My 1995 Small Farm

As the New Year approaches, time flies faster.

The day of work suspension finally arrived on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.

Chen Ling's deer farm is initially completed.

After having a meal of Chen Ling's pork head and pork ribs pot, the villagers happily dispersed and returned to the village to prepare for the New Year.

There was nothing going on at the construction site, so the father-in-law and mother-in-law were sent back.

Chen Ling rarely had time to prepare for the New Year's Eve.

Their family has already prepared New Year’s goods, but what’s missing now is the traditional food.

Such as rice cakes.

Even if Chen Ling has eaten delicacies from the mountains and seas.

At this season, I still can’t help but drool when I think of the sweet and glutinous taste.

Make rice cakes, white rice cakes with glutinous rice and yellow rice cakes with millet noodles.

All delicious.

In addition to this, we must quickly beat the potato starch.

There are machines for making potato starch in the county and township.

Along with those who play cotton and grind rice and flour, these are the busiest at the end of the year.

Chen Ling came to the southern suburbs of the county early in the morning on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month to queue up.

This sweet potato flour making machine is on the riverside near the sand quarry.

People use back bamboo baskets, snakeskin bags, bamboo baskets and other tools to thin the sweet potatoes.

Then filter with gauze to precipitate into powder, and the vermicelli stew will leak out.

There are also some talented people who steam and mash sweet potatoes that are not in good condition, put them into gauze bags, and squeeze out the water inside.

Add the malt and saccharify it for three hours, then filter it into a pot and cook while stirring until it becomes a brown syrup, which can be eaten and played with.

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"Aling, do you know what I dreamed last night?"

When Chen Ling finished making potato starch and went home to make lunch, Wang Susu held her two babies and basked in the sun in front of the kitchen door and said with a smile.

"What dream?"

Chen Ling turned around and said, "The dream you had this night will not be told in the morning but at noon."

"I didn't think of it this morning. I only remembered it when I saw the small vegetable garden in the backyard."

Wang Susu said.

"Oh, was it a dream about growing vegetables?"

"No, it's not about growing vegetables, it's about growing flowers."

When Wang Susu said this, she was very excited: "I dreamed about our back mountain, and the flowers covering the hillside were so beautiful."

Women always like these things.

"I was just thinking that we won't raise chickens and ducks here anymore. Even if we do, there won't be as many as before. Is it really possible to plant some beautiful flowers and plants around like in the dream?" "

"Okay, I'm thinking about clearing out the fruit trees next year."

Chen Ling nodded and said.

"Ah? The fruit trees have been cleared? Are they no longer planted?"

Wang Susu was really surprised now.

She had been busy for so long, and now she stopped farming all of a sudden. She was a little reluctant to let go.

"It's not that we haven't planted them anymore. We've just cleared some of them and transplanted them to the slope. Aren't Uncle Zhao and the others also planting trees on the slope? After planting on the slope, we will also plant them on the deer farm.

In short, these fruit trees will not be wasted. "

Chen Ling said: "We will renovate the orchard here. Only a few fruit trees will be left. The miscellaneous trees and bamboo bushes around the wall will be left behind depending on the situation.

No need for anything else.

Too many fruit trees are too troublesome, mainly attracting all kinds of insects.

Now we no longer rely on fruit trees to support our families and make money. The previous ideas were too simple, and now we should throw them away.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if the two little ones grow up and run around outside with Ruirui, and there are bugs everywhere. "

"What you said makes sense. If we don't plant trees, will we plant flowers later?"

Wang Susu asked quickly.

She likes to play with flowers and plants, and she planted a lot when she lived in the village.

When I got here, I couldn’t take care of the baby anymore. "Okay, you can plant whatever you want."

Chen Ling smiled. His wife likes flowers, so it would be good for him to tinker with some flowers that are always blooming.

The flowers all over the mountains and plains bloom in different seasons, which is definitely a beautiful sight.

In fact, fruit trees are also very beautiful when they bloom in spring.

It just can't be open all the time.

I only watch it once a year.

The young couple chatted while Chen Ling prepared lunch.

White rice and fried meat with mushrooms are delicious.

Before he finished eating, the bobcat drove into the yard on a motorcycle.

The motorcycle also carries a bamboo cage.

Inside are two eagles.

After releasing the two eagles, there was another eagle cry in the sky, and Er Baldy, who had grown twice in size, circled down.

Following closely behind Er Baldy was a group of wild geese. Each of them folded their wings and landed next to the farm's ditch with a loud clattering sound. They quacked and lowered their heads to drink water.

"What's wrong? Why are these two locked in a cage again?"

Chen Ling asked strangely: "Injured?"

"It's nothing. I was attacked by a flock of wild geese and my wings were slightly injured."

The mountain cat grinned: "These two eagles are good. Although they don't recognize people, they recognize Er Baldy very well. I don't know whether they regard Er Baldy as their mother or the king of the mountain.

I saw them injured and fell down, and wanted to give them medicine. Not only did they not appreciate it, they even screamed loudly and wanted to peck me.

It was only after Erbaldie screamed that they became honest. "

When he said this, Chen Ling suddenly understood.

"Were they beaten by those wild geese outside?"

"Yes, if you ask me, the wings of the wild geese you raise at home should be clipped again, otherwise the wild geese outside will be abducted by you even if they are seduced."

The lynx walked to the door of the living room, pulled a maza, and sat in a place warmed by the sun.

"Really? Didn't you say that you and Lao Yu trained them well? Are you still afraid of being seduced?"

After Chen Ling finished three large bowls of rice, he poured hot water over the bowl of leftover rice and drank it to moisten his slightly greasy throat.

During the time when their family was playing in the city.

Shanmao and Yu Qian were not idle at home either.

In addition to the daily chores of hunting for puppies with bobcats.

They also encouraged the two bald men who had recovered from their injuries to take a group of geese with wings to test fly in the sky.

The two of them are relatively free.

Plus be patient.

Chen Ling had previously planned to use eagles to herd geese.

Really let them finish it.

It was the group of wild geese outside the village that had not flown away in winter and often harassed them.

It hasn’t been long since the flight, and it’s not yet enjoyable.

He was squawking down there, trying to seduce her.

Today, the bald man couldn't hold back and rushed directly into the group of wild geese and beat them up.

The two-bald man who has completed his evolution is extremely ferocious.

Just like a lightning bomber, it can come and go freely. While it causes damage to the geese, the geese are unable to do anything about it.

But unfortunately, its two younger brothers are not very powerful.

Being beaten.

The two bald men were dragged down like this.

If the bobcat hadn't brought a gun and fired a few shots, it scared the wild geese back.

Those two eagles had more than just injured wings.

"Hey, isn't this a short period of time? If it takes a long time, it will be like a sheepdog and a flock of sheep. It was okay then, but it's not interesting now. The main reason is that these geese are too smart."

The lynx said helplessly: "If it weren't for the good food at your home, they would eat well and drink well, and they wouldn't be hungry or cold. I'm afraid they would have flown away with me without those geese calling, so you still have to think about it." There's a way." (End of chapter)