Chapter 414 Hypocrisy! (A monthly ticket is requested at the third watch)

  Quack quack quack, a group of big white geese raised by the old branch secretary Liu flapped their wings and surrounded them, stretching out their long necks to pinch people.

   Probably saw the wild goose eggs in the hood and mistook them for goose eggs.

  The big geese in the countryside are powerful, and they are also one of the three tyrants in the village. There is a saying that "a good goose is better than a dog", and it can be used to guard the house.

   Especially the mouth, when it bites on the body, it turns into a big purple pimple.

  Frightened, the old fat man quickly hid behind his grandfather, holding his hood up with both hands.

  The old party secretary Liu showed the majesty of the village party secretary, slapped the sole of his shoe on the goose's head, and kicked the goose away with his foot.

  Looking at Liu Qingshan, he was very happy: just now you beat your grandson, but it was not so happy.

   Speaking of which, there is another question: what is the ancestor of the domestic goose, is it a swan or a wild goose?

  The result may surprise many people, it turned out to be wild geese.

  When the old party secretary Liu put on his shoes, Liu Qingshan said cheerfully: "Old party secretary, congratulations, you have someone who will succeed you."

  Old Party Secretary Liu chuckled twice, not knowing whether Liu Qingshan really praised his grandson, or deliberately speaking ironically.

  Liu Qingshan touched the old fat man's head: "The little guy is only so old, so he knows to think of adults, and he will definitely be promising when he grows up."

   "Don't tell me, the way of raising wild geese is quite right, and it can become a new breed in our rare bird farm."

  Hearing what Liu Qingshan said, Old Party Secretary Liu couldn't help but smile: "So, these gangsters made a mistake."

   In front of outsiders, his grandson won glory for him, and the old branch secretary Liu also felt that his face was honored.

  The old fat man was also happy now: "Master, there are more than ten big eggs in the nest we saw. We don't know if we can use them, and we didn't dare to pick them all up."

  It seems that these children still remember the words of the elders, otherwise, they would find a place where there is no one and bake the wild goose eggs.

  Let’s not talk about them, even the original Liu Qingshan did things like picking up bird eggs and picking out bird cubs when he was young.

  The main reason is that there is really nothing to eat,

  Great geese breed offspring, and generally can lay ten to fifteen eggs. Here, most of them are swan geese, which look similar to big geese, except that the feather color is different.

  Geese mostly have snow-white feathers, while swan geese have gray-brown feathers.

   Among the big geese, there is also a different kind, called the goose, whose feathers are similar to those of the goose.

  How did this kind of geese come from? Most of them are domestic geese wandering in the fields, abducting wild geese, and then breeding the offspring, which are geese and geese.

  Liu Qingshan looked at the big eggs on the old fat man's hood, and then stroked his little head:

   "It's a good idea of ​​yours to leave half of the eggs for the geese, but this approach is not advisable, and you have done something wrong with good intentions."

  The old fat man raised his face, a little confused.

  Liu Qingshan explained to him: "Migratory birds fly to us in spring to breed offspring. This is their mission and must be fulfilled."

   "If you take half of the geese's eggs, the geese will hatch the remaining eggs, so that the number of offspring will be reduced."

   "If you pick them up all at once, the female goose will lay eggs again and complete the breeding season."

   "Of course, this month is okay. If it is a few days later, it will not work. After the breeding season, the young birds will not be able to fly away before they grow up in autumn."

  These children nodded vigorously, expressing that they understood, and the old fat man looked at Liu Qingshan with admiration: "Brother, you know so much!"

  The old branch secretary also chimed in cheerfully: "Brother Qingshan, it was your brother Qingshan who came up with the idea of ​​breeding and building greenhouses in our village."

  After speaking, he said to Liu Qingshan: "Qingshan, you see if this is possible, I will ask the villagers to bring back a few more nests of wild goose eggs, and put them on the top of their kang for unified incubation. We will also start breeding wild geese."

  Liu Qingshan also nodded, he really saw raising wild geese in later generations, good guy, raising thousands of geese, and flying, the scene is very spectacular.

   Moreover, this wild goose is very easy to raise, and it doesn't need too much feed, so it needs to be fed in winter.

   "Then hurry up and go to Yandang Lake to pick up wild goose eggs this afternoon." The old party secretary Liu really did things simply, mainly because he also knew that what Liu Qingshan said just now made sense.

  If you want to pick up eggs, do it as early as possible, don't wait until the hatching season is over, then it will really make the geese miserable.

  The weather is getting colder and colder, but the cub is still fledgling and cannot fly away. Are you in a hurry?

   The little ones went to call someone immediately. As for the hatching problem, there was no need to worry about it at all.

   At this time in the countryside, it is the time when the old hens are lying on their nests. Even if the old hens are not used, the old ladies of all families have the ability to touch eggs with one hand, and they can hatch eggs on their own kang.

   "Liu, we also want to visit."

  Leo is a guy who likes to join in the fun. When he heard that there was such a fun thing, of course he couldn't help it.

  Liu Qingshan was also brought back memories of the past. When he was in elementary school and junior high school, he was also a master at touching bird eggs.

  Usually after finding a nest of eggs, one picks up one, covers the upper part of the egg with one's hand, and then shines it on the sun.

  If there are blood streaks or dark shadows shaking, it proves that there are young birds in the eggs that are about to grow. At this time, the eggs cannot be roasted and eaten. Put them back into the nest and continue to look for the next nest.

