My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 167 Bad Things

   "Hey, hey, don't dare to talk nonsense about wealth, you can't be disrespectful to the Dragon King."

   The people around were startled when they heard Chen Ling's words.

   First, he blamed him for a while, and then he helped him to plead with the Dragon King, begging the Dragon King not to have the same knowledge as this young man.

  Chen Ling was helpless, so he also bowed.

  I thought you were exaggerating too much? Before, I said that I could eat a duck in one bite, but in a blink of an eye, I said that I could eat a calf in one bite. It has scales, claws and horns on its head.

But after praying, seeing that everyone was nervous, he said: "Don't be afraid, everyone, in a peaceful and prosperous world, what kind of monsters can there be? It is estimated that what fish is making fun of, the size of the snake-headed fish boss in the pond in the past, no. Do you want to eat ducks? The little ducks are one bite at a time. I guess the ones in the reservoir are similar to this one."

   The reservoir in the village was built in the 1950s and 1960s, and there used to be water here. It is connected to the old river bay and has never dried up. It is very possible to raise some big fish.

"No, absolutely not, if we don't know fish? This thing is just like a monster, with a green face and fangs, and that big mouth can really eat a calf..." Chen Ze said he had seen it with his own eyes. Yes, hurriedly defended.

   Hearing them talk more and more vigorously and exaggeratedly, Chen Ling was no longer interested in listening to their nonsense.

   This is often the case in the countryside. When you see strange things, it is easy for someone to exaggerate nonsense. In the end, they believe it, but they are just frightening themselves.

   got up and dug some dirt near the pond on the north side of the dam, and went home with the fish.

   In front of the house, Wang Susu was accompanying her sister to do her homework. Taking advantage of the warm and comfortable sunshine, her little daughter-in-law held a dustbin and waxed the cotton thread with a piece of wax. This was preparation before the soles of the shoes.

   It's autumn, and the cotton shoes are about to be prepared. Her own, Chen Ling's, and Wang Zhenzhen's.

   Seeing that her husband came back after going out for so long, he raised his head and asked casually.

  Chen Ling briefly explained what happened in the reservoir today.

   "Is there really a monster in the reservoir, brother-in-law? Can I go take a look?" Wang Zhenzhen couldn't sit still when he heard such a strange thing.

   "There are no monsters, they are all talking nonsense. When you finish your homework, I will show you there, but when you go out to play in the future, remember not to run there, the underwater things are a bit fierce."

Near noon, Chen Ling simply tidied up the flower pots. These are still things left by his grandparents. After his mother got married, he started to plant some beautiful flowers and plants every year. Childhood memories are accompanied by floral scents.

   Later, only their father and son were left, and they no longer had that leisure and elegance. They have not been used for many years now, and they are piled up in the corners.

These flower pots are not small, there are round, square, and hexagonal ones, and the smallest one has a diameter of 20 cm. It is a defective product from the local kiln. Anyone who buys a water tank and water urn will get it for free. Send a few, but still look good.

   After all, unsightly homes can’t be left. Many are either broken or used as livestock troughs and pickle jars.

After eating, Chen Ling led his wife and sister-in-law to the vicinity of the reservoir, looking at the strangeness. After noon, there were still many people walking back and forth on the dam, wanting to see what the monster looked like. What a pity it never showed up again.

   Looking back and forth along the dam, seeing the two sisters Wang Susu go to talk to the women in the village, Chen Ling went to dig some soil and went home and started to play with his flowers and plants.

When he brought these chrysanthemums and orchids back in the morning, he deliberately protected the roots with moist soil. Each root had a large piece of soil on it, and there was no need to knock it out. After that, just plant it directly.

   Of course, potted orchids, chrysanthemums do not need to be planted in pots, just dig two ditches to plant on the ground, chrysanthemums have tenacious vitality and live well.

  These chrysanthemums and orchids are pure wild flowers and plants in the mountains. They are also in a state of savage growth inside the cave. The vitality is tenacious, and the flowers are thicker and larger, but they are not beautiful.

  The chrysanthemums and orchids he brought out now are three kinds each.

