My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 407 Still Nurturing You

   "Boom, boom, boom—"

  In the afternoon, as soon as Chen Ling walked out of the farm, he heard a strange bird call.

  In addition to this bird call, there are also the sound of laughing and talking of little dolls and the soft barking of dogs.

  Chen Ling walked through the stone pavilion and bamboo forest, and took a look at the orchard.

  It turned out that it was Wang Zhenzhen, Liu Nier and the others, as well as the puppies in the family except Erhei, and a large group of local dogs in the village. They were chasing crakes in the grass near the small river ditch with sticks and slingshots.

   Crakes are not like domestic chickens, which run here and scratch there; nor are they like white cranes, which fly in the sky and stand by the water.

Crakes seldom show up during the day, and always hide in the lush grass and tall reeds by the water. Sometimes they come out to look for food, looking for toads, tadpoles, water crawling forks, and turtles swimming by the water. , loach, small eel and the like, but they are very timid, and slip away quickly with a little movement.

   "Big Mao, Er Mao, hurry up, hurry up..."

  Wang Zhenzhen saw that the crake was frightened, and it slid out of the grass, and quickly ran away without a trace.

  The speed is too fast for the slingshot to hit.

  She hurriedly yelled at the puppies to chase after her.

  Liu Nier and the others were still shaking and beating with sticks, trying to beat these crakes that ran out of the grass to death with a stick, just like beating mice.

  But this crake is also very clever and slippery.

  Seeing how ferocious the little boys were, they flew up with a flutter when they couldn't run.

   But it doesn't fly very high, it just flies close to the tops of the grass, flies a few feet away, then lands, and flees quickly again.

   But although they avoided the attacks of the little kids, it was difficult to avoid all the dogs chasing and intercepting them.

  The puppies of Chen Ling's family and the local dogs in this village, such a big group of dogs barked and chased after them.

   The orchard was frightened by the birds, and the crakes screamed and flew around, hiding and running wildly.

  But the puppies keenly noticed that Chen Ling was coming.

  After catching the crakes, he ran over excitedly with the crakes in his mouth, turned his ears back excitedly, wagged his tail and whimpered around.

   "Brother-in-law, let Da Mao and the others bring the crakes, we want to see how many we caught in total."

   Wang Zhenzhen waved his hands from a distance and shouted.

  Beside her is Xizi, who is like Wannian's little follower, carrying a small bamboo basket, which contains all the harvest of their gang.

   Chen Ling waved his hand when he heard the words, bowed his head and pointed forward to the puppies: "Go, grab it."

   Then he followed behind the group of dogs running past, and walked up to a group of kids.

   "Really, you have been running around since Sunday and can't get home. Whose meal did you eat at noon today?"

   "Xizi's house, Brother Baoshuan's stewed corncracker, said to be the seasoning from our family, it is delicious when stewed with mountain mushrooms, and it doesn't smell fishy at all."

  Wang Zhenzhen grinned, squatted down and stretched out his hand to **** those crakes from Da Mao's mouth one by one.

  Liu Nier and his gang shouted loudly to Uncle Fugui, they had already taken the crakes caught by the dogs following them, and walked over to show him with grinning mouths.

  These crakes are said to be chickens, but they are not chickens. They are water birds that look like small chickens.

  The body is as big as a little rooster when it just moulted and gave birth to a small cockscomb. It has a short tail, two slender legs, and a hemp-brown body. There are obvious thick black horizontal stripes on a pair of wings.

   Simply put, it's a bit like a quail.

  But crakes are heavy, much larger than quails, which are only two or three.

   "Not bad, not bad, almost ten of them have been caught right now."

   Chen Ling nodded approvingly. The crakes of this season are smart, running and flying fast, and ordinary dogs can't catch them.

  Even these puppies in the family are not all rewarded.

   It's pretty cool to catch these under the siege.

   "Such crakes are enough for you to play with, enough for you to share..."

   After Chen Ling praised them, he reminded them again: "However, the crakes have just been mated at this time, and they will start laying eggs in ten and a half months. You should try to harm them as little as possible."

   "After a while, when they lay eggs, go to the river to pick up some weed eggs and bring them back to hatch chicks. Isn't it more fun than this?"

   Crakes are very timid. When the village says those weak cowards, many of them say that they are as cowardly as crates.

   But this thing is timid, but it doesn't spoil the crops very much.

  So people generally pick up a few rail eggs, and it’s okay to beat two rail eggs in autumn and winter to satisfy their hunger.

  They don't spoil the crops, and people won't spoil them too much.

   "Huh? Is the crake about to lay eggs at this time?"

   "Then I know Uncle Fugui..."

   "No wonder I always saw crakes running around when I went to take a bath in the river during the summer vacation. It turns out that they lay eggs so late."

   "..."

  The little dolls talked in a hurry.

  But they still listen to what Chen Ling says, and sometimes it works better than what their parents say.

   Wang Zhenzhen is also like this.

  Many people in the village said that Chen Ling was the king of the big kids.

