My 1995 Small Farm

   Most of the local foxes are red red foxes, or flower foxes in three colors of red, white and yellow.

   This thing is actually not far from people. It used to be seen everywhere in the reeds by the river, in the graveyard, at the foot of the mountain or on the **** of the field, and in the tree hole.

   Only in recent years has it become less common.

   They are actually not very harmful.

  To be honest, there is so much food in the mountains, and they are not as harmful to poultry as the raccoon and the weasel.

   But the fur on its body is expensive and can be exchanged for money, so people catch a lot of it, and it becomes less and less.

  Fortunately, foxes are cunning and clever enough. In many cases, even if the clip is set and the cover is set, it is difficult to catch them.

   Often the meat on the clip is taken away, but the clip has not yet fallen.

   If not for this fox.

  Chen Ling would not have noticed that the number of foxes who hid in the mountains before seems to have increased this year.

  When he went up the mountain again to pick green persimmons and find honeycombs.

   One after another, he met a few foxes on the mountain.

  In addition to foxes, badgers, red deer, and common deer are also frequented in the nearby mountains.

   After nightfall, he took advantage of the beasts out for food, and went for a walk on the mountain.

   It was found that wild leopards, jackals and other beasts began to haunt nearby, and even owls were more numerous than before.

   As if all of a sudden, on the surrounding mountains, wild beasts and birds flourished a bit.

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   said suddenly.

   But Chen Ling doesn't think that this change was suddenly caused.

   "It seems that it is the reason for the spiritual water in the cave. As the spiritual water enters the canal and flows everywhere, from the spring to the present, after several rains, the environment around the farm has changed, and it has also attracted a large number of wild animals."

  Chen Ling thought to himself.

   Since he moved here in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, he has often poured a few buckets of spiritual water into the canal every half a year.

  Not only all kinds of wild animals are proliferating, but even grass and trees are proliferating. Even the jackals who once escaped to the deep mountains and forests and disappeared for many years in front of people have begun to spread to the periphery of the mountains and forests.

The    population is also growing.

   Although Chen Ling was still going to keep a low profile, he told him rationally that this was not a bad thing.

   The jackal and the wolf, he has a way to drive away.

   That is, the wild boars are a bit flooded, and it is a bit unreasonable to give birth to cubs.

   "It seems that after a while, I still have to go into the mountains to hunt pigs, and by the way, drive wild beasts such as jackals into the mountains."

   Last year, there were quite a few wild boars, and they went down the mountain frequently, but people saw it carefully, and they did not harm crops.

   But it is still a lot worse than this year.

   This year, Chen Ling alone encountered at least three large wild boar herds. The largest leading boars weighed more than five or six hundred kilograms, which was extremely scary.

   If you rush down the mountain, you can damage seven or eight acres of land in one night.

   And nobody can make them.

  So in the past few days, in addition to busy brewing fruit wine at his own farm with his father-in-law, Chen Ling also notified Wang Laishun that wild boars were rampant on the mountain, and asked the village to arrange to see the greens earlier this year.

  Anyway, the corn cobs can be eaten for about ten days, and then they start to get old. It takes no more than two weeks before and after, and they can be collected. This is a green job, and it only takes a few days in turn.

   At the same time, he himself often went into the mountains, and went down a few clips where wild boars were haunted.

   When picking up eggs every day, it is very pleasant to watch Xiaojin and his fox friends play by the river.

  …

"Uncle, I want to catch birds, can you catch a myna for me?" Xiao Lizi took Chen Ling's hand and walked along the canal in the fruit forest, looking at the birds flying in the forest with big eyes Son, I'm so excited.

"Huh? Why do you want to catch myna? It's dark and not good-looking. How about I catch you two golden wings?" Golden wings are also known as goldfinch. The stuff builds a nest, and if you catch it at night, it will be a nest.

   And this bird has black and yellow feathers, which is very beautiful and easy to support.

   There is no need to catch insects for it, just feed some millet and millet.

"I don't want that, I want mynah, um, with mynah, I will, I can teach it to talk and let it accompany me to relieve my boredom." The little girl asked in a milky voice, looking at the distant A group of starlings wanted Chen Ling to catch her.

  Myna, except when mating and hatching eggs, the others are in groups, similar to magpies, with twenty or thirty birds at a time.

   "Okay, okay, I'll catch the starling for you, then we won't go looking for the little fox now."

