

   "Is it hot? Then I'll squeeze some juice for you."

  Chen Ling ate more than the three women, and didn't feel anything hot at all.

   After thinking about it, he guessed that it might be because of the addition of a few herbs. Although it was very little, because it grew in the cave, the effect may be a little big for ordinary people.

   "No, no, don't bother, let's just pour some cold water and drink it."

   Although the two female guests were not very polite, they were also to take care of Wang Susu's emotions. Otherwise, they would be too cautious when they came to the house, which would not be good.

   But in fact, it's not really rude, so now that Chen Ling got up and walked out, the two hurriedly stopped him.

   "It's alright, there are ready-made things at home, you can do it as soon as you can, no trouble."

  Chen Ling smiled, he didn't care about that.

   So I took out a few clean cups and went out of the kitchen.

  The fruits at home are ready-made. If you have nothing to do at home, you can go to the mountains to pick some. Wild fruits are the most abundant in this season. You can eat them or use them to squeeze juice.

  I bought the juicer. The last time I went to drink in the county seat, he specially picked a juicer to come back.

   is to make juice drinks for the daughter-in-law on weekdays.

This juicer is semi-automatic and quite easy to use. It is divided into an iron trough, a squeeze plate, a spout, a shaker and other parts. Put pomegranates, pears, cherries and other fruits into the iron trough, turn and shake repeatedly. When squeezed by the iron plate, the fruit will be squeezed out of juice and flow out along the spout.

   In fact, there are still a few people in the village who keep juicing stools. In some places, they are also called sugarcane stools, which can also be used to make juice.

   But it’s been too long, and I’m reluctant to use it as firewood on weekdays. I’ve lost it and picked it up. Maybe it’s stored with something else, so Chen Ling didn’t bother to borrow it.

   Lunch is late today, and the sun is shining brightly in the afternoon.

Chen Ling put the wild grapes and pears into the big basin beside the well, filled it with water, and then got up to peel the pomegranate first. The women in the kitchen saw a lot of things and came to help. Qin Qiumei went to clean them, and Wang Susu and Chen Ling peels pomegranates together.

After cleaning, the pears should be cut into pieces, and the grapes should be cleaned, and then they will be sent to the iron troughs of the juicer. into the jar below.

   It didn't take long before the grape juice, pear juice, and pomegranate juice were all pressed and placed separately.

  What kind of drink you want to drink, of course, you can also mix two or three kinds of drinks together.

   This kind of pure juice, sweet and sour, very refreshing and sharp, it is a perfect match to drink when eating hot pot.

   For the two female guests, this afternoon lunch can be regarded as the most memorable meal for them.

   is not only delicious, but also feels good and refreshed after eating. It can be said that both body and mind are beautiful.

  ... After this day, they came to Wang Susu every three to five days, and sometimes brought people over, some women came to see a doctor, and after these patients came once, they would come to the door afterward.

  Chen Ling thought at first that if the development continued like this, he would be able to open a medicine shop. In fact, this is fine, just let Wang Susu stay at home to see a doctor and prescribe medicine, so as not to be busy all day, to clean up at home, and to worry about the work in the field.

  Unfortunately, Wang Susu's face is still too tender, and she is determined not to let Chen Ling do this. It was not until Qin Qiumei came to ask her if she wanted to help her get a medical certificate for individual practice. She said that she would be more and more strict in the future.

   But after thinking about it, I still said that I would wait until the baby was born, and I didn’t want to do it immediately.

   The hesitant appearance of the little daughter-in-law made Chen Ling laugh.

   But the daughter-in-law is unwilling, and he doesn't force it. Take your time, if you can't, wait until the child is older. Anyway, their family doesn't have to worry about money.

So these days, in addition to going to the ground for a while, Chen Ling is helping Wang Susu to dry the medicinal materials. After drying, they simply slice or grind them for later use. In addition to the commonly used ones, there are also sporadic people who come to see the doctor. It will be troublesome when it arrives.

   In addition, Zhangzi's sachet was also taken down.

