My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 366 The first guests of the farm

  After eating, the sun has jumped out from the mountain ridge, covering the farms and fruit forests at the foot of the mountain in spring.

  It is the time when fish are active in the morning. When you walk out of the farm, you can see fish in lotus ponds and canals playing on the water surface from time to time, and some big fish jump out of the water and splash.

  The ornamental fish in the pond are also very energetic. When you walk over, you can see colorful fish swimming on the water.

   These fish are mainly goldfish, and the number of koi is slightly less. After all, goldfish are more popular now, and goldfish are more suitable for raising in glass fish tanks.

  Put some stones, raise some aquatic plants, and put them indoors to have a special feeling.

  Now there are three small ponds in the farm, two of which are goldfish and one is koi, and they are almost half as long now.

  It can be sold at the end of the month.

   This stuff is quick to raise and can be sold all year round. It is also true in big cities. There is no fixed off-season and peak season for ornamental fish.

  The sale is extremely hot right now.

  When I was in the city some time ago, Chen Ling saw stalls selling ornamental fish at many intersections, and it was not a flower, bird, insect and fish market. Seeing which intersection was crowded, he set it there and started selling it.

  Sometimes at crowded crossroads, there are even stalls filled with stalls, all of which are fish sellers. There are also fish insects, fish food, large and small fishing nets, and square and round fish tanks. It is extremely lively.

   And they are sold very cheaply. There are ten or twenty pieces for one yuan, such as that kind of small loach, which is the price.

   Goldfish and koi worth hundreds of dollars are already extremely high-end and rare.

  As for the goldfish on the market now, according to Chen Ling's observation and comparison in books, they are all traditional species of goldfish.

  Like those Lanchu, Thai Lions, and Crown Pearls later on, you can’t see them at all.

   Among the koi, the dragon and phoenix koi and butterfly koi are also missing.

  The common ones among goldfish are butterfly tails, dragon eyes, blisters, skywatchers, pearls, lion heads, etc. in various colors, such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, and purple, and all kinds of colors are almost completely covered.

  It can be said that the domestic traditional goldfish species are very complete locally.

  The variety is complete, it must be because there are many people who buy fish and raise fish.

  As for why so many people buy ornamental fish these years?

  The reason is very simple. In the final analysis, there are few entertainment activities at this time. Setting up a fish tank at home to raise some fish will make adults and children enjoy themselves, which is both interesting and fun.

   Later, the ornamental fish market gradually slumped, and it was also because the Internet was developed at that time, and there were things to play everywhere, so few people had the enthusiasm to raise fish.

  Think about it, if you don’t even cook, how can you have time to raise fish?

   From this point of view, it is really beneficial to raise ornamental fish at this time. At least for the next few years, the family will not lack income.

  Walking around the pond and canal, after checking the situation of the fish, Chen Ling went to release the chickens, ducks and livestock.

   Chickens, ducks, geese, and sheep don’t need to worry too much. Now that there are many dogs in the house, it’s okay for them to run around casually.

  The main thing is to keep an eye on the little green horse. This guy is too restless and wants to go out and run around all day. It's best for Chen Ling to ride it out and run around.

   "You play by yourself first, and I will take you out for a run later."

   After stroking the smooth bridge of the little green horse's nose twice, Chen Ling quietly came to the edge of the fruit forest, wanting to see what birds were harming the vegetable garden.

  Generally, these thieves that harm crops and vegetable seedlings are mostly magpies, but when Chen Ling went to see them before breakfast, the fresh footprints on the moist soil were much smaller than the claws of magpies.

  Now he sneaked over unexpectedly and took a look, good guy, a large group of sparrows settled around the vegetable garden, not far from the sparrows, there were also wild tits, flower magpies, and gray hemp pecking on the bare vegetable seedlings and sweet potato seedlings.

  Several stinky aunts were also among them, with their sharp and slender beaks, they pecked out the vegetables buried in the soil lightly, picked them up and flew aside to enjoy them.

  This situation made Chen Ling furious, so he took out his slingshot and hit him: "Your uncle, stinky aunt, even you who have thick eyebrows and big eyes have betrayed..."

