idyll life

There is a lot of rain in summer, and many small puddles suddenly appear on the lawn after the rain. This lawn is most suitable for raising ducks, because there are many bugs, bugs, grasshoppers and frogs, and there are many lawns after the rain. At this time, chickens and ducks that eat insects will not be fed, in order to let them eat more nutritious insects on an empty stomach.

Last night, there was lightning and thunder, and it was stormy all night. Li Ying, who had been in a panic all night, barely got up under her mother's call.

"Ingrid! You go and drive the ducks to the lawn behind the village. " Mars's mother said.

"oh! The thunder was really loud last night, just like exploding in front of the bed. I was so scared that I covered my ears with a quilt and didn't sleep well all night. Ah ah ah! Really sleepy! " Li Ying yawned while stretching and walked out of the bedroom.

"A stranger has no guts, and such a big person is afraid of thunder. It's really the viscera of a mouse, just like what you have in Aber, hahaha! " Li Ying's mother couldn't help laughing as she spoke.

"Milk! Aren't you afraid of thunder? " Li Yingbian said as he sat down on a long bamboo chair like a sofa in the living room, leaned back and rubbed his eyes, as if he hadn't woken up.

"There is nothing to be afraid of when it thunders, nor is it that you are afraid of being blown up when you fire. Besides, at home, still in bed, there is nothing to be afraid of. " Mars's mother continued to say with a smile.

"Milk! As you said, I am a stranger, and I am not afraid! Ah-ah-! People who usually set off firecrackers can frighten me to jump up screaming, ah ah ah! Last night, the thunder came and went, which almost scared my soul away. Aaaaaaaah! How sleepy! Let me sleep for a while! " Li Yingbian yawned and closed his eyes and walked to the top of the bamboo chair.

"hey! Don't sleep, the ducks are too hungry to bark. Go and let the ducks out, or they will eat all the bugs on the lawn. Get up! Get up! Get up! Let's go Let's go Go! " Li Ying's mother said as she pulled her daughter, who was lying on the couch with her eyes closed.

"Ah! You let Abreu play. I am really sleepy. Ah, ah, ah! So sleepy. " Li Yingbian yawned and wanted to lie down again.

"You have been herding cattle, let's go! Let's go Let's go When the wind blows, the ducks wake up when they make a noise. " Li Ying's mother said, pulling her daughter to close the duck shed.

Li Ying was pulled by her mother, so she had to stagger with her mother to put ducks in the duck shed.

The duck shed is beside the kitchen. It is made of bamboo sticks and straw, and there are more than a dozen ducks that have not changed their fluff but are close to changing their fluff. The barking ducks suddenly saw someone coming and knew that they had been released for food, so they all forced me to squeeze into the door, craning their necks and opening their mouths to sip. It was like a hungry man on TV who suddenly encountered charity and struggled to move forward for fear of falling behind.

As Mars's mother said, when the morning breeze blows in Mars and the ducks make noise, the whole person wakes up a lot. Seeing the chubby duck looking at her with begging eyes, she felt guilty and felt that she should get up early and let the duck go out for food.

Li Ying opened the door of the fenced duck shed and the ducks rushed out like a burst of water. The gate was only one person wide, some ducks were knocked to the ground, and more ducks flapped out of the duck shed.

Seeing that several ducks were trampled by their companions for a long time and could not get up, Li Ying stirred the ducks with the head end of the whip to help them turn over. Despite being trampled, the duck who got help limped to catch up with the duck running in front. Li Ying took a long bamboo whip and drove the ducks to the lawn behind the village.

Liyingjia is a new building built in front of the village. Not far behind her house is an old building in the village with a history of 700 to 800 years. When we get to the village, the lawn will pass through those old buildings and a big tree garden. This botanical garden was planted by Li Jiacun's ancestors when they built their village in Li Jiacun. It is said that it is a geomantic forest and cannot be cut down. Because the trees in the arboretum were planted at the same time when the ancestors built the house, the trees are very old and the trunks are very high.

When Li Ying drove the ducks through the old houses and big tree gardens in the village, she was a little flustered. Because the old houses were a little shabby and the tree gardens were a little gloomy, Li Ying hurried to drive the ducks through.

When Li Ying drove the ducks to the lawn, she saw that there were already many chickens and ducks chasing food on the lawn. Instead of waving a whip to drive away the stop-and-go ducks, she let the ducks feed and move freely on the lawn.

The lawn in the early morning, after a night of storm, the green grass is no longer that clean and eye-catching, but a messy scene. The grass seedlings are lodging, the grass leaves are stained with mud, the grass surface is covered with sundries, and small puddles of different sizes can be seen everywhere. This is the status quo of the lawn.

Cows don't patronize such a big lawn, but chickens and ducks find a good place to feed, because the lawn is rich in food after the rain, and all kinds of bugs are very picky about food.

