They were chatting about ginseng under the tree, when suddenly there was a "chirping" sound overhead, and when they looked up, they saw two flower magpies falling on the big poplar tree in the yard and "bangbang" there non-stop.

"It's strange, when will a magpie be a woodpecker?" Because of the branches, Professor Zhao couldn't really see it, thinking that the bird was catching insects on the tree.

The poplar tree grows very quickly, and it can grow to the extent that a child can't hold it with his arms stretched out in a few years, but although it grows quickly, it is "the tip of the mouth and the skin is thick and the belly is hollow", the wood is particularly empty, and it is easy to attract insects.

Many poplar trees are several stories tall and flourish in summer, but they have already been hollowed out by insects and will die in a few years. Such trees are useless in rural areas except for firewood, at most some trunks that have not been drilled by insects can make several window frames, but people do not like to use window frames, because this kind of windows are especially easy to be drilled by soil bees.

However, the two poplar trees in Liu Junhao's yard are fine, and there are no signs of the arch hole of the drill worm so far, so he is also busy looking carefully when he hears Professor Zhao say it.

"It's not catching insects, it's making poplar branches nest," he saw clearly, and the two magpies pecked at the twigs.

Hearing him say this, Professor Zhao was also interested, and he didn't play chess, so he raised his head to look at the flower magpie on the tree.

To Liu Junhao's surprise, the two flower magpies did not take the branches into the distance, but built their nests on another large poplar tree, and seemed to be ready to settle in their yard.

Rural people still love the magpie bird, the magpie nest is generally not moved, even the child takes out the little magpie and is seen by their own adults will reprimand the child and let him put the magpie back.

In the early morning, there is a magpie "chirping" on the big tree in front of the house, and he thinks that there will be a happy event on this day, so Liu Junhao is still more welcome to the magpie to settle down on his poplar tree.

The next morning, Liu Junhao just got up and was surrounded by the group of chickens and ducks, and it seemed that they had all developed a habit. Knowing that "crying children have milk to eat", they stretched their necks and screamed indiscriminately.

Even when he went to the toilet, the ducks followed, and they kept pecking at his trouser legs.

Helpless, Liu Junhao had to go back to the house and get a big bowl of wheat to sprinkle on the ground, and those chickens and ducks were born in peace, and they ate them on the ground one by one.

It can't go on like this, and after a few days of warmth, there will be more insects, and in the morning, let Xiaopi drive them all outside to find food. A big bowl of grain is not a problem every morning, and there is no food in his field, which is all made by rat holes dug in the autumn, and now there is only one bag left after feeding for one winter.

Seeing that they were eating happily, Liu Junhao got out and went back to the house to get a bucket of water to cook, but as soon as he came out with a bucket, he was stunned, and the two gray magpies were also mixed in the duck flock to peck wheat. The gray body swept quickly across the ground, faster than a water duck.

A water duck next to the magpie probably couldn't grab food, and some angrily quacked at the magpie, who knew that the magpie also declared war on the chirping.

They are really welcome, they are worthy of them if they live in their own yard or not, who knows that they want to have a dragon to eat and live, and even more excessively, they even have their own water ducks. Is it tolerable or unbearable, Liu Junhao immediately walked towards the group of water ducks, and the foreign iron bucket in his hand banged.

This drove the two arrogant magpies away, but he had barely taken a few steps away when they fell down again.

"Forget it, let them eat, how much can the two little birds eat." Liu Junhao saw that he couldn't get rid of them, so he had to comfort himself in his heart.

Today's weather is also a good weather, after eating, Liu Junhao will save a large bag of watermelon seeds with large flower skin from the box, ready to take it outside to dry, don't put it for a long time, damp and moldy can not sprout.

Half of the bags of watermelon seeds were fried a year ago, and these were left as seeds, more than a pound.

Liu Junhao poured all the more than one pound of watermelon seeds on the dustpan and spread them out, seeing that there were a lot of deflated melon seeds in it, he stretched out his hand and picked them out one by one.

Just as he was picking it up, Professor Zhao came in with a big teacup, and asked, "Is there any water in the teapot, I finished boiling it last night, and I didn't have time to burn it in the morning." ”

"Well, I just boiled a pot in the morning and put it on the table, and you know the place for the tea, so you want to drink it yourself." Liu Junhao said without raising his head.

"I don't want tea, I have the best hair tips here," Professor Zhao said, shaking his teacup.

"What a superb hairy tip, it's not a bitter taste, it's like a baby." Liu Junhao said with some disapproval.

"I won't tell you" Professor Zhao shook his head a little annoyed, ignoring him no more.

One or two teas in Professor Zhao's house were given by an old colleague when he returned to the city for New Year's greetings during the Spring Festival, and only two taels were given, saying that this was the best hair tip before the rain, which was rare in the market, and it cost 400 yuan a tael, which was very precious. And if you have money, you may not be able to buy real tea, and this tea was brought by one of his students during the Chinese New Year.

Of course, Professor Zhao was rare like a baby, and when he came back, he brought back these two taels of hair, and by the way, he gave Liu Junhao half of them.

He didn't make it clear when he gave it, only that it was tea brought from the city. Therefore, Liu Junhao also used it as ordinary tea, put a large handful and poured it into the space cup, and then made a large pot of boiling water and held it to drink.

Although it smelled very fragrant, but after taking a sip, he rinsed his mouth bitterly, so he ran to Professor Zhao with a teacup and asked Professor Zhao what kind of tea this is, why is it so bitter?

Professor Zhao was so depressed that he almost vomited blood when he saw the space cup in his hand, and he counted the tea leaves every time he drank tea. This kid is good, and he put a lot of them at once. This kind of big space cup can hold a small half of a teapot of water at a time, and his large cup is worth at least forty yuan, and this tea is a complete waste for him.

This kid is drinking tea, but cow drinking!

After he said the preciousness of the tea, Liu Junhao hurriedly lifted the lid of the cup and poured a big sip, and then said with some doubts: "There is no difference, it is still bitter."

This made Professor Zhao cry and laugh, knowing that what he said was in vain, so he never talked to him about tea again.

"What's wrong with these watermelon seeds?" Professor Zhao poured boiling water and squatted in front of the dustpan and asked casually.

"Pick out the empty bag of melon seeds, wait for the sun to dry, and plant them in the backyard after a while, if you don't, plant a little in the yard."

"Let's talk about it then," Professor Zhao casually pinched one and put it in his mouth and knocked it up, and the fragrant raw melon seeds had another taste.

Perhaps because the spring water had been watered, the watermelon seeds were not too deflated, and they were picked up in less than ten minutes.

Liu Junhao asked Professor Zhao to hold on to the stool below, and he stood and carefully placed the dustpan on the roof tiles.

His house sits north and faces south, and there is no shade on the roof, so the sun is very good, and it is estimated that it will be about the same in the morning.

Professor Zhao quickly stood by Liu Junhao's fence with a teacup, and after planting these flower seeds, he observed them every day. The one in Liu Junhao's yard obviously grew faster than his own, and he didn't see it overnight, and a lot of new shoots came out of the soil.

Liu Junhao watched with him for a while, and was about to go to the house to take out the chess, but as soon as he walked under the eaves, he found that a lot of watermelon seed shells had fallen on the ground.

What's going on? He hurriedly took a few steps back and looked towards the roof, but saw the two flower magpies munching on watermelon seeds on the edge of the dustpan. It's really hard to prevent!!

The reason why I didn't put the dustpan in the yard to dry was because I was afraid that the hens would peck it, and I didn't expect it to be found by these two magpies on the roof.