My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 222 Experience in raising a baby

   But since you have encountered a honeycomb, you must not miss it.

  Chen Ling approached quietly and opened the wild rose bushes by the river.

Under the cover of the flowers are a few large stones. Near the stones, the speckled bee excrement is very conspicuous. If you look for it along the bee excrement, you will find a gap of ten centimeters under the stone, and the bees are flying in and out. .

  This is the nest of the bumblebee, and the nesting is very hidden.

  The native bee is the native bee, also known as the Chinese bee and the Chinese bee. It is an endemic species native to China.

  This bee has a wild nature and nests very casually.

  Cracks in rocks like this, as well as in soil caves and mouse holes, are very common. In addition, there are tree branches, wall cracks, and even in the farmhouse's vegetable cellar.

   is not the same species as the well-known bee, it is a foreign bee imported from abroad.

   However, the honey produced by the bumblebee is excellent.

   Especially the wild bumblebees, the honey is dark in color and fragrant.

  If it is a honeycomb nesting on the cliffs of the high mountains, it is even more incredible. The honey in it has an excellent taste and an attractive fragrance, which is unforgettable once you drink it.

  This kind of honey is naturally very good, and the price is not cheap, which is true.

   But Chinese bees are not very easy to raise.

   It produces less honey, is easy to fry nests, divide into groups, and likes to sting.

  Compared with foreign foreign bees, they are wild and unable to maintain a large colony.

   And he couldn't stand the temptation of the flowery world.

  Where there are many flowers and rich sources of nectar, the entire bee colony will fly away with its family and mouth.

   This is true even for artificially raised bumblebees.

   There is simply no way to farm on a large scale.

   This is very annoying.

   Since then, the consequence is that after a few years, the Chinese native bee was squeezed by the foreign bees and almost became an endangered species.

   "I found the old nest, so let me go in."

   Harvesting bees is a technical job, and even wild bees are collected. Chen Ling has never raised bees before, so he doesn’t know anything about it.

   And after collecting the hive, he also waited on purpose, and when the bees flying nearby came to attack him, he also collected all the moments of contact.

   Then a special area was divided in the garden behind the stone bridge, and they were allowed to breed there quietly.

   Don't let the birds and golden pheasants bother you.

  When the scale is large, you can release it and collect honey everywhere in the cave.

   In fact, last spring, he collected many bees and butterflies in the cave.

   But at that time, his control over Sun Moon Cave was not strong enough to divide the area.

   After the bees and butterflies were taken in, they flew everywhere, but in the end they failed to reproduce in a large scale. When they went to collect nectar from the lotus, they were all eaten by the fish in the small pond.

   In the end, he didn't bother to find the honeycomb anymore.

   "Raise it first, and then cultivate a few more unique species of bumblebees in China. I don't believe that they are still endangered."

  Chen Ling clapped his hands and made up his mind secretly.

   Then he carried the bamboo basket, picked up the fish basket, and led the ox home.

  It is said that the flies in Australia, because they have no feces to eat, finally had to do the work of bees, dispersing pollen and feeding on honey.

   It can be seen that the influence of the environment is very huge.

   Besides, he has an excellent place like the cave, where he keeps bees and is nourished by the spiritual water, and he can always cultivate better bee species.

  …

   "Ooooooo-"

  The morning rooster announces the dawn, and the sun rises.

  The golden sun shines down warmly, the smoke rises from the cooking, the voices of people and the barking of dogs make the mountain village in the early morning gradually become alive.

  The spring ploughing season has passed. This is the time when the mountain flowers are in full bloom, and the mountains and forests are more and more lively.

  People don't have to be so busy anymore, but the farmers have few free months, so even if they are not busy, they should always go to the fields to take care of them, **** the weeds, drive the birds, and pull out the dead ears.

  Intensive farming can lead to a good harvest.

