I went back to the front yard to have lunch. By two o'clock in the afternoon, there was no sign of the sun showing up and the heavy fog had not lifted.

Chen Ling drove the bullock cart out from the backyard and waited on the reservoir dam for more than half an hour.

Sure enough, he didn't see the saplings coming, so he turned around and drove the ox cart to his own field without waiting any longer.

Then, taking advantage of the heavy fog, no one came to the fields and no one went up the mountain.

A few more acres of peanuts and vegetables have been planted. After the harvest is completed, the soil can also be indirectly improved.

By evening, there were more than 7,000 kilograms of peanuts in the cave, as well as bundles of vegetables, piled in the hut.

These vegetables are not for home consumption, but were sold by Chen Ling when he was delivering peanuts to Youfang.

After all, I want to eat vegetables at home, and Dongtian can’t finish eating them.

After packing up in Dongtian, Chen Ling drove the ox cart home.

When passing by the weir and pond in the village, I found that my two puppies and a bunch of native dogs from the village were attacking a two-meter-long cauliflower snake on the edge of the weir and pond.

The thick body of this snake was wet and covered with mud, as if it had swam from the weir and pond. It was annoyed by the harassment of the dog at this moment, and it spat out a message and made a "hissing" sound. It looked very angry, but it was

A group of dogs are clinging to me, and I can't get away even if I want to.

When Chen Ling saw this, he stopped the bullock cart and watched with interest.

Today was a foggy day. It was the first time for the two puppies to encounter this kind of weather. They followed the local local dogs in the village out and ran around in high spirits early in the morning.

I came back at noon to have some food, and then went out again. Taking advantage of the white mist, I wandered through the streets and alleys of the village, which was a great time.

No, now they are fighting snakes here again. This cauliflower snake is unlucky to encounter them.

"Woof woof woof..."

Seeing Chen Ling approaching, the two puppies immediately became eager to show off. They jumped out from the group of dogs and attacked the cauliflower snake extremely quickly, biting the cauliflower snake's abdomen.

The cauliflower snake was already irritated by the group of dogs, so naturally it refused to be outdone and fought back with its head held high, and even wrapped itself around one of Xiao Jin's legs.

But the two puppies were incomparable to ordinary dogs. No matter how hard they resisted, it was in vain. They were bitten to death within two rounds of fighting, and rolled on their stomachs and stopped moving.

Then Xiao Jin grabbed the cauliflower snake by its neck and dragged it to Chen Ling. Together with Hei Wa, he challenged the little white cow and barked as if to show off.

"You've been crazy for a day outside and haven't been honest. Do you want to be punished?"

"Why don't you hurry up and go home..."

Chen Ling glared at the two little things, picked up the cauliflower snake and threw it on the cart.

Cauliflower snakes are very common in mountain villages, especially in spring and summer. Cauliflower snakes often appear in homes to eat mice or swallows under the eaves.

Sometimes they will make a home on the beams or in the cracks in the wall, and they will stay together for a lifetime.

When farmers see this stuff, it usually becomes meat on the table. Whether it is fried, fried, stewed or boiled, it is delicious.

It not only relieves cravings, but also has the effect of clearing away heat and eliminating internal heat.

After returning home, Wang Susu skinned the cauliflower snake in twos and twos, took out the snake's gall, tied the bile duct with a thread, and hung it together with the snake skin under the eaves, and soaked the snake meat in a basin.

Chen Ling went to get two pieces of Polygonatum japonica. Last time he went to the mountain, he picked a lot of Polygonatum odorata and Gastrodia elata, but they had not yet been dried on the bamboo plaque.

Chen Ling used the name of going to the backyard to get Huang Jing from the cave.

After harvesting them before, I planted two patches of Polygonatum and Gastrodia elata in the woods in front of Dongtian Thatched House, and now they have grown into a large area under the trees.

So Chen Ling made half a pot of snake meat soup for dinner, put in two pieces of Polygonatum odorifera and stewed it. The snake meat was soft and fragrant. He fed a bowl to the two puppies, and the couple enjoyed the rest.

Most of the delicious snake meat was eaten down, not even the soup was left.

After nightfall, the young couple spent a wonderful night.

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The next day, the sky was clear with not a single cloud in sight.

The sky is blue and has a special cohesion that makes people unable to help but look up and focus.

