Author: Ye Gong Haolong A

A bird's egg fell by Chen Baoshuan's feet. It was dirty and broken, and the broken eggshell was stained with mud.

From the appearance, it is difficult to tell what kind of bird eggs they are at a glance.

Chen Ling pulled at the broken bird egg twice, and the egg liquid had long since drained away.

It probably fell from the tree due to heavy rain last night.

Looking up and taking another look at the huge bird's nest spread out like a disk, Chen Ling thought of the large group of egrets that flew into the farm in the morning, nodded and said: "This nest is the egret's nest, that's right.

However, it is not the egret we have here.

These guys flew in from other places and are as big as Qingzhuang.

It’s a lot bigger than the egrets we have here.”

The local egrets are indeed relatively small.

And he is a loner and doesn't like to be in groups.

Even if the geese and cranes fly back every autumn, they only follow for a short time to join in the fun.

Then continue to walk alone.

Unless it is the breeding and mating season, they act alone at other times.

Therefore, apart from looking for fish and shrimps in the river in the back mountain, I didn't even dare to go to the ditch in the orchard. I was chased away by dogs several times and I was so scared.

"It's not from our place? That means it flew here with the crane in our village?"

When Chen Baoshuan heard what Chen Ling said, he quickly reacted.

He raised his head and looked at the huge bird's nest: "This guy, it seems that our place will really be a geomantic treasure land from now on, everything will run here.

I don’t know how this thing is different from the egrets here.

Does the meat taste good?"

This is the simplest way of judgment among country people.

First, check whether the meat tastes good or not.

Let’s talk about whether it looks good or not.

"No matter how big the egret is, it is still a water bird. The meat has a strong watery smell and is not very tasty..."

Chen Ling chuckled, and then Wang Qingwen followed him, with the dogs running in front of him.

He came over and asked what was going on.

After knowing the situation, he smiled and said: "It's not necessarily true, the meat of the cattle egret is not unpalatable."

"Hey, brother, you are a teacher, but the cattle egret cannot be considered a water bird."

Chen Ling immediately joked.

Cattle egret.

You can tell just by the name.

A kind of egret that stands on the back of a cow. It is smaller than an egret and has yellowish feathers. The locals like to call them cowherds.

This heron often follows cattle or stands on their backs.

Pecking at insects on the grass that were startled by cows.

Or eat the parasites on the backs of cows.

In other words, the cattle egret mainly eats insects.

Unlike other herons that eat fish and shrimp in the water, they like to be near the water.

This cattle egret doesn't really like to stay by the water.

Just look for bugs in drier areas.

So it is not a pure water bird.

Their meat naturally doesn't have much of a watery smell.

But this kind of bird can deworm cattle, so it is considered a good bird.

Unless the weather is bad, people generally don't harm it.

"I'm a math teacher, how can I understand this?" Wang Qingwen laughed.

"Aren't math teachers more powerful? I'm scared when I see a math teacher."

Chen Baoshuan looked frightened, and his words attracted a group of children to echo him.

"No wonder I didn't dare to speak when I met Uncle Qingwen. It turns out that Uncle Qingwen is a math teacher."

"That's right."

"Uncle Fugui, this bird's nest is too big. Can I go up and have a look? There can't be only one bird's egg in it."

"Yes, if one falls down, there must be more above."

A group of little ghosts shouted, but they saw the eggs under the egret's nest, and even the little girl was eager to try them.

That's what village dolls are like.

When I see the bird's nests one by one, I can't help but think of ways to get two handfuls.

Even if there are no eggs, you still have to go up and take a look.

Of course it would be even more exciting to know that there are bird eggs.

"You'd better not go up there. I think it's a bit dangerous here because it's close to the cliff."

Chen Ling glanced around.

This place is at the northwest angle between the back mountain and the west mountain wall.

Next to a steep cliff.

It's not far from where mountain donkeys give birth.

Usually the chickens don't come to this place.

Dogs don't like coming either.

So I didn't find out when there was an extra nest.

"Let's go around the big lake over at Yerengou and see if all the birds are hiding there."

Chen Ling pointed in the direction of Shanzhong Lake.

"Okay, listen to Uncle Fugui and go to Yerengou. Let's go."

Liu Nier waved and ran over first.

They originally followed Chen Baoshuan to the mountains to look for mushrooms and ground ears.

Where to look is not to look for.

You can also follow Chen Ling to see some fun things.

But not far away, when we arrived near the maple forest on the ridge beside the lake, we saw that in the woods and even on the sunken rock caves on the cliffs, there were birds' nests, large and small.

"My dear mother, all these bird nests must have been built by egrets. Now, Uncle Fugui, you will become rich again."

"How can I make a fortune? This bird can't be sold."

"Then eat bird eggs, eat bird eggs."

A group of smiling children ran back and forth with their heads raised, looking towards the bird's nest in the tree.

There are many camphor trees on the north mountain behind the farm, and further west, there are maple trees.

These trees are very tall.

They are all old trees, which are very suitable for these egrets to build nests.

And there are still lush wild grasses under the big trees.

Wet after the rain.

Every not far away, you will find various large and small mushrooms.

But now adults and children are not in the mood to pick mushrooms, they are all looking for bird eggs under the trees.

"Ah, there are so many bird eggs here."

"I have it here too."

"I picked up three, and one of them didn't break."

"Me too, I also picked up one that wasn't broken."

Fortunately Ruirui didn't follow, otherwise he would have been unable to hold back after seeing this scene.

It's a pity that most of these eggs were broken.

So the little kids excitedly climbed up the tree one by one.

I actually saw an egret hatching eggs in its nest.

When this group of little monkeys climbed the tree just now, they made no movement, but as soon as they climbed up, they spread their wings and pecked at them with ferocious squawks.

These little monkeys were so frightened that they screamed, hurriedly avoided, and almost fell down.

Chen Ling grabbed him with his feet, put him under the creaking nest, and then he refused to show weakness.

"It's such a fierce and big bird. Isn't it bigger than the egrets here? It still dares to peck us. I will use a slingshot to hit it when I get home..."
To be continued...