My 1995 Small Farm.

What is the situation of pheasants in winter?

Experienced hunters, or people living near mountainous areas or forests, know this very well.

When it snows heavily, everything is white.

Everything was covered with snow, there was no food to be found, and the weather was very cold.

The pheasant couldn't find anything to eat and couldn't stand the severe cold, so it was frozen and dazed.

I will not care about anything.

As long as there is some tall grass, or a stack of straw, it will dive headfirst into it.

Sometimes you can even see pheasant butts with their long tails exposed in the wheat fields beside the road.

At this point, they only care about the head and not the butt.

Once people see them, it is very easy to catch them, just like pulling out carrots, one at a time.

There is no need to worry about them running away.

but……

For children, especially those like Xiaolizi, Ruirui and Yaya who have not experienced much and are extremely curious.

Chen Ling and Liu Ni'er described catching pheasants and trapping sparrows at night.

It's really too attractive.

To the extent that I seemed to have little interest in catching pheasants in the snow during the day.

So what to do during the day?

It's rare to have such a nice snow.

Want to pick vegetables?

Just had this thought.

Some workers came to inquire.

"Master, it's snowing so heavily, are you still picking vegetables?"

On a snowy day, people from Kinmen Village actually came over in donkey carts to inquire.

This is just like what people say in later generations: with 30,000 to 50,000 yuan a month, the company is my home.

As long as the wages are sufficient, workers will take their work more seriously than the bosses.

"Let's not pick them anymore. The temperature has dropped suddenly, and we don't have any old quilts at home to cover the vegetables and keep them. If we pick too many, they will freeze if we can't transport them away."

Chen Ling thought for a moment and said.

After picking the vegetables at this time, asking Little Sheep and the others to drive along the mountain roads to transport them would definitely not work.

It must be transported by water from Tenghe Township and by boat.

But if you use a boat, in this weather, you must prepare a lot of cotton to cover the vegetables.

It’s not cold when it snows, it’s cold when it melts.

A drop in temperature over the next few days is foreseeable.

So as not to freeze the vegetables.

"Don't be afraid, master. We have old quilts at home. I'll look for them for you. I'm sure we can get enough!"

"Yes, Fugui, your family doesn't have enough quilts, but we can get some useless old quilts from our own village. People say that with the sudden heavy snow, the price of vegetables will definitely be high."

The charm of high wages is clearly revealed at this moment.

Whether they are from other villages or this village, they are all very enthusiastic.

It's really a passionate one.

Chen Ling is not in a hurry yet, they are more anxious than Chen Ling.

Chen Ling wasn't even worried about selling less money a few days late, they were all extremely worried.

"Okay, okay, since it's snowing and we have nothing to do at home, come pick them... If you have any old quilts that are not being used at home, bring them over, every family, every quilt, as long as it's not too small.

I'll give you two dollars more for each set of quilts per day, and it will be included in your wages.

The more quilts you have, the more money you have.

But don't bring a new quilt, okay?"

After Chen Ling said this, everyone was in high spirits and smiled.

"Well, you are still rich and righteous, you deserve to make a lot of money!"

The people in this village went back first to call their friends and give two more yuan for a set of quilts. Who doesn’t have a few old quilts these days?

The old quilts, old mattresses, and stale cotton have all become hard lumps, but I can't bear to throw them away.

These days there are people who come specifically to collect them.

Then after bleaching, the cotton is re-spun into commercial bedding and sold to city dwellers or used as quilts in factory dormitories.

But the price collected in the village is very low.

It's far less generous than Chen Ling.

"Yes, he never forgot us mountain people after making money, and he would bring us money every now and then. There are so many rich people like him, one is better than the other." "That's right, it's said that people should be content. I don't understand those who are jealous of the rich."

These people were still muttering as they walked on the road.

But now, most people in this village are used to Chen Ling's many ways to make money, and they don't care about these things anymore. They have long been used to it.

After meeting Chen Ling, I talked to him about this year's wheat.

