Liu Junhao, where is the bald-tailed hen in our family?" In the afternoon, Zhang Qianfang took advantage of the opportunity to feed and counted the hens in the yard, but found that one of them was missing.

"It's that yellow bald tail...will it peck at Professor Zhao?" Although there are seventy or eighty chickens in the yard now, Liu Junhao has a deep impression of the hen. The main reason is that its characteristics are very obvious, with golden whole body and few old feathers on its tail.

"You go over and take a look, it must be... Gugugu..." Zhang Qian said and started shouting again. The chickens and ducks were running around with the corn kernels in her hands. If you want to say that Zhang Qian likes to feed chickens and ducks, she feels a little accomplished when she sees them clamoring around her.

Liu Junhao went out to check it out, but he wasn't there yet.

"I'll just say, I didn't see it when I was feeding the baby two days ago. Will it be stolen by the weasel?"

"There should be no escorts in this piece." Liu Junhao was also puzzled. The hens in his yard only had more share, and this was the first time they had fewer. As for being ruined by weasels, it seems unlikely to think about it. Xiaopi and Doudou wander around all day long, so how could weasels dare to settle down here? Besides, weasels usually steal chickens at night? The bald-tailed hen is huge, and probably weighs seven or eight kilograms after being pulled. Ordinary weasels are really no match for when they encounter them.

I remember that in the summer, Liu Junhao went to the forest to shoot cicada shells and saw it fighting with a red snake with a thick wrist.

"Then let's go out and look for it quickly." Zhang Qian became a little anxious.

"Don't look for it and come back," Liu Junhao comforted his face. If it was really eaten by animals, he wouldn't be able to find it now.

"Not you are like you. You don't care if you lose your home."

The two were talking. The bald-tailed cock rushed out of the yard with a clatter.

"Look. I'll tell you to be back." He felt that he was very prescient. How could he lose the ground hen in the yard?

The hen slapped the ground for a while and then crawled out of the waterway's eyes.

"It's almost dark. What does it want to do?" At this point, the hens were looking for it and crawling into the nest.

The two of them followed secretly and didn't walk far away. They saw the hen crawling into the haystack. The haystack was the one outside the primary school gate. The weather turned cold a few days ago and the red rabbit had no grass. Liu Junhao pulled the haystack back.

They had just walked behind the haystack. The bald-tailed hen ran out when she saw someone clattering.

This guy regarded the firewood and haystack as a delivery room. Liu Junhao stretched his head and looked deep into the haystack. There were about a dozen white eggs inside. It seemed that it had been hiding the eggs privately for a day or two.

All were confiscated, and he asked Zhang Qian to cover her clothes, but he bent down and reached out to take out the eggs.

"Ah, why did this egg break?" Zhang Qian exclaimed with an egg.

"Normal, this is frozen and cracked." When Liu Junhao was a child, he picked up eggs from his old mouth in the firewood pile, so he was very familiar with this situation.

You can't put this kind of egg, so you can just make scrambled eggs at night.

Of course, before leaving, the two of them deliberately covered the chicken coop and let the bald tail lay eggs outside.

But as soon as they turned around, the hen cried and ran over.

"I have to kill it and eat meat during the Chinese New Year," Liu Junhao said hatefully.

During the Chinese New Year, the days pass quickly, and the Little New Year will be in more than a month.

This year is the first year that the couple has lived together. We must prepare well and it is best to start taking action earlier.

Thinking of this, Liu Junhao looked at the lotus root in the ditch in front of the door again. He picked lotus seeds in summer and dug lotus roots in winter, and usually he could dig lotus roots in November. However, many people dig in the cold winter to make the lotus roots grow for more months.

He eats lotus roots at home, so he doesn't have to wait for a month. He takes advantage of the weather not too cold and picks up some at noon to dig them first.

After discussing with Professor Zhao, he immediately agreed, even the bones that had been sluggish these days were about to find an opportunity to exercise.

The water in the ditch is very deep, and if you want to dig lotus roots, you must drain the water. That is, if it takes a big project, it will take at least a whole day. After the last discussion, they simply touched some places on the side and waited until they had time to find a water pump before digging.

Just digging on the edge will naturally save trouble and don’t need to wear rubber shoes. You just barely wear big feet and jump into the water with your trousers.

Mr. Wang saw something interesting next to him and wanted to go down to help. Professor Zhao hurriedly stopped him.

His body has only been in good condition for more than half a month. Although he has recovered well recently, he cannot withstand such troubles.

The two of them had no experience in the water, so they could only grop down the dry lotus leaf stems. However, after soaking in the water for a few months, they would become dead and rotten. If they were not careful, they would be broken.

Therefore, the two of them could be said to follow their feelings. They didn’t touch a few lotus roots, but they caught a lot of loaches, eels, crabs, etc.

At first, Liu Junhao didn't care and threw all the fish he caught to the ducks for food. However, as more and more loaches were thrown ashore, he quickly changed his mind and asked Lao Wang to carry a small bucket on the road to pick it up.

By the way, the ditch was swept by Shui Yazi Qingzhuang at least five or six times a day, but there were still many fish inside, and they grew very fat under the nourishment of the mud.

As for the loach that Liu Junhao caught in his hand, his body was much thicker than a one-yuan coin. He weighed it casually and it was two taels.

