Chapter 144 Planting flowers and trees, and starting to decorate the house
Li Xiang waved his hand and asked Erhuang to come to his side. He put his hand on Erhuang's dog head, probed his spiritual power into it, and also helped Erhuang to check it.
"Well, good dog, although the qualifications are a little bit inferior, but it's almost there."
Erhuang was encouraged by his owner and wagged his tail, looking very happy.
Late in the night, Li Xiang told the dog and the fox to keep quiet if they had nothing to do, and then went to bed.
Early in the morning, when Li Xiang went out to release the chickens, ducks and geese, he took the goslings out one by one to check them, and finally determined which two had extraordinary potential.
A male with a big head and thighs. When it is held upside down in the hand, its head keeps tilted upwards, as if it has a "never bow" posture. When it is placed on the ground, it runs crookedly. This is just a fifth-level mutant red-crowned silver-feathered goose.
The other female was slightly smaller in size, and her beak was different from the others, it was black, and there were also some black feathers on her body. When she pooped, she stuck her butt out, which was quite strenuous. This was just a third-level mutant black-beaked black-feathered goose.
Of course, at this moment they are just ordinary goslings, which have not yet mutated and are not very conspicuous among the goslings.
Li Xiang naturally took special care of these two little geese. He took out a bunch of very small first-level berries, with more than ten berries in a bunch, and each berry was only about the size of a mung bean.
First catch the male and pry open its little mouth. The little guy still resists and struggles, but it is so small, how can it twist past its owner's powerful fingers?
The little mouth was easily opened, and it was facing upwards.
Li Xiang crushed a small berry that he had prepared long ago, dripped the juice into the goose, and then twisted the residue into the goose. He also scraped the goose's hard beak with his fingers, so as not to waste anything that stuck to the skin.
The goose's eyes immediately lit up, and its little expression no longer resisted. When Li Xiang let go of his hand, it started to eat with a crunching sound, opening and closing its mouth, and seemed to be enjoying the food with great relish.
When Li Xiang left to catch the little goose, the little goose was still twisting and turning and running after Li Xiang. The little thing is starting to become clingy now.
Li Xiang caught the little goose and did the same thing, feeding it berries. The little goose became much more obedient and did not resist at all. However, when the elixir entered its throat, its eyes obviously lit up.
"Go and play, there will be no more today." Li Xiang would naturally not force the issue. They were still too young, and eating too much would be bad for their health.
The lifespan of geese is actually quite long. If there is no human harm and no disease infection, they can usually live for 25-50 years.
Moreover, the geese are very powerful and can become the bully of the village when they grow up.
There is a saying among the people, "It is better to be chased by a dog than to be bitten by a goose." Once a goose bites it, it will not let go. It will even hold on to the piece of meat and do a Thomas spin on you. In particular, it is good at attacking the opponent's weak points, such as the little Ding Ding. The feeling is so sour and refreshing.
Some people may ask, geese don’t even have teeth, so why do their bites hurt so much? Can it also hold you tightly and prevent you from breaking free? That's because their flat beaks are particularly hard. "A duck's mouth is hard" is a well-known saying. The goose's mouth is harder than that of a duck.
And it's not that they don't have teeth, they're just not obvious.
Not only do geese have teeth, but they also have three rows of teeth: upper, middle, and lower. Even their tongues are covered with teeth. Some experts pointed out that what the goose has are not teeth, but a toothed beak. This structure actually belongs to an extinct ancient giant bird.
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In the backyard, the rape flowers were fragrant, and on the only branch of the peach tree, more than thirty peach flowers were blooming gorgeously.
With the warm spring breeze and frequent rain, the persimmon tree has grown many tender green leaves. However, the persimmon tree blooms later, usually from May to June.
Li Xiang and his grandmother started to sow vegetables. Li Xiang also made many small signs and inserted them in the fields to indicate what this was. His grandmother laughed and said that he had become stupid from reading too much. Who among us country people would do this?
Li Xiang said, "People who do agricultural research always use small signs to mark the crops. I didn't show them to you. I was thinking that when the scenic spot is built, if there are tourists visiting our yard, it will be easier for them to identify them. You know, city people don't know the difference between grains, and they can't recognize many crops."
The backyard of his house is separated from the Shengjing Garden by a wall. In order to make it easier for him to go to work, he designed a big gate on the wall. It is the same round archway as the one in Su's Garden. It has a nice name, called "Moon Gate".
This kind of doorway looks like a full moon on the 15th day of the lunar month, hence the name.
The moon-shaped door only has a door frame but no door leaf. There is also a horizontal plaque on the upper part, on which Li Xianghui personally wrote the inscription: "Li Garden" on the front and "Clear Moon and Clear Breeze" on the back.
Since this door is not sealed, tourists may be able to visit his backyard through the moon gate.
Li Xiang welcomes people who have paid to visit his backyard. Moreover, his backyard has a bloodstone forest, a war drum pavilion, a village evening stage, persimmon trees, antique buildings (the main house, kitchen and corridor), persimmon trees, peach trees, and neatly arranged vegetable plots. He will also plant many flowers and fruit trees to ensure that there are blooming flowers all year round. It is absolutely impressive! Not to mention anything else, just the persimmon tree, in autumn and winter, the tree is full of red persimmons, with the background being antique buildings and little mythical beasts on the eaves. I don’t know how many people come here to take photos and check in, and the photos taken are absolutely beautiful!
