In my days as a farmer

"Autumn is such a beautiful season." Xia Dongli said with emotion.

In the past few days, he has been bubbling with happiness, because there are delicious food everywhere in the Northeast in autumn, and the price is cheap and there are many varieties. It is dazzling to go to the market once. It is so happy for foodies!

Moreover, during this period of time, the little forest frogs that their family had left at the beginning of Xia all came back one after another, far more in number than he had imagined, and most of Xia Dongli's worries disappeared.

Although a batch will inevitably be lost during the winter, after this winter, these small forest frogs will become big croaks, and when the croaks give birth again, Xia Dongli will have a lot of free labor to help him eliminate pests!

Regardless of the fact that forest frogs generally live in the forest and seem to have no effect on the farmland, the existence of the forest itself is a huge organ, which can filter out the invasion of some alien species for Xiaojin Village, avoiding or weakening the creatures from the northwest The disaster easily affected Xiaojin Village and farming fields in the Northeast.

Of course, during this period of time, the Crow Clan, an evil force, has been entrenched in Baiyun Mountain. While they caused troubles for the local area, they actually blocked Xiaojin Village from pests several times.

Moreover, the forest frog itself is an inherent creature of the Northeast woodland. They have lived here for thousands of years, and they are an indispensable part of the local ecological chain.The entry of wood frogs into the forest will not increase the burden on the ecological chain, but will also provide food for upstream predators.

—like a heron.

Not long after Xia Dongli introduced the wood frogs into the small pond, he discovered that a family of herons had taken a fancy to the pond on the small soil slope where the wood frogs were now being raised.

Although this season has begun to enter the migration season of migratory birds, for this kind of down-down and large birds, they usually stay until the local lake freezes to make sure there is no food before leaving.

Therefore, herons will leave the northeast and head south later than some small migratory birds, usually at the end of October, and if there are unexpected circumstances, they will not leave until the end of the year.

In fact, if there is food or a non-frozen lake for them to hunt, it is not a problem for herons to survive the winter in the north.

So this family's appearance in Xiaojin Village in mid-September should be an early action taken by the adult birds to take care of the young birds.

As the saying goes, the early bird gets the frog.Doesn't this give them the discovery of forest frogs that are still preparing for hibernation in shallow water?

Seeing the ancestors of this family put on a posture of wanting to eat the big family here, Xia Dongli was very anxious.Although their appetites are not big, but if they stay here all the time, no amount of croaks will be enough for them to eat.

But the trouble is that these birds can fly. Although the dogs of Xia Dongli's family are very capable, they even pulled off a few bird feathers once, but the birds can also cooperate, and the other two flap their wings. With their wings blocking Xiaotian's sight, and the restriction of not being able to use unconventional forces, they escaped.

Xiaotiangou felt that he had been provoked. In the past few days, he had completely fought with these three birds, and he seemed to be endless.

But the problem is that these birds have learned to be smart later. They all stand on the branches of the trees except when hunting, and even when hunting, some of them will stand guard at high places. Therefore, no matter how capable and lurking the dogs are There is no way to get them.

Beating up birds is basically the specialty of felines, and it is indeed too difficult for canines.But some time ago, the crow family moved away, Xia Dongli could only grit his teeth and put the scarecrow in place, and then set up a bamboo fence on the small pond, trying to protect the forest frogs in the water with these actions.

Of course, I also want to know that these actions of protecting the head and not the tail have only caused a little trouble to the Heron family, and most of them have no effect.

In desperation, Xia Dongli could only compromise.

He and Xun Yao drove to several reservoirs in the city to purchase a batch of small fish and loaches, and prepared to put them in the pond to feed the three herons—since there is no way to make them stop eating, at least they can be made to eat less point.

Fenghua City, where Xia Dongli is located, has no major rivers, and only a few tributaries of the river supply water. reservoir.

Most of these reservoirs are functional reservoirs with main functions of flood control, urban water supply, irrigation, etc., and some are comprehensive reservoirs for power generation and fish farming. These fish are derivative products of comprehensive reservoirs.

The local reservoir mainly raises common freshwater fish species such as silver carp, carp, crucian carp, and grass carp. However, the reservoir is large, and it is inevitable that some strange fish will be brought in.

These small miscellaneous fish are small in number and cannot be sold at a price, and they also want to rob the fish of their nutrition. Generally, managers will fish them up when they see them.

These fish are usually purchased by nearby restaurants and used to make cat rice or miscellaneous fish stew, or sold directly to nearby residents who come to fish in the wild as bait, such as Xia Dongli, who even drove to buy them is really a minority .

To put it bluntly, the price of buying these small miscellaneous fish is not as good as the gas money for a trip back and forth.

