My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 46 Cattle

   "Haha, I'll keep this a secret first and tell you later."

  Chen Ling just told Wang Susu just now that 'Black Whirlwind' helped to cover the eyes of the little buffalo and brought it back smoothly, and didn't say much else.

  Wang Susu immediately looked like a little air bag, and pouted: "Don't talk about it."

  Chen Ling hurriedly squeezed her little hand and smiled at her gently.

   Now the little daughter-in-law has gradually let go a lot in front of him, not only dare to question him about some things, but also subconsciously act like a spoiled child to him, which makes him very happy and satisfied.

   But then, Chen Ling suddenly noticed that there were many chicks in the bamboo basket in the center of the yard, chirping.

   "Huh? Where did this chick come from?"

   "My mother asked me to bring it here to raise it for Aunt Susu."

   When Liu Nier heard this, she hurriedly said.

   Wang Susu hummed and said, "Sister-in-law Yuzhi has hatched a lot of chicks at home, so Liu Ni'er brought some."

   Wang Lixian's daughter-in-law, Liu Yuzhi, is a mute. Except for working in the fields during busy farming seasons, she doesn't usually go out much.

   It was fine before, but after having a child, I was afraid of being laughed at, and the child was not feeling well.

"oh, I see."

  Chen Ling knew what to do, so he looked at Liu Ni'er, "Liu Ni'er, why haven't I seen you come to play these days?"

   "Hey, Uncle Fugui, don't you know, I'm going to elementary school this year."

   Liu Ni'er smiled and said while sniffling.

  Chen Ling glared: "You kid, why do you still have snot hanging all day after you go to school, and you don't know how to wipe it."

   "Uncle Fugui, the teacher said that Liu Nier doesn't pay attention to hygiene."

   At this moment, a little devil stood up and complained.

"Yes, Liu Nier still picks her feet in class, and then tricks Liu Tiedan from Kinmen Village into saying that his hands are sweet and let Liu Tiedan taste it. When Liu Tiedan found out, he was so angry that he fought with him, and the teacher punished him. Stand for two classes."

  “…”

   All of a sudden, the little dolls came out and complained.

   made Chen Ling and Wang Susu laugh out loud.

  Chen Ling couldn't help but stretched out his hand and gave him a brain break, "Liu Ni'er, you kid, you can do it."

   Liu Ni'er shrank her head, hehe silly, she looked quite proud.

   After playing around for a while, the little dolls were about to leave, so Chen Ling stopped Liu Nier and asked him to bring some vegetables and eggs.

  It is normal for someone to send a little chicken and something back.

   Liu Ni'er runs here a lot these days, and she's not polite to him. She puts on a basket and follows her friends in a haughty manner.

  After the little dolls left, the yard became a lot cleaner.

  Chen Ling took the key and went to the backyard, tied the little water buffalo to the old locust tree in the backyard, threw a large bundle of spinach to it, locked the door and walked out.

   Then I went back to the front yard and cleaned the old chicken coop from last year.

   Chickens in the villages are generally raised from the spring, and some chicks are raised.

   When the winter is approaching, they either take it to the village market to exchange money, or kill the chickens to make them. Because the chickens need to eat food during the winter, it is not cost-effective for the villagers to feed too much.

   Just like Chen Ling's family now has only one big rooster and three old hens except for young chickens. Last year's many chickens were sold, and there are only four left. Feed some bran and leftovers to pass the time.

  These old chicken coops, which were left over from last year, were just vacated. When these chicks grow up, they will have a place to lay eggs.

  …

   Early morning the next day.

  Chen Ling got up and washed and took the little water buffalo out of the backyard, ready to go out for a walk.

All the    cows have been bought, but the addiction to herding cows is justifiable.

   It is spring in March, the sun is bright and the weather is naturally quite good.

  In the slightly warm spring breeze, the begonias at home bloomed all over the yard.

   Sniffing the fragrance of the flowers, Chen Ling led the little white cow and two puppies out of the house and rushed to the fields at the foot of the mountain.

   "Wang Wang Wang..."

   After leaving the village, the two little guys, Heiwa and Xiaojin, immediately got excited, running and screaming in joy.

   After a while, he went to chase the butterflies flying by the flowers on the roadside, and then ran back and yelled at the little white cow, disgusting it was walking too slowly.

   The dew was heavy in the early morning, and soon the two puppies were covered in mud, which made them even more excited, chasing each other and circling around Chen Ling.

   "Go, go, and play while you play. I came out to herd cattle, not to have fun with you."

  Chen Ling kicked each of the two small things and gently kicked them away.

   As a result, Heiwa and Xiaojin thought that Chen Ling was playing with them, so they rubbed against Chen Ling's feet very happily.

   This time it was good, it rubbed the dirt on his leg.

  Chen Ling was immediately furious: "If you two make trouble again, you will be locked in a cage, and you won't be given food or drink!"

   Not to mention, after such a training, the two little things immediately became a lot more honest, humming twice, and obediently followed behind.

   After Heiwa and Xiaojin opened up their intelligence, intelligence returned to intelligence, but at the end of the day, they were only about a month old, and they were still children, and they were very playful.

   Seeing a hare haunting the road, he immediately pricked up his ears and trotted after him with bright eyes.

   A dog this small, of course, can't hunt.

   is just too curious. Like a child, he wants to catch up with everything he sees.

  Chen Ling didn't care about them, let them run around, and walked slowly into the fields by himself.

   After a while, we reached the foot of the mountain.

  I saw lush green grass in the fields, a large area of ​​emerald green, which has grown a lot taller than the last time I came.

  In the early morning sun, the crystal dewdrops on the grass are glowing, and when you look at it from a distance, it gives a very good visual experience.

  Unfortunately, the soil has not been completely improved. Although the Dongtian Stream has brought vitality, the soil is still a little dry and hard.

   But after plowing twice and turning over the soil, it looks much better than before.

   At least the land is flatter, not as messy as it was at first, sparse, half-dead small trees, and more alive than before.

   "Why don't you plant some fruit trees, there is the magic of Dongtian Stream, after planting fruit trees, vegetables, melons and fruits can grow well under the trees..."

  Chen Ling rubbed his chin and measured in his heart.

   In the past two days, Wang Susu asked him before and after tea. After all, the land of other people in the village was re-planned in these two days.

  Since the land I bought from my home can grow grass, it proves that I can grow something. Even if it doesn’t grow as well as other people’s homes, I shouldn’t leave the fields uncultivated.

   Thinking like this, Chen Ling looked around. Before, the trees planted by the brigade in the village were only sparse, less than fifty trees.

   You must know that there were nearly 2,000 trees planted at the beginning, but because of this land, less than 50 trees have survived in more than ten years.

The    is still half dead, and the leaves are withered and yellow all the year round. When it was planted, it was three fingers thick, but now it has grown to five fingers thick after ten years.

  Although the village was not allowed to have wasteland at that time, the county forestry bureau distributed saplings for free, but it was really too miserable.

   "But today, your hard days are over..."

  Chen Ling walked to a ginkgo tree, scooped out a bucket of water from the pond in the cave, and watered it.

  The water in the pond, although the scouring water no longer glows after the fish and old turtles survive, still has unimaginable benefits to plants.

   Going down a bucket, the roots of this ginkgo tree bubbling for a while, just like people who have been hungry and thirsty in the desert for a long time encountering sweet spring water, they can't avoid a hard drink.

   After a while, a rustling sound came from Chen Ling's head. It was the ginkgo tree that had regained its vitality and was spreading its branches and leaves at a speed visible to the naked eye.

   In the blink of an eye, it was already a pavilion.

   (end of this chapter)