Chapter 120 Cat and Dog Wars
When the soybean seedlings grow to several inches tall, they need to be fertilized.
Sprinkle some fertilizer along the roots of the bean sprouts, wrap the fertilizer around the roots with field mud, and build it into a bun shape.
At this time, the soil is soft and moist, the temperature is high, there is less pollution in the mountains, and the water quality is good, so there are many insects living in the water.
It looks like an easy job, but in fact, if you stand in the fields for too long, leeches will lie on your feet and calves and have a good meal.
When Ye Zhen was a child, he was very afraid of leeches. There is also a kind of insect that, when bitten by it, is very painful and may even cause a big swelling that is both painful and itchy. Ye Zhen didn't know what the insect was called, but he was bitten once when he was a child and he hated aquatic creatures.
At that time, Mr. and Mom Ye often went out to work, so Grandpa and Grandma Ye helped to grow some crops at home. Because they were not young anymore, the family only grew a little rice to eat.
Ye Zhen and Ye Xiaodi helped with the work to the best of their ability.
I often go to the ridges of the fields to fertilize the beans, and I have been bitten by leeches many times.
The first time he was bitten by an insect, Ye Zhen was just doing exercise when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his foot. He lifted his foot and saw a bug crawling on his big toe, which immediately caused a big swelling.
"Grandma! Grandma! Come quickly, there are bugs biting me!" Ye Zhen shook his feet desperately to shake the bugs off.
Grandma Ye put down her things and came over, frowning:
"Let me see it." The wound was small and a little blue.
"It's okay, I'll apply some medicine on you later."
Grandma Ye knew what kind of insect it was. There were many of them in paddy fields and ditches in the countryside. Apart from their painful bite, this kind of insect was not harmful otherwise.
Ye Zhen was very brave when he was a child, and was very annoyed when he was bitten by such a tiny thing. Seeing the culprit still lying leisurely in the water, he looked around, jumped up and hit him with a thin stick.
Pick the bugs out of the water and place them directly on the hot stones in the hot sun.
We must teach the bugs a lesson!
From then on, Ye Zhen started to fight against the biting insects in the paddy fields.
Whenever he saw a bug passing by, he would pick it out. There were ten cruel tortures in ancient times, and Ye Zhen was quite cruel to bugs.
I just came up with some criminal laws against insects!
The death penalty was exposure to the sun, stoning, burning at the stake, and of course, the death penalty by pecking at chickens and ducks as a snack!
If you let them bite you, you won't be able to just stay in the water. They have to come up and take a few bites.
Until now, Ye Zhen squatted on the edge of the field, looking at the insects in the water eager to fight and full of murderous intent!
Forget it. Now I am Ye - Xiuxian - Zhen, and I won’t bother with you guys.
He took the fertilizer nearby and skillfully applied it to the field, using his spiritual sense to separate his hands and feet to prevent the insects from taking advantage of the opportunity.
I also set up a spiritual isolation for Ye Dad. Ye Zhen asked:
"Dad, have these acres of land been prepared?"
Dad Ye wiped the mud off his hands and said, "Okay, I'll just wait for your rice seedlings."
"Other people's rice seedlings are almost finished, and you said you want to plant new rice. Have you got the rice seeds ready?"
"Okay, we've made a few kinds today. I don't know how they taste, but the yields are all quite high. Our mom will go to my uncle's house to peel the shells. We'll try them at noon today and plant whichever ones taste good." Ye Zhen was quick and had already piled up several bean sprouts without wasting time talking.
Father Ye nodded, "Okay, add some more water to the field, and we can almost plant it right away."
The rice is good now and the seedlings can be grown faster. Ye Zhen can make them germinate immediately after casting a spell, so Ye's father doesn't have to worry about it anymore.
The bean sprouts on the ridge of the field had been almost piled up by Ye's father, and the other two were even faster.
On the way back, Ye Zhen called out to cats and dogs everywhere, but he didn't see any.
"No need to call, he's either in the strawberry field in the village or in the back hills."
Recently, in addition to the fruits that are about to mature, many new flowers have bloomed in the strawberry fields, and the wolfberry flowers on the mountain have also withered. It may be because there were too many flowers before, and with Ye Zhen's cultivation, the environment is getting better and better. I wonder how many butterflies and bees it has attracted.
