Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 337 Swiftlet

These two swallows are the children of the first generation of barn swallows. They have been in contact with humans since they were young, so they are not very afraid of people.When Liu Junhao was feeding them food, he also whistled according to the method of training Qingzhuang, so the two swallows were very sensitive to the sound, and when they heard the sound, they immediately fell down.

"Fuck, now I have more confidence in you, even house swallows can be trained well. But you really don't know what kind of swallow it is?" Huo Jun looked at Mr. Zhao with his last hope.

"Don't be foolish, tell me what kind of bird it is. Could it be that your swallow is made of gold?" Liu Junhao looked left, right, up and down just now, but he didn't see anything strange about the swallow.

"Don't tell me, although this swallow is not made of gold, the price is not cheap. Do you know how much I paid for it?" He said and stretched out five fingers.

"Five yuan?" After hearing his description, Liu Junhao knew that the price was high, but he deliberately lowered the price.

"Aren't you mad at me, kid? I paid 500 yuan to buy it in Huaiji, Zhaoqing." Huo Jun said bitterly.

"Huaiji, Yanyan?... Are you a swiftlet?" Professor Zhao suddenly connected.Yanyan is the only place in the inland of my country where swiftlets inhabit and is known as the "Capital of Swallows in China".
"Grandpa, you finally know. This is the legendary swiftlet. When I went to Yanyan to buy bird's nest a few days ago, I saw that there were swiftlets for sale next to it. I bought a few with my head. As soon as I came out, I knew I was losing money, and there are many people selling nylon bags, one bag at a time, which is much cheaper than mine." Huo Jun shouted with his head bowed.

"Swallow's nest, is this kind of swallow that can make a bird's nest?" Liu Junhao looked at the little guys in disbelief, as if he didn't see any big difference between them and ordinary barn swallows, but the color and luster of their fur was slightly different. .As for the bird's nest, although he has not seen the real thing since he grew up, he has heard about it for a long time. When he was a child, he and Liu Qiyong did the feat of "cooking bird's nest".At that time, the two of them didn't know which book they read about the bird's nest. They naively thought that the bird's nest was the kind of mud nest built by house swallows under the eaves.Hearing that this food is edible, the two secretly threw the bird's nest under the eaves of Liu Qiyong's house while the adults were not at home.Then it was thrown into the pot to cook without even washing it, and it turned into a muddy paste.

After the two tasted it, they felt that the taste was not right, and then scooped a few spoonfuls of sugar into it, and then bit the bullet and drank the muddy water.

When they later found out that this bird's nest was not that bird's nest, they thought it was silly and funny when they thought about it.

"Rival" Huo Jun nodded.

"You are not guilty. I heard that people picked bird's nests one after another, and finally the swallows were so tired that they vomited blood. If you eat this thing, you will have no conscience." Seeing the miserable appearance of those swiftlets, Liu Junhao opened his mouth straight. They are not fair.He and Huo Jun have been in contact for nearly a year, and they can be regarded as good friends, so there are fewer taboos in talking.

"You don't understand, kid. It's called blood swallow, which is a treasure in the bird's nest. It's not formed by swiftlet vomiting blood, but the food it eats contains seaweed and other objects that turn red." Huo Jun also agreed The allusion was only learned during this trip to Yanyan, but this did not prevent him from learning and selling in front of Liu Junhao.

"When you buy bird's nest, you buy bird's nest. Why did you also buy swiftlets?" Professor Zhao asked a little strangely. He had never heard that it is necessary to see what a hen looks like if eggs are delicious.

"I heard from the bird's nest seller that the swallows could be cultivated into house swallows. I didn't think about it at the time. I was fooled by them and bought a few of them. After I asked the knowledgeable people, I realized that the shopkeeper was cheating people. For my life, the main food swiftlets need is whitebait and seaweed, so as to ensure the quality of the bird's nest. We don't have those two kinds of food here, where can I find them.

They are very picky when choosing swiftlet houses. They must consider the temperature and humidity in the house, as well as the width of the room and whether the space design can allow it to slide unimpeded. live swiftlet.I heard people say that someone spent seven to eight hundred thousand yuan on building a swiftlet house, but at that rate, it would take eight or nine years to pay back the cost.I didn't have that patience at all, so I just threw away hundreds of dollars for nothing. "Huo Jun replied quite annoyed.

A swiftlet house is a house specially built for swallows for the convenience of collecting bird’s nests, and its structure is no different from that of an ordinary house.No, the way of raising swallows is quite special. The swallows still have to rely on themselves to find food outside, and the house is just a place for them to build their nests.

At first, Huo Jun thought that house swallows could be raised in a random cage just like raising chickens and ducks, but when he realized that this was not the case at all, he completely gave up the idea.

"Then why did you bring the swallows to Liujiagou? Could it be that you still want to build a swallow house here?" Liu Junhao saw that this person had a tendency to become Xianglin's wife, so he hurriedly interrupted him and asked.