Li Ying began to watch chickens and ducks compete for food with great interest. After a long time, she lost all interest. After a while, she saw her duck concentrate on foraging and growled with hunger. She didn't wait for the ducks to go home, but went home to eat by herself. After eating, she wanted to go back to the lawn to catch ducks.

On the way home, Li Ying was too busy to attend to him and hurried home. Passing a small ditch near her home, a sound of water in the ditch caught her attention. She looked at the sound of water, darling, a big catfish almost two feet long is swimming in the mud.

The water in this ditch is generally shallow, and the water is crystal clear, and some light rain shrimps are common. This time, the big catfish got stuck in the grass and could not swim out. It is estimated that the catfish swam up in the heavy rain ditch last night, but the water was gone, so the catfish didn't have time to swim and was trapped in a shallow ditch full of weeds. This is a door-to-door business, and there is no reason not to accept it. However, this catfish is not so easy to catch. It is very strong, with a slippery layer of mucus on it, which is very difficult to catch.

Li Ying was born to resist that slimy thing. She dare not scratch with her hands. She ran home to get the net and fish.

"What are you doing in a hurry to run back? Where's the duck? " Li Ying's mother is washing vegetables by the well. When she saw Li Ying rushing home, she asked.

"I saw a big catfish in the puddle behind our house, so I ran back to get the net to copy the fish." Mars said.

"oh! Then take a clean copy and copy it back quickly. " Mars's mother said.

This ditch is forty or fifty meters away from Li Ying's home. When Li came back with the net, the big catfish was still in the ditch. Li Ying took the copy net and walked to the big catfish's net. No matter how hard the catfish struggled, it was still caught by Li Ying's net. Li Ying wiped the shallow mud on her face with her sleeves and ran home with catfish in her net bag with joy.

"Milk! Look! Big catfish! " Li told his mother with a copy net that he poured the catfish in the copy net into the dish-washing basin on the well platform, and the dishes were almost impossible to hold.

"wow! What a big catfish, I'm afraid there are seven or eight pounds! " Li Ying's mother said with wide eyes.

"Nine times out of ten, be short of one cannot. Look at this round belly, there must be a lot of caviar. " Mars said.

"Such a big catfish can sell a lot of money. Ying, why don't you take it to the market? " Mars's mother suggested.

"This is a catfish that told me to take it to the market to sell? I am afraid that people will say that I am crazy about money, so I will not go! " Li Ying rejected her mother's proposal.

"all right! If you don't sell, you don't sell. You get the chopping block and kitchen knife, and I'll gut and steam. " Mars's mother said.

Li went to the kitchen to get a chopping board and a kitchen knife, and went to catch catfish with his mother. Catfish is very strong, and has been wagging its head and wagging its tail, struggling desperately. Li Ying's mother was so angry that she hit the catfish on the head with a knife. Catfish have a hard head. Li Ying's mother began to knock a few times. When she saw that it was useless, she opened her mouth and struck hard with a knife. After knocking a few times, she also recited a few words: "Look at you still struggling!" Look at you still struggling! "

"Milk! You knocked so hard that the catfish didn't die. You smashed the dishwasher first. " Mars laughed.

Just as the mother and daughter were chanting and laughing, Li Ying's wife came.

"Ah! What is your mother doing? I can hear your voices from a distance. " Li Ying's wife said.

"ah! It's my wife! Come to me early in the morning when you are free. I'm watching my grandmother knock a catfish on the head. " Mars laughed.

"O chrysanthemum is coming. This catfish head is really hard. It knocked my hand numb and finally knocked it out. " Mars's mother said.

"Mammy, you knocked the catfish with such great strength, not knocking it out, but knocking it to death." Li Ying pointed to the catfish whose head was broken by her mother in the pool and smiled.

"Where did such a big catfish come from?" Li Ying's wife asked.

"Ingrid found it in the ditch when she put the ducks. Maybe she swam up from the river to lay eggs when it rained heavily last night. Look at this bulging belly, like a full belly of caviar. " Mars's mother said.

"It's like people often say lucky. There is a pie in the sky, and A Ying will have good luck. " Li Ying's wife said.

"Whatever you say, my Ingrid is lucky!" Mars's mother said.

"Ingrid! I came to your house early in the morning to tell you that my family invited someone to pick watermelons. Are you going? " Li Ying's wife said.

"Let's go! Let's go How can you not go? If you have money to earn, you have to go anyway. " Li Ying's mother scrambled to answer again.

"I haven't eaten yet. My grandmother hasn't cooked yet. " Mars replied.

"I don't know when you will cook, so, come to my house to eat, and then we will pick watermelons together." Li Ying's wife said.

"I put the duck on the lawn behind the village and haven't come back yet." Mars said.

