My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 84 Encounter

   There are many weeds along the stream, and occasionally there are a few crooked neck trees hanging above the stream.

   There are also all kinds of stones, which are washed by the stream all the year round, smooth and delicate, especially in the shade by the stream, where the moss is all over, and if you don't pay attention, you will slip.

   When Chen Ling and Wang Susu went into the mountains to collect herbs before, because they had no experience in this area, they fell several times. Thanks to his strong body, he was not injured.

   The moss in the shade is harmful, and the sunny side may not be much better.

  Weeds spread overwhelmingly, and there are often poisonous snakes.

   With a group of little dolls following him, Chen Ling had to be careful.

   So he cut a branch with a hatchet to make a long stick, and while walking, he probed the grass and slowly followed behind the two dogs.

   Fortunately, we didn’t go very far, the stream gradually widened, and a rocky beach appeared in front of me.

   Heiwa and Xiaojin also stopped at this moment, jumped out of the stream, and shouted in one direction.

  Chen Ling saw that they didn't rush up directly, and was a little worried about encountering any large beasts. After all, wolves could often be heard at night. There were many wolves in the mountains, and there were also many wild boars.

   This season is either in heat or with cubs, very fierce.

   As a result, he stepped forward and looked at it, and he was stunned.

   is actually a familiar face.

   is the harrier who was rescued by him.

   At this time, he was holding a pheasant with his claws on the pile of rocks, with chicken feathers all over the ground, and two sticks on his mouth, which seemed to be ready to eat.

   Now Heiwa and Xiaojin's two old rivals suddenly appeared, obviously startling it.

   immediately widened his eyes, spread his wings, blew up his feathers, and made a threatening cry.

   "Uncle Fugui, it's an eagle, let the two Heiwa catch it!"

   Liu Ni'er followed, her eyes lit up when she saw Harrier, she hurriedly crept up to Chen Ling's side, and lowered her voice to remind.

   As if he was afraid that the harrier would be scared away.

In fact, they reminded them that when they were talking, the two Heiwa had already pounced on them, and they were so startled that they flew up. Then Heiwa picked up the pheasant with most of its feathers in its mouth, and roamed freely with Xiaojin. ran back.

The Harrier flew to a big tree by the stream, and could only watch the prey being snatched away. He kept making angry and unwilling cries from his mouth, spreading his wings and flapping, as if he wanted to pounce but did not dare to pounce. look.

   looked at the little dolls and sighed for a while, regretting that the two dogs failed to catch the 'eagle', and now they are too frightened to come down.

  Chen Ling stood aside and looked at the Harrier, frowning slightly.

  I wonder why this guy is here?

   is also a coincidence.

   Could it be that he has been sneaking behind his ass?

  Thinking like this, Heiwa came over and put the pheasant under his feet.

  Chen Ling picked it up and was about to throw it into the back basket. He saved the Harrier's life before, so why should he charge some interest back?

   But at this moment, he suddenly noticed that the pheasant was a little different.

   After a closer look, although most of the feathers on the body were taken down by the harriers and were bare, but the feathers on the head, abdomen and tail were still there, and the pheasant feathers were yellow-brown with maroon patterns.

   Anyone who has seen a pheasant knows that it should be the color of a pheasant, but the feathers on the tail of this pheasant are very long.

   This is clearly not right.

   "Liu Ni'er, do you see if this pheasant is male or female?"

  Chen Ling called Liu Nier to show him.

  This kid was staring at the Harrier, discussing with the other little dolls how to beat the Harrier down.

   When asked by Chen Ling, he glanced at it strangely and said, "It's mother's, what's wrong, Uncle Fugui?"

   "Look again, the pheasant has such a long tail?"

   Liu Nier was stunned after hearing this, and hurriedly stretched her neck to look.

  This kid is the king of the village. He often catches fish and birds, and often catches pheasants.

   In addition, his father Wang Lixian often went to the mountains to hunt.

   So Liu Nier was very familiar with pheasants since she was a child.

   After taking two glances, he immediately said: "Uncle Fugui, this is not a pheasant, a pheasant does not have a long tail."