  Chen Ling also asked someone to inquire about it. He knew how to charge and store this stuff, and after it could be stored for a long time, he had no intention of selling it for money.

   and deer tail, antlers are placed together.

   "Quack quack."

  This morning, Chen Ling was picking up eggs when he suddenly heard a series of sharp and rapid bird calls, followed by the sound of fluttering feathers struggling to flap.

   turned his head and saw that on the big tree not far away, seven or eight magpies were flying up and down around the canopy, and they kept making angry calls, as if they were besieging something.

Seeing this, Chen Ling went back to the kitchen and put the eggs away, so he put on the slingshot and walked out. He didn't care about anything else. Anyway, he would beat magpies. This thing was not remembered to eat or beat, but to drive away a group of people. , and another group will come.

   They are not a group, sometimes they will run down and mess around when people are not paying attention.

   So if there is one near the house, you can call it right when you see it.

   When he got out of the courtyard, he found that it was the magpie who was besieging the Harrier.

  Good guy, this old enemy is pinched again, how many magpies have changed around, and every time he is going to settle down nearby, he will face the Harrier.

  Magpies are not easy to mess with. Corvidae are ferocious and like to be besieged. Harriers have never been able to please them. Even if they can kill one or two, they are often injured.

  Chen Ling saw that it was about to be bullied again, so he picked up a few stones to help out.

   Who knows, just after aiming, I found out that this time the Harrier is not as embarrassed as before.

   Now one-to-many, he does not show weakness, his eyes are sharp and fierce, but instead he keeps looking for opportunities to attack the magpies.

   Ordinary Harriers are about the same size as magpies, but this Harrier often eats and drinks near his house, and it looks a bit big, even not as big as a Harrier. But in the fight, he was still extremely flexible, flying up and down around the acacia tree, not giving a few magpies a chance to get close.

   Perhaps he sensed that Chen Ling was approaching.

   It suddenly made a high-pitched cry and launched a ruthless attack, catching one of the magpies and chasing it fiercely, chasing it from the sky to the ground, pecking the other's feathers and blood.

The rest of the magpies wanted to come forward to help, but just after they flew down, they were pinned to the ground by the Harrier, but a **** hole was pecked out of their forehead in just three or two times. Shocked.

   Then Chen Ling watched the Harrier show his might and drive away the magpies. After taking a look at Chen Ling, he picked up a dead magpie, flew to the magpie nest on the tree, and began to eat with great enjoyment.

  “Hey…”

  Chen Ling got interested and raised his head at Harrier and whistled twice. In fact, Wang Susu said that he wanted to deceive Harrier, right or wrong. It was only after he came back from the mountains that under the influence of a few old hunters, he gradually fell in love with the sounds of mocking birds and animals. Of course, this was just a play in his spare time.

However, the call of the harrier and the call of the hawk also made him learn a lot. Although the harrier still hides when he sees him, when he imitates the call of the falcon, chickens, ducks and quails are often frightened. Light, Huangpizi is also deceived sometimes, which gives him a sense of accomplishment.

I don't know if it was Chen Ling's imitation of the call that really confused the Harrier. He understood the meaning, or it was so impatient that it flew down from the magpie's nest and picked up the remaining one. The dead magpie was thrown in front of him, and then flew back to the tree.

   "For me?"

  Chen Ling was a little surprised, and smiled at the tree: "Thank you, Brother Diao."

  The Harrier ignored him, but retreated into the magpie's nest and no longer showed his head.

   But Chen Ling didn't care, he whistled and threw it two little snakes in return.

   There are a lot of little snakes out of the nest recently. After the two dogs and the yellow-skinned people caught them outside, they often brought them home and played them as toys.

   The two of them didn't mean to stop it when they met. This thing is nothing else. It's not a waste to feed chickens and ducks to death.

   Yes, this time, Harrier saved face. He threw the two little snakes up, picked them up and ate them.

  ... Seeing it retracted into the nest after eating, Chen Ling stopped worrying about it and went back to the yard to clean up the feces of poultry and livestock, and then feed it after cleaning.

