My 1995 Small Farm

　　After the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, the coolness at night in the mountains became more intense.

But this will not dampen Chen Ling and others' enthusiasm for collecting insect specimens.

 Having dinner early, we came to the **** to watch.

 Zhao Yubao and Old Man Zhong also came to join in the fun with great interest after hearing the news.

 There are more people coming.

Wu Fei had no intention of opening another observation point.

　　It is still just a piece of white gauze hanging like a bed sheet.

 It is fixed with bamboo poles.

 Then hang an incandescent lamp in front of the white cloth.

  Used to attract insects to gather at night.

 This is called "deng lure" in professional terms.

Wu Fei and his wife are usually taciturn and don't talk much, but now they are very talkative in the professional field. He explained that if they stay in one place, it will be easier to carry out tasks such as identification and recording.

If you open another light to lure the observation point.

 There are too many bugs with overlapping species, and too much useless work will be done.

 “We are just like Fugui, we will submit the records after we finish them.”

 The couple said with a smile.

“Publish a book? Or publish it in a professional magazine?” Chen Ling asked.

“Publish books first, and publish books freely.”

Wu Fei said: “Publishing a book doesn’t have to be so rigid and serious. We should publish one first, write down our opinions and organize them, and then make reports later. The ideas have been clarified in the book.

 When the time comes, I will have a good idea in my mind and write as if I have a godly mind.

 And the books can also be sold for money, so there is nothing wrong with both. "

 Chen Ling nodded after listening.

Zhao Yubao smacked his lips, feeling that this approach sounded uncomfortable.

 He is very religious about words.

He looks down upon the philistine approach.

  But I am doing animal research, not a writer or scholar who specializes in writing articles, so I cannot ask others according to his standards.

Shanmao knew what the old man was thinking and gave him and his father two pieces of paper and pen, asking them to take charge of the next recording.

 “Turn on the light, my ears are full of bugs already.”

It’s the end of the month. There is no moon in the sky at night, and there are only a few fireflies on the slopes. The weather has turned colder, and the fireflies are not as lively as those on summer nights. The sparse fluorescent lights dance slowly, and the chirping of insects is also a few degrees lower. Shining.

 But because there are so many insects in the grass, even if the sound is low enough, it is really loud in the ears.

 Suddenly, the incandescent light came on.

 The surrounding scenery on the **** suddenly became much clearer.

 Sorghum and cotton grow on the **** in the distance, wild mugwort and wild sunflower nearby, as well as gourds, pumpkins, gourds and other wild melons that climb all over the **** and are entangled with wormwood.

As for the observation point on the slope, it is still surrounded by lush green grass.

On the tall grass blades, small insects hiding among them began to fly towards the light.

After a while, crickets, grasshoppers, mole crickets, and mantises in the grass began to fly out along the light, and bumped against the white gauze along with various moths.

In just two minutes, the gauze was covered with all kinds of bugs.

 Chen Ling and the two old men, who were the most playful, had just been looking forward to turning on the lights to attract the insects.

 At this moment, I am not looking forward to it at all.

His grandma, there are too many insects in the grass.

Especially crickets, grasshoppers, mole crickets, and mantises. They are inconspicuous during the day and will jump away when they see people.

 But when you turn on the lights at night, good guys, one of them flies faster than the other.

　　　It was crackling like rain.

　　They all hit people.

 At the beginning, Chen Ling and the two old men were standing in front of the lamp.

The one closest to the light ended up flying a lot on my head, getting into my clothes along my neck, and sometimes even hitting my face.

Made the three of them scream and take off their clothes and throw them around.

 This is useless.

 The three of them were successfully chased away by the insects and fled away.

 Wu Fei and the others are better.

 Because they wore tighter clothes in advance, with stand-up collars, hats and glasses.

These large and small flying insects cannot affect them.

Bobcat is always dressed in mountaineering clothes or camouflage clothes, and these insects cannot get into his clothes.

 But their shock was no less than that of Chen Ling and the other three.

 It is indeed shocking.

All kinds of flying insects can crawl all over the insect-attracting white gauze in just two minutes.

 Densely packed, crawling around like bees in a hive.

