Two thousand yuan is really a lot of money. If it weren't for the production of eggs and duck eggs at home, it would take several days to save before selling. The money would be absolutely terrifying. After Wang Susu calculated the account, she finally understood what Chen Ling was doing.

Why do you want to build a bigger place?

This is actually quite good.

However, she was a little worried. She was pregnant and she would be unable to help her when her belly got bigger. She didn't know if Chen Ling would be able to do this by herself in the coming year...

Chen Ling didn't know what his little daughter-in-law was thinking.

After lunch, he went to the woodshed and put the sheep out.

There were two little lambs, black and white. When Chen Ling opened the door and came in, they came over. They stretched out their little heads and sniffed and rubbed Chen Ling's hands. Their short tails flicked quickly from time to time.

The cry is sweet, just like a puppy.

They are seven or eight days old now and are very lively.

The flesh on her body hasn't grown yet, so she looks a little thin. Her ears are big, droopy, and cute, like the two thick braids hanging down by a little girl.

Chen Ling knelt down and touched them, then took the rope and led the sheep out.

"Baa baa baa, follow me quickly."

In the past few days, every afternoon, taking advantage of the warm sunshine, Chen Ling would go to the slopes to graze the sheep.

When we arrived outside the village, no one was busy in the fields anymore, and everything was very clean.

The breeze was blowing and the sun was just right, so Chen Ling pulled some dry thatch and put it under his arm. When he got to the slope, he found a place to lie down in the sun and let the big sheep lead the little ones to graze around.

The lambs don't know how to eat grass yet, so they can learn from the ewes and get used to it. Just like people, when they drink breast milk when they are young, they need to be supplemented with other foods, otherwise they won't be able to eat other foods after weaning.

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But now that they have milk to drink, they have no intention of eating grass, so they just care about having fun.

Jumping, light and comfortable, not restless for a moment.

The weather was fine and the sun was warm. When Chen Ling was about to fall asleep, his nose suddenly felt itchy. When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Wang Zhenzhen, a little girl, leading a group of little children in the village. Each one of them had a dog tail in his hand.

The grass surrounded him, laughing and playing tricks.

Seeing him open his eyes, he immediately ran away with a whoop.

When Chen Ling saw this, he feigned anger and shouted: "You girl, you have caused trouble to me. I won't have anything to eat when I go back tonight."

"If you don't want to eat, don't eat. Just a little bit."

This is what Wang Zhenzhen is not afraid of the most. Instead, she makes a face and laughs at him: "No wonder people say that brother-in-law, you are a lazy person. You fall asleep while herding sheep, and you don't know if someone takes one away."

"Nonsense, the dog is watching not far away, who dares to lead our sheep..."

"Huh?"

Halfway through, Chen Ling sat up and looked at them strangely: "What are you doing here?"

This gang of skin monkeys, bamboo poles, hooks, and snakeskin bags have all been brought, and the battle is quite big. Don't be too busy to go to the mountains to find honeycombs to collect honey.

"The pecans are ripe, let's go beat the pecans."

The little dolls answered in unison.

"Hitting pecans? Does your family know about this?"

"I know, there are many older people in the mountains now, there are people everywhere, there is no need to be afraid."

Chen Ling thought so too.

A few days have not passed since the frost, and it is the time to go to the pecans to hunt walnuts.

There are quite a few people walking into the mountains these days, almost every day, picking wild grapes and hawthorns, picking jujubes, persimmons, and pecans. The wild fruits after the frost taste sweet and less rough and sour.

Like pecans, the green skin wrapped around many walnut shells will become wrinkled and shriveled after frost, making it easier to separate.

You can pick them and take them home. You can keep them to eat or take them to the market to sell them for money.

"Uncle Fugui, we have beaten pecans for you to share some with. Can you share some goat milk with me?"

When the boy Zhu Wa'er heard Wang Zhenzhen say that he drank goat's milk every day and how fragrant and delicious it was, he immediately became greedy. He stared at the milk bags of the two ewes and twirled around.

As soon as he said this, the other little kids also started shouting about beating pecans and offering him goat's milk to drink.

This pecan tree is like this. Many other walnut trees have lost all their leaves, and the green bark of the walnut tree is wilted and wrinkled. It is still full of leaves, and the walnut skin is green and fresh.

