The fairy of space also farms

This Spring Festival Xu Ning is very busy, busy visiting relatives.He has two aunts, three uncles and one aunt. He has been away from home for so many years and has not had much contact with these relatives. This time he took over a sheepfold as soon as he came back, and he was too busy to take time off to visit relatives. Although I can't say how deep the relationship is, but it is definitely necessary to visit during the Chinese New Year, not to mention that the relatives have to go farther to get closer.

Xu Ning went to visit relatives, and each family brought five catties of mutton, a bottle of wine, 500 yuan, and some candies as usual.When I went there, I took Xun Xun to Cengfan, Xun Xun doesn't know how to cook, so it's not good to leave him alone at home during Chinese New Year.

Xun Xu lived a very contented life this year, going to relatives' houses with Xu Ning to eat and drink every day, his mouth was full of oil, and his heart was full of joy.

During the Chinese New Year, who doesn’t have a lot of fish and meat, and people don’t want to eat it, so the host’s house turns over the tricks to entertain the guests who are tired of eating big fish and meat, and try to find delicacies from mountains and seas. Their side is inland, and there is little seafood. Generally, they are dry goods, and you can’t eat any seafood, but there are mountains, so I go to get mountain delicacies to eat.

Winter bamboo shoots and mountain mushrooms are the most common, but the lack of rain last winter also affected the growth of winter bamboo shoots. The underground winter bamboo shoots are very small, and it takes half a day to dig for a plate.In addition to bamboo shoots, there are also game such as pheasant, hare, mountain mouse, and wild boar.In order to satisfy their appetites, everyone displayed eighteen kinds of martial arts, and it is good if they can be caught.

On the morning of the second day of junior high school, after breakfast, Xu Ning took Xun Xu out to visit his uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings, and entrusted Xu Jingshan to take care of the flock of sheep.Because my uncle's home is in the mountains, not close to their home, there is a distance of more than 30 kilometers, and it is too hard to drive back and forth in a day, not to mention that he has three uncles, even if each family only eats one meal, it will have three meals. You must spend the night there, and you can go back the next day.

When Xu Ning was a child, when he went to visit his grandfather's house for New Year's greetings, he had to transfer several times and walk a long way to get there. Every time he went there, he had to stay for two or three nights, because it was too far away, and it was not easy to go there once.Now that he heard that the road was built there, he decided to ride there by himself, saving the trouble of changing cars.

Xu Ning's grandparents passed away a long time ago, and now there are only three uncles left. He hasn't been there for more than ten years, because the road has been built, and the changes have changed a lot. He also went in the wrong direction on the road. on the way.I went out early in the morning and arrived at my uncle's house, and it was already eleven o'clock.The uncles were a little surprised by the arrival of this nephew. They hadn't been in touch for so many years, and they almost didn't recognize each other, but they were still a family after all, and they were still very kind when they met.

The houses of Xu Ning's three uncles are all built on the mountainside, facing east from west, with a very good view and a pretty good environment, but the place is indeed too far away, and there are mountains as far as the eye can see, so it is not convenient to go out.Fortunately, the road has been repaired in recent years. People with more money bought cars, and those with less money bought motorcycles. They all had means of transportation, so it became less difficult.

The uncles were very curious about Xun Xu's identity, so Xu Ning said, "This is a friend I met in the city, who lives at my house now, and helps me herd sheep by the way."

Everyone looked at Xun Xu with curious eyes. This person seemed to have an extravagant temperament, and he was willing to herd sheep in the countryside. It was really a strange person.Only my uncle’s cousin, Guo Shanshan, who went to university in the provincial capital, had the most meaningful smile. This little girl was born in the 90s, with a very lively and cheerful personality. Xu Ning had a very weak impression of her. When he left home, the little girl was only eight At the age of nine, he doesn't communicate often, and it's normal to have no feelings.But the little girl couldn't help being enthusiastic and proactive, and soon became acquainted with Xu Ning. She intended to get close to Xun Xu, but Xun Xu's personality was like a piece of iron when meeting strangers. please.

