In my days as a farmer

When it comes to raising cats, Xiaojin Village is different from other villages. Most people in Xiaojin Village have a high tolerance for cats. Their village is one of the few villages in the nearby ten miles and eight villages who are aware of cat sterilization and deworming. village.

There are historical reasons for this.

The main secondary industry in Xiaojin Village is silkworm breeding. Silkworm, a domesticated silkworm species, is at the end of the ecological chain. There are countless natural enemies. Even the tussah silkworm, which is very common in the Northeast, can easily kill it. Not to mention the wild silkworms with MAX combat power.

Therefore, every silkworm leaf that is fed to silkworm babies must be carefully cleaned and screened, for fear that tussah silkworm or wild silkworm eggs may accidentally remain on it.

These are all scary, let alone mice.

Mice can be said to be the natural enemies of the silkworm farming industry. Leaving aside the fact that mice eat silkworm babies as easily as eating popsicles, the germs on mice are beyond the reach of delicate silkworms.

In fact, there are many small animals that feed on silkworms, but the situation of mice is different from other small animals. Other small animals will eat them if they eat them, and at most they will lose the ones that were eaten. Mice eat them You have to spread the virus to kill a group or even a whole house.

To put it more figuratively, that means that other animals eat, and the mouse has to turn over the table and the stove after eating. Doesn't it just hold the hatred value firmly?

However, if any silkworm farmer sees traces of a mouse at home, he will definitely rummage through the box to catch the mouse and disinfect it several times.However, silkworm babies are particularly sensitive to smells. No matter how much silkworm farmers hate rats, they dare not use rat poison. They can only use physical methods to drive them away.

So in this case, in the silkworm culture, it is not so surprising that cats can make a lot of money. In the local culture, they also have a special name called "Silkworm Cat".

Every year when offering sacrifices to the Goddess of Silkworm, Sang Nong would invite back a lot of painted pottery cats at the puja. This kind of pottery cats was placed at home by silkworm farmers with high hopes to drive away rats.

...Uh, of course, mice won't give face to these immobile kittens, and you have to rely on real cats to get rid of mice.Therefore, it is extremely normal for almost every silkworm farmer in Xiaojin Village to have cats~

Raising cats in rural areas is not as particular as in cities. Although the people in Xiaojin Village are more aware of this, it is unrealistic to keep cats at home when every household is a bungalow.

Therefore, if you observe carefully, one or several cat tails will often appear on the beams of Xiaojin Village, and you will see most of the cat's tail shrinking in the shadows in the alley, with only four legs stretched out to bask in the sun. fat cat.In addition, cats can be seen on the treetops and in the grass, and it is even more common for strange cats to appear in the cat food bowl of one's own cat.

Generally speaking, Xiaojin Village is a village surrounded by cats and dogs, so every time Dami enters the village, he often encounters scenes surrounded by cats.

Due to the special status and the high medical skills and low fees of the resident doctors in Xiaojin Village, most of the cats in Xiaojin Village live a relatively comfortable life, and their life expectancy is longer than that of cats in other villages, but even so, it does not mean that There are no more stray cats in Xiaojin Village.

Although most people in Xiaojin Village will sterilize their cats, cats can reproduce for several generations if there is a fish that slips through the net.In addition, there are cats wandering from nearby villages, and cats who have been used to going wild and don’t want to go home. These cats have become the uncontrolled cat mouth of Xiaojin Village.

However, the ecological chain in rural areas is more complete than that in cities, and survival of the fittest still exists, so stray cats in villages are not as easy to flood as cats in cities, and second-generation stray cats are often taken in by villagers. relatively stable and harmonious state.

It may be due to the high degree of freedom, or it may be that most of the rural cats are working cats, which are more confident in their ability to survive. Rural cats are not as dependent on their owners as urban cats.

Although most female cats will go home to give birth, there are also a small number of stray cats who have a weak relationship with their owners, or stray cats born to domestic cats, who will choose places they think are safe to give birth.

