My 1995 Small Farm

“Good guy, it’s true, why are there so many cranes flying in the sky!”

"Listen, listen, they are squawking as they fly. They are flying towards the mountain."

“Yes, yes, I just don’t know if these later cranes have built their nests on the lake contracted by Fugui. This guy has more and more cranes, which is a good thing!”

“Great good thing, great good thing, this must be caused by the crane here. It seems that our place is really a geomantic treasure land!”

“Originally, I thought that Prince Turtle would not show up, and I felt uneasy. Who knew there were so many cranes flying over? It’s great now.”

A group of people were talking a lot. Just now, a few young people just had nothing to do and wanted to go out and fire off some cannons to have fun.

 Now when I see so many red-crowned cranes flying over, I am so happy that I want to set off firecrackers to celebrate.

Not just the young ones, many older ones also came out.

Standing on tiptoes, stretching their necks, looking up at the sky, everyone started to make a lively noise.

 After the group of red-crowned cranes flew across the sky and were completely invisible, another lively discussion broke out.

“Come on, let’s fire off the cannons. It’s a good thing to see so many cranes at home.”

Wang Laifu’s eldest son Wang Jujie also said the same thing.

As the old saying goes, drive a crane to the west. Some people specially paste a crane with paper when doing funerals.

 Now it’s time to get real.

 It happened to be flying to the west.

 It’s not much better than a paper crane.

So he dragged out a whole plate of two kickers.

 Chen Ling saw this and opened the cigarettes in his pocket. Several people lit cigarettes, stacked the cannons, and fired them with bang bang bang.

 Mixed with the sound of cannon.

The trumpeters from the loudspeaker team also came and played in various ways.

 It was quite lively.

　　　O cranes, there are so many flying here.

This is truly a rare event.

Even the not-so-strong sadness in Wang Laifu's family was washed away.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or not.

 The cranes flew by, and after the sound of the cannons and the music of the ring troupe subsided, a large black butterfly flew from the white funeral shed.

Flying around the tomb, stopping for a long time before leaving.

 It caused a lot of surprise in many people.

 It's just that it's not a suitable place to talk nonsense in the cemetery, otherwise the discussion will be even more heated than when we saw the crane before.

Of course there are people who don’t care about this.

 For example, Wang Laifu’s family.

When his mother-in-law, Fourth Aunt Wang, found out, she laughed with all the other wives in the family and said, "I heard that people in the village used to say that my Laifu is a prodigy who died in Wenquxing... Now I know that my Laifu is extraordinary. This person As soon as it disappeared, cranes passed by again, and butterflies flew in again.

Had it not been for a good time, I might have become a high official after passing the exam. "

As soon as she said this, all the wives in the room started laughing.

Some women compared it to 250, and said that the black butterfly might have been transformed by your family's Laifu, and it was reluctant to leave after death. Let him hear it and look for you at night.

The fourth Aunt Wang’s expression changed, “Go, go, what nonsense are you talking about? If the crane is there, that’s a good sign.”

 I also blame myself for saying that sentence just now.

　　Since I have not followed the king to enjoy the blessings while I am still alive, there is no need to make up for him.

Chen Ling knew that attracting other red-crowned cranes was not surprising.

 The weather has been good recently. Wild geese are passing by every day and night, and it is normal for red-crowned cranes to pass by.

 Otherwise those who take photos of red-crowned cranes would not choose to come to the mountains during this time period.

 The weather is good, easy to shoot, and there are many migratory birds flying south.

Even if you can’t take a photo of the red-crowned crane, you can still gain something else.

 Looking at another group of wild geese flying by in the sky.

 Chen Ling thought that if he stayed here tonight to keep vigil, he would have to take a few people to look around and get up early in the morning.

 He really didn’t believe it.

You have picked up so many wild goose dung these days, but you still can’t catch a single goose?

But, we need to put away the dinner for dinner and the meat dishes for the night watch first.

 At night, pickled fish is the main dish.

 Otherwise, just make a pot of mixed fish.

