The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 184
After lunch, Wang Shaodong and Li Hong drank a bottle of Confucian house wine.

After drinking the Confucian house wine, Wang Shaodong didn't feel homesick at all, but felt that the warm hospitality of Li Hong and his wife made him very happy, and planned to stay for two more days.

Li Hong has the habit of taking a lunch break at noon, because he has to go to the chicken coop once or twice to observe every night, and in winter, he has to take care of the warm hearth in the chicken coop, so sleeping at night is very important for him. The deficiency can only be compensated by taking a nap during the day.

Li Hong first urged Wang Shaodong to take a nap on the second floor, and then went to take a nap by himself.Otherwise, it would be a bit impolite to take a nap and leave the guests alone in the living room to watch TV.

The biggest difference between the second floor of Li Hong's house and the first floor is that the first floor is covered with tiles, but the second floor has no such thing at all. The walls and floors are all cemented.

After all, in 2003, it was considered pretty good to be able to build a small two-story western-style building. As for the interior decoration, everything was basically simple and frugal.

Li Hong went down to his bedroom to sleep, and then only Wang Shaodong was left on the second floor, but he didn't feel sleepy.

Some people are sleepy after drinking, while others are too excited to fall asleep after drinking, Wang Shaodong is the latter.

Sitting on the wooden bed where he was going to sleep for the past two days, Wang Shaodong first took a look at the overall situation of the second floor.The distribution of rooms on the second floor is basically the same as that on the first floor. There is a large room in the middle, with two rooms on each side. The large room in the middle is now a warehouse, where food, sundries and other things are stored. Because the room is too big, in order to let The house didn't look so empty, and then Li Hong put a bed that should have been in the guest bedroom in the middle room.

Wang Shaodong saw some books piled up in the corner of the room, so he went to look through them curiously.After flipping through it, there are all martial arts novels and books about cricket fighting.

Sidian Town is the hometown of cricket fighting. Many local people like cricket fighting, and Li Hong is also an avid fan of this field.In his previous life, Wang Shaodong once heard Li Hong say that he liked cricket fighting because he could sell crickets for money.Every year from the end of August to the beginning of November in the Gregorian calendar, many local people make a living by catching insects in two and a half months. They can earn 2 to [-] yuan in two months. Chong'er can sell for tens of thousands.

Huge economic benefits drove Li Hong to study crickets, so he bought many secretaries in this field.

In addition, Li Hong is also a seasoned fan of martial arts novels, such as Jin Guliang, Wen Lihuang, "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", "Little Eight Righteousness", etc., he read with relish.

Wang Shaodong picked up a martial arts novel, flipped through it for a few times, then shook his head and threw it aside.Compared with the fast-paced online novels in later generations, these ancient martial arts novels really can't arouse my interest.

Throwing away the martial arts novel, Wang Shaodong strolled to the window.

Li Hong's home is located on the edge of their village, and his chicken shed is not far to the north of his home, about ten meters away from their home.

Standing by the window, Wang Shaodong looked at Li Hong's chicken farm, and then looked into the distance.

Here is a plain, and it is full of good fields as far as the eye can see. The wheat is growing well, and it will be harvested in about one and a half months.

However, looking at the scene in front of him, it didn't take long for Wang Shaodong to shake his head and sigh again.

"Hey, with so many good lands, I'm afraid that some people will maliciously encircle them in the future to get compensation from the state."

The people in the mountainous area came to the plain for the first time, and they were actually a little excited when they saw the scene of the flat river.Just like people in the south see snow for the first time, and people in the plains see mountains for the first time, they will have some inner turmoil.However, Wang Shaodong has seen mountains, snow, seas, plains, etc. in his previous life, so now there are not many ripples in his heart.

Wang Shaodong stood by the window for nearly an hour, then he heard Li Hong's voice from downstairs, so he went downstairs hurriedly.

"Dongzi, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Both Li Hong and his wife were very enthusiastic, and they didn't feel that Wang Shaodong's arrival had brought them any trouble.

"I changed a place, and some can't sleep."

It's a good reason, but not the real one.

"It looks like this. By the way, Dongzi, don't you want to see how the laying hens are raised? I'm going to my chicken coop now. Do you want to go together?"

Of course Wang Shaodong nodded.

"Okay."

Then Li Hong said to his wife who was playing with Li Qing in the living room, "Dongzi and I went to the chicken coop."

"Okay, let's go."

Walking on the road, Wang Shaodong saw that the streets here were wider and much straighter than those in their hometown.The roads in mountain villages are all twisted and twisted by the mountains, while the roads in plain countryside are easy to plan, and road construction is much easier than in mountain villages.

There are relatively few stones in the plain area, so most of the surrounding houses are built with red bricks. In the mountain villages, there are bluestone slabs everywhere, so there are many stone houses in the mountain villages.

Following Li Hong to the chicken coop, Wang Shaodong saw that the chicken cages of Li Hong’s family were obviously different from his own. The chicken cages at his house were produced in a standardized manner, while their chicken cages seemed to be bought with their own money. Then I got someone to weld it.There is a huge difference in cost between products produced on an assembly line and products that are almost purely handcrafted.Although Li Hong is very good at raising chickens, it is impossible to say that he is as good at consulting as Wang Shaodong is.After all, Wang Shaodong is a reborn person.

While helping Li Hong stuff the chickens, Wang Shaodong listened to Li Hong explain the precautions for raising laying hens.

The biggest difference between laying hens and broiler chickens is that the feeding cycle of laying hens is much longer than that of broiler chickens.Chai roosters are considered to be very old when they are raised for 7 months. If they cannot be sold at a high price, the high feed cost will make the farmers lose their money.However, laying hens are different. The laying cycle of ordinary laying hens is about one year. In addition to the early feeding of chicks, the feeding cycle of the whole laying hens can reach [-] months.

A longer feeding cycle requires farmers to face more problems.

Next, Wang Shaodong decided to use the free time of these few days to learn more farming experience from Li Hong, and then asked Li Hong to contact him with some laying hen chicks, and prepared to take them back to the Pine and Cypress Mountains in Taohualing. Laying hens are raised on the mountain.

(End of this chapter)