There was nothing to do today, so Chen Ling moved a deck chair in the yard, lying on his back and reading a novel.

It's a book called "Xia Ke Xing".

When Chen Ling reads Jin Yong's other novels, he always reads the novels first and then the TV series.

This is the only book "Xia Ke Xing" that I watched the TV series first and then read the novel.

So much so that when I read the novel now, the main character in my mind is the face of actor Dong Jian.

It's a pity that that version of the "Xia Ke Xing" TV series will have to wait several years to be filmed.

He was reading a novel on the recliner, and Wang Susu sat quietly next to him making new clothes for spring. Her slender white fingers threaded needles and threads, looking extremely dexterous.

From time to time, she would glance at him gently with her watery almond eyes, with a sweet smile on her lips.

Yes, Wang Susu is indeed more beautiful today than in the past. She is pure and charming with a strange charm, and her face is rosy, like a delicate flower blooming in the spring breeze.

Her eyes are like water, her eyebrows are green, and every smile exudes charm, which is very intoxicating.

The two of them were just like this, bathing in the warm sunshine of spring and quietly enjoying the unspeakable warmth.

It was almost noon when the loudspeaker of the village committee suddenly sounded.

It was said that someone from the forest seed station had arrived and asked Chen Ling to go to the reservoir dam to pull fruit saplings.

"It's too early today, three hours too early..."

Chen Ling stood up, put down the book, stretched and said.

"After all, we were delayed due to heavy fog yesterday."

Wang Susu also stood up and said, "I'll go with you."

"No, you can cook at home. I'll be right back."

Chen Ling went into the house and changed into yesterday's old clothes, then drove the ox cart out.

When we arrived at the reservoir dam, two young men from the Linmu Seed Station were standing there, talking and watching the people below using nets to catch fish in the reservoir.

Seeing Chen Ling driving an ox cart, he walked up to him and helped him carry the saplings to the cart.

"I'm sorry, brother. It was very foggy yesterday and I couldn't come over. The twenty fig saplings at the top were sent separately."

After moving, the two young men expressed their apologies to Chen Ling.

"It's okay. Have you two had lunch? Come to my house for a bite to eat before you leave?"

After Chen Ling handed them the money for the five hundred saplings, he said with a smile.

The two young men said no, and said they would try to come on time at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon so as not to cause any trouble to him, and then drove away.

"Fugui, are you planning to plant fruit trees this year?"

At this time, Wang Lixian and a group of people carried a large bamboo basket of fish on their backs and climbed onto the reservoir dam.

Say hello when you see him.

"It's Brother Xian. I didn't see clearly that it was you because I was wearing a straw hat. Are you going to have lunch?"

Chen Ling glanced at the bamboo basket behind them and found that it contained fish, shrimp, and river mussels.

"Well, no one wants the fish and shrimps in the reservoir, so they come here every day to catch some for cooking. This grandson of Erzhu also wants to save money."

Wang Lixian responded.

The few people behind started laughing, saying that Erzhu was fake and generous. It was a foggy day yesterday and they said the wages would be doubled, but they were given an extra five dollars.

Of course, this is echoing Wang Lixian's words, not talking to Chen Ling.

None of them had any dealings with Chen Ling. Some of them who had gone out to work with Chen Ling even had issues with him, so naturally they would not take the initiative to talk to him.

Chen Ling didn't care and said, "This fish looks a bit big. It's not as big as the two you gave me a few days ago, Brother Xian."

"Yes, there are fewer and fewer big fish in the reservoir. Sometime the year before last, a foreigner came to our place to do some research, and found out that he put some stupid crayfish in the reservoir. As a result, the reservoir is now full of these things. This

There haven’t been as many fish as before in the past two years, let alone big fish.”

Wang Lixian said angrily.

Chenwangzhuang Reservoir covers an area of ​​more than 1,000 acres. It was built in the 1950s and 1960s for water conservancy projects. It was mainly used for flood control and irrigation at the beginning. Through the river bend at the foot of the southern mountain, it can irrigate the cultivated land in the north, south and west directions.

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Later, it was contracted by people from the county until the late 1980s.

Until now, the reservoir has been neglected and has almost become a wild reservoir. Anyone who wants to eat fish can come and catch it.

Chen Ling didn't have much interest in this reservoir, but he was a little greedy when he heard about crayfish: "There are so many crayfish, and no one in our village eats them?"
Chapter completed!