My 1995 Small Farm - Vol 2 Chapter 423
Chapter 423 Alien Beast
“This rain looks like it’s coming, what should I do after school?”
Wang Cunye, who drove the chickens and ducks back to their nests with the dogs, also looked at the sky and said worriedly.
“Hey, you don’t have to worry about her if you worry about anyone. Don’t you know what your daughter is like?”
Gao Xiulan didn’t care at all, put away her clothes, looked back at the old man, and said with a smile: “Don’t say that I met Qiumei today, but that I will pick her up when I come here in the afternoon, and I won’t care if it rains heavily.” She. Even if there is no Qiumei, just because of your daughter’s temper, she has already become familiar with the teacher, and people will ignore her?”
Wang Cunye thought about it, and it was true that the youngest daughter was much more lively and outgoing than the eldest daughter when she was a child, and she was no longer familiar with their teacher.
Chen Ling also asked Chen Ling to take her to the teacher’s house to catch the temple fair. The daughter who went to junior high school with the teacher’s house was still a pen pal, so I was really worried that no one should worry about her.
Chen Ling’s family was busy, and the rest of them were not idle either.
Seeing that it was going to rain, Wang Lixian didn’t stay to eat, so he hurried back to clean up the greenhouse.
Zhao Dahai and Shanmao also followed to help.
The elders of the two families, Du Juan and the others, are here at the farm to help clean up the sundries in and out of the yard.
“My mother, why are there so many swallows, I can’t count them.”
“Oh, it’s true, there are so many of them in the dark, I’m afraid there are tens of thousands of them…”
“It should be raining, hurry back to the nest.”
When it rains, countless little swallows and native swallows will gather in the sky. Even if the sky is dark and cloudy now, it seems that there will be a downpour in the blink of an eye, there are still swallows flying in the sky, against the wind. And up.
From time to time, there were crisp chirping sounds.
They are catching insects against the wind, and when they have caught enough, they will fly back to the nest to feed their young.
Shuttle back and forth between the farmers’ homes and the sky.
Soon, Zhao Yubao and Lao Zhong discovered this day.
There is a couple of little swallows flying in and out of the living room, busy.
“Cunye, why do you let Yanzi live in the living room?”
“Ang, it’s okay, this swallow is not dirty, it will get out by itself after shitting.”
“Huh? Can you still pick up **** by yourself? Ouch, this bird’s nest is beautiful…”
“Haha, isn’t that right? You see, there is a gourd specially placed on this table, and this bird’s nest is built according to the shape of this gourd.”
“What the hell?”
The two old men were confused when they heard the words.
Wang Cunye told them the story of “Mud Swallow and Grass Swallow”.
The two old men were amazed by what they heard, and kept staring at the bird’s nest.
Zhao Yubao looked at it for a while, slapped his thigh, and quickly asked Wang Cunye to find a pen and paper from the living room, and write down the story he heard.
Humanizing animals, one is lazy and clumsy, the other is diligent and intelligent, just like watching people…
Such a good story is really suitable for writing an article.
After Zhao Dahai and Shanmao came back from helping Wang Lixian, they asked what they were doing when they saw this scene.
After knowing what is going on.
Shanmao laughed: “Uncle Zhao, you don’t know that Uncle Cunye is a good storyteller. Wait until you ask him to tell you the story of ginseng and platycodon, it will definitely make you unforgettable…”
“Oh? Hidden secrets, save karma, tell me quickly.”
Zhao Yubao was very surprised when he heard the words, and hurriedly urged.
“Hey, what is hidden, it’s just a story handed down by our herb pickers…” Wang Cunye smiled and waved his hand.
At this time, the thunderstorm that had been brewing for a long time finally came.
Bean-sized raindrops, accompanied by lightning and thunder, hit the roof tiles and leaves, crackling and making noise.
“Come on, let’s start downloading. Let’s go to the kitchen and wait for dinner. Brother Yubao wants to hear a story, so let’s tell it while eating.”
