My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 529 Sheep eat birds?

   "What water monster? A group of people are yelling, it's a group of buffaloes."

   "Hey, it's true, there are no paddy fields in our county, did they swim from the east of the city?!"

   "It must have swum from the Mute River..."

   "Why did the buffaloes from those villages in the east of the city come to our county?"

   "Oh, why don't you ask? The weather must be hot and it's stuffy today. The buffalo is happy to play along the water and run far away."

   "Is that so? Why do I feel something is wrong?"

   "..."

   "No, look quickly, this group of buffaloes was frightened by Lord Turtle's momentum, and turned the top of the boat over."

  I saw in the river to the east, on the wide water surface, a group of buffaloes looked at the big turtles approaching by Yushui in panic, and they were frightened and ran to the bank one by one.

  The scene is like the African bison crossing the river between human beings and nature.

   Several of the small boats that came out to catch fish and release ducks were overturned.

   There are also a few well-dressed urbanites, probably the fastest to come here to play after seeing the news about the Wild Boar King.

  These people had no experience in water, and were bumped by a panicked buffalo, and they all fell into the water.

  Although the people on the other boats know how to swim and are familiar with water, they are no longer cared about in this situation.

   These people are flopping about in the river like landlubbers, and they are about to sink.

   And at this moment, a group of big turtles swam over with Garlic, but they didn't see any movement.

  A powerful current surged up from the bottom of the river, washing those people who capsized and fell into the water directly to the shore.

   "Look, Lord Turtle has saved someone again!"

  The crowds on both sides of the Nansha River were in an uproar.

   "Prince Turtle is simply a living Bodhisattva. He really is a good **** who protects us."

   "..."

   "Yes, every town and village in our county should build a temple for the elderly, and a bigger one should be built in the city."

  For a while, the crowd was full of praise.

  It seems that these old turtles have suddenly become the pride of their hearts.

   And he is no longer satisfied with inviting gods to his home, but even wants to build a temple.

  Natives already do.

  The rescued people climbed ashore and kowtow excitedly to this group of giant beasts.

  When they came here, they still thought that the thousand-year-old giant turtle in this place was a kind of wild **** who didn't understand human nature, lived in desolate rivers and lakes, and didn't come into contact with people.

   Now he can save people.

  The experience of being rescued by such a giant beast face to face made them feel a strong and inexplicable emotion that burst out of their chests.

  Shocked, excited, shocked... There are too many emotions that are difficult to express at a time.

  So I just trembled all over, kowtowed to the local residents, and then shouted the turtle king, god, living Bodhisattva and so on.

   After these big old turtles finally disappeared from people's sight.

  The local residents, villagers going to the market, and hawkers are still reluctant to leave, looking forward to the reappearance of the old turtles.

  More people rushed to get or buy some tributes, and began to burn incense and worship again.

   Today's big episode obviously can't go on.

  The hawkers are no longer in the mood to sell things.

The men and women from the city who came to play didn't care about the drowned appearance after falling into the water, so they hurried to find the telephone booth to make a call, and excitedly asked their relatives and friends to come to see the gods. crazy.

  Chen Ling felt helpless when he heard the 'gods' and 'Bodhisattvas' shouting outside at home.

   Garlic They appear during the day, needless to say, something is definitely wrong, there may be something unknown here.

   But there are so many people now that even Gao Xiulan couldn't listen to the persuasion, so she insisted on going out to burn some joss sticks and pray for the protection of Lord Turtle.

  After all, these old turtles really know how to save people.

  The old lady felt that it would do no harm to believe it.

  Chen Ling couldn't go out to communicate with Suantou and the others up close.

   After waiting and waiting, finally Gao Xiulan came back.

Only then did the two dogs and the little white cow stay with their wives to guard the house, and he took Ruirui on a little green horse and headed eastward in a place where there were few people. Some raw meat was left in various places in the river.

   Then I don’t care about it anymore. Now there are too many people and the noise is annoying.

  Chen Ling turned his horse's head and galloped towards the village.

  He has a lot going on recently.

  Build haystacks, place the skeleton of the king of pigs, and prepare to deliver babies to the dogs.

  ... They are all things he is interested in, so he is very motivated.

   Take Rui Rui home for a walk if you have anything to do.

  …

  The sky is cloudy, a little hot and humid.

  Chen Ling and his son rode their horses and galloped all the way home. The speed on the road was cool.

   It was about to rain, and the earth swallows and little swallows in the sky covered the sky, all over the sky, causing the little milkman to shout all the way.

   When we arrived in the village, it was much quieter here.

  The main reason is that it is too far away from the Nansha River, so I don't know what happened.

  Chen Ling rode a horse to the yard of the village to have a look first, and glanced at the two neighbors opposite, but saw nothing.

   After feeding the pigeons, I turned around and went to the farm.

  Here at the farm, the uncle was talking to Zhao Yubao and the others herding the sheep.

  Old man Zhong is teaching the children to draw with branches.

