My village can't be like this

Chapter 480 Double Yolk Egg

After tying all the straw in the field, the family of three returned home.

At this time, Wu Qiuping was helping to cook at home, and Su Ying held little Siqi in the yard to get some air and bask in the setting sun.

Generally, women after giving birth need to confine themselves at home.

Confinement, as the name suggests, means a month of recuperation. It is said that you need to stay in bed to recuperate during this month, otherwise, the root of the disease will be left in the future when you get older.

While in the hospital, Su Ying had almost recovered. After returning, due to the pressure from Wu Qiuping and Wang Fang, she could only stay at home and rest in bed.

But sometimes it doesn't work if the body is too good. Su Ying just couldn't lie down for a few days.

Wang Fang was here, and she originally wanted Su Ying to take good care of her for a month.

But Su Ying couldn't help it. The two of them saw that her body was better than that of a childless person, so they had no choice but to let her go.

However, Wu Qiuping gave her a death order. It was okay not to stay in bed, but she could only stay in the house and not go out to see the wind. Otherwise, the root of the disease would be left for a lifetime.

Normally Wu Qiuping always said that she didn't know how lucky she was when she was in the midst of blessings. It was a luxury for many women in the village to have such treatment, but when she came here, she felt unable to sit still.

In this way, after Su Ying took little Siqi to stay in the house for more than half a month, she couldn't even stay at home. Finally, after pleading hard, Wu Qiuping allowed her to go out for some air in the evening.

Because it is still the golden month of October, the autumn air is crisp, it cannot help but be hot in the evening, and there is no wind in the backyard.

Zhang An, who had been busy in the fields for a day, returned home and saw little Siqi, and all the fatigue on his body disappeared instantly.

"Oh my good son, let daddy give you a hug."

Just as he stretched out his hand towards Xiao Siqi, Su Ying stared back mercilessly.

"Go, go, stay away from my son, and quickly take a shower and change clothes. Not to mention the stink of sweat, what should you do if your grain hair is all over your body?"

Grain hairs are those little thorns on the rice. Although there are a lot of empty rice husks this year, the grain hairs have not decreased at all.

Zhang An had been busy in the fields all day, and his body was covered with blood.

If this thing is pierced on the body, it will cause swelling immediately, just like being numb.

In fact, it doesn't matter if the bumps are long, they will disappear on their own in a short time, but they won't be particularly itchy when the bumps are long.

Even adults feel uncomfortable, let alone little Siqi who is still in confinement.

After Zhang An cleaned herself up and changed into clean clothes, Su Ying was willing to hand over little Siqi to him.

When he arrived in Zhang An's arms, little Siqi struggled with his little hands, as if he had met his biological father, so he was very happy.

Little Siqi can now not only stare at people, but after so many days, his hands are not as strong as when he was just born.

Now whenever he is happy, he wants to wave his two little hands.

But unfortunately, he couldn't move his hands at all.

Because when his mother, grandmother, and grandmother wrapped him in the swaddling clothes, his hands were also wrapped in them, and the outside was tied with a lanyard.

"Xiao An, we don't have much work at home anymore. We will make red eggs at home tomorrow. Your uncle's family seems to be busy in the orchard. You can come over and help."

While eating, Wang Fang said to Zhang An.

This is the busy farming season. In addition to the work in the fields, many families in the village also have to harvest in the orchards.

During this period, kiwi fruit has also entered the maturity stage. Although the previous heavy rains will definitely greatly reduce the yield of kiwi fruit, there is still some, and it will not be like the rice in the fields.

Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye's family are no different. Although they don't have a few acres of farmland, their orchards have indeed expanded in size this year.

So this period of time is a very busy time for them, and that's why they don't have time to come over and help Zhang An's family cut straw.

In previous years, when the Zhang family's work was not finished, both families would come over to help without even asking.

Now that their family is busy, they definitely need help.

But in the blink of an eye, little Siqi was almost one month old. The preparation of red eggs needed to be put on the agenda. Wang Fang definitely didn't have time, so she told Zhang An about it.

