Chapter 437: Swallow's Nest
The customer is God, especially a big customer like Zhang Fan, who must serve with the best service.
Therefore, the boss of the white jade snail seedling farm is very eye-catching, and he has long explained that the breeding technician who followed the car stayed in Zhangjiazhai for more than half a month, so as to guide and follow up on various problems of snail breeding on the side of Zhang Dajin's master at any time.
Seeing that the other party's service was so in place, Zhang Fan happily sent the balance over, handed over the rest to Uncle Qiang, and left the small valley satisfied.
Throughout the afternoon, the people of Zhangjiazhai were immersed in the hot discussion of the 50,000 white jade snails, which even attracted the attention of the town leaders and sent reporters from the official website of Huangshi Town to make a special report.
Zhang Fan's another big move to invest in raising white jade snails undoubtedly means that the economic development of Huangshi Town will have another huge growth pole, and promote the formation of Huangshi Town's breeding economic center town.
The planting center and breeding town, driven by two horse-drawn carriages, Huangshi Town can be reborn so quickly and usher in vigorous vitality, all of which are supported by the major industries led by Zhang Fan.
There can be such a young and promising college student in a town, and the economy of the town can fly, Mayor Yang and they once again sighed that Huangshi Town is really lucky.
Before returning home, Zhang Fan heard a shouting sound in the yard, so he walked over to take a look, and it turned out to be four two or three-year-old children holding a bamboo pole more than one meter long in their hands and pointing at the right corner of the eaves, making a noise.
"What are you poking in?" Zhang Fan asked.
Hearing someone ask, the little children immediately kept silent and pushed the swarthy little boy with a bamboo pole in his hand in front of Zhang Fan.
"Well, well, I just saw a swallow fly to the corner of the eaves. ”
This little boy Zhang Fan knows, his name is Zhang Xiaoniu, his flower name is Niu Dan, and sometimes adults call him like this, he is the little head of a child of his age, and he often takes the lead in doing something naughty, mischievous, and a headache for his parents.
Looking at the eaves, Zhang Fan found that there was a swallow's nest that was about to be built on it, and there happened to be a swallow inside.
The relationship has been too busy these days, and I haven't noticed that there are swallows under the eaves to settle down?
"Cow eggs, swallows are beneficial birds that specialize in destroying pests, you can't beat them, otherwise you will be blind!" Zhang Fan took away the bamboo pole in the little boy's hand and pretended to threaten.
As the saying goes, "beating swallows blindly", in fact, in order to educate children to love swallows, not to fight swallows, and eat swallows, the old people taught from generation to generation, reflecting people's love for swallows.
There is a saying in the primary school Chinese book: a body of black and shiny feathers, a pair of handsome and brisk wings, and a scissor-like tail, make up a lively little swallow. And this cute little elf not only means beauty, but also is the protector of farmland in the hearts of farmers, mainly preying on mosquitoes, flies and other insects.
Don't look at the small size of swallows, but the appetite for eating pests is beyond your imagination. When a pair of swallows feed the baby swallows, it is the hardest time and the best time for the crops.
During this period, the swallow parents feed the baby swallows at least 15 times a day, nearly 200 times a day. The total amount of food for large swallows and young swallows is at least 500 pests. In other words, a nest of swallows can kill at least 100,000 pests in one summer!
If you count the part of the young swallows that they prey on when they grow up, the number can reach more than 500,000, which is a super insecticide for all kinds of pests in the farmland, and it is a good hand for the pests of the farmland.
Think about it, if there were no swallows to help eliminate pests, how would the crops grown by farmers survive in those ancient times when there were no pesticides and no chemical fertilizers?
It is precisely because of the unsightly swallows that they protect the crops, so people have formed a good expectation of swallows, and they are welcome to build nests under the eaves and indoors to reproduce.
However, with the development of agriculture, the widespread use of pesticides and the expansion of human territory, more and more pests are poisoned by pesticides, and the range of activities continues to shrink, so the number of swallows continues to decrease, and there are even fewer nests under the eaves.
Counting up, Zhang Fan has not seen a swallow's nest at home for almost ten years.
"I just pointed a few times with a bamboo pole, will I become blind?" the little boy asked worriedly, a little frightened.
"Well, you say sorry to Yanzi three times now, I was wrong. The swallow will forgive you, and it'll be fine. Zhang Fan pretended to be serious and said.
Hearing this, the little boy didn't dare to resist, and obediently walked in the direction of the swallow's nest and said three words according to what Zhang Fan said.
Zhang Fan heard the voice as if he hadn't eaten, and continued: "It's too quiet, how can the swallow hear it clearly? ”
"What then? I don't want to be blind. "The little boy who was a few years old was frightened.
If it is an older child, it is already an old fritter, how can it still believe this kind of nonsense?
"Say it six more times!"
"Oh!"
Then, the boy raised his apology six more times and asked, "Can the swallow hear me this time?"
At this time, the swallow chirped a few times and flew out.
"Well, Swallow replied. Remember, swallows are good birds, and now that they have nested in my house, you should stop running over and stabbing people. Zhang Fan pointed to the swallows that flew away and said.
The four little children nodded hurriedly, leaving a sentence before they dared to leave.
After they left, Zhang Fan took out a ladder and leaned against the wall, carefully climbed up to carefully observe the newly built swallow's nest, and saw that the newly built nest was all grass and mud, with fine and soft weeds, feathers, rags, artemisia leaves, etc., half the size of a rice bowl.
If you tell your uncle and aunt about this discovery, they will be happy to take them in and protect them as lucky birds.
Of course, this will inevitably cause a bit unsightly, and the bottom of the swallow's nest is easy to get dirty.
Here in Zhangjiazhai, the swallow enters the house to imply the purple gas coming from the east, and the swallow nest means that the family wants to get rich and enjoy the wealth, which is a symbol of wealth and prosperity, and has always been proud of the swallow to build a nest at home, and never drive away.
However, when the baby swallow hatches, some people may not think so. Pulling some excrement down from time to time is also enough for people to have a headache. Therefore, Zhang Fan planned to ask the uncle to add an extra baffle under the swallow's nest to catch it to avoid being hit by the swallow's.
After dinner, Zhang Fan told his uncle and aunt about the swallow's nest, and they were really happy.
"There were no swallows in the past, but now they come to build a nest and settle down, and it is really like what the old people in the village said, swallows can predict that people will be rich and rich!"
The swallows come to the house to make a nest, and there are many happy events.
After the two looked at the swallow's nest and sighed happily, they secretly said in their hearts the blessing of the swallow, blessed the marriage between the kid and the Yuqing girl as soon as possible, and then held two for the Zhang family in three years.
If he knew that the uncle and aunt thought that the swallow's nest meant that he would get married early, Zhang Fan would have died speechless.
However, Zhang Fan knew that the swallows came to build a nest, all of which was due to the spiritual water of the pure bottle space.