My village can't be like this

Chapter 419 Colorful Carp

"Hey Mom, our family is making something delicious again today. I haven't even gotten home yet, and my gluttony has been aroused."

At noon, Su Ying was after school. Before she even entered the house, she was lured to the kitchen by the smell of braised food wafting from the pot.

"Don't you want to eat beef? I'll braise it in a pot if I have time today, but it's not done yet, so I can't eat it until tonight."

If you want braised beef to be delicious, you have to braise it for two or three hours.

This marinade has been in the refrigerator for such a long time, and it didn't take long to melt when I took it out.

So it has just been boiled and the beef has just been put in. If you want to eat it, you have to wait until the next meal.

This is the advantage of old braised food. When you boil the braised food now, you can smell the strong braised food aroma.

If it were a newly prepared marinade, it would have to cook for half a day before such a fragrant smell would come out.

"Thank you, Mom. Actually, there's no need to bother. I'm just talking to Zhang An."

Although she said this, Su Ying was actually very happy. With her parents-in-law and husband who doted on her so much, what woman would be unhappy.

"What's the trouble? Just tell mom what you want to eat. I can find something to do when I'm free all day. Besides, maybe my eldest grandson wants to eat. Whoever is hungry can't do it." My grandson is starving."

Wang Fang had already prepared lunch before Su Ying got off work.

The beef has been braised on the stove, so all the dishes are placed on the stove to keep warm.

"Xiao An, come here and take out the dishes. Get ready to eat."

Although the beef that had just been marinated at noon was not yet ready to eat, Wang Fang made stir-fried beef and fried beef with green onions.

So Zhang An, the cook, couldn't help but eat a few more bowls at noon.

As a result, Wang Fang's steamed rice was much less at noon. Xiaohu and the others didn't have much rations left, so they could only fill their stomachs with rice.

"Hey, hurry up and hurry up, I'm still late. I told you to come to your house for lunch. Now I just have to wash up."

While clearing away the dishes, Zhang Jianwen brought several villagers to Zhang An's house.

But Zhang Jianwen's words were just words and a joke.

If you really wanted to go to someone else's house for dinner, you would definitely not come so late.

After all, there is nothing much going on in the countryside, and you basically won’t go to other people’s homes to eat. This is a very particular place.

"It's okay, it's okay. I can't make it for this meal. Come early for the next one."

This is a common joke in the village. Anyway, everyone comes and goes, talks and laughs.

"Zhang An, didn't you divide the bees some time ago? Today I will bring everyone here to move the bees."

Zhang Jianwen made a few jokes with Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo, and then told Zhang An about the reason for his visit.

"I've been waiting for it for a long time. You see, there are many boxes of bees behind my house. Now the yard is so densely packed with bees that I'm afraid they will fight."

Zhang An didn't hesitate and took everyone to the backyard.

As soon as I walked from the house to the backyard, I heard a very noisy "buzzing" sound.

These are all emitted by bees. Now the sky in the backyard is full of bees as far as you can see.

Although the backyard of Zhang An's house is not small, the banquet can accommodate many people at the table.

But now there are too many bees separated, and there are more than a dozen boxes in the entire yard.

After the bees were divided, the new queen crawled out of the queen's nest and began to lay a large number of eggs, hatching a lot of bees.

The past two days have been better because the cherry and peach blossoms on the mountain behind Zhang An's house have withered and grown fruits.

Therefore, many bees have to fly farther to collect honey.

When the flowers were in full bloom a few days ago, these bees didn’t even have to go out.

Just get out of the beehive and fly a little bit to get to the orchard.

In those few days, the yard was completely covered with bees, and there was no room for anyone to sit there.

Even Wang Fang, who usually likes to be in the backyard the most, doesn't want to stay here anymore.

It was not because he was afraid of being stung by bees, but because it was too noisy, so Zhang An really wanted them to carry the bees away quickly.

"I have long wanted them to come and carry them away, but they were still learning from Lao Qian a few days ago. I just finished learning today, so I brought them here."

It's not that Zhang Jianwen wants to drag him away, the main reason is that if these people don't learn well, they won't be able to support them if they are taken back.

And now is the honey-producing season, so it’s okay to keep so many boxes of bees here in Zhang An for a few days.

