My 1995 Small Farm

  Prescribed good medicine to the little white ox, and seeing that it finally felt better, Wang Susu frowned slightly: "Did it be bitten by a gadfly?"

"Gadflies? You can't say for sure... It's just that our cattle are clean, and we clean them clean, so we haven't attracted many gadflies and flies. Besides, there are fewer gadflies in these years, and they are usually seen in the fields during the busy farming season. Last year, we broke the corn Didn't Liu Nier let me bite it, it was swollen and painful, and it hurt for several days."

  Chen Ling shook his head.

   In the past, when they were young, there were many gadflies, but now there are indeed fewer gadflies.

   Gadfly is a kind of insect that looks like a fly.

   I am no stranger to letting cattle go when I was young.

   Gadflies like to fly around them, especially in summer, where there are more gadflies than mosquitoes.

   What these guys like to do most is to bite and **** blood on the back, legs, and eyelids of cattle.

   At this time, as long as you slap it with your palm, several gadflies will surely be killed.

   Then his hands were full of the cow blood it sucked.

   Regardless of buffalo or cattle, they all recruit gadflies.

  Especially the buffalo, they like to be near the water in summer, and the water is the paradise of the gadfly.

   In the case of the little white cow, it is really possible that it was bitten by a gadfly.

  They were talking about going out to have a look, when they heard Wang Lixian's voice from outside: "Come out rich and noble, come out quickly to see your cattle..."

   This must be the three scalpers outside.

  It just rained last night, the ground was still not dry, and the grass was full of muddy water, so I didn't deliberately drive them out, I just let them out and let them move around the orchard.

   There is nothing wrong with dogs watching.

   As a result, the little white cow was injured first, and then Wang Lixian yelled outside again.

   Chen Ling and the three hurried out to have a look.

   Let’s go out and have a look, my good fellow, it’s the same gadfly, but not one, but a group of black flies, all over the three cattle, so anxious that the three cattle keep flicking their tails.

   "When I first came here, I saw dragonflies flying all over the sky on the way. There are so many gadflies here. Don't cause another disaster this year?"

  Wang Lixian came here with a cart to pull quail dung. Seeing that Chen Ling's cattle were besieged by gadflies, he didn't dare to go forward to drive them away, so he hurriedly called him out.

Seeing this, Chen Ling took off his shoes without saying a word, and slapped the cow's body. While patting the gadfly's mouth, he replied: "There is nothing to cause disasters. There have been dragonflies flying all over the sky before. This is what happened. Good to come out before and after the rain...

   It was the gadfly that suddenly increased in number. I guess it was because our village raised more cattle this year that they were recruited. "

   Raising more cattle attracts gadflies, and other people's houses are not cleaned as diligently as Chen Ling's house, and they breed very quickly.

   Gadflies, like dragonflies, reproduce by the water, and when it rains, they are all startled out.

  Of course, the environment on the farm is too good, which is also an incentive to accelerate their reproduction.

   "It's possible. This year, the village will learn from you to raise cattle. Some people directly raise two calves. Our village now has more than 30 cows..."

   "Yeah, it's a good thing we discovered this early, otherwise the cow will suffer, and the meat will not grow well." Gao Xiulan and Wang Susu's wife also helped to pat the gadfly on the cow.

   Gadflies are blood-sucking and carry germs. Cows are bitten too much, upset, and don’t eat well, which will definitely affect their normal growth.

  Chen Ling nodded, turned around and shouted: "Erhei, go and drive over two chickens."

  Hearing this, Er Hei immediately drove over two old hens with their young, and pecked at the gadfly that fell on the ground.

  Wang Lixian laughed when he saw this: "Hahaha, do you remember feeding gadflies to chickens?"

   "Isn't it? When I was a child, I killed a gadfly or something. I didn't want to waste it. I fed it all to the chickens...

   This is a good thing. The old hen ate it, and the eggs laid, the egg whites are white, tender and smooth, and the egg yolks are burnt and browned. When you fry them and eat them, the taste is beyond hope. "

  Chen Ling said with a full face.

   "Hey, your baby really never forgets to eat." Wang Lixian shook his head with a smile.

   "But it's true, this thing **** blood more powerfully than mosquitoes, and the blood sucking is not for nothing. After eating the chicken, it lays delicious eggs."

  Although this gadfly is hateful, in addition to harming cattle, it also **** human blood, but its own protein is extremely high.

   Feed the chickens, the eggs are big and delicious.

   Many people know this.

   It’s just that there are so few of these things, and you can’t catch them if you don’t raise cattle.

   Raised cattle and bothered them again.

   "You guys clean up here, I'll go and get the quail manure out."

   After joking and joking, Wang Lixian pulled the cart and left.

   "A Ling, can the spice you mix prevent gadflies? If so, add some to cattle too..." Wang Susu asked worriedly.