   "Fugui, are you hunting with the dolls?"

  At this time, Zhao Dahai led a group of people over from the mountain. Recently, the electric wires in the village were erected, and only the ones on the mountain were left. They have been busy working on various hills these days, and basically they can't touch anyone.

  Chen Ling smiled: "This is no hunting, just catching a few crakes. How is your wire frame? Are you getting ready?"

   "Okay, his grandma, after more than a month of busy work, it can be regarded as over."

  Zhao Dahai wiped off his sweat, his black and red face was full of tiredness: "Look at me, I lost a lot of weight again. Really, do you think the fat brother has lost weight?"

Hearing this, Wang Zhenzhen tilted his head and looked at him carefully, then nodded and said with a chuckle: "It's thin, brother fat, you used to have a sideways stomach, and you can hold my brother-in-law twice, but now you don't even have one and a half. Hehe , My brother-in-law also said that if you were stabbed in the stomach before, the knife would have to be buried in fat, and there would be no blood for a long time..."

  Laughing and gesticulating, Zhao Dahai's face became embarrassing: "You girl, you have learned badly from your brother-in-law."

  The workers behind Zhao Dahai burst into laughter when they saw this.

  Chen Ling also smiled: "Don't slander me, have you eaten yet, if you haven't eaten, go home to eat."

   "No, I won't go home anymore. It was agreed this morning. After finishing the work on the mountain, your brigade will take care of the meals."

  Zhao Dahai waved his hand and led the people to the village.

  Chen Ling happened to be going to Ermao Donkey's house too, so he went on the same road with them, followed by a group of kids carrying crakes, jumping up and down, running around, never having a good time.

  Zhao Dahai was talking with Chen Ling, and he became very interested when he learned what he was doing in the village.

"Oh, it turns out that you are going to help someone wear a cow's nose ring. Is it the Ermao Donkey's who ran out of the cow last night? Okay, I will find it after I have a meal. I haven't seen it worn by a cow. What about the nose ring?"

   "Then you have to come here quickly."

   "Don't worry, have you forgotten how fast I eat?"

  Wang Zhenzhen and Liu Nier's gang felt even more novel when they heard that they were going to wear nose rings for cows.

  How many years have passed? No nose rings have been put on cows in the village. Everyone raises donkeys now.

  Because the donkey can drive the shaft, plow the ground, and pull the mill, it is more versatile, so the cattle and horses in the village have been sold one after another.

  After the paddy fields disappeared, there was not even a buffalo for several years.

   Now they suddenly heard that the cows are going to wear nose rings, aren't they so excited?

   One by one, they rushed home to take back the crakes they had been assigned, and then rushed to Ermao Donkey's house without stopping.

  Chen Ling himself came out after lunch.

   came out early and arrived at Ermao Donkey's house, but Chen Yuqiang and his brothers hadn't arrived yet.

  In fact, a group of kids had gathered under the big tree and on the wall outside Ermao Donkey's gate, running over like monkeys to watch the excitement.

   After a while, the two Chen Yuqiang brothers rushed over together.

  They have a relationship with the Ermaolu family. Chen Yuqiang recognized Ermaolu as a godfather, so when the two sons went out to work and only the youngest son was at home, the Ermaolu family called the two brothers over to help.

   "Er Maodonkey, can't you call Yingqiang Yuqiang over here? Why did you call Fugui over? The four of you still can't hold back a calf?"

   "That's right, tie the cow's head to the post, and then tie the hooves, are you afraid that you won't be able to hold it down?"

  In addition to those who came to help, there were also villagers who came out to watch the excitement while eating with bowls in their hands, and said sarcastic remarks while eating.

  Er Maolu stared at them when he heard such words: "You are easy to say, try it if you have the ability."

  Whatever you want to say, this cow in his family is really not easy to deal with.

  Generally, the half-sized calves that grow to this size are at the time when they are lively and mischievous.

   Those who have raised livestock know that there are many calves in the farm, and most of the lambs were mischievous when they were young.

   I won’t talk about the little lamb. Although he is alive and kicking, he is not very harmful.

  This calf is not good. It is said that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. It is at the age when it is four or six years old, and it does not know what is good or bad.

  An inadvertently running into the field is a big disaster, and even eating and messing around after having a good time will definitely ruin a large crop for you.

  But the little scalper from Ermao Donkey's family is not simply naughty, but also has a stubborn temper, and is especially disobedient to discipline.

   No, after Zhao Dahai also rushed over after eating, Ermao Donkey saw another fat man coming, so he didn't delay any longer, and was going to go home to put a nose ring on the little scalper.

The few people had just closed the gate of the yard, and before they could walk over, the little ox lying in the barn in the south sensed the danger, and got up from the ground, mooing and running wildly across the yard, at a faster and faster speed, wanting to go out rush out.

  The villagers who were watching the excitement outside the courtyard through the crack of the door were completely dumbfounded. Just such a cow, two or three people really can't hold it back.

   Also, so many people came, and there was a lot of movement, it must have been on guard for a long time.