  This stinky aunt is actually called Dai Sheng. This bird has a small fan on its head, a long and thin beak, and its feathers are covered with black and white horizontal stripes, which is very beautiful.

  Chen Ling always mistook it for a woodpecker when he was a child.

  Later, when I grew up and became sensible, I knew that although this thing is not a woodpecker, it is also a good bird that eats pests. How could I know that it came to steal the seeds.

   Chen Ling was really furious.

   After shooting a slingshot, he missed anything, only the flock of birds flew into the sky in shock.

   Walked a few steps forward, but the set up did not fail.

   are two unlucky wild **** and a gray mozzarella.

  Chen Ling called the puppies on the spot, flew the bird feathers that the three unlucky guys tore on the spot, and threw them on the ground to warn the thieves.

   "The second bald man hasn't come back yet, so you can watch here first, and I will give you extra meals in the evening."

  Chen Ling patted Er Hei's head, and asked him to take the puppies to guard the vegetable garden in turn, so that the birds could be driven away when they came.

   Then I went back to the farm to get vegetable seeds and planted them again, and those seedlings had to be replenished slowly.

   "What's wrong, Lingzi?"

  The father-in-law drove over from the village with a little white cow. When he saw Chen Ling and his dog busy in the vegetable garden, he let go of the cow and hurried over.

   "Our vegetable garden has been harmed by birds. I will replant these vegetables again."

  Chen Ling pointed to the old man to see what was going on, and said helplessly.

   "What? What happened to the bird?"

  Wang Cunye bent down and stared at it, and gritted his teeth angrily.

   "Is it okay to let Erhei and the others watch? Or plant two scarecrows to scare these thieves."

   "That's right, the dog can't watch it all the time, so let's try planting two scarecrows."

  Chen Ling nodded, then went back to get tools, two broken straw hats and thatched ponchos, and erected two scarecrows in the vegetable garden.

  After finishing, I also tied two fluffy red ribbons, which flutter back and forth when the wind blows, also to scare the birds.

Everything is ready.

  The little white cow also came to the vegetable garden and lay still, guarding with the puppies.

   Once a bird comes, they drive it away.

  It was noon, and within half a day, the puppies had pounced on more than 20 birds, and placed them neatly on the ground without eating them. They specially used this to ask Chen Ling for credit.

  In the afternoon, the little cat also came to join in the fun. It played with the puppies all day long, and its hunting ability was not weak. It also caught two sparrows when it got dark.

   It’s just that this cat is too naive, and it doesn’t know how to claim credit after catching a bird, so it ate it on the spot.

  The next day we need to spray herbicides in the wheat field, and there are people around, so there is no need to let the dog lean on it.

But the puppies seem to know how to look at the ground now, needless to say, they went there to guard it, with the little tabby cats, and surrounded the little white cow in groups of three or four, rushing out to drive away any birds, but there were no birds. It's very interesting to roll and play around the vegetable garden when you come here.

   After a while, Heiwa Xiaojin ran over from the fruit forest with a few foxes and joined them. The team became bigger and more lively.

   The three of Yu Qi'an, who was strolling over with the birdcage slowly, became jealous for a while.

  Yu Qi'an even hung the birdcage on a tree at the edge of the fruit forest, and exclaimed: "My dear, why do you still have foxes here, Fugui?"

   As he said that, his legs and feet couldn't help walking towards a few foxes with fiery red fur.

  The foxes are very alert, and when they see a stranger approaching, they run away lightly with their fluffy and thick tails up.

  Little Jin was having fun with the foxes, but when he was interrupted, he barked at Yu Qi'an twice fiercely, and continued chasing after the foxes.

   After catching up, the big golden-haired dog and four beautiful red foxes ran side by side, running and rubbing against each other for a while, and touching noses for a while, very intimate and cheerful.

  Yu Qi'an was too frightened to move by Xiao Jin's ferocious appearance, and then saw such a scene again, and asked strangely: "Isn't this a fox, but your little Jin's puppy? It looks like a fox?"

   "No, this is a fox. It's just a wild fox in the mountains. It just plays well with my dog, and it's generally not close to anyone."

