Chapter 334: Wild Pigeons
"Xiaofeng, you can go to the orchard later, is our mandarin orange ripe?"
"I know Mom, I'll go and see after eating!" Zhang Feng smiled and nodded, he hadn't been to the orchard for a week, and the last time he went, the mandarin oranges were only the size of eggs, I don't know what they have grown now, and whether they are ripe.
So after lunch, Zhang Feng called Dabai Xiaobai and walked to the orchard, they have become the selfless gardeners of the Zhang family, and they will eat the weeds in the orchard every half a month.
Zhang Feng's orchard is not large, only about ten acres, of which there are not only seven or eight acres of peaches and plums, but also one or two acres of citrus, in addition to the orchard is also sporadically planted with pear trees, loquat trees, walnut trees and other fruits or nuts.
Don't look at the small area of Zhang Feng's orchard, but this summer has brought hundreds of thousands of income to the family, including two or three hundred thousand peaches alone, and more than 400,000 plums, so just selling peaches and plums has brought more than 600,000 yuan of income to the family.
Now that autumn has arrived, the citrus in the orchard is about to go on the market, although there are not many citrus left, but the fruit of two acres of land, to say the least, there are three or four thousand catties, even if one catty is only sold for seven or eight yuan, that can have an income of two or three hundred thousand.
"Okay, you two go and eat grass by yourself!" Coming to the orchard, Zhang Feng smiled slightly, letting the two stupid lambs move freely.
"Baaa! baa!" Da Bai Xiaobai shouted happily at Zhang Feng, spread his little short legs and rushed into the grass.
Seeing the cute appearance of the two lambs, Zhang Feng smiled and continued to walk towards the orchard.
Along the path in the orchard, around the rugged boulders, walked about ten meters, Zhang Feng finally arrived at a large flat land, all that greeted him was fruitful citrus trees, countless yellowed citrus hanging on the tree like lanterns, the branches of the citrus trees seemed to have been overwhelmed, drooping their heads and almost falling to the ground.
Seeing so many fruits, Zhang Feng's face was overjoyed, he didn't expect the super fertilizer and the fruity aroma to be so powerful, the fruits on the citrus trees not only grew densely, but also grew surprisingly large, the smallest one was the size of an adult's fist, Zhang Feng saw that the largest one was actually as big as a grapefruit, and he was surprised to see such a bumper harvest, even Zhang Feng almost dropped his jaw in shock.
Zhang Feng immediately picked one of the most ripe and tasted it, "Well, it's super good to ask, but it's still a little sour!"
Zhang Feng estimated that there were still three or five, and these citrus could be marketed in small batches, and then Zhang Feng continued to walk around the citrus grove, and saw the citrus hanging on each fruit tree, and Zhang Feng also showed a smile on his face.
"Yo! Xiaofeng has come to see the oranges?" At this moment, the second master carried a basket on his back and walked slowly from his orchard.
"Yes, second uncle, how is your ponkan this year?" Zhang Feng asked with a smile.
"Hehe, thanks to your blessing, with your fruity fragrance, my mandarin orange will definitely be a bumper harvest this year. As soon as he mentioned his own mandarin oranges, the second uncle's face couldn't help but show a satisfied smile.
"However, my family is still not as good as yours, you look at your mandarin oranges, bunches of them fell on the trees, and the branches were about to collapse, tsk...... I've lived so many years, old man, and I've never seen anything like this. The second uncle shook his head and said in amazement.
"I didn't expect them to grow so well. Zhang Feng really didn't expect that when he saw the big and dense mandarins growing in the orchard, the smile on his face never stopped.
Zhang Feng was very satisfied, these two acres of mandarin oranges are five or six thousand catties, more than his previous estimate, even Zhang Feng did not expect this year's mandarin oranges to grow so well, even if these mandarins are only sold for seven or eight yuan a catty, then these five or six thousand catties of mandarins can be sold for three or four hundred thousand, which is also a lot of income for Zhang Feng.
"Xiaofeng, I don't know if they will harvest mandarin oranges or not? Don't you see that our mandarin oranges are all ripe? Can you help us ask?" The second uncle saw that the mandarins of every family had a bumper harvest, but for farmers, the more bumper harvests they had, the less income they might have.
"Collect, why don't you accept it, Yiyi has already told me, you can rest assured that the price will not be low. Zhang Feng smiled, knowing the second uncle's worries, and understanding this very well, because his family had encountered such a thing before, and the fruit harvest could not be sold, and most of them were rotten in the orchard.
"Hehe, that's good, that's good. Hearing Zhang Feng's words, the second uncle was like taking a reassuring pill, and finally let go of the worries in his heart, said goodbye to Zhang Feng with a smile, and went to busy with his own business.
After the second master left, Zhang Feng continued to walk towards the barren mountain above the orchard, overgrown with weeds along the way, most of which were thatched and thorns, Zhang Feng was very careful with every step, because if he was not careful, he might get a cut on his body.
After this period of observation, Zhang Feng has found traces of pheasants and hares on it many times, so Zhang Feng judged that there must be pheasants and hare nests nearby.
"Coo!" Suddenly, a rough bird's call came into Zhang Feng's ears.
Zhang Feng's face moved, and he listened carefully, Zhang Feng was extremely familiar with the sound of this bird, as if he had heard it somewhere, and suddenly Zhang Feng's face was happy, and he finally remembered what kind of bird this was.
Judging from the direction from which the sound came, this bird is in the grass seven or eight meters ahead, and the size of this bird should not be very small, it is a bird that everyone is very familiar with - pigeons, but I don't know whether it is a wild pigeon or a domestic pigeon.
Then Zhang Feng gently touched two egg-sized stones on the ground, wanting to catch the bird with his bare hands, even if Zhang Feng couldn't do it again, these two stones were the key to hitting the bird.
Flutter ~ flutter
As Zhang Feng approached, the two pigeons in the grass flapped their wings and were about to spread their wings, wanting to escape from here immediately.
However, Zhang Feng's reaction was so fast, and he threw out the two stones in his hand one after another as a reflex, and the two stones miraculously hit the target, Zhang Feng immediately ran over and happily picked up his prey.
Picking up two fat pigeons, Zhang Feng was very happy, and he could make a pot of pigeon soup when he went back today, I believe everyone will like it very much.
"Da Bai Xiaobai, you are grazing here, I will go back first, and I will come to pick you up in the evening. After catching two pigeons, Zhang Feng couldn't wait to go home, so he said hello to Dabai Xiaobai and happily went home.
"Baa Baa ......" The two stupid cutes are very obedient, and as long as there is grass to eat, they are very satisfied, so regardless of whether Zhang Feng goes home or not, he responds to the master and continues to eat the tender weeds with relish.