My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 170 Savage Ditch

   2,000 yuan is really a lot. If the production of eggs and duck eggs at home can’t keep up, and you have to save for a few days each time to sell, the money is definitely more scary. After Wang Susu calculated the account, she finally understood why Chen Ling wanted to build a bigger place.

   This is actually pretty good.

   But she was just a little worried. She was pregnant and would not be able to help her with a big belly in the future. I wonder if Chen Ling would be able to come here alone next year...

   Little daughter-in-law's mind Chen Ling didn't know.

   After lunch, he went to the woodshed and let the sheep out.

There were two little lambs in black and white. When Chen Ling pushed the door and came in, they leaned over and stretched out their little head to sniff and rub against Chen Ling's hand. The barking is milky, like a puppy.

   They are seven or eight days old now, very lively.

   is that the flesh on his body has not grown up yet, and he looks a little thin. His ears are large and drooping, and he is well-behaved, like two thick braids hanging down from a little girl.

  Chen Ling squatted down and touched them, then took the rope and led the sheep out.

   "Meh, hurry up and follow."

   In the past few days, every afternoon, taking advantage of the warm sunshine, Chen Ling would go to the **** to herd sheep.

   Outside the village, no one is busy in the fields now, and everything is very clean.

   The breeze was blowing and the sun was just right, so Chen Ling grabbed some dry thatch and tucked it under his armpits. When he got to the slope, he found a place to lie down, basking in the sun, and let the big sheep lead the lambs to graze around.

  The lambs can't eat grass yet, so they can learn from the ewes and get used to it. Just like people, when you drink breast milk when you are a child, you should also supplement it with other food as a meal, otherwise you will not eat other things after weaning.

   But they have milk to drink now, so they don't have the heart to eat grass, so they just care about having fun.

   is bouncing, light and comfortable, not restless for a moment.

The weather was fine and the sun was warm. When Chen Ling was about to fall asleep in a daze, there was a sudden itching in his nose. He opened his eyes and saw that it was Wang Zhenzhen, a little girl, who was leading a group of little dolls in the village, all of them holding dog tails in their hands. The grass surrounded him giggling and mischievous.

   Seeing him open his eyes, he immediately ran away with a hula.

  Chen Ling feigned anger and shouted: "You naughty girl, you have brought trouble to me, and I won't have you to eat when I go back tonight."

   "If you don't eat, don't eat, just a little bit."

   Wang Zhenzhen is not afraid of this the most, but made a grimace to laugh at him: "No wonder people say that brother-in-law, you are a lazy egg, you fell asleep with the sheep, and you don't know if someone else took one."

   "Nonsense, the dog is watching not far away, who dares to lead our sheep..."

"what?"

   Halfway through, Chen Ling sat up and looked at them strangely: "What are you doing here?"

   This group of skin monkeys took bamboo poles, hooks, and snakeskin bags, and the battle was not small. Don't be idle and want to go to the mountains to find honeycombs.

   "The pecans are ripe, let's go hit the pecans."

   The little dolls answered in unison.

   "Hicking pecans? Does your family know about it?"

   "I know, the people in the mountains are getting older and there are people everywhere, don't be afraid."

  Chen Ling thought about it too.

   A few days have passed since the frosting, and it is the season for walnuts.

   These days, many people go to the mountains, basically every day, picking wild grapes, hawthorn, jujubes, persimmons and pecans. The wild fruits after frost taste sweet, less rough and sour.

  Like pecans, the green skin wrapped in many walnut shells will become wrinkled and shriveled after frost, making it easier to separate.

   Pick it up and take it home, you can keep it to eat or take it to the market to sell it for money.

   "Uncle Fugui, we made some pecans for you to share, can you share some goat milk for me?"

   Pig baby heard Wang Zhenzhen say that he drinks goat milk every day, how fragrant and delicious, he immediately became greedy, and his eyes were fixed on the milk of the two ewes.

