My 1995 Small Farm

   "Oh, why is there so much water?"

  Wang Susu, wearing a long pink and white dress, had just come out of the upstairs bedroom when she was startled by the silted rain below.

  The rain didn't stop last night. Listening to the sound of the rain, the young couple fell into a deep sleep.

   I didn’t expect the farm to have canals extending in all directions, and so much water would accumulate in the yard.

   "Ha, it rained hard and fast last night. There is not only a lot of water in our yard, but also a lot of fish!"

Chen Ling raised his head and smiled, seeing his daughter-in-law's pregnant belly pushed up her skirt, and her body became more and more bulky, so she said: "You are inconvenient, don't get down, let's play with Ruirui on it, I will pass the water out ..."

"oh."

  Wang Susu nodded blankly at first.

   Then suddenly remembered: "A Ling, it's raining so hard, the yard in our village will be fine, don't let the house be flooded."

"It should be fine. Our farm here is because the stream on the mountain is also full of water. It pours into the canal together with the rain, and it can't be drained out for a short time. There are so many water outlets in the yard of our village, and now the village is still digging them. A small river, the drainage is also fast...

   It's much better than the farm. "

  Chen Ling rolled up his trouser legs while talking, raised his head and said, "I'll go back and have a look later, don't worry about it, anyway, it rained heavily yesterday, so mother didn't go back to sleep."

   Then he picked up the bucket and went down into the water, ready to catch the fish first and then drain the water.

   Wading in the water, he had just taken two or three steps when he heard a 'crash', and a big, slippery thing bounced off his feet.

   Powerful, fierce.

   It looked like something had slapped Chen Ling on the leg.

   startled him.

   Take a closer look: "Hey, this big white fish, I haven't looked for you yet, but you have caused me trouble."

   At this time, this big guy has fallen heavily into the water.

   There was a large splash of water.

  Chen Ling hurriedly reached out and grabbed it...

   But how ferocious Bai Bai is, with great strength and slippery body.

   As soon as Chen Ling caught it, the big fish shook its head and tail violently, and almost fell out of his hand.

   In desperation.

   With the bucket in his other hand, he directly stuffed the big fish into the bucket.

   Just listen to the chaotic sound of '呯嗙' in the foreign iron barrel.

   The great white fish was bouncing around in the bucket.

  The big fish bucket is small.

   Almost jumped out of it.

  Hearing the movement, Wang Susu hurried out: "What's the matter, A Ling?"

   "It's nothing, it's just that there are not only fish in the water, but also a group of cockroaches..."

  Chen Ling raised his head and smiled: "Caught another big one, no, it's tumbling in the barrel"

  Crowd of white joy with cocked mouth.

   What's more, there are big fish leading.

  In case of heavy rain, it is even more violent than the fish in Shangshui.

   "Ah! Did they all come to the courtyard? Then you don't have to go find them!"

   Wang Susu said happily.

  I was still worrying last night.

  Although Chen Ling said it was not difficult to catch at the time, these big fish were too destructive.

  She was still worried about it.

   I am afraid that if I fail to catch it once, I will suffer another loss.

   Unexpectedly, it rained heavily this night, and these big fish actually ran into the yard by themselves.

   Wang Susu was overjoyed, so she turned around and wanted to go downstairs to help Chen Ling catch him.

   "Hey, hey, I just said you, there's water all over here, what are you doing down here?"

  Chen Ling quickly called her to stop.

   "It's okay, I'll get you a fishing net under the eaves..."

  Wang Susu grinned, waved her little hand, which was slightly fatter due to pregnancy, and walked down with her belly outstretched.

  Perhaps the young couple spoke a little louder.

  Ruirui bare her buttocks, rubbed her sleepy eyes, yelled 'Mom' in a daze, and ran out of the room on short legs.

   also followed.

  The little thing came out really well.

  Heiwa Xiaojin rushed up, wagging his tail and barking, and hurriedly greeted him without anyone telling him.

  As soon as Xiaowazi and the dog moved, the whole farm became lively.

   After a while, everyone came out.

  Catch fish, drain water with Chen Ling, or play with Ruirui.

