Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 30 Extra Chicken (must read)
At first, I thought it was just a small episode, but when Li Muyang came to the place where there was less alfalfa, he discovered that the lack of alfalfa was not due to poor environment, but because there was a pheasant nest.

The alfalfa around it didn't grow, but was eaten by pheasants.

In the clearing, there was a lingering female pheasant and three young pheasants that looked to be more than a month old at most.

There were a lot of pheasants in the early years, but due to serious hunting by people, the number of pheasants decreased a lot. Later, after they became protected animals, the number of pheasants increased again.

In recent years, if you are lucky, you can see pheasants in the fields. However, these things are clumsy, cannot fly high, and run very slowly. As long as they are touched by people or predators, they basically cannot escape. .

Therefore, they usually bury their nests in very hidden places to avoid being discovered by natural enemies as much as possible.

It is almost impossible to build a nest in an alfalfa field.

There are too many natural enemies in the alfalfa fields, and various rodents, mustelids, and even birds, including humans, will appear in the alfalfa fields at any time.

No matter which one you encounter, you will be completely fooled.

Sure enough, Li Muyang didn't see any pheasant nests around. It seemed like they didn't live here, but were just taking shelter temporarily.

Now, when the three little pheasants saw Li Muyang, they immediately shivered in fear, but did not run away. They just surrounded the mother pheasant tightly.

But the female pheasant is already releasing a lot of air and not taking in much air.

Blood spurted out from its neck, and its body was constantly twitching and shaking. When it saw Li Muyang, it wanted to make a defensive posture, but it couldn't raise its head and just stared at him in horror.

Li Muyang thought of the little fox he had just seen, and estimated that the pheasant's home must have been discovered by the little fox. It killed two big pheasants one after another, and happened to run into Li Muyang while moving the prey.

Instead, he got a bargain.

Li Muyang took out the rope, tied the legs of the three young pheasants, and tied them to the mother pheasant.

The three little pheasants are still young and can be raised back home. The mother pheasant is a very nutritious food, so I can just take it back to give the mother some nutrition.

It's a windfall.

After taking care of it, he stood up and saw the little fox in the distance looking furtively, grinning at him.

He looked proud.

You and I, and I'm also responsible for taking care of other people's children, so we don't suffer any loss, right? Don't go too far by being a fox.

The little fox observed for a long time and found that it had no effect, so he turned around and ran away.

The fox has no fighting ability. It is like a little dog in front of people. Even with a little force, it can't hold up a person's kick.

There are many foxes that even civet cats can’t handle.

Some wild cats in the village are the descendants of civet cats and leopard cats. They are particularly ferocious and often catch things from the mountains to eat. Foxes, weasels, voles, weasels, squirrels, etc. are all the targets of their hunting.

Feral cats are natural enemies of all small animals and birds.

Not only because they are fast, can climb trees, and have strong fighting power, but also because these guys have the gene for cruelty.

Even if they are not hungry, they may go out to hunt small things just because they are bored.

The domestic pet cats in the city and the civet cats and leopard cats that roam the mountain streams are completely two different animals.

City cats may be afraid of mice and even make friends with them.

As long as a cat in a mountain village sees a mouse, it will definitely bite it to death. Whether it eats or not is one thing, but it is not allowed to live anyway.

With the unexpected harvest, Li Muyang was even happier.

The movements were quite quick, and a lot of them were collected in a short time.

The appearance of Di Ranran looks a bit like fungus. When it is wet, it becomes sticky, almost like fungus.If not picked in time, it will break quickly after drying, or be eaten by other small insects such as ants.Therefore, people naturally pluck the land after it rains, so that they can pluck more complete and larger pieces.

Gradually, the basket could no longer hold it.

Li Muyang then stood up, flexed his muscles, looked at the four pheasants, one large, three small and four small, next to him, and then looked at the full basket. After thinking about it, he took off his outer clothes and spread them on the ground, spreading the ground and alfalfa. Bud poured it on the clothes and put four pheasants into the basket.

After a period of bleeding, the female pheasant was already dead, and there was basically not much blood left.

There are weeds underneath, so I'm not afraid of getting the basket dirty.

After putting it away, spread some alfalfa on top of the basket so that from the outside, if you don't pay attention, you won't be able to see the four pheasants inside.

Li Muyang didn't want people in the village to know about the pheasant he picked up.

People in the village just follow the crowd. If they hear that they are waiting to pick up pheasants here, it will definitely spread throughout the village quickly. If everyone has something to do, they will rush to the mountains to look for pheasants.

In that case, if there are other pheasants, they will be picked up.

Li Muyang thought that maybe this pheasant was not the only one, and he could come back later to see if he could find it again.

Pheasants tend to be in groups, and it is impossible for just one or two to appear, and they are often not far away from their nests. There is a high probability that their home is in the peach grove or ice grass field.

If you can catch a few, you can improve your life.

Pheasants taste much better than domestic chickens and are more nutritious.

Pheasant feathers can also be sold for money. During fairs, there are people collecting wild feathers on the street. I heard that they sell them to opera singers.

After packing everything, Li Muyang looked up at the sky. He still couldn't see the sun, but among the clouds, he could vaguely see the brightest light directly above his head. It must have been after one o'clock in the afternoon.

He carried his things and returned the way he came.

As soon as he walked out onto the grass, he suddenly heard someone calling him.

"Uncle Shepherd, what are you doing here?"

He turned around and saw two women coming from the other side of the path.

Like Li Muyang, they all carried a basket on their arms.

He is a neighbor in the village.

Li Muyang's seniority is quite high in the village. Many people who are older than him are not as senior as him, and they would call him uncle or grandpa when they meet him.

Now these two women are sisters-in-law. Li Muyang is familiar with the older sister-in-law. Her surname is Hu and she is one of the two matchmakers in the village.

Many young couples in the village were brought together by her, including Li Muyang's second brother Li Mudi and his wife, and his sixth brother Li Muyun and his wife.

Qian Xiaoyu, Li Muyun's wife, was originally going to introduce him to Li Muyang, but Qian Xiaoyu disliked him for being too honest, and ended up getting married to Li Muyun by accident.

Many people in the village knew about this at the time, and many people secretly felt sorry for Li Muyang. Everyone knew about his honesty, loyalty, and filial piety.

But having said that, people are also very contradictory sometimes.

They admire a kind-hearted man like Li Muyang, but they are not very willing to let their daughter marry such a man.

Appreciation is often just on the lips.

　I hope I can pass the second round,

　　Everyone has seen it, it’s too niche, I have to stick to it, haha! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)