My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 242 Bringing my son into the cave

   Having a drink at Han Chuang’s house and playing for a day, Chen Ling brought back the sunflower planter, and then spent a few days tidying up the ground. The sunflower seeds were dried and sown, so they didn’t care anymore.

Mainly, it has been raining a lot recently, and the rainfall is not too small. It makes the guards stationed in Chenwangzhuang very nervous. It is often seen that on heavy rainy days, three or five of them are holding umbrellas in the reservoir. The dam was patrolling back and forth, and sometimes Wang Laishun was dragged on, and he kept looking around.

   also made the villagers nervous. Every day, he set up an incense table, burned incense, and lit candles to worship the Dragon King.

   However, after last year's flood, the dams in various courtyards were built high, and the food was sold long ago, so I wasn't so worried that the house would collapse like last year.

   The main thing to worry about is the crops in the fields. The buds have just grown up, so don’t be flooded again. And the fear of "running away from home" to hide from disasters everywhere again makes people panic, and it's too uncomfortable when there is no stability.

   Later, I saw that although the rain this year was raging, but it rained every now and then, and the weather could not be formed, I felt relieved.

When the weather is good, the villagers are still in the mood to go to the mountains to collect medicine. Even Wang Cunye often takes advantage of Chen Ling's spare time to give him the task of herding sheep. The dog enters the mountain.

   Today, my father-in-law went again and took Wang Zhenzhen up the mountain to collect herbs.

  Chen Ling digs ditches in the field to drain water while herding sheep after the sunflowers emerge.

  There used to be ditches for drainage in the fields. When it rained heavily, the water discharged from the farm would flow down the ditches and into the ditches and fields. However, because the sunflowers were just planted, it rained a lot recently, so Chen Ling blocked the ditches. Now it's time to dig the trench again.

  After the rain, eel holes in the ditch can be seen everywhere. When Chen Ling dug the drainage ditch, he also saw two eels sticking out their heads. Unfortunately, they were too thin and small, so he was too lazy to catch them.

Before    was replaced, he would definitely dig whatever he saw, no matter how big or small. But now, there are too many eels in the canals of the farm, and he is completely uninterested because of the small size.

  “咩~”

  “咩~咩~”

There was a sudden commotion among the sheep grazing on both sides of the field ridge. Chen Ling turned around and saw that it was a wet-haired raccoon jumping out of the orchard with a water bird in his mouth. After coming out, he glanced at Chen Ling's side. , then fled away in panic, fast as lightning, and quickly disappeared into the dense grass.

"This guy, the raccoon has also touched it." Chen Ling was stunned for a while, then walked into the fruit forest and walked around. Heiwa and Xiaojin's two dogs were still patrolling everywhere, and they didn't pay attention to the raccoon who sneaked into the fruit forest. what reaction.

   With the tempers of the two of them, if they don't respond, it's all right. The raccoon must not provoke anything in the family, it's just a flushing bird.

   "There are more and more birds in the woods, which is a bit too wild to eat."

In this season, there is actually a lot of wild food, and crickets, grasshoppers, old poles and other insects can’t be eaten, but for small beasts like the raccoon, the taste of birds is more delicious, and eating one is enough. It can fill the stomach, and the temptation is quite large.

   "The two of you watch carefully. If something wild comes, you should drive it away, and if you need a warning, you will warn the two dogs." Chen Ling instructed the two dogs.

The mountain raccoon is very wild. If you don't care about it, it will be easy to gain an inch, and the speed is too fast. It comes and goes like the wind. There is no good way to catch it. The ferocious raccoon will go to other people's houses to catch big geese to eat, so he still has to rely on dogs.

  Unfortunately, the Harrier was in estrus during this time, and went out to find a man. After several trips home, he didn't see its shadow in the nest.

  Otherwise, calling the Harrier over would be able to quell many small beasts.

   "Well, the Harrier hasn't come back yet, you can call a few weasels over first. Now there are no less birds here than there are in the reservoir, and there's definitely enough for them to eat."

   Thinking like this, Chen Ling continued to herd the sheep.

But he soon discovered that both the big sheep and the little sheep like to lean in front of the same plant. It is a small tree that does not grow high. Its leaves are very similar to those of cotton, but it is rougher. When I got close to me, my tongue rolled around the leaf, and after biting it, my mouth kept squirming, and I ate it very happily.