   No one is in a hurry to have breakfast.

   It is really big enough for yesterday's fish.

  Even if someone eats it like a steamed bun, they can’t finish it.

  Chen Ling's big family and Zhao Gang were barely eaten.

   So I am not hungry in the morning.

   "Good guy, look at this cocked beak that bumped so hard that the fish scales fell off..."

   Zhao Gang pointed to the two big fish in the water tank and said in surprise.

   "It's not surprising, this fish is notoriously quick-tempered, just like a wild bird that has just been caught will slam into the cage, and it will not stop until it touches its head and bleeds.

  Also, these fish usually drive the fish school, or like when it rains, your water current rushes upwards and jumps, which is a common thing to knock off the fish scales..."

  Chen Ling grabbed another half-sized cocked beak, threw it into the water tank, and made a splash. As soon as this fish entered the water, it shook its head and tail vigorously with several big fish in the big water tank, and went on a rampage, swimming and scurrying.

   Stir the water in the tank for a while.

  The big fish inside is also about 50 centimeters long.

   The smaller ones are also more than 30 centimeters.

  It is not easy to grow to such a big size.

  There are only five water tanks in total.

  But just these five fish have already packed the large water tank half as tall as a person to the brim.

  Every fish has missing scales.

  If it is more serious, or if the water environment is not clean, these fish are likely to be infected with germs and die.

   Seeing this situation, Chen Ling thought that if these fish could not be eaten, they should not be released rashly.

   Otherwise, the chance of getting sick is definitely not small.

   It is better to put it in a water tank for a few days to heal the injury, and then put it in Yamanakako or other places, so that at least it will not be infected.

   But.

  Chen Ling suddenly remembered that these fish might not have appeared suddenly, but could they also be found in Yamanaka Lake, Laohe Bend, or reservoirs.

   After all, there is the dumb lake that few people go to.

  The several rivers around the county are connected with seven turns and eight turns.

   It's not surprising that they have them here.

  Chen Ling just wanted to see if there were many of these things.

   At that time, simply cultivate something.

   Thinking about things while working.

  Suddenly heard a crisp sound of 'cracking' on the bamboo tiles on the roof.

  The sound is very dense.

   "Huh? It's raining again?"

   "No way, there should be wind, which blows the rainwater off the trees."

   "Hey, no, no, it's not rain. Listen, there's a rattling sound. Good guy, it's actually a group of cranes falling..."

   "Huh? Still not right, is it an egret?"

   Now the rain has just stopped, the sun has not come out, and the sky is still a bit gloomy.

  On the roof of the bamboo building in the front yard, stood a row of big white or blue birds, about thirty or forty of them.

   No wonder it fell on the bamboo tiles and crackled like rain.

  These big birds don’t know whether they flocked together and became bolder or something.

  Before everyone discussed and guessed a result, a big white bird flew down from the top of the building with its wings spread.

  Stopped steadily by the side of the lotus pond, and started to peck at the small miscellaneous fish that everyone on the shore had no time to clean up.

   "This is the egret, but it should not be near us..."

   Before Chen Ling could finish speaking, there was another movement from the roof.

   Fluttering... Another big blue bird flapped its wings and landed. Like the big white bird, it suddenly pecked at the small miscellaneous fish on the ground.

   "This is Qingzhuang, that is, herons. Egrets and herons often mix together. This should not be our side."

   "Yes, the nearby waterfowl are afraid of our dog and dare not come to the house. This is probably the same as the crane, flying from a distance and hungry.

  Wang Susu agreed.

   Egrets and herons are also migratory, and they will constantly change places in order to survive.

  Just like the red-crowned cranes a few days ago, they also choose to migrate at night.

   fluttering edge…

   As soon as the young couple said these two sentences, all the big birds on the roof came down.

   One by one, they retracted their wings, ostentatiously, and lowered their titles to eat small fish.

   He croaked twice when he was happy to eat.

  A look like no one else.

  As for the humans in the distance, they seem to be completely ignored by them.

  Seeing such a bold bird, the family dog ​​was a little dumbfounded.

   Didn't react for a while, and didn't rush to drive away the first time.