The little girl came back early with her mother Qin Yueru to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with her family. Today, she specially came to visit Wang Susu and her children, but the little girl was young and played around the little doll for a while, and soon got bored. She actually wanted to Looking for Wang Zhenzhen, but unfortunately Wang Zhenzhen is away from school.

   Gao Xiulan comforted her when she saw this, saying that the reeds by the river had recently lived with foxes, and the little girl suddenly regained her energy, so she insisted that Chen Ling take her out to find the fox.

   It’s only in the daytime, how can you find it.

   Anyway, Chen Ling often sees Xiaojin and foxes playing, and has seen them play back and forth with little foxes in their mouths, but has never seen a fox den.

   "Well, I promise your uncle, we'll see when the little fox comes out." The little girl smiled and nodded.

  Chen Ling saw that the little girl was smiling happily, and patted her little head, so she found a nylon rope and found a place to put it on the ground.

  The method of making this thing is simple, just use a long thin nylon rope, a thin bamboo pole, and a forked branch.

   looks simple, but the effect is absolutely leverage.

   Make a good ground cover, put it in the place where myna often haunts, then sprinkle some food, catch two bugs, and don't need to make any camouflage, the big one can be put on the bird on the bright surface.

  While he was playing with the little chestnuts, a group of naive turtledoves fell on the ground next to him, walking around, only a meter away from them.

   seems to be saying to the two: come and catch me, come and catch me, I am very easy to catch.

   It is also true that Chen Ling has been trapped the most birds since he was a child is the naive turtledove.

  This bird is very stupid, and when it sees something to eat, it will be properly put into the set, almost a set is accurate.

   But now Chen Ling has asked Xiaolizi to drive these silly birds away.

  Nothing else, they got into the set and affected his starling.

   "Rich, what are you doing?"

   At this time, Qin Yueru followed Wang Susu out. Seeing that they were playing with each other, she came over and asked.

   "Two starlings for Xiaolizi to play with." Chen Ling squatted on the ground and fixed the ground cover.

   "Catch mynah, is it okay to use such a simple thing?"

   Qin Yueru couldn't help but wonder when she saw the rough ground cover. Are those birds so stupid that they walked over and put them on themselves?

   "Hey, just take a look, wait, wait for me to make two more ground covers, and the effect will be seen immediately."

  Chen Ling rubbed his hands together, selected a few places again, and put the floor down.

  Otherwise, there are too many birds in the forest, and it is not easy to accurately fit the myna.

   In addition, the ground cover is easy to say.

   In fact, when it comes to setting up the ground cover, there are also strong skills.

  For example, the bamboo poles cannot be left old, otherwise they will have no elasticity.

   Even if the bird is lured in, it is difficult to trigger the trap.

  The other thing is to observe the starlings. Wherever you like to play, you can put the suit in any place.

After   the ground was set, Chen Ling led them back to the bamboo forest in front of the farmhouse and observed on the stones.

  Especially Xiao Lizi, the girl stared straight at the place where she was going under the hood, squatted on the ground, her pink and white fists clenched tightly, her eyes full of anticipation.

   "Xiao Li, aren't you going to see the fox? Why do you think of catching the myna again? Do you know which one is the starling?" Wang Susu asked the little girl amused when she saw the little girl's appearance.

   "Well, I know. There are many old grandpas raising myna in my house. They can learn to speak, which is very fun."

   The little girl was talking, but her eyes were still fixed there without blinking.

  Myna is also a smarter bird.

  Although it is not comparable to magpies and crows, it is much more alert than naive turtledoves.

  If someone is guarding the ground cover, they will never get close.

   "Look at the wealth, look, there are starlings flying down." Qin Yueru was even more excited than Xiaolizi when she saw the starlings flying over to eat.

   "Calm down, calm down, this is a place." Chen Ling waved her hand quickly and asked her to squat down, and the bird saw it as soon as she stood up.

   Then, some starlings flew to the vicinity of the ground cover one after another to eat, and after waiting for more than ten minutes, there was a messy cry and the sound of wings flapping.

   A group of starlings also flew up in shock.

   "Catch up, go, go and catch the bird."

   Chen Ling waved his hand, and even the little guy Rui Rui glared round his eyes.

  Xiao Lizi even cheered and ran over quickly.

  Qin Yueru also followed behind her daughter to see, only one of the three floor covers set up by Chen Ling was empty, two starlings were being covered tightly and flapping their wings.

   "Wow, I really caught myna, this myna is so stupid."