   When he said this, other little boys also shouted, saying that they had beaten pecans and exchanged goat milk for him.

Among these little babies, Liu Nier is the skiniest and the wildest. Others are shouting and shouting. He has already wiped his nose, lying on the back of the milk goat, and sucking with the milk bag in his mouth. Efforts are saved.

  Chen Ling hurriedly took the ewes and turned them around in a hurry. Fortunately, people are used to milking the milk these days, so the monkey, Liu Nier, drinking its milk won't anger it.

   "Your baby is a dog, you can talk about everything. Didn't you tell you that goat milk can't be drunk raw, and raw milk is too thin." Chen Ling kicked his **** and scolded with a smile.

Liu Nier only slapped her **** twice when she was kicked. She just buried her head in drinking milk. After drinking for a while, she knelt on the ground and wiped her mouth, grinning at Chen Ling: "My sheep haven't been bred, and they don't give birth at all. Milk, I used to drink like this after grandpa's sheep gave birth to lambs, but I didn't have enough milk from Uncle Fugui's sheep."

  Chen Ling was speechless.

  It's not the first time this kid has done this kind of thing, no wonder he is so fierce.

   "Your baby is really good, doesn't raw goat milk taste weird?"

   "Hey, it's okay to drink too much, it's just a little fishy. Ah, I'm full..."

   Liu Nier touched her belly and shook her head, looking quite enjoying and proud.

Hearing what he said, the other little dolls couldn't help swallowing their saliva and looked at Chen Ling's sheep's milk bag very hotly. It's just.

   "Brother-in-law, is the freshly squeezed goat milk better than boiled milk?"

   Looking at Liu Nier's small appearance, Wang Zhenzhen was also full of curiosity and doubts.

   "This... Everyone's taste is different."

   "Generally, raw goat milk cannot be drunk directly, and it is easy to have diarrhea."

Chen Ling knew that the little dolls were envious, so he said: "Well, you don't have to go to school tomorrow, just see who gets up early, after getting up, come to my house to milk milk, I will cook and drink for you, if you get up late, drink If you don't have milk, then you can't blame me."

   "Okay, okay, I'm definitely up first."

   "I have to get up early too, Uncle Fugui, I hit pecans today, I'll hit again tomorrow, and I'll give you a big bag every day..."

   Hearing that Chen Ling was going to give them goat milk, these little guys jumped and jumped with joy, and they were very excited.

   After making noise for a while, one by one, they took their own things and went to the mountains to get walnuts, looking very motivated.

  The sun was gradually moving westward, and the hillside was no longer as warm as in the afternoon. Chen Ling saw that the lambs were tired from playing, so he led them home.

Back home, Wang Susu was outside the courtyard, chatting with the women in the village, sitting and sewing. Chen Ling saw that there was nothing else to do at home, so she locked the sheep in the woodshed, picked up the bamboo pole and tied the sickle, and shouted The two dogs also went to the mountains to hunt walnuts.

In the late autumn season, the black and green hillsides in the distance are set against the white flowers. It is the cotton planted by the villagers on their own plots, and there is also a small piece of soybean field. When you walk to the front, you can also see the feces left by the hare. There is a hare hiding in the block.

   In the wormwood bushes farther away, the cries of pheasants can be heard from time to time. Chen Ling bent over, picked up a stone and threw it at it. Suddenly, a group of fat pheasants flew up and disappeared into the mountain in the blink of an eye.

  The two dogs tried to chase after them, but they were stopped by him. Today, I have nothing to do to hit walnuts, and temporarily let these pheasants survive.

   After walking for a few more minutes, I walked into the mountains completely, and there was no more crops to be seen here. At a glance, golden, deep red, and green, from bottom to top, the layers of forests were dyed, and the eyes were gorgeous.

   Knowing that the pecans on the periphery must have been polished. Chen Ling took the dog across and searched for more than ten minutes before finding a tree that was not patronized. This pecan is tall and sturdy, and around it, there are many walnut saplings that are as tall as one person.