"Yeah, I understand. I'll go over and sit down after dinner."

When he mentioned the kiwi fruit in the orchard, Zhang An suddenly became a little greedy, so he went over to satisfy his craving.

"By the way, think about how many red eggs our family will make this time."

Zhang An's family doesn't have many relatives, and most of them live in the village. However, in addition to everyone in the village, there are also Wu Qiuping and her neighbors in the compound, and Zhang An's friends in the city.

So Wang Fang was a little unsure, so she simply asked Zhang An to think about how many people he wanted to send as gifts.

Eggs are not valuable to their family. If they make too much, they will be wasted. But if they make too little, some people will not deliver them, and others will feel that they look down on them.

"I think I have several baskets saved at home, so I might as well make them all."

Zhang An thought for a while and said, he might as well make all the eggs at home.

Recently, Wang Fang has not sold any eggs at home, but has saved them all to make red eggs for her grandson.

People in the city are actually doing fine. The main reason is that there are many people in the village and they have a lot to give away.

The total number of baskets of eggs was only a few hundred, which was similar to what Ding Yi brought back last time.

In the past, the village would only give out two red eggs to each family, but now that Ding Yi has taken the lead, they definitely can't give out only two to each family.

"Okay, let's do it all. By the way, I discovered in the past few days that there are two pullets in our chicken pen that lay double-yolk eggs. You can see if you can separate them and lay them when the time comes. Give the eggs to Xiaoying."

After talking about the red eggs, Wang Fang happily told Zhang An.

When she went to the chicken pen to pick eggs these days, she found that some eggs were larger than ordinary eggs.

At first she thought it was a duck at home that strayed into the chicken coop to lay an egg, but later she discovered that it was a real egg, just a double-yolked egg.

In the past, the eggs laid by chickens at home were all about the same size, but this had never happened before.

So Wang Fang quickly found the culprit, which was two pullets that had just started laying eggs, and there were two of them, which made her extremely happy.

Because there are very few hens that can lay double-yolked eggs, so few that there isn't even one in the whole village.

And if a chicken can lay double-yolk eggs, it means that it will also lay double-yolk eggs in the future.

This is the same as the genetics that allow humans to have twins.

Everyone has always believed that double yolk eggs are more nutritious than ordinary eggs, so everyone regards them as a good food.

If many people have chickens that can lay double-yolk eggs, they will keep them as treasures, because the price of double-yolk eggs is much more expensive than ordinary eggs, and there is no shortage of people to buy them.

Wang Fang never thought about selling the double-yolk eggs, but planned to keep them for Su Ying who was in confinement.

"There is no need to isolate them separately, just let them stay in the circle. I will mark them later and move their nests to one side separately."

Zhang An was also a little surprised when he heard this. After raising chickens at home for so many years, now that there are hens that can lay double-yolk eggs, and there are only two of them, this is an unexpected surprise.

However, Zhang An had no intention of keeping the two pullets in separate pens. After all, isolating them from the flock would affect their mood and reduce their egg production rate. It's not worth it to pick eggs alone.

Moreover, Zhang An's hens have a strange characteristic, that is, they know their nest very well when laying eggs.

Each hen will only lay eggs in its own nest, never in other chickens' nests.

If there were no chicken coops, they would go down to the ground.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang An prepared chicken coops for more than fifty hens at home.

When the time comes, just mark their two chicken coops separately, so there won't be any confusion.

"Hey Zhang An, do you think a double yolk egg will hatch two chicks from one egg?"

Su Ying had never seen a double-yolked egg before, but when she heard Wang Fang talk about it, she immediately became interested.

"Don't think about it. A double-yolk egg cannot hatch a chick. Even if it can, the probability is very, very small."

Seeing her interested look, Zhang An poured cold water on her.

"Ah, why is this? Aren't double yolk eggs also eggs? Why can't they hatch?"

When Su Ying heard Zhang An said he couldn't pay, she immediately became a little disappointed.

She was still wondering whether chicks hatched from double-yolked eggs would be twins.

