Portable space

Zhang Taiping didn't sleep all night.But it doesn't affect the spirit at all.

After feeding the goats, the east side had already turned white, so Zhang Taiping didn't enter the house again, for fear of disturbing Cai Yazhi's rest. This is the lightest time of people's sleep, and a slight movement will wake them up.

Standing on the edge of the lake to practice sword skills, although it is no longer used in this era, Zhang Taiping regards this as a cultural heritage, a part of the essence of the nation, and it would be a pity if it was lost.At that time, it would be best to find a successor and pass it on word of mouth.

When Zhang Taiping finished his work, Cai Yazhi had already gotten up, and was just grabbing a handful of wheat and throwing it on the ground to feed the chickens.Although they are free-range chickens, it is best to feed one or two handfuls of wheat or corn every day, and they spend the rest of the time digging outside by themselves. In this way, the eggs laid by the hens are not only large but also have high nutritional value. Lay eggs with double yolks.People in the countryside don't know what is nutritious, but double-yolk beaten eggs are real, so feeding chickens like this has become a tradition.

After bouncing, bouncing, and pecking the wheat grains on the ground, a group of pullets headed down the mountain, led by the big rooster with its head held high.They will not run too far, they will come back and jump into the nest automatically at night or when the hen lays eggs.

The ducks are ready to go into the water, which means that the environment and climate for raising ducks and chickens has arrived, and it is time to buy chickens and ducks.Today happened to be a big fair in town, and Zhang Taiping was going to buy chickens.

So Zhang Taiping didn't ask Cai Yazhi to make breakfast carefully, but just steamed a bowl of egg custard in boiling water for everyone.The situation at home now is completely different from before. Cai Yazhi doesn't need to praise the eggs one by one and take them to the village outside to sell them for money. If she saves for a day, no one can share an egg.

Egg custard is easy to make. You only need to crack the eggs in an enamel bowl, put some salt in it, add some water and mix well, then put two drops of clear oil on it, and steam it in the water.After the water in the pot boils, turn off the heat, and wait for a while.Serving the enamel bowl requires no extra seasoning, just a drizzle of soy sauce on top.It tastes tender and delicious, extremely delicious, and it is a rare breakfast.

After no one had eaten egg custard all night, Cai Yazhi explained to Xing Rushui and asked her to cook for lunch.Xing Rushui has also lived in the Zhang family for such a long time, and is familiar with everything, and Cai Yazhi is the one who cooks when she is busy or absent.Not only is her handicraft not the usual bad handicraft of young ladies, but it is very good, even better than Cai Yazhi.

Fan Ming also wanted to follow her, but it was impossible. During this time, the old man was treating her strange disease with acupuncture and pharmacology, so she couldn't stay away from her and couldn't get in touch with too many different people.

When the two of them rode motorcycles to the town, the Daji had already started to be lively.Of course, this excitement cannot be compared with the big set in the twelfth lunar month.

The people on the street were not in a hurry like they were at that time, they all took a leisurely look at this and that.

Zhang Taiping and Cai Yazhi stored their motorcycles in a bicycle and motorcycle storage office, and they also limitedly wandered the streets.

Zhang Taiping took Cai Yazhi's hand, Cai Yazhi struggled lightly, but Zhang Taiping knew she would have this reaction, so he held it tightly.The person who resigned to his fate without breaking free was pulled by Zhang Taiping.It's just that I don't feel like an old couple, my heart beats a little faster, and I always feel that passers-by on the street are looking at me, and they almost bury their heads in their chests.

"It's okay, don't you think there are people holding hands over there too?" Seeing that she was so ashamed to hold hands on the street, Zhang Taiping gave her an example to dispel her inner discomfort, and at the same time transferred pay attention.

Sure enough, Cai Yazhi raised her head and looked in the direction Zhang Taiping pointed at. A couple were walking hand in hand on the street, and they didn't see any strange opinions from the people on the street, so she felt relieved a little.

The two of them did not rush into the street where poultry and livestock were sold, but strolled slowly on the street, it was still early, enjoying this public intimacy like first love.

Cai Yazhi used to have no extra money to buy things, and did not develop the habit of being extravagant; now that she has money, but the quality of thrift can’t be changed for a while, after walking on the street for so long, she only sees more and buys less , At most, it is to buy some cheap things.

Zhang Taiping also did not force her to spend money, frugality is not a bad habit, it is not easy for a person to maintain the previous frugality under the strong contrast of being extremely poor in the early stage and extremely rich in the later stage.Zhang Taiping didn't want to change anything, but hoped that she would always remain as she is now, kind and know how to run a house.

Spring is also the time when all kinds of saplings and flowers are on sale. The two first came to the neighborhood where these things were sold.

The whole street is filled with all kinds of saplings and flowers.Zhang Taiping and Zhang Taiping just walked by here to have a look and didn't pay for anything.