In addition to the fields within the formation where Ye Zhen set up, there are many small animals in some places that were not taken care of.
Especially recently, some strawberries have ripened, and birds have flocked here. The whole village is chirping, and the trees, grass, and fields are full of noise.
The villagers also tried every possible way, such as making scarecrows to scare away the birds in the sky, but it was of little use. It could only protect against the birds in the sky, but not from underground.
Well, some villager came up with an idea to move all the cats and dogs in their homes to the fields, build a small shed, and sit inside to guard the shed while the cats and dogs chase each other in the fields.
Rural dogs are relatively smart, and they are even more powerful because they live in a spiritual environment every day. If their owners tell them not to step on crops, they will not extend their claws further.
Well, the mountains are remote, and many families in Shanbei Village keep cats and dogs, whether for guarding the house or protecting against small animals.
Now that the cats and dogs are outside, won’t the dogs at home have fun?
This is also why Ye Zhen hasn't paid much attention to it recently. It was only after Ye's father and others often went to the fields that he became more clear about it.
When the two returned home, Ye's mother had already returned, followed by Ye's aunt.
As soon as Ye Zhen entered the room, he heard Aunt Ye's surprised voice.
"Second sister-in-law, is this really rice?"
Mother Ye smiled helplessly and had to explain once again: "Yes, yes, yes." She had asked this question so many times.
"Oh my! I've seen this before. This rice looks delicious, and it smells delicious after being husked."
"Second sister-in-law, how much do you want to plant? Do you have any seedlings left?" Aunt Ye also wanted to plant some. This rice looks good, the grains are big, and it should taste good too.
There are fields at home, and there were not enough seedlings this year. I was planning to ask my second sister-in-law if she had any. Unexpectedly, when Mother Ye came to thresh rice today, she saw a different kind of millet.
Needless to say, it must have been brought back by Ye Zi. She also wanted to grow some at home to try, but she didn't know if it was still available.
"I don't know about that. I'll ask Ye Zi when she comes back."
Ye's mother didn't dare to guarantee that she would make the decision for Ye Zhen.
"There are some left. Auntie, come get some tomorrow. But there are several kinds of rice and I don't know which one is better. Take some of each kind back today and see which one you like."
Ye Zhen walked in and agreed immediately. She had a lot of rice seeds, and after the seedlings were grown, she could just ask Aunt Ye to come and get them.
That’s how it is in the countryside. If you want to grow something, the family will give it to you.
Everyone will want some good seeds.
"But the rice is scarce, so I may only be able to try it for a day or two."
"It's okay, just give me a little. There's only me and your uncle at home. The two kids were taken away by your sister Yuanzi to stay for a few days, so they can't eat much."
Aunt Ye listened to Ye Zhen's words, waved her hands, and didn't care much.
She was just curious. She had never seen this kind of rice before, so she wanted to grow some so that she could taste it. She was so happy that she couldn't contain herself.
I happily took the several kinds of rice given by Ye Ma. There wasn't much, just a few pounds.
After seeing off Aunt Ye, Mother Ye started to steam the rice. She washed a little of each ingredient and steamed them separately with something else so that she could taste them together later and decide which one to grow.
Grandma Ye came back carrying a small basket of chicken and duck eggs, and also picked some lotus roots.
"Huh? The lotus stems are edible?" Ye Zhen took Grandma Ye's things with surprise.
Pickled pepper lotus stems, spicy and sour lotus stems, lotus stems fried with lean meat...
Ye Zhen started drooling just thinking about it.
"There are so many. I didn't even go into the water. I just picked a few by the pond. The lotus flowers are about to bloom, and there are many lotus leaves. It looks like there will be a lot of lotus roots to dig this winter." Grandma Ye took out a basin from the kitchen and began to wash the lotus stems.
Ye's mother also came over, very surprised:
"Mom, why are there still so many eggs? Didn't we pick them up this morning?" Mother Ye counted them and there were more than ten or twenty of them in total.
Before, Grandma Ye let the hen sit on the brood, but only ten chicks were hatched. Later, Ye Zhen asked the family to buy some chickens and ducks, and with the existing ones at home, the number was quite large.
