Chapter 519: The Magpie Is Not a Beneficial Bird?

I saw a few magpies foraging in the yard looking east and west, slowly jumping towards the firewood pile, and approaching the duck nest step by step.

"It can't be the magpies who steal the eggs, right?" Zhang Qian said this in her mouth, but she didn't think it in her heart.

Before she could finish speaking, the leading magpie moved. The bird cried a few times on the woodpile, and after making sure that there was no danger around it, it suddenly lowered its head and pecked the duck eggs in the grass nest violently, pecking more than a dozen times in a row, and the sharp beak made a small hole in the duck eggshell. Then the magpie stuck out its head and began to eat the spilled egg whites. After eating it for a while, it probably didn't feel like it was enough, so it stuck its mouth in the eggshell and flapped its wings and flew high into the air.

It flew up about half a foot high, and the magpie's head shook, and the duck egg fell from the sky. The eggshell broke, and the egg whites and yolks flowed all over the floor. At this time, the rest of the magpies flocked to the ground to grab the food on the ground.

A few magpies could not grab food and flew into the grass nest again to peck at the duck eggs.

In less than five minutes, the four duck eggs were snatched up by them. Without food, more than a dozen magpies flapped their wings and flew away.

It turned out that this thing did it, and the two of them speculated for so long, and they didn't expect that it would be a magpie who committed the crime. During the day, the ducks run outside the courtyard to find food, which gives them plenty of time to commit crimes.

No wonder Wukong pointed up at the tree yesterday, this guy really knows the feelings, but it's a pity that the comprehension ability of the two is too poor.

"Isn't a magpie a beneficial bird?" The book makes it clear that magpies are not only "food experts" among birds, but also beneficial birds. They are known for being omnivorous, feeding on locusts, mole crickets, pine caterpillars, noctuidae and other larvae, and a single magpie can keep more than 20,000 square meters of pine forest free of insect infestation.

Elementary school students know these things, and they often talk about them in class, but the behavior of the magpies in front of them completely subverts Zhang Qian's cognition.

", who is saying that the magpie is a beneficial bird, who am I anxious about" Liu Junhao was also a little dumbfounded. Don't look at the fact that he has caught magpies a lot since he was a child, and he really didn't notice that magpies have this bad habit.

While the two were talking, Professor Zhao walked into the courtyard gate, "What are you two doing?" It's so lively early in the morning. ”

"Say magpie ......" Liu Junhao Balabala told the story.

"That's it? "Magpies are omnivorous birds, and their main food is not only insects, but also cereals and plant species. Like most other crows, magpies are very intelligent birds, but they are also extremely aggressive and ferocious. They sometimes steal eggs and chicks, and sometimes catch snakes, mice, etc.

You're nothing, I've encountered similar things when I was doing research in the countryside before. These guys use the orchard as a canteen and go to dinner every day.

The magpie is unusually intelligent, and when the fruit is not ripe, it ignores it, and pecks at those that are ripe. A fruit, most of them only peck two or three mouths, and after pecking from one tree, they fly to the next. Most of the time, the whole orchard was densely packed with magpies, at least hundreds, and I was also taken aback. Looking from the orchard, you can see a flock of birds flying by.

In order to prevent bird damage, fruit farmers hang cloth strips, tie grass figures, beat gongs, and set off firecrackers...... All methods have been exhausted. It's a pity that it can only be managed for a while, and in two days, the magpie will not be surprised. ”

"Then won't my duck eggs be ruined by them in the future?" After listening to Professor Zhao's story, Zhang Qian became worried. It is true that the magpie is a beneficial bird, but if it continues like this, the family will definitely not be able to stand it. Although the daily income of duck eggs is not as good as that of yellow eel, there are thousands of dollars a year.

"A few magpies have turned the sky upside down," Liu Junhao pouted, "you hurry up and hot yogurt, and go to class after eating." In half a day, I cleaned up the magpies honestly, and I didn't even dare to enter our yard. ”

The tiger is not powerful when I am a sick cat, and the magpie is so rampant, naturally it can only be a slingshot to serve.

Waiting for his daughter-in-law to go to class, Liu Junhao closed the courtyard door, and then went into the house to hide under the windowsill.

In less than ten minutes, the magpie ran back to the pile of firewood and grass.

He immediately pulled the slingshot, and with a soft crash, the bold magpie began to scream on the ground.

Without waiting for the master to make a move, Wukong had already run out of the house and directly arrested the magpie.

Liu Junhao took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but be proud of his slingshot skills: it hit the magpie in the abdomen, and it hit the head after a few mistakes.

Seeing that there were no serious injuries, Liu Junhao went back to the house and took a string and tied the magpie to the firewood and straw.

Just as he had guessed, there was a kind of chirping below, and the magpie in the tree did not dare to go down the tree to steal eggs again, not even in the courtyard.

"Well, I'm doing a good job, aren't I?" When his daughter-in-law came back at noon, Liu Junhao introduced him triumphantly.

"You are always good at crooked methods," Zhang Qian said with a blank look.

"How can it be called crooked, this is to cure birds with birds." Liu Junhao has already thought about it, and when the fruit trees and melons in the village next year are concerned, this method will also be promoted.