If it snows, it will be even more beautiful, with golden marigolds hanging on jade and fire bathing in the snow.
There are so many vegetables planted at home that they can't be eaten all. However, because the land was turned over by Li Xiang and is so close to the front and back yards, grandma thinks it would be a shame not to plant some.
In the past, no one plowed the land, and she was too old and frail to do it, so she planted less.
Now that grandma has taken Li Xiang's magic medicine, she is much healthier than in previous years. Li Xiang thinks that ordering more dishes will keep the old lady busy so that she won't be so bored, and it will also be good for her health.
As for the food that cannot be finished, it can be given to some familiar families in the village, such as Sanpo.
Grandma San grows some vegetables herself, but since she grows only one vegetable, the varieties are limited. She can pick some to try when she comes to Li Xiang's house.
You can also send some to your sister-in-law. My sister-in-law lives in the city, so buying vegetables is very expensive.
Then you can chop it up and feed it to chickens, ducks and geese.
Li Xiang originally planned to catch piglets to raise, but the smell of feeding pigs was too bad. If the smell was blown to the next door by the wind, it would affect the image of the scenic spot and the interest of tourists.
Just think about it, people are drinking in a traditional Chinese pub, teahouse or coffee shop, and suddenly a foul smell wafts over. Wouldn't that make them feel nauseous?
Chickens, ducks and geese are relatively better.
As for slaughtering the New Year pig, there are a lot of wild boars now, so we can go to the mountains and catch a few. He has been eating bacon made from wild boar meat almost every day these days. It tastes pretty good. Since it has been marinated with many spices, smoked with pine and cypress branches, and dried in the sun for a long time, its fishy smell has become very light. When stir-frying, add some peppers, onions, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, etc. and it will be delicious.
Catching wild boars is difficult for other teams, but it is easy for him. He saw a news report not long ago that a certain place was bidding for catching wild boars, and a company won the bid with a reward of 900,000 yuan for catching 300 wild boars.
In the end, the company withdrew its bid.
The main thing is that the official regulations clearly stipulate that guns cannot be used, drugs cannot be administered, crossbows are not allowed... all kinds of things are not allowed. The people from that company complained, saying, do you want us to fight a wild boar weighing hundreds of pounds? 300 heads, only 900,000 yuan, which is equivalent to only 3,000 yuan per head. Whoever wants to do it can do it.
If anyone gets injured or killed during the arrest, this amount of money will not be enough to cover the medical expenses.
The local official who was bidding for the crime @ed Li Xiang and invited him to go and make the arrest, but Li Xiang declined.
Well, if he had little money before, he would definitely be willing to take this job, but now he is very busy with various things every day, and the distance is too far, so he won't go.
Li Xiang learned a lot from growing vegetables with his grandmother. His grandmother had been doing farm work all her life and had much more experience than he did.
In fact, daylily can be planted in both spring and autumn. From March to April in spring, the temperature is suitable and the rainfall is sufficient, which is conducive to the growth and development of daylily seedlings. In autumn, it usually takes place between September and October. Most of the day lilies bought are sprinkled with sulfur powder. Grandma likes to eat day lilies, but Li Xiang thinks it is better to grow them at home.
Li Xiang also planted the gourd seeds he had planted before, and "placed" them next to the kitchen, next to the wall facing the Holy Land Garden. When they grow into many small gourds and hang on the wall, it will also be a unique landscape.
Gourds need to grow vines. When they grow bigger, Li Xiang will use bamboo to build some elegant frames for them to climb.
In addition, Li Xiang also planted many flowers, including wintersweet, crabapple, hollyhock, rose, cockscomb, hydrangea, magnolia, cherry blossom, and bauhinia.
Aunt Jiang also sent two Autumn Moon Pear seedlings, which were also planted. Aunt Jiang's family has a big pear tree. Last year, Li Xiang had just returned and had eaten the fruit from their house. This year, a lot of seedlings have sprouted. When Aunt Jiang came to visit, she saw Li Xiang planting this and that, so she asked him if he wanted one. Of course Li Xiang wanted one.
Aunt Jiang’s Qiuyue pears are crisp, sweet, juicy, and melt in your mouth. They are a rare and good variety.
The house has been empty for so long that the construction company came to check and found that the walls were dry and could be renovated.
Now the main work is hard furnishing including water, electricity, gas, floor heating, ceramic tiles, wooden floors, central air conditioning, toilets, etc., and then some soft furnishings are also started simultaneously. Li Xiang asked three girls, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui, to help with the selection and arrangement.
It’s not in vain to ask for their help, so treat them to a big meal.
The three girls were also happy to do this job and they discussed it enthusiastically every day, and it seemed that there were fewer conflicts.
There are actually a lot of soft furnishing jobs, such as sofas, coffee tables, beds, dining tables, wardrobes, desks, chandeliers, table lamps, wall lamps, spotlights, decorations, ornaments, curtains, refrigerators, televisions, projectors, stereos...the choices are endless. Li Xiang is a grown man, and it is quite difficult for him to do these tasks. He also lacks a little patience. However, the three girls have good aesthetic tastes, which are definitely better than Li Xiang's.
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