In the eyes of the children born in the 1970s and 1980s in the rural areas, slingshots are definitely an indispensable role in childhood. Because of the simple production, everyone in the boys basically have one, and they often take it out to shoot birds and shoot fish, and compare whose slingshot is more powerful.

There are generally two ways to make slingshots. One is made of tree twigs, and the other is made of thick iron wire sockets. However, Chen Ling is very strong and has not many iron wires that can withstand him without deforming, so he makes a wooden slingshot.

Chen Ling found a suitable tree branch, used a hatchet to cut off the bark, and made it into the [Y] shape. Then he tied the two grooves at both ends of the tree branch, and then cut the discarded bicycle inner tube into several long strips of flat rubber, tied it to the grooves at both ends of the tree branch to fix it. In fact, it is usually used to use rubber bands. The greater the pulling force of the rubber band, the greater the power of the slingshot.

However, there is no ready-made one at home. In order to save trouble, Chen Ling used the inner tube of the bicycle instead, and then found a leather pocket wrapped in a projectile. This one is usually cut out with an old cowhide belt, or used for repairing shoes.

Put two holes in the leather pocket and fix the rubber through the holes.

Finally, wrap the slingshot handle a few circles, and after trying to hold it, it is not easy to take off your hands. A decent slingshot was made.

Chen Ling looked up and saw that the group of magpies were still in the old place. They were squatting on the toon trees outside the yard, and they were chattering from time to time, provoking him.

Before knowing that magpies steal eggs, Chen Ling simply thought that this thing was a good bird. Later, when he learned that this guy was a thief, he paid attention to it. He also asked someone for inquiries. Finally, he found that the bird was a perfect rogue bully.

Crops and fruit trees are specially designed to pick good-growing fruits, which are the harm of big-headed animals. Not only that, they also bully the little swallows of the family and steal the chickens and ducks of the family. Wang Lixian said that he had seen flower magpies steal the chickens and hunted the little swallows, and then killed them and ate them directly after they were caught. Sometimes several people shared the food together, and the scene was quite cruel and bloody.

But it is not easy for people to teach them a lesson. These birds are clever. If they get close to three feet, they will fly away immediately. When you leave, they will return as Luffy and continue to harass you. They are well aware of the essence of guerrilla warfare.

Flower Magpie is not only a hooligan, but also very fierce. Wang Lixian said that this thing is also a domineering thing in the mountains, in groups, and generally small-sized hawks dare not provoke them.

Can the kite resist their siege before seeing it?

At this time, Chen Ling saw that these magpies dared to provoke him, so he didn't just use a slingshot to hit them. Instead, he turned his head and found a long bamboo pole and poked them all the nests built on several big trees not far from his home.

This guy aroused the magpies' anger and jumped back and forth like crazy on the branches of the Chinese toon tree, screaming louder, but they didn't dare to fly down, just shouting anxiously to call on their friends.

After a while, it expanded from seven or eight to twenty or thirty, and the magpies around seemed to have been summoned, which made Chen Ling stunned.

"Damn it, should you be so exaggerated?"

Chen Ling looked up and was stunned for a while, but he was not soft-hearted and guilty at all.

If this group of thieves is left alone, the vegetable garden in the backyard will not be needed. Maybe these thieves will become even worse and come to the front yard to cause trouble while people are not paying attention.

If I didn’t give them some colors this time, I really thought Mr. Chen was a sick cat.

Then he brought two dogs back to the front yard. There were still many pebbles left after getting up early today. Chen Ling put the basket at his feet, pinched a stone and pulled a slingshot, aimed at the magpie on the tree, and shot it out with a 'swoosh'.

The first time he didn't hit, but because Chen Ling pulled the slingshot, the stones he shot were very strong. With a "bang" sound, it hit the tree trunk, making a huge noise. The magpies were shocked and flew away with their wings.

Chen Ling was not discouraged. The magpies liked to fight guerrilla warfare, so they would accompany them to fight a protracted war.

As long as you dare to show your head, you will immediately slingshot.

In the next morning, Chen Ling and these magpies were experiencing the trip. As long as they dared to fly closer to the yard, they would greet them with a slingshot. They could not hit the marks at the first few times, but after they slowly found the feeling in their hands, they immediately came up.

Two hits in a row.

Because Chen Ling was too strong, he would die if he hit him. Half of his head was knocked off, and he was knocked down from the tree and fell to the ground. Heiwa Xiaojin and two dogs were taken back. In a short while, he was full of hair in the yard.

Chen Ling didn't scold them, because they wanted this effect, otherwise how could they make these thieves feel scared?

When Wang Susu returned home at noon, she saw the ground full of bird feathers. She thought something had happened, but then when she heard Chen Ling's explanation, she was also very angry. The vegetables grown in her backyard were actually damaged by these thieves. How can she bear it?