  Not to mention the little cat and the two litters of mountain raccoons hiding from the rain.

  On weekdays, I used to show my prestige to the birds in the orchard, but now I see these big birds that are one meter tall, and I dare not be tough.

   He just watched these big birds pick up fish and meowed quietly.

  But those three little weasels are still fearless. They dared to tease the big geese in the village before, and these waterfowls would naturally not let them back down.

   Jumping like three big yellow mice, they ran to these big birds and grinned.

   "Dad, Huang Huang!"

  Ruirui's eyes lit up, after bathing the weasels last night, Ruirui hugged them to the small bed.

  A glass bottle of glow-in-the-dark fish hangs above the bed, and five furry and cute weasels are in his arms.

   Very comfortable.

  But weasels are not kittens or puppies after all, these little things just started to roll back and forth on Ruirui's bed, sniffing around, and seemed to be quite happy playing.

   But in the end, they have a wild temper, and they can't stay until midnight, and they slip away one by one.

  When Chen Ling went downstairs in the morning, he saw them sleeping on Ruirui's pile of toys in the next room.

   I didn't expect that when something happened, I rushed quite quickly.

  At this moment, when Rui Rui yelled, the group of dogs reacted immediately, as if they were being provoked, they yelled "Wow, woof..." and rushed towards the birds.

  Heiwa Xiaojin was besieged by wild geese.

   I have never had a good impression of these water birds.

   Seeing Rui Rui was beside Chen Ling at this time, he put down his little master and rushed over with the pack of dogs.

  Those water birds who were still eating fish in a big way just now were frightened to 'quack' and flew up in a panic, flying back into the sky and circling.

   It seems that he wants to find another chance to fall.

  But the dogs were spinning around on the ground, barking all the time, and they didn't dare to come down again.

   "You guys are so interesting here, you can meet all kinds of rare things."

  Zhao Gang looked up at the flock of egrets in the sky, and sighed.

   Chen Ling's family laughed and said nothing, is this rare? It's even rarer that some people can't participate.

For example, the mountain raccoon I met last winter was chased and beaten by a group of magpies, and the mountain raccoon lost several pieces of hair. The group of magpies still jammed outside the mountain raccoon cave for several mornings and evenings, squawking and jumping. Jumping and jumping, like cursing.

   It seemed to be provocative again, and let the mountain fox come out to fight.

  The big fat cat was so frightened that he didn't dare to go out. He was hungry for several days. He was so hungry that he ran to the farm to steal steamed buns and cabbage from the vegetable cellar.

   Just think about how miserable it is.

  Many people will never see that scene once in their lifetime.

   "You, if you have nothing to do, come here more often. Look, the rarer ones are yet to come."

  Wang Qingwen said with a smile.

  He is actually talking about the big turtle in the reservoir, which is easy to see when there is a lot of rain.

  However, it was a coincidence that after he said this, there were really rare things behind him.

   And on the same day.

In the morning, he and Chen Ling noticed that the egrets were always thinking of coming to the neighborhood to steal fish, so they cleaned the farm's livestock pens, chicken coops and duck sheds, looked up at the sky from time to time, and shot a few shots at the big birds with their slingshots. Down.

  About eleven o'clock, Chen Baoshuan took Xizi and Liu Nier up the mountain to find mushrooms and ground ears, and said hello to Chen Ling as they passed by.

  But not long after, Chen Baoshuan yelled on the mountain, and the little dolls yelled too.

  Chen Ling thought something had happened.

   Picked up the shovel and ran over in a hurry.

   "What's the matter, Baoshuan?"

   "Fugui, come here, Fugui, there is such a big bird's nest here, and there is an egg falling under the tree."

  Chen Ling walked up to him, also a little dazed, "My good fellow, it's true, this is the egret's nest, it's as sloppy as the turtledove's nest."

On this big tree, there is a nest that is bigger than a rolling pan, spread out in the shape of a shallow pan, from the bottom to the top, it looks like dead branches and dry grass are mixed together, scribbled like a few magpies. The nest is disassembled and paved.

   "I don't know, let's see if this egg is an egret egg."