"Call you milk don't have to come back for a while, let's go! Let's go Let's go It's getting late. The receiving boss will be here soon. After dinner, I have to hurry to eat and pick watermelons. " Li Ying's wife urged Li Ying to go with her.

Cousin, I haven't brushed my teeth and washed my face yet. Mars said a little embarrassed.

"There is a mistake. It is time. I haven't brushed my teeth and washed my face yet. Go brush your teeth and wash your face. I am waiting for you. " Li Ying's wife said with a face of surprise.

"wife! Yes, I'm still in bed. My grandmother urged me to release the ducks early in the morning. I am so sleepy that I can't open my eyes. My grandmother dragged me to the duck shed. You can ask me if you don't believe me. " Li faced the defense.

"letter! Letter! Letter! Our A Ying is so obedient and diligent that my wife believes you. Go wash your face and brush your teeth. I will wait for you here. " Li Ying's wife smiled.

Li Ying hurried to the kitchen to brush her teeth and wash her face, and then came out and said to her mother, "Mommy! I am going to pick watermelons. Remember to go to the lawn to pick up the ducks after dinner. "

"I see, don't worry, go with your wife to pick watermelons, and I'll get the ducks back. Don't worry. "

Let's not talk about Li Ying picking watermelons. Let's just say that Mars's mother went to the lawn to catch ducks after dinner.

It rained heavily last night, and traces of floods were everywhere along the way. It is said that after the rain, it will clear up, which is especially appropriate when used in summer after the rain. Indeed, after last night's wind and rain washing, the sky is blue, the trees are green and the cicadas are out. The sky is like a cauldron, the firewood has been set, the fire has been lit, and it is slowly cooking.

Li Ying's mother wiped her sweat with her sleeves as she walked. Although Li Ying's home is not far from the lawn, the rising temperature makes her mother more and more uncomfortable. When she saw a big banyan tree on the roadside in front of her, she quickened her pace and prepared to take a rest in the shade of the sun.

This banyan tree on the roadside is very special. Although its stem is thick and needs at least two people to hold it, it is not very tall. It seems that its strength lies in the Y branch, which is thick and long, almost as long as the stem. From a distance, the whole tree looks like a huge umbrella inserted on the side of the road.

Li Ying's mother came to the banyan tree. She used the straw hat on her head as a fan, fanned the wind and looked up at the banyan tree. She saw that the leaves of banyan trees were covered with soil silkworms, which were so dense and scary. She turned her eyes to the trunk. The cicadas who were silent because of her arrival were either motionless or crawling on the trunk. Of course, they all climbed very high, probably predicting that they would be caught and their instinct to survive.

After a rest, Li Ying's mother had to walk out of the shade and go to the lawn to drive the ducks home in the scorching sun.

Li Ying's mother went to the lawn and shouted at the duck in the local dialect: "Brother-Earth-Brother-Earth! Brother to brother to brother! Brother to brother to brother! ……。 "

Li Ying's mother shouted for a long time, not to mention that she couldn't see the shadow of the duck, not even the sound of the duck. Li Ying's mother thought that it might be that the weather was too hot and all the ducks went to the place where there was water, so she went to the place where there was water to look for ducks.

When looking for a duck, shout and bark, so that the duck can hear the cry and respond.

Li Ying's mother continued to call ducks in the local dialect, barking as she walked, especially in some places with water, such as ditches and pools, where she called for help.

Li Ying's mother searched many places and called for a long time, but she still found nothing. Seeing that it was noon and the sun was shining, Li Ying's mother decided not to look for it, went home and told her family, and then tried something.

When Li Ying's mother came home and entered the hall, she saw that Li Ying and her father had been munching on watermelons at home and said, "Oh dear! It's so hot! "

"Milk! Where have you been? You are sweating all over. Here! Have a watermelon to quench your thirst! " Seeing that her mother's clothes were soaked with sweat, Li Ying asked and handed me a watermelon.

"Ah! Stop it, the duck is gone. I went to drive the ducks home after dinner, but I didn't see them. I hurried to find it. I searched for it for a long time but I couldn't find it. It was so hot that I almost got heatstroke, so I hurried home. " Li Ying's mother took the watermelon handed over by her daughter and told about the hardships of finding ducks.

"The duck is gone? Will it be stolen? " Mars urgent way.

"It's hard to say. Although you haven't changed your hairstyle yet, you can kill it and eat it." Mars's father said.

"Bah! Don't talk nonsense, it's hot, ducks are looking for cooling, and I don't believe it when it's cooler in the afternoon. Even if someone wants to steal a duck, can he steal one from such a large flock of ducks? " Li Ying's mother didn't want her family to think in a bad direction, so she quickly stopped her family from talking.

"Milk! Never mind, I told Abreu casually. " Mars said.

