Gao Mingcheng pulled a cart of red bricks back, and after unloading them, he went to the bayberry forest to see if the bayberry was ripe.

In summer, the temperature is hot, and the fruit ripens faster, and after so many days of growth, the bayberry that was still raw before has now turned dark red.

When people pass under the trees, they can smell a sweet and sour smell.

Gao Mingcheng reached out and picked one and ate it, feeling that it tasted quite good.

He found that under the tree with many bayberry fruits, there was also a simple scaffold, and people could climb on the shelf to pick bayberry in the future.

In addition to Yangmeilin, Gao Mingcheng went around the neighborhood again, and saw a few snakes in the grass.

In the past, when Gao Mingcheng didn't go out of his way to catch snakes, even if he saw snakes, he wouldn't pay attention to them, but now that he learned that a snake had swallowed his eggs and killed his chicken, he saw all kinds of snakes unpleasant.

It doesn't matter if these snakes did it or not, in short, get it!

Gao Mingcheng picked up a wooden stick casually, and the few snakes he saw did not escape the extermination of this doom.

In the spring, Gao Mingcheng bought a large amount of barbed wire and surrounded the entire Xiaofu Mountain.

These barbed wire fences can effectively prevent wild animals from the forest outside from entering, and can also prevent the chickens raised inside from escaping.

But there are holes in the barbed wire, and small animals like snakes and rats can still enter and exit freely.

But my territory listens to me! If you dare to appear here, don't let it go!

Gao Mingcheng is more energetic than the snake.

At this time, it is already dusk, and the morning and dusk snakes begin to become active, and at night, there are nocturnal snakes, and during the day, there are nocturnal snakes.

Different species of snakes have different rules of activity.

Gao Mingcheng searched for a while, but he didn't find any more snakes.

After all, there are already traces of human activity in Kofuyama, there is a lack of extensive food here, and ordinary snakes will not stay here for a long time, and the snakes that have just been killed are probably attracted by the chickens in the chicken coop.

Gao Mingcheng carried a few snakes and returned to the chicken coop.

Chen Dasong: They are still working, but the foundation has been almost dug up.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming back with a few snakes, Chen Dasong couldn't help but feel happy.

He said to Gao Mingcheng: "Mingcheng, do you have realgar at home?" Snakes are most afraid of realgar, and if you sprinkle some around the chicken coop, the snake will definitely not dare to approach. ”

Gao Mingcheng smiled.

He used to hear people say that snakes were afraid of realgar, and the most famous incident was that the white lady turned into her original form after drinking realgar wine, which scared Xu Xian to death.

But Gao Mingcheng later learned that the male yellow snake repellent is a bit useful, but it is not very useful.

The reason why realgar can repel snakes is not that it can directly harm snakes, but because realgar contains sulfur, and snakes are very sensitive to sulfur odors, so after smelling the smell, they are reluctant to approach.

The problem is, people have different sense of smell, so snakes have different sense of smell!

For example, the cobra, which has the most sensitive sense of smell, will avoid realgar, but the cauliflower snake, which is not sensitive to smell, will not avoid realgar at all, and it can be said that it regards realgar as nothing!

In this case, no matter how much realgar you sprinkle, it will be useless.

Besides, realgar is a toxic mineral medicinal material, it can not be used indiscriminately, its volatile smell is toxic, if you sprinkle a lot of realgar in the chicken coop, the toxic smell will cause harm to chickens and people.

Gao Mingcheng gave Chen Dasong and them a popular science, but Chen Dasong was skeptical and said: "That's what the old people used to say, this can't be wrong!" ”

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth!

Gao Mingcheng had no intention of arguing with them, but said: "Next time, if I catch a cauliflower snake, I'll let you see if it's afraid of realgar!" ”

"Alright, it's getting dark, let's go home and rest. Tomorrow morning, I'll go and pull half a truck of river sand and half a car of cement back. After that, if you have time, build your house first. ”

Gao Mingcheng said, motioning for everyone to go back to their respective homes.

