My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 473 Leopard Shadow

  At the beginning of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the corn in the field has grown beyond the knees of a person, and has taken root. Looking from a distance, the vast field is green.

   At this time, the mountain wind was blowing, and the sun was not very warm.

  The villagers in twos and threes sat on the ground under the big tree by the field after taking the medicine, eating the popsicles brought by the dolls, talking and laughing.

  The big trees on the ridge of the field have a dense canopy, and when the mountain wind blows, they shake gently, sending bursts of refreshment.

   It's really very comfortable.

  Chen Ling was wearing a straw hat, holding a sheep whip in his hand, and was driving a group of white, black, and 'bleat' goats, walking slowly on the field path.

   There was a bare-bottomed milk baby behind him. The popsicle in his hand melted quickly, dripping all over his hands, and he was reluctant to let go.

   "Uncle Fugui, go to the mountains to herd sheep, and we will follow you to find the cicada shell."

   "If you are rich, don't pay attention to them. There are jackals wandering around on the mountain. Your tiger is gone. This jackal is very bad. Maybe it will come down the mountain again."

   "What I'm talking about is that when I heard the tiger barking that night, I was terrified and went out to have a look. Later, when I walked up the slope, I saw you holding a flashlight, and I was relieved to lead the tiger back."

   It was Chen Baoshuan, Wang Lishan, and Wang Lihui who were talking. They lived on the edge of the village, and they could hear the movement of the farm most clearly.

   "What? Are you afraid that tigers will go crazy and eat people?"

   Chen Ling asked with a smile.

   "Isn't it? Tigers are not afraid of anyone. Looking at them from a distance makes me feel apprehensive. I don't know how your baby is so bold and dares to let it out."

   "Yes, yes, anyway, after watching the tiger that day, I felt panicked."

"They all think tigers are rare, but I don't. I'm afraid of them. Didn't you listen to the leopard that Uncle Kannian said? This tiger is much more fierce than a leopard. Its mouth is so big and its claws are so thick. A slap It can smash people's brains."

   "Brother Lishan, I didn't think about it at the time. Later, I heard Uncle Cunye say that the tiger killing jackals and dogs is the same as killing chickens. I was afraid, and I didn't dare to go to your house to catch a meal."

  Although Ah Fu and Ah Shou have returned to the zoo, their legends are still circulating here, and they are still the most talked about by people after dinner.

   "Oh right, I heard that Fugui has a little earth leopard in your family?"

   "Ang, but I don't want to raise it. This meat-eating thing is difficult to deal with. I want to let it go when it grows up."

   "Speaking of which, I've seen tigers, but I haven't seen our local leopards yet. I'll go to your house to have a look when I have time."

   "Okay, this thing only increased last year. It's much more slippery than the beaver. It doesn't make any noise at ordinary times. It's on a tree. If you walk under the tree, you don't even know it's up there."

  Chen Ling chuckled, and sat down leaning on the sheep whip.

   "Dad~"

   After Ruirui finished eating the popsicle, she handed it to him with her sticky little hands.

   "Okay, have you eaten all the popsicles?"

  Chen Ling took off the water bottle from his neck, unscrewed it, and washed his hands.

"Um."

  The little thing nodded, and stretched out two palms to catch the water.

   "Hey, this baby Ruirui really doesn't look like a one-year-old baby. She looks like she knows more than a two- or three-year-old baby, and she can wash her hands."

   "Yes, the one in Shui Wazi's family is two months older than Rui Rui, and he doesn't know anything."

   "Oh, by the way, Fugui, is it okay for you to let him eat popsicles? The baby is still so young."

   "It's okay, he doesn't know how to eat, more than half of it melted on the road, and he drank while walking, so he didn't eat much in his mouth."

"whee."

  The little guy who had just washed his hands couldn't understand what the adults were saying. When he saw the small wooden stick thrown on the ground to freeze the popsicle and attracted a group of ants, he immediately giggled, ran to him, spread his legs and started to pee.

   A burst of urine directly scattered the ants.

   "Hahaha, just say that this baby is more skinny than Fugui was back then."

