Chapter Eighty-Seven: Truly convinced
The three girls carried their burdens along the path between the pig farm and the chicken farm, and soon came to the edge of the artificial lake.
In addition to the sparkling scenery of the artificial lake, the most eye-catching are the two large lighthouses located in the artificial lake.
With a large lighthouse eighteen meters high, Chen Lin had seen it from afar after coming to Wang Qiang's house before.
But when I came to their vicinity, I really knew what kind of shock these two majestic quaint lighthouses would give people!
The top of each large lighthouse stands like a cauldron lid, and under the cauldron lid, more than a dozen large light bulbs are neatly surrounded.
The lake has sunk past the huge base of the Great Lighthouse, making it seem to emerge from an artificial lake, towering straight in the crystal clear water.
Presumably, when the lighthouse is energized, the night view of Ah Qiang's brother's house at night will be a dreamy feeling.
A canal about one meter wide and half a meter deep, made of bluestone slabs, winds from the Dacha Mountain.
The gurgling mountain spring water flows from the canal into the artificial lake, and then flows along the other side of the water outlet with two layers of bamboo fences to block the fish, into the big ditch built by Wang Qiang last year outside the bamboo forest, and then converges into the Chajiang River.
"Quack ......"
"Oooh oh ......"
Hundreds of ducks and geese swim and play in the artificial lake, or bow their heads to hunt small fish, or flutter in the lake, comfortable and comfortable.
In the clear water, you can see a lot of fish from time to time, most of them wandering around in groups, looking for their food.
The shallow area around the lake, except for a small pier made of bluestone masonry, is empty, and the rest of the place is full of lotus seedlings.
When the lotus blooms, it must be a beautiful pastoral picture, which makes people forget to return.
What attracted Chen Lin's attention was the small island located in the middle of the artificial lake.
On the top of the tiny island, which is only one acre in size, a circle of sparse willows is planted on the edge, and the willow trees have sprouted and look vibrant.
On the island, there is also a bluestone road in the shape of Tai Chi pattern S, which divides the island from the middle and runs through the whole island, embellishing it with some ancient meaning.
In the middle of the island, there is a pavilion that looks very quaint and exquisite.
There is also a set of bluestone tables and chairs, and the floor is also paved with bluestone slabs, which looks very clean and tidy.
Presumably, in the summer and autumn of the year, boating to the island to drink tea and relax must be very poetic.
With such a beautiful scenery, how has Chen Lin, who has never gone far away, seen it?
For a moment, she seemed to be crazy......
It took a while before I came back to my senses.
"Sister Yu'er, what did your brother do when he built such a big two lighthouses?"
Chen Lin was a little puzzled and asked Wanyu beside him, "If it is used for lighting, when the street lamp in your house is used, there is no need to build it so tall, right?" ”
She was a good question, because if the average person saw these two big lighthouses, most people would think so.
If you want to use it for lighting, you can just build some lampposts around the big villa and on the side of the gate tower, where is it necessary to spend so much energy and labor to build such a large and magnificent lighthouse.
"My brother said that these two large lighthouses, which are used as street lights at night, are only auxiliary to them."
Wanyu explained, "The biggest role of these two big lighthouses is that they are used to trap and kill flying insects after they are all lit up at night. ”
"There are a lot of flying insects at night now, and my brother said that by taking advantage of the phototaxis of most of the flying insects, the flying insects around them are attracted at night, and they will keep circling and flying around the big lighthouse."
"Until they are exhausted from flying, they will fall into the lake below the big lighthouse and drown."
"Drowned flying insects can be food for some fish, oh, and frogs."
"In that way, not only did we kill a large number of flying insects, but also fed a large number of fish and frogs, and most of the pests and diseases in our fields and forests were eliminated, killing three birds with one stone."
She suddenly looked forward excitedly, "The most important thing is that these two big lighthouses are very beautiful!" You see those two big bulbs, if they light up at night, I don't know how beautiful they are! ”
"It's a pity that my brother said that it will be a few months later when our Jiangbei Village is officially electrified before we can use these two big lighthouses."
"Ah......h
Chen Lin's mouth opened wider and wider as she listened to it, and her big eyes widened in disbelief, "This ...... Such a tall and beautiful lighthouse is mainly used to kill flying insects? ”
Well, she felt that her brain was running out of energy, and it took a while to be relieved.
That's right! In some parts of the county, street lights have been installed.
Every time the weather warms up, I see that the street lamps at night are surrounded by dense flying insects.
If there is a pool of water under the street lamp, when the flying insects are exhausted and fall to the water, their wings are wet with water, and they are powerless to struggle, and they will inevitably drown.
Brother Wang Qiang is really powerful, he can think of such a useful method!
At this moment, Chen Lin's girl was convinced by Wang Qiang.
This girl has a very strong self-esteem, and she is very smart and clever, if she wants to admire her in her heart, Wang Qiang should be the second person.
First, needless to say, it is her mother Lin Liping.
"Alright! Do not say! ”
Wanyu clapped her little hands and said to the second general beside her, "Let's quickly clean the soil of the sweet potatoes, and then pick the sweet potatoes and corn cobs to feed the wild boars." ”
"Brother and sister, they cook very quickly, it is estimated that there will be about half an hour at most, and it should be done."
"So, we've got to hurry!"
With the order of the little girl, the three of them dumped a load of sweet potatoes into a small bluestone masonry pool in the shallow water of the artificial lake in front of them.
This is a place specially designed by Wang Qiang to clean wild boar food, mainly sweet potatoes.
Therefore, in this small shallow water area, he built a small shallow pool with an area of only about two or three square meters.
At the bottom of the small pond, a layer of bluestone slabs is laid, and there are several layers of bluestone steps connected to the shore of the lake, which makes it very convenient to clean sweet potatoes.
The three girls cleaned the sweet potatoes very quickly, so they poured the sweet potatoes in a pair of large baskets into the lake, and then cleaned them casually, and then fished them out and put them back in the big baskets.
In fact, there is a little soil on the sweet potato, and the wild boar is fine if you eat it.
This omnivore has a very strong stomach digestion and is not worse than that of dogs.
The original wild boar stomach is a rare medicinal material in later generations, which is quite valuable.
After cleaning the sweet potatoes, Wanyu poured two large baskets of corn cobs into the water, the purpose of which was to let the corn cobs that were completely dry absorb some water, and the wild boar would prefer to eat them.
Corn on the cob is actually very sweet, and it is not worse than the nutrition of corn kernels, so it is suitable for feeding wild boars and livestock such as sheep and horses.
Of course, if it is ground into powder, it is better to mix it with light salt water.
But Wang Qiang originally had the intention of raising livestock and poultry, how could he have the leisure to take care of those wild boars so carefully?
Anyway, the livestock, poultry and fish raised at home can be fed casually, and there is not so much attention.
After a while, Wanyu and Wanling carried a load of sweet potatoes and corn cobs respectively, while Chen Lin and the five big dogs followed behind, walking briskly towards the pig farm with great interest.