So if you live in a rural area and one day finds that your cat at home has lost weight for three or four months and then comes back, don’t be surprised, and don’t be surprised. The independent living kittens have been arranged, and then continue to go home to eat the big family!

The female cat in front of Xia Dongli should be in the same situation.

Their farm implement storage room is windproof and dry, and there are dogs patrolling nearby, so no wild carnivores dare approach.In addition, the owl and the weasel partner are working in the village these days, and the female cat has no one to grab food...

No, maybe it's not just rodents, Xia Dongli also saw fish scales that were mostly buried in the sand on the ground.

Although the mother cat has tried her best to clean up the traces of food, there is still a fish that slipped through the net, thus exposing the cat's diet-"It seems to be a cat that likes fish."

Xia Dongli's eyes sparkled and he came to a conclusion.

Like humans, cats also have food preferences after solving the problem of food and clothing. Some cats prefer white meat mainly poultry and fish, but more cats like to eat red meat.

Representatives of red meat are beef, mutton and rabbit meat. The latter is fine, but the former... can only be said that these kittens are very dreamy.

It's a good thing if the cat likes to eat fish, at least it won't spoil Xia Dongli's poultry.Cats can be said to be accurate in catching poultry, especially at night when the poultry cannot be seen, a cat can kill a cage of poultry.

Thinking of this, the smile on Xia Dongli's face gradually faded.

Hmm... It's true that kittens are cute, but kittens that catch their birds and chickens are not cute.

"So, for the safety of the chickens and ducklings, we can only resort to extreme measures..." Xia Dongli said to Xun Yu righteously while cutting the shredded meat, "Just make the cat fat! It won't be able to hunt La!"

That's right, this is the great method of flattering and killing.

As long as you make the kitty plump and fluffy, fascinate it with meat, attract it with freeze-drying, use leather mice and cat teasing sticks to kill its fighting power, and finally cast a knife, it won't take long, the all-powerful hunter Xiao The cat will become a cute little cat with a soft fur belly and loves to bask in the sun. For Twolegs, they can only bury their faces on their bellies after they fall asleep and rub their paws. !

Xun Yao: "..."

To some extent, this is actually quite reasonable, but the boyfriend's overly positive attitude and the sincerity exposed under the excitement have long explained his purpose.

Xia Dongli, who hadn't received a reply from his boyfriend for a long time, cut the meat more and more slowly, and he suddenly remembered one thing - oops, Xiao Yan doesn't seem to like cats very much either!

Xia Dongli slowly put down the kitchen knife, and asked cautiously, "Xiao Yu, are you allergic to cat fur?"

"No." Xun Ao took a step forward, picked up the knife and continued to cut the meat following Xia Dongli's movements. Seeing his boyfriend's timid eyes, he smiled slightly, but there was a bit of murderousness in his smile, "It's just that there is nothing wrong with creatures of that shape." Good impression..."

The young man who told the gangster's dark history was very calm: "Suan Ni's prototype is a bit like a lion. When I was a child, I had not left home, and I witnessed him making troubles and scheming to anger my second brother several times. But he was still young at that time. , the second brother was too embarrassed to beat him up, so he dragged us brothers to the training ground to vent our anger."

There were five children in Laolong's family at the time. The eldest was so soft that he couldn't be softer, and he was the eldest brother after all. The second child was not easy to attack, and the fourth child, although rough-skinned and thick-skinned, was not resistant to beating, and would howl at the slightest pain. , he is the only one who can let the second brother with the strongest force value in their family let go of his hands and not cause a deadlock in the relationship.

Although he doesn't mind practicing hands and feet with his brother, anyone who is frequently implicated will not be happy.In addition, the mischievous old fifth also broke his things. His bestial nature has not retreated, he can't beat him, and he can't understand scolding, which made Xun Ao a headache at the time. I went out to travel in the clouds.

Most of the plastic brotherhood between the brothers was disturbed by the fifth child. This guy is good, but when he grows up, he looks gentle and refined. He even went to write books, tricking his lover into becoming his fan .