 After Chen Ling and the others finished recording quickly.

You also have to tear off the sheet-sized gauze and shake it vigorously into the grass to shake off all the flying insects on it.

 Otherwise, the new insects attracted will not be able to settle on the gauze.

Just like that, after the gauze was gone, the flying bugs still gathered around the incandescent lamp and flew up and down. One after another, they bumped into the incandescent lamp and shook it.

 For a time, the surroundings were full of shaking shadows.

This scene shocked Wu Fei and his wife so much that they were speechless for a long time. They had goosebumps all over their bodies. They were excited, excited and unbelievable.

 After a long while, Wu Feicai murmured to himself: "Have I arrived in heaven? There is such a treasure land for insects in the country."

 At first they just felt like they were in a new place.

I will live here for a long time in the future, so I just want to have a simple understanding of the insect types here.

  Didn’t expect to give them such a big surprise.

 After regaining consciousness, he hurriedly stepped forward to catch the insects again.

 Hand into categories with his wife.



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“Brother Fei, brother Fei, don’t arrest us. We can arrest people faster if we have more people. You record our arrests, otherwise we won’t recognize them.”

 Chen Ling and others quickly stepped forward to help.

There are so many bugs that you can catch a handful, and most of them are useless.

 So they specially picked out the strange ones to catch.

 The **** under the lights suddenly became lively.

After a while, villagers who lived nearby also brought the baby over to see what was going on.

 Then he also joined the bug-catching army.

 Adults and children began to crawl all over the ground catching bugs.

“Teacher Wu, do you think this is okay?”

 “Phineas, Feige, this, this.”

 “Sister-in-law, look at me.”

　　　…”

 “The singing katydid, remember!”

 “Mongolian chilling cicada.”

 “Withered leaf butterfly.”

 “Biphyton rhinoceros scarab beetle.”

　　　…”

 There are many insects, and there are many types.

  It was a bit uncomfortable to catch at first.

 Insects fly to people and get into their clothes. Standing for a long time is unbearable.

 The main reason is the itching in clothes, which is painful to endure.

Later on, more and more people were caught, and a few people even tasted it.

 While resting, Zhao Yubao would shake off the bugs in his clothes, and sometimes shake out large grasshoppers that were half a dozen or so long. The guy would step on them, and his belly full of eggs would explode out.

"Fugui, why don't you record and light a fire later? Look, if you crush this grasshopper, its belly will be full of yellow, even more yellow than crab roe. It will be full of eggs. It will be delicious when roasted."

 “Okay, I’m a little hungry now that I’m busy.”

 Chen Ling laughed and swatted the mosquitoes and said.

 Old man Zhong also said with high spirits: "Don't tell me, this thing is quite fun. We can also experience a scientific investigation."

It is indeed a novel experience that makes people very excited.

As soon as he finished speaking, the lynx called him: "Dad, come here to shake off the bugs."

"I'm coming."

The old man walked over excitedly, and the father and son unfolded the two ends of the gauze and shook it out vigorously. Countless insects fell down like dumplings with a crackle.

　　It’s really like insects falling like rain.

 Chen Ling took a look and saw that there were too many insects to pick up.

If they were all grasshoppers, it would be okay if there was only one kind, but with so many moths, crickets, butterflies, etc., mixed together, it would be too troublesome.

 It seems that today I can’t imagine having a feast of roasted grasshoppers like I did before roasting cicadas.

 I can only pick up a few, just to have a taste of them.

He still dislikes the variety of these insects here.

　　But I don’t mind having uninvited guests.

Groups of groups flew over with fluttering wings, and when they landed on the ground not far from them, they squawked and lowered their heads to eat. He doesn't seem to be afraid of people at all.

"what?"

Wu Fei and Chen Xiaoer were startled and quickly looked back.

 “A group of wild ducks.” Chen Ling replied.

The two men turned around and took a look. They immediately looked ignorant again, and their eyes widened in surprise.

“Good guy, good guy, we are attracting insects, but why are we attracting wild ducks here?”

"This is normal. We often see these guys falling into weirs and ponds at night. They go there to eat small fish. Some people use nets to catch ducks at night."