  The three little foxes have grown up now, because they were rescued by Chen Ling when they were young, and they often went to the farm to eat and drink, so they are only close to their family.

  Being wary of other humans.

   When you see someone approaching, you will run away quickly.

   Knowing that the fox likes to play with the farm's dogs and cows, Yu Qi'an and the three of them were amazed: "The little things you raise are just fun, and you can make friends by yourself, so people like it."

   "What are you going to do today, are you spraying medicine?"

   "Yes, apply herbicide to kill weeds."

   "Weeding? Won't that kill the seedlings?"

   "Haha, what you said, it definitely won't work. The dosage is not that big, just kill the grass that has just grown."

   Those who have planted the ground basically know that when the crops in the farmland germinate and grow, all kinds of weeds will also grow together.

  For example, wheat, although it is winter wheat, has been plowed before sowing, and the weeds seem to have disappeared. There are only ridges of tender green wheat seedlings, which are very neat and clean.

  But when the weather gets warmer, it will not work, and all kinds of grass will gradually emerge again.

   It was very inconspicuous at the beginning, far less tall and strong than a wheat seedling.

  But as long as there is a little rain, even light rain, they will grow tenaciously and savagely, and after a few rains, they can surpass the wheat seedlings and come first.

  Especially after such a heavy rain, the weeds in the farmland really look different every day.

  Leave it alone for a month or two months, let the weeds unscrupulously rob the land of fertility, and the farmland will soon become barren.

   Therefore, killing the grass in time will not only save time and effort, but also save pesticides, and the small amount of pesticides is also good for the soil and wheat.

"Qi'an is young, he didn't catch up with going to the countryside to join the queue, and he didn't know anything. Before, he thought that farming was just sowing seeds in the field and he didn't care about it. He didn't know the harm of weeds and insects in the farmland. It doesn’t matter, if it’s serious, there will be no harvest.”

   Ma Wei smiled and said: "Qian, do you know why the scarecrow over there is used?"

   "Old horse, you are too much, can I not know the scarecrow? It's bird-proof."

   Zhou Weijun chimed in and said, "That's right, Ma, you're going too far, Qi'an isn't that stupid, he doesn't even know what a scarecrow does."

   Then he turned his head and asked Chen Ling: "Fugui, why did you get two scarecrows? Do you dislike the many birds here?"

   "It's not that I dislike the abundance of birds. The abundance of birds is not a bad thing, but those birds have caused a lot of damage to my vegetable garden. There is no other way, so I put two scarecrows there."

  As soon as Chen Ling said this, Yu Qi'an became energetic, and volunteered to show Chen Ling the vegetable garden.

   What a pity the dogs ate those birds, they might as well give them to him.

   Several people knew about his little thoughts, so they didn't tell the truth, and let him go there to make troubles.

  Zhou Weijun and Ma Wei picked up hoes and shovels, and helped Chen Ling and Weng to remove some slightly larger grass.

   While working, he discussed with Chen Ling, saying that their crew would come over tomorrow, and there were a lot of people coming, and asked him if he could arrange some of them to live in the farm.

  Because it wasn't Zhou Weijun's own crew, he explained to Chen Ling that the accommodation fee was as much as other miscellaneous expenses.

  The environment of the farm is very good, with beautiful mountains and rivers, and pleasant scenery. As long as Chen Ling allows to live, it doesn't matter if you pay more for board and lodging.

   "Okay, since it's Lao Zhou's friend's crew, I'll give this face whatever I say."

  As soon as Chen Ling heard this, he agreed without saying a word. There are so many rooms in the farm, and they were originally for people to live in.

  My own farm covers a large area, with two floors of bamboo buildings and three floors of wooden buildings.

  Zhou Weijun said that there won’t be too many people, and it’s enough to live in the wooden building when the time comes.

   Now that the child is older, the father-in-law and mother-in-law are also there, and all parties can be taken care of, and it will not affect the normal life of their family.

   Besides, these people didn't stay long.

  The farm will have this day sooner or later, and it is time to properly receive guests.

  (end of this chapter)