  Orchid is very good, he is very satisfied.

  Chrysanthemum is not the same.

  No matter what kind of wild chrysanthemums in the mountains, they all have a common feature, that is, the flowers are very small, the largest is only two copper coins, and the petals are thin, usually only one or two layers.

   It does not bloom in clusters like ordinary chrysanthemums, which overlap and overlap. Even small daisies have multiple layers of petals.

  Although wild chrysanthemum is inferior to ordinary chrysanthemum in this regard, it is not without benefits.

  The flowers are small but delicate and suitable for large-scale planting.

  Waiting for the coming year, the small bamboo forest in the center of the yard will grow densely in a circle. There are three kinds of golden yellow, purple red and snow white, which will be more beautiful than ordinary chrysanthemums.

   Among the three kinds of wild chrysanthemums, the white ones are the best.

   belongs to spiraea, small white chrysanthemums are piled up into half a hydrangea. Although the flowers are small, they are very lush.

   The ones planted in the cave have already become large-scale, especially when the flowers are blooming, the branches of the whole plant are all packed and covered with delicate flowers, forming an arched flower belt, and the trees are covered with snow white, which is extremely endearing.

   But chrysanthemums are also embellishments and foils.

   What Chen Ling paid more attention to was orchids. Although they were also wild species, in general, in the past few days of growing in the cave, the changes were quite large.

  Each orchid is more than one level beautiful.

   And there is no need to prune at all, just planting it in a pot is beautiful enough.

  There are three kinds of orchids: strong fragrance, delicate fragrance, and elegant, with different floral fragrances and different appearances.

   Among them, the fragrant one is the most eye-catching.

   Dark green leaves, each leaf seems to be wrapped in wax, thick and textured.

  The petals are golden yellow and long and narrow oval, pure and flawless without the slightest variegation.

  Each petal is extremely bright golden yellow under the sunlight.

   Although the appearance of this orchid is graceful, it is not gorgeous, but a bit deserted.

   gives people a feeling that this flower has just been baptized by the drizzle, very fresh and clean.

   is a great contrast to its rich floral fragrance.

   is stunning at first sight.

   The other two plants do not have this eye-catching. One has jade-white petals, shaped like a plum blossom, with reddish inside, and there is also a light blue one, like a butterfly, whose bud color is very pale, but after flowering, the color will gradually thicken.

   has its own characteristics, and it is very pleasing to the eye when paired with chrysanthemums.

From two o'clock in the afternoon to four o'clock in the afternoon, the orchids were put into pots, and the chrysanthemums were planted in the two trenches dug in front of the bamboo garden. After turning over the soil, a layer of pond mud was laid and placed, and after a little pruning, there was no more care. .

   After a while, they will grow better.

   Smelling the fragrance of the flowers, Chen Ling hummed a little tune in a comfortable mood, slipped the fish out of the kitchen, and cleaned up by the well.

  Daughter-in-law is pregnant, so there is no shortage of fish.

  I have eaten several red eels in Dongtian. I have tried various methods of frying and cooking. They are more delicious and nourishing than ordinary eels.

  I usually eat two fish in the cave every week, and make soup with fish from the outside world.

   Now Chen Ling's life focus is his daughter-in-law, and he does not bring heavy meals three times a day. When he was bored in the past, he might even go to the county town to set up a stall and catch a big fair. I don't have that mind at all now.

   Not only is he happy, those who care about him and have a good relationship with him are also happy.

   No, he killed the fish and was about to get two mountain catfish out of the cave. Liang Hongyu and Qin Rongxian pushed the car and accompanied Wang Susu and his sister into the yard.

  The two of them went back to the capital on the National Day, met with old friends, stayed for a while, and only returned to Lingyun yesterday morning.

  I also brought my daughter back this time.

   After knowing that Wang Susu was pregnant, she called her daughter without saying a word, and told her to buy something when she came over.

   That guy has everything to eat, wear, and play. Especially in the future, I will prepare a bunch of small clothes and shoes for children. Small and large, it is estimated that they can be worn until two or three years old.