  Draw birds in the sky, cats and dogs on the ground, fish and shrimp in the water...

  Seeing Chen Ling and his son, he happily called them over, saying that good things have happened recently.

  The little egret on the mountain began to break its shell.

  The little red-crowned crane is coming soon.

  The people from the province and Taiwan are reluctant to come down the mountain now, and the two groups of people work backwards to shoot.

   The little egret is fine.

   But the small red-crowned crane is different, no matter in the eyes of the folks or professionals, they are very special.

   In particular, it is the first group of red-crowned cranes to settle and lay eggs in the local area.

   If it can be fully recorded, it will be too memorable.

  The future will also be the pride of the locals.

   "In addition, your dog is about to give birth. You didn't pay much attention when you came here yesterday. Qingwen said that your dog still has the habit of a wolf...

   I have been digging holes for the past two days.

  Maybe like wolves, it feels safe to give birth to cubs in wolf dens. "

   Chen Ling frowned upon hearing the words: "Tsk, this dog is a troublemaker. He digs holes with a puppy in his stomach, so he is not afraid of accidents."

Wang Qingwen glanced at his brother-in-law: "Old Uncle Zhong said, it is likely that these dogs think that you and Susu are not at home, Heiwa and Xiaojin are not there, and there are no relatives at home to guard them, so they don't feel safe, so they go digging Hole."

Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently: "What old uncle Zhong said is indeed reasonable. I came back so diligently, just to watch them give birth to puppies. Heiwa Xiaojin can't let them come back for the time being, otherwise they are at home Puppies definitely feel differently."

  In these years, the county town is sometimes a little more chaotic than the village.

   Petty theft, burglary over the wall at night, is very common.

   Even during the day, it is not safe.

  Wang Susu, a pregnant woman, and Gao Xiulan, an old lady, are both unfamiliar faces, so it would be more reassuring to leave the dogs and cows behind.

   "What? Has the hole been dug?"

   "No, how could it be possible to dig such a big hole while pregnant with a puppy? Qingwen has already filled it in."

  Old man Zhong smiled and said, "It means your dog is smart and sensible, and knows that Qingwen is one of his own, otherwise he would have rushed to bite him."

Wang Qingwen also laughed, and said proudly and proudly: "I chased them away, so I didn't let them dig holes outside at night, and they didn't bark or bite me. Once I chased them away, they would honestly return to their dogs. Go to the nest, these dogs must know that I belong to them."

   "By the way, speaking of which, these dogs still go to that big hole in the cornfield..."

Zhao Yubao patted his **** and stood up, looking at Chen Ling: "When I went to the county to send a letter yesterday, I called Lao Han and asked Lao Han. Lao Han said that it can not only dig holes but also store food. Still a lot."

   "What? Not a lot?"

  Chen Ling was a little confused when he heard the words. They, who were born and bred in the mountains, had never heard of any of them.

   "Did Uncle Han say that something has this strange habit?"

   "Old Han said that there are badgers and rats. I have never seen the scientific names he mentioned. I am not familiar with them. I was afraid that I would forget them, so I wrote them on a note. I will get them for you when I go home."

  Zhao Yubao frowned and thought for a while, but before he remembered, he handed Chen Ling the sheep driving whip and walked out of the orchard.

   "Badger? What rat?"

  Chen Ling also frowned.

   Badger knows it all too well.

  The "猹" described by Mr. Lu Xun is a fierce little beast that steals melons.

   also likes to eat grains.

   Like corn, sorghum, peanuts, wheat, beans, it eats them all, and there are no meat or vegetables. It also eats birds, insects, mice and crabs.

  If they were the ones storing food in the cave, it would not be impossible.

   "Badger? Isn't that also a mountain badger?"

  Wang Qingwen asked strangely: "What else can you say?"

   "Well, mountain badgers are divided into badgers and badgers. One of them looks like a dog and the other looks like a pig... Badgers are not uncommon in the deep mountains here, but ordinary people here don't know the difference."

  Chen Ling said, looking at Ruirui, the brat was squatting in the pile of dolls next to old man Zhong, scratching the ground with branches.

  So he asked his uncle to watch him a little bit, and then went to the corn field to see the situation of the big hole.

  Maybe people and dogs often come here.

  The owner of the cave shows no signs of returning.

  There are no footprints on the soil, and the weeds at the entrance of the cave have not changed.

  A look of being abandoned.

   Such a hole is of little value.

  Chen Ling secretly sighed, there are too many dogs in the house and there are bad things, these little beasts are too scared to go back to their old den.

  So I took out all the ears of wheat and sorghum inside, and kept them to feed chickens, ducks and pigeons, so that there would be no waste.

  Especially chickens, if you throw wheat and sorghum ears to them, they will peck them off by themselves, so you don’t need to worry about it.

   "Rich, rich, come out quickly."

  Old man Zhong shouted in the orchard.

follow closely.

  The eldest uncle also told him to go over quickly.

   "What's wrong?"

   As Chen Ling said, he left the sorghum and wheat ears in the ditch and strode out.