  Chen Ling walked over curiously, broke off a leaf and looked at it, and found that white pulp dripped from the truncation of the branch, and immediately knew what it was.

   "The saplings that make up the peach tree have grown so much all of a sudden. After it rains all the time, after all the water in the house is flooded out, it is true that the wild animals also come, and the wild trees also come."

  The wolf peach tree, also known as paper mulberry.

  This tree belongs to the miscellaneous trees in the mountains. It is easy to attract beetles. The trunk is often drilled with big holes and small eyes.

  The reason why it is called the wolf peach tree is because the tree will bear a kind of red fruit, which looks like bayberry, but will gradually spread out when it matures. The locals call it red wolf peach or dog ***.

  When it is cooked, it will fall to the ground, stick to the ground, and attract flies. It can be said that people are disgusted.

   But the birds like to eat it and will bring the seeds to all directions.

  This tree has strong vitality and is known as the northern banyan tree. As long as it is exposed to water vapor, it can take root and sprout.

Outside the village, on the fields and hills, among the cracks in the stones, in the huts, and even on the roofs and courtyard walls, whenever there are seeds of wolf peach, saplings that are more than two meters high will grow if they are not careful, which makes many people hate it. .

   Moreover, it is very difficult to remove the citrus peach. Even if the trunk is cut off and the roots are dug out, as long as there is a fibrous root, it will still sprout and grow in the second year.

   However, it is not without the slightest benefit.

  The leaves of the paper mulberry have a special taste, which the livestock like to eat, and the nutrition is not bad.

Whenever the amaranth and sweet potato vines are eaten and the hogweed is not available, the pig farmers will pick the leaves of the mulberry tree to feed the pigs, but the pigs often don’t have enough to eat. Done.

  This thing is not only loved by pigs, but also by cows and sheep, and even rabbits. It is a good natural feed.

   "Hey, let's keep it for now. Although it's easy to overflow when it grows up, this is what we're not afraid of the most."

   Seeing that there was no one around, Chen Ling also pulled out two small saplings and threw them into the cave, ready to cultivate them when he had time.

   With his current control over the cave, he can arbitrarily divide the land and separate the areas from each other, so he is not worried about it growing everywhere and causing flooding.

   "It is said that paper mulberry cannot be grafted with any fruit trees, but I would like to try it."

The tenacious vitality of paper mulberry makes Chen Ling's eyes very hot, "If there is such tenacious vitality, and the fruit is delicious, that's fine, and as long as it is delicious enough in China, such a tree is not afraid of it at all. flood."

   was thinking about things in his heart, and he didn't even notice that the old man came back with his sister-in-law to collect medicine.

  When it was almost noon, the sheep were driven back to the sheepfold, and when they went to the back of the farm to cook, Wang Cunye and his daughter had been chopping firewood beside the pyre for a long time.

   "Father, really, you guys are back, how's your harvest today?"

   "It's okay. After you contracted this place, you all knew that you raised chickens and ducks here, and no one came to the mountain. It was very easy for me to find it."

  Wang Cunye smiled while carrying the axe.

  Wang Zhenzhen squatted on the ground next to the firewood stack and kept picking up the bugs in the firewood. When he picked it up, he held it in his hand and moved to the next place to continue picking up.

  Chen Ling walked over to take a look, he was picking up "Mu Huan'er".

  Mu Huan'er is a firewood-eating worm, also known as firewood worm and wood flower. Their local name "Mu Huan'er" is based on "Muhua".

   This kind of bug looks very similar to a silkworm baby, with a yellowish white color, which is rather ugly.

   Fresh firewood was chopped from the mountain and piled up in the open space. If there is Muhuan’er in the firewood, there will often be a sound of “shasha-chacha-” of insects eating the wood.

   They are the larvae of longhorn beetles, similar to sawworms, but cleaner than sawworms, do not burrow into the soil, and taste better.

Chen Ling remembered that there were old people in the village when he was a child. When he was chopping firewood, he often picked up wood Huaner to eat it raw. It is said that it tasted a little sweet when chewed. .

  I have never eaten it raw, but he has eaten it when it is cooked. It was a rare delicacy when I was a child.

  These little bugs are almost full of meat. They are fried in a pan. They taste delicious and crispy. They also have the unique fragrance of the trees. The more they chew, the more they taste.