Today, the rain came suddenly and cleverly. Perhaps the rainy day is also interesting, and everyone is in high spirits.
Women and women were bustling in the kitchen, and the men ran in and out in the rain with their two little dolls, picking up fish and leading the dogs to dredge the waterway.
There is no rush to eat at all.
Looking at this posture, Chen Ling knew that he didn’t know when he would be able to eat today’s lunch.
Then I took an umbrella and went outside to grab two young roosters that had just grown up and stew them.
The noise continued until four or five o’clock.
At this time, the rain is not heavy.
But the sky has been gloomy, the sky is particularly dark.
It was only four or five o’clock, and it seemed that it was night, and the sky was completely dark.
Listening to the sound of rain outside, everyone sat around the firepit outside the kitchen.
This is a new shed built by Chen Ling, and it is ready to have barbecue at night in summer. It just happened to be used today, and it is not afraid of rain.
The firepit is burning, making crackling noises. On it is a simple barbecue grill made of iron, with long bamboo sticks and various ingredients, including bacon, cured duck, quail, turtledove, fish and shrimp…
Next to the barbecue grill is a dark hanging pot, which is stewed with potato and chicken nuggets. The meat of the little rooster is tender and firm, and it is chopped into large pieces with a knife. Exudes a strong meaty aroma.
In the rainy night, the hot air and smoke are clearly visible, and clouds of mist are lingering and blown into the rain with the wind.
After the meat was roasted, everyone gathered around a bright fire, eating while listening to Wang Cunye’s storytelling, with a group of dogs lying next to them, regardless of the thunderstorm, it was quite leisurely and elegant.
…
After the meal, everyone who had played happily all day went back to the house to rest.
Chen Ling took the opportunity to check the drainage problem and went to the Sun Moon Cave.
Today’s thunderstorm is not too big.
The thunder and lightning lasted only for a while, and then disappeared, leaving only the sound of rain.
Without a large-scale thunder and lightning phenomenon, Chen Ling had no chance to take out the lightning strike wood.
But.
Instead, you can take the opportunity to release some old turtles, fish and shrimp in the cave.
For example, inside the cave, among the great lakes, the largest turtle is already the size of a washbasin.
It’s raining outside.
It was a sunny day inside the cave.
Several big turtles are basking in the sun by the lake.
These are the turtle cubs born of garlic. Not only have they grown in size now, they have even reproduced for two or three generations.
“You guys, it’s not okay to stay in the cave all the time and eat nothing. You can live better than your mother if you just eat and don’t work. You should be let out to improve the genes of the wild turtles outside.”
These guys are very comfortable now, lying leisurely in the shallow water of the Great Lake basking in the sun.
Sometimes, when a small fish swims by, they lazily stretch out their heads, and when they turn their heads, the small fish reaches their mouths.
If you’re not hungry, you don’t even bother to talk about it, squinting your eyes, basking in the sun, it’s very comfortable.
I didn’t realize at all that the good days of opening my mouth like this will soon leave me.
In the future, the food will not be like this, it will be delivered to your door in a silly way.
“Well… the earth dragon in Yamanaka Lake is also gone. There is a big place over there. Put two or three of them there, and put the rest in the small river behind the farm.”
Chen Ling thought about it, made up his mind, and put them into the creek first with an umbrella.
As for the ones in Lake Yamanaka, wait until the weather clears up.
It was raining at night, who would foolishly go to the mountains?
Back to the farm, wash up briefly, and prepare to go upstairs to sleep.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked outside the bedroom, a bamboo window was pushed open with a “squeak”, and a cute little head poked out.
“Hey, hee hee, Dad~”
“Why, you want to scare me, how dare you climb so high and step on the table.” Chen Ling flicked his head lightly.
The little thing suddenly shrank his neck, covered his head and laughed, and pointed to Wang Susu: “Mom~”
“Oh, it was your mother who carried it up for you.”
Chen Ling smiled, stretched out his hand and hugged the little guy out through the window like pulling a carrot.
