My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 492 The octopus is missing

   "Is it a crane?"

  Chen Ling narrowed his eyes, and before he could see clearly, the two black shadows on the wall spread their wings and flew towards them.

  When the big bird flies, it is different from the small bird.

  When I was in the sky, I looked like nothing.

   But now so close to the ground.

   Good guy.

  After the pair of big wings opened, they flapped, and there was a gust of wind blowing towards several people.

   It sounds a bit exaggerated, but it's really like that when you get close.

  Zhao Yubao and the others have never encountered such a big bird swooping in.

   One by one, they screamed "Oh, oh...".

   Dodge while screaming.

  Rui Rui in Bobcat's arms was also scared and closed his eyes tightly.

   "What kind of bird is this? Why is it so courageous that it dares to pounce on people?"

   "I stewed it and ate it."

   The two old men shouted.

  Chen Ling saw the appearance of the two big birds clearly at this time, and couldn't help being a little dumbfounded: "Damn, why are they red-crowned cranes?!"

   "What? Red-crowned crane?"

  The two old men just wanted to pounce on them and catch these two bold birds.

  Hearing what Chen Ling said, he stopped and looked carefully.

  I saw these two big birds flying down from the wall, they were actually two slender and elegant red-crowned cranes.

   And these two red-crowned cranes are obviously not afraid of people.

  After landing on the ground, he walked to the side of the ditch with wings on his back, bowed his head and stretched his neck, and used his long mouth to skillfully catch small fish.

  It seems to turn a blind eye to them.

   "Huh? Could this be the red-crowned crane that fell in your village last year?"

  Looking at how courageous these two red-crowned cranes are, Shanmao suddenly thought of it and couldn't help blurting out.

   After seeing the appearance of these two guys clearly, Chen Ling put down the bamboo pole in his hand.

  Shrugged his shoulders, he said helplessly: "Isn't it? Look at the virtue of looking for fish to eat after flying down. Except for the two cranes last year, nothing else is like this."

swallow.

   Crane.

   Wild geese.

  The memory of these migratory birds with migratory habits is very strong.

  When I fly back in the coming year, I will still remember the place where I lived before.

  Chen Ling was talking, and kicked the two skinless and faceless rogue birds with his feet.

  The two rogue birds really remembered him, and they were not afraid of strangers at all.

   After dodging, he spread his wings and yelled "Quack..." and dodged.

   "Go away, no food allowed."

   "Oh, Fugui, don't chase them away. They must have driven a long way. They are hungry and tired. Let them eat."

   "No, there aren't any big fish here, it's all small fry that have just grown up, how can we let them harm?"

   "That's it, then we can't harm them, let's go, let's go out and catch fish for red-crowned cranes to eat."

   While talking, the two old men stretched out their hands with smiles, and fiddled with the two red-crowned cranes, trying to take them out to catch fish and eat them.

  The two red-crowned cranes recognized that the fish in the farm was delicious, and they were willing to do it.

   Constantly spreading its wings, 'quack' screamed and jumped to avoid it.

  Ruirui looked interesting, grunted and struggled to get down from the bobcat's arms, and ran to follow him.

  Chen Ling also quickly called his wife and the others over, saying that the red-crowned crane had returned.

   "Quack, quack, quack..."

  Two cranes on the ground are calling, and a group of cranes in the sky are also calling.

  However, seeing the situation of the two red-crowned cranes on the ground, the cranes in the sky obviously didn't dare to fly down. They just pointed at the light and landed on the fence of the farm one by one.

   A group of big birds stood in a row. Looking against the light in the night, each of them looked like a figure in a coat, which looked quite scary.

  Chen Ling took a flashlight to shine on it, and everyone stared at it carefully.

   "Aren't those red-crowned cranes? There seem to be two or three on the wall!"

   "Well, more of them are white cranes, gray cranes, etc. They should have flown here with red-crowned cranes. Wasn't it the same last year?"

   "Tsk tsk, it seems that there is another flood in the lower reaches, and they can't wait to fly over."

"may be."

  The migration of red-crowned cranes will not be as large-scale as that of wild geese. There will be dozens or hundreds of cranes at a time.

  When red-crowned cranes migrate, five or six or a dozen are quite common.

  And it is not impossible for red-crowned cranes to mix with other miscellaneous crane groups halfway during their migration.

   They are like geese.

   At night, they don’t hide in their nests and sleep, but they also migrate and fly.

  Fly until the destination is reached.

  On clear autumn nights, you can often hear them cheering high above your head.

  It is only the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and it is in the breeding season of large waterfowl such as cranes and egrets. Generally, it is not easy to move places and carry out long-distance migration.

   Of course, this breeding season does not mean that they have just laid eggs.

   Means maybe they are in the final stages of hatching, or have finished hatching and are brooding.

  How could such a situation leave easily?

  So in the final analysis, it is really possible that it was affected by the flood again and flew from the east.

   "It's been like this for two years in a row, and next year I guess it will have a long memory, so fly directly to us?"

  Wang Qingwen picked up two dizzy cicadas under the electric light, threw them over, and the two red-crowned cranes really ate them.

   Once the big long mouth was in its mouth, it was swallowed whole.

   "Who knows? Anyway, Bai He didn't come back until September 9 in previous years."

   Chen Ling looked at the big bird on the wall staring at it, and was a little worried about the fry he had just released. The fry he had just released were small fry of mullet and salmon, which were worth his money.

  Let them eat freely. In one night, the fish fry in the ditch may be eaten up.

  So I said to the two old men who were happily playing around the red-crowned crane: "Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhong, let's go and catch fish for them outside. There is no fish for them to eat at home."