  Little chestnut doesn't care whether Starling is stupid or not, grabbing Chen Ling's arm and jumping anxiously in front of him. "Uncle, uncle, untie them quickly."

   "Okay, I'll untie it for you, don't touch it, be careful they peck you."

  Chen Ling walked over, untied the two starlings, and held them in his hands. The birds were black and the size of someone's fist, but they didn't look good.

   But it doesn't look good, but it doesn't look good, but it has a docile personality, is very tame, and is notoriously easy to support.

   Back at the farm, Chen Ling put two starlings in a bamboo cage for Xiaolizi and let her play under the eaves.

   Now the little girl has something to do. She ran around in the fruit forest to catch some crickets and grasshoppers to feed the starlings. From time to time, she would stick in front of the cage and talk to the two starlings in a low voice. She had a great time.

  …

  Although there is still a long time before the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, there are already people in the village who come to sell moon cakes.

   These people are just like the merchants. They come to the village with the burdens during the busy farming season.

  Selling stuff like buns, sugar cakes, etc.

  Some of them were too busy to cook, so they ate some in the fields.

  Before and after farming, the Dragon Boat Festival is often before the summer harvest, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is often before the autumn harvest. When these people meet the festival, they will sell some dumplings and moon cakes.

  Last year because of the flood, only people who came to sell rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, but no moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, probably couldn’t care less.

  Chen Ling's family doesn't have to buy moon cakes this year. Qin Yueru brought some when he came, and Professor Han brought his friends and brought some.

   Having a Mid-Autumn Festival is definitely more than enough.

Han Ninggui came on the afternoon Qin Yueru came to the farm, with a middle-aged man who was slightly younger than him. Although he wore glasses, had a beard, and had a very refined temperament, just by looking at his dark skin, he knew that this was not a closed door. The kind of person who must also often work outdoors or outdoors.

   The two stayed at the farm for one night.

  The next morning, because Chen Ling could not follow him into the mountain, he went to the village to help them find Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi, as well as some young boys, such as Chen Guoxing and Chen Guowang, and sent them into the mountain together.

   As for Chen Ling himself, he was not idle, because when he sent Professor Han and the others into the mountain in the morning, he found that the clip he put down had paid off, and it was a half-big wild boar that weighed over 100 pounds.

   He was too lazy to eat this, so after taking it home, he drove the tractor from the brigade and pulled the wild boar to the slaughterhouse.

   After selling the money, I cut some donkey meat along the way and bought a big donkey head to go home.

   The Mid-Autumn Festival is almost here, let’s talk about improving the family’s life first.

   As the saying goes: Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground.

  Donkey meat has no strange taste, and the meat is delicate, suitable for all ages, very delicious. In addition to body meat and offal, there are many places to eat.

  For example, donkey mouth strips and donkey lips are quite delicious.

   The texture of these two places is somewhat similar to pig trotters, but the taste is far better than pig trotters.

   is used to drink, and it is very suitable.

   When I got home, I sliced ​​the donkey meat and had a little wine with my father-in-law. It was quite pleasant.

   But after eating and drinking, something went wrong that night.

   It turned out that the wild boars went down the mountain.

It was almost four o'clock in the morning, when the moonlight was very bright. Chen Ling heard the movement in the distance, so he opened the window and looked out. Heiwa Xiaojin was screaming in the farmhouse, and the field outside was the light of torches and flashlights. flashing.

   "The wild boar is coming down the mountain, the wild boar is coming down the mountain!"

   Under the cool moonlight, someone shouted loudly, while gunshots continued to sound, and the dogs in the village were also barking.

   His two dogs were also barking non-stop on the farm.

   "What's wrong? The dog keeps barking." Wang Susu rubbed her eyes and sat up from the bed.

   "There's been a wild boar, and a lot of people came this time after listening to the news..."

  Chen Ling turned around and said, then put on his clothes and walked out: "I'll go out and have a look, you and Ruirui can sleep a little longer."

   "Well, Rui Rui is also awake. Let's follow you to have a look."

   At four o'clock in the morning, it was almost dawn.

  The people in the mountains always go to bed early, about 8 o'clock at night, and they are not very sleepy at this time.

   So the young couple put on thick clothes for their son, got up and went out.

  Chen Ling saw that the two dogs were barking all the time, so he let them go first.

  They are excellent head dogs after all.

  With them, the local dogs and wild boars in the village can play a greater role.

   He himself was a little behind, and went to the hunting equipment room to get a shotgun and a knife, and then he took his wife and son to the distant place where the torches flickered.