Chen Dasong asked Gao Mingcheng if he was having dinner at his house tonight, but Gao Mingcheng said he was not there.

"I went to my grandmother's house for dinner. By the way, do you want these snakes? Gao Mingcheng shook the snake in his hand.

He killed three snakes, two of which were non-venomous, and one of which turned out to be a venomous pit viper.

Pit vipers have an obvious feature, that is, a triangular head and a small tail, and different species have different patterns.

He didn't ask Zhang Chengyuan if he wanted it, but he knew that Zhang Chengyuan and many jade didn't dare to eat snakes.

Chen Dasong looked at the snake, but he was not afraid, and even accepted it happily.

Everyone dispersed and headed home.

Gao Mingcheng used a vegetable basket to hold more than 20 eggs, and walked to Grandma Xi's house.

The chickens in the chicken coop have already begun to lay eggs, but the newborn eggs are particularly small, normal like table tennis balls, but there are also many small ones like quail eggs.

There is a saying on their side that newborn eggs are very nutritious and suitable for the elderly and children, so Gao Mingcheng took a lot of newborn eggs.

When I arrived at Grandma's house, the sky had not yet completely darkened, and the days were long and the nights were short in summer, and even though it was already seven o'clock in the evening, there was still a faint glow in the western sky.

As soon as I walked into the courtyard of Grandma Xi's house, I heard familiar sounds - the sound of stir-frying and the sound of the radio.

Grandma Xi was stir-frying in the kitchen, while Gao Zhuang sat on a recliner, listening to the stories on the radio.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming, he immediately stood up and shouted with a smile: "Brother Mingcheng! ”

"Gao Zhuang, why are you dark again? Don't think that if you marry your wife into the house, you don't have to care about your appearance, you have to wear a straw hat when you go out to work! Gao Mingcheng was startled, and almost didn't recognize Gao Zhuang at first sight.

"Hey, hey." Gao Zhuang touched the back of his head and smirked, and said, "The straw hat at home is broken, and I haven't had time to buy it yet." ”

Gao Mingcheng was speechless and said, "How difficult can it be to buy a straw hat?" In this way, tomorrow is the county market day, you can simply go to the county with me to buy it, and by the way, buy all the things that are missing at home! Look at your wife and children. ”

Gao Zhuang was extremely moved by what Gao Mingcheng said.

Before, Grandma Xi also told him to go to the county for a walk.

Gao Zhuang was moved again, but he was afraid that after he left, Grandma Xi would not be able to keep busy at home.

I still have a pig and a dozen chickens at home.

"Zhuangzhuang, you can go!" Grandma Xi walked out of the kitchen with a plate of vegetables and persuaded Gao Zhuang to go for a walk in the county.

Grandma Xi doesn't like to move around, but she still hopes that her grandson will go to the county more, not to mention that He Xiuman and Xiao Yuanyuan are also in the county.

The two of them haven't seen each other for almost a month, so they must be missing.

Both of them persuaded him to go to the county, but Gao Zhuang no longer hesitated, and immediately nodded and agreed.

Gao Mingcheng said: "That's okay, I have to buy a cart of river sand cement early tomorrow morning, and when I go to the county, I'll call you again." ”

"Brother Mingcheng, are you going to pick bayberry tomorrow and sell it in the county, right? Then I'll pick bayberry for you in the morning. Gao Zhuang said positively.

Gao Mingcheng didn't let him go, and said: "I don't need you, I hire three people to do things, and there is not much bayberry in total, and one of them picks a little bit and it is gone." If you want to pick it, wait until next year! Next year will definitely be a lot more! ”

"Okay!" Gao Zhuang happily agreed.

"It's time to eat!" Grandma called them to eat, and the three of them sat on the table, and there were four dishes on the table.

(End of chapter)