"Alas, it seems that people should not be too lazy and should not think positively about everything... Just like last winter, it was so warm and the wheat seedlings grew wildly!

At that time, we all said that we wanted to press the wheat seedlings, but some people who made money by selling wild fruits with you wanted to escape.

There are actually people who say that it is better if the wheat grows faster. If it grows faster, the wheat can be harvested two months earlier and sold earlier.

What an idiot who couldn't be any dumber.

Look at the snow this year, it's so heavy and fierce.

If the wheat seedlings had not been plowed down several times last year and the wild geese had not been allowed to eat them, the wheat seedlings would have been so old that they would have sprouted and grown.

Once the snow falls, all the wheat will freeze to death.

It’s still two months too early to sell?

"What the hell!"

This is what Wang Laiyun said.

His two nephews, Wang Juying and Wang Jujie, were taken care of by Chen Ling as soon as their father died. He paid them a lot of money and also arranged for them to find jobs as workers.

In Chen Ling's opinion, it doesn't matter. As long as they are willing to work hard, anyone can be used.

But in their family's view, this is very important.

"That's right. It's snowing now. The wild geese are nowhere to be seen, and the egrets haven't returned to their nests. I wonder where they went? The wheat fields here aren't as lively as before."

Chen Ling raised his head and looked around. Under the gray sky, the surrounding mountains were covered with snow.

The view is very beautiful.

But, those big birds have long disappeared.

"It's lively, but it's nice to have your kids running around and playing here."

Wang Laiyun laughed and said, "Fugui, work hard. Let's build a different large grain warehouse in the back and grow our wheat, corn and other grains there."

"Come on, Uncle Laiyun, food is not an easy job!"

Chen Ling shook his head: "My second uncle is a grain dealer. He made a lot of money in the past two years, but the price difference is too small, so it's hard to make a lot of money..."

This was Chen Ling’s real thought.

but.

I was halfway through my words when something suddenly occurred to me.

If we could combine our own high-quality wheat varieties with the production of instant noodles.

So……

"Hahaha, look at what I said, Fugui is in a daze, right? He must have thought of a good idea to get rich!"

Wang Laiyun laughed even more happily this time.

Feeling that he had inspired Chen Ling, he showed off to Zhao Yubao and several other old men as well as several people from other villages in Jinmen Village.

Chen Ling smiled bitterly and waved his hands without saying anything.

I secretly said to myself, "Don't think too much about this. I can arrange it slowly in the second half of the year. I already have enough things to do now."

Just as I was thinking this, Xiao Lizi and the others led Ruirui and ran over from a distance, jumping and looking at the people from Kinmen Village with curiosity.

"Uncle, uncle, what is that? Is it pulled by a donkey?"

"Oh, that's a shovel. It helps you get around faster on snowy days. It's more convenient and stable than a cart, and it's not likely to tip over."

Chen Ling explained.

Several people from Kinmen Village came here driving donkeys and pulling sleds.

At this time, not many families in the mountains have sleds. They are usually used for a while in the cold winter when the mountains are closed due to heavy snow.

Most of them are used to buy New Year goods.

There are only a few houses in each village that have it. Unless the snow is too heavy, this thing cannot be used for sliding, so it is not often used.

"Dad, I want to play. Ruirui wants to play. Ruirui is very good today."

When Ruirui saw this thing, he threw himself into Chen Ling's arms and started stomping his little feet and acting coquettishly.

Chen Ling picked up his son and said, "Okay, don't make a fuss. We don't have this thing at home. We have to go to your uncle Jukun's house to look for it. Daddy is going to Tenghe Township to rent a boat, so I'll take you to look for it."

As he said this, he carried Ruirui on his neck and picked up Xiaolizi and Yaya, one in each hand.

Leading the three giggling little kids, they went to Wang Jukun's house to find a sled.

The so-called sled is actually a snowmobile.

Chen Ling was deeply impressed by this thing, mainly because he liked to play with it at Wang Jukun's house when he was a child.

In winter, he would play with the sled. In other seasons, he would secretly ride his big white horse. He was addicted. (End of this chapter)