If you leave it for a while, after a lot of honey has accumulated inside, they will be embarrassed to come and lift it away directly.

"It's okay. You can see for yourselves. All the bees are here. You can carry whichever box you care about."

Zhang An didn't want to give them any points, because whether they were new bees or old bees, they were actually the same.

Although generally older bees have more bees and produce more honey.

But Zhang An divided the bees too hard this year, and not much of the old bee colony was left, which was very different from the newly divided bees.

However, some time has passed since the bees were separated, and many bees have hatched out of any box.

So no matter whether it is new or old, every box is actually the same.

And letting them choose on their own will save someone from having anything to say in the future.

Otherwise, if he can't take care of him well in the future, he might privately blame Zhang An for giving him the bad ones.

After hearing Zhang An's words, the villagers brought by Zhang Jianwen went up to pick the bees themselves.

After learning beekeeping knowledge from the old man Qiantou in Xiahewan for so many days, they also knew that Zhang An was not needed to help if the bees were relocated.

This year, Zhang An China distributed more than a dozen boxes of new bees, but this time Zhang Jianwen only brought ten people.

So after each person carries away one box, there will still be several boxes left.

But more is enough, just leave it in the courtyard. Zhang An didn't think about giving an extra box to anyone.

After all, we don’t worry about scarcity but inequality. If there isn’t enough for everyone to take an extra box, just don’t give it away to avoid complaints from others.

When they finally left, everyone paid 100 yuan to Wang Fang. Wang Fang was very happy when she received the money.

"Uncle, didn't you agree to fifty? Why did it become a hundred?"

100 yuan is not a lot for an ordinary family. If it is divided equally, it would take a month for the family to farm.

"Because your bee is worth a hundred yuan. How can you do it if you pay less? By the way, the old money man asked me to bring this to you because he said that your bee is too good. I will give you 50 yuan. He has a guilty conscience."

Others couldn't tell whether the bees were good or bad, but the old money man who had been raising bees for more than ten years still had some eyes.

He could feel the obvious difference not long after raising the box of bees he took back from Zhang An's house.

It has started producing honey in the past two days. How much honey will it produce in a year?

Such a good beezi, 50 yuan is like getting it for free.Although he didn't need to come over specifically to replenish Zhang An's remaining money, he was determined to make good friends with Zhang An.

So this time, while the people in Changqing's village were raising bees, he asked Zhang Jianwen to bring him the money.

It's Zhang An's business whether he wants it or not, but whether he gives it or not is his attitude.

As a result, the people in Changqing Village watched the old money man make up the money again, so they were embarrassed to only give fifty, so they decided to give everyone one hundred before coming today.

Zhang An was not polite and accepted all the money. After all, one is one and two is two, so you can do whatever you want.

"It's finally quieter. Otherwise, my ears would be buzzing every day, which would make my head hurt."

After sending away the villagers, the backyard was finally much quieter. Although there were still some bees left in the yard, it was much better than the previous few days.

Apart from going to the vegetable garden a few days ago, Wang Fang really didn't want to come to the backyard at other times.

Not to mention the noise, the key point is that those bees still carry pollen on them.

Especially now that there are so many rapeseed flowers, after being hit by them on my clothes, it’s like taking a walk in the rapeseed field.

"Mom, if you still don't like the noise, I will send a few more boxes to the old house."

Anyway, there have been no flowers on the cherry and peach trees in the past two days. If these bees are placed here, they are only close to the rape field. Moving to the old house will not have any impact.

No need, just put the rest here. If you get them here and forget to collect them when it snows like last year, you will feel bad if so many freeze to death. "

No matter what, Wang Fang still likes these bees at home.

It can provide so much honey to the family every year. Not only can it be sold for money, but the family can also eat it.

Although it would be much quieter if we put it over there in the old house, it would still be inconvenient to take care of it.

Last year, so many people froze to death during the heavy snowstorm, and she was heartbroken.

"Zhang An, come and see, our little fish finally has color."

Zhang An was cleaning the bricks for beehives in the yard when he heard Su Ying shouting from inside the house.

Su Ying's belly is getting bigger and bigger now, and she walks around after meals every day.

Feeding fish is her main activity, especially now that she has to feed two tanks of fish, big fish and small fish.

