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    These days, many water ducks have been sold one after another, and now there are only more than 20 left. Liu Junhao originally did not plan to sell them anymore, but the villagers wanted to buy them, so he naturally didn't say anything.  There are just some things that need to be discussed in advance. His duck is a wild duck, but it can fly.  Therefore, you need to cut off the wings after getting them back, and then spread them out when they are mature, otherwise they will definitely fly back.

    Finally, he also made a suggestion, it is best to buy some duck eggs and let the hens hatch them. This is the easiest way.

    Liu Qiyong heard that he was also a little undecided and did not ask to buy the old duck again. He wanted to go back and discuss it with his wife first.

    After sending the people away, Liu Junhao saw that it was almost time and started making lunch.  I made a cold dish of nepeta for my wife, and I had stir-fried river prawns to cope with it.

    During lunch, Zhang Qian mentioned the wild strawberries on the mountain and said they were ripe, so she asked him to pick some and squeeze the juice when he had nothing to do in the afternoon.

    Are the strawberries ripe?  Calculating the season, it was almost the same time. However, what Liu Junhao wondered was that his wife was busy with classes every day these days and had no time to wander around the mountains. How could she know about this before he did.

    "When I was at school, I saw some students picking and eating them."

    No wonder, after hearing her answer, Liu Junhao looked like he suddenly realized something.

    "What's that expression on your face?" When Zhang Qian saw the expression on her husband's face, she thought he was secretly laughing at her gluttony, so she stretched out her hand to pinch him.

    "How dare I?" Liu Junhao quickly promised that he would come back to pick some strawberries in the afternoon.

    "By the way, take your camera with you when you go, take more photos, and upload them to the 18th Floor website when you get back." Zhang Qian warned again.

    "I know." Liu Junhao nodded in agreement. In fact, even if his wife didn't say it, he still had this plan. After all, he was still the village's voluntary propagandist.

    When he led Wukong Xiaopi to the place, he realized that he had arrived a little late, and several old people had already picked it by the ditch.

    These elderly people were brought here by Mr. Wang last time. After they inspected the environment of Liujiagou, quite a few of them decided to live here for a while to experience the quiet and comfortable rural life.

    In the past, most tourists to Liujiagou were young people. After learning about Liujiagou from the Internet, they came here to relieve the pressure of work and study in their free time.  The old people are different, mainly because they are too lazy to move and don't want to travel so far.  People of their generation basically have the experience of going to the mountains and countryside. In their view, the countryside is nothing more than that.  If they hadn't seen Mr. Wang's physical changes with their own eyes, they really wouldn't want to come.  Only after I came here did I realize that what others said was true. This is indeed a good place for retirement.  Because of this, the dozen or so houses that were just built in Chun Shang were all sold out in a short time, and they were all renting them.  Recently, Liu Guangju has been making plans to carry out the second phase of the project.  While many elderly people have settled here, they also call their other friends and invite them to come and play.

    ¡°What old man doesn¡¯t have a few friends? Recently, the number of old people visiting Liujiagou has increased significantly.  These old people come in groups of three or five, or sit on small stools by the big weir and pond to fish; or they bring some small fish to watch birds; or they carry small hoes and go to the mountains to look for orchids and visit the secluded mountains.

    They live a much more comfortable life than young people. They don¡¯t have to worry about going to work and can stay as long as they want.  There is not enough accommodation in the village hotel, so the remaining elderly people naturally disperse to farmhouses in the village.

    After greeting each other, Liu Junhao didn¡¯t want to compete with others for wild strawberries, so he turned back and walked towards the south hillside.

    It¡¯s farther there, but there are more strawberries.

    The energy of the spring water is indeed extraordinary. When he saw the wild chrysanthemums all over the mountains and plains, Liu Junhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.  When he was digging wild chrysanthemums, he was afraid of damaging the land, so he secretly watered the rest with spring water.  Now the wild chrysanthemums on the hillside have grown to a height of twenty or thirty centimeters, which are obviously much more prosperous than those elsewhere.  Not only them, but other weeds are also growing happily.

    Now the Red Rabbit was happy. He casually took off the reins and let it eat grass, while he and Wukong went around looking for wild strawberries.  The monkey has sharp eyes and can find wild strawberries much faster than its owner. After a while, he found a large area in the bushes.  But after this guy picked the strawberries, he just stuffed them into his mouth and didn't throw them into the small basket at all.  In the end, it was too lazy to pick and sat directly by the basket. When the owner was not paying attention, it secretly stretched out its paws to grab a few in the basket to eat.

    This guy definitely had a lazy muscle on his body, and Liu Junhao bounced it on the head a few times, dumbfounded.  Then let the monkey make up for it and help him pick strawberries.

    When the small bamboo basket was half full, Liu Junhao stopped.  Although these strawberries are good, they are not fresh. Anyway, they are available on the mountain whenever you want to eat them, so it is better to eat them fresh.

    Thinking of Zhang at noonAfter hearing what Qian had told him, he took out his camera and took pictures.  The mountains in April were full of scenery, and his camera never stopped looking at it.

    Wukong followed his master for a while, feeling bored, so he turned around and ran away.

