My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 179

   Jokes are jokes, Chen Ling really had some thoughts before.

   And not only chickens and ducks, he also wanted to bring quails, fruit wine, geese, wild ducks, and wild boars.

   This is also the first time Wang Susu has returned to his parents' home since his marriage, so he wanted to bring more things for his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

   Going back like this, not to mention anything else, at least I met with the stockade, and my daughter-in-law's face was bright.

   But think about it carefully, the mountains are high and the road is far, and there are too many things.

   After gritting his teeth, he said in his heart that he should stick to the good things that the old man thinks are good.

   It's a long day anyway.

  No, why don't you send it a few more times in the future.

   Years after year, run back and forth more often.

  If it is inconvenient for the daughter-in-law, he has nothing to do and can deliver it by himself.

After the    road is familiar, the distance is not a problem.

  …

   "In order to save Li Lang from his homeland, who would have expected to be the champion..."

  Chen Ling hummed a little tune, rummaging through the rotten wolf peach tree piles for insects, tore away the rotten branches and grass, the covered wet soil, and the tree trunks full of insect eyes.

  Whether it is wet soil or heavily infested tree trunks, many white, tender and plump bugs can be easily found.

   This is a sawworm, also known as a hen worm, which is the larva of a unicorn. Sometimes you can hear the "squeaky" sound of wooden furniture or beams, which is actually the thing.

  After the weather gets cold, earthworms go deep underground and are difficult to dig. If you want to find bait at this time, sawworms are a good substitute.

Chen Ling leaned over and bent over to find a few, and held them in the palm of his hand. Suddenly, two small things came out from between his two trouser legs, like two big yellow mice, surrounding him. He ran and jumped back and forth with joy at his feet.

   After a while, three smaller guys came running.

   is the family of Xiao Huang and Xiao Pang.

   They followed Chen Ling to eat and drink well. They became more intelligent and capable, and their range of activities became wider and wider.

   Not only roams back and forth in the village, but also often goes to the wild outside the village to forage.

  After the swallows flew away in early winter.

On the soil cliffs on the embankment of the nearby reservoir, many soil burrows left by soil swallows will be occupied by various birds to spend the winter, most of which are sparrows. They often come to stroll around here.

  Wang Zhenzhen said it several times at home.

When    comes out to play, they are always seen nearby.

  No way, the three little cubs are too easy to recognize.

   He was basically born and raised in Chen Ling's house. Compared with other yellow-skinned people, he is not very afraid of people. He runs around under the eyes of the villagers all day.

  When faced with being chased away, they have to show a fierce look to resist. Because they run fast, they have also learned to fly over eaves and walls. They are not afraid of people chasing them, nor are they afraid of dogs, they are very bold.

   means not to harm the chickens and ducks, and the villagers don’t pay much attention to them when they see them and drive them away.

  Otherwise, it was designated to be dealt with by the villagers.

   "Okay, okay, don't make a fuss, come and help me find bugs."

  Chen Ling smiled helplessly, squatted down and fed them two sawworms respectively, then took them to the grass and trees to find them.

  Xiao Huang and Xiao Pang are obedient, and when they find them, they obediently put them into the bamboo basket.

The three little skins were still not honest in what they were doing. They got into the gaps between these horizontally stacked wolf peach trees, and sniffed everywhere. When they found out where there were insects, they used their claws to open the bark and eat it into their mouths. .

   One by one crunch is quite enjoyable.

  Chen Ling didn't bother to care about them either. After finding enough bugs, he went fishing with a fishing rod and a bamboo basket.

   Seeing this, they jumped and followed, and climbed up Chen Ling's trousers, then jumped into the bamboo basket one by one, trying to eat the remaining sawworms.

   In the end, one counted as one, and they were all slapped by Chen Ling.

  Like Heiwa, they are used to being beaten.

   doesn't really matter.

