My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 408 Xiaoman has a risk

  In the forest, the oriole dances wildly, while the swallows by the pond speak slowly.

   It’s summer, and once the Xiaoman solar terms pass, the weather suddenly heats up.

   Fortunately, the summer flowers are still there, there are many insects, and the fish and shrimp are very active.

  Water birds such as Qingzhuang, egrets, water chickens, crakes, and oil gourds.

As well as mountain birds and wild birds such as pulsatilla, woodpecker, yellow-eyed eyebrow, white-eyed eyebrow, three-row eyebrow, fine linen pole, cuckoo, starling, old gray head, crow, magpie, turtledove, old yellow quail, etc., began to emerge in large numbers, flying from all over the country. come over.

  There are birds everywhere in the fields, in the mountains, on the edge of the reservoir and the old river bend...

  There are flocks of birds on the farm, flying in the dark, a scene that blocks out the sun, coming and going, playing and foraging, unprecedentedly lively.

  Chen Ling can hardly sleep in now.

  Just after dawn, there were birds singing in the trees, with long and short sounds, like a chorus of various birds.

  The voice went straight into people's ears, and they couldn't fall asleep anymore.

   Every day, new birds compete with old ones to build nests. Birds of different types often hit the ground from the sky, and from the trees to the grass.

  Some ferocious birds, such as magpies, cuckoos, and crows, are not relieved to drive the new birds away, and they will chase them for several miles in the sky, chasing and attacking fiercely.

   There are also some small birds that **** bird’s nests. They have the same feather color as sparrows and are only the size of a matchbox, but they are as stupid as sparrows and cannot build nests. They chirp in groups and look for places to stay.

  After finding the bird's nest, they are often chased far away by the little swallows in the sky.

   There were also some birds that were injured in fights and could not fly, and they were all picked up and eaten by two pairs of **** families in the orchard.

  Little kids are the happiest this season.

  Tiantian either ran to the farm, or went to the back of the earth temple, in the tall and lush grass, or simply hid his small body in the green wheat field, squatting and watching some fleshy and fat birds.

  Their way of catching birds is also more advanced than that of Chen Ling and the others when they were young.

  When Chen Ling was a child, he was still using all sorts of strange ground covers and sling covers to catch birds.

   These little things all use clips made of wire.

   First go to the firewood pile and the edge of the wheat straw pile to catch some bugs and put them into canning jars.

  When catching birds, take out worms in places where birds often come and go, and stick the worms on the mechanism of the clip, which is called "stick" locally.

   means a small stick that is propped up, a thin and straight hard wire, which can move.

  Greedy birds go to eat the bait on the stick, peck the stick down, the clip will be triggered, slap it down hard, and clamp it.

  Each of them brought a few clips, and dug a small shallow pit under a tree or beside a ditch where there were few people and a relatively wide view, propped up the clips, and put them in the pit.

   Then bury it with fine soil, so that only the bugs are exposed.

  When burying the clip, the hand should not touch the "stick".

  Otherwise hands will be caught.

   After putting the clips, hide and squat quietly.

  As soon as the flock of birds flew over, he jumped out of the grass and blasted the flock of birds to the place where the trap was buried...

  That guy, each little doll can catch a bunch of birds in half a day.

  Hanging on his body every day to swagger in the village.

  Wang Zhenzhen also ran out to catch birds every day after school.

  She is not greedy, she catches birds not for herself, but for fun.

   Catch it and feed it to Erbald and the little cat.

  Sometimes they give it to other little dolls, and after giving it, let them help catch bugs.

  When I went back, I would feed her little crows and cuckoos.

  There are more birds.

  Not only the little dolls were happy, but the cats and dogs at home were also happy.

  Even the weasel family, who are often away from home, came back recently.

  Walking around in the orchard every day, seeing the opportunity, I caught some birds and offered them toothbrush.

   This little day is really beautiful.

   "Hey, father, mother, brother-in-law, come back for breakfast soon."

  Early in the morning, Chen Ling and the second elder were busy watering the wheat in the wheat field. They had been busy for two hours from dawn to now, and Wang Susu had already made breakfast by this time.

  Seeing that the sun was rising and the temperature was getting higher, he hurriedly asked Wang Zhenzhen to call them home for dinner.