Xun Yao spared no effort to reveal the dark history of his younger brother, but in Xia Dongli's eyes, all this was okay, quite normal.

How can there be a family with a lot of pets that doesn't run wild, and there's no creature like a cat that doesn't have a cheap claw.According to the cat's personality, the more favored it is, the more mischievous it will be.It can be seen that although the boyfriend is disgusted, he is probably a cat lover, otherwise the cat would never get close to people who don't like it.

It will be easier to know where the boyfriend's psychological crux is.That night, Xia Dongli opened the mysterious little drawer at home, shyly took out the subtle gadgets that came with buying daily necessities, and discussed the usage tutorial with Xun Yao, Xun Yao stopped expressing objections.

It's a little difficult to deal with the small vinegar jar of rice. In fact, if Xia Dongli must raise it, rice will definitely take over, but Xia Dongli doesn't want to put too much pressure and psychological burden on the dog, so he can only use it around the corner. force.

Xia Dongli arranged a parent-child activity for their family - sit and watch "The Lion King" together.Of course, Rice of their family can understand TV, especially cartoons with exaggerated expressions and movements, and they can read without barriers.

The story of "The Lion King" is probably similar to the Prince's Revenge. It tells the story of how the carefree little lion Simba defeated his father-killing enemy and regained the throne with the help of his friends.What Xia Dongli found was the version he watched when he was a child. Although the new version is more realistic, its expression and performance are not as exaggerated as the old version, which is not convenient for dogs to understand the plot and emotions.

In order to enhance the atmosphere of watching a movie, Xia Dongli also prepared some drinks and fruits, as well as the popcorn and rice cakes he bought a few days ago, but what he didn't expect was that these were useless in the end.

"Woof..." Seeing Mufasa's death, Rice lay on the ground and covered his head with two dog paws.

"Hey——" The old Dragon King sighed long after seeing the little lion being driven out by his uncle who succeeded in seizing the throne and being hunted down.

"I'm going to get some ice cubes." Xia Dongli stood up silently, saying that the Coke was not cold enough to taste, and by the way, he used the air-conditioning of the refrigerator to calm his sad mood when he saw Mufasa's soul appear and encouraged his son.

Damn, is this animation so good to cry?Could it be that he is getting soft-hearted when he is old?When he was a child, he remembered that he never cried when he watched "The Lion King".

Woohoo, Mufasa was a good emperor and a good father, it's so pitiful to die so badly.

But fortunately, this is a fairy tale about a child offering. In the end, Mufasa's father became a guardian spirit and stayed with his wife and son. Little Simba also became a qualified king and had his own family. The bad guys were punished. Good people get happy, the ending is still very perfect.

When the screen jumped back to the main interface, the atmosphere in the room was a bit awkward. Xia Dongli ignored the "little" mood swings that everyone had just had, and patted Rice's dog on the head as originally planned: "Mi, as our The lord of this territory, you have to be like Simba!"

"Huh?" Rice turned to look at her beloved master with some doubts.

Xia Dongli tried his best to brainwash his beloved dog: "Look, you have to be friendly to all the small animals on this land like Simba, kill the enemy with one blow, love your subjects, protect the weak, and then find a pretty dog. Bright love, then you will become the best dog after Rice!"

"Wow!" Rice was a little excited at first, and then a little doubt appeared on his small expression: Do, is it so complicated to be a good dog?

"It's not complicated to be a dog, but rice, you are the master of the territory." Xia Dongli patted the little head of the pet dog, his face full of affection, "Why is the identity of the owner the same as that of a dog? Just like if you were rice When you see cats wanting to bully you, you rush over, but when you are the lord dog, you have to let cats live in your territory, and then let them live here happily, Catch mice and bugs for you, and protect the safety of the plants in the territory, right?"

"Mi," Xia Dongli said with a deep expression, "the first thing to do to be a good dog is to restrain yourself."

Rice replied weakly and hesitantly, and then looked at his beloved master suspiciously, feeling that the smile on his face was a little too exaggerated.

