After hearing what the villagers said, Dujuan was still a little confused. She stood outside the sheepfold and stared at the big ram. However, the big ram had just been castrated and was so frightened that she lay in the grass nest and didn't dare to come out.

, she looked around, but couldn't figure out why.

Seeing her frowning and thinking hard, Chen Ling walked out of the sheepfold and explained with a smile:

"The old saying goes that pigs are covered with straw, sheep are heroes, and cows have tears in their eyes. It means that when livestock in rural areas are slaughtered and castrated, sheep behave the most manly and have the most backbone. Many sheep do not even cry out until they die. In fact,

It’s not that I don’t scream, it’s that I’m too timid to scream.”

"Besides, the sound of sheep is not loud in nature. You will know this if you observe more in the future. Among all poultry and livestock, sheep's cry is actually the smallest."

"Even if some sheep bark after being frightened, they can't carry as far as the barks of pigs, dogs, cows, etc. No matter how loud they bark, they can only be heard by a few households in the immediate vicinity..."

After saying this, Dujuan understood.

He smiled at Chen Ling, said thank you, and hurriedly took out a small notebook from his jacket pocket to write down what he had just said. Even his pair of fox eyes that flew upward were sparkling.

This posture amused the surrounding villagers.

I thought to myself that people from outside are just ignorant. What's so rare about a sheep?

Asking questions about this and that, and taking notes in a notebook, what else can be learned here?

Then they all lost interest in this strange woman and left Wang Jusheng's yard one by one.

Chen Ling took off her apron and washed her hands, and declined the Wang Lixian family's offer to stay.

At this time of year, every household has something to do, so it’s better for him not to stay here and cause trouble for others.

So I said a few words to Zhang Qiaoling, teased her for a while, and then turned around and went home.

Zhang Qiaoling held the baby in her arms and accompanied Du Juan as she continued to wander around the village, chatting with the elderly in the village, carefully understanding and recording the local culture and folk customs, and looking for creative inspiration.

At first, the villagers thought this woman was quite strange, but after Du Juan took pictures of them with a rare object like a camera, the old man and old lady happily started to chat with her.

…

When Chen Ling returned home, Wang Susu was standing in the yard, letting the chickens, ducks and quails go outside to find food.

In spring and summer, there are a lot of bugs in weeds, firewood piles, wheat straw stacks and other places in the village. Therefore, the chickens and ducks raised at home generally do not need to feed too much food at this time, and they can just let them find bugs to eat on their own.

But the same cannot be said for little rabbits, they have to eat grass.

Now the six little rabbits at home, which are over half a month old, are of normal size. In addition to being clingy, they are too timid to go out. Moreover, there are many dogs in the village, so there is no way to let them out.

Wang Susu used to go out to herd cattle and bring them back with a basket of grass.

The red eels have given birth to eel fry in the past few days, but Wang Susu refuses to go out. There is no grass at home to feed the rabbits.

Chen Ling had no choice but to go out and cut grass for them.

It was about to enter May, and the sun was getting hotter. He could no longer lie down and read in the yard, so he put on his basket, took the calf out of the backyard, and took the two dogs out of the house.

As soon as he left the village, Chen Ling smelled the faint scent of wheat in the wind.

At this time, the wheat has begun to turn yellow. During the ripening season, the wheat looks different every day. After another ten days or so, a few southeasterly winds will blow and the harvest will be ready.

Every household in the village has made preparations for the wheat harvest, and there are busy figures in the wheat fields and threshing fields.

Before the wheat harvest, the threshing field must be rolled in advance. If it is not smooth and solid, it will be impossible to thresh. The weather is changeable in this season, so roll it early to be prepared.

Chen Ling rode an ox, greeted people he knew, and wandered all the way to the fields at the foot of the mountain.

In more than a month, the fruit saplings have become lush and green, with lush branches and leaves. In the gaps between the saplings, the few vegetable beds cultivated are also growing well.

He had nothing to take care of, so he untied the calf and let it run wild in the field with the two dogs before quietly entering the cave.

Summer is about to enter the outside world, but it is still warm as spring in the cave, with lush flowers and plants, ancient trees, and a prosperous atmosphere.

Chen Ling raised his head and looked up at the sky, where he saw an inverted dome. Although it was called the Sun and Moon Cave, there was no sun or moon inside, and the bright skylight came from nowhere, keeping the entire cave in daylight.

In fact, Chen Ling also explored the cave several times.

From the ancient stele with the four characters "Sun and Moon Cave Heaven" to the dense forest of strange ancient trees, going deep against the stream running through the dense forest, after several explorations, he also discovered that this Cave Heaven Paradise also has boundaries.

The area he can reach in the entire Sun Moon Cave is about one hundred acres in size.

Ninety percent of it is covered by dense forest.

The areas outside the dense forest that he couldn't reach were shrouded in thick milky white mist. It should be the same mist that poured into his soul body, but he couldn't touch it now, and it was impossible to cross the mist and go deeper.

.

But Chen Ling is not in a hurry about it.

He has not fully utilized the Sun Moon Cave Sky now. He has not done anything serious since the day he got it, that is, raising fish, growing vegetables, cooking and collecting water, and nothing else.

Seeing the people in the village busy working in the fields, he felt like he was really becoming a lazy man by comparison.

"Well, I can't just sit idle all day. I have to find something to do in my spare time."

Chen Ling sighed softly, wandered around the cave for a while, then walked into the hut and packed away more than half of the remaining flowers and peanuts.

I don’t know when I will go to the county next time, but it would be better to keep them together, otherwise they will take up too much space.

After packing up the peanuts, Chen Ling walked to the corner of the hut.

I saw a thick layer of dead grass in the corner of the wall, with six thumb-sized bird eggs and more than twenty red-bellied brocade eggs placed on it.

But there's nothing happening yet.

Chen Ling looked at it twice, then got up and walked outside.

Behind the hut are pear trees, peach trees, and jujube trees. There are three or four of each kind. They were planted when they first got Cave Sky.

Except for the pears that Chen Ling had taken out to boil water for drinking a few times, she had never eaten peaches and dates.

Although these trees are still the same as before, the fruits hanging on the trees seem to be getting more and more colorful. Chen Ling can smell the rich aroma even before he gets closer.

Just as he was about to pick two peaches to taste, there was a rustling sound coming from the other side of the pond, and Chen Ling hurriedly walked over to take a look.

In the pit by the pond, old turtle eggs slightly smaller than ping pong balls were cracked with cracks. When he saw this posture, Chen Ling suddenly showed a surprised smile: "Good guy, I've been waiting for two months.
Chapter completed!