Without saying a word, he snatched the slingshot from Chen Ling, put a stone into his pocket, and also aimed at the magpies outside the yard and beat him several times.

But now these thieves are a little scared. Not to mention that they are far away from Chen Ling's yard, they fly away early when they see people lifting their slingshots, and they don't give them a chance to aim at them.

After lunch, Chen Ling was afraid that the thieves would go to the vegetable garden to take revenge, so he went to the backyard to squat for a while. Two of them were directly killed by him, which was even worse than the two they beat in the morning. The stones were embedded directly into his body, flapping his wings, gasping for a cold air, and struggling on the ground for a long time before he died completely.

Seeing his companion's bloody death, the thief birds knew that the Chen Ling family was in danger, so they never dared to approach the yard again. When they saw Chen Ling, they flew away from afar, and did not dare to stop near him.

On the last day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the Tianwang Lixian family was going to collect melons. Chen Ling rushed over early, but his second Nier took his son-in-law back to his parents' home. He had to entertain the couple at noon today. As for collecting melons, it would be cooler in the evening.

Chen Ling knew that these two people must have come to help, so he refused to keep them all. When he returned to his home, he poured the vegetable garden in the backyard twice with diluted stream water. Now Chen Ling mixed the stream water into the water tank at home. This kind of water will have colorful brilliance, especially at night, which will emit brilliant fluorescence, but after being mixed with ordinary water, it will become ordinary. Apart from the sweet and refreshing taste, there is nothing noticeable on the surface.

So Chen Ling kept taking and using it as he wanted. He didn't mix much stream of water, and he was not worried that Wang Susu would find abnormalities.

After working hard at home for a while, he went to the fields to put cattle and pick some mulberry leaves. After lunch, the boy Han Chuang actually sent some fish. There were dozens of them, colorful and various, and the longest was only two fingers, but they were all very beautiful.

Chen Ling didn't know much about ornamental fish and couldn't recognize them all, but just those who could call them with names, there were several wild ornamental fish that were hard to see in later generations, such as rouge fish, shredded fish, and betfish.

These fish are rare in the local area, especially the rouge fish that have to cross the Niangniang Mountain outside Fenglei Town to search in the Yangtze River before they have the chance to catch them.

I heard Han Chuang say that many of the fish were brought back from outside when his brother was out of the car to deliver canned food. They were kept in the pool of their canning factory. They were not divided into varieties, but they were all mixed together. When they remembered, they would throw a few pieces of steamed buns or sprinkle some bran in it. If they couldn't remember, they would not feed them. They just looked beautiful and never took it seriously.

Today he took a fish truck to take the fish to the reservoir dam. After coming to the village to call Chen Ling, he accompanied Chen Ling to drive the cow and took the fish back home. Then he hurriedly left regardless of Chen Ling and his wife's attempt to keep it.

When he got home, he moved the water tank from the ox cart. Seven or eight fish were turning their stomachs in the water and stopped moving. Chen Ling hurriedly put them into the lotus pond, scooped a few scoops of diluted stream water from the water tank, and then he became energetic again.

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

Wang Susu was also attracted by these beautiful fish, so she held her cheeks and squatted beside the pool and watched quietly.

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

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

Although the eel fry placed outside grows a little slower than the one in the cave, it is now growing faster, which makes Wang Susu surprised.

Chen Ling knew that this was not a big factor with Dongtian Stream, but the species of this eel was quite special. Of course, it was also possible that they were originally genetic mutations. After being caught by Chen Ling accidentally, they fed some streams and were stimulated again and had mutations.

He doesn't know what the situation is, but it grows very fast.

"I don't know what the bobcat has done in the mountains. If he doesn't come back, these eel fry will grow into big fish."

Chen Ling couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

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

After observing for a while, I found that there were three rouge fish, more than ten bet fish, cow fish, or panda fish, and most of the remaining ones were ordinary goldfish.

At this time, people were basically like Han Chuang and didn't pay much attention to these things. Moreover, in this remote mountainous county town, there was no concept of ornamental fish not watching ornamental fish. They were just for fun. Whether it was given by outsiders or they thought it was good-looking, they were caught from the wilderness, and they threw it into the pool and ignored it. Many times they just wanted to add a little bit of anger to the family, or just wanted to be fancy and whistle to look festive. I didn't know how precious some fish were in later generations.

However, Chen Ling doesn't care about these things now. In his eyes, these things are enough to look good. They can add a little different color to the small yard, but their value is second.

Before the wheat harvest, the weather in the mountains was like Monkey Monkey's face, which was extremely changeable. The day was still fine and the scorching sun was shining. When it was almost evening, it suddenly became cloudy.

Seeing this, Chen Ling did not dare to neglect it. He knew Wang Susu and drove the ox cart down to help Wang Lixian's house pick up the watermelon.
Chapter completed!