Strange Life of a Cat - Chapter 330

[Chapter 319 Donkey Cart]

On the second day of arriving at my hometown, Jiao’s dad was still resting in the morning. He didn’t have much time for rest during this time. When he was at school, he had to pay attention to the students who were still busy with projects. He was also tired from driving on the way back to his hometown. After arriving, his whole body relaxed. , a rare good night’s sleep.

Many people in the village had already woken up in the morning, and only some children and some people who had gone out to work and returned home were still resting in their houses.

Although Zheng Tan was still a little sleepy, Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan both got up. They heard that they were going to help Mr. Jiao to the orchard. Zheng Tan thought that he had nothing to do anyway, so he followed him to see. The old lady was busy organizing the New Year’s goods, and Zheng Tan couldn’t help much by staying here.

The orchard is not owned by Mr. Jiao, but Mr. Jiao is familiar with the people over there and has helped a lot. This is one of the reasons why the Jiao family has always been short of fruit. Now because of the snow disaster, Mr. Jiao also goes there every day. Help, even Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi, who have nothing to do in the house, have been running to the orchard for a few days.

It’s not too far from the old house to the orchard, but now because of the weather, the road is not easy to walk, and it’s cold in the morning, so these days they all use donkey carts.

Another reason for Zheng Tan to follow them is the donkey cart. Whether he was a human or a cat in the past few years, he has no experience of riding a donkey cart. At first glance, it is quite fresh and full of local flavor. .

The family who raised the donkey was not far from the old house. After walking for about five minutes, they saw a green tile house. There was a newly built one-story house behind the tile house. part.

This family is also surnamed Jiao, and Jiao’s father called the old man Wu Biaoshu, which is reasonable.

Jiao Yuan should have called that person Uncle Fifth Biao, but he was not used to it, so Mr. Jiao directly asked the two children to call Grandpa Fifth, so that he could get closer.

I heard that the day when Jiao Yuan and the others came back, Mr. Jiao planned to let the donkey cart help if he couldn’t take the car from the county seat to this side.

“Grandpa Five” is too old to drive the family’s agricultural vehicle.

It’s a good thing to drive a donkey cart.

Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi were taken into the house by Mr. Jiao, but Zheng Tan did not follow up directly. His attention was on the donkey shed next to him.

Yesterday, I heard Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan say that this donkey is just over a year old now. I heard that the “fifth grandfather” met him when he went to the mountains. At that time, it was a small donkey.

I don’t know where it came from, but I came back after seeing “Grandpa Fifth”.

At first, the family of “Grandpa Fifth” thought about raising the donkey and selling it. Many people in the county eat donkey meat, and the price of donkey meat in restaurants is not bad. When racing with my son on a motorcycle.

The old man started to move in his heart, and later he had a donkey cart.

At this moment, a donkey tied there was holding two long ears, looking at Zheng Tan with wide eyes, and there was a white circle around his eyes.

Zheng Tan was a little wary of guys with a circle of color around his eyes.

Although he knew that many donkeys were like this, he looked at the donkey in front of him.

Zheng Tan always unconsciously thought of the cheap bird in the compound.

Shaking his head, Zheng Tan felt that he was probably thinking too much.

Just thinking about it, Zheng Tan saw the donkey walking to the low wall next to the donkey shed, where there was a cotton cushion on a section of the low wall exposed outside the donkey shed, probably the driver of the car was sitting, not far from the low wall. There is a two-wheeled wooden cart with a similar mat on it.

However, at this moment, a yellow and white flower cat is lying on the cotton pad on the low wall. The villagers keep cats basically to keep mice away.

They are not as particular as the cats in the city, and they are rarely bathed. The cat does not know where to roll, and there are some gray marks and grass clippings in the white fur.

The cat didn’t seem to care about everything around it and was kicking its paws.

Lying on the cotton pad, he shrank his head and closed his eyes for a nap.

The donkey wasn’t very tall, and was noticeably smaller than a normal horse, but when it raised its head, it could just reveal half of its head from the low wall.

Zheng Tan watched the donkey walk past slowly, leaned close to the low wall, and sprayed the cat with its nose.

Just when Zheng Tan thought that the donkey would give up, he saw that she leaned forward again. This time, instead of breathing, he opened his mouth and bit a corner of the cotton pad. Not moving.

The donkey pulled hard again, and because the cat was unprepared, it rolled directly from the cotton pad to the end of the low wall. Zheng Tan heard a soft bang from there.

There is a haystack over there, and the cat just landed on the haystack, and that’s the sound.

The donkey let go of the cotton pad, swung its tail, and opened its mouth to bark, “Ah Ang Ang Ang ah”, with a bit of a tune, like a thief.

Zheng Tan: “…” The first impression was indeed right!

Just as the donkey was smug, a shadow swooped up over the low wall.

The tabby cat jumped onto the low wall, supported by its two hind legs, stood upright, spread its front paws, bowed left and right, and slapped the donkey face.

The donkey and the cat were tossing over there, and Mr. Jiao had already brought people out. The old man who followed should be the “Grandpa Five” that Jiao Yuan and the others called. He was also stable, and he also went to the orchard to help during this time.

Seeing the situation on the other side of the low wall, the old man walked over and patted the donkey’s head, and then started to sort out the things on the wooden cart. As for the dispute between the donkey and the cat, he was already used to it, and the two were always making trouble.

After putting on the rope, checking the bridle, putting the bag on the wooden cart, and greeting the others to prepare to leave.