However, Xia Dongli was not without gains. When he was loading the fish into the car, he happened to meet a fisherman returning with a full load, and then bought a carp, a crucian carp and some small miscellaneous snails from the other party.

According to the fishermen who sell their fish, the area of ​​the reservoir here is relatively large, and most of the water flushed in is surface water flowing through the low mountain and hilly areas. There are more organisms in the water, so the reservoir is generally only fed during the fattening period. A wave of feed, usually the fish in it are unfed and grown in the wild.

Therefore, although these fish are said to be raised in captivity, they actually taste similar to wild ones.

The fish in the reservoir are picked up during the beginning of autumn and the mid-autumn festival, and now it is caught between the two times, which is the time when the fish are most plump and active.Of course, the entry fees for anglers are also higher than before.Therefore, in order to make up for the loss, these good fish fishermen will sell the fish they can't eat on the spot, the price is very affordable, and the freshness is guaranteed.

Among other things, the carp that Xia Dongli bought was half an arm long, and it was still alive and kicking even though it had been ashore for a while. This kind of fish with tenacious vitality was particularly delicious at first glance!

despite this……

"Let's throw it into the water first, we'll have to go back for nearly an hour." Xia Dongli glanced at the big carp, which was trying to grow its mouth to breathe, with gentle eyes, "The smell will have some impact if it dies."

So, the big carp that had just been rescued from the hook was thrown into the big bucket in the trunk.Because herons don't like to eat dead fish, Xia Dongli specially stuffed an oxygen pump into the bucket, and the oxygen pump was pumping air into the bucket right now.

For these wild fish, it is basically no problem to support them until they go home.

Both carp and crucian carp were thrown in one after another, and mixed with a group of small fish and shrimps, they looked extraordinarily large.Xia Dongli couldn't hold back, and stretched out his hand to pinch the carp's belly: "...it's really fat, let's go home and try the taste. If it's delicious, we'll buy some when they start fish in the Mid-Autumn Festival. If you can’t eat it, freeze it in the refrigerator and eat hot pot in winter.”

Although thanks to the blessing of the old Dragon King during this period, there was a steady stream of sea fish, but Xia Dongli had a stomach in the northern inland, not to mention, he still misses the river fish with a bit of earthy smell very much.

"How do you cook carp?" Xun Yao sat in the co-pilot, fastened his seat belt and asked, "Sweet and sour or soup?"

"Hmm...I'm afraid that the soup will have a strong earthy smell," Xia Dongli put on his seat belt and replied while starting the car, "How about half and half? This fish is quite big, should it be enough?"

It might be that the car was making a lot of noise when it drove out of the parking lot, which startled the fish in the trunk, and Xia Dongli heard a loud splash.

He smacked his lips: "It's a good thing we put cloth on it before, otherwise it would be troublesome to clean up!"

The sound of water splashing in the back suddenly became louder, and Xia Dongli became a little worried when he heard it: "Oops, do carp eat meat? That carp won't eat the fish we bought, right? It looks appetizing." Pretty big."

Xun Yao was very calm about this. He took the tablet and began to search how to cook fish: "It doesn't matter, even if it eats, the small fish can't finish digesting it in this time, and it can be cut out from its stomach at that time, and it can be fed." Pig, don't waste it."

But if this is the case, wouldn't his purpose of running here be missed?Xia Dongli tilted his head, but soon he figured it out. He bought 20 catties of fish. No matter how big the carp's appetite is, it is impossible to eat all the small fish. The leftovers can last him until the Mid-Autumn Festival. Well, I will buy it again next time anyway.

After figuring it out, Xia Dongli didn't care about the sound of water behind him!He turned on the radio and began to listen to the broadcast.

Don't underestimate the broadcast message!Even now, FM frequency modulation is the most convenient information dissemination platform even in this Internet age, and the cost of advertising on radio is cheaper than that on film and television platforms, and the audience is more targeted. Therefore, some small factories are willing to Put money on it.

And now the radio station has also specially opened up a channel to help farmers. If anyone has a large output of agricultural products, the market demand is low or even unsalable, they can ask for help.

The unsalable situation is a disaster for local farmers, but it is an important business opportunity for some truck drivers who just need to stock up or go long distances. After all, unsalable goods in the north can still be sold at a good price when they are transported to the south. .

For example, now, Xia Dongli heard on the radio that the chestnut harvest in the next city is bumper, and everyone is welcome to purchase directly there.

There is a saying in the farm family, which is called: dry dates and flooded chestnuts, harvest persimmons without drought or waterlogging.

There is a lot of rain in the north this year, and the climate is relatively humid. This kind of climate just suits the preferences of chestnuts, so this year's chestnuts grow particularly well.

Autumn is the season for harvesting nuts. Although Fenghua City is not the main producing area of ​​chestnuts, the neighbors nearby are very good. Therefore, Xia Dongli has already bought fresh chestnuts some time ago.

