Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 304 The arrival of the delegation

Seeing Maozi's silkworm cocooning two days ago, Zhang Qian began to pay attention to her spring silkworms, and planned to take pictures of their cocooning scenes with the camera.She finds it troublesome to feed the silkworms, but it is still attractive to watch from the sidelines.

I never thought that things were completely unexpected. Two days later, the silk showed no signs of cocooning. Now she was anxious, and called her husband into the house and asked, "Why isn't our silkworm cocooning yet? Could something be wrong?"

"It's okay, it should be time soon." The cocoon formation of silkworms has no rules at all. Even if they are raised in the same nest, the cocooning time is sometimes wrong by half a month.The silkworms in his family are fed with mulberry leaves from the backyard from time to time, so they grow bigger and cocoon later.

The matter came as it was said, and within a few days, those silkworms stopped eating one after another and began to crawl towards the paper wall.In this case, silkworms are about to spin silk and form cocoons, so they should be placed separately.Otherwise, once the silkworms in the cardboard box cocoon, they will definitely seal the mouth of the cardboard box with silk, making it impossible for people to continue feeding.Those spring silkworms that are still eating have no food, so they can only start cocooning ahead of time.In the rush, the silk reserves were insufficient, and a large part of the silk cocoons produced were relatively thin. When the weather was cold, the silkworm chrysalis would freeze to death inside.

According to Liu Junhao's idea, it is enough to put these silkworms that are going to cocoon separately in an empty cardboard box, but Zhang Qian didn't think so, and just said that he wanted to find a branch to build a silkworm mountain.Seeing that she has a high temper, Liu Junhao can only follow his wife's request.He casually picked up a few reed poles in the yard, and tied them with wire to form a silkworm mountain.

"This silkworm mountain build is too ugly, it has no sense of beauty!" Zhang Qian rejected it after just one glance.

"We think that it is not necessary for the hen to be beautiful if the eggs are delicious, right? The important thing is whether the silkworm cocoon is good or not. Why is the cocoon so beautiful?" He felt that it was necessary for his wife to distinguish between primary and secondary.

"You'll know when the time comes, I'm right. I'll definitely give you a surprise then..." Listening to that, she secretly played a big game of chess.

"I want to see where the joy comes from." Liu Junhao really couldn't think of what kind of tricks his wife could play on this, but everything was according to what she said.

The two walked around the yard for a long time, but Zhang Qian couldn't find a suitable branch to build the silkworm mountain.She vowed not to give up until she achieved her goal, and finally took her husband to the woods to look for it.

"That's it, it's great, this is the most suitable... Hurry up and chop it off with a machete." After searching for an hour, Zhang Qian finally stopped.

"Are you sure?" Liu Junhao looked along his wife's fingers, only to find a section of abrupt elm stump.There was a branch protruding from the tree stump, the leaves on it were eaten by some unknown animal, leaving only four or five thin branches.

He was a little skeptical about his wife's eyes, which is what we call a surprise.Surprise is there, but joy is not necessarily.Elm lumps can be used as firewood, but as for other uses, Liu Junhao has not seen it yet.

"Yes, you cut like this, be careful not to drop the branches." Zhang Qian took out a carbon pen and drew a line on it.

"It's easy, it's up to me." Liu Junhao spat on his hands, and then swung his machete to chop.The elm stump had already been hollowed out by longhorns, and the wood was very loose. Liu Junhao chopped off the branches in less than 5 minutes.

"Great, it's exactly what I want." As soon as the branch was cut off, Zhang Qian hugged it excitedly, like a baby.

"Wife, are you okay?" Liu Junhao wondered if she had some kind of hysteria, what good is this elm bump.

"Go, what do you know?" Zhang Qian understood what her husband was thinking when she saw his eyes, but in order to surprise her husband, she didn't bother to refute.

Back home, Zhang Qian started to get busy.Liu Junhao wanted to step forward to help, but she turned her away, saying that she would not allow peeking.

In two days, those spring silkworms began to form cocoons one after another.Zhang Qian will always take over the job of picking spring silkworms.She went to school, and before leaving the house, she had to tell her husband: "Don't peek while I'm not at home."

If you don't read it, don't read it, you think I am rare.

Liu Junhao murmured and agreed, but he was curious about what kind of medicine his wife was selling in this gourd. If he insisted on making it so mysterious, wouldn't it just be a cocoon formed by silkworms?It seems like no one has seen it.

