Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 863

Chapter 860 Four Lively Again
Nature seems to have drawn a line, and for things that deviate too far from this line, nature will magically pull them back to near this line during the long evolution of species.

Unless you encounter extreme special circumstances, such as an asteroid hitting the earth, such as the explosive growth of the population.

And the power of the Space Artifact is that it seems to speed up this process.

Long story short, in any case, the performance of Crested Ibis in Lijiagou, although it is not yet conclusive, is definitely an exciting start.

On the laptop screen, it can be seen that the newly hatched chicks are covered with light gray down feathers, white down feathers under the belly, and orange-red feet.

Crested ibises fly up and down, about once an hour, and the male and female feed their young together.

One guards the nest, the other flies to the field to look for food, and flies back about an hour later, spitting out the half-digested food in its mouth. Shaking his neck vigorously, he spit out the food as quickly as possible.

In addition to feeding the birds, after feeding the food, the parents also need to help the chicks clean up the feces, remove the branches at the bottom of the nest, let the feces leak to the bottom, or take the bedding stained with feces to the outside of the nest, and then pick up new ones. Nest materials and bedding to fill the nest.

Li Junge looked at the crested ibis and shook his head: "Whoever says that the heart of an inch of grass can be rewarded with three springs..."

Weiwei shook her head at the side: "I don't talk about science again..."

Miao Wa also shook her head: "The public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right..."

Then two people glared, are we as old as you said? !

……

On June [-], several hearths were erected beside the ancestral hall square.

The large tables of each homestay are uniformly customized by the group, and they are all the same size, and now they have all been moved to the square to fill them up.

On the table is a big red curtain, which is used to shade the sun, and it is a joy to look at it.

The third class of cooks was making a fuss by the stove, and finally alarmed the old man and came out to intervene.

Uncle Huanbang, Uncle Dongfang and Granny Wang were leading the villagers to help. They raised their heads to see him coming, and laughed together: "The birthday old man is here!"

The old man asked: "What birthday old man?"

Uncle Huanbang said: "Brother, you are living your life in a muddle, right? It's your birthday!"

The old aunt said "ah": "Isn't Siyuan's birthday tomorrow?"

The old man touched the back of the old aunt's hand lightly, and said calmly: "My birthday in the lunar calendar is indeed June [-]th."

Uncle Dongfang smiled and said: "Old sister, our Lijiagou's birthdays are calculated according to the lunar calendar! Let me congratulate you first! Look after you tomorrow! You are the elder of the Li family in all four miles and eight villages." Come on, there are many people who come to give you birthday wishes!"

The old man was speechless: "It's been so many years since you left home, and you all still remember..."

Uncle Huanbang said: "My brother's birthday is the twelfth day of the sixth month in the lunar calendar. It is the same day as Peng Zu, and it is also the day when Jingquan was born and the well gate was closed to sacrifice to the Dragon King. If you can't remember this, then it was designated on purpose!"

Uncle Huanbang said with a smile: "I didn't understand why birthdays are bad? Your Li family just don't like this. If you want me to say, do what you want! Let's have fun and celebrate together. It's useless to worry about this and that. "

Grandma Wang said: "Pi Wa said that from now on, the birthday banquets for the elders over seventy in the village will be handed over to the group on every five and ten. No gift money will be accepted, and those who want to be given will be given in private in advance, so the group will not know about it."

Uncle Dongfang said: "Piwa also said that filial piety is the first thing to do. If this is the case, it will stand up. Everything is justified. Next year, it will be Ermao's grandfather's turn to pass [-]."

The old aunt thanked her repeatedly and said, "Where's Piwa? Why didn't Piwa see you?"

Grandma Wang said: "The children are on summer vacation again. Sicheng and Siqi went to the city to pick up the children, and Piwa went to Shudu to pick up Junlou and the others. Yuxiang, Yuhuai, and the magpie are not here. How can this birthday be so lively? !"

The old man smiled and said, "You see, my family members are not here, but my brothers and sisters are taking care of it..."

Uncle Huanbang said: "This is what we country people do. If the master's family is too busy, just spend money to hire an oil kitchen team, and then appoint a promotion, and don't worry about anything."

After finishing speaking, he patted himself on the chest: "This time, I will be the one who promoted you."

Wang Dongfang immediately said: "It's you. Piwa said that the village affairs in the group are all set up by Shaoping. This matter will be the village affairs in the future. The village affairs should be Shaoping's, so the general promotion is Shaoping. You At most it’s a secondment.”

Tang Shaoping was on the phone to urge the pork, and he laughed when he heard this: "Don't worry, I owe it to a few elders to set up the long street banquet. I am working with the kind care and selfless help of the advisory group. I don't take it seriously. Don't take it seriously."

The old man was afraid that the two would continue to fight each other, so he quickly pulled the two of them and said, "I am grateful, I am grateful, so... what should I do?"

Granny Wang smiled and said, "Old brother doesn't need to do anything, you and old sister can change into bright clothes tomorrow, and just accept the congratulations from your children and grandchildren!"

The old aunt immediately tugged on the old man's sleeve: "Yes, yes, Siyuan, let's go choose a suit of clothes!"

When I was about to enter the door, I heard Uncle Huanbang shouting from behind: "Don't wear too plain! There are still suits and so on..."