"Oh, to be honest, I originally planned to eat this bird in soup, but in the end I thought about 'saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda', so I decided to give it away. The environment in your house is good, and there are many white fish in the ditch in the backyard , Raising swiftlets should be very wrong. I thought about giving swiftlets to you. If you really grow them, you can give me a bird's nest at that time, so that my hundreds of dollars will not be wasted. What do you think? ?” Huo Jun asked.

Raising swiftlets seems to be a challenging job, but I don't know anything about this kind of bird.Liu Junhao really couldn't answer him for a while, it would be a sin to raise the bird to death in his own hands.But if you really cultivate it... the bird's nest is much bigger.In the future, I will go to the city to visit Zhang's parents and Zhang's mother, and directly take the bird's nest, so much face.

"There's not much hope for this. I haven't heard of anyone in our country who has succeeded in raising them." Professor Zhao is not very optimistic about this project, and always feels that Huo Jun is too whimsical.

"There are exceptions to everything, just in case it succeeds. Let's just say that, if it is really successful, you will give me a bird's nest." In fact, Huo Jun didn't hold much hope, but he didn't want to see these little fellows It's just death in my own hands.

"Okay then, I'll give it a try." Liu Junhao finally nodded and agreed to the matter.With the cheating tool of Shisuo, swiftlets might be able to support them. After all, those two otters are living examples.When he planned to keep Baoyu and his wife in the courtyard, Mr. Zhao concluded early that adult otters were difficult to tame, and if they were not kept in captivity, they would most likely escape.

Huo Jun came to fetch the hornet's nest this time, and after finishing the gossip, he hurriedly urged the master to get out the hornet's nest as soon as possible.

After sending the person away, Liu Junhao carried the birdcage into the house.After searching the Internet for a long time, it seems that there are very few articles introducing the habits of swiftlets, but there are a lot of articles about bird's nests.But in the end, I finally figured out that this thing, like a bat, is generally difficult to fly on flat ground, and must use a certain height to glide.

If that's the case, I won't worry about them flying away in the future.After Professor Zhao left, Liu Junhao couldn't wait to open the stone lock and put all the swiftlets in it.

These guys just entered the stone lock space, like other animals, they were a little dizzy.But after the panic, they actually calmed down.

Huh... eat fish?
Liu Junhao was overjoyed when he saw one of the swiftlets standing by the pond, pecking at the shredded meat in the water.Generally speaking, swallows are good at catching food in flight, but there are exceptions to everything. If the food stops there stupidly, of course they will catch it too.The fish in my stone lock seldom encounter natural enemies on the road, so it looks rather stupid, letting swiftlets bite and peck.

As long as they eat food, that should feed them.

But seeing them pecking on the shore with their heads down, Liu Junhao always felt a little weird, it seemed that it was more beautiful to fly and peck.

They don't have space to glide and can't fly?Then make one for them.

Thinking of this, Liu Junhao immediately ran to the pond to catch swallows.I don't know how Huo Jun is raising these days. When Jin Siyan was first delivered, his eyes were dull, without a trace of aura.Fortunately, after staying in the stone lock for less than 10 minutes, his figure began to become agile.As soon as they saw Liu Junhao approaching, they immediately stepped back with their thin legs.Being chased in a hurry, he slid into the grass in a flash.Now the inside of Shisuo is not as desolate as it was at the beginning. The wild chrysanthemums, fine hair grass, etc. inside are knee-deep.In a blink of an eye, several swiftlets had disappeared without a trace.

I X, if the tiger doesn't show its power, you will treat me as a sick cat, Liu Junhao strode to catch up in the grass.When he locked on a swiftlet, he suddenly opened the space, and that guy immediately fell into the room.

Grabbing the swiftlet and re-entering the space, Liu Junhao threw it into the air vigorously, the swiftlet let out a crisp cry, and then stretched its wings and leaped into the air.

After flying for two weeks, it seemed to have fully adapted to the environment of the stone lock. With a sweep of its wings, it had already drawn an arc on the water surface, and a white fish was pecked into its mouth.Fortunately, the space of the stone locks is large enough now, which gives them room to maneuver.

Liu Junhao followed suit, and finally sent several swiftlets into the air.Seeing these guys flying freely in the stone lock, he couldn't help sighing, it seems that the sky belongs to their stage.Putting swiftlets in cages is no different from putting tigers in iron cages.They should be released into the air as they are with otters when they are well established in the yard.There happened to be vacant rooms on the second floor of mine, so I don't know if it's okay to use them as swiftlet houses.

He has no experience in raising swiftlets, so he can only cross the river by feeling the stones.

So far, it looks like a good start.Focusing on the legendary bird's nest, Liu Junhao felt that he should work hard to provide a comfortable environment for these swiftlets.

(End of this chapter)