Because it is summer, it is still very hot at four or five in the afternoon. Li Ying and her parents didn't care so much and went out to look for ducks separately.

Li Ying called ducks in the local dialect all the way. Every time she meets someone, she asks, Have you ever seen or heard of ducks? Whenever someone said that they saw or heard where there was a duck, she was filled with joy and hurried to find it; But if others say that they have never seen or heard the shadow or sound of ducks, she can't hide her disappointment and melancholy.

Li Ying passed by a new citrus orchard in a neighboring village. Seeing someone growing vegetables, she stopped across the fence and asked a couple she knew inside, "Hello! Pingzheng! Have you ever seen ducks and heard of them? "

"no! Ying, are you looking for a duck? " Ah Rong answered and asked.

"Ah! Stop it, thinking that it rained all night last night and there were still many bugs on the ground, I put the duck out for food, but the duck disappeared, causing my whole family to come out to look for it, alas! " Mars said gloomily.

"Ingrid! I just went to drain water in the field and saw a duck in a fish pond of a group of people. Go and have a look. Maybe it is the duck you are looking for. " A Ping said.

"oh! Is it? Then I'll go and have a look, thank you. " Hearing this, Li Ying immediately woke up, thanked her and hurried to her destination.

At the destination, Li Ying saw an acre of water in the fish pond, and various plants were planted on the pond dam of the fish pond, including longan, loquat, mulberry and other fruit trees, loofah, bitter gourd and other melons with branches on Y, as well as sugarcane and banana trees. It's really a small place with all kinds!

Li Ying had heard the ducks before she set foot on the pond. When she walked onto the pond, she saw many ducks of different sizes on the surface of the pond.

Li Ying didn't know if there were any ducks of her own, so she called them ducks in the local dialect. Instead of swimming towards her, the ducks swam towards the middle of the pond in the distance, as if repelling her and fearing to catch her.

Seeing that the ducks didn't listen to the call, Li Ying grabbed the mud and threw it at them, hoping that the ducks could go to the pond dam so that she could identify them. But the ducks didn't buy her account. The more she threw mud to drive them ashore, the more they refused to go ashore.

Li Ying threw a piece of soil left and right, and ran back and forth in the pond throwing clods to catch ducks. I don't know how long it took. Seeing that the sun is about to set and the ducks haven't caught up, Li Ying is in a hurry, thinking that if she goes over the pond to catch the ducks like this again, she will have to lie down tired. There is no choice but to go home and think of other ways.

When Li Ying returned to the door, she had already heard the duck's cry before she entered the door. Usually, Li Ying gets upset when she hears ducks. This will sound like listening to beautiful music, which will calm her restless mood and calm her down.

Li Ying went straight to the duck shed where ducks barked. She saw several ducks lying in the duck shed eating and barking as if calling for their former companions, while her mother was throwing branches and leaves called duck feet into the duck shed.

"Milk! Why are these ducks? " Mars asked.

"These ducks were found in the grass beside the tree garden. I don't know why they are lame. I estimated that I might have soft feet, so I went to the mountain and cut some duck feet for them to squat down to see if they would get better automatically. In the past, ducks had soft foot disease, and they all did this. " Mars's mother said.

"Just this a few? What about the other ducks? " Mars asked.

"Who knows, they may have been stolen, sold, or raised. These may be rejected. " Mars's mother said.

"Ah! If I had known this, I hope I was not in a hurry to release it. " Mars sighed.

"I don't know, why sigh?" Mars's mother said.

"It's all your fault. I'm too sleepy to get up in the morning. You insist that I release the ducks. " Li Ying blamed her mother.

"When I told you to let the duck go, I told you to keep it. If you don't raise it, the ducks will be gone. How can you blame your grandmother? " Li Ying's mother has gone back.

"Don't blame you, who is to blame? Strange cousin? " Li ying asked.

"Your wife kindly told you to make some money. How can you blame others? All right! No one can blame it, just as a lesson, remember in the future, you can't make the same mistake again. " Mars's mother said.

While Li Ying's mother and daughter were arguing, Li Ying's father drove the duck to the duck shed.

Hearing the ducks, they turned their heads and saw Li Ying's father driving the rest of the ducks back. Both of them said excitedly, "Wow! Thankfully, the duck is back. "

"Abreu! Where did you find it? " Mars asked.

"I found it in Li Antang and almost swam to the other side of the river," said Mars's father.

"My mother and I are discussing whether the duck was stolen. It's a great surprise that you can get it back. " Mars laughed.

"yes! You solved the contradiction between my mother and me. " Mars's mother said.

"Look at your mother, small things to dispute. You really have nothing to do. Well, drive the ducks into the duck shed and lock them up. " Mars's father said.

A duck-hunting storm began as a comedy and ended as a comedy.