Rebirth 1982 Be the stubborn master

Chapter 177 Black Goose Egg
Du Kang went to Brother Liu's house to check the breeding of colorful silkworms.

According to the news brought by Liu Dabao, the colorful silkworms have been bred, and some have even begun to cocoon, so he must go to see how Brother Liu is doing and whether they can be used to weave natural colored silk.

A green mulberry forest was seen in the distance. Du Kang knocked on the door and entered. Brother Xu was feeding chickens at home. When he looked up, he happened to see him and came to greet him with a smile.

"How did you come?"

"I heard from Dabao that the colorful silkworms have started to form cocoons, so I came here to check the situation. I wonder if it's true?"

"Of course it's true. The colorful silkworms have grown up in such a long time. I'll take you there to have a look."

Brother Xu took him there, and Du Kang saw plump silkworms crawling on the straw, and some of them had already found a suitable place to cocoon.

Colorful silkworms produce colorful cocoons, which look very strange.

Several silkworms even spit out silk from their mouths to cocoon in front of his face, allowing him to clearly observe the process of silkworm cocooning.

I saw the silkworms working hard, spitting out silk from their mouths, and slowly forming cocoons there, forming thicker and thicker cocoon shells.

Brother Xu didn't bother him when he saw this, and went out quietly, allowing him to observe the silkworms cocooning inside.

After a long time, a silkworm chrysalis just finished cocooning, forming a cocoon and binding itself in it.

This is the real cocoon.

Take a silkworm cocoon from the top and look closely. At this time, it is not a silkworm chrysalis, but a silkworm that has become thinner after spinning the silk. It will only turn into a silkworm chrysalis after two days.

Only then can you eat it. As for now, you can try to see if the white dry flat silkworm can be eaten.

Brother Xu came in with a plate of mulberries and said, "There is nothing good to entertain at home. Try these mulberries. They are very fresh just picked."

"Thank you."

Du Kang took the mulberry and tasted it. It was sweet and slightly sour, sweet and sour, and it conquered his taste buds instantly.

"It tastes good, how much can you sell mulberries for a catty now?"

"It's just some mulberries, no one likes to eat them."

Du Kang was stunned, this mulberry is a good thing, and later it even reached more than ten yuan a catty, how could no one like it.

Immediately Du Kang realized that he couldn't even get enough to eat now, so who would buy this thing specially.

Only later, when materials were abundant and people stopped worrying about life and instead pursued nutritious taste, did they regard the mulberry, which no one cared about, as a fruit.

However, he prefers this taste, and it would be even better if he could get more and save it for later.

"Can I pick a little more?"

"Of course, not many people like it at all. They usually pick it off and feed it to big geese. Not to mention that after eating mulberry, the goose eggs turned black. I tasted it and it tasted good. I'll bring you some more later. "

"Thank you, Brother Xu."

This is the first time for Du Kang to know about this situation. If no one told him, who would have known that the eggs laid by the geese after eating mulberries would turn black, and they thought they were bad.

At present, Du Kang didn't care about the colorful silkworms, and asked Brother Xu for a small basket to go out to pick mulberries.

The mulberry trees that have grown for decades are densely covered with mulberries, which are very fresh. While picking them, he quietly sent the mulberries into the space.

In this way, you can eat fresh mulberries in winter.

Brother Xu also came to help pick, and soon picked a basket full of mulberries.

After cleaning the mulberries and putting them on a plate to taste, Du Kang asked, "How do you smoke the silk of the Sanmian silkworm? Compared with the colorful silkworm, it should cocoon earlier."

"I've helped to draw it out, and I'm waiting for you to take it away."

"Let me see."

Brother Du went back to the house and took out a sack, which contained the silk of the Sanmian silkworm, which could be used to make plain gauze gowns.

Du Kang opened the bag, grabbed a handful of silk to check, it was very silky and soft.

Because it has been bred for several generations, the silk is softer. If these silks are used to make plain gauze gowns, the weight may only be 42 grams.

This kind of good thing, of course, must be taken back to make plain gauze gowns.

Trying to weigh the sack, it weighs tens of catties, Du Kang was overjoyed, how many plain gauze gowns can be made with so many.

"Thank you, Brother Xu. If it wasn't for your help in raising it, I don't know how long it would take to get so much silk. This is enough to show that your craftsmanship is very good."

"It's nothing."

Brother Xu smiled happily. How can he be unhappy if his craftsmanship is recognized by others.

Helping him tie the silk to the back seat of the bicycle, Brother Xu asked him to wait a while, and soon caught a big goose from the yard.

"You take this goose home and taste it."

"How can this work."

"My son and daughter-in-law both live at your house, so what's the matter with a goose, I mainly feed them."

Du Kang knew that this was just an excuse for him to give the goose, a goose was very valuable, how could he want it, but after thinking about it, he still agreed to take the goose back.

The big deal is that he will give more money to silk in the future, and he can't let others suffer.

Back home by bike, Du Kang took the goose egg out of the bag and shouted, "Come and see what a good thing this is, it's a goose egg."

"It's not like I haven't eaten goose eggs before."

Natalia didn't care, not even her daughter.

Their family's living standard is good. Although goose eggs are not eaten often, they have been eaten a few times, and it is not a rare thing at all.

Du Kang shrugged and didn't say anything, put a few goose eggs in the pot to cook, put them on the table when eating, for the family to taste.

However, as the goose egg was opened, several people were surprised to find that the goose egg turned out to be black. You looked at me and I looked at you, and they didn't know what was going on.

The girl threw the goose egg aside in disgust and said, "Why is it black, will it be broken?"

"No, this itself is a black goose egg."

A few people were stunned and didn't know when there were black goose eggs. Even Natalia, who had always been well-clothed, didn't know, and had never heard of black goose eggs.

Xu Dabao said, "You got the goose eggs from my house, right? Goose eggs that ate mulberries are just like that."

Brother, it’s hard not to break it down. Some things are fine if you know them yourself, and there is no need to say them.

Facing the questioning eyes of several people, Du Kang smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I went to Brother Xu's house today, and he gave you some goose eggs for you to taste."

Speaking of which, he called Xu Dabao's father brother, and Xu Dabao called him brother, which is a bit inferior in generation.

But there is no way, he can't call Xu Dabao's nephew, he is older than himself, can you call it that way?
Instead, it's better to talk about each other, I call your father and brother, you call me brother.

"Why do goose eggs that eat mulberries turn black? Is there any substance harmful to the human body?"

"This is normal. I have fed watermelon to chickens, and the eggs laid by chickens are much redder than usual, which is caused by eating watermelon.

As for the goose eggs turning black, of course it is melanin.

Mulberries contain melanin, and after eating, the mouth is black, as if poisoned to death.

Some people will have black feces after eating mulberry, because mulberry has natural plant pigments.

The same is true for some fruits with other pigments, such as dragon fruit. If you eat too much dragon fruit, the excrement will be red, and even the urine can turn red. "

"you sure?"

"I'm sure, otherwise you could try."

Natalia gave him a blank look, how could such a thing be tried.

Moving on to another question, "What if the eggs were hatched?"

This Du Kang really didn't know, he spread his hands and said, "We haven't tried it, who knows what kind of baby will be hatched from the black-hearted goose eggs, the white goose with black feathers will still be an ordinary white goose, or it won't hatch at all." .

When I have time, I will take two more goose eggs and let the hen hatch them. "

(End of this chapter)