My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 721 Building Sheds to Attract Geese
Attracting geese down to eat wheat seedlings is neither easy nor difficult.

The main problem is that if there are people around during the day, they generally won't land; they just fly over in the sky.

That's why we need to lure the geese down.

It had been raining on and off for the past few days, so the fake geese that the village kids had made were of no use.

Yesterday, the sky wasn't completely clear, and no geese flew by.

Only today, when the sky has completely cleared, have these geese, who were lingering somewhere to avoid the rain, all flown in together, creating such a magnificent sight in the sky with their enormous flock.

Chen Ling stopped Rui Rui, who was also trying to run outside, picked him up, and followed him outside.

He hadn't gone far when Yu Qi'an came running back, panting: "I forgot to ask you, after we get the kids together, how do we release those fake geese? Can we just release them directly into the wheat field?"

“Go to the west of the village, to the wheat field, and put all those domestic geese together in a pile.”

Chen Ling said, "We'll work in the east of the village this afternoon. The geese definitely won't dare to land in the wheat fields there. Let's just set them off in the west of the village and try it out first."

Yu Qi'an responded and then ran away.

The brat in Chen Ling's arms stared at him, completely bewildered.

The idea of ​​attracting geese had been on the minds of the village children for days, and Yu Qi'an had also been thinking about it for a long time.

Now that I see so many geese, they run faster than anyone else.

Needless to say, the old man is just like those kids, they all have the same idea of ​​catching a few geese.

Chen Ling ignored them.

I followed Rui Rui with him in my arms, but I didn't expect that almost everyone along the way was going to the east of the village to help him build a greenhouse.

Men and women, young and old, both men and women.

Each of them was carrying a water jug ​​and a basket, inside which were their own teacups. This was truly...

Chen Ling thought to himself, "Good heavens, they've all come prepared. It's winter and everyone's idle, so they've managed to find someone to help out. They can get half the village here."

"Fugui, hurry up and prepare a big pot, if the pot is too small you won't have enough rice for us to eat, hahaha..." Some women would tease him when they saw him.

"Don't worry, Auntie, there's definitely enough for you to eat. I'll stew the meat when I get back, and I guarantee you'll have a good meal."

Chen Ling also said with a smile.

"Are you sure you can handle it? If not, I can help you take care of the kids. Rui Rui will still need Su Su to take care of him when you get back. You also have two younger children at home. Can Su Su and her two kids manage to take care of them all?"

"It's alright, I'll take him with me when I'm doing chores later. Auntie, you can help look after him. He's usually quite well-behaved, he has things to play with."

"That's good. Look how well-behaved Rui Rui is."

After chatting with the villagers for a while, Chen Ling saw a little child jumping and waving at him in the distance, so he quickly went over to him.

These mischievous monkeys have already brought out their handmade fake geese and placed them in the wheat field.

"Grandpa, come quick! We've set up the formation. Come and see if it's alright!"

As Chen Ling walked over, he passed the threshing ground and noticed more than a dozen pale blue fake geese placed in the wheat field next to the dirt road outside the village.

They stretched out their necks and remained motionless in the wheat field.

These fake geese are made by using discarded wooden frames and small stools that people find, wrapping them with straw rope, and then gluing goose feathers onto them.

The geese that Chen Ling had caught before, which he distributed to the villagers, were not enough feathers to go around after they were killed, so many of them also contained duck and goose feathers.

A closer look will tell you it's fake.

But all of this was done to lure the geese down to eat the wheat seedlings.

It's not accurate to spot geese from the sky.

As long as they see their kind eating wheat seedlings below, they will fly down to eat as well, and that will be fine.

Once one goose lands, the others will follow.

"This is a bit too close to the village; we should move it a little further away." Chen Ling looked around, worried that if it got too close, the geese wouldn't dare to come down.

"Huh? Is this not a good place? We were helping your family build a greenhouse in the east of the village this afternoon, and there's no one here."

The children looked at each other, a little dazed. They thought that since they were close to the village, there were places to hide. When so many geese flew down, they could use the houses and trees as cover and fire wildly with their slingshots, surely hitting a large flock of geese.

Now that Chen Ling is preventing them from getting so close to the village, their little schemes have instantly fallen through.

Wang Zhenzhen had just run over with Xizi when she heard what had happened.

He called out, "Brother-in-law, we still don't know if we can lure the geese down."

How about this, we'll put it a little further away first, and if that doesn't work, we'll put it back, okay?

This girl has so many ideas, her eyes are always darting around.

As soon as she spoke, not only did the children agree, but Yu Qi'an also raised his hand and cheered.

Chen Ling didn't expose them.

He said, "Then you guys get busy. If it really doesn't work, Zhenzhen should also drive the geese out of the house. Remember to call Erhei for help."

His words drew cheers from the mischievous monkeys.

Rui Rui also wanted to come down and play.

Chen Ling didn't want him to run around with this bunch of mischievous monkeys, and Heiwa and Xiaojin couldn't go with him either.

