In the eyes of children born in the 1970s and 1980s in rural areas, slingshots are definitely an indispensable part of childhood. Because they are simple to make, most male dolls have one. They often use them to shoot birds and fish, and compete with each other to see whose slingshot is more powerful. big.

There are generally two ways to make slingshots, one is made of tree twigs, and the other is made of thick wire nests. But Chen Ling is very strong, and there are not many wires that can withstand his use without deforming, so Just make a wooden slingshot.

Chen Ling found a suitable tree twig, used a hatchet to peel off the bark, and made it into a [Y] shape. Then he cut two grooves at both ends of the twig, and then cut the discarded bicycle inner tube into several pieces. A long piece of flat rubber is tied into the grooves at both ends of the tree branch and fixed. In fact, rubber bands are usually used. The greater the tension of the rubber bands, the greater the power of the slingshot.

However, there was no ready-made one at home, so Chen Lingtu saved the trouble and used a bicycle inner tube instead, and then found a leather bag to wrap the projectiles. This is usually cut from an old cowhide belt, or old cowhide used for mending shoes.

Punch two holes in the leather pocket and put the rubber through the holes to secure it.

Finally, a few circles of cloth strips were wrapped around the handle of the slingshot. After trying to see that it was not easy to let go, a decent slingshot was made.

Chen Ling looked up and saw that the group of magpies were indeed still in the same place, squatting on the toon tree outside the courtyard, chirping from time to time, provoking him.

Before he knew that magpies stole eggs, Chen Ling simply thought that this thing was a beneficial bird. Later he found out that this guy was a thief bird and he paid attention to it. He also asked someone to inquire about it, and finally found out that this bird was an out-and-out gangster. Bully.

It is a scourge to select crops and fruit trees that are good and big. Not only that, they also bully the house sparrows and swallows and eat the chickens and ducklings in the house. Wang Lixian said that he has seen the magpie eat the chicks several times. Chickens hunt small swallows and kill and eat them directly after catching them. Sometimes several of them share the food together. The scene is quite cruel and bloody.

But it is not easy for people to teach them a lesson. This kind of bird thieves are clever. If you get within three feet, they will fly away immediately. When you leave, they will fly back and continue to harass you. The essence of guerrilla warfare.

The magpie is not only a rogue, but also very ferocious. According to Wang Lixian, this thing is also a tyrant in the mountains. They come in groups, and generally small eagles would not dare to provoke them.

Couldn't the kite withstand their siege before I saw it?

At this time, Chen Ling saw that these magpies dared to provoke him, so he did not hit them with a slingshot directly. Instead, he turned around and found a long bamboo pole, and used it to kill all the nests he had built on several big trees not far from his home. They stabbed.

This guy immediately aroused the anger of the magpies. They jumped back and forth crazily on the toon branches and screamed louder. However, they did not dare to fly down and just screamed anxiously to attract friends.

After a while, the number of magpies expanded from seven or eight to twenty or thirty, and all the surrounding magpies seemed to be summoned, leaving Chen Ling stunned for a while.

"Damn it, why are you so exaggerated?"

Chen Ling raised his head and was stunned for a long time, but he was not soft-hearted or guilty at all.

If this group of thieving birds is left alone, the vegetable garden in the backyard will no longer be available. Maybe these thieving birds will get worse and cause trouble in the front yard when people are not paying attention.

If I didn't give them some color this time, I would really think that Uncle Chen is a sick cat.

Then he took the two dogs back to the front yard. There were still a lot of pebbles picked up early this morning. Chen Ling put the basket at his feet, picked up a stone, opened the slingshot, and aimed at the magpie on the tree.

It shot out with a 'swish' sound.

The first time he missed the hit, but because Chen Ling had fully pulled the slingshot, the stone he shot was very powerful. It hit the tree trunk with a loud bang, and the magpies were suddenly frightened and flew to the ground.

Flying away with wings.

Chen Ling was not discouraged. Magpies like to fight guerrilla warfare, so he would accompany them in a protracted war.

As long as you dare to show your head, you will be waiting with a slingshot immediately.

For the next morning, Chen Ling spent the whole morning with these magpies. Whenever they dared to fly close to the yard, he would greet them with a slingshot. He couldn't hit them the first few times, but after he slowly found the feeling in his hands,

The accurate head came up immediately.

Hit two in a row.

Because Chen Ling was too strong, any hit would kill him. Half of one's head was knocked off, and it spun from the tree and fell to the ground. Two dogs, Heiwa and Xiaojin, picked it back up, and soon it was all over the yard.

hair.

Chen Ling did not reprimand them. He only wanted this effect. Otherwise, how could he scare these thieving birds?

When Wang Susu returned home at noon, she saw bird feathers all over the yard. She thought something had happened, but when she heard Chen Ling's explanation, she was very angry. The vegetables grown in her backyard had been destroyed by these thieving birds.

How can you endure this?

Without saying a word, he grabbed the slingshot from Chen Ling's hand, put some stones in his pocket, and shot several times at the magpies outside the yard.