Otherwise, according to what Master Zhao said, hundreds of magpies pounced on the orchard, and the loss of the village would be great.

Zhang Qian didn't have classes in the afternoon, and the two of them went out to push the old and the second to go out as usual. In fact, they don't stay in the courtyard long at all, and the two little ones only need to stop at their house for half an hour and start making noise. As soon as you go out, don't cry immediately. And they are still crazy, the more people there are, the happier they are, and they giggle at people whether they know each other or not.

The master went out, and Goku followed closely. After a while, this guy didn't know what good things he had found, and rushed to his master to ask for credit.

"Wow wow" and when he saw clearly the worm in Wukong's hand, Zhang Qian screamed and dodged away.

It is said that she has lived in Liujiagou for a few years, and now she is basically at the point where she is not surprised to see insects. Of course, the insect in front of me is an exception, nearly ten centimeters long, as thick as a thumb, and its whole body is covered with fluffy green thorns, which looks very disgusting.

"Wukong, throw it away!" Zhang Qian shouted again and again, but unfortunately the monkey didn't seem to hear it at all, and couldn't help pinching the worm with its little paws.

"Don't be afraid, this is the worm on the old owl tree." Liu Junhao glanced at it and explained. Every season, many of these insects will crawl out of the old owl tree, which is scary in appearance, but it is the boy's favorite.

Tear this kind of worm belly, the inside will reveal a ball of milky white viscose silk, take out the viscose silk and put it in the vinegar to soak for a period of time, it will be like a rubber band longer and longer, after drying, it is quite strong, is a good material for making fishing line.

In the past, when there was no rope, they used to use this fishing, but now that the conditions are better, few people go to such great lengths to make fishing lines.

I stayed outside for two or three hours, and when the temperature dropped, the two of them returned to the courtyard.

After dinner, the two little ones began to make a fuss and fell asleep. The two of them were also about to undress and go to bed, but they didn't know that the mobile phone rang.

Seeing that the number was not familiar, Zhang Qian handed over the mobile phone. In fact, many tourists have this number, and they often receive words from strange tourists, and Zhang Qian is not surprised.

"Liu Junhao, is there a Xiang Tiancao in your village?" The phone was connected, and the person who came did not introduce himself at all, and asked anxiously.

"Wait a minute, what is Xiang Tiancao?" Liu Junhao asked a little confused.

"I don't know, my daughter-in-law has a gynecological disease, and I found an old Chinese medicine doctor to see it, and she used herbs called Xiang Tiancao. The doctor didn't have it, and said let me go to the countryside to find ......"

Liu Junhao recalled it carefully, but still did not have the slightest impression: "Xiang Tiancao, I haven't heard of it...... Are you sure we have it here? ”

"There should be, the doctor said that as long as there are old tiled houses in the countryside." The uncertain answer on the other end of the line.

"Wait, I'll look it up on the Internet. You call again in ten minutes, and I'll get back to you when the time comes. Listening to the other party's tone, Liu Junhao did not refuse.

"Who called?" Zhang Qian watched her husband turn over and ask in a low voice.

"I don't know, it should be a tourist who often comes to our village, what to find to make medicine to Amakusa," Liu Junhao replied, and Lisuo turned on the computer.

If you have a name, it's easy to look, just enter it and search for Amakusa. After reading the introduction, he breathed a sigh of relief, feelings are common in the countryside, and Liu Jiagou must have it.

The tile brown is a tender green color when it grows up, and it turns dark red after being exposed to sunlight. The plant is very small, no more than a dozen centimeters long, the whole plant has only one stem, and it is surrounded by oval leaves, which suddenly looks a bit like a pocket version of a pine tree.

It is very picky about the environment in which it grows, and only lives on the roof of the old house, and the kind of lobby house that was built in the 10th century will not grow at all.

When I was a child, Liu Junhao and Liu Qiyong and others often secretly went to people's old houses to pull tile brown to eat. Of course, this matter must not be discovered by adults, otherwise it will definitely be punished. Children often fall down on the roof, and secondly, they will crush the tiles if they don't pay attention, and when it rains, the unlucky one is the owner.

At that time, rural children usually didn't have any snacks, so getting a few tile palms was as happy as if they had won a battle.

Modern children live in good conditions, and they don't even pay attention to the small roof tiles, let alone know that their parents ate it with relish when they were children.

When the other party called again, Liu Junhao agreed and asked the family to come and pick it up tomorrow, but it was really impossible to put it in the car and take it back to the city.

He agreed here, but when he went to the village to look for Wa Brown the next day, he was dumbfounded.

Most of the houses in the village have built buildings, and there are no tiles on them. Even if there are many tiled houses, they are newly built and use cement tiles.

He walked around the village, but he couldn't find a single tile palm.

No wonder the tourist specially called to look for it, feelings have become a rarity.

In response to the voice of the people, he was worried about it, and Liu Wuye gave an idea, saying that he would go to Daliang Village or Sankeshu to see, and there should be old houses in that village.

"That's right" Liu Junhao patted his head and hurried home to ride an electric car towards Daliang Village.

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