His wife has gone to school, and he is also busy on his side. The beans in the middle of the spring should be climbed, and now they have to set up the shelf early.Last year, the carob seeds were straight, so it didn't have to be so troublesome to scatter them into the ground.And that variety is willing to bear fruit. Last year, more than 20 litters were planted. As a result, he and Professor Zhao's family never lacked food in the summer.In autumn, when we were arranging bean seedlings, we collected a large basket. At that time, Mama Zhang happened to be there and made dried bean sprouts for them.

This year, he planned to plant this variety again, but that day Liu Junhao put the seeds on the slate to dry, but the village called him to help.Before leaving, he specifically told his wife to watch the beans so that the birds would not peck them.Zhang Qian promised very well, but she forgot all about it in a blink of an eye.When Liu Junhao rushed home, the bean seeds were all pecked.

Zhang Qian was quite embarrassed, and bought a bag of seeds on the street on Sunday.But she didn't ask clearly when she bought it, and she found out that it was climbing seedlings after she bought it.

The bean stand is easy to build, just take a few reeds and pile them up to form a tripod.It took only half an hour, and it was completely packed.Of course, he also caught two big caterpillars from the bean seedlings, and he threw them into the water to feed the eels.

After finishing the bean seedlings, Liu Junhao turned his head to look at the cucumber seedlings on another piece of ground, and it was almost time to climb the seedlings.It's still early, so I can set up the cucumber shelf by the way, so I don't need to do it a second time.

Then there is weeding. The spring water in the stone lock brings a good harvest of fruits and vegetables in the backyard, but it also has a negative impact, that is, weeds grow wildly.

Generally, if there are weeds in the land of people, just apply some herbicides to wipe out the weeds.However, there are eels in the ditch in his backyard, and pesticides cannot be sprayed. Otherwise, when it rains, the pesticide residues will definitely flow into the ditch.In that case, the eels should suffer.

This weed is too hateful. It grows very fast. It was almost pulled out yesterday. When I saw it the next day, the ground was green again.

After breakfast in the morning, Liu Junhao was busy in the backyard with his butt pouted. He didn't pull out the weeds in the two fields until 10:30.

I don't feel it when I'm working, but when I'm idle, sweat drips down my forehead, like it's raining.Liu Junhao hurriedly poured a glass of honey water, then sat under the shade of a tree with a cattail fan and fanned it.

After fanning for a while, the heat didn't dissipate, but the hands were tired and sore.

It just so happened that the monkey became interested in the palm-leaf fan, so Liu Junhao handed the palm-leaf fan to it and asked the monkey to help him fan it.Wukong found it new when he first came into contact with it, and the fan was full of enthusiasm with his two paws holding the handle of the fan.

Now Liu Junhao was very comfortable, lying there like the county magistrate, drinking honey water in a calm and stable manner.

"Zhizhi..." Seeing the master's attitude, the monkey immediately kicked back and handed back the fan again.

It is not so easy to go on strike, Liu Junhao fumbled out some fruit candies from the house, and then pointed to the cattail fan.The monkey understood the meaning of the master: if you want to eat candy, fan me.

After all, unable to resist the temptation of candy, Wukong could only grab the cattail fan again and fan it again.

"You kid, even if you know how to enjoy yourself, you'd be ashamed to ask Wukong to fan you. How is it any different from the landlords in the old society?" Professor Zhao happened to come over to visit, and couldn't help being happy when he saw this scene.

"Hehe, Uncle Zhao is here." There was an outsider, and Liu Junhao was too embarrassed to squeeze the monkey's surplus labor, so he could only stuff the remaining candies into the monkey's hands, and the guy screamed excitedly.

"You're at home. Why didn't anyone answer Liu Guangju's phone call for a long time just now?" Professor Zhao asked suspiciously.

"Uncle Guangju called, why didn't I know?" Liu Junhao hurried to the house to check the phone, only to find that the thread fell off at some point, no wonder no one called in the past two days.The phone line will not loosen for no reason, it should be a good thing done by my monkey.

"Your home phone didn't get through, so Liu Guangju called me. He told you to come over later, he has something to look for." The old man passed on the words, then turned his head and left.

I don't know what's the matter with the branch secretary, so I keep calling.If you can't get through, you can come to the door directly, and you have to find someone else to inform.Liu Junhao shook his head quite depressingly, this man's official airs are getting bigger and bigger!He was afraid that it was urgent, so he didn't dare to delay, locked the door and walked towards the village.

"Xiaohao, what's the matter with your phone, it has been unable to connect." Just arrived at the door of Liu Guangju's house, he was already greeted by him.

"The plug is loose. I didn't notice it before. This is..." Liu Junhao was taken aback when he saw the two people in the room.

"These two are college students from the city, and they are visiting our Liujiagou..." Liu Guangju enthusiastically introduced them to each other.