They kept throwing fish up from below. Mr. Wang picked it up and shouted, "Let's go"

, it's better to join in," and then go directly without regard to Professor Zhao's opposition

"This is not how lotus roots are dug, you should step on them with your feet," Lao Wang quickly found the trick to touch the lotus root. He lightly stepped on the lotus root branches in the mud, and then walked forward along the mud. When he found the right lotus root node, he stepped hard, and the fresh lotus root node broke from the follow-up. Then he hooked it with his instep, and the lotus root will be taken out of the water.

The lotus root that has just been watered doesn't need to be washed clean, just keep it in mud, and it won't break even if it can be left for a month or two.

"Look at this lotus root is simply the best." Mr. Wang suddenly excitedly pulled out a piece of long lotus root from the mud, and then washed it back and forth in the water several times.

Liu Junhao and Professor Zhao both turned their heads: The lotus root node is indeed very pleasant. After cleaning it in water, it is as smooth as jade, and several pieces are large lotus root sticks as thick as arms.

"Pu" Lao Wang was struggling, and suddenly his feet slipped and he staggered in the water.

"Be careful" Liu Junhao quickly helped him back, and he didn't fall.

"Why are there big stones in this water?" The old man said with lingering fear after standing firmly.

"Stone, shouldn't this piece be there?" Liu Junhao was a little confused. He had already checked it when planting lotus roots. There was no big stone in this piece.

"I'm under my left foot... huh... thump..." Before I finished speaking, my body staggered again, "What's the thing? What's in the water? How can it move..."

"I just said that your legs are not tight enough yet." Professor Zhao thought he was slamming and hurriedly spoke up.

"There is really something, I won't take it out for you." Mr. Wang said, and then reached out to move the "big stone" in the water. But before he could touch it, he felt that the "stone" had moved again.

"There is really something!" Liu Junhao was approaching and saw a dark thing slowly sliding into the distance in the muddy water.

"Big fish?" Professor Zhao also came over.

Now all three of them forgot to step on the lotus roots and surrounded them one by one.

Liu Junhao was quick-witted and saw the black shadow swimming towards him. He immediately reached out and pushed it hard, throwing it to the shore.

"Old turtle!!" Professor Zhao saw the prototype of the thing at this time, "Which one with the word "Shou"?"

"It should be, how did you get into the ditch?" Liu Junhao nodded, then went ashore barefoot.

The old turtle suddenly disappeared last month. Zhang Qian searched in the yard several times, but found nothing. Liu Junhao regretted it very much. He had known it, he should have put it in the stone lock. Why can't it be thrown away? Now if you want to blame him, you can only blame him for not being lucky.

Just when they thought they could not find it back, they found this thing lying in the sun and burning warmly.

It disappeared again in the afternoon. This time, neither of them was worried. They knew that it must have hibernated and should still be in the yard.

That material actually penetrates into the mud and spends winter. Think about it, it is also insulated in the mud in winter. Isn’t it the ideal place to hibernate?

Liu Junhao was about to wipe off the mud from the old turtle shell with his hands, but he didn't expect that he had not touched the old turtle, but the guy suddenly stretched out his head and bit his finger.

Good guy, he was startled and hurriedly shrank his hand.

"Is it okay?" Professor Zhao caught up.

"It's okay" Liu Junhao was still a little stunned. The old turtle awakened by hibernation was indeed unreasonable, and even his owner bit it. Fortunately, he was quick to react, otherwise he would have to be bitten. If the old turtle bites his hand, don't struggle. This thing is timid. The more you struggle, the tighter it bites, and you will never let go.

If you want to loosen the mouth of this thing, you usually put the old turtle in the water so that it will automatically release it.

"I'll get some water to wash it, and see if the word "Shou" is obviously not obvious." Lao Wang also knew the story of the old turtle and was quite interested in the pattern on its back.

After pouring a large bucket of water on it, the old turtle immediately showed its "true body".

"Hey, there is no word... This is not the original one," Professor Zhao shouted in silence. Although the old turtle in front of him is about the same size as the previous one, the turtle shell is very different. The turtle shell of the old turtle is covered with dark green algae, and some small snails are mixed with, and suddenly it looks like a moving stone.

"This old turtle doesn't look like it is from a river. Could it be that it is from a large turtle?" Liu Junhao also said. His inference is based on it. The bottom of the river is full of sand and the color of the turtle shell is much smoother. Only the old turtle living in the mud pond will look like this.

One of the sources of this ditch is Dayantang, where there are many wild old turtles. In the summer, the hairy child caught one.

I have read a lot of questions about Songtang in the comments, so I will explain it again.

I have inferred the cause of this thing in the previous chapter. At present, I think it is a more reasonable explanation.

I checked it on Baidu today and didn’t encounter anyone writing similar experiences, so I couldn’t give any extra information.

In fact, there are all kinds of strange things in the world, but many novel things are rarely recorded.

For example, when I first wrote about earth honey in the reed tube in the article, some readers also asked questions. In fact, earth honey is really there, and I took a lot of effort to find a few similar experiences from the Internet.

There are also cicadas, which should not be rare, but there are very few mentioned online.

The same is true for this pine candy. I think many people have eaten this thing, but strangely, I can't find it online.
Chapter completed!