A few months later, the half-grown chicks and ducklings grew up and started laying eggs. We could pick up a lot every day, and now there are a lot of them at home.
"Oh! These chickens and ducks must have laid eggs somewhere else in the haystack! If I hadn't gone to check the pond today and found them while pulling out lotus stems, I wouldn't have found these eggs."
It's really annoying because there were so many chickens and ducks, and the original chicken coop was a bit small. Plus, chickens and ducks are free-range in the countryside, so no one took care of them.
It was just that Grandma Ye saw that the chickens and ducks were growing up and were about to lay eggs, so she made a few nests with a lot of straw and cleaned them regularly. Now she picks up eggs from the nests every day.
This group of chickens and ducks live a comfortable life. The chicken coop is spacious and clean, and there is a shed for when it rains. They roam happily in the mountains and fields during the day, eating insects and other things until their stomachs are full.
The ducks can also fly, and when they get tired of playing on land, they can swim in the lotus pond and eat some small fish and shrimps to change their taste!
Maybe the eggs are laid more randomly.
"These chickens and ducks move around every day, and I don't know if they have laid eggs somewhere else. Ye Zi, come with me to look for them later. The eggs have gone bad after a long time."
Grandma Ye decided to go to places where chickens and ducks often went to check, and there must be some that she hadn’t picked up yet.
Ye Zhen nodded. She hadn’t been to the pond for some time and didn’t know how the fish and shrimp she had put in it were doing. It had been almost three months. The crayfish should be quite fat, right?
The family was talking, and suddenly,
"Bang!"
The door made a banging sound.
Looking back, the big orange cat in front shook its head, and a big bump appeared on its furry face!
The cat was originally plump, and its face was made round by Grandma Ye. This time it was even more swollen, and its eyes were so big that they were invisible.
No wonder I bumped into the door and couldn’t see the road clearly.
The big black cat at the back was fine, but the two puppies followed their mother dog in, their mouths were swollen as if they had been beaten.
Grandma Ye exclaimed: "What are you doing?"
The two puppies whimpered and circled around Grandma Ye, clinging to the hems of her trousers as if they had been wronged.
The big black cat sat there, with its eyes narrowed, its mouth raised, and its whiskers curled up, as if it was laughing.
The big orange cat had a bad temper. It raised its cat fist and grabbed the big black cat all over the head. The big black cat was so frightened that it jumped into Ye Zhen's arms.
Meow, meow, I'm complaining, I feel so wronged.
"Meow meow!" Shit shoveler, hit it quickly!
"Meow!" The big orange cat cried fiercely with a swollen face!
Let you laugh at me, then I’ll hit you!
"Meow!" Come down!
I don't know if it was because he was relying on someone's support, but the big black cat was very proud. He puffed out his chest proudly and looked down at the orange cat standing on the ground with his big eyes.
"Meow meow meow!" Hey! You can't hit it!
The little expression was so hateful that Ye Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
This poked a hornet's nest, and the big orange cat's fur exploded, and it yelled at the black cat:
"Meow! Meow!" Just you wait!
Seeing that the two cats were about to fight, Ye Zhen quickly comforted them and carefully touched the big orange cat's face:
"What's wrong with the big orange cat? Was it stung by a bee?" Ye Zhen carefully parted the fur and used his spiritual sense to check. There were still tiny needles stuck in the flesh on the cat's face.
Ye Zhen tapped his fingers lightly, and the needles on the cat fell to the ground. He injected spiritual energy into the wound and touched the cat's face:
"Okay, everything will be fine soon, don't quarrel."
The orange cat licked its paw proudly, and the wound felt much better. It stopped rubbing against its owner and jumped onto the grape trellis in a few seconds.
Grandma Ye touched the two puppies with concern and said, "Where did they go to play? They are stung all over their heads."
"It's okay, grandma, let me see."
After the dog's wound was healed, the big dog stood aside with his tongue out. When the dog healed, he bit Ye Zhen's trouser leg:
"Woof! Woof!" Come on, follow me!
The big dog ran out of the yard, and the two cats jumped down and followed him.
"Meow!" Shit shoveler, let's go!
Ye Zhen raised her eyebrows and followed. She wanted to see what the cats and dogs were doing!
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