   "Understood, let's go back now, you and your sister can eat first."

Seeing Wang Zhenzhen standing on the ridge outside the orchard and yelling this way, and Ruirui still lying on Heiwa and yelling, Chen Ling added: "Look at Ruirui, don't let him direct the dogs to mess around." run."

   Then Wang Cunye and Wang Cunye walked out of the wheat field, carrying a shovel and wearing rain boots, stepping on the muddy ground.

  After Xiaoman passed, the temperature rose rapidly.

   Still need to water the wheat again.

  Although the wheat in Chen Ling's family is very strong, resistant, and free from pests and diseases, it still needs to be irrigated again.

   Xiaoman solar term, the ears of wheat begin to be full, but not yet ripe, so it is called "Xiaoman".

   "Xiaoman Xiaoman, Mai is in danger."

  The so-called "one risk" means that wheat has just entered the stage of milk ripening at this time, and is very vulnerable to dry heat, which will lead to insufficient grouting, dry seeds and reduced yield.

  At this time, it is very important to irrigate the wheat again and water again to prevent the invasion of dry heat.

   "Brother-in-law, you heard that Bo, the cattle of Jukun's family also had a fit yesterday, and a long **** was drawn on the old man's leg, bleeding a lot..."

Wang Zhenzhen broke the steamed bun, added some pickles and refreshing side dishes in the middle, and shook his head while eating, saying: "The little stubborn cow of Ermao Donkey's family has used the method taught by brother-in-law, and it has only been two days. Yes. Now the Ermao Donkey is leading it, and it can go wherever it is told. I drove Xizi past his door, and he grabbed me a handful of candy **** to eat, and said, brother-in-law, you are very capable."

  Wang Cunye said with a smile: "Ang, he is not asking the right person when he asks your brother-in-law."

Then he said to Chen Ling: "There are a lot of people buying cattle in the village now, and they have bought all the good and bad ones. If you didn't know that you have been busy recently, every family has to water the wheat, and no one came to call you , Otherwise, look, there are people coming to the door every three days, asking you to help train the cows."

  Gao Xiulan also said: "A lot of young people have never raised cattle, and they bought bad cattle, and they don't know how to train them when they come back. It's all because you raised cattle and rushed to make a fortune."

   Chen Ling and Wang Susu looked at each other, shook their heads with a smile, and said nothing.

  The villagers follow suit if they want to, and they don't care.

   "Father, mother, eat more, and eat more eggs, our eggs support people."

  Wang Susu peeled the eggs for the two and handed them to her.

  Wang Zhenzhen was not to be outdone when he saw this, "Father, I will rub your legs, and you have to work all day watering the wheat fields. My brother-in-law is really good, and even knows that your legs are not good, and still orders you."

  Wang Cunye held the egg in one hand, and put his hand on her forehead and gave her a brainstorm: "As long as you say, rub my legs, rub your legs and arrange what your brother-in-law will do."

   Chen Ling squinted at the little girl when he heard the words: "Because the eldest brother and the second brother are coming at the Dragon Boat Festival, someone will support you, right?"

   "Slightly slightly slightly~"

  Wang Zhenzhen stuck out his tongue and made a face at him.

  Rui Rui, who was watching the two big dogs playing next to her, also followed suit, grimacing slightly.

  Gao Xiulan and Wang Susu couldn't help laughing.

  Gao Xiulan turned her little daughter's head over, "You little bitch, you're still so skinny when you get older, let Ruirui learn from you."

   Said to Chen Ling again: "You and Susu can't spoil her all the time, they are too old to be sensible, and if this happens, she won't be allowed to ride bicycles in the future."

  Chen Ling quickly said: "It's okay, mother, you are really just kidding with me. Is there anything else our family can't say?"

  Actually, in Wang Zhenzhen's eyes, his brother-in-law is more like a brother than Wang Qingwen and Wang Qingzhong.

  He did treat his sister-in-law as a younger sister.

   There is no younger sister in two lifetimes, but it is not very precious.

  I buy everything I want, and I take it with me wherever I want to play.

  Wang Zhenzhen was naturally very casual in front of him, daring to say anything.

  Chen Ling likes to tease the little girl, and if she is so anxious, he dares to fight with him in front of his parents.

   Arranging him is also merciless.

