My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 98 Rouge

In the eyes of the children born in the 1970s and 1980s in the countryside, the slingshot is definitely an indispensable role in childhood. Due to the simplicity of production, the male dolls basically have one hand, and they often take them out to shoot birds and fish, which is more powerful than the slingshot. big.

There are generally two ways to make a slingshot. One is made of tree stalks, and the other is made of thick iron wire nests. Just make a wooden slingshot.

Chen Ling found a suitable tree branch, cut off the bark with a hatchet, made a [Y] shape, then cut out two grooves at both ends of the tree branch, and then cut the discarded bicycle inner tube into several pieces. The long strip of flat rubber is tied to the grooves at both ends of the tree branch and fixed. In fact, it is generally made of rubber bands. The greater the pulling force of the rubber bands, the greater the power of the slingshot.

   But there is no ready-made at home, so Chen Lingtu replaced it with a bicycle inner tube, and then found a leather pocket to wrap the projectile. This is usually an old cowhide belt cut out, or old cowhide used for shoe repair.

   Make two holes in the leather pocket, and fasten the rubber through the holes.

   Finally, wrap a few circles of cloth around the handle of the slingshot. After trying to hold it, it is not easy to let go, and a decent slingshot is made.

  Chen Ling looked up and saw that the group of magpies was still in the old place, squatting on the toon tree outside the courtyard, calling him a group from time to time, provoking him.

Before knowing that magpies stole eggs, Chen Ling simply thought that this thing was a good bird. Later, when he knew that this guy was a thief bird, he paid attention to it. He also asked someone to inquire about it, and finally found that this bird was an out-and-out hooligan. bully.

Crops and fruit trees specialize in the scourge of good-looking and big people. Not only that, but they also bully the birds and swallows, stealing chickens and ducks from the family. Wang Lixian said that he has seen magpies stealing food several times. Chicken cubs and swallows are hunted, and after they are caught, they are killed and eaten.

But it is not easy for people to teach them a lesson. This kind of bird thief is clever, and they will immediately fly away when you get within three feet. When you leave, they will fly back the same way and continue to harass you. The essence of guerrilla warfare.

  Flower magpies are not only rogue, but also very ferocious. According to Wang Lixian, this thing is also a tyrant in the deep mountains, in groups, and generally small eagles do not dare to provoke them.

   Can't resist their siege without seeing that Harrier?

At this time, Chen Ling saw that these magpies dared to provoke him, and did not hit them with a slingshot. Instead, he turned his head and found a long bamboo pole, and gave them all the old nests built on a few big trees not far from his house. They poke.

   This guy immediately aroused the anger of the magpies, jumping back and forth on the toon branches like crazy, and screaming louder, but they didn't dare to fly down, just screaming to invite friends and companions.

   After a while, it expanded from seven or eight to twenty or thirty. The surrounding magpies seemed to be summoned, and Chen Ling was stunned for a while.

   "Damn, do you want to be so exaggerated?"

  Chen Ling raised his head for a while, but he was not at all soft-hearted and guilty.

   If these thieves are left alone, the vegetable garden in the backyard will not be available. Maybe these thieves will intensify and come to the front yard when people are not paying attention.

   If I wanted to give them some color this time, I really thought that Uncle Chen was a sick cat.

Then he took the two dogs back to the front yard. There were still a lot of pebbles that he picked up this morning. Chen Ling put the basket at his feet, picked up a stone and pulled the slingshot, aiming at the magpie on the tree. 'Whoosh' shot out.

The first time I missed the hit, but because Chen Ling had fully loaded the slingshot, the stone that was thrown out was very strong, and the bang hit the tree trunk with a loud noise. Fly away with wings.

  Chen Ling is not discouraged, the magpies like to fight guerrilla warfare, and they will fight for a long time with them.

  As long as you dare to show your head, you will immediately serve with a slingshot.

In the next morning, Chen Ling spent the next morning with these magpies. As long as he dared to fly close to the yard, he would greet him with a slingshot. At first, he couldn't hit a few times, but after he gradually found the feeling in his hand, The quasi-head came up immediately.

   hit two in a row.

Because Chen Ling was too powerful, as long as he hit it, he was dead. Half of his head was knocked off. He spun from the tree and fell to the ground. Heiwa and Xiaojin were picked up by two dogs, and the yard was full of them after a while. hair.

  Chen Ling didn't go to reprimand them, what he wanted was this effect, otherwise how could he make these thieves feel scared?

When Wang Susu returned home at noon, she saw that the yard was full of bird feathers, and thought something had happened, but when she heard Chen Ling's explanation, she was also very angry. Now, how can you endure this?

   Without saying a word, he snatched the slingshot from Chen Ling's hand, put stones in his pocket, and shot the magpies outside the yard a few times.

   It's just that these thieves are also a little scared now. They are far away from Chen Ling's yard. When they see people raising their slingshots, they fly away early, and they don't give them a chance to aim.

