Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Sunshine Farm

Chapter 84 Digging a Vole Hole (Please subscribe)

He Yuzhu looked at the time and saw that it was almost 17 o'clock, so he went to the front desk of Luquanju and ordered a few dishes. In addition to barbecue, Luquanju also operates halal stir-fries. One candied fruit, one grilled three whites, one Fried and cooked shrimps, and a dry-roasted yellow croaker.!

He Yuzhu thinks that Yu Haitang's father and brother are also guests, so they can't just eat a barbecue. This is outrageous.

While He Yuzhu was ordering, over at the table, He Yuzhu asked Hua Ya, how did he get that field mouse?
Seeing that He Yueyue was interested in voles, Hua Ya told He Yueyue and Yu Haitang about digging vole holes.

Children in the city cannot imagine digging vole holes and roasting voles to eat them. But digging vole holes and roasting voles to eat them was actually very common in rural areas even in the 80s and [-]s.

In those years, rural people lived a hard life. How hard was it?

It's so hard that you have to borrow food from voles, and borrowing food from voles actually means digging vole burrows in the wild and digging out the food they hide in the holes for the winter.

Children in the city don't know about field mice borrowing food.

Hua Ya, but Gou'er knew it very well. Hua Ya told He Yuyu and Yu Haitang that in her and Gou'er's hometown, mice in the wild are generally called voles. They are different from mice at home. This kind of mice has a habit. , they like to hide a large amount of peanuts, soybeans, corn and other grains in autumn to prepare for winter.

Mom calls these voles moving hamsters, and these moving hamsters prepare food in advance for the winter.For example, they go to peanut, corn and soybean fields and transport large quantities of them to their caves to hide them.

A moving hamster's cave may contain several kilograms of food at least, or dozens of kilograms at most.

At that time, there was no food, so everyone in the family had to find ways to fill their stomachs. In the past, it was very popular to go to the wild to look for vole holes and dig out the food they had hidden to eat.For example, use hidden beans to make tofu, fry peanuts and eat them.

Some experienced people can dig dozens of kilograms of grain from mouse holes in one day, which can feed a family for several days.

Yu Haitang quickly asked if the food was clean and hygienic.
Clean and hygienic?

Hua Ya and Gou'er shook their heads and said they didn't know. After all, in an era when they didn't have enough to eat, as long as they could satisfy their hunger, they didn't care whether it was clean or hygienic.

Gou'er proudly told He Yueyue and Yu Haitang that he could quickly find many vole holes, and he knew which vole holes contained food. This made He Yueyue curiously ask how Gou'er knew.

The dog whispered to He Yueyue that after finding the vole hole, look at the size of the mound outside the vole hole. If the mound is larger, it means that the nest inside is also larger, and there will naturally be more food. If the mound is not big, Then of course there is no need to think about it.

Secondly, look at the crawling marks next to the nest. If it looks brighter, it proves that there are a lot of voles inside, and the food inside is definitely very optimistic.

However, digging vole holes is not something that flowers and dogs are capable of, because children can only dig with brute force and their own senses. As everyone knows, cunning voles are as capable as rabbits of "cunning rabbit holes", so that children may be sweating profusely. After working for a long time, not only did they not find any food, but they didn't even see a vole hair.

To dig a vole hole, you still have to wait for adults like Li Xiuniang to come over. Adults like Li Xiuniang have a knack for digging vole holes: first, they dig carefully along the entrance of the hole. In order to ensure their own safety, voles usually dig throughout the hole. There are several holes of different sizes in different directions.

Among these holes, one of them must be a warehouse where voles store food.

At this time, a certain amount of judgment is often required. Li Xiuniang will quickly identify one of the holes and go straight to the field mouse's granary at a very small cost.Sure enough, after digging for less than 10 minutes, I saw the vole's bedroom. The bedroom looked relatively spacious, with smooth sides and a layer of dry soft bean leaves at the bottom.

The three of them, mother and son, became more motivated. They took turns stepping forward and after digging for about 10 minutes, they found food.

Seeing the scene in front of them, Hua Ya and Gou'er were ecstatic and danced with joy. At that moment, all fatigue was swept away.

The mouse nest was filled with golden corn, soybeans, peanuts, and some red beans.In order to prevent the soil from being mixed into the grain, the mother and son picked up the shovel again and dug as big as possible around the hole to make it easier to get the grain.

Finally, it was done, so Gou'er and Hua Ya immediately leaned down, spread the phosphate fertilizer bags at the door of the granary, and dug out the layers of grain with their hands.

After the food was loaded, the mother and son did not stop there, because the best part was yet to come.

As the hole is dug deeper, the voles' hiding place will be reached. Listening to the noise outside the hole, they will gnash their teeth with hatred.

Sure enough, a fat and big field mouse suddenly emerged from the nest, looking at the mother and son with an angry look, putting on a desperate posture.But it was no match for the mother and son. Li Xiuniang couldn't help but pick up the shovel and hit the vole hard!

After an hour and a half of hard work, the mother and son returned home with a full load.

After arriving home, Li Xiuniang weighed it with a steel scale and found that there were 48 kilograms of grain and several large voles. The voles were skinned and eaten directly, roasted, or dried. This was meat.

He Yueyue and Yu Haitang were filled with emotion as they listened to the conversation. They always thought that they were the lowest class of people, but now it seems that they are really not. In the countryside, there are many people who are more miserable than the two of them. This is how the two of them feel now, so they cherish Hua Ya and Gou'er even more. This is a special feeling unique to us. Only people at the bottom will cherish people at the bottom.

"Dad, Lu Quanju is right in front." Yu Haiyang held two bottles of wine, a pack of cigarettes, and a ten-dollar red envelope in his coat pocket.

"Okay, okay, it's finally here, Haiyang, please be sweeter in a moment. When you see Master He, you must be respectful. From now on, he will be your master and the one who gives you a job, so you must know how to respect him." Yu's father said no. He kept telling his son.

Yu Haiyang nodded and said: "I know dad, I'm not a fool. Don't worry, when I see Master He later, he will definitely be respectful. If he is willing to accept me as his apprentice, I promise to treat him with filial piety like a man." .”

"Hey, that's right. Once a teacher, always a father. You have to know this. Your sister has helped you a lot this time. You must help her with her affairs in the future." Father Yu smiled slightly.

"I know Haitang helped me a lot this time. If I can really work as a worker in the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, I will definitely thank her. However, Dad, why did that Master He help Haitang like this? Could it be that What do Master He think of Haitang?"

Yu Haiyang looked at his father.

At this time, Yu's father said calmly: "If Haitang also likes Master He, it is actually okay. I have no objection. It is a new society now. Love is free. As long as the person is good and treats your sister well. , then I support it.”

"Haha...!" Yu Haiyang smiled and nodded: "Dad, we have the same idea."

(End of this chapter)