  The second elder always said that she was ignorant, but in the little girl's heart, this was a sign of intimacy.

  However, this girl has always been heartless. She pretended not to hear what her parents said, and rolled around like a baby while covering her ears in Gao Xiulan's arms.

   It made the old lady a little ashamed.

   "Don't worry, Susu, don't worry, your father and I are not tired, it's not as true as it is, Ling Zi is reluctant to let us both do heavy work..."

   "We have existing ditches and canals here. There was a spring opened on the mountain wall a while ago, and the water flow is very strong. We just stand in the field to divert water and watch the water fill up. Just don't let the water overflow."

"Yes, what your mother said is right, the water in the spring is flowing faster and faster, and we can pour the water very quickly, so what are you going to do tomorrow, this work is much easier than collecting herbs. "

  After the meal, it was time to continue watering the ground, and Wang Susu followed out a little worried.

  My sister said it unintentionally, but she was really worried that Wang Cunye would wear out his sick leg.

   After all, I am old too.

   "Well, I see. I won't go to the village for consultation today. I will deliver water and cook for you at home. If you have anything to do, please call me."

  Wang Susu heard this, glanced at Chen Ling, responded softly, and nodded to the elders.

  Irrigate the wheat field even if it is tiring, and it is not tiring even if it is not.

   Chen Ling did all the hard work like digging ditches and diverting water.

   All that remains is to keep an eye on the water flow, so that the water can be irrigated evenly. Don’t accumulate too much water in one place. Otherwise, the soil at the root of the wheat will be softened, which will affect the respiration of the root, and then soak the root and drown the wheat.

  This kind of work is naturally very easy for the two elders. Just put on a straw hat and move a tall bamboo chair to watch over, but it is boring and exhausting in the scorching sun.

  The ears of wheat in the wheat field were also pricked up. After staying in it for a long time, my arms and legs felt very uncomfortable.

  Wang Zhenzhen, on the other hand, was still running around the orchard carelessly holding Ruirui.

   Chasing birds for a while, catching fish for a while, making Ruirui happy and laughing non-stop.

  Heiwa Xiaojin also followed closely, for fear that Ruirui would fall from her arms anytime.

"Lingzi, the wheat fields here are flat and there are no low-lying places where water accumulates, so don't guard here... Go and drive out the cattle and sheep before releasing them. If you don't release them for a while every day, they won't live in the enclosure. "

   Wang Cunye said to Chen Ling when he saw that the two or three acres of terrain in front of him was flat.

   "Okay, then I will release it on the south slope, and call me again if something happens."

  Chen Ling went back to the orchard and released all the three cattle and young horses in the barn, as well as a flock of sheep in the sheep pen.

   Called the little white bull again, whipped his whip, and went to the grassy **** together.

  As for the chickens, ducks and geese, don’t worry about it. When you wake up in the morning and open the door, they will run all over the mountains by themselves.

  Seeing Chen Ling go to graze on the grassy slope, Wang Zhenzhen hurriedly followed after holding Ruirui in his arms. As soon as they came, all the dogs and owls in the family came in a short while.

   After a while, Wang Zhenzhen went back to bring water to his parents. A few weasels sneaked out from nowhere, rubbing and rolling at Chen Ling's feet.

   Attracted a group of dogs and little cats to encircle them, and soon jumped up and down happily chasing each other, running around the **** for a while.

  Rui Rui also broke free from his arms, and crawled around in the soft grass, yelling and chasing them with excitement all over his face.

  Heiwa Xiaojin couldn't stop him if he wanted to, so he yelled at Chen Ling twice, seeing that Chen Ling was just watching, and didn't intend to stop the little thing from crawling around.

   In desperation, he had no choice but to run around closely behind him.

  When you find places with thorns and thorns, and places where there are many snakes and insects in the deep grass, you quickly stop in front, barking and barking to stop the little things from advancing.

  Chen Ling smiled gratifiedly when he saw this, and followed behind leisurely, holding a whip.

When the little boy had had enough fun, he stepped forward to pick him up, patted his body clean, put him on the back of the little white cow, and leaned on the thick and strong cow himself. On the pleasant grass slope, facing the wisps of mountain wind, it is really very comfortable.

