Living leisurely

At the end of June, the weather on the Loess Plateau became increasingly hot and dry.

After patrolling the rice fields, Wang Manyin found beads of sweat on his forehead, so he simply went to find a shady place under the earthen dam and spread out a plastic sheet to rest.

Yesterday, Wang Mandun took several people from the village to Liujiawan for a visit and study. Liu Xiangyang served as the driver for the whole trip, and the round trip took at least two days.

Without the walking tractor, it is naturally impossible to water the rice fields, and Wang Manyin is completely free. In fact, there is no lack of moisture in the more than ten acres of rice fields, and watering is enough once every three to five days, so it does not delay things.

It's shady and cool under the earthen dam, with a light breeze blowing.

After a while, Wang Manyin felt a little drowsy...

Looking at the sky, it was almost noon. He was about to get up and go home when he saw Dahuang running towards him.

This guy had a big bird with gray-brown feathers in his mouth. He caught it from somewhere. When he saw the owner, he immediately put the prey on the ground and then waggled his tail in a conspicuous manner.

At first, Wang Manyin thought he had caught a pheasant.

As a result, the next moment, he sat up straight and stared at the prey under his feet with wide eyes.

However, for the sake of safety, Wang Manyin deliberately opened a few stones to check. The situation was good, and scorpions were found under almost every stone, and they looked very vivid.

For safety reasons, Wang Manyin first tied the peregrine falcon's mouth and toes with a rope. By doing this, he was mainly afraid that the bird would suddenly wake up and attack him during the treatment process.

Repeated several times, the tip of the knife becomes red.

After dealing with two educated youths, someone came over with half a bag of dried peach kernels.

After a while, he closed his eyes and passed out again.

Then there were a few people selling scorpions, and some selling eggs to buy salt...

After finishing half a can of broth and corn cobs, he felt a full stomach and stood up again and walked towards the melon field. From these melon seedlings, Wang Manyin and Lanhua had eaten at least thirty or forty melons from the beginning of spring to now. Of course,

Most of it went into his mouth.

After observing the space for a week, Wang Manyin was about to return to the outside world when he suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something.

Being able to reproduce shows that scorpions have completely adapted to the space environment.

Wang Manyin became a rice field manager, which made it much easier to eat fish.

Before eating, you need to arrange the rhubarb.

This is also the focus of Wang Manyin's attention. After all, breeding scorpions can be regarded as his only honest source of income.

When it felt almost ready, he put it in a jar to cool down.

It has a sharp hook-shaped mouth, wide wings, yellow-brown toes, and white feathers on the front of its belly with a little blood stain... Damn, this looks like a pigeon tiger!

Pigeon tiger is the local name near Shige Festival, and its scientific name is peregrine falcon. If this thing is left in future generations, it will be a proper protection of animals, and there will be problems if it is hunted and killed at will.

No need to cook too much, just enough to eat.

After making preparations, Wang Manyin placed the knife under the stove and grilled it to eliminate the bacteria on it.

These medicines were secretly saved by me when typhus broke out in the spring. I have kept them until now, and I don’t know if they have expired.

Wang Manyin picked a melon at random, rubbed it on his coat, and then opened his mouth to nibble on it.

Ever since I became pregnant, I have become very tired easily. After walking only seven or eight miles, I started to feel sore in my waist.

Wang Manyin poured a lot of meat and soup into the food bowl, added half a bowl of bran, and threw in another nest.

Since Lan Hua went to the supply and marketing cooperative to learn sewing, Wang Manyin usually made lunch in the space.

Soon, they each caught a fish and landed it, hid next to it and ate it quietly.

"Send me to the intersection and leave,"

In the afternoon, he dug a section of a canal. Guessing that his mother-in-law would be back soon, he finished the work early.

Then, he came to the Scorpion Pond.

Then he lit a fire and added two wild jujube tree roots under the stove. This thing is resistant to burning and can burn for at least half an hour.

Then, he sat in front of the stone table and ate deliciously.

I have to admit, this guy is really tenacious. Even after being injured like this, he is not dead yet.

By the time he put the food on the table, it was completely dark.

As a result, as soon as a cut was made on the wing, the guy woke up from the pain and struggled hard to escape. Unfortunately, his mouth and feet were tied, and he couldn't break free at all.

Not long after, customers came to the door. They were two educated youths from Shuangshui Village.

Recently, he has gradually released two to three hundred scorpions inside.

After waiting for another half hour and seeing no one coming, Wang Manyin locked the cave door.

And when he checked, he found that this guy was not bitten to death by rhubarb, and there was a rough breathing sound in his throat. After all, he had the status of protecting animals... After thinking about it, Wang Manyin decided to throw it into space temporarily.