It's just that these thieving birds are a little scared now. Not to mention staying far away from Chen Ling's yard, they flew away early when they saw people raising their slingshots, giving them no chance to aim.

After lunch, Chen Ling was afraid that these thieving birds would go to the vegetable garden to retaliate, so he went to the backyard to squat once, but he shot two of them directly. It was worse than the two he shot in the morning. The stones were directly embedded in his body.

He flapped his wings, gasped, and struggled on the ground for a while before he died completely.

Seeing the bloody and tragic death of their companions, these thieves also knew that Chen Ling's house was in danger, so they no longer dared to approach the yard. When they saw Chen Ling, they flew away far away, not daring to stop near him at all.

On the last day of April in the lunar calendar, Wang Lixian's family was about to harvest melons. Chen Ling rushed there early, but he didn't know that his Ernier and her son-in-law had returned to her parents' home. She had to entertain the young couple at noon today. As for harvesting,

The melons will wait until it gets cooler in the evening.

Chen Ling also knew that these two people must have come to help, so he rejected their family's attempts to stay. He returned to his home and watered the vegetable garden in the backyard twice more with diluted stream water. Now the water tank at home was full of water.

Mixed into stream water by Chen Ling, this water will be colorful when taken alone, especially at night, it will emit brilliant fluorescence, but after being mixed with ordinary water, it will become unremarkable, except that it tastes sweet and refreshing.

, there is nothing noticeable on the surface.

So Chen Ling just kept using it as he pleased. He didn't mix in much stream water, and he wasn't worried that Wang Susu would find anything unusual.

After working at home for a while, I went to the fields to graze cattle and pick some mulberry leaves. After lunch, Han Chuang actually brought some fish over. There were dozens of them, colorful and various, and finally

They are no more than two fingers long, but they are both beautiful.

Chen Ling didn't know much about ornamental fish, and he couldn't recognize them all, but just by name, there were several wild ornamental fish that were hard to see in later generations, such as mullet fish, golden fish, and betta fish.

These fish are rare in the local area, especially the mullet fish. You have to go over the Niangniang Mountain outside Fenglei Town to find it in the Yangtze River to have a chance to catch it.

I heard Han Chuang say that many of the fish were brought back from outside when his brother went out to deliver canned food, and they were kept in the pond of their cannery. They were mixed and kept together regardless of species. When he thought about it,

Throw a few pieces of steamed bread crumbs or sprinkle some bran into it, and don't feed it if you can't remember it. It just looks pretty and they don't take it seriously.

Today he took an aquatic truck to deliver the fish to the reservoir dam. After he came to the village and called Chen Ling, he accompanied Chen Ling to drive the cattle and brought the fish back to his home in a large water tank. Then he ignored Chen Ling.

The couple asked him to stay and left in a hurry.

When he got home, he unloaded the water tank from the oxcart. There were seven or eight fish that turned over on their bellies and didn't move much in the water. Chen Ling hurriedly put them into the lotus pond and took a few scoops from the water tank.

After entering the diluted stream water, everyone became energetic again.

"These fish are so beautiful. When the lotus flowers bloom in a while, our yard will definitely be more beautiful."

Wang Susu was also attracted by these beautiful fish, so she squatted by the pool with her gills in her hands and watched quietly.

The fish may have noticed the difference in the water, and they swam happily in the water one by one. Wang Susu caught some rice grains and fed them, but they didn't even hide. They opened and closed their mouths out of the water to grab food.

Chen Ling went to move the two red eels and red eel seedlings out of the house, changed the water, and also let them come out for air.

Although the eel fry placed outside grew slower than those in the cave, they were almost as long as they were now. Wang Susu was surprised to see them.

Chen Ling knew that this had nothing to do with the Dongtian stream, but that the eels were a special species. Of course, it was also possible that they were genetically mutated species. After being caught by Chen Ling unintentionally, he fed them some stream water.

, was stimulated again and mutated.

He didn't know what the situation was, but it grew very fast.

"I wonder what that bobcat went to the mountains to do. If he doesn't come back, these eel fry will grow into big fish."

Chen Ling couldn't help but murmur in her heart.

Then Wang Susu and Wang Susu squatted next to the pool, counting how many special fish there were.

After observing for a while, I found that there were three mullet fish, a dozen betta fish, and seven or eight cow fish, or panda fish, and the rest were mostly ordinary goldfish.

People at this time were basically like Han Chuang's brother, who didn't pay much attention to these things. Moreover, in this remote mountainous county, there was no concept of ornamental fish or not, and they were only kept for fun, regardless of outsiders.

The gifts are ones that I think look good and are brought back from the wild. I just throw them into the pond and forget about them. Most of the time, they are just to add some life to the home, or to be fancy and festive. I have no idea how much some fish will be in future generations.

precious.

But Chen Ling doesn't care about this now. In his eyes, these things are just good-looking and can add a different color to the small yard, and their value is secondary.

Before the wheat harvest, the weather in the mountains is like a monkey's face, extremely changeable. It's fine during the day, with the sun shining brightly, but towards evening, it suddenly becomes cloudy.
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