  At this time, the rapeseed flowers are gone, and there are still many wild flowers blooming on the grass slopes, soft grass, fragrant flowers, and a slight fruity fragrance coming from the mountain breeze.

   "Dad~"

  The little thing is sitting on the back of the bull, happily playing with cats and dogs.

  Suddenly felt an itchy neck, he stretched out his hand to scratch it, and even pulled out a small green grasshopper.

   This was really a surprise discovery, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly got down on the ground to show Chen Ling.

   "The stinky boy is so powerful that he can jump on grasshoppers. You can feed it to Hei Wa."

   Chen Ling praised him when he saw this.

   Little things are not afraid of anything, let alone grasshoppers, even bees and caterpillars dare to grab them.

  Hearing his father's praise, the little milk baby giggled, supported the bull's back with one hand, tilted his chubby body, and stretched out the other hand in front of Hei Wa.

  Hei Wa looked helplessly at the father and son, then reluctantly stuck out her tongue and ate the little grasshopper in one bite.

  Rui Rui clapped his hands happily when he saw this, and shouted at Chen Ling again: "Dad~"

   Then pointed to Xiao Jin.

  Chen Ling was immediately happy: "Good guy, your bowl of water is quite flat, everyone has a share."

   As he spoke, he kicked the grass twice, and a green and immature grasshopper came out for him to pinch.

  Seeing the little thing being fed into Xiaojin's mouth meticulously, he kept clapping his hands happily.

  The two dogs had no complaints anymore, sticking out their big tongues and wagging their tails.

   Sometimes I dig ditches and divert water, and sometimes I play with my son on the grass **** for a while.

  The day passed quickly, and the sun was about to set.

  Wang Susu cooked dinner and came to play with their father and son on the grass slope. The little white cow was lying on the grass, its tail was swinging back and forth, with a lazy and gentle naive attitude, very leisurely.

  The sunset glow in the sky dazzled half of the sky, still playing with the white clouds, showing no signs of receding.

  Under the red glow, the tired birds return to the forest, and the dark flock of birds in the sky flies past like dark clouds.

  There are only some playful starlings, turtledoves, and even sparrows. They fly up and down the **** at intervals, fly up and down, and jump on the broad and thick back of the little white bull.

   From time to time, it combs its hair with its pointed mouth, and massages its body with its long claws.

   While eating grass, the little white cow mooed affectionately to show friendship.

  Let the young couple who wanted to drive them home see this scene, suddenly reluctant to disturb, Ruirui also settled down, watching quietly, without blinking his eyes.

  Until Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan called them...

  Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Chen Ling drove a large herd of cattle and sheep home, with a little green horse pattering happily on one side.

  Behind him, Wang Susu was leading the little white cow, and on the back of the cow lay a little milk baby who was babbling non-stop.

   "Xiaobai is really cute everywhere. Birds like to play with him, and Ruirui can't bear to come down."

  Chen Ling looked back and saw the white bull, which was getting bigger and bigger, gentle and graceful. When he heard the praise, he flapped his ears happily and mooed with a smile on his face.

   "Yeah, he has such a good temper that he can be liked everywhere."

"...Well, today we only graze cattle, and our wheat fields have to be watered for a day. Tomorrow, I will just stay in the wheat fields for a day. Let dad herd the sheep and cattle, and let mother pick some apricots. After watering the wheat fields the day after tomorrow, we will Go around the county town and send some apricots to each family to eat."

"Ok."

  The wheat is slightly yellow, and the women look after their mothers. This is a serious custom.

  It means that before the wheat harvest, the daughter goes to her mother's house for a walk, and when she honors her parents, she asks about this year's wheat harvest by the way.

   If you are too busy, the son-in-law will also call to help.

   But here at home, the father-in-law and mother-in-law live in my house, let alone Mai Shaohuang’s daughter-in-law, the eldest uncle and the second uncle have agreed in advance that they will come to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.

   It is said that the girl is pregnant with a second child, and she must be too busy to help them harvest wheat.

  In this case, although Chen Ling usually doesn't say anything, she also understands in her heart that it is not easy to meet such a natal family, and it is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes.

   I can't bear to let my father-in-law and mother-in-law work hard for them all day. Every time I discuss with Wang Susu in private, I find various reasons for them to work less.

  (end of this chapter)