"Because the nutrition in the egg cannot support the development of the two yolks, it will turn into a bad guy. As for the eggs that hatch, I have never seen them before."

This is really not Zhang An's lies, he has done this before.

When he was still young, Grandma Zhang's family had a silky chicken that could lay double-yolk eggs.

One time when Mrs. Zhang was preparing to hatch a chick, Zhang An clamored to hatch it with a double-yolked egg.

Although the old lady said it couldn't be hatched, Zhang An couldn't listen to a word he said at that time and was very stubborn.

In the end, I could only follow his wishes, because at that time he was the only grandson of the Zhang family.

Just like that, after the clutch of eggs hatched for more than twenty days, the other eggs hatched out, and the two double-yolked eggs that Zhang An added directly turned into villains.

Because of this, he was even taught a lesson by Wang Fang.

After all, two double-yolked eggs can be sold for a lot of money, and it would be strange if Zhang An didn't get angry if they were wasted like this.

After eating, Zhang An teased little Siqi and prepared to go to Zhang Jianjun's house.

In fact, he wanted to go there with little Siqi in his arms, but the little guy was still in confinement, so he didn't dare. Otherwise, Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo would definitely re-teach him the principles of life.

"Second uncle, why are you eating? You just came back from the mountain?"

Zhang An came to Zhang Jianjun's house and found that his family had just had dinner.

Needless to say, Zhang Jianjun knew that they were going to pick kiwi fruits because the hall was filled with freshly picked kiwi fruits.

"Hmm, I just came back from picking kiwi fruits. This is what Boss Lu wants. Let's pick it first while it's hard and not yet ripe."

Last year, Ding Yi came to harvest, so you can wait until ripe before picking. Because it is not far from the city, you can sell it if you bring it there.

But that's not the case with Lu Cheng. He wants to sell them to the provincial capital or even further afield, so he can't wait for the kiwis to be fully ripe.

Otherwise, it will all become soft halfway through. Although it will not rot, it will definitely affect sales.

"Since you're here, come over and have a drink with me."

Seeing Zhang An coming, Zhang Jianjun asked Zhang An to sit down and have something to eat together, regardless of whether Zhang An had eaten or not.

Zhang Jianjun is just like other men in the village. After working hard in the fields, he needs something to drink when he comes back.

In their words, this wine is a good treasure, it can relax menstruation, activate blood circulation and relieve fatigue.

However, he is not a big drinker, and even if he likes to drink, it would only be a little bit for a meal.

Moreover, this wine was brewed by Zhang An. Drinking it will not harm your body, but may actually have some benefits.

Mr. Zhang did not expect that none of his sons would learn from it. Instead, his nephew Zhang Jianjun would learn from it.

"I haven't had time to see how the fruit is doing in the orchard this year."

Zhang An couldn't put it away, so he simply sat down and had a drink with him.

Some time ago, he had been too busy due to the birth of his child. Even after returning from the hospital, he didn't have much time to go to the mountains to check, so he still didn't know how much this year's kiwis had been affected by the heavy rain.

"It's not bad. The ones just planted this year should be able to harvest half of last year's trees, and last year's trees will have more trees. It's already pretty good."

Speaking of this, Zhang Jianjun had a satisfied smile on his face.

Even if there was no harvest in the field, he didn't pay much attention to it, because now his family's energy is focused on the kiwi fruit orchard.

I originally thought that due to the heavy rain for half a month, this year's kiwi fruit would be as hopeless as the rice in the fields.

But later I discovered that although it was greatly affected by the heavy rain, there was still some hope.

It's just that the output has been halved. He is no longer able to accept it, but is very satisfied.

"That's good. Do you want to pick it again tomorrow? I'll help too."

Zhang An also nodded. He was as accepting of this as Zhang Jianjun.

Presumably other people are not much different, and it finally leaves some hope for everyone.

If everyone's hopes were dashed in the first year after the kiwi fruit was planted, then maybe someone would blame him.

"No, no, just stay home and help Xiaoying take care of Xiao Siqