My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 54 Scarabs

   went home and entered the yard.

   Chicken feathers all over the place, stained with blood.

   appeared in front of the two of them.

   Something happened to the chicken at home!

  Wang Susu hurriedly counted it and found that there was one less old hen and ten less chicks, and the rest were all shivering in the corner of the chicken coop.

   Seeing the two of them approaching, he screamed helplessly, obviously frightened.

  The two puppies sniffed the smell left in the air and kept barking.

   "This **** is definitely a weasel."

  Chen Ling's face was gloomy, "First, it harmed Qin Dongmei's family, and then the second aunt's family, and this time it came to our house again."

   "It must have been because we and the dog were not at home, so he took advantage of this and came to steal our chickens."

   Early this morning, the two of them went up the mountain without having breakfast. They were gathering herbs and digging bamboo shoots. They had a good harvest and were happy, but when they got home, something like this happened.

   It was really hard for the two of them to be happy again.

   "A Ling, the big **** is also missing."

  Wang Susu looked around inside and out, and found that even the big rooster with glossy feathers and a burly and sturdy rooster was missing.

   If there is no accident, it must also be poisoned by the weasel.

   was both angry and sad for a while: "These chicken thieves, we didn't mess with them at all, why did they come to steal our chickens?"

  The big roosters and old hens have been raised for more than a year, and they are reluctant to eat them during Chinese New Year, but they are harmed by weasels.

   I can't stand it any longer.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was so angry that her eyes were turning red, Chen Ling gritted his teeth and said: "This yellow-skinned man has caused several disasters to the surrounding houses recently, and he will come again in the future. I will go to Cui Lai's small shop to buy some rat poison, the poison will die. These bastards."

   "Is rat poison okay?"

   Wang Susu asked uncertainly.

  Chen Ling replied affirmatively: "It must be done, you cook the porridge first, and I'll be back when I go."

  …

   After a while, Chen Ling not only bought back rat poison, but also bought a small piece of fresh meat.

  The fresh meat was soaked in Dongtian Stream water and cut into several pieces.

   were covered with rat poison, or placed on the wall around the chicken coop, or hung from a nearby tree with a rope.

   At this time, the two puppies had already smelled the smell, and they ran over barking, circling around a few pieces of meat, drooling with gluttony.

   "Okay, let's get started, this is not for you to eat."

  Chen Ling drove the two puppies aside, then took the chicks into a bamboo basket and put them in the house.

   Covered the chicken coop of the remaining two old hens with barbed wire again.

   Then we sat down for breakfast.

   "Is that ok? Can't we get two clips?"

  Wang Susu felt that Chen Ling's arrangement was too simple, just a few pieces of meat with rat poison. With something as cunning as a weasel, would he be fooled?

   "Don't worry, sure."

   "As long as they dare to come, these pieces of meat are enough to keep them coming and going."

  Chen Ling took a mouthful of porridge and said confidently.

  Wang Susu asked, "Then are you still going to the county seat today?"

   Originally, Chen Ling planned to go to the county town to sell the medicinal herbs today, and ordered a batch of fruit tree saplings.

   Who knew that there was a weasel in the house, and he immediately lost his mood.

   "If I don't go, I won't be able to get out of my heart if I don't kill these two yellow-skinned seeds."

   In fact, I was also worried. If the meat soaked in the Dongtian Stream would attract something else, Wang Susu would not be able to handle it at home.

   After all, the Dongtian Stream is quite attractive to animals and plants.

  Even the water in the pot after cooking porridge in Dongtian Stream was poured into the flower pond of Begonia flowers. This year, it has grown a lot more prosperous than last year.

   Directly opened a small half of the yard, causing bees and butterflies to fly all over the yard every day.

   Even Chen Ling suspected that the weasel had discovered something special in his yard.

  Otherwise, the chickens from Qin Dongmei and Mrs. Wang's house were just killed, how could they just start eating when they arrived at his house.

   Mostly he noticed that his chicken was more delicious.

   In order to let the old hens lay eggs well and the chicks grow up quickly, Chen Ling always feeds the peanut vines from Dongtian mixed with spinach and chopped, or mixed with cornmeal or bran.

   Such a chicken can’t be compared to an ordinary chicken?

  It is normal for a weasel to eat it directly after tasting it.

  After breakfast, Chen Ling cleaned up the herbs that needed to be dried and put them in a bamboo plaque. He took out the remaining herbs that were not sold last year, and placed them in the yard to dry.

   When we are going to the county seat, we will sell them together.

   "Uncle Fugui, are you at home..."

   At this time, a few small hairs came in through the door.

  Chen Ling looked over, and it was Liu Ni'er who brought Xizi and the boy from Chen Yuqiang's house in the front yard.

  Chen Yuqiang is the youngest son of Chen Guoping. Although he is over 30 years old, he is of low seniority. When he meets Chen Ling, he will call him Uncle Fugui.

   However, his child is still young, two years younger than Liu Nier, and his seniority is still unclear. He should have been called Uncle Chen Ling, but he always called Uncle Fugui after Liu Nier.

  Chen Ling also called him.

   "How many of you, came to see the cow again?"

  Chen Ling stood up with a smile and beckoned, "Come in."

   After the little water buffalo was brought back, because of its snow-white body and cute appearance, it soon became the new favorite of the little dolls.

   As for Heiwa and Xiaojin, their size has been soaring, and they have long since lost their chubby and cute appearance as a puppy, and the little dolls have lost interest in them.

   "No, we came here to feed the chickens."

   Liu Ni'er three walked into the yard, each carrying a wine bottle in his hand.

  Chen Ling took a closer look, "Oh, where did you catch so many scarabs?"

  The wine bottle was filled with golden and black scarabs.

   "Hey, we caught it in the field..."

   Liu Ni'er raised the bottle and handed it to Chen Ling: "Uncle Fugui, look, chickens can lay more eggs after eating this."

Chen Ling took the wine bottle and looked at it, and saw scarabs crawling around on the smooth bottle wall. They were plump and mellow. Such insects are rich in protein. When an old hen eats them, they will indeed change their eggs. Be diligent.

   "Why don't you take it back and feed your chickens?"

   "My family's chickens are not short of this, and I can catch many miles on the way from school every day."

   Liu Ni'er sucked her nose, "Xizi's bottle is a black old bag, which was caught by her grandfather's chickens, and Komori's scarabs and I will feed them to Fugui's uncle's chickens."

  Hei Laobao is a black beetle, the scientific name is Dark Beetle, because of his black body, he was given the nickname of Hei Laobao.

   The little girl suddenly blushed and said: "Uncle Fugui, I will catch a bug next Sunday and I will give it to you."

Chen Ling patted the little girl's head and smiled gently: "No, there was a weasel in our house this morning, and there are only a few chickens left, so you can take them back and feed them to your grandfather's chickens. "

   "Ah? Weasel, isn't that Wong Tai Sin?"

   The faces of the three little dolls changed, obviously influenced by adults and heard the legend about Wong Tai Sin.

   "The weasel is nothing to be afraid of. In fact, this thing is also considered a beneficial animal. It is a good mouse eater. It is vengeful and revengeful, which makes people dare not provoke it."

   "Actually, as long as there are dogs in the house, weasels generally don't dare to come to the house."

  Chen Ling taught popular science to the children.

"Is it really?"

   "But I heard from my grandfather that someone in Kinmen Village killed a Wong Tai Sin, then roasted it and ate it. In less than half a month, he was punished and died at the door of his house."

   Chen Yuqiang's son Komori said with a sullen face.

   (end of this chapter)