So I coaxed him by saying we'd go catch some little turtles in the east of the village later.

They coaxed him back home.

He had barely arrived home when Wang Jusheng rushed over: "Fugui, what meat are we stewing for dinner? We haven't killed our wild goose yet, why don't you kill it for us?"

"No need, you can keep them for yourselves." Chen Ling laughed, "Come and see, when I was pulling the bamboo pole, I bought a few pig heads from the village. That's enough for us. Tonight we'll have pig heads with beef steak."

Pig heads are cheap, and serving only pig heads to people would make him seem too stingy.

So we still need to add steak.

Actually, when entertaining guests at home, there's no need to save money for the host family like before. Chen Ling wasn't too keen on preparing this pig's head, not because of the price, but mainly because it's too difficult to handle and takes a lot of effort.

However, many people in the village have been thinking about it ever since they had a meal at Wang Laifu's funeral.

They specifically wanted to eat it when he was building the greenhouse.

Since they're so kind as to offer their help, let's just go along with it.

Besides, he had verbally agreed at the time.

Sure enough, Wang Jusheng's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this: "You're making braised pig's head again? Great, great, this is wonderful! When I came here just now, I ran into Aunt Laifu with her family, and they were talking about what happened last time..."

"Then you stay home and tidy up first. I'll go tell everyone right away; they'll all be happy. Brother Xian just went over; I'll have him direct you. You just focus on dealing with these pig heads at home; there's no need to rush over."

"...I'm building a greenhouse, don't I need to rush over there?"

Chen Ling was dumbfounded. Good heavens, it was just a pig's head, why was it such a big deal?

However, it's not a big deal that he, as the host, didn't go on the first day of work.

The earthen greenhouses in the countryside are inherently simple.

The first day was spent building a wall with bricks, then covering the outside of the brick wall with a thick layer of yellow mud, and piling up the earthen wall.

Nothing technical.

Furthermore, Wang Lixian was also present.

Wang Lixian not only had experience working on construction teams, but he had also been growing crops in greenhouses for two years.

No one in the village knows more about building greenhouses than him.

"Forget it, I'll just go to the village to clean it up and then stew it in the big pot over there."

Chen Ling caught the oxcart, took Rui Rui with him, loaded several large pig heads onto it, and returned to the village to clean it up.

Of course, it wasn't that no one came to help along the way.

For example, He Jiawen and a group of other university teachers who have recently become obsessed with cooking.

And then there's Wu Fei and his wife, who are spending Sunday today.

And the two old men, Zhao Yubao.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Fugui, your luck is truly amazing. No wonder everyone in your village says you have great fortune. Do you know what kind of big black cat you brought back from the mountains is?"

When He Jiawen and several other university teachers arrived, they started talking about this.

"Huh? It's not some strange species, is it?" Chen Ling asked quickly.

If it really was Black Panther, then it would be a shame if he died.

"No, this thing is called a golden cat..."

He Jiawen was about to explain when Chen Ling interrupted him, saying, "Golden Cat? I know Golden Cat. We've even seen it. Golden Cat is straw yellow, or it's the same color as a lion. That guy is fiercer than a leopard when it encounters people. But Golden Cat doesn't look like that at all."

"You only know one side of the story, Xiao Chen. Teacher He is right. Although this golden cat is golden, it actually comes in many colors. How many colors?"

Just like the stray cats in your village, they come in all sorts of colors—yellow, red, spotted. Of course, this kind of black with a hint of red is quite rare; we've only ever seen them in photos before. In reality, we've visited many places to investigate.

They believed that a black golden cat was like a black panther.

They only appear in places with relatively hot and humid climates, such as tropical rainforests.

I never expected to find it here.

Another teacher, surnamed Li, said with a smile.

It's clear that this discovery is indeed very valuable, and the teachers are all very happy today.

Regardless of gender, everyone showered Chen Ling with compliments.

"So, teachers, what do you mean..." Chen Ling couldn't figure out what the teachers meant.

"Well, now that we've made a new discovery, we're planning to stay a little longer."

He Jiawen's face beamed with joy: "In addition, we need to make this black golden cat into a specimen."

Well, once you're here, you don't want to leave.

Chen Ling remained silent.

However, considering they often teach children in primary schools, I'll let it slide.

Staying a little longer isn't a bad thing.

"Yes, but we're just here to help out today. Xiao Chen, just let us know if there's anything you need to do."

Teacher Li patted his chest and took on the job.

They had long heard that Chen Ling's braised pig's head was delicious.

In the words of the villagers, it's so strong it could knock someone over.

Moreover, pork head meat is traditionally served as an appetizer with alcohol, so it's unlikely to be too bad.

But if the villagers praise it so much, it must be incredibly delicious.

I also heard from the villagers that the pig's head is deep-fried. After it comes out of the fryer, the pig's head is golden red and has a tiger-skin pattern. How can I resist that? Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

(End of this chapter)