Something seems not quite right.

Rice suddenly leaned over and sniffed Xia Dongli's body up and down, but found nothing unusual.Could it be that its intuition was wrong?

Seeing that the expression on Rice's face became uncertain, Xia Dongli's inner villain immediately put his hands on his hips triumphantly.He knew that his dog was very smart, so Xia Dongli didn't touch the kitten from the beginning to the end, so naturally he wouldn't get any smell.

Next, just let Rice discover the litter of kittens "inadvertently".

The time must be well controlled, and the mother cat must first have basic trust in them, otherwise the mother cat is prone to stress reactions, and if it is bad, it may abandon or harm the cubs.

He must also be by the side, to prevent Rice from finding out that he and the cats have been mixed together. Before that, even if he wanted to RUA the cats, he had to hold back.

The abacus in Xia Dongli's heart was crackling, but people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. The cold air collided with the warm air when it left, and a rain that lasted for three days enveloped the entire Xiaojin Village.

It was the time of autumn rain and cold, the rain outside was bitingly cold, but the small brick house under the protection of the greenhouse was very warm.

In order to prevent the accumulation of rain and snow from crushing the greenhouse, Xia Dongli’s thermal greenhouse is designed in an arc shape like the planting greenhouse. The rainwater falls on the top and will slide down along the gravity, and then be collected into the purifier, and finally injected into the small pond. canal.

That's right, during the renovation of the small yard, Xia Dongli opened another canal for the home's purifier. From then on, Xia Dongli's domestic sewage was separated from the water in the small pond.

The water gushing out of the small pond has been verified and confirmed to be ordinary mineral water. Although it is not up to the point where it can be drunk directly, it is still drinkable after being boiled.

Although the water treated by the purifier also met the rainwater standard, Xia Dongli separated the two.

We all understand the truth, but this hurdle in my heart is hard to get over.

By the way, when renovating the small courtyard, Xia Dongli also expanded the water channel outside the house. Because of the addition of a water source, the small puddle with only a thin bottom outside has become a small pond. The block area is now a major water source for wildlife.

Xia Dongli was already very calm about the small animals not drinking water from home. There was no way, the dogs at home were too capable.

Anyway, the land is contracted by him. Is there any difference between inside and outside?No!As long as the WIFI signal is good enough, it is the same inside and outside the house!

At this moment, Xia Dongli was turning on the computer and awkwardly editing the animal images captured by the camera by the small pond outside the house.These were originally Chen Li's work, but Xiao Chen's previous project seems to have made a breakthrough. Recently, he is devoting himself to research without sleep and food. The hard-working farmer Xiao Xia faced the reminders of netizens and had to learn editing by himself, and finally sent it to Chen Li. optimization.

Alas, I'm such a conscientious up master, I don't even think about cooing when it's so difficult.

While thinking this way, Xia Dongli suddenly heard the sound of the plastic shed being scratched. He looked up and saw that it was their rice that had returned.

Da Mi Pa opened the pet entrance and exit specially left on the shed, and then spit out the wet ball in his mouth to the ground.As soon as the wet one landed on the ground, it immediately let out a shrill and threatening cry. It was about to slip away with its obviously handicapped hind legs, when it found that the small plastic door they came in shook again, and another big dog also slipped in. came in.

It has something in its mouth like rice, so it is a little embarrassed.

What it holds in its mouth is...

"Mi, mia!" It was its three children who were held in the mouth of the Xiaotian dog! !

The author has something to say: Big, Simba, Mi: It’s so difficult to be a leader, and you have to save the people in heavy rain, but fortunately you have a small partner.

Wang, Simba has a wife, and I have a friend, Wang!

Does my wife have friends?Can my wife accompany me to patrol the territory and get in the rain together?That must be impossible!

Roaring Sky Dog: ... Hehe.

Dongli: I feel that my foreshadowing is unnecessary. Why did I forget that my dog ​​has 100% the physique of picking up animals?

Xun Yao: (^_^)