  Chen Ling also couldn't laugh or cry, and slapped his little **** twice: "If you're finished, you'll know how to make trouble."

   "Ruirui, I don't care about you. Uncle likes a doll like you. Come, uncle will catch the grasshopper for you."

  It's a pity that this stinky boy didn't care about people at all, and was soon attracted by the caterpillars running out of the cornfield, and ran over and stepped on them.

   Then he raised his little foot and saw the caterpillar that had been trampled to pieces. He squealed with joy, kept stepping on the little sandal, and went back and forth in the grass to find bugs to step on.

   Really had a great time.

   "Let's go, don't let him make trouble here."

  Seeing the flock of sheep walking away slowly, Chen Ling stood up, took the sheep whip, and prepared to leave.

  Wang Lishan and others kept stopping and said it was okay.

   "It's okay, let him play, the little baby is so cute."

  Chen Ling only said to take Ruirui around, how could he let him delay people's work here.

  The weather is not hot today, and the wind is blowing and it is cool. It is a good time to spray medicine.

  As soon as the father and son left, Liu Nier and the others followed, and went everywhere to look for cicadas on the trees in the fields.

  Knowing that the price of cicada shells is high this year, wouldn’t you be a fool if you don’t hurry up to find some more and sell them for money?

  Walking on the winding small dirt road in the field, the sheep grazing while walking.

  Chen Ling and his son were idle with a group of dolls, and the sheep were grazing, so they played in different ways, looking for cicada shells, digging out bird nests, and chasing bunnies.

   This season really has everything.

   Directly went around the village in a big circle and had a good time.

  Woke up after taking a nap in the afternoon, and originally wanted to herd the sheep.

   But Wang Jusheng came over and said that they had finished picking watermelons, so they could just let the sheep eat directly in the melon patch, which would save trouble.

   Otherwise, you have to wander around with the sheep.

  When Chen Ling heard it, it's all right, the remaining few days will be easier, and he doesn't have to herd sheep everywhere.

   Drive the flocks to the watermelon field every day and eat them all, and bring them home when they are full.

  So in the afternoon, I rode on the little green horse, took the little white ox, and went straight to the melon fields on the river beach of Laohewan.

  The sheep ate watermelon and vine leaves in the melon field, and Chen Ling took his son, a cow and a horse to bathe and play in the river, take a bath, catch fish, shrimp and crabs, and go home for dinner after sunset.

  The days are relaxed and happy.

   Zhao Yubao was so envious when he saw it, he couldn't help thinking about going to the market to buy a lamb.

  Go to the farm every day to ask Chen Ling for advice on breeding, and take a small notebook to write it down.

   Seriously messed up.

  The old man has also completed the small bridge in front of the gate these days.

  Wang Laishun and the others took the lead in erecting a monument with the date written on it.

   On their side, after the bridge was repaired, the local people would ask stonemasons to carve and erect monuments, so that future generations would remember when and who did good deeds to the local people.

  Of course this is just for fun, and the erection of the monument is not so formal.

   But Zhao Yubao was still very happy.

  Praised the layout of the "small bridge and flowing water family" that I made.

   Satisfied, I locked myself at home these two days, wrote two impromptu articles, and sent them out together with the letter, needless to say, to show off to my old friends.

   Originally, his old friends were not interested in his seclusion in the countryside.

   It wasn't until the articles and photos of his mountain donkey giving birth on the cliff were spread that letters came one after another.

  Let Zhao Yubao feel elated.

   Even the old friend's daughter sent it without his consent, and didn't pursue it.

"Mr. Zhao, you said that you are a great writer, a high-level intellectual, and a decent person. Why did you carry a sack to find the cicada shell? This made people from other villages see you, so they couldn't laugh at us? You are from our village now. facade?"

   "That's right, you can't just want appearances, not decent."

  After repairing the small bridge for Zhao Yubao and spraying pesticides on the corn seedlings, the villagers finally got free, and finally started to come to Chen Ling's farm for dinner.

  During lunch time today, a bunch of people, men, women and children gathered.

   They ridiculed Zhao Yubao one after another.