“You brat, let your mother put you here and wait for me to come back to scare me, don’t you?”
Through the window, Wang Susu could see in the bedroom that Wang Susu was making the bed with two new quilts.
Turning around, he smiled at the father and son and said, “It’s windy and rainy at night, don’t take him running around, come back to the house.”
“Well, stop running around. I just said that I just forgot to see the two litters of kittens outside, and I want to go and see…”
“What are you looking at, don’t worry, the mountain fox is so smart, and the hole he dug is so deep, it doesn’t rain too much, it can’t be flooded.”
“It’s you, do you want to cover yourself with a quilt tonight? If you’re afraid of the heat, I’ll get you a blanket, and I can cover myself with the quilt.”
Wang Susu is pregnant now, afraid that it will catch a cold if it rains at night.
I took out the quilt that was put back in the cabinet some time ago because of the hot weather.
And Chen Ling’s physique is far superior to that of ordinary people, with great firepower, and he is not afraid of the cold. If the quilt is thick, he will feel hot instead.
“It’s okay, it’s raining, why is it so hot, let’s cover the quilt together to be comfortable, and we can sleep late tomorrow.” Chen Ling chuckled, and put his son on the small bed.
“You are not serious…Rui Rui is smart, and she will grow bigger and bigger in the future, so don’t talk nonsense.”
Wang Susu snorted at him and glared at him.
Chen Ling didn’t care, hugged his wife from behind, and gently stroked her gradually swollen belly twice, “What’s the matter, when he grows up, I will arrange a hut for him.”
“Dad~, Mom~”
At this time, Rui Rui turned over from the cot, crawled to the head of the bed with her bare feet, stretched out her two small arms, and shouted at them.
“hug~”
“Go, go, what’s the matter with you.” Chen Ling waved his hand angrily, “Hurry up and go to sleep, you’ve been playing all day, aren’t you tired?”
Little thing doesn’t know what he’s talking about, seeing his parents hugging affectionately, he stubbornly opened his little arms, wanting to get involved: “Mm~hug~”
“Come, come, mother hug.” Wang Susu pushed her husband away, slapped her husband’s dishonest hand hard, picked up her son and put him on the big bed, letting him roll and play.
Chen Ling sighed when he saw this, walked to the desk, picked up a book and flipped through it.
If your son disturbs you and you can’t make out with your wife, then you have to read a book first and go to bed early.
Gradually, listening to the sound of the rain, Chen Ling’s heart slowly became peaceful.
This state of mind is very suitable for reading and writing.
Although he is not a poetic person, nor does he have the kind of poetic elegance.
But on a rainy night like this, it’s good to come here once in a while when you’re in a good mood.
There is another saying that farming and reading can be handed down for a long time.
He took out his pen and notebook, and summarized his hunting diary and his recent dog-raising experiences.
In addition, the interest was getting higher and higher, and I wrote two letters with my pen pals.
talked about recent interesting things.
Then, I turned off the lights, carried the sleeping little guy back to the small bed, got into the bed by myself, and fell asleep comfortably with my wife in my arms.
…
This sleep was comfortable.
But also only comfortable in the first half of the night.
It was late at night, around three o’clock in the morning.
Suddenly there was an unknown howl of beasts in the mountains, and there were bursts of loud howls of wolves coming from a distance.
Out of the mountains and forests, into people’s deep sleep.
Although the two Hei Wa did not notice the danger, the dogs pressing down on the farm did not bark loudly.
But the howling of wolves and intermittent roars of beasts never stopped.
While everyone was half asleep and half awake, accompanied by drowsiness and sleep entanglement, it seemed like a nightmare.
It gradually subsides when the sky is about to dawn.
When everyone thought they could finally sleep well.
Not long after, in the thick morning fog after the rain, a strange beast accidentally broke into the range of the farm.
It caused the dogs to bark wildly.
Come on, I can’t sleep at all now.
One by one, they got dressed and got up to see what happened outside.
(end of this chapter)