After breakfast that day, Chen Ling and his father-in-law carried shovels and went down to the ground in water shoes. The wheat seedlings grew up, and it was time to irrigate their own wheat fields. I didn't care, but in the third month of the lunar calendar, there was less rain.

  There is no way, this will artificially douse the wheat with the first water of the year.

   "Dig the trench a little deeper and put more water."

  The old man instructed.

Digging trenches during irrigation is tiring work, but Chen Ling has a strong body and is not afraid of this kind of physical work. You can also water the vegetable garden by the way.

"understood."

Chen Ling took the shovel and dug the ditch again, and then went to divert the water from the small river ditch at the foot of the mountain. Just as he opened the opening with the shovel, the water rushed into the earth ditch. The river water was mixed with mud and turbid. Flow slowly.

  Weng's son-in-law, leaning on shovels, watched the turbid river flow through the ditch and into the wheat field on the ridge, and then walked into the wheat field wearing water shoes to divert water for irrigation.

  Due to the low water level in the Xiaohe ditch in spring, the flow rate of the river was relatively slow, and they were busy until noon, and the two people only irrigated more than two acres of land.

   "Brother Cunye, you are so focused on helping your son-in-law's house, it's time to eat."

  Noon, several senior masters of the engineering team left work to eat. Seeing that the two of them were still busy, they shouted from a distance from the field ridge.

   Knowing that he was joking, Wang Cunye stopped, leaned on his shovel and replied with a smile: "That's not it, half a son-in-law, who cares if I don't care?"

   He has a gentle and honest temperament, and has been getting along well with the older members of the engineering team these days.

   "Is there enough to eat?"

   "Enough, not enough, let me tell you."

  Recently, after Chen Ling took his father-in-law to the county town a few times, the two began to pick up Wang Zhenzhen in reverse shifts, and the engineering team would buy it back if there was anything missing.

   While talking, the engineering team returned to the village in groups of three or five to have dinner.

  After the primary school in the village reopened, they stopped burning fire and cooking in the school during the day, but moved to the yard of Chen Erzhu's house.

   is right next to the school, and the yard is also very large. No one cares about it after the flood. After simple cleaning, it becomes a place for them to eat.

   "Father."

   "Brother-in-law."

Weng and the husband-in-law were still watering the field when a distant cry came, and they saw a small figure with two braids, swaying and running, with a small yellow dog running wildly beside him. .

  Crossing the slow-flowing ditch, Wang Zhenzhen carried a basket and a kettle, found a flat spot on the ridge and squatted down, took out the bowls and chopsticks and steamed buns and stir-fries from the basket, and placed them in place.

   "Father, brother-in-law, it's time for dinner."

"coming."

  Chen Ling and his father-in-law went around the wheat field that was not irrigated by the river and came to eat on the ridge.

   And Wang Zhenzhen jumped and led the little yellow dog, and the black baby Xiaojin who ran over, to the grass shed outside the orchard to make a fire for the dog to cook.

   Despite her young age, making a fire for cooking is no longer a problem. This is also normal for rural children. Children from poor families are in charge early, and many children will cook at the age of six or seven.

   Of course, even when it’s cooked, you have to call an adult to help hold the pot, otherwise most of the pot of polenta will be too hot and too heavy to be served, and it’s easy to get burned.

   Here, Weng and husband-in-law ate lunch hastily, poured two bowls of tea, took a break, and then got up and went into the wheat field to continue irrigating.

   This continued for two days before the wheat fields and vegetable gardens were irrigated.

   And the rapeseed field doesn’t need to be managed, this thing grows fast, just rely on the sky to eat.

   is a watermelon seedling, and I watered it with a bucket in my spare time.

  …

Day by day, Wang Susu's body became heavier and heavier. A rural woman was pregnant, but she was not as delicate as she imagined. Besides, she didn't have any adverse reactions, so she still couldn't be idle. When she couldn't cook at home, she helped choose vegetables. When you do farm work, you do needlework.

   This made Chen Ling and Wang Cunye very helpless.