"Oh, you're the one who manages leniently..."

"Aren't I afraid that my brother doesn't understand the rules..."

"Brother Wen Quxing will be more ignorant than you when he descends to earth..."

"When did you become a Wenqu star again? Didn't you take us all over the mountains when we were young..."

"Why not? In the old days, it was said that being admitted to Jinshi was the lower realm of Wenquxing. Isn't my brother's knowledge more refreshing than Jinshi? At least he must be a bachelor..."

"Don't you say he is a teacher? My brother said that he has only read one book in his life..."

"You can believe the polite words! The main reason is that you will be scared off if you say it! The book that the old brother read, Pi Wa said that there are hundreds of millions of words! There are more fish than Wuxi River!"

"My darling, this is better than Lord Shen Qing, right? Why doesn't the government set up a memorial arch..."

"Shut up, two old dogs! Don't make tofu and put vinegar in the business! There is still a lot of work!"

……

The old aunt helped the old man into the ancestral hall, and she couldn't help but smile: "Siyuan, I know why you never forget to come back."

The old man said with emotion: "Yeah, even I didn't expect them to remember."

The fourth grandfather writes on the side, five hundred small letters every day, this is an old rule.

A thousand-character essay in two days is an unshakable effort.

Seeing them coming in, the Fourth Grandfather smiled and said: "Confucius is like Xun Xun to the village party, and he seems to be unable to speak."

The old man said with a smile: "I don't want to take pictures for fun, so I am here."

Both sentences are from "The Analects of Confucius". What the fourth grandfather said was recorded in "The Analects of Confucius". Confucius behaved stupidly among the villagers, as if he couldn't speak well.The same is true for Uncle Kua, who remains humble to fellow villagers.

The old man’s answer was quoted from Confucius’ feeling that he didn’t know the taste of meat for three months after listening to the music of “Shao” in Qi State, but he secretly changed a concept and turned the music into a happy music.

The meaning is straightforward, the master behaved like that in front of the township party because of the care of the townspeople, which makes people so happy, which can't be exchanged for anything.

The Fourth Grandpa smiled and said: "Then accept it calmly. Of course you must be self-reliant in learning, but you must not be like this in life."

The old man bowed and said, "My son is taught."

The silence of the ancestral hall was quickly broken, Shirly and Alice were the first to jump in, followed by a group of children.

Then there was the old cousin, sister-in-law, father, uncle, and Aunt Bai with taro rice dumplings, too lively to watch.

The old cousin and sister-in-law said hello to the old man and the fourth grandfather first, and the old man smiled and said to the rice dumpling taro, "Huh? You are here too?"

Zongba said, "We specially came here to celebrate the teacher's birthday."

Aunt Bai smiled and said, "Zongba has also learned the Chinese way of speaking, he actually just wants to come and play."

Zongba immediately denied: "Where! Lijiagou's birthday party is also not to be missed!"

Aunt Bai laughed loudly, showing her big white teeth: "No matter what they are, I was really sent by the school. First of all, I want to wish you a happy birthday. Then the school wants to award Mr. Li the title of honorary professor and invite him to give lectures at Columbia University. He The remote teaching of is now an elective course in our East Asian Institute, as the Board of Trustees believes it should be.”

The Fourth Grandpa shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'm 97 this year, I'm afraid Piwa and the others don't want me to make such a fuss."

Alimu took the fourth grandfather's hand and said, "Zuzu, if you want to go, our plane is still at the airport."

The Fourth Grandpa couldn't help laughing, touched Alimu's head and said, "Alimu is really sensible, but we have to celebrate your grandfather's birthday, so we don't have time to go."

Aunt Bai shook her head regretfully, took out a kraft paper roll from her pocket, and said, "Mr. Li, the school board is also worried about this situation, so they asked me to bring the letter of appointment."

The fourth grandfather took it over and said with a smile: "I can't afford it, the school board has fallen in love with me wrongly."

Aunt Bai clapped her hands together: "OK, the task is completed, when is the banquet tomorrow?"

Li Junge just came in at this time, heard this and said with a smile: "Of course the banquet will be tomorrow morning, but tonight is also a meal for everyone, and we will have a front seat with the cooking team."

Alice and Shrily clapped together: "The front table is better than the main table!"

Li Junge scolded: "I just like fried food! I cry when I get pimples! By the way, there is still some time before I leave the sickle. How are you going to live?"

Zongba said: "With so many volunteer projects, are you afraid that you have nothing to do? I decided to go with you to investigate Bawangxiu before I came here with Yutou!"

Li Junge scolded with a smile: "You are so beautiful! There are no doors at all! I will have to protect you at that time, which is a burden! In this way, you have to get close to animals. The hatchery of the chicken farm is hatching all kinds of rare birds, and the fish farm is also hatching soft-shelled turtles." , you can also choose to cook bamboo rats, and you need to record the daily activities of crested ibis and finless porpoise. Anyway, it’s only around Lijiagou, so don’t even think about running far.”

"There is also a task to speak more English with the children, and make up for them during the holidays. Now there are a few more exhibition halls in the village, you can take a look if you have nothing to do, and there are more theaters in Pan'ao Township. There is no need to spend money to broadcast a few films, and you can go if you are interested.”

(End of this chapter)