 If you can’t finish it, you can bake it into a flatbread tomorrow or eat it with steamed cakes, it’s also delicious.

 As for the meat dishes for the night watch, the pig's head was processed in advance.

 Generally, night watchmen have to keep watch until late at night, or even until dawn.

 When we are bored, we just sit together with a few people, drink some wine, and play cards, and most of the night passes.

 At this time, you must prepare some hard dishes to go with the wine.

 Pig head is just right.

 When it’s done, it’s more fragrant than the pork ribs.

 And it’s cheap, mainly because pig heads are difficult to process, and many slaughterhouses sell them for only two or three yuan each.

 This is true.

　　still very common.

 Especially when the weather is hot.

 Big pig heads cost two yuan each, or even one yuan each, which is not an exaggeration at all in this day and age...

 Wang Laifu's two sons knew that Chen Ling saved them money on cooking, and they were very grateful to Chen Ling.

 It’s not them who instigated it.

 The main reason is that I, Wang Laifu, have not left home for most of his life, so the family has never saved any money. And Chen Ling's family is so rich that he works as a cook and pays attention to saving money for them.

 The food cooked is also delicious, which makes them look good.

Now they only hate being influenced by Wang Laifu, and the two brothers also feel inferior. If they had relaxed a little more and walked more with Chen Ling, they would have been successful in everything they did in the future.

 Even they don’t have to worry about getting a wife.

It’s a pity that with such a father, it’s hard for them to take people home if they want to eat or drink.

It’s really hard to put it into words.

"Fugui, you still have a baby at home. If you have anything to do in the afternoon, go back and have a rest. We will deal with the pig heads and loaches."

The brothers saw that Chen Ling had neatly taken care of the small miscellaneous fish and was about to take out the loaches and catfish, so they hurriedly came over and said.

Leaving aside loach and catfish, this pig head is the most difficult to get.

“Okay, then I’ll go back and take a look. Just now I saw Ruirui running around with the dog on the slope.”

Chen Ling smiled and nodded.

Chen Baoliang asked hurriedly: "Fugui, do you need to buy anything else? Do you need to buy tomorrow's vegetables? If so, I will buy them quickly."

“No need, just make porridge with some pickles tomorrow morning. Just use the pickles from Brother Jusheng’s house. Let’s have a lighter breakfast.” Chen Ling said.

"Okay, okay, this is good. Jusheng also said that he would bring two jars of pickles. His pickles are delicious."

Setting down the breakfast tomorrow morning, now the Zi will have nothing to do with Chen Ling. He will only come again at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and burn dinner.

 For weddings and weddings, dinner is served earlier, usually at six o'clock in the evening.

 Now this season sometimes even starts at five o'clock.

 Chen Ling returned home. Her father-in-law was not there, nor was Rui Rui. Her mother-in-law was spinning her spinning wheel. Winter was about to come, and she had to start making cotton trousers and boots.

 Wang Susu and Du Juan were knitting sweaters nearby, mainly teaching Du Juan how to knit sweaters.

A Fu A Shou was lying next to him, basking in the afternoon sun with his eyes closed to relax.

 He didn’t open his eyes when Chen Ling came back.

But when Chen Ling walked over, the two guys stretched out their front paws together, as if they were going to trip him up.

 Chen Ling was really unprepared and was taken aback.

Immediately glared and scolded: "Good guy, the little green horse is dishonest, you two deserve a beating, don't you?"

 Afu Ashou saw that his plot was successful, he opened his eyes, opened his mouth wide, swung his tail quickly, and let out a silent laugh.

“Hahaha, they can even tease you.” Dujuan looked amused.

“Well, cats are like this, and the little leopard often hides on purpose, and then jumps out to scare me when I walk by.”

Wang Susu sighed and said, "I just can't stay home. That little leopard must listen to me."

Hearing this, Gao Xiulan also said: "That little leopard is quite good, but he is afraid of Ruirui and Lingzi."

Wang Susu smiled helplessly: "There's nothing we can do about it, Ruirui and the little leopard haven't seen eye to eye since they were young."