Although the little carps had hatched, Zhang An still did not put Jin Jia and his wife Xiao Hong into the big fish tank to reunite with their children.

After all, carp have the habit of swallowing fry. Jinjia and Xiaohong are so big, but those fry are very small.

Put them in, and maybe you can swallow several of them with just a sip of water.

Sure enough, Zhang An entered the house and went to the fish tank and found that the small fry that were translucent before had changed to a new color.

Although they are still relatively small, all about one centimeter in length, at a glance, they are basically colored carps.

"I have finally grown up, these little guys are growing up too slowly."

Ordinary carp fry will start to slowly turn from translucent to solid and develop color in seven days to half a month at most.

But the little guy in this tank at home has been hatched for a month, and it just started to change color today.

"Look, they are pretty, just like their parents, but I always feel that when they grow up, they will definitely be prettier than Jin Jia and Xiao Hong."

If you look carefully, you can see that among the densely packed small fry in this tank, there are red ones, golden ones, and some mixed with red and gold.

"It's really beautiful, much better than ordinary carp seedlings."

Seeing a group of brightly colored fry swimming happily in the fish tank, Zhang An finally felt relieved.

Before hatching, he was worried that the eggs would not hatch.

Later, when they hatched, he was worried that the fry that hatched would be the same as before, ordinary carps.

"But what does this white one mean? It has turned into the three primary colors atavistically?"

Zhang An stared at it for a long time and realized that there were more than just red, gold and other mixed colors in the fish tank.

He now also discovered that some small fish are all white, and they are not transparent.

Finally, I discovered that it wasn’t just white, there were also black, and there were also mixed colors of black and white.

The black color is not the bluish-black color of ordinary carp, but pure black.

"I heard from the teacher in the office that a recessive gene that does not appear in the father and mother but may also appear in the offspring is called a recessive gene. Maybe this is the dominant gene in Jin Jia and Xiao Hong."

Su Ying suddenly remembered that the biology teacher in the office had told her about genes before.

"It seems possible, but don't tell me, I'm really looking forward to what this black and white carp will look like when it grows up."

Zhang An no longer has any expectations for Golden Carp and Red Carp, as long as they can be bred, after all, he often looks at Xiaohong and Jinjia, which makes his eyesight tired.

But he was really looking forward to the white, black, and mixed black and white ones.

"Then how long does it take for them to grow up?"

Su Ying asked blankly, she was also looking forward to these little guys growing up.

However, the hatching time of these small fish is so long, and the juvenile period is longer than that of other carp, so the growth cycle must also be extended.

"It should be pretty fast. Ordinary carp can grow two to three kilograms a year. Even if these little guys grow slowly, one or two kilograms should be enough."

These little guys are mutants, and Zhang An is not sure about their growth cycle.

But it doesn't matter, they just grow slowly. Zhang An will just put them in the space for a few days.

After all, in space, it can professionally restrain anything that grows slowly.

"But there are so many fish fry. When they grow up, our fish tank will definitely not be able to accommodate them. We might as well dig two small fish ponds in the yard."

Su Ying's eyes suddenly lit up. If she dug a fish pond in the yard, she could keep these beautiful little guys in it as ornamental fish.

Although she has a large fish pond at home, she knows that her fish pond has a lot of carnivorous fish.

She couldn't bear to put these beautiful little guys in there, otherwise they would be digested into fish cakes in a few days.

"We can have this, but we have to dig. Let's dig two, one in the front and one in the back. It just so happens that there is nothing going on these two days. I will have people pull the sand and cement over tomorrow."

Now that my wife has spoken, there is no reason not to take action.

However, there are a lot of fry in this fish tank, but if you only dig one, it will be too intensive to raise.

Anyway, Zhang An's front yard and backyard are both large, so digging two small fish ponds won't have much impact.

Moreover, Zhang Jianjun happened to be free in the past two days, so Zhang An would definitely not let his second uncle go.

Because when digging a fish pond, you must build a fence, otherwise it will not be safe and it will not look good.

But although Zhang An himself can build a little wall, he can only build it, and it can't match the good looks.

For such a job, you still need to find a specialized person, so Zhang An felt that his second uncle was very suitable.

(End of this chapter)