   As if nothing happened in a blink of an eye, after Chen Ling sat down on a stone and cast the hook, the three of them ran up to the front, staring at the position where the fishing line entered the water, watching curiously.

  Xiao Huang and Xiao Pang didn't care about these three cubs at all, they just lay quietly on Chen Ling's thighs, licking each other's fur.

   Soon, a fish was hooked.

   Before Chen Ling lifted the fish up, the three little skins jumped into the water excitedly, swam over and together they dragged a big crucian carp up.

   "Alright, alright, just catch the fish, don't bite the line, you'll be beaten again."

  After the winter, the water level drops, and there are many fewer fish in the water.

   But today's harvest is not bad.

   Sitting on the edge of the water, after a while, a big fish will be hooked.

   All were bitten by three little yellow skins and dragged them to the shore with their buttocks pouted.

   The fur was soaking wet, and he had a lot of fun.

  Bamboo basket fills up quickly.

  Chen Ling looked at the gloomy sky, and the sun still didn't show his head, so he didn't want to fish anymore.

   Ready to go home.

   But the three little guys were in high spirits and spontaneously went to find bugs for him.

   One came over in a short while, and the speed was very fast.

   So Chen Ling continued to sit on the spot fishing.

   He threw the fish in the bamboo basket into the cave to feed the old turtle.

   Today's fish are almost all crucian carp.

   And the size is not too small.

   Mainly because the crucian carp is not the same as other fish.

  It is not afraid of cold, other fish don't like to move after it's cold, and they don't eat much, but they are still looking for food, and they will swim over immediately when they see something to eat, which is very good to bite.

  So, it didn't take long before Chen Ling's fish basket could not be put down again.

   "Kakakaka."

   At this time, there was a rush of sharp screams, and Xiao Huang and Xiao Pang were dozing off and got up, jumped off Chen Ling's thighs, and jumped so fast that they disappeared in the blink of an eye.

  Chen Ling knew that this sound was Huangpizi's cry when he was in danger. The Weasel family rarely called, and only made a sneeze-like clicking sound when forced. After spending a long time with them, they were naturally familiar.

   He quickly put down his fishing rod and chased after him.

   He didn't take it seriously.

   These three little guys are the same as Heiwa.

  Because he didn't want to suffer, he was chased away and didn't run away. He insisted on going back to the house where he barked his teeth and grinned fiercely. As a result, he was chased and bitten by the goose of someone else's house, and they all chased into the house, and his hair was almost bald.

   But after chasing him, he smelled a strong stench.

  Chen Ling got serious.

  You must know that when these three little guys were bitten by geese before, they never let go of their stinky farts, they were just treated as jokes.

  I don’t know what happened today, the situation is so serious.

   So he pinched his nose and stepped forward, and saw that there was a cave hidden under the cover of the reeds by the water.

  Chen Ling glanced at them. There was no injury anywhere on his body, but he was obviously overly frightened. He quietly leaned against his feet and looked at the hole in fear. He was much more honest than before.

   "What kind of hole is this, so big?"

   Chen Ling was puzzled, pinched his nose and approached, leaning over to examine it carefully.

   He has good eyesight, can see at night, and the black hole is not a hindrance, and he can clearly see what is inside.

   But looking left and right, I only saw some messy traces inside, as well as puddles of silt near the entrance of the cave, but I couldn't see anything hidden inside.

   But just scared the three little yellow skins into that virtue.

   Needless to say, there must be something in it.

This big hole is very thick, and it is not a problem for an adult to get into it, but it is not too deep. Find a similar large hole, but slightly smaller, but still can't see it inside.

  This proves that the holes are interconnected, like a mouse hole, the outer hole is the exit, and the innermost person lives.

   And in the surrounding withered and yellow reeds, there are several depressions, just like the pits where the cattle and sheep lie out of the haystacks in the pen.

   "Looks like he's not too small."

  Chen Ling scratched the hair on the temples and knocked off some reed flowers, and the doubts in his heart were even stronger.