“Speaking of little leopards, your little tabby cats are also beautiful. The two ones from Uncle Zhao’s house and those raised by my father-in-law are very beautiful. I also want to raise a kitten.”

　　Dujuan said.

“The little tabby cat comes back every now and then. You can’t see it at night. You might see it somewhere basking in the sun during the day.”

Wang Susu looked around as she spoke. Ah Fu and Ah Shou were not hugging Chen Ling at the moment. Instead, they stood up and came to Wang Susu, lying in front of her like a big cat, purring loudly.

 Deliberately blocking her sight to prevent her from looking around.

 “Oh, you know it’s making trouble.” Wang Susu patted Ah Fu and pushed him.

 Many beasts are relatively intelligent, and they have a special affinity for pregnant women.

 Afu Ashou is like this.

Although the number of times I see Dujuan is relatively small, she behaves very gently when in front of two people.

"If you want a kitten, my little tabby cat is probably not good enough, so you should catch it from the den of mountain civets outside." Wang Susu pushed Ah Fu away, and Ah Shou came over again, sticking out his tongue and smiling playfully, like a tiger The shape of a big dog.

“Yeah, that’s right, the two nests of mountain civets outside are probably going to have babies again.”

Chen Ling said: "I just brought Ah Fu Ah Shou and the little buffalo back that day, and in the morning I saw that the yellow cat's belly was bulging again."

"That's great. I found that the kittens produced by these two wild cats and domestic cats are quite beautiful." Du Juan said.

 Many painters like cats, and so does she.

"Well, as long as they are female, most of the ones we raise at home are welcome in the mountains. Pigs, dogs, cats, etc., after entering the mountains, not only are they not in danger, but everyone lives well."

 Chen Ling smiled, the more mountain people you are, the more you have seen this kind of thing.

 Dogs and wolves, domestic pigs and wild boars, domestic cats and wild cats, after they ran away, they combined with the wild ones. There were simply too many.

 “Hey, what’s going on?”

There was confusion on Dujuan's face, and then he smiled and said: "Fugui, why don't you come and study it? The National Animal Husbandry Magazine is always urging you to write articles, and you can also get a professional title in the future."

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Susu again: "Susu, do you think Teacher Chen is better, or Professor Chen?"

Wang Susu curled her lips and looked at Chen Ling: "Come on, let's talk about Professor Chen. Each of us is less educated than the other. I have a junior high school diploma, and he has a high school diploma and neither has gone to college."

“Have you heard this, Fugui? Why don’t you hurry up and work hard to prove it to Su Su?”

“Forget it, I don’t have the energy. I haven’t finished the children’s story Uncle Zhong asked me to write yet. How can I have the energy to write a paper?”

Chen Ling sat down, grabbed a handful of peanuts and started to eat: "But what you mentioned can really be studied. In professional terms, it is the domestication of domestic animals and the domestication of wild beasts. Even though this topic is a bit big, we still need to think about it. It's much more Go for a walk in the mountains.”

“By the way, speaking of this, have you seen the red-crowned cranes flying in the sky? There are a large group of them, and there are twenty of them.”

"No, why are there so many? There are only three pairs of cranes living in the lake here. Plus the four grown-up cranes, there are probably ten."

“Yeah, I guess it attracted the passing red-crowned cranes. The bird lure can also attract birds, and the pheasant lure can also attract pheasants. The red-crowned crane then attracted a group of its own kind to keep company. Isn’t that strange?”

 Chen Ling stood up as he spoke: "Rui Rui happens to be not at home, so I'm taking Ah Fu and Ah Shou to go for a walk in the mountains."

 Then he put on his leggings, took out his gun, and found a net for catching chickens.

The environment at Shanzhong Lake is good, the lake is wide, and there are few people there. It attracts not only red-crowned cranes, but also other birds.

 Chen Ling thought that those wild geese could never see where to land. The sun was so bright in the afternoon, and the wild geese were likely to land on the side of Shanzhong Lake.

 When I met them, I just got two of them back. (End of chapter)