  The old man took his wife and went out with sacks and bamboo poles every day for the past two days to find Zhike.

  Ask is just for fun.

  But in private, he told Chen Ling secretly that he wanted to find Cicada and save money to buy a lamb.

   Good guy.

   After hearing this, Chen Ling was dumbfounded for a long time.

  Such a great writer, and not short of money, but thankless to save cicada shells for money to buy lambs.

   Isn't this something wrong with the head?

   "Go, go, tell you that you don't understand, so hurry up and play chess."

   Zhao Yubao, who was sitting at the stone table, pushed his glasses, blowing his beard and staring.

   "Mr. Zhao, next time you write an article, can you bring me with you like you bring wealth? Also mention me?"

   "Oh, yes, Mr. Zhao, we all live in the same village, so you should mention us."

  Everyone is familiar with him, and knows that he is a famous person, but he has no airs and is very kind to people.

   "What are you talking about?"

  Zhao Yubao made a move, and glanced at Wang Lishan and the others.

   "Hmm... Let me think about it..."

  Wang Lishan put the bowls and chopsticks by his feet, squatted on the stone and thought hard: "Or say Chen Wangzhuang Wang Lishan can raise pigs. The pigs he raises are fat and strong, and the meat tastes delicious and delicious."

   "What are you talking about, it's still fragrant and fragrant. Mr. Zhao, you write me, just say that Chen Dazhi can weave baskets, bamboo chairs, benches, beds, broom mats, and weave a lantern to brighten the room."

   "No, Dazhi, you can't do this either. I'll come, Mr. Zhao, I'll come, Chen Yingqiang can grind noodles, one can hold two and a half..."

  This is the case in the countryside. The level of education is generally not high. If there is something to say, the first thing that comes to mind is to rely on jingles.

  It doesn't matter whether you praise or hurt others.

  Many of them are jingles.

   It sounds awkward, but the person concerned is still complacent after reading.

   Perfectly explained what it means that as long as I am not embarrassed, the embarrassment belongs to others.

  Chen Ling was sitting beside him, breaking off hard dried fish, feeding a group of kittens, and listening to them arguing and arguing with a smile.

   I couldn't help but laugh a few times, and almost laughed out loud.

  I also feel very interesting.

   "Meow~"

  Suddenly, a series of sharp meows came, and it was the **** from the west side of the farm.

  When the two litters of kittens heard the sound, they quickly scattered with their fluffy tails, and went back to their respective houses to find their respective mothers.

When the little milk cats got into their caves, the mountain raccoon on the west side was still showing its head at the entrance of the cave, staring straight at the tree, screaming 'meow', 'meow' .

  It’s even ugly to meow like a cat in heat.

   "What are you calling me, newborn kitten, is he going to the pond again?"

   "This mountain raccoon's meowing is much uglier than that of a domestic cat. Fugui is raised here to catch mice, right?"

   "It should be. It's better to have two cats than no one. It can prevent some mice from stealing chicken cubs."

  Everyone was talking sentence by sentence, and someone even picked up a stone and threw it over to make it stop barking, which sounds bad luck.

   Unexpectedly, the stone hit the ground, and the mountain raccoon didn't do anything well. The top of the tree shook for a while, and a big cat with colorful fur jumped into the thick branches and leaves, and disappeared.

   "My dear mother, what is this thing? It jumped out suddenly, scaring me."

  Wang Lishan raised his head and muttered with lingering fear.

  The movement was noisy, and all the hula la who were rushing to the meal instantly surrounded them, and they all looked up and looked around.

   "I looked a bit like a cat just now, but I'm much bigger than a cat. Didn't you see the raccoon screaming in fright just now..."

  Chen Dazhi frowned and said, suddenly his heart moved: "Hey, this can't be an earth leopard?"

   "Fugui, you were sitting on the side just now, did you see clearly?"

   "No, that thing passed by in a flash on the tree, but if it is much bigger than a cat, I think it should be an earth leopard."

  Chen Ling shook his head, thinking that if it was really a local leopard, it should be attracted by the little leopard at home.

  (end of this chapter)