  Although she has a lot of homemade prescriptions, they are used to treat people.

   Don't dare to mess around like Chen Ling.

  The key is that he can tinker with useful things.

  Wang Susu was quite impressed.

   "It should work, if not, I'll try something else."

  Chen Ling was also annoyed by the Gadfly.

  Especially the little white ox is still a white ox, and likes to stay by the water, so it is easier to provoke gadflies than ordinary yellow ox.

   Not to mention that besides cattle, it also bites people.

   Biting people is very, very painful.

   It swells up, and it will take seven or eight days to heal.

  Now there are dolls and pregnant women at home.

  This has to be guarded against.

  Since then, apart from weaving fishing nets in the morning, Chen Ling has been watching the reactions of the cows after hanging the sachets to see if they attract any more gadflies.

   Fortunately, Dongtian's products were still good, and Chen Ling was not disappointed.

  After smelling the fragrance of the sachet, these blood-sucking guys are still reluctant to leave, but they dare not come forward again.

   "It's been raining more recently, so I have to weave the fishing net quickly and get the big monster fish as soon as possible."

  …

   "Dad, look~"

  At noon, Chen Ling was frying cicada monkeys in the kitchen, and the little Ruirui ran over on his short legs.

  He held up his chubby little arms and showed him.

   "Hey, what is this hand? Who drew you a small watch?"

  Chen Ling looked at the little thing's wrist, and there was a small cartoon cat with a cat's head drawn on it. It was very delicate and cute.

   knew that this was probably drawn by Mr. Zhong.

"hey-hey."

  Rui Rui hid her two little arms back, and smiled proudly at him with her small white teeth.

   Then show him the other arm.

   "Join me, little elephant~"

  This arm has a small elephant drawn on it.

   "Haha, see what you can, take a class, and earn two small paintings back."

At this time, Wang Cunye came in with two drawing papers, and said helplessly: "Hey, this brat always makes trouble for others. He moves here, touches there, and even gives people fingerprints. Fortunately, it's not a serious class. Everyone They all made fun of him.

  No, Brother Zhong also drew two paintings for him. "

   As he spoke, he unfolded the drawing paper, one of which was Ruirui himself, playing on the ground with a little white elephant toy.

   Another picture shows Wang Cunye hugging him, the two of them are sitting at the back of the classroom, the little guy is still holding the little white elephant toy in his hand.

   As expected of an old painter, the paintings are lifelike.

   "The painting is really good. It will be framed in two days and hung on the bedside of you brat."

  Chen Ling patted his little head and smiled.

Then, take the fried cicada monkey out of the oil pan, take some out, divide it into two parts, put them in two bowls, sprinkle a little seasoning, put them in the basket, and call the little green horse to the front, He rode on a horse and sent it to Zhao Yubao's two families.

  When I got home, I didn’t waste much time. The temperature of the fried cicada just dropped.

   It's already on the table, waiting for him to come back to eat.

   "The deep-fried ones should not be stuffy. If they are stuffy, they won't be fragrant, and they will be crispy after a while in the open. Try them all."

   Skim the cicada monkey's butt, eat the front half of the head and the back shell, put it in the mouth and bite it, the mouth is full of fragrance, crispy and delicious, it is not too delicious.

  Wang Susu tasted two of them and said they tasted better than crayfish.

   "I don't think crawfish is as good as this without the seasonings you put in.

  Rui Rui, do you think it is delicious? "

  The little guy opened his mouth wide and bit the cicada meat handed over by his mother: "Ah, good seven."

  Chen Ling smiled: "We'll catch it after two days after it's delicious."

afternoon.

  Because there was not enough bamboo for mats, Chen Ling went up the mountain to cut some bamboo.

  They weave summer mats locally, and they used to use reeds mostly.

   Reeds are quick and easy to weave.

  They also have many small workshops for weaving reeds.

  Fine is weaving some mats, baskets, baskets and other things.

  Rough ones such as straw mats, straw hats, etc.

   Various styles.

  Unfortunately, things made of reed are not durable.

   Especially reed mats.

   Most can't stand the disaster of children.

  As long as the adults are not paying attention, their restless little hands will start to toss.

  As long as you pull it lightly, the reed mat will spread out along the grain.

   I don't know why.

   It seems like an addiction to disassemble this thing.

  The children who owed the hand can't stop once they take it apart, and it will be a hole the size of a **** after a while.

  Even being beaten up by parents can't change this bad habit.

  Later, bamboo mats were gradually raised, and it got better.

  It is weaving bamboo mats, which is much more troublesome than weaving reed mats.

  Because bamboo mats are more detailed and time-consuming than reed mats.

  The bamboo mat used on the bed is made entirely of bamboo strips.

  Think about it, then bamboo strip skin.

  After the bamboo is cut back, the bamboo poles are broken with a machete, the strips are broken with a sharpening knife, and the strips are rammed with a mallet. After that, each bamboo strip has to be punched...