   "Okay, let's go, catch fish and feed red-crowned cranes."

  When they went out to find the monkey at night, they would also drop by Laohewan, get out of the cage, or insert two eel hooks, and collect it early the next morning.

  The red-crowned cranes flew here tonight, so I must have no interest in catching cicada monkeys, and I am also not interested in running so far to Laohewan to catch fish.

  Forcibly held down two rogue big birds, dragged them out of the farm, and went to the small river ditch behind the farm to catch fish.

  But these two big birds are familiar with people and are not afraid of people.

   Other cranes will not work.

  Seeing two red-crowned cranes being dragged out, they were so frightened that they all flew away from the wall.

  Looking at the direction, it should be heading for Lake Yamanaka, but Chen Ling and the others didn't care much.

  Just dragging two red-crowned cranes all the way out of the farm.

  Flying around all the way, Le De Ruirui kept screaming excitedly, scaring the small animals and wild birds that came to the orchard to prey and eat.

   There are also a group of fluffy cats chasing black crakes in the tall grass.

   "Hey, these little raccoons are quite capable. This is to catch crakes and eat them."

   "The cat must be smart. A few days ago, he ran into the farm to catch the cicadas under the electric light. The crakes have hatched in the past two days, and some of them have been eaten."

  The two litters of raccoons raised by Chen Ling, and the raccoons in the wild outside, are the natural enemies of these chicks, so it was very lively in the night orchard these two days.

   They were talking.

  The two red-crowned cranes were restless.

  It was just getting dark at this time, and the time for fishing was from 7:00 to 9:00. The daytime in summer was very hot, and many fish would surface at this time to look for food.

   Two rogue big birds with sharp eyes.

   I saw a school of fish floating on the canal at a glance, jumped to avoid people's touch, and went inside to catch fish.

   It seems that I am really hungry, and I will eat fish when I see it.

   These fish are not so valuable, and most of them are small miscellaneous fish, so it doesn't hurt to eat two Chen Ling.

  But they still lead to the small river ditch at the foot of the mountain, where there are many small miscellaneous fish, ducks eat all day long, waterfowl eat, it doesn't matter.

   These two big birds are really acquainted, whoever feeds them will get close to whoever they eat.

  The two old men Zhao Yubao fed a lot, and gave them as soon as they caught fish. In the end, they ate and drank enough, just like the two old men, with wings on their backs, walked slowly, and went home with them.

   The two old men were so happy that they almost couldn't find the north.

  Carrying a small bucket of fish, feeding it while walking, is like taking care of your grandson.

  After luring the two cranes to the village, a group of villagers enjoying the shade were surprised to watch, and they all said that the cranes were nostalgic for the past, and they actually came back this year.

  Such a good crane, this time I have to take them home to serve them with delicious food and drink for a few days.

  In fact, it was like this last year. Every family in the village competed to raise it for a few days. The red-crowned crane is a red-crowned crane.

  After knowing this situation.

  Zhao Yubao and the two were also happy to have fun with everyone.

In the next few days, the two red-crowned cranes not only enjoyed the feeding of the villagers, but also attracted their companions. A total of six red-crowned cranes flew to the village at dawn every day, with wings on their backs, walking leisurely, full of The village wanders.

  Everyone is like a grandpa, hanging around the villagers' homes for free.

   That guy is really comfortable.

   Chen Ling took his wife and children to the village to wander around with those cranes a few times. While feeding and playing with the cranes, he also took some photos with everyone.

   It is now the sixth month of the lunar calendar, halfway through.

  Next month, the eighth day of the seventh lunar month will be the first temple fair in Chenwangzhuang.

  Although the tourists attracted by various strange things in Chenwangzhuang before are no worse than those temple fairs.

  But in name, everyone really paid attention to it. After all, it was the first time, and it was a formal temple fair.

  The crane flew back early at this juncture, which is a good sign.

Moreover, there have been floods every summer in the past two years. In the past two years, my place has been very stable. The weather has been brought about by the protection and protection of the "Prince Turtle". Every villager feels that it is necessary to build a temple, and it is a worthwhile thing. things that matter.

  So every household, apart from doing farm work such as pulling weeds in the fields and removing insects, they are talking about this year's temple fair.

Naturally, Chen Ling knew about the temple fair a long time ago, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Apart from going to the reservoir at night to find the strange fish, the other thing is to let the horses and pigeons go. One look at Wang Jusheng, there is nothing special to be busy about.

  After the eldest brother and his wife came, he was free again.

  There is only one thing that is quite depressing, that is, after the big fishing net has been woven, the big fish in the reservoir have disappeared, and they cannot be found no matter how hard they look.

   I don't know if I ran away or what happened.

   On the contrary, the sturgeon fry he bought from the cave are getting bigger every day, and now they are more than one meter long.

   After another two years of raising it, it might be able to catch up with that strange fish in the reservoir.

   "When I don't look for you, I insist on getting closer, and when I look for you, I don't show up."

Chen Ling sighed depressingly, that's true. The big strange fish seemed to know that he was ready to catch it. Before, he would be attacked if he brought garlic to that water area, but now there was no movement at all. How to provoke him, how to use it It's useless to seduce raw meat with blood.

   It's as if it disappeared completely.

   "Lingzi, come and take a look, I always feel that there are fewer fish in the canal..."

  Chen Ling was picking up meat from the water tower that day when his uncle suddenly called him over.

   "What's wrong bro? Which channel has fewer fish?"

  Wang Qingwen was herding sheep at this time, squatting on the west side of the farm, not far from the Shanlizi Cave, pointed to two intersecting canals and said: "It's all empty here, and there are no fish at the bottom of the water."

  (end of this chapter)