   "It looks a bit like a snake, but... can a snake in the water grow so big?"

  Can't figure it out, Chen Ling turned around and gave the three little Pizi a few slaps: "Fuck you three will cause trouble."

   Trained the three little things to dare not look up at him, but just licked their hair with embarrassed eyebrows.

   looked back and turned around at the entrances of the two caves. As soon as they approached the two caves, Xiao Huang and Xiao Chuan looked terrified and made threatening clicks.

   But he wanted them to go in and lead them out, but he looked at Chen Ling pleadingly, not having the courage to go in at all.

   "Or block it?"

  Chen Ling thought helplessly.

   Originally, it was said that there were some "monsters" swimming around in the water, which frightened people so much that they all said that the Dragon King came to the reservoir.

   There are still people secretly burning incense at night.

   Now that such a big hole is made again, I don’t know why.

   "Damn, no matter what it is, whether it will make a hole by itself, first block it tightly and then talk about it."

  Chen Ling gritted his teeth and slammed.

  Otherwise, on the edge of the village, the child secretly came to play, and it would be bad if he encountered any danger.

   Just like Wang Zhenzhen, don't look at the promise at home.

  As long as you go out, you will still go to the water to play sneakily, catch crabs and shrimps, pick up snails and mussels, and dare to do anything.

In case.

  Chen Ling first found some dry reeds and lit it in the cave, and smoked it with thick smoke for a while.

   After waiting for a while, nothing came out of the two holes.

   He had no choice but to use a stupid method to take out a **** from the cave, and with great effort, filled the two holes with mud.

  The fishing rod is packed and ready to go home.

   When walking down the dam.

   Suddenly he had another idea and hurried back.

   Xiao Huang and Xiao Pang's family had run far away at this time. They wanted to take the path ahead of him and rush home, but when they saw him go back, they immediately followed.

  Chen Ling looked around for a while, but there was no one at this time.

   simply put the garlic head of the big old turtle out.

   At this time, the sun lazily exposed his head, and reluctantly sprinkled wisps of dull sunlight.

  Under the sun, an old turtle the size of a grinding disc suddenly appeared on the shore.

   The sudden change in the environment caused it to shrink up immediately and be on full alert.

   "The head of garlic, look here."

  Chen Ling patted its big head and greeted it.

   Seeing that it was Chen Ling, he was both curious and relaxed.

   Then he stretched his neck and rubbed the back of his hand, slowly crawling beside him.

  Chen Ling saw it crawling all over the place, raising his head from time to time to look around, with a novel look in his eyes, he couldn't help laughing.

   This is a cave for a long time.

   "Garlic, are you still afraid of the cold? Let's try the water first."

  Chen Ling directed it to climb into the water.

  Clap la la, a circle of ripples rippled, and the garlic head played back and forth in the water for a long time.

   returned to Chen Ling, exposed his head, and narrowed his eyes comfortably.

  Chen Ling nodded secretly and patted its head, thinking that it is stronger than ordinary soft-shelled turtles, and it is not afraid of cold at all.

  The three little fools watched this scene curiously beside Chen Ling, wondering what they were doing.

   Maybe it's fun, it's good, the scar will forget the pain, and the dishonest one will go up to slap the garlic, sniff it around with his nose, and then stand up straight to play with the garlic.

  The old turtle ignored them.

   They let go of their courage and jumped back and forth on the shore and on the back of the garlic head.

   looks so happy.

  Unfortunately, it didn't take long for Chen Ling to release a few big duke turtles.

  These male turtles do not have the wisdom of garlic. After leaving the cave, they will bite at them, frightened them, and immediately run away, and those who probe their brains do not dare to approach.

   "Gantou, take your turtle men and keep it here..."

  Chen Ling squatted by the water and instructed.

   Garlic is wise and can understand his words.

When Chen Ling finished describing that there were water monsters hidden in the water and there were unknown creatures on the shore, Garantou was stunned, and then took back what Chen Ling meant, so he dived into the water with a few male turtles and swam to the solid soil. Settled down near the cave.