   "Really, don't pick on that, go find it in the paper mulberry firewood that you hit, Mu Huaner is the most in the paper mulberry."

Chen Ling walked over and reminded, and then brought a small bucket from the kitchen, and together with his sister-in-law, they looked for Mu Huan'er. One big and one small were looking for Mu Huan'er in the firewood. The Mu Huan'er in the small bucket was quickly filled with one. Most of the time, the white bugs crawl back and forth in a crowd.

   Hearing the crawling sound of "rustling" in the keg, Chen Ling was very satisfied, "Father, fry some Mu Huan'er in the afternoon, let's have a drink."

   "Just drink it, by the way, if you just talk about drinking, I'll make you some more medicine bars. Didn't your party secretary tell you two days ago, saying that the leaders are quite satisfied..."

Wang Cunye patted the wood ash on his palms and said, "It happened that I picked a lot of herbs recently, and I made some wine for you. I can also make wine for you, even if it has a high degree, but I can't make it with a low degree. How do you feel?"

   "Okay, but don't worry, I'll pull a few more tanks back in two days, and then I'll help you, the two of us will take it slow."

  Chen Ling thought about it, fruit wine is probably a one-shot deal, after all, the price is really not cheap.

   So he went into the kitchen to cook, fried Mu Huan’er, and put out the wine in the noon, and enjoyed the crispy and fragrant fried Mu Huan’er with my father-in-law.

  After eating and drinking, I went upstairs and took a nap for a while.

  In the afternoon, Chen Ling guarded his daughter-in-law and son, lying on the bed reading a newspaper, reciting a few paragraphs from time to time, listening to his daughter-in-law and his son.

   He was very interested, saying that he wanted to nurture his son in a good environment.

   But Rui Rui was so young, how could he know what he was doing, listening to him reading next to him, he slept soundly.

   makes Chen Ling very helpless, saying that this stinky boy is definitely not a material for learning when he grows up, how can he sleep when he hears the sound of reading.

   made Wang Susu so happy that he lay on the bed and laughed.

   She always felt that after having a son, her husband seemed to have become a lot more childish.

   The young couple laughed and quarreled for a while. They were tired, and Wang Susu accompanies his son to take a nap.

  Chen Ling got up from the bed with the newspaper, sat at the table, took out a pen and paper, and wrote a letter.

   "A Ling, what are you doing?"

   In the middle of writing, Wang Susu woke up from sleep. Seeing him crouching at the desk, rustling and writing, Wang Susu came over curiously to read.

   "Are you writing a letter and to whom?"

  Wang Susu had never seen anyone her husband wrote a letter to, so she was puzzled for a while.

   "A university teacher from an agricultural university published an article in this issue. It was very well written. I wrote him a letter to talk about it."

  Chen Ling looked up at his daughter-in-law, gave her a seat, and let her read the article published in the newspaper.

   "Hey, it's specifically about fruit trees."

   Wang Susu leaned over and glanced at it, then quietly relieved, and took a closer look.

   Chen Ling stopped writing at this time, looked up and down at his daughter-in-law, made Wang Susu feel uncomfortable, and covered his eyes with his hands.

   "What's the matter? Why do you keep looking at me in a weird way?"

   "Comrade Wang Susu, something is wrong with you recently." Chen Ling said solemnly.

   "Ah? What's wrong with me? What's wrong?" Wang Susu said "ah" with a confused expression on her face.

   "You used to ignore me, but recently, you are so strict with me, and you are nervous when you see me writing a letter."

   Chen Ling's perception is so sharp, the little daughter-in-law let out a sigh of relief just now, but he immediately noticed it.

   And some of the behavior of the daughter-in-law is really a bit wrong these days.

   "Bah, who's nervous."

   Wang Susu snorted softly, and immediately her pink face flushed.

   "You said you're not nervous, silly daughter-in-law, your face is all red." Chen Ling looked cheerful.

   His daughter-in-law's cute and charming appearance, the more he looked at it, the more he wanted to bully, so he pulled it in front of him and sat on his lap.

   "Come on, what's going on?"

   "Don't make trouble, let me go, Rui Rui is still asleep."

   Wang Susu's face turned even redder, and ashamed, she grabbed her husband's ear in embarrassment and anger.

   "Speak quickly, I won't let you go if you don't say it." Chen Ling let her hold her, stretched out his hand and pinched it.

   screamed "ah" from the little daughter-in-law, and then hurriedly covered her mouth, her face that could be broken with bullets was instantly dyed with a large red glow, and her almond eyes also dodged, and she didn't dare to look at him.