At noon, I had dinner at my uncle Guo Chenggong's house. In addition to the mutton brought by Xu Ning himself, there were also many delicacies on the table, which filled the table.Xu Ning picked up a piece of bacon, chewed it in his mouth, and said happily, "Uncle, is this a mountain mouse?" The mountain mouse is also called a mushroom mouse. It lives in the mountains and grows up eating mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and sweet potatoes. The meat is delicious and has a unique flavor. It is a very famous mountain delicacy in the local area, and only uncle's side has it, but Xu Ning's side doesn't have it.

Guo Chenggong took a sip of his wine and nodded: "Yes. This was your favorite food when you were young, and you miss it every time you come to my house."

"Uncle, you still remember." Xu Ning was a little embarrassed, "Are there still mountain rats now? I remember when I was at home, I said it was difficult to catch."

Guo Chenggong said: "Yes, the price of mountain rats was so high in those years that many people went to the mountains to catch them and sell them for money. Later, they were almost extinct after being caught, and those people transferred Okay. Now the mountain rats are gradually increasing, but not too many. The ones you eat are still caught by me in the twelfth lunar month."

"Can we still catch them now?" Xu Ning's heart moved. It would be great if he could raise mountain rats. Since so many people love to eat them, there must be a big market for them.

Guo Shanshan said: "Last night, Mingliang caught a mountain mouse." Mingliang is the son of his second uncle.

Guo Chenggong said: "We can catch them, but the number is relatively small. In the past, we could catch at least a few in one night, but now we can only catch one or two."

"How about we try it tonight?" Xu Ning suggested.

Guo Chenggong said: "You may not be able to catch it. If you want to play, it's okay. Let Mingliang take you there."

In the evening, I ate at my second uncle's house, and I really ate fresh mountain rat meat. Compared with the tough Lashan rat meat, fresh mountain rat meat has a different taste.Xun Xu's chopsticks have been stretching into the bowl, which shows that he also likes to eat very much.

After eating, Xu Ning said to Xun Xu: "You said, how about we catch some mountain rats and bring them home?"

Xun Xu raised his eyebrows and looked at Xu Ning: "Can it be raised?" The mountain rat meat was really delicious tonight, and it was the first time that Xun Xu had eaten it after living for so long, but unfortunately it was too little to satisfy his appetite.

"Mountain mice should eat whole grains. We feed some millet and corn, and we can dig some bamboo shoots from the back mountain to feed them. I don't know how fast they can grow, but it would be a good deal if they grow fast. But since It is a murine animal, so it must grow very fast, and its reproductive ability must be top-notch. I think this idea is good, what do you think of Xunxu?" Xu Ning asked.

Xun Xu asked, "You raised it for us to eat?"

Xu Ning said: "Of course, let's eat by ourselves. If there is too much, we will sell it. Didn't my uncle say that mountain rats can be sold for 40 yuan a catty. A mountain rat is half a catty. That’s worth 20 yuan, which I think is quite a bargain.”

In fact, Xun Xu doesn't have much concept of money. After hearing Xu Ning say that he can eat what he wants, he thinks it's good: "Then let's catch it?"

"Yes, we have to catch mountain rats first. They usually use traps to catch them, and they will be injured even if they don't die. They can't be kept like this. I'll go and ask if there is a cage where we can catch them." Xu Ning made up his mind and got up. I went to find my cousin Guo Mingliang. Guo Mingliang is four years younger than Xu Ning, but he is already a father. But even though he is a father, he still has the same playful habits as a young man in his early twenties.

"Liangliang, come here." Xu Ning waved his hand to greet his cousin.

"Here, what are you doing?" Guo Mingliang held several mousetraps in his hand and shook them, "Let's go and catch mountain mice. I hope I will have better luck tonight and catch a few more. I only caught mountain mice last night. Luckily, I found one, and it was big enough to make a bowl of it."

Xu Ning put his hand on his cousin's shoulder: "Mingliang, besides the mousetrap, do you have a mouse cage at home?"

Guo Mingliang looked at Xu Ning: "Why do you want a mouse cage?"

"I want to catch a few live mountain rats and raise them to see if they can be raised," Xu Ning said.