Next, Wang Manyin took out the boiled rag and dried it, then wrapped it around the peregrine falcon's wound several times and tied two knots.

It took Wang Manyin more than ten minutes to finally clean up the two places of rotten flesh. Only after blood oozed from the wounds did he take out the crushed chloramphenicol tablets and sprinkle them on them.

This situation made Wang Manyin a little excited.

Lanhua replied and sat down on the chair again.

We can definitely look forward to the future... When spring comes next year, maybe thousands or even tens of thousands of scorpions will appear here.

Because grasshoppers are very capable of flying, a mere ditch cannot stop them from foraging.

Whether this guy will survive or not depends on fate.

Wang Manyin walked to the pot and felt the aroma of meat and corn coming to his nose. He picked up his chopsticks and poked it, and found that the bacon had been stewed very badly.

At this moment, a few flies were buzzing around.

After dealing with more than a dozen waves of customers, almost an hour passed.

Almost all the cakes Wang Manyin brought back from the commune ended up in their stomachs.

He found a clean earthen pot from the space, filled it with water, and put the prepared rags in it to boil and disinfect.

After giving instructions, Wang Manyin went back to the stove to make the sauce. It's easy to make, just mince some ginger, green onion, garlic, and add some soy sauce and vinegar to the plate.

But for this guy, some anti-inflammatories are better than none.

He took a rag in his hand, took Rhubarb and the two cats to Ge Lao next to the pig pen, and disappeared.

Seeing that only Lan Hua came back, he couldn't help but ask: "Where's Shaoan? Didn't you follow?"

Wang Manyin was not surprised to see the peregrine falcon on the Loess Plateau. Because the original West County was called Diaoyin in ancient times, and the origin of the name is "There are many carved caves in the mountains, so it is called Diaoyin."

Every time they entered the space, the two cats seemed extremely excited. After barking twice, the two cats quickly ran to the pond and squatted there.

The key is that Rhubarb can actually catch a peregrine falcon!?

Out of curiosity, Wang Manyin stretched out his hand to pull at the prey's body, only to smell a fishy smell coming from this guy. There were wounds on its wings and abdomen, with pus and blood flowing out, as if it had been injured by a gun.

Except for the space, seeing that it was getting late, Wang Manyin wandered towards Dongshanmao.

As soon as we stepped into the sweet potato field, many grasshoppers were startled and jumped up and down.

When it was over, Wang Manyin breathed a sigh of relief.

After doing all this, he took rhubarb home.

Looking at the motionless guy on the ground, Wang Manyin couldn't believe his eyes.

I have done everything I should do, and I have tried my best.

In just over ten days, the watermelon seedlings have grown to more than one meter long, and buds have grown on several branches. The watermelons must also be topped, otherwise the seedlings and vines will grow but the melons will not sit on them.

Just as he was about to leave, he glanced at the watermelon seedlings planted next to him.

Then, the knife was officially used to clean the carrion on the body of the peregrine falcon.

Therefore, Wang Manyin was very enthusiastic when he saw the educated youths coming to his door. After all, these people were high-quality customers of the agency. Every time they came here, they always bought something worth an octagonal piece.

"You must be tired. You should rest first. Rice will be ready soon. I caught a few shrimps in the rice fields in the afternoon and steamed them to eat in the evening."

Turning his head, he saw two cats meowing around a gray-brown guy, and then he remembered that he had originally planned to treat the peregrine falcon after eating, but he had completely forgotten about it.

When it comes to catching pheasants, quails, etc., it is within the normal range. The peregrine falcon can be called the overlord of the sky, how could it be caught by the rhubarb?

There was a ready-made wicker cage in the space, which could be used as a peregrine falcon's nest. In order to prevent this guy from dying of thirst and starvation when he woke up, he put half a can of spring water into the cage, plus a dozen crushed large grasshoppers.

Many parents in the city are afraid that their children will suffer, so they send money and tickets by mail every now and then.

Their lives are much happier than those of rural commune members. They are given thirty-six kilograms of grain every month, as well as oil and meat stamps, plus seven yuan for living expenses.

Although they are constantly being preyed upon by scorpions, their numbers do not seem to have decreased much. This situation was also expected by Wang Manyin.

Some female scorpions carried a large number of young scorpions on their backs. After the stone was uncovered, they immediately panicked and fled.

There are not only peregrine falcons here, but also grasshopper hawks, golden eagles, kestrels and other predatory birds.

Wang Manyin had operated the melon seedlings according to the instructions before, so he was very familiar with this process. He cleaned the melon heads in a few strokes.

After looking around and seeing no one around, he disappeared with the rhubarb.
To be continued...