    Without this noisy guy, I finally felt relaxed for a while.  Seeing Chitu eating happily in the grass not far away, Liu Junhao sat on a stone, squinting his eyes and wanting to rest for a while.  As a result, before he fell asleep, Wukong suddenly screamed and rushed over from a distance.

    He was really uneasy for a moment. He wanted to scold the monkey, but he found that this guy was very stiff in front of him, as if he was suffering from hysteria.

    what 's wrong?  When the monkey raised its paw in front of him, Liu Junhao saw that the furry paw was swollen.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t he stung by a bee again?¡± Wukong was stung by a bee in the yard not once or twice because he stole soil and honey to eat.  It can be said that this guy is quite afraid of bees now, and usually does not dare to approach the reed pile.  What happened this time? Was it an accidental injury?

    The monkey screamed around its owner for four or five minutes, and finally calmed down, and then pulled him towards the place of the accident.  Judging from the meaning, it seemed that he wanted Liu Junhao to help him take revenge.

    Although he knew that the bee had flown away long ago, in order to appease Wukong, he still let this guy lead the way.

    Not far away, the guy pointed at a big rock and shouted.

    That thing was under the stoneLiu Junhao finally understood.  It wasn't the bee that stung Goku emotionally.  Those in the stone can only be scorpions or centipedes.  Although these two things are rare in Daqingshan, it does not mean that they are not available.  Like toads, they are quite disgusting to the villagers.  The toad is a bit better. Although it is disgusting, it basically poses no threat to humans.  Scorpions are different from centipedes. If you are not careful, they can sting you so painfully that you will cry for your father and mother, with tears streaming down your face.  Especially scorpions, these things are hard to guard against, even in the village there are many of them.  They can be found in cracks in walls, under pots, in haystacks and even under mats.

    When Liu Junhao was naughty in the past, he often caught scorpions and secretly stuffed them into his classmates' pencil cases. Because of this, he was scolded by the teacher many times.

    In the early years, when the village was poor, most houses were built with stone foundations on the lower floors and adobe on top.  This kind of house is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is very suitable for scorpions to survive, so there are many scorpions.

    It can be said that in the early years, if anyone in the village was not stung by scorpions once or twice a year, he would not say that he was from Liujiagou.  Over time, people's bodies develop resistance to the poison, and eventually being stung by a scorpion will only leave a red spot the size of a pinhead, not even swelling.

    Later, someone came to the village to collect scorpions for ten cents each.  The villagers came and mobilized the whole village, young and old, to look for scorpions with their handheld lights on.  Within half a year, the number of scorpions in the village dropped sharply, and there was no longer the grand scene of the past.  In the 1990s, when villagers got rich, they converted adobe houses into brick houses. The scorpions completely moved to the surrounding mountains. Now it is rare to hear that anyone has been stung by scorpions.

    Whether scorpions or centipedes, spring is a time of strong poisonousness. No wonder the monkey was jumping up and down just now after being stung.

    As soon as two rocks were lifted, a translucent little pipa-like scorpion appeared.  This guy probably sensed danger, and he was waving his two pliers wildly, as if he wanted to be hit at any time.

    Liu Junhao was about to find two wooden sticks to pick up the scorpion. Who knew that Wukong had already grabbed a stone and went up to it. He smashed it hard, and the scorpion that was showing off just now was smashed to pieces.

    ¡°This guy, what¡¯s the point of smashing a scorpion to death? You can sell it for money.  But thinking that the monkey had just been stung and was very resentful, he didn't say anything.

    With nothing to do in the afternoon, Liu Junhao thought about it and planned to pick up some scorpions from the mountain and sell them back.  I heard that scorpions cost 100 yuan per catty. If I could pick up half a catty of scorpions in a short time, the harvest would be quite big.

    But it was not as easy as he thought. After nearly an hour and a half of pulling among the rocks, he caught more than a dozen scorpions, which he sold for less than two yuan.  No wonder the villagers didn't go up the mountain to catch scorpions and sell them for money. It wasn't cost-effective at all. At his rate, he could earn five or six yuan by picking up rocks for half a day on the mountain.

    After taking photos of the scorpions, Liu Junhao planned to throw them away. When he thought about how long he had spent on this, he came up with the idea of ??taking the scorpions back to feed the chickens.  Although the hens don't like to eat this stuff, in the end it is the fruit of labor, so it would be a pity to throw it away.

    It happened that the red rabbit over there was also full. He picked up Wukong and got on the horse, and returned home leisurely.

    When he arrived at the yard, he got off his horse, slapped Chitu twice on the buttocks, and the guy got into the stable obediently.  He threw a dozen scorpions into cans. In order to prevent them from suffocating due to lack of oxygen, Liu Junhao also specially used iron to prevent them from suffocating.A few small holes were nailed into the bottle cap.

    Take a break and copy all the photos on the camera to your computer.  After looking at it, he felt that the photo was too simple, so he picked out some freshly picked strawberries, washed them several times with spring water, and then placed them on a porcelain plate to take pictures.

    It can be said that after working as a voluntary publicist in the village for more than a year, Liu Junhao¡¯s photography skills have improved a lot, and the photos he takes now are more and more beautiful.  After the strawberries were washed with spring water, there were some water drops on them, making them look red, tender and delicate.  Not to mention, even he himself felt thirsty when looking at this photo and wanted to eat a few strawberries first.

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