   "I, I just think that after Rui Rui, we, we, we can't live together for a long time, isn't it a bit weird?"

   "That's it? What else?"

   "Also, there is that, you are so good now, and you know a lot of people outside. I have seen the photos taken by Sister Du Juan, and the girls outside are so foreign and beautiful."

   "...That's it, you really, what are you thinking about, am I like that?"

  Chen Ling was speechless when she heard this. She didn't know what to say to her, so she patted her again.

  Wang Susu is undoubtedly very beautiful, no matter her appearance or figure, no woman can compare to her, especially this year, Chen Ling has been using various things from Dongtian to make various foods to nourish her, which is really full of spiritual energy.

But no matter how beautiful, after all, it is the dress of an ordinary country woman. On weekdays, the villagers may think that she is a beautiful little daughter-in-law, but compared with the wealthy women who have lived in the city for a long time, the villagers will only think that those women are more amazing after seeing them. The atmosphere is unattainable.

   After seeing it, the young boys in the village couldn't even open their eyes, smelling the perfume wafting from the women, and even couldn't sleep at night.

   And not only the older ones, but also the little dolls.

   For example, Liu Ni'er, when she saw Qin Yueru for the first time last year, she didn't dare to speak. She even told Chen Ling in private that Xiao Lizi's mother was so beautiful and fragrant that he would marry such a woman when he grew up.

   This is the view of most people at this time.

  Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people who thought that Chen Ling had the ability to get along with others so well. If it were them, they would not dare to approach.

   "You should be suffering from postpartum depression and need to be treated properly."

   "In the future, I have to enlighten and enlighten you."

  Chen Ling viciously took a bite on his daughter-in-law Baili's blushing delicate face, and whispered something in Wang Susu's ear.

   made Wang Susu even more shy, clutching her hot pretty face and struggling in his arms: "No, both parents are here, no, really no."

   "It's alright, I'll take Rui Rui and take the cow back at night. You can just go and find me. We won't sleep here tonight, we'll go back to the village to sleep."

   "Your postpartum depression is very serious, and you should treat it as soon as possible."

  Chen Ling saw the little daughter-in-law in her arms pretending to be dead. Knowing that with her temperament, she agreed in her heart and refused to agree out loud, so she happily said, "Then it's settled."

   Then he got up gently, folded the letter and put it in the pages of the book, stuffed it in the drawer, and sent it out when he went to the county town to go to the market.

   As soon as he put it away, his son woke up crying as a baby. Chen Ling lifted the mosquito net and touched the diaper, but there was no urine, so he gently picked him up.

   "Rui Rui, wake up when you wake up, why are you crying?"

  Chen Ling teased him with a smile, but the little guy kept crying.

   So he turned slightly and let the little guy see Wang Susu. Sure enough, the effect was immediate, and the little guy's crying stopped immediately.

   "You stinky boy, I'll cry when I hold you, but stop crying when I see your mother? It's time to fight."

   Wang Susu's face was still red and her ears were red at this time. Hearing this, she raised her head and gave her husband a shy look, and then carried her son to the bedside to feed her.

Chen Ling watched the time and calculated the time. According to his son's work and rest rules, he waited for his son to sleep and urinate before hugging the little guy and telling Wang Susu that he was going to bring the cow home. , let her come over when it gets dark.

  Wang Susu naturally knew what he meant, so let's not mention his shyness.

  …

   In the evening, Chen Ling hugged his son and returned home with the cow.

  Although I still come back twice a day, it is different from living here. Due to less people coming and going, the flowers and trees in the yard are extremely prosperous, and most of the yard is under the shade of trees.

The bamboo in the bamboo garden is lush and green, with wild orchids and spiraea, and various colorful flowers blooming around the bamboo garden. Although there are many flowers, they are not messy. Refreshing fragrance.

   There were clusters of green grapes hanging from the grape trellis by the wall, and pigeons walked back and forth beside the grape trellis with small steps.

   At this moment, Rui Rui hummed in a low voice in Chen Ling's arms, causing him to look back.

   "You stinky boy, you are not honest without your mother, let's go, Dad will take you to a good place to play."

  Chen Ling stabbed his fleshy little face, then flashed into the cave.

   (end of this chapter)