"How?"

"Just like this, artificial breeding. If we can raise mountain rats for 40 yuan a catty, we can make money by artificially lowering them," Xu Ning said.

Guo Mingliang blinked: "Is it really possible to raise this? Then I will also raise mountain rats at home in the future, so why do I have to work?"

"That's right, if we can raise them, we'll specialize in raising mountain rats instead of working for them," Xu Ning said.

"But Brother Ning, don't you want to raise sheep?"

"There is no conflict between raising sheep and goats. They work together. Go find a cage and catch some live ones for me," Xu Ning said.

Guo Mingliang said in embarrassment: "There is no cage, we have always only had clips."

Xu Ning thought, forget it, let's find a mouse cage to catch it later, and catch the mountain mouse first tonight.

Xu Ning and Xun Xu followed Guo Mingliang up the mountain, and Guo Shanshan and his uncle's son Guo Zixing went with them.After dark, the mountains are very dark and very quiet. When the wind blows, there will be bursts of pine waves in my ears, which feels very comfortable to my ears.There is a lush moso bamboo forest on the mountain. Because of the unique environment, the moso bamboo here is thicker than the moso bamboo on the mountain behind their home.It is said that this is the place where mountain rats live most. Xu Ning couldn't help but think of bamboo rats. Bamboo rats also grew up in bamboo forests. They are much bigger than mountain rats. They are also edible rats. It's also quite good. If there is a way in the future, it would be good to get some to raise.

Guo Mingliang suddenly stopped, lowered his voice and said, "Listen, there are mountain rats eating bamboo shoots."

Several people stopped, and there was no wind at this time, and the bamboo forest was very quiet, only a slight "click" sound was heard.As soon as they heard the clicking sound, the sound stopped, as if they had noticed that someone was coming.

Xu Ning said: "It's a pity that I didn't bring a hoe, otherwise it would be great if I could dig it."

Guo Shanshan just laughed: "If you can't dig it, their holes extend in all directions. If you dig here, they will flee there."

Guo Mingliang distributed the mousetrap to everyone, and asked everyone to grab a handful of millet, and then said, "You find a place to put it, and then put some millet on it. Come back tomorrow morning to collect it."

Xu Ning and Xun Xu each received two clips and installed the clips with a flashlight.Xu Ning said, "Can you find a place in a while? I'll come and see after a while."

Xun Xu said, "Yes."

Xu Ning thought that if he could catch the mountain mouse, even if it was injured, giving it some space water might save it.If you heal your injury, you can also take care of it.

After putting away the clamps, several young people returned along the road.They stayed at the uncle's house at night, because his house was the widest, so Xu Ning and Xun Xu were arranged to live together.Xu Ning was thinking about collecting mouse traps, so he sat in front of the TV and warmed himself up watching TV. When it was almost eleven o'clock, his uncle and aunt went to bed, and only Guo Shanshan watched TV with them.The gossip in the little girl's heart has never been confirmed, how could she go to bed so soon, she asked Xu Ning in a low voice while Xun Xing was going to the toilet, "Brother Ning, are you actually like this, right?" Hooking it up with two thumbs, yes yes, he smiled ambiguously at Xu Ning.

Xu Ning looked at Guo Shanshan: "What?"

"Actually, you are a couple, right? I have a highly developed rot girl radar, don't worry, I will not discriminate against you, I will support you." Guo Shanshan winked at Xu Ning.

Xu Ning couldn't laugh or cry: "Girl, what nonsense are you talking about, I have nothing to do with him, he is really a friend who came to help me with things."

Guo Shanshan would never believe that ordinary friends would come from so far away and put aside the favorable conditions of the city to herd sheep in their valley, unless he was crazy, and it would make sense if he was the other half of his cousin.

Xun Xu came out of the toilet and walked back, seeing Guo Shanshan looking at him with interest, he couldn't help turning his face to Xu Ning.Xu Ning shook his head at him, and Guo Shanshan said, "Brother Xun, are you and Brother Ning a couple?"