  Chen Ling said that sure enough, then looked up at the Harrier on the tree, this unfortunate thing, probably caught the golden pheasant.

   But this is only female. The color of the feathers is very similar to that of the female pheasant, that is, the tail is much longer than that of the pheasant.

   "No wonder there are no hens to hatch eggs in the golden pheasant's old nest. It turned out to be caught by this harrier."

   Some habits of golden pheasants are actually very similar to those of domestic old hens, such as protecting their young, such as brooding and hatching eggs.

   Normally speaking, like old hens, they will not leave the nest easily when they hatch.

   Unless in danger.

   And the golden pheasant builds a hidden nest, so it will not be easily discovered under normal circumstances.

   Today's situation is obviously frightened. Both the male and female birds have left the nest, only to be seen by Liu Nier.

   took another look at the Harrier on the tree, seeing its bulging chest, still looking indignant, Chen Ling ignored it, called Liu Nier and a few, and returned the same way with the dog.

   Go to the old nest of the Golden Pheasant.

   The phoenix-like male bird with bright and bright feathers has disappeared.

   But in the old nest in the bushes, the eggs are still there.

  Chen Ling sighed when he saw this.

   Golden Pheasant is a male with three or four females, and the female has a protective color and is very good at hiding in the mountains and forests, which can greatly improve the survival ability and ensure the reproduction of the population.

   But when faced with danger, the performance of male birds is often cruel and ruthless.

   These unhatched eggs were just thrown away.

   "Liu Ni'er, Xiao Mori, go pick up the eggs."

   "Uncle Fugui, do you want to eat?"

   "Don't eat it, it's not as delicious as the home-made eggs. Uncle brought it to the market to sell it for money, and I'll buy you some candy when the time comes."

   "Uncle Fugui, I don't want to eat sugar, I want to eat prawns."

   "I want to eat too, I dream of it, but my mother is too stupid to do it at all..."

   After the little doll picked up the eggs, he babbled about eating crayfish.

  Chen Ling looked at all the little faces looking at him eagerly, and nodded in agreement, which immediately caused a lot of cheers.

   Only Liu Ni'er looked at this, then looked at that, and asked Chen Ling with a bewildered face, "Uncle Fugui, what kind of prawn?"

  Chen Ling was amused at once. The last time I made crayfish, this kid went to school and was not there, but he missed it.

   "The prawns from the reservoir, the ones with big green shells, are so old, my grandfather told me that it was bitter, but Uncle Fugui made them so delicious that I almost ate all the shells last time."

   Komori shook his head and showed off to Liu Nier.

   Now, Liu Ni'er is so greedy, she thinks that going to school is not good. No matter what Uncle Fugui cooks, he won't be able to eat hot food.

   The little doll shouted to eat, but his hands and feet were very quick.

   helped Chen Ling to put the eggs of the golden pheasant in the back basket, then dragged some weeds under the stream, and continued to follow Chen Ling forward.

  …

   It is approaching the end of spring, there are a lot of medicinal materials on the mountain, such as golden lotus, eucalyptus, Tianqi, licorice, horseshoe grass, isatis root, yellow flower, honeysuckle...

  Although they are all common medicinal materials, Chen Ling still picked a lot of them and put them in the back basket.

   After the stream became turbulent and the mountain began to steep.

   A dense forest appeared in front of him, with many bamboos and mulberry trees.

At a glance, purple-red mulberries were hanging all over the branches, and layers upon layers of the ground fell. There were a few hedgehogs hiding behind the raised tree roots, bowing their heads and eating the mulberries on the ground. run.

   "It's rich and noble, why did you bring a group of dolls here?"

   At this time, someone heard the movement outside the woods, and stuck their heads in the woods to look out.

   "Brother Dazhi, sister-in-law Xiuying, what are you doing here?"

  Chen Ling saw a man and a woman in the woods, so he approached and asked.

   "I have silkworms at home, so I came to the mountains to pick some mulberry leaves."

  The man put down the pole with the hook in his hand and smiled at Chen Ling: "The two dogs in your family, Fugui, are very scary. If I hadn't seen you following, I would have pulled your sister-in-law to climb the tree."

   (end of this chapter)