The green skin wrapped around the walnut shell is also called "Qinglongyi". The juice inside contains toxins, so you must be careful when peeling it. It is dangerous if it splashes into your eyes. Although it has no effect if you touch it with your hands, the juice will stain your hands.

But it's very difficult to wash off, you just have to wait for it to disappear slowly.

Because of this, villagers rarely remove the green skin by hand when picking walnuts. After picking them, they mostly put them in a ventilated place to dry naturally. In just a few days, the skin of the walnuts will wrinkle and shrivel, and the green skin will naturally separate from the walnuts.

After frosting, the process will be accelerated and the taste will be better.

Chen Ling picked a walnut, found a stone nearby, used the leaves to rub off the green skin of the walnut, and then smashed it, revealing the white and tender walnut kernel, which was also wrapped in a layer of clothes as thin as a cicada's wings.

Peel off the film with your hands, put it in your mouth and taste it. The crispy, fragrant and tender feeling immediately fills the tip of your tongue.

"It's ripe, it tastes good."

Chen Ling nodded. The mountain core looked green and there was nothing wrong with it.

The pecan tree was full of pecans, and I had not finished packing two bags. At this time, two dogs ran over barking from a distance, followed by Wang Zhenzhen, Liu Nier and a group of little ghosts.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Uncle Fugui!"

"We are here to help you!"

When he came over, these monkeys hugged the trunk of the tree, climbed up the tree with a swish, and took out scissors to help him pick.

"Why are you here? You are all empty-handed. Did you not hit any walnuts?"

"We got hit, let my second uncle and the others help carry them back. We saw the two Hei Wa, and knew that you must have gone up the mountain too, so we followed here."

"That's it."

Soon, another bag full of walnuts was filled.

He said to the skinned monkeys on the tree: "Okay, don't fight anymore. No matter how much you take, you won't be able to take them back."

"Come on, slow down, I'll catch you."

"The rocks under this tree are poking your feet, so you can't jump down if you try."

"I know Uncle Fugui, we are coming down."

Seeing Chen Ling stretching out his arms to catch them under the tree, the group of little devils laughed and deliberately stood tall, pretending to be unsteady and shouting "Oh, oh, oh, oh, I'm going to fall." into Chen Ling's arms.

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"The skinny monkey deserves a beating. If he keeps causing trouble, he will have no milk tomorrow."

"I'm not afraid of my head falling apart."

Chen Linghu made a face and slapped each butt several times.

This trick is very effective, and everyone becomes honest immediately.

"Brother-in-law, look, there are gourds and melons. Let's take them back and cook them."

Carrying three large bags of pecans and walking down the mountain, Wang Zhenzhen's eyes suddenly lit up and he pointed at a large piece of wild vine and shouted.

If you look closely, you will see that there are indeed many gourds hidden under the yellow broad leaves.

Gourd melons are also called gourds, or gourds. They are from the Cucurbitaceae family. The kind in front of you is long and can be eaten in stir-fries. There are also the kind with a big belly. When old, the shell becomes hard and the pulp inside can be eaten.

Used as water ladles, it is more common in rural areas.

"Pick it, just pick the tender ones."

Chen Ling walked over and took a look. He originally thought there were several gourd vines growing together, but when he got closer, he discovered that there was only one.

The roots of the vines close to the ground are as thick as eggs, and the yellowed leaves on the edges are as big as cattail fans, very dense. There are large and small gourds on the vines, some with stinging hairs, and some shells have lost their hair, and they are basically completely old.

It felt very solid. I counted more than twenty of them silently.

Generally, in the eighth or ninth month of the lunar calendar, the gourds and melons grown by farmers have turned yellow and become old. This means that some places in the mountains have special terrain and different temperatures, so it will be darker than outside.

Wang Zhenzhen took the children to pick a few fresher gourds and melons, and each of them held one or two and continued walking down the mountain.

After walking a few steps, the dead branches under a big tree suddenly stood up.

He bit Chen Ling's calf directly.

Chen Ling felt a chill in his heart. Before his mind could react, his body had already reacted. In the blink of an eye, he avoided two or three steps. At the same time, the two dogs reacted quickly and jumped out to meet each other.

Fighting together.

"A homespun bag, it's a homespun bag, little aunt, get out of the way..."

The little dolls also started shouting and hurriedly pulled Wang Zhenzhen and Chen Ling to stand together.

"This homespun bag is so big!"

After Chen Ling saw the situation in front of him clearly, he was immediately startled.
To be continued...