   Now, in the eighth month of pregnancy, the family has the conditions, not to mention the rich and the poor, just the pregnant woman who is cared for, who doesn't want to rest more, but she is not.

   No matter how many times I said it, I didn’t listen.

  Chen Ling also discovered for the first time that his daughter-in-law was also paranoid.

No way, although I know my health is fine, and I have seen many pregnant women go to work with their stomachs stretched out in future generations, but when it comes to my own head, I feel different, so I borrowed a car from Liang Hongyu and carried Wang Susu every fortnight. County hospital to check.

  Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan naturally followed.

   This way, the doctor of obstetrics and gynecology became familiar with the couple.

   But it is inevitable to marvel at Wang Susu's physical fitness, always saying that the baby she gave birth must be strong, the male baby is a big man, and the female baby must be as good-looking as her.

Wang Susu is used to listening to what    said, but he is still happy after hearing it.

   As for the happiness of Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan, let alone.

The doctors at the    County Hospital are all boasting that the daughter's body and bones must be really good.

   But the doctors in the obstetrics and gynecology department were boasting, and as a result, the young couple came out and were surrounded by pregnant women who also came for examination.

   "What do your family usually eat? Doctors are complimenting them."

   "Yeah, girl, how do you keep your body and bones?"

   "Well, look at people, our faces are all red, and our faces have become rags."

   These pregnant women are from county towns and rural areas, but no matter where they are, after listening to the doctor's compliments, they all want to know how Wang Susu usually takes care of her body, and her overall popularity is much better than theirs.

  Wang Susu was stopped for a while, and she didn't know what to say when she opened her mouth.

  She just eats homely meals on weekdays. She eats whatever she has at home. She doesn't even look at Chen Ling's menu.

   But now people are asking her, and they are all pregnant women. She thought about it, then let's be honest.

But before she could speak, she was gently pulled by Chen Ling, and the little daughter-in-law raised her head subconsciously, and saw Chen Ling take over the words and said, "In fact, this one in my family was very careful when I was pregnant. I was pregnant for two months last year. , I brought two female goats back, milked the goat's milk and boiled it every day..."

   "Do you know about goat milk? It's a good thing. It keeps you healthy. Drink more goat milk to strengthen your body and bones, and the baby in your belly will also grow stronger."

   "Well, in addition to goat milk, you should also eat more eggs. If you don't have an appetite, just steam the egg custard, pour soy sauce vinegar and sesame oil, and it will suit your taste."

   "Except for eggs, stewed old hens, stewed pigeon soup, you don't have to eat them often, you can eat them once a month or two."

   When he said this, the faces of the two pregnant women in the countryside have changed. How can ordinary people afford this guy?

   Pregnant women from poor families rely on eggs, duck eggs, and various chickens, ducks and mountain goods given by others to support their bodies during confinement.

  I also bought ewes to milk, eat eggs every day, and stewed old hen and pigeon soup. It makes my heart feel tight, and I have a baby, but it is not a golden bump. Why is it worth spending like this?

   This is too scary.

   No wonder the daughter-in-law is healthy, we can't afford this food.

   Not to mention the pregnant women in the countryside, even the faces of the few in the city changed slightly, showing embarrassment.

   Hearing Chen Ling say again: "If it's inconvenient to eat these, it's okay to eat more fish. We have a lot of fish here. In any river ditch, there are fish and shrimp in groups."

   "What? Fish is too oily? Tasteless? Then eat steamed fish. Steamed fish is served with a dipping plate. You can put whatever you like to dip into. Be careful not to put anything that pregnant women can't eat."

Huh? This method is good, the fish does not cost money, any river, any ditch, you can catch half a basket of fish.

   The key is to eat more benefits for pregnant women.

   These pot-bellied women came to their spirits, and some even borrowed pen and paper from the doctor's office to write down the methods that Chen Ling said, and asked more about how to do fish.

   Wang Susu blushed when she saw this scene.