   Looking at the egg-sized green-skinned walnuts on the branches, Chen Ling knew that most of such walnuts were a little difficult to peel, and some walnuts were grown in different locations and were affected by different climates.

  This pecan tree is like this. Many other walnut trees have lost their leaves, and the green skin of the walnut is shriveled and wrinkled. It is still full of leaves, and the walnut skin is green and fresh.

  The green skin wrapped around the walnut shell is also called "Qinglongyi", and the juice inside contains toxins, so you must be careful when peeling it, it is dangerous to splash into your eyes. Although touching it with your hands has no effect, it is difficult to wash off the juice when it gets on your hands, and you can only wait for it to disappear slowly.

  Because of this, the villagers seldom remove the green skin by hand when picking walnuts. As long as a few days, the skin of the walnut will be wrinkled and dry, and the green skin will naturally separate from the walnut.

After the   cream is beaten, it will speed up the process and the taste will be better.

  Chen Ling picked a walnut, found a stone nearby, rubbed off the green skin of the walnut with a leaf pad, and then smashed it, revealing the white and tender walnut kernel inside, wrapped in a thin layer of clothes like cicada wings.

   Peel off the film with your hands, put it in your mouth and taste it, the crispy fragrance and tender feeling immediately fill your tongue.

   "It's cooked and tastes good."

  Chen Ling nodded, this mountain core looks green, there is nothing wrong with it.

  The trees were full of pecans, and the two cloth bags were not finished. At this time, two dogs came barking from a distance, with Wang Zhenzhen and Liu Nier and a group of little devils behind them.

   "Brother-in-law!"

   "Uncle Rich!"

   "We're here to help you!"

When    came over, the group of skin monkeys hugged the tree trunk, swishly climbed to the tree, and took out scissors to help him pick it.

   "Why did you guys come here? One by one empty-handed, didn't they hit walnuts?"

   "It was hit, and I asked Uncle and the others to help carry it back. We saw the two Heiwa, and we came after knowing that you must have gone up the mountain too."

   "That's it."

   Soon, another bag full of walnuts was filled.

   rushed to the skin monkeys on the tree and said: "Okay, don't fight anymore, you won't be able to take it back with you."

   "Come on, slow down, I'll follow you."

   "The stone under this tree pokes the foot, and you are not allowed to jump down."

   "Uncle Fugui, we've come down."

Seeing Chen Ling stretched out his arms to meet them under the tree, these little devils giggled and deliberately stood tall, pretending to be unsteady, and shouting, "Oh, oh, I'm about to fall." They went into Chen Ling's arms. flutter.

   "Skin monkeys need a beating, no more milk tomorrow."

   "I'm not afraid of falling heads to bloom."

  Chen Linghu made a face and gave a few slaps on each butt.

   This trick works very well, and one by one immediately fails to be honest.

   "Brother-in-law, look, there are gourds and gourds, take them home and eat them."

   Carrying three big bags of pecans and walking down the mountain, Wang Zhenzhen's eyes suddenly lit up and pointed at a large field of wild vines and called out.

   Take a closer look, and there are indeed many gourds hidden under the yellow broad leaves.

Gourd melons are also called gourds, or gourds, and they belong to the cucurbit family. The ones in front of me are elongated and can be eaten with cooking. There are also those with a big belly. The old shells are hard and the flesh can be hollowed out. It is more common in rural areas to make water scoops.

   "Pick it, just pick the tender ones."

  Chen Ling walked over and took a look. He thought it was several gourd vines growing together, but after getting closer, he found that there was only one.

The roots of the vines near the ground have the thickness of eggs, and the yellowed leaves on the sides are as large as a fan, very dense. There are large and small gourds on the vines, some with thorns, and some shells have been depilated, basically completely old, It felt very solid, and I silently counted, there were more than twenty.