By the way, there are chestnuts sold locally that are directly connected to the burrs on the outside, which is said to keep fresh for a longer time.However, the reason Xia Dongli bought this kind of chestnut was not to keep it fresh, but to prevent the small animals at home from stealing it.

Of course, fresh chestnuts can also be eaten raw. The taste is like fruit, sweet and delicious, not only for humans but also for dogs.However, this stuff has a high starch content, and it is easy to become constipated if eaten too much. Not long after the lessons learned, Xia Dongli has a limited supply of small animals in his family.

But Damiwang has lit up the stealing skills since he was a child. Not only does he have a good sense of smell, but he can also open the door by himself. Therefore, he and Xiaokang work hand in hand, plus the bold rice grains, and Xiaobaa, who is not afraid of the sky, composed of four small animals. He contacted the Alliance of Thieves, pried open the refrigerator door of Xia Dongli's house, and ate all the chestnuts that Xia Dongli had peeled and prepared to be burned the next day, and even froze the unpeeled chestnuts.

Because of this madness, the two dogs, Rice and Mi Li, were constipated for three whole days.Just when Xia Dongli had prepared Kaisailu and was waiting for practice, the two Wangs solved the problem in a desperate manner.

So, even though the old Dragon King said something aside, "Isn't it just a little chestnut? Let it eat if you like it", "Our family has a big business, can't we let the dog eat some chestnuts?" and "What do you want it? It I've worked hard to endure" and other dragon words, but Xia Dongli still ruthlessly moved home a basket of thorn chestnuts.

Chestnut thorns are the chestnut's defensive weapon. Facing the sharp chestnut thorns, even a little baa will be stung and grinning. Even if you try your best, it will take a long time to peel one off.

Although it was a little troublesome for people to eat chestnuts, Xia Dongli felt that the trouble was worth it.

In addition to chestnuts, the two also wrote down the phone number of a rural cooperative that directly sold Chinese cabbage.Although the Northeast now has greenhouse technology, and winter is no longer a world of only Chinese cabbage and radishes, people must save some cabbage in winter in the Northeast. This is a feeling.

"The Koreans in the north are good at making spicy cabbage. Assistant Xiao Li said that they will come here to sell it at the farmers' market in winter, so we don't pickle our spicy cabbage, let's make sour cabbage!" Xia Dongli said Thinking of the taste of sour cabbage makes my mouth water, "Buy some pork and stew with vermicelli, and the sauerkraut vermicelli can be served with rice!"

Naturally, Xun Yao had no objection. He wrote down the phone number and address of the rural cooperative on a piece of paper and asked, "Do you want to buy radishes?"

Xia Dongli was silent for a while, his eyes drifted a little: "Just, just buy some."

That's right, Comrade Xiaoxia doesn't like radishes at all, especially white radishes, but carrots are fine, mainly because he doesn't like the radish taste on radishes.

As the saying goes, the picky eaters of children are earth-shattering, but the picky eaters of adults are silent.As an adult who has the power to buy vegetables, Xia Dongli's method of picky eating is - not to buy.

As long as I don't buy it, my family will not know that I am a picky eater, which is really unreasonable.

But this point couldn't be hidden after Xun Yao took over the power of buying vegetables.

From the moment Xun Yao made radish rib soup for the first time and found that Xia Dongli, who is known as a non-picky eater, had left all the radishes, their family began a tug-of-war over eating radishes.

While driving, the two enriched their future purchase plans a lot.However, when he got home, something happened to the fish in the trunk.

——The crucian carp turned its belly!

Once the fish dies, it will quickly decay. Therefore, the original plan to burn carp was immediately changed to burn crucian carp.The small fish were all sent to the small soil slope. Xia Dongli enclosed a piece of land in the pool to keep them in it, while the big carp continued to be stuffed in the bucket after changing the water, and they were placed in the yard. middle.

Carp has tenacious vitality, and the temperature in the northeast of autumn is low at night, so it will generally not cause problems if kept outside for one night.

But it happened to be so ordinary, it was a bit of a surprise.

In the middle of the night, Xia Dongli was awakened by the barking of the dogs. He hurried downstairs and saw the three dogs at home barking at a girl who was huddled in the kitchen, and the only one who didn't stare at the person was Xiaotian. The dog stands upright, trying to fiddle with the gas stove switch.

Xia Dongli froze in place, looking at the wet kitchen, unable to react.

"Yes, I'm sorry!" The girl hugged her head and huddled up crying, "I originally wanted to learn how to cook, wash, and clean up the house like my predecessors, but, but I don't know how to use your stove..."

Xia Dongli was silent.

That's really embarrassing, I didn't give you a chance to show off, and, your so-called senior, wouldn't be the snail girl, right?