   Also, when people came to ask her just now, she didn't think she had anything, she had everything she had at home, she could eat whatever she had, but after Chen Ling said it like this, and looking at other people's reactions, she also understood.

  My life is really a bit too extravagant.

   Although she knew that it was her husband who loved her, her heart was sweet as honey, but after all, she was thin-skinned, and when Chen Ling spoke out loudly, she couldn't stay any longer, and she always wanted to hide behind Chen Ling.

   On the contrary, Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan listened happily and smiled.

  My daughter-in-law has a good life, but she is more comfortable than the daughter-in-law of the county magistrate.

   "Then how do you sleep? My daughter-in-law can't sleep at night, she doesn't want to move during the day, and when she wakes up, she's exhausted, so she's not in a good mood." A **** man from the county asked.

Chen Ling smiled at him: "It's good to take your daughter-in-law out to relax more, walk more during the day, sleep soundly at night, and don't have to walk too fast, just take it slow and sweat a little. ."

"People get old before their legs get old. You've heard this saying, it's not a bad thing to walk every day. When you come back after walking, give her a bubble foot, and she can fall asleep at night. If it doesn't work, squeeze her calf. Hey, don't laugh. The calf works very well, and after pinching it, the daughter-in-law is full of energy during the day, and her spirit will follow."

   The **** man frowned and muttered softly, "This is another foot-washing, another leg-pinching, pregnant with a child, and I've become a nanny?"

   He can accept the idea of ​​making something to eat, but he feels very embarrassed to wash his daughter-in-law's feet.

   Apparently this is also a traditional machismo.

The men and women next to    were not surprised either. At this time, this kind of mentality seemed to most people to be a normal male mentality.

  A man is the mainstay of the family. He makes money to support the family and work in the fields. How can he bend over to wash his mother-in-law's feet?

  Isn’t that what it is?

  Chen Ling didn't say much after seeing this, and left with his family.

   On the contrary, many doctors and nurses were very curious, and a few nurses secretly wrote down all the methods he said.

   "You, why do you say that? We can eat it by ourselves. It sounds weird." Wang Susu glanced at her parents and said to Chen Ling that she was just a shy person.

"What's so weird about this, according to your method, people don't believe it at all." Chen Ling glanced at his daughter-in-law with a smile, then reached out and touched her soft big belly lightly, grinned twice and supported her. She got into the car.

   "What do you mean by saying it my way, you know what I'm going to say?" Wang Susu bent the corners of her mouth and leaned lightly on the back of the seat.

   "Of course I do. I don't know you yet. If you want to say that you can eat whatever you have at home, it's just a common meal."

"you…"

   "How? Am I right?"

"Um."

   Wang Susu was suddenly suffocated.

  …

  Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan sat in the back of the car and watched their young couple bicker, looked at each other, laughed lightly, and then looked at the scenery outside the window tacitly.

   "This county is so good, the small western-style building is so stylish."

   The new urban area in the county seat is really good.

   Taking this opportunity, Chen Ling drove his family around the county in a car.

   Then I went to the new house to have a look, and then went to Liang Hongyu's house for dinner.

   Mainly because I borrowed a car from someone else to come to the county seat, so I can’t justify it if I don’t go to the door.

  Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan had met this family a few times before. Due to some unexplainable reasons, the Liang Hongyu family was very enthusiastic and no one was on the air, so they got along very happily.

  Most of the interactions between people are like this. At the beginning, one party must be enthusiastic and active, so that the relationship can gradually deepen. If you don't take the initiative to communicate, you are afraid of disturbing the other party. After a long time, the relationship will become more distant and indifferent.

  Chen Ling and Liang Hongyu's family interact like this.

   When I first met, people were very active and enthusiastic. Of course, they were also very temperamental. Several times, they took the initiative to come to the door and bring things and gifts. At first, he was just two retired old men and old ladies who liked to play around and didn't care.

  Unexpectedly, after a long time, the more the relationship the better.

   (end of this chapter)