The pastoral life of the grass tribe chief

Lu Yao asked Li Yunbo to help him obtain a "Wildlife Domestication and Breeding Permit" and dug a pond in a remote, shady corner of Shiquangou to raise stone frogs.

There is a ready-made site, saving the time and cost of laying aquatic plants and stones. Only a protective net needs to be installed to prevent the stone frogs from escaping and to prevent foreign enemies from invading.

Other fields and slopes are planted with cactus and bamboo leaves.

A sturdy fence was erected at the foot of the mountains surrounding the valley, and sedges were planted to prevent wild animals from entering the valley and causing damage.

And plant kapok trees, phoenix trees and small-leaved almond trees, which are highly adaptable ornamental trees, in every corner.

Lu Yao fed the fish well and then went to get longan honey.

He had just finished taking a box of honey and was about to go to the next box when a dark shadow swept past him and landed in front of a beehive not far away, seemingly wanting to eat the honey.

Lu Yao recognized it at a glance; it was a blackbird.

When I was a child, almost every child in the village raised blackbirds.

It's best to raise blackbirds from chicks, so they'll stay close to their owners as they grow up.

Back then, a boy with two or three blackbirds perched on either side of his carrying pole or on his dustpan was considered the coolest kid in the village.

Raising a blackbird requires patience. It is shy, so you need to take it out for walks often to familiarize it with its surroundings and let it interact with people more often. Then it will become less shy.

If you teach it to talk often, it will be able to say a few simple words.

If the blackbird in your house only talks about alcohol or drinking, then the owner is most likely an alcoholic.

If someone talks about cigarettes or smokes, the owner is most likely a smoker.

Blackbirds are naturally clean creatures. If you train them to take baths, you won't have to worry about them being unkempt, and they will have a beautiful coat of glossy black feathers.

In rural areas, people who raise blackbirds usually feed them insects, earthworms, mulberries, berries, cherries, etc., and they can also feed them honey water.

The blackbird, also known as the mockingbird, is adept at mimicking the calls of other birds, and the clever ones can even imitate various machine sounds.

The female's call is relatively monotonous, soft, and low, while the male's call is rich, varied, pleasant, and never gets old.

Wild adult blackbirds are common, but they are also cunning and treacherous. They are ungrateful and can only be kept in cages; once released, they will never return.

The worst thing you can do with a blackbird raised from a young age is to keep it with a blackbird that grew up in the wild. The latter will lead the former astray and it will eventually become a wild bird and never fly back.

Lu Yao could tell that this was a female bird, and there must be a nest nearby.

Blackbirds breed from March to July, during which time their nests usually contain chicks.

Lu Yao didn't disturb it. He waited for it to finish eating and fly away, then observed whether the place where it landed was suitable for building a nest. If it was suitable, there was a high probability that there would be a nest there.

Lu Yao followed the mother bird to a collapsed loess slope, where there was a cave entrance about the size of an adult's fist at a high point.

Lu Yao spotted his spot and ran straight to the cave, where he landed firmly on his feet.

He ran very fast, but made no sound.

Blackbirds prefer to build their nests in well-ventilated and sunny locations.

Lu Yao had excellent eyesight and could see the cave clearly.

There are eight blackbirds inside.

Two adult blackbirds, one male and one female.

Six chicks.

Lu Yao didn't give the two adult blackbirds any chance to react. He reached out and captured them, then threw them into his spatial dimension. He then took the chicks out of the hole one by one and put them into his spatial dimension as well.

Lu Yao fed them a drop of spiritual spring water, and even if he wanted to let them go, they wouldn't want to leave.

Lu Yao returned to the house, built a nest for the chicks on the bamboo shed, put the six chicks in the nest, tied two blackbirds to the side with rope, and called his father to bring back the two birdcages that were in the old house.

After Lu Lide brought the birdcage back, Lu Yao put the two blackbirds into one of the cages.

The other cage is unnecessary; put it in the space.

When Big White saw the blackbird, his mouth watered.

"If you dare eat them, I'll give you the Insanity Soup."

Lu Yao warned it.

"Woof woof woof."

I'll eat whatever I want, what can you do about it?

Lu Yao was too lazy to pay attention to it anymore and went to eat.

"When are you going to your uncle's house to deliver gifts?"

Lu Lide asked his youngest son.

"I've already sent a red envelope to Shengzai."

Lu Yaodao.

"It's different when you're at home. Even if you send a red envelope to Shengzai, you should find some time to go to his house for a while, so that people won't say that you look down on people just because you've made a little money."

Lu Lide said.

"Your dad is right."

Wang Xiurong agreed with her husband.

"understood."

Lu Yaodao.

The couple then stopped saying anything and lowered their heads to eat.

Lu Yao woke up from his afternoon nap and was about to go out to work when Lu Liguang called him on video, saying that his TV couldn't play any channels and asking him to check it out.

When Lu Yao arrived at Lu Chong's house, he saw that the TV screen was searching for TV signals, and the TV box light was flashing red and green. He already knew what was going on.

He checked all the lines and found nothing wrong, confirming his suspicion that the set-top box was broken.

He made a voice call to Zhang Lin.

Zhang Lin happened to be in Maogen Village dealing with a network problem, and he happened to have a TV set-top box in his bag. After fixing the problem, he came to Lu Chong's house.

Zhang Lin replaced the TV set-top box with a new one, and then he could watch TV channels.

"Master Zhang, how much?"

Lu Liguang asked.

"It's free."

Zhang Lindao.

"Ah, it's free."

Lu Liguang thought he had misheard.

"Our set-top boxes are provided to users free of charge; if an old one breaks, you can replace it with a new one without paying."

"If a user wants to cancel their service, the set-top box will be taken back. Only if the user loses it will they be required to compensate the user at the original price."

Zhang Lin explained it clearly.

"Oh, I see."

"Master Zhang, have some tea."

Lu Liguang said.

"I heard you opened a small shop near the waterfall. The power company is coming to install the electricity tomorrow. Do you want to get the internet cable installed while you're at it?"

Zhang Lin drank a cup of tea and asked Lu Yao with a grin.

He used to go swimming there with Lu Yao.

"If Master Zhang pays, I'll definitely take him, right away."

Lu Yao replied with a smile.

"Tch, so stingy, yet they want to make big money."

"I'm gone."

Zhang Lin drank another cup of tea, then turned and left.

"What's the rush? Have a couple more drinks. No one will know if you slack off a little."

Lu Yaodao.

"If Chairman Lu pays me a salary, I'd be happy to have tea with him every day."

Zhang Lin got on the motorcycle and said with a grin.

"roll."

Lu Yaodao.

"By the way, what happened when Lao Wei came back last time?"

Lu Yao thought of something and chased after Zhang Lin to ask him.

"His mother built a new grave, and he came back to pay his respects to her."

Zhang Lin's parking lane.

"This kid still has some conscience."

Lu Yaodao.

"I'm gone."

Zhang Lin started the motorcycle again.

When Lu Changyu came home from school in the afternoon, he rode his bicycle to feed the bamboo rats and was overjoyed to see two more blackbirds and a nest of chicks.

Lu Yao carefully taught her how to raise blackbirds, and from then on, he entrusted her with the task of raising blackbirds, reminding her to be careful when going up to the top of the bamboo shed.

When Lu Changping's children and Lu Yang's son saw birds, they came even more frequently.

Especially Lu Yang's son, who sometimes clamors to come and see the birds in the middle of the night.

Sunny days are fine, but I'm afraid of windy, thundery, and rainy days.

Lu Yao had no choice but to catch another blackbird and give it to him, lest he be blamed again if something went wrong.