Zhang Taiping had other plans in mind, the space needed various species to fill the natural system.Expand the area of ​​the land, but you can't buy it now, otherwise it will be hard to explain where the things you bought go, and only you can buy them.

Pass through the block selling saplings and you will arrive at a place selling livestock and poultry.

As soon as I entered here, the first thing I heard was the chirping of chickens.Along the way, more than [-] bamboo baskets were placed in the past, and the chickens were placed in them.There are a total of more than a dozen companies selling chicks, and only chicks will sell the fastest during this period, and other livestock are not in peak season during this period.

Zhang Taiping can't tell the good and bad of chicken seedlings, and it's even more nonsense to use space to sense them.Chickens are no more intelligent animals than puppies, not to mention whether they can sense spirituality, even if there is one, and today he wants to buy more than 500 at his own request, one or two is completely worthless. It doesn't help.So he obediently followed Cai Yazhi and watched her carefully check and choose in front of each chicken box.

Shopping around is a tradition for most rural people, and Cai Yazhi is no exception.She first looked at the chickens in more than twenty bamboo baskets, and then came back and stopped in front of a family to signal to Zhang Taiping that it was time to negotiate the price.

The stall owner is a slightly older middle-aged man. He is the only one who sits there without shouting or yelling, reading a book seriously, waiting for buyers to come to his door.It seems that he is very confident in his chicks.

Zhang Taiping stood in front of the stall, covering the pipeline, the middle-aged man raised his head and closed the book, and Zhang Taiping saw that it was a copy of "Detailed Rules for Breeding Chickens and Ducks".

"Look at the chicken?" The middle-aged man put down his book and stood up and asked Zhang Taiping.

"Well, look at some chickens." Zhang Taiping looked at the middle-aged man's tepid look, and asked, "Why isn't the boss shouting? Look at the stall owners next to you selling faster than you."

The stall owner also speaks well: "True gold is not afraid of fire, and the fragrance of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley. Why don't you come here to buy it?" After finishing speaking, he grinned.

Zhang Taiping looked at the middle-aged man a little high and asked, "How much is your chick?"

"I'm sure you haven't seen a lot of them. There is a comparison. I'm not talking nonsense here. My chick is one of the best, if not the best, on the street. It's because I set the price. Two cents higher."

Others are sold for four yuan each, Zhang Taiping asked: "Four yuan two?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Yes, of course, if you ask for more, the price can still be lowered appropriately."

Zhang Taiping pointed to the chicken box and asked, "Is that all you have or is there more?"

The middle-aged man realized that he might have met a big buyer, so he answered with a straight face: "There is a small part of this knowledge, but there is still a lot at home. And I can guarantee that the quality at home is similar to this. I don't know if you need more information. How many?"

"Five hundred."

"Five hundred, then the ones here are indeed not enough. There are only one hundred here. Why don't you follow me to my place, and the price of five hundred is the same as that sold on the street. How about four yuan?"

Zhang Taiping said: "Okay."

The two parties discussed a meeting place, the middle-aged man started to clean up the stall, and Zhang Taiping and Cai Yazhi went to pick up the motorcycle.After meeting at the side of the street, the middle-aged man rode a three-wheeled motorcycle with more than 100 chickens that had not been sold yet. Zhang Taiping rode a motorcycle and Cai Yazhi followed behind.

The middle-aged man's car stopped beside a yard in the wild. Zhang Taiping thought it was another forest garden, but after entering, he realized that it was an apple orchard with five acres of land, and a large number of chickens and ducks were raised in it.

As soon as they entered the yard, they saw two big white geese twisting towards them.He was dismissed by the middle-aged daughter-in-law, an authentic and simple rural woman.

The big white geese can not only lay eggs and eat meat, but also guard the house and guard the yard. When strangers enter the yard, they will flap their wings and smash them with their flat beaks.Although they look docile and friendly on the outside, their mouths are not small when they are twisted on people, and they will turn into a bruise when they are twisted.

Zhang Taiping was delighted to see Lie Xin, and wanted to buy some duck and goose seedlings back home.

There are indeed a lot of chicks in the orchard, and Zhang Taiping estimates that there are more than 2000 of them.There are relatively few duck and goose seedlings.

After ordering the chicks and putting them in the bamboo basket, Zhang Taiping did not rush to pay, but said, "How much is this chick?"

The middle-aged man was even more happy to see that Zhang Taiping still wanted to buy ducklings. He thought for a while and said, "I bought ducklings for six yuan and five on the street. You bought them in the garden. It’s cheaper for you, six yuan each.”

Zhang Taiping asked again: "What about the goose seedlings?"

"Goose seedlings, goose seedlings are also worth six yuan a piece." The main reason is that there are few people who raise geese, and geese are relatively difficult to feed, so the price of goose seedlings is relatively cheap, the same as the price of ducks.

"Then let's add another hundred ducklings and twenty goose seedlings." Zhang Taiping estimated the situation at home and reported the number.

After Cai Yazhi paid the money, she needed a middle-aged man to deliver it to her home in a pickup truck.