Xun Xu froze for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

This simple "yes" immediately caused a huge reaction, Xu Ning's face turned into a liver color, and Guo Shanshan smiled with an expression of "I'll just say it, I've seen it already" .Xu Ning stared at Xun Xu: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Xun Xu looked at Xu Ning: "What did I say?"

Xu Ning went crazy: "I'm going to be killed by you. We are obviously in an employment relationship. I'm the boss and you are the buddy. When did I become a couple with you?"

Xun Xu nodded: "Yeah, you and I, two people, aren't we a perfect pair?"

Xu Ning: "..." Ganqing understood it this way, and he said to Guo Shanshan, "Shanshan, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense, otherwise I won't be able to clean up even if I jump into the Yellow River."

Guo Shanshan narrowed her eyes with a smile, nodded and said, "I'm sure I won't say anything." She could see that there must be something wrong with them. At least Xun Xu liked her brother, so she came after her, and now it seems that this Xun Xu is also a bit dark-bellied.

Xu Ning didn't stay with Guo Shanshan any more, stood up and went back to the room to sleep.Seeing him go in, Xun Xu naturally followed him in, as he was not familiar with Guo Shanshan.

Guo Shanshan's eyes were narrowed with laughter.

Xun Xu entered the room: "Are you going to sleep? Didn't you say that you will catch mountain mice later?"

Xu Ning said angrily, "What did you say just now? Do you know what a couple means?"

Xun Xu asked, "What do you mean?"

"It's just..." Xu Ning was speechless, then turned his head away and fell on the bed, "I won't tell you anymore."

Xun Xu walked to him and sat down, ready to take off his shoes and go to bed.Xu Ning said, "What shoes are you taking off? I'm going out soon."

Xun Xu stopped taking off his shoes: "Shall we go now?"

Xu Ning was eager to find something to dispel the embarrassment at the moment: "Let's go, let's go."

Guo Shanshan saw them preparing to go out, and smiled: "Brother Ning, where are you going?"

Xu Ning glanced at Guo Shanshan, of course he couldn't tell her that he went to see the mousetrap, otherwise she would also follow her, so he said, "Go on a date."

Guo Shanshan held her face in both hands: "Wow, brother Ning, you still say no, you can lie to me."

Xu Ning said blankly: "Yes. We'll be back later, why don't you go to bed first."

Guo Shanshan waved her hand: "You guys go, I'll open the door for you, go early—no, let's date a little longer."

Xu Ning didn't say anything, went out with a flashlight, and found a snakeskin bag outside the house.Xun Xu followed behind him.It was very cold in the mountains late at night, at least a few degrees lower than that at the bottom of the mountain, so the temperature here had already reached below zero. As soon as Xu Ning went out, he couldn't help shivering.Holding a flashlight in one hand, he took a picture behind the house: "Do you remember where?"

Xun Xu brought the flashlight over, and took Xu Ning's hand with the other hand: "Yes, come with me."

Xu Ning only felt a warmth coming from the palm of Xun Xu's hand, and it seemed that it was not so cold all of a sudden. He wanted to shake off Xun Xu's hand, but he felt that holding this hand was warm and reliable. He hesitated for a while, but still didn't throw off.Xun Xu pulled him and walked in the dark forest, when Xu Ning heard a creaking sound: "What's that sound, mountain mouse?"

Xun Xu said: "Sure. There is one here." As he spoke, he shone the flashlight on the ground, and a mangosteen was struggling desperately with its front paw caught by the mousetrap.

Xu Ning said: "It doesn't seem to be seriously injured, wait for me to take it off."

Xun Xu let go of Xu Ning's hand, and handed him the flashlight: "Hold it." He squatted down and picked the mountain mouse off. This mountain mouse was very fat and weighed at least seven or eight taels. It was picked up by Xun Xu Grabbing, not daring to move, as if dead.

Xun Xu said, "Where to put it?"

Xu Ning raised the flashlight, shined on the wound on the left front paw of the mountain mouse, then poured a few drops of space water on the wound of the mountain mouse with his right hand, the blood soon stopped, and fed a few more drops of water into the mountain mouse's mouth, The mountain mouse moved a little, as if satisfied with the water.