  The garlic head is still the size of a grinding plate, and the other male turtles are also the size of a well lid. Although they have not changed in size, they have become more and more fierce. The hardness of the turtle shell is very strong, and the bite force is amazing.

   So no matter what strange things are in the water or on the shore, don’t be afraid.

   "Stay well, I will come to see you usually, remember not to let your soft-shelled man hurt anyone."

  Chen Ling took some spiritual water from the cave as a reward.

   left under Garantou's reluctant gaze.

  …

  The crucian carp soup cooked at home, fried cabbage tofu, served with white rice, the taste is quite good.

   After eating and drinking, the couple is ready to pickle sauerkraut.

   Locally, the sauerkraut that has been eaten in winter is called "pressed sauerkraut", and Chinese cabbage, white radish, mustard greens, etc. can be pickled.

   Today their pickled vegetables are Chinese cabbage and white radish. A few days ago, Wang Jusheng gave a lot of white radish to pickle vegetables in winter.

  After the meal, Wang Susu washed the pots and bowls, and moved out the large and small china basins.

  Chen Ling took out the two mouthfuls of sauerkraut that he had kept while making wine.

   Wash the stone that pressed the sauerkraut.

  Chen Ling took a bucket to draw water in front of the water well, and poured it into a large pot on the stove to boil.

   After adding firewood and blocking the mouth of the stove, he went to help Wang Susu peel a piece of old vegetable clapper on the outside of the cabbage, and threw it in the basket and kept it for the rabbits.

  After the cabbage has been skimmed, there are two pickling methods.

  Chop up the cabbage, press it into a jar, press a layer of vegetables, and sprinkle some salt for seasoning.

  The tank is full, and a large and heavy pickled cabbage stone is pressed on top, so that the pickled pickled cabbage can be marinated in a few days, and it can be eaten at any time. It is very convenient.

A whole pickled cabbage, cut a cabbage in half or four halves, blanch it in boiling water, put the cabbage leaves upside down in a jar, sprinkle some salt and seasoning in one layer, the jar is full, pour it into a pot to cool The boiling water is also pressed with sauerkraut stones, and the tank should be placed in a slightly warm place.

  Slightly slower than the first one. After marinating, put it in a shady place. If you want to eat it, take one out. It can be chopped, fried and eaten cold.

  White radish is also similar, cut into strips or sliced.

   The two finished pickling cabbage and radish at home in the afternoon.

  During dinner, Wang Laishun came over, entered the house, and told Chen Ling about the contracting of the mountain lake. Chen Ling told him twice when he was about to be mourned for the fourth grandmother.

   "I came here to let you know, don't rush to pay and sign, when you've finished tinkering with your fruit forest, and you still have money in your hand, go to the brigade to hand over..."

  Wang Laishun knocked on his cigarette bag and smiled, "No one is going to rob you anyway."

   No one robs it, that's for sure, and all these years now, I'm thinking of running out and making a fortune.

  Which one has the spare time to contract the Shanlin Reservoir in this col?

  Chen Ling responded, and then asked about his mother's hukou.

   Looking at the old photos and letters at home these days, some regrets about his father's death made him feel strange.

   has been pressing in my heart and can’t land.

   "Jusheng has seen it for you in the village. It's still the same. It's been so many years. What if you just let the leaders of the city check it for you? I don't believe it anymore."

   "It will be the first day of October in a few days, and you will be sent to your grave again, so don't feel bad. Think about it for the better. Susu has this year, and it's just good news for you, isn't it good?"

   "This family is counting on you in the future, let me show you, you are also a man who can be the head of the family. If you worry about other things, don't think about it."

  Wang Laishun exhaled, looked at Chen Ling, who was holding the teapot with straight eyes, and let out a long sigh, thinking that it was too late for this baby to be sensible, and Juncai didn't wait.

   (end of this chapter)