  That guy, it took a lot of effort.

  However, the mat made out of it is more comfortable to sleep on than the reed mat.

   "Hey, are you finally willing to come out?"

  Chen Ling was sitting in the pavilion in the bamboo forest, polishing the burrs on the bamboo strips, when he suddenly heard a 'rustling' sound.

   It turned out that a nest of mountain raccoons from the west side of the bamboo forest ran out.

  The big one is an orange female cat, followed by seven small tabby cats, looking here from the bamboo bushes.

  One of the kittens, with its **** pouted and its tail up, was rubbing its paws on a piece of bamboo.

   "Meow~"

The big fat orange cat raised its long tail high, walked over slowly with light steps, rubbed against Chen Ling's legs, then walked to the ditch next to it, lowered its head and drank a couple of sips of water, then Lie on the bamboo strips with a bunch of kittens.

   "Susu, come quickly, the kittens are out of the nest again, come and feed them."

   "Huh? Has the kitten come out of the nest again?"

  Wang Susu heard Chen Ling's shout, and immediately responded happily: "Here we come, here we come."

   After a while, he came out with a happy face holding a pottery bowl.

  The bowl is full, and the fried cicada monkey **** has been broken off.

   Knowing that monkeys tend to have parasites in their buttocks, so they generally don't eat them.

   Just save it to feed the cat.

  There are two litters of mountain raccoons outside, and the young couple will feed them whenever they have time.

  Some meaty leftovers are not enough for the dogs at home.

   But feeding the cat is fine.

  As the kittens grow up gradually, the mother cat’s protection of the kittens is not so strong. After a period of feeding, they gradually get close to people.

  Plus the female cat is originally a domestic cat.

  Once you are familiar with people, you can adapt very quickly.

   "Meow meow, come here, I have something delicious here."

  Wang Susu sat on the stone bench next to Chen Ling, grabbed a few and sprinkled them on the ground. The big orange cat and a group of kittens surrounded them, robbing them randomly.

   After a while, the litter of raccoons on the east side of the bamboo grove also smelled the fragrance, and trotted over without the help of a big cat, like little **** of wool.

  Finding that the food had been eaten and could not be grabbed, she turned her head up and surrounded Wang Susu, screaming 'meow' and 'meow'.

   "Hee hee, be obedient, I will give you food if you are obedient."

  Wang Susu touched their little heads one by one, and then grabbed a handful, watching them scrambling to eat with satisfaction.

   Chen Ling smiled when he saw this: "It's so good now, I'm close to people, and I can sell it in the future."

   "Sell whatever you want, whoever buys your cat, just keep it, it's fun."

  Wang Susu said with some reluctance.

  She originally liked dogs very much, but after seeing this bunch of furry, beautiful and cute little guys, she gradually fell in love with them.

   I really like to come and feed them.

   "Cats are useless if they are raised too much. They can't be housekeepers and can't do anything. Let them grow more and more."

  Chen Ling shook his head.

  He was originally to breed new breeds of pet cats, so why not sell so many cats.

   "In this way, they dig holes by themselves, so we don't need to raise them..."

  Wang Susu hadn't finished speaking, only heard the crying and howling of a child from far to near.

   The big cat and kitten who were still scrambling for food were so frightened that they ran away quickly.

   "Fugui, Susu is here, right? I went to your village yard, Susu is not here."

   is Wang Lishan's voice.

  The young couple looked out, Wang Lishan parked outside with Zhu Waer on his bicycle, and Zhu Waer was sitting on the back seat of the car, crying and wiping away his tears.

   Behind Liu Nier and other children followed.

   "Here, it's too hot in the village, Susu hasn't been there for the past few days... What's the matter, Brother Lishan, what's wrong with Piggy?"

  Chen Ling walked over and asked.

"Hey, these boys are dishonest. After school, they catch the gadfly and feed it to the chickens. They say that the chickens ate the gadfly, and the eggs they laid are big and delicious... But look at this, the gadfly was stung, so quickly ask Susu to give it to him." Get some medicine."

  Wang Lishan said with a sad face.

Zhu Wa'er turned over and got down from the back seat of the car, wiping away tears and said: "Liu Ni'er told me that the gadfly **** the blood of cows, that chickens are more effective than eating worms, and the yolks of eggs are all burnt yellow, frying them It's delicious to eat."

Liu Nier scratched her head in embarrassment, and smiled: "I said it when I was drinking at noon. My brother-in-law said that the scrambled eggs at home are delicious, and it's really good to go with wine... I said that after the old hen ate the gadfly, he ate it. Eggs are better…”

  After listening to the words of the two little boys, and seeing the faces of the little ghosts behind him swallowing and looking forward to the deliciousness of the eggs, Wang Susu suddenly looked at his man with a strange expression.