Xu Ning said, "Come on, put it in the bag."

The next two people caught a total of four mountain mice, three of which were slightly injured, mostly on their paws or mouths, and only one was seriously injured and was pinched around the neck.When they found it, it was almost dead. Xu Ning also thought that this guy would not survive. With the mentality of a dead horse as a living horse doctor, he washed the wound with space water, fed some space water, and then put It is put into the space, and if it cannot survive tomorrow, it will be eaten.

Ten clips and four mountain mice were received, which is pretty good.When they returned to the uncle's house, Guo Shanshan was still waiting. Seeing them gone for so long, her smile became more and more ambiguous: "Brother Ning, is our place suitable for a date at night?"

Xu Ning said, "Make an appointment, we're going to catch mountain rats."

"Ah? Did you catch it?" Guo Shanshan was a little disappointed.

Xu Ning said: "I caught three of them, and they were not seriously injured. I want to heal them and bring them back to raise them."

Guo Shanshan didn't take it seriously: "If you get injured, you will definitely not survive."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. If you don't die, you can take it back and raise it."

After tossing around for most of the night, the two finally went to bed, and Xun Xu still hugged Xu Ning in his arms like at home.Thinking of Guo Shanshan's ambiguous smile, Xu Ning struggled: "I'll sleep over there."

Xun Xu hugged her tightly: "It's so cold at night, get closer to be warm."

"You're not afraid of the cold."

Xun Xu said, "I'm afraid you're cold."

Xu Ning still climbed to the other side and went to sleep by himself.After sleeping in the middle of the night, he really felt the cold. He curled up in a ball and still felt the cold. He instinctively moved towards the heat source and stuffed his feet between Xun Xu's legs. When he was a child, he came here with his father to pay New Year's greetings , did the same thing, Dad would put his feet between his legs to keep him warm.Xun Xu also clamped his feet between his legs.

In the morning, when Xu Ning woke up, he found that he was hugging Xun Xu's feet, and his own feet were inserted at the base of Xun Xu's thighs. When he moved his feet, he touched a hard object. What was that?Xu Ning thought for a while, his ears were burning red, and he quickly pulled out his feet.

Xun Xu moved a bit and stretched his waist: "It's colder here than our house at night."

Xu Ning's face was still a little hot, he hummed indiscriminately, and quickly got up and put on his clothes: "I'll go see how the mountain mice are doing." Get out of bed, pick up the bag containing the mountain mice from the ground, the three mountain mice They were still alive and kicking, and the wounds seemed to have healed more than half. Xu Ning fed them some space water.Looking at the mountain mouse in the space, not only is it not dead, but it seems to be able to move again. Probably there is enough aura in the space, which is very suitable for healing.

After opening the door, Guo Mingliang brought Guo Zixing over: "Brother Ning, we went to see the trap. We picked up two mountain rats, which are better than yesterday."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Last night before going to bed, we went to check and caught three mountain mice."

"Still alive?" Guo Mingliang asked.

"It's alive. The injury is not serious. I'm going to take it home and try to raise it. I just don't know if it's a male or a female." Xu Ning said.

Guo Mingliang said: "I know, show me. All the mountain rats I picked up this morning were dead. It was frosty at night, and it was too cold. I guess they froze to death."

Xu Ning brought out the bag in the house to show him. Guo Mingliang was not afraid of mountain rats biting him, so he reached in and grabbed one by the tail, lifted it upside down, and looked at it: "It's just a male, it doesn't have milk. .” Put it back and mentioned the other two, “There are two females.”

Xu Ning smiled: "It looks like it can really be raised." If there are males and females, they can reproduce.

"Brother Ning, if you really develop it, give me a message when the time comes, and I'll come back to raise mountain rats." Guo Mingliang said.

"it is good."

After breakfast, Xu Ning went back. He wanted to stop by the street and find someone to weld a few cages. Mountain rats are very good at making holes and have a strong ability to chew. It is impossible to raise them without iron cages.He was going to keep the mountain mouse in that utility room. By the way, Xun Xu had to explain to the two cats at home that he couldn't harass the mountain mouse.