   After getting to know each other, it was naturally fun and lively again, and dinner was eaten until nine o'clock in the night.

  The old couple The daughter is not very old, she looks like she is only in her early thirties, she is a female singer.

   She took her father's surname, Qin Yueru.

   He is tall and tall, with permed hair and beautiful atmosphere.

   The main reason is that he has a strong aura, and when he does not speak, it will give people the feeling of being difficult to approach.

   But as long as he speaks and laughs, it is like a different person, his eyebrows and eyes are curved, and he looks extremely weak. He also speaks softly and squeamishly, even lower than Wang Susu's voice.

   The last thatched hut asked Wang Susu to stay outside, saying that he was afraid of the dark.

   Now Chen Ling finally knew how her daughter Xiaolizi's temper came about.

   After their family, Han Chuang also brought Jiang Xiaoqing over within two days. Inevitably, he also brought a lot of canned food and supplements.

  Chen Ling also wondered how he knew.

   It turned out that he heard it from the postman.

  This postman is really big mouthed. He told about the Chenwangzhuang Reservoir, which caused a lot of people from the nearby villages and county towns to come and see it in the past two days.

  Han Chuang just heard about this and was going to come to play with Chen Ling.

   Then, as soon as he said Chen Ling's name, he learned from the postman that Chen Ling's wife was pregnant.

   Indeed, this postman often comes to deliver newspapers, how can he hide this from him?

It was lively for a long time. I was going to have lunch in the afternoon. I didn’t expect that there was something wrong in the village, so I called Chen Ling over. They didn’t stay that day. Come and play.

   Things in the village are actually quite simple.

   Or how to deal with the mess left by Chen Erzhu.

   In the past two days, a message has come from the county, saying that this turtle grandson has been sentenced, and he has committed a lot of things. It is a bit difficult to figure it out.

  Wang Laishun thought about wrapping the land for Erzhu, discussing and discussing to see if the contract fee should be returned a little bit and continue to cultivate the arable land.

   There are many fertile fields near the river beach, and it is too wasteful to leave them alone.

   In addition, people like Chen Ling who exchanged arable land with Erzhu can also return their ten mu of land to him. They only need to pay a little money to the brigade every year, not too much, even if they owe it first.

   This kind of farming is naturally a good solution.

  Chen Ling felt it was too much trouble and didn’t want to take it back, but the others were very easy to talk to. Who wouldn’t know how to farm? The enthusiasm of the villagers for farming is unparalleled. It’s easy to get the land back and grow and order food.

   Before the autumn harvest, spinach, radish, cabbage, etc. can be planted, and the planting of veggies does not delay the planting of winter wheat, which is a good thing.

  I don’t want to grow wheat, but potatoes are also fine. According to the season, it belongs to winter potato, but it doesn’t taste very good, and the taste is a bit numb, but it can be sold for money anyway, which is better than nothing.

  So, the matter was settled very smoothly.

  Chen Ling's previous ten mu of land was finally divided among several families, and it was planted first between the leases of more than two years, and the time was up.

   As a result, several households who had previously contracted their arable land to Erzhu also began to work hard. In the south of the village, they were ploughing the land and ditching the ditch, and there were continuous people for several days.

  Wang Jusheng also had more than two acres of land there. He was going to plant some potatoes, so he called Chen Ling over, and drove the cattle to help him plough the land twice. After ploughing, he planted the potatoes again, so he was busy.

  There is no way, their own mother and brothers can't count on them, so they can only look here.

  …

Autumn is getting stronger, Chen Ling is leaning on the reclining chair in the courtyard, looking at the white clouds like cotton wool in the sky, feeling that time is passing so slowly, these two days of dreaming, always dreaming of dolls full of kang, giggling, crawling come and crawl. Or drooling, lying on his chest, calling his father vaguely.

   opened his eyes and found that it was a dream.

   You have to wait until the daughter-in-law is pregnant for ten months before she can see the child.

   is too hard.

   sighed softly and put the newspaper in his arms aside.