 Zhao Yubao said.

Now that he has lived in the village for a long time, he understands many things.

Introducing yourself to others makes you appear to know a lot and gives you a great sense of accomplishment.

Old man Zhong said not to be outdone: "I have seen a lot of them. There has been little rain recently and the water is shallow. Small fish are easy to catch in the rivers and ditches."

“Well, this wild duck is so courageous and not afraid of people, haha. Didn’t it just come to your door?”

 “Then what are you waiting for? Go and catch it.”

 The two old men wanted to show off their skills in front of the newcomers like Wu Fei.

Take off your coat, tiptoe over against the grass, and use your coat to pounce.

 “We are coming too, we are coming too.”

Wu Fei and Chen Xiaoer have never seen this kind of scene. So many wild ducks fly over at night, and they look like they are easy to catch. If they don't catch them, they would be really sorry for themselves.

 The recording of insects has basically been completed.

So he followed on tiptoe.

 But wild things are not that easy to catch.

 Looking at it very close, it was eating bugs in a big way, as if it was not defensive at all.

 Actually, I was paying attention to what was going on around me while I was eating.

 As soon as you get close, they will fly away immediately.

 When you go far away, come back and eat.

As a result, the two old men tried to show off their skills but failed. They were played by a group of ducks and lost their temper. Zhao Yubao even fell down and got duck **** on his hands.

 I was so angry that I cursed for a while.

 Feeling very embarrassed.

It's also Wu Fei's fault for causing trouble.

If they didn't mess with this wild duck, they would have caught it long ago.

I stopped catching bugs with them. I said I was sleepy early and went back to wash up and sleep.

Chen Xiaoer was stunned when he saw this: "Hey, these two bad old men are acting like children, and they are so impatient..."

 Chen Ling and others suppressed their laughter.

“Okay, let’s go back to bed early. The wolf in the mountain is howling again. I wonder if something will come down the mountain.”

Chen Ling said.

 An old wolf came down the mountain a while ago.

There has been no movement from behind.

Tonight I actually heard the cry of wolves in the mountains.

Chen Ling was not sure what happened in the mountains.

 Hope that the wolves related to Heiwa can reproduce safely, at least they are still controllable.

“Is this howling like a wolf? It sounds really scary.”

Hearing this, Chen Xiaoer quickly listened carefully to the sound: "My father said that there were wolves in the mountains outside the capital in the early years. Unfortunately, I have never seen them or heard them howling."

"Okay, let's go back to bed early. We want to see wolves. There is a rich man. Let's go to the mountains another day and ask him to hunt two for us."

Wu Fei urged after Wu Fei and his wife packed their things.

“Huh? You want to go into the mountains to be rich?”

Chen Xiaoer couldn't believe it: "Your second and third children are not yet one month old, so you are going hunting now?"

“It’s just a small trip. Generally, those who don’t stay overnight will return the next day.”

 Chen Ling chuckled and said, "It's the season, and we can also use wild game to make a unique full moon feast for my second and third oldest children."

“Then, look at me, look at me, can I follow you?”

 Chen Xiaoer quickly straightened his chest.

“Stop talking nonsense, you should finish building the house as soon as possible. After the house is built and the fire bed is installed, I will take you to the mountains when winter comes.”

Chen Ling waved his hand and walked straight down the slope.

Chen Xiaoer heard the same thing. Building a house now was the key, so he suppressed his expectations and couldn't help but ask: "You're not going to go tomorrow, are you?"

 “I won’t go tomorrow.”

 Chen Ling replied and had already walked away.

 He did not go into the mountains the next day.

 But he went hunting rabbits.

Early in the morning, I mounted my horse, shouldered my gun, and took the two bald men with me to wander around.

 Two bald men are in the sky, their eyes are sharp, and few rabbits can escape its search.

 Rabbits in the wild are also alert.

 After noticing an eagle in the sky, it will flee quickly.

 Even rabbits on the side of the mountain will be blasted out and shot to death by Chen Ling.

 There are really many rabbits in autumn.

Most rabbits near Chenwangzhuang are affected by the environment.