"I know each other. I've been here last time. Sun Yutao and Xu Dongfang, right?" They came to inspect last summer, and they were led by Liu Junhao.At that time, they wanted to invite Liu Junhao himself, but they turned him down. In the end, a few children in the village acted as guides.

"Hehe, we are all old friends." Xu Dongfang smiled and stretched out his hand.

"Welcome!" Liu Junhao also extended his hand and shook it.In other words, he was really not used to this orthodox way of greeting.

"Since we all know each other, it's easy to talk, hehe, Xiaohao, they are going to stay on the mountain for a few days, so you can be a guide for them." Liu Guangju interjected beside him.

"Uncle Guangju, I can't go away." Hearing these words again, Liu Junhao hurriedly refused, "Do you think you can leave the stall in my yard? What if someone comes home to buy rice field eels during the day? Others..."

"Others, other people are even more busy, do the math and see who is not busy in the field in our village at this time, you are the only idler..."

Although it is not yet time to harvest wheat, the villagers are already busy, mainly planting spring peanuts and spring corn in the wheat field.This job is the most cumbersome. The wheat seedlings have grown to half a person's depth and are in the grouting stage.Special care must be taken when planting peanuts in the ground, otherwise the wheat can easily be overwhelmed.The stalks of wheat are relatively weak, and one fall will destroy a large area.

Of course, the wisdom of the working people is infinite, and someone invented the prop.Tie two reed poles into a "V" shape and put them on the waist, with the tip pointing at the front Mailong, and then hang them around the neck with ropes.Going all the way like this, the wheat will be separated naturally, and the wheat seedlings will not be hurt at all.

"Then what about the rice field eels in my yard? Why don't you go up the mountain by yourself, anyway, you've been there a few times, and you know the way very well."

"Let them go up the mountain. What if they encounter wild boars or something? There are no wolves on the outside of Daqing Mountain, so we can't guarantee it. Professor Zhao will help you watch the eels. When you went to the old mother-in-law's house, they didn't greet you very well. Is it? If you don't agree, I'll talk to your wife." Liu Guangju knew that he was purely stealing and playing tricks.He has known this person since he was a child, and he belongs to the kind of person who will not go away and go backwards. Only when he is given an order to die, will he obey it.

"Yeah, I'm not good enough to be a guide." Liu Junhao could only nod his head in agreement when he saw that this was the point.To be honest, in this season, he is too lazy to run up the mountain. Now he sits in the courtyard, drinks honey, and feels more at ease in his childhood.

"Thank you. When Liu Changlin was our guide last time, he said that you know all about the birds on the mountain. If you want to dig out any bird's nests, you must go directly to you." Seeing them talking, Sun Yutao praised them with a smile One sentence.

"Hehe, this is not bragging." Liu Junhao is quite confident in his bird-watching skills. When he accompanied Pang Xuna's foodie up the mountain last time, he accidentally showed his skills, and everyone was convinced.

"Our investigation this time has something to do with birds, you know the crested ibis, right?" Xu Dongfang raised his eyes and asked.

"I don't know why. Isn't it called the national bird? It is mainly found in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province. I heard that it has been bred to several thousand." Liu Junhao answered fluently.There is also an article about crested ibises in the elementary school Chinese textbook. The last time my wife made a lesson plan, he looked up pictures on the Internet, so I am quite familiar with this thing.

"That's easy, do you know if there are any on our mountain?" Sun Yutao pressed.

"Daqingshan... Are you kidding me? How could there be crested ibises in Daqingshan?" Liu Junhao looked at the two in surprise. The whole world knows that there are only crested ibises in Shaanxi, and no other places.

"It's not that it's not there, it's just that it hasn't been discovered yet. As far as we know, someone in your village has seen it," Xu Dongfang explained.

"Who?" Liu Junhao was even more surprised.Some people in Liujiagou have seen crested ibises, which is no different from the Arabian Nights.It is not without reason that he was called the king of bird hunting when he was a child. To put it bluntly, he has raised more birds than some people have ever seen.When I was in elementary school, I was fascinated by bird breeding.As long as I have seen the birds, I try to get a few young birds to raise and play.Qingzhuang, woodpecker, goose cover... even kingfisher he has caught.Speaking of kingfishers, it is not easy to catch this thing.They are clever and clever, and few people have seen kingfisher nests. Liu Junhao only found out that this thing can make holes in the bank only by chance.The hole was deeper than a mouse hole, and it took him a long time to get to the bottom.

So when it comes to his knowledge of the surrounding birds, Liu Junhao thinks he is one of the best in Liujiagou.

"Liu Wuye from your village, he said he saw crested ibis when he was young."

(End of this chapter)