   Generally, in the eighth and ninth month of the lunar calendar, the gourds and gourds grown by farmers have turned yellow and become old, that is, some places in the mountains have special terrain and different temperatures, which will be a bit darker than outside.

  Wang Zhenzhen took the little dolls to pick out a few fresher gourds and gourds, and each carried one or two and continued to walk down the mountain.

   Before walking a few steps, a dead branch under a big tree suddenly stood up.

   bites directly on Chen Ling's calf.

  Chen Ling felt a chill in his heart. Before his mind could react, his body had already reacted, and he avoided two or three steps in the blink of an eye. At the same time, the two dogs were not slow to react, jumping out and fighting with each other.

   "Homemade sack, it's a home made sack, little auntie, get out of the way..."

   The little doll also shouted, and hurriedly pulled Wang Zhenzhen and Chen Lingmin to stand together.

   "This home cloth bag is so big!"

  Chen Ling was startled when he saw the situation in front of him.

   This large gray-brown snake has the thickness of an adult's arm and a body length of more than two meters. It is rare for a home cloth bag to have such a size.

  The earth cloth bag is a kind of viper that is relatively common in local mountain villages. It is generally 30 to 40 centimeters long. This snake is very venomous, and if an adult is bitten, it will die in a few hours if not rescued in time. The mountain doll is very familiar with this thing.

   Home cloth sacks rarely actively attack humans. If there is a big movement around, they will take the initiative to retreat. This is also the origin of the mountain people often say "beating the grass to startle the snake".

   But the one in front of him is obviously an exception, and he will take the initiative to attack. And the size is beyond imagination, do not know how many years. If bitten by it, it is estimated that even a tiger will be poisoned to death.

Unfortunately, today I met two dogs from Chen Ling's family. Before they could fight back, they were choked. The huge snake body kept twisting and twisting, trying to wrap around Xiao Jin's dog's legs, but Xiao Jin's sharp teeth slapped him three times. In addition to Er's disembodied belly, his head was also bitten into a **** mess.

   At this moment, Liu Nier pointed at the cloth bag and said, "Uncle Fugui, this cloth bag can grow so big, it must have come out of the savage ditch."

"I heard from grandma and the others that there used to be a lot of black-haired savages living in the savage ditch. People and animals were slaughtered and thrown into a cauldron to cook and eat. Four teams and five teams went into the mountains to hunt and go around there. "

   "Have you heard this story?"

   "You must have heard of it."

  Chen Ling smiled and glanced north, it was the direction of Savage Ditch.

   It is said to be a ditch, but it is actually a deep valley. It is located in the west of his house, thirty acres, and can be seen after a short walk.

  Because it is very deep, and the surrounding inner walls are straight up and down, people and animals can't get up if they fall in, so it is more scary in the mouths of the mountain people.

  I heard from the old people that people could still be heard crying and shouting, jumping around with torches in the night before, that is, the savages were offering sacrifices to the mountains.

   There are many stories like this in the village, and it sounds quite scary to children.

  Actually, based on Chen Ling's current knowledge, it can basically be concluded that it was a tiankeng smashed by a meteorite, but after a long time, the landform changed drastically, and it became the later appearance.

   When there was an earthquake a few years ago, the side next to the village collapsed, and the internal terrain became more dangerous, and no one approached. Therefore, there are poisonous snakes and strange things inside, no less than deep mountains.

   "When you come to the mountains to play in the future, don't run over there. Be careful to let the savages in the ditch grab their ankles and pull them into the ditch to stew and eat them. No one will dare to rescue you."

   "If we don't go, we definitely won't go."

  These leather monkeys are most afraid of this, and they immediately turned pale and shook their heads like a rattle.

   frightened the little boys, but Chen Ling thought about it in his heart, and went to see the nearby Savage Valley when he had time.

   After all, that place is not far from his own land. In the future, when a farm is built in the land, people will also need to live in and raise things. If there is any poisonous snake poison or the like, it will not be good if it climbs out of the savage ditch and bites someone.

   (end of this chapter)