   After all, I was caught once last time, so it's normal to have a bigger reaction.

   Fortunately, Chen Ling and the others were holding dung forks and pitchforks in front of them. With these sharp things blocking them, the little scalper did not dare to charge in front of people.

   Not long after, he was cornered by several people.

  Then you press the bull's head, and I grab the cow's legs. The six people worked together to finally put this stubborn little scalper to the ground.

   After it was down, Chen Ling and Zhao Dahai pressed on the little ox with strength and body weight, so as not to let it resist and stand up. Ermao donkey and his son took the opportunity to tie the ox's head and four hooves...

   But even so, the little stubborn ox was still struggling desperately, mooing non-stop, and the four bound hooves were still trying to kick.

   "Brother Donkey, why isn't this cow tied up?"

  Chen Ling remembered that when he caught the cow last time, he tied it with a rope and tied it firmly.

Ermao Donkey sighed: "Oh, don't mention it, this cow has a stubborn temper. It won't eat or drink when it's tied up, and it's useless to beat it. It also barks day and night. It doesn't matter if it sounds annoying. I was afraid that it would starve it to death, but in the end I really had no choice, so I untied it."

  Zhao Dahai was also dumbfounded: "Good guy, you are so stubborn."

   "Isn't that right, I was so worried about Anda two days ago, and now I'm afraid that after wearing a nose ring, he won't eat or drink."

  Wang Wenchao also sighed: "Uncle Fugui, if the cow really won't eat or drink by then, do you have a solution? Your livestock is so well-raised, and you will treat the animal's illness."

  Chen Ling thought for a while and said, "There is a way, and it's simple. Don't keep such a cow at home, take it out and let it graze with other cows...

  Our village now raises so many cattle. There are a large herd of cattle that go to the river beach every day. You can take your cattle and let them stay with them for a while. "

  This method, not to mention Ermaolu father and son, even Chen Yuqiang brothers and Zhao Dahai were a little surprised when they heard it: "It's that simple, can this work?"

"Okay, this half-grown calf is just like a baby who hasn't grown up at home. You don't let him run wild with other babies and stay at home all day. Can you not hold back bad things? So let him out Alright, after they’re released, they’ll stay together happily, eat and drink, and have nothing to do.”

  Chen Ling made a simple metaphor.

   To put it bluntly, it means "socialization" in a noun.

  Regardless of poultry, livestock, or wild birds and beasts, most of them are like this.

   "Hey, if you say that, it really makes sense, so I can rest assured."

  Er Maodonkey's eyes lit up immediately, and he let go of his heart. He quickly asked Chen Yuqiang and his brothers to press the bull's head firmly on the ground.

   This thorn directly pierced the soft flesh of the cow's nose.

When the little ox was trembling in pain and screaming loudly, he pulled out the bamboo stick, took the nose ring handed over by Wang Wenchao, inserted the prepared nose ring into the pierced hole, buckled the nose ring, and tied the rein. That's it.

   Ermao Donkey has raised livestock for many years, and his hands and feet are very agile. All movements are done in one go, very fast.

   The adults and children who were watching the excitement around the wall and outside the courtyard started shouting.

   Either jump off the wall, or push open the door, and rush into the courtyard to see how effective this nose ring is.

  The little ox with a nose ring, after the pain just now, kept sticking out his tongue up to lick the ring on his nose.

   "Hey, it's really worth the money to get such a strong nose ring, isn't this made by blacksmith Zhang in the county?"

   "Yes, old man Zhang is good at craftsmanship. This nose ring can be used for several years. My cattle are not easy to take care of. Wearing a good nose ring will save you from taking it off. It will be troublesome later."

   The two donkeys responded and untied the rope tied around the little ox's head.

  Chen Ling and Zhao Dahai also went to untie the rope from the cow's hoof.

   "Hey, this is still a heifer. The heifer is so stubborn. I heard people say that all bulls have a bad temper?"

  When Zhao Dahai went to untie the rope on his heel, he glanced between the calf's legs and was amazed.

  Just finished saying this sentence, unexpectedly, the little ox was relieved for the first time after the pain and fright. After relaxing all over, he suddenly stretched his hind legs and spewed out feces and urine.

  The cow dung was okay, it all landed on the ground, but the urine that burst out from the "crash" instantly moistened Zhao Dahai's trouser leg, who was caught off guard.

  Zhao Dahai suddenly turned pale with fright, and hurriedly dodged: "Grandma, this little thief is a villain, isn't he bullying honest people?"

   As he spoke, he kicked the little scalper angrily, then looked down, and saw that his right trouser leg was completely wet.

   This scene immediately caused the adults and children all over the yard to burst into laughter.

  Chen Ling couldn't help laughing, and joked with everyone: "You're not serious, what's wrong with the heifer, the heifer can't urinate on you? It still nourishes you."

  Everyone laughed even more happily when they heard this, and they all said that Zhao Dahai asked him to look at other people's ass.

  (end of this chapter)