On the rugged mountain road, the donkey cart jolted and made a creaking sound.

The donkey didn’t look good, but he didn’t expect it to be able to pull a cart, and it didn’t look like it was very difficult to carry four people, a cat and a few bags.

On the way, the two old men kept chatting about the recent news from various TV and radio stations.

The proportion of total losses in this disaster is very large, especially for forest farmers. The forestry income of forest farmers in the affected area accounts for more than 50% of the total income. This snow disaster not only greatly reduces the income of forest farmers in the disaster area this year, but also affects the The income of forest farmers in the next three to five years.

According to some official channels, forestry losses in several southern agriculture and forestry provinces account for 40% to 60% of the total provincial disaster losses.

Seedlings, bamboo forests and newly planted forests were severely affected. Just as Mr. Jiao has been sighing during this time, it is very common for seedlings to freeze to death.

The affected area of bamboo forests in this province accounts for nearly 80% of the total area of bamboo forests in the province, and 75% of the fruit trees in some areas of returning farmland to forests are damaged.

According to the results of the survey, most of the affected areas are the areas with the fastest development and the most vigorous forestry, and also the areas with the best forest resources, which will have a serious impact on the country’s ecology.

There are many things that cannot be recovered even by throwing money at them.

Every time he talked, Mr. Jiao looked worried.

Twenty minutes by car.

Then he arrived at the orchard that Mr. Jiao said.

There are not a single variety of orchards planted, citrus is only one of them, and there are many new varieties that are promoted for planting, but Zheng Tan looks at the people who are busy in the orchard, basically with a worried look.

In some varieties, the edge and back of the leaves of the autumn shoots are frostbitten and browned, and then curled, and the top of the young shoots are frostbitten, brown and dry.

And some in addition to freezing and curling, will then fall leaves.

There are also some fruits left on the tree for the winter. Some time ago, the fruits were frozen. After the snow melts, the fruits will soon lose water and shriveled, the juice cells will shrink, the juice is less, and it is tasteless.

Every situation will be recorded one by one.

Remove ice in time, bundle and cut off broken branches in time, and some pruning cannot be done now to prevent secondary freezing damage.

Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi followed Mr. Jiao and the others. Although there were few opportunities to help in person, they were not idle.

Sometimes I take the initiative to help hand over tools, do small activities such as cleaning, and move around to make it warmer, and I have gained a lot of knowledge by coming here.

It will be busier here when the freeze is over.

After freezing, there will be pruning and fertilizing work. In the year of severe freezing, citrus autumn shoots are frostbitten, and spring shoots are used instead of autumn shoots to bear mother branches, which is one of the effective measures to ensure the fruit of citrus.

The so-called spring shoots are the new shoots that are drawn in the spring.

The new shoots from August to October are called autumn shoots.

Different varieties are treated differently, and different methods will be adopted for frost-tolerant and non-freeze-resistant varieties.

Zheng Tan originally thought that pruning in the future would be a very simple matter, but after listening to those people, he realized that there is a lot of attention to it. Some pruning will be cut below the branch node, and some of the trunk bark should be cut at a few centimeters below the crack. .

The notch still needs to be dealt with.

Some seal the seal with nylon bandages, or apply lime mortar to the wound.

When the sapling is severely cracked by freezing, it should be cracked above the grafting interface, and cut off at 1 to 2 buds.

These Zheng Tan were dizzy listening to them.

He found that he was not at all in this regard, so Zheng Tan planned to walk around by himself. Anyway, Xiaoyouzi and the others stayed here for a long time, maybe half a day, or maybe they didn’t go back until dinner. In any case, Zheng Tan only needs to hurry up. Just come back before lunch.

There were more people on the orchard side, and Zheng Tan decided to walk a little further away. Those who were busy in the orchard looked at Zheng Tan as if they were curious.

Just because Zheng Tan wore a vest.

After arriving at the old house yesterday, Zheng Tan moved some of the things in the vest. Now, there are no other things in the vest except for a pack of pork jerky stuffed by Jiao Ma. This is easier and he is not afraid of being caught. examine.

In the past, Zheng Tan was not willing to wear vests often.

But yesterday afternoon when Zheng Tan was walking outside, an ice edge fell vertically on Zheng Tan’s back. Fortunately, the ice edge was not thick, and Zheng Tan was still wearing a vest, so he only felt a little pain at the time, but he was not injured.

Therefore, Zheng Tan decided to put on a vest if he went out for a walk, so that it would be safe.

After trotting for a while, Zheng Tan didn’t notice anyone else around, so he strolled slowly until he came to the edge of the orchard, which was surrounded by barbed wire and had a door, but it was locked.

Zheng Tan looked at the high barbed wire, turned around and planned to go somewhere else, but suddenly stopped and moved his ears.

He heard a little sound, UU reading www.

sonicmtl.com was not sure, so I figured it out myself.

It seems to be sent by a person, but it is not clear.

Do you want to go over there and take a look?

After hesitating for a while, Zheng Tan turned over the barbed wire and looked in the direction of the sound.

There was a clearing outside the barbed wire, and then a strip of woods from which the sound came.

Since no one has cleaned the snow here, the snow on the ground has not completely melted.

After listening to the sound, the situation of the person who made the sound should not be very good, Zheng Tan trotted over quietly.

Hiding behind a tree, Zheng Tan looked over.

There are two people over there, both tied to a tree.

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