  At that time, there were also many bird nests. On the pier of the felled wicker bushes, basically a bird’s nest could be pulled out from the middle of each wicker pier.

  So he readily agreed, since it is called Yandang Lake, it should be relatively easy to get a hundred or two hundred wild goose eggs.

   Soon, more than a dozen villagers were called together, and they set off with a few soil baskets.

  Old Party Secretary Liu was very thoughtful, and asked someone to bring a few small cotton quilts, and put thatch on the eggs that he picked up, so as not to catch cold and let the young birds inside die.

  Yandang Lake is about three or four miles away from Shoulin Village. At the beginning, it was an endless swamp with dense reeds and other weeds growing in it.

   From a distance, I saw a big lake in the middle, and that was Yandang Lake.

  As soon as he reached the edge of the swamp, Leo made a strange cry: "Wild duck, there are wild ducks here!"

  Liu Qingshan glanced at it, then curled his lips: "What kind of eyes do you have, you can't tell the difference between domestic ducks and wild ducks."

  Not far from the village, the ducks raised by every household in the village come here every day to look for food in the swamp.

  Eat some small fish, shrimps, snails and snails. The yolks of duck eggs are all red.

  Old Party Secretary Liu was also happy: "These are ducks from our village. They grow here every day, and they don't go home until evening."

   Just as they were talking, two ducks broke away from the main force in disappointment, and walked back towards the village with a tug.

   "Uh, this must have been laid at home, hahaha." Liu Qingshan also looked interesting.

   As a result, when everyone passed by this area, they found a blue duck egg by the puddle.

  Picked up by the old party secretary Liu, he cursed: "Someone's duck must be playing stupidly here, but he couldn't hold it back anymore and laid eggs outside."

   After walking a few miles forward, the old party secretary Liu asked everyone to put on high-waisted rain boots, because there would be no way to go any further.

  The reeds in the swamp are already knee-high. In this season, they can barely pass through.

   If the reeds grow to the height of a person, it will be difficult to get in.

   "You can still get tender reed sprouts now. When I go back later, I'll make some for you to try."

  Liu Qingshan casually pulled out a reed from the ground, peeled it twice to reveal the tender asparagus inside, and put it in his mouth to chew.

  Can this be eaten too? Victor and the others stared in a daze.

  So he also peeled one and tasted it, um, it seemed to be not bad, full of fragrance.

   "God can't starve a blind house sparrow to death. There are still a lot of things that can be eaten, and they are all selfless gifts from nature. Therefore, we must know how to be grateful and not ask for it indiscriminately."

   Liu Qingshan looked at the Yandang Lake in the distance, and expressed his feelings.

  He remembered that after more than ten years, this place was gradually reclaimed into fields, and then the big lake slowly dried up and disappeared.

  When Victor heard it, he immediately began to reveal his old truth: "Liu, then, if you go to pick up wild goose eggs, is it a claim from nature?"

   The old branch secretary Liu and the others were taken aback. They didn't know that Victor was joking with Liu Qingshan, and they were still thinking about it:

  This foreigner, which pot does not open and which pot to lift.

  Liu Qingshan said sternly: "Victor, we picked wild goose eggs so that we won't hunt wild geese in the future. I hope you can understand."

   "Liu, I was joking. In fact, I also support your approach. I hope that when we come back in the future, we can eat delicious wild goose meat."

  Victor shrugged his shoulders, and he began to feel that he might really be able to cooperate in this regard in the future.

  For artificially bred and raised wild animals, their requirements are relatively loose.

   "Haha, when our wild geese are successfully bred, there will be enough for you to eat." The old branch secretary Liu also became more proud, and he was also full of expectations for the future.

   When the group returned from Yandang Lake at sunset, two layers of wild goose eggs were filled in several earthen baskets, and the number was about 200.

  The maturity period of wild geese is two to three years. At that time, they can reproduce geometrically.

  Dinner was still eaten at the old Liu Zhishu’s house. The asparagus picked by Liu Qingshan was cut into small pieces, and after being blanched, they were fried in a plate. It tasted fragrant and refreshing.

   "Come, come, try this!"

  Old Party Secretary Liu took a few big milky white eggs, clicked them a few times, and knocked one on the table in front of each of Victor and the others.

   It was the big head that was broken, and the big egg just stood on the table.

   It made Victor and the others wonder: "Didn't you agree to hatch the eggs, how did you eat them?"

  Ruth still stared at the big egg worriedly: "Is there a small wild goose in it?"

   "You don't want to eat it, do you? I will." Liu Qingshan picked up one and started peeling.

   Leo shook his head again and again: "Liu, so you are a hypocrite."

   What a hypocrite!

  Liu Qingshan peeled off the cracked egg skin, and then dug a large piece with chopsticks, revealing the bright yellow egg yolk inside: "This is a pickled salted goose egg. It tastes so old. If you don't eat it, you will lose it."

  It turned out to be goose eggs. Victor and the others quickly followed Liu Qingshan's example and began eating happily.

  Leo muttered while digging the yolk: "It can't be a swan's egg, I really saw a swan by the lake this afternoon."

  Liu Qingshan expressed contempt for him: "You want to be beautiful, are you a toad?"

   followed him with the story of the toad and the swan, which made Ruth giggle with delight:

   "Leo, you are a toad, and I am a beautiful swan."

  Liu Qingshan smacked his lips: "That toad really ate swan meat."

  (end of this chapter)