  Suddenly, his eyes were attracted by the persimmons that were covered with branches in the house not far away. The persimmons were bright yellow and lustrous in the sun, and they were already ripe.

   "Susu, what do you want to eat at noon today? Shall I bake you some persimmon buns?"

   "We don't have persimmons at home, let's cook corn on the cob, it's delicious and easy."

   "The corn cobs are gone. The ones that Brother Jusheng sent to me were all eaten yesterday."

   "Do you still want to eat? If you want to eat, I will break some for you."

  Wang Susu likes to eat tender corn very much, the kind that she never tires of eating, steamed, boiled, put in soup, she likes it all.

   "Let me go, it's not good to always break other people's houses. I'll buy two bowls of rice and go to the second aunt's house for some."

   "Don't, her house hasn't been watered much this year, and the corn cobs are short and small, and the corn kernels are all shriveled, and they are full of blisters when bitten, which is not tasty at all."

  Chen Ling waved his hand, and Mrs. Wang asked her daughter to take it away during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and her son only came back when the crops were harvested. At other times, no one took care of the land.

   "You go and prepare two bowls of rice, I'll change it, I know whose corn cobs are delicious."

  Because there are few rice plants in this county, the rice is used in exchange, and other people are also happy. They think it is an expensive thing, and it is more useful.

Wang Susu listened to him and didn't have any opinion. She knew that her husband was picky. He said that the delicious food would definitely not be bad. came out.

   Actually, after the tender corn was ready to eat this year, Yuqiang in the front yard gave it first, and Wang Jusheng and Wang Lixian also gave it twice.

   It’s not a lot to eat.

  This thing can be steamed or boiled, and it tastes sweet and sweet. It’s not enough to eat one, and it won’t take up the stomach after eating two, so you won’t feel full.

   So as long as there is, the table is often not left on the table three times a day, and adults and children love to eat.

   This way you can eat very fast, if you don’t pay much attention, you will eat up.

  Chen Ling went to Ermao Donkey's house for corn cobs.

His family raises sheep and donkeys all year round. These two kinds of manure are quite powerful. When the spring of the two donkeys started, the arable land did not change. , the taste is also good.

This is the first time Chen Ling has visited his house. When this man saw him, he was very enthusiastic and pulled him to sit down for tea and chat. After knowing his intention, he went to the field and broke a big bag of corn for him without saying a word. stick.

   Along the way, we chatted enthusiastically about the situation in the mountains a few days ago.

   This person's enthusiasm for Chen Ling is not without reason.

   He is Chen Yuqiang's godfather, and Xiaosen's godfather. Chen Ling saved this little baby's life before, and people have been thinking about it.

   "I also heard that you brought back two big-bellied sheep from the village a while ago. The road is long and difficult to walk, so you have to work hard?"

   "Yeah, I've been working hard for a while, and after walking for a while, I don't dare to walk fast."

   "Hahaha, if it were to change to previous years, my sheep would be pregnant with lambs at this time, and you don't need to run so far, just bring one back from my family."

   "I didn't expect wolves to enter the house this year, which frightened the sheep, and the big ram was so frightened that it didn't match up a few times, alas..."

   "Brother Donkey, find someone to take a look at it. It's not a big problem. It can be cured with some medicine and an injection."

   "Yes, it is estimated that it can be cured. I am going to go to the village to find someone to ask in the next big gathering."

   "It's ok if you don't meet at the fair, donkey brother. If you're not busy at home, you can go directly to the village animal husbandry station and look for the old man. This old man is an old veterinarian. Such a problem can be seen."

   "Oh hey, your child is familiar with the way now."

   "Okay, as you said, I'll go take a look in the next two days."

  The two donkeys wore straw hats and led a few sheep, and Chen Ling carried the corn. The two laughed and walked up the ridge.

   As soon as the buds came out, I suddenly saw thick smoke billowing from the south, and across the green straw in the field, I could still see the light of fire faintly.

   Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, but the two donkeys jumped up and ran over yelling.

   "Xiao Wang Bajiaozi, let him not make a fool of himself, he still caused trouble for Laozi."

   (end of this chapter)