   "Your family's big goose is too powerful, and they blocked the people from the province and Taiwan on the mountain, preventing them from coming down."

  With a smile on his face, old man Zhong pointed to a place far to the east: "Call the goose back quickly."

Wang Qingwen also nodded and said: "It's strange that you made these big geese. You don't peck people when you are at home. If you are not at home, you can peck whoever comes... Your sister-in-law came back from picking mushrooms in the mountains that day, and they also pecked. He wanted to peck, but later Erhei realized that his own people led a group of dogs to stop him, so they stopped chasing and pecking.

   These people don't care about Erhei, and they have been pecked several times in a row in the past few days.

  However, as long as you pass this ditch boundary, you will not chase. If you cross this ditch boundary, you will be caught and pecked to death. "

   "Haha, that is, the ditch is the territory of the dogs, and it is not under their control."

  Chen Ling smiled. These days, the provincial and Taiwan people were busy on the mountain, and he couldn't meet them when he came back.

   Then he quickly clapped his hands and called the goose back with an 'aggressive' cry.

  These big geese were indeed obedient. When they heard his voice and knew that he had returned home, they folded their wings, held their heads high, and swaggered away slowly.

  …

   "Ouch, rich brother, you are back. Your big goose and big rooster are even more fierce than dogs."

  After the small leaders from the province and Taiwan came over, there was a burst of bitterness.

  The dogs in the village can scare them away. These things don’t know how to be afraid. If they run away, they will find a chance to catch up again, and they will take revenge.

  Telling too much is full of tears.

   "What? There's a rooster thing in here?"

  Chen Ling knew that his geese pecked people, but he had never heard of roosters.

   These days, no one tells me about this when I come back every day, which is a bit strange for a while.

   "Yeah, you ask these little kids in your village."

   "..."

   "Uncle Fugui, your big rooster is fierce. I'm most afraid of it."

   "Grandpa Fifth is also afraid. He is not good as a village chief, and chickens don't like him. These few times he keeps pecking him, and he even flies up to peck him."

   Chen Ling couldn't help laughing when he saw them nodding wildly one by one.

   "You still have the face to say that your fifth grandfather is bad, and you are being pecked at yourself. Are you doing bad things too, and you still refuse to tell me?"

  Hearing Chen Ling's question, a group of little guys couldn't help but also laughed in embarrassment. The younger and thinner faces were flushed, and they couldn't help scratching the back of their heads.

  Chen Ling understood that these monkeys must have suffered from big geese and big roosters, but they didn't dare to tell him.

  Why don’t you dare?

   It must be something bad.

  Little boy...

   "Uncle, we didn't do anything bad. I just wanted to build two secret bases on the mountain behind your house."

   "Yes, we also raise chickens here, and lay eggs with Uncle Fugui's chickens."

   "..."

   "Secret base? All right, I just want to use haystacks to build it. Build a few more. You can help uncle and let you have enough fun."

  Chen Ling's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he smiled kindly.

   "Let's go, get on the tractor and help Uncle pull the straw."

  …

evening.

  It was cloudy today, it got dark early, and it didn’t rain during the day.

   But when it was almost night, there was rolling thunder.

   After sending away the crying children, Chen Ling and his uncle led Ruirui out to chase the sheep.

   Chickens, ducks and geese don’t need to worry about it, they will return to their nests when it gets dark.

   Sheep are a bit silly.

  Running around indiscriminately, no one to take no one to chase, and seldom know that I go home when it is dark.

   That is, just find a place to hide.

   That's it for today.

  Chen Ling and the others saw that it was going to rain, so they went home to pack their things twice, and the sheep that came out of the orchard were gone.

   Not one can be seen.

   "Huh? I won't see you in a while, where are the sheep?"

   "Did you run into the cornfield?"

   Seeing this situation, Chen Ling was a little surprised, "No, they don't usually go to the cornfield."

   With such doubts, Chen Ling walked around several livestock pens and the trail outside the corn field, but found no trace of a sheep, but saw a lot of sheep dung.

   "Lingzi, take Rui Rui to look around first, I'll go back and get a flashlight."

  The eldest uncle hurried back to get the flashlight. After all, so many sheep are not a small amount, and he was more anxious than Chen Ling.

  At this time, Erhei, who was in charge, ran over from the foot of the West Mountain, barking.

  Chen Ling quickly hugged his son and walked over. He has good eyesight, but he can see the situation clearly without a flashlight.

  Looked up and down, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Damn it, these sheep are crazy, they jumped onto the cliff at night...

  Damn it, come down quickly, you can go up such a steep place, it's really better than those wild sheep and mountain donkeys. "

  Wang Qingwen scanned it with a flashlight after listening to this: "Good guy, I really went up, so high."

  Suddenly, Wang Qingwen narrowed his eyes: "No, they poked their heads into the egret's nest to eat... Here, here, some little egrets have just hatched, so they won't eat the little egrets, will they?"

  (end of this chapter)