 As for other places, there are many. Although the number is not that huge, pesticides have not been widely used in the mountains, especially in forest farms, where there are many hares.

Chen Ling rode on his horse and fought casually for two hours, and made a lot of hits.

They happened to be not far from Huangni Town, so they rode to Huangni Town and gave most of the prey to Han Chuang.

 Have a meal and drink at noon.

After returning to the county town, I found the postman at the post office and asked him to pay attention to who was always talking bad about me secretly.

This township postman is also familiar with him, and he said that he seemed to have noticed it a while ago. No one said such things at first. It seemed that some agency in the county was the first to say this.

 Later, it spread widely after a temple fair.

 Chen Ling heard that he understood and asked him to inquire more, and then gave him the remaining prey.

There happened to be a copy of his letter at this time, so he stayed for a while and read the letter.

 It is a letter from Zhou Weijun asking about Yu Qian.

He hasn't installed a phone yet, so he can only contact the other party by phone if he takes the initiative to call him. If he doesn't call, Zhou Weijun and others can only write him letters.

Zhou Weijun has been helpless recently.

Yu Qian, an old boy, and his girl came to the mountains and there was no reply for several months.

Even if his own family is not worried, the girl’s family must be worried as well.

I couldn’t get in touch with him, and I didn’t know where to look for him. I thought he had been abducted.

Yu Qian's parents also knew that their son was at fault after their parents came to visit him, but they could not contact their son.

Had no choice but to ask this person, and finally asked Ma Wei to find Zhou Weijun, and then contact Chen Ling.

It's really a lot of effort.

“This old boy is the same. How long will it take to find a horse?”

 Chen Ling was speechless after reading the letter. The old boy was still riding his motorcycle, so he knew how to take his wife around everywhere.

 “I have to go and take a look, don’t really cause trouble.”

Some time ago, when Wang Qingzhong and his wife came here, they said that Yu Qian sometimes lived in Yaowang Village and sometimes lived in the town, but most of the time the two of them were always running into the mountains, looking for pack horses and other birds.

 Chen Ling didn't care at that time.

Now that his family is calling him, he has to find him and call home no matter what. It is best to take Bai Huining back.

 At home, I feel relieved.

So Chen Ling returned to the village, told his family, and then continued to carry the gun and the eagle, and headed towards Fenglei Town in the afternoon.

Chen Ling's horse galloped very fast.

Since the little green horse went back and forth to the provincial capital, it has recovered a lot. After being raised, it has grown a lot. Both endurance and speed have improved a lot.

 It is also fast and flexible.

 At this time, the autumn harvest is over, and there are many trucks delivering public grain on the road.

 Chen Ling's horse passed by so fast, but the little green horse was able to dodge it very dexterously.

When encountering obstructions such as donkey carts on small river ditches or narrow stone bridges, this fierce horse will ignore it and rush forward when it is far away. Then it will leap high by the river and leap over in one fell swoop.

 It made everyone stunned.

Then he raised his head and looked at the falcons in the sky. Without further explanation, everyone knew who this person was.

 Leave a lot of discussion in the place.

Chen Ling didn't care and just rode forward.

However, this is not always the case.

When we arrived at Changle Township, it was a good day. There were several married families in the township, so we couldn't just rush through like this.

But when he arrived at the foot of the archway, Chen Ling was about to take a detour from the path outside the village.

Suddenly, I noticed that there was a commotion in the wedding reception team not far away. People watching the commotion were running away, and there were panic shouts everywhere.

Chen Ling quickly asked the little green horse to slow down and stop. Then he walked through the stone archway and looked over there. He saw a big guy covered in black crawling on the persimmon tree next to the temple. Persimmon juice is opening its mouth and screaming, and crawling down awkwardly.

 “Holy shit, the big bear ran down the mountain?”

 Chen Ling was surprised when he discovered that there was another black bear among the commotion, standing in the wedding procession. The people who reacted were driving him away with all kinds of threats and loud noises.

"Good guy, this is not only a bear coming down the mountain, but also coming down the mountain to stop the wedding."

 Chen Ling felt strange when he saw this, and quickly drove his horse forward.