After lunch, Chen Ling was afraid that these thieves would go to the vegetable garden to take revenge, so he went to the backyard to stand guard once, but he shot two of them directly, which was worse than the two that were shot in the morning. The stones were directly embedded in the body. Fluttering his wings and gasping for air, he struggled on the ground for a while before dying completely.

   Seeing the **** and tragic death of their companions, these thieves also knew that Chen Ling's house was more dangerous, so they no longer dared to approach the yard, and they flew away when they saw Chen Ling, and did not dare to stop near him at all.

On the last day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, Tianwang Lixian's family was about to collect melons. Chen Ling rushed over early, but his family Ernier brought her son-in-law back to her parents' house. They had to entertain their young couple at noon today. As for the collection. The melon waits until the evening is cool.

Chen Ling also knew that the two of them must also be here to help, so he rejected their family's retention, and returned to his home to water the vegetable garden in the backyard twice with diluted stream water. Mixed into stream water by Chen Ling, this water will have colorful brilliance when taken out alone, especially at night, it will emit splendid fluorescence, but after it is neutralized with ordinary water, it will become mediocre, except that it tastes sweet and refreshing. , there is nothing noticeable on the surface.

   So Chen Ling has been taking whatever he wants. He doesn't mix much stream water, and he doesn't worry that Wang Susu will find something abnormal.

After working at home for a while, I went to the fields to herd cattle and picked some mulberry leaves. After lunch, Han Chuang really brought some fish. There were dozens of them, colorful and various. It's only **** long, but it's beautiful.

  Chen Ling doesn't know much about ornamental fish, nor does he fully recognize them, but as long as he can name them, there are several wild ornamental fish that have been hard to see in later generations, such as mullet, goldfish, and fighting fish.

  These fish are rare in the local area, especially the rouge, which has to go over the Niangniang Mountain outside Fenglei Town to find it in the Yangtze River, and then have a chance to catch it.

I heard Han Chuang say that many fish were brought back from outside when his brother was out of the car to deliver canned food, and they were kept in the pond of their cannery, regardless of species, they were all mixed together. Throw a few pieces of steamed buns or sprinkle some bran in it, and don't feed it if you can't remember it. Usually it looks pretty, and they don't take it seriously.

Today, he took an aquatic car to deliver the fish to the dam of the reservoir. After he came to the village to call Chen Ling, he accompanied Chen Ling to drive the cow with a large water tank and pulled the fish home, and then ignored Chen Ling. The couple left in a hurry.

When he got home, he moved the water tank from the ox cart, and there were seven or eight fish that turned their stomachs in the water and didn't move much. Chen Ling hurriedly put them into the lotus pond and scooped a few scoops from the water tank. The diluted stream water entered, and then they all regained their spirits.

   "These fish are so beautiful. After a while, the lotus flowers will bloom, and our yard will definitely be more beautiful."

  Wang Susu was also attracted by these beautiful fish, so she squatted beside the pool with her chin up and watched quietly.

  The fish may have noticed the difference in the water, and they were swimming happily in the water. Wang Susu grabbed some rice grains and came to feed them.

  Chen Ling went to move the two red eels and red eel seedlings out of the house, changed the water, and let them come out to breathe.

   The eel fry that were placed outside grew slower than those in the cave, but now they have grown a lot faster, which made Wang Susu surprised for a while.

Chen Ling knew that this had little to do with the Dongtian Stream, but the species of eel was rather special. Of course, it was also possible that they were originally genetically mutated species. After they were accidentally caught by Chen Ling, they fed some stream water. , was stimulated again, and a mutation occurred.

   He didn't know what kind of situation it was, but he grew very fast.

   "I don't know what that lynx went to the mountains to do. If they don't come back, these eel fry will grow into big fish."

  Chen Ling couldn't help muttering in his heart.

   Then he squatted beside the pool with Wang Susu and counted how many special fish there were.

   After observing for a while, I found that there were three rouge fish, a dozen or so betta fish, and seven or eight cow fish, or panda fish, and most of the rest were ordinary goldfish.

At this time, people are basically like Han Chuang's brother, and they don't pay much attention to these things, and in this remote mountainous county, there is no concept of ornamental fish or fish, that is, to keep and play, whether it is outsiders The ones I gave were brought back from the wild because I thought they looked good. I just threw them into the pool and left them alone. Most of the time, it was just to add some anger to the family, or to make a bells and whistles to look festive. precious.

   But Chen Ling doesn't care about these things now. In his eyes, these things are good-looking. They can add a little different color to the small yard, but their value is second.

  Before the wheat harvest, the weather in the mountains was like the face of Sun Monkey. It was extremely changeable. It was fine during the day and the sun was shining brightly. When it was almost evening, it suddenly became cloudy.

  Chen Ling didn't dare to be neglected when he saw this, he informed Wang Susu, and then drove the ox cart to the ground to help Wang Lixian's house to collect watermelons.

   (end of this chapter)