  Two ewes are the focus of care. They are not afraid of people. After all, they have good food and drink after coming to their new home. They live comfortably. They are not stupid, and they naturally know how to please people. As soon as Chen Ling walked towards the cowshed, they stood up from the ground, walked over slowly, raised their noses and raised their heads, bleating at him.

   After feeding them food and water, Chen Ling squatted down and touched the two sheep's grandmother and belly. After careful inspection, he found nothing unusual, and turned around to prepare pig food.

   Pig food does not need special preparation, but the amount should be a little more.

The wild boar cubs grow fast, almost every two or three days, they are only about the size of an adult's palm when they are brought back. Chen Ling poured the mixed pig food into the trough, and the five little wild boars huddled together excitedly, scrambling for food.

   These piglets at home, including Liu Nier and the others, were raised as ordinary pigs, except that Chen Ling gave them some water to feed them at first.

  I prepared that each pig would be killed and eaten when it reached a certain pound. So they ate happily, and Chen Ling was also happy. He even thought about whether to release them for more activities in the future, so that the meat tasted better.

   After thinking about it, I felt a little troublesome. This little piggy is lively and active, and likes to drill around. It is a good idea to take it out to release pigs, but if the pigs run around, it is difficult to catch, so forget it.

Others, pigeons are very quiet, and they don’t need to cut their wings. Recently, they have been picking up dead branches all day, carrying them back to their nests, and running their own small homes. They will be able to lay eggs in the spring of next year at the latest. Quail and rabbits are already bred. And incubate the next generation, quite hardworking.

  The house was well fed, and Chen Ling went to the ground with the cow.

I’ve been working hard recently, and I don’t have much work in the fields. After I was busy, Chen Ling went up the mountain and chopped two large bundles of firewood, which was taller than him on his back. The waste wood left over from building the house a few days ago was burnt, and now he needs to chop more. When I go back, I cook my own meals, or use firewood to make it more fragrant.

   In addition to firewood, he also took out a few chrysanthemums and orchids from the cave and brought them back along the way, and naturally he did not forget the two big geckos.

   After going down the mountain, he carried the firewood on the back of the ox, and one person and one ox slowly swayed back.

When they got home, they were not in a hurry to eat. They wanted to call Wang Susu out to show her what they had achieved today. The two planted a variety of flowers and plants and found a place or pot to transplant, but they heard Wang Zhenzhen's laughter coming from the house. I just remembered that my sister-in-law didn't go to school today.

   So he put down the flowers and plants, went into the house, got into the bedroom, and saw Wang Zhenzhen, the little girl, sitting cross-legged on the bed, holding a book in one hand, touching her sister's stomach with the other, and muttering something.

   "You're back? I'll cook you some food." When Wang Susu saw Chen Ling enter the room, she was about to get up.

   "Lie down, lie down, I'll do it."

  Chen Ling quickly pressed her back, "Have you eaten? How are you feeling today?"

   "It's fine, I'm fine."

  Wang Susu smiled and said, "It's really hard to pull me, saying that I want to tell a story to my little nephew."

   "This girl..."

  Chen Ling glared at his sister-in-law when he heard the words, seeing his daughter-in-law lying on the bed abnormally today, he thought something was wrong.

   "Brother-in-law, don't make trouble here, okay? I'm going to tell my little nephew and my little niece a story. You can go to dinner."

  Wang Zhenzhen pouted, and waved his little hand at him in disgust and rushed out.

Chen Ling was amused: "Hey, you girl, the doctor doesn't even know how many babies your sister is pregnant with, how do you know it's two, a boy and a girl, in case it's three, it's four? ?"

"I just know it."

  Wang Zhenzhen pouted and shook his pigtails: "Sister said that it is best to have both children and children, so it must be true, what you said is not counted."

   After finishing speaking, he continued to gently stroke Wang Susu's stomach: "My little baby, when you grow up, my aunt will buy you candy."

  Chen Ling laughed again when he saw this, and was about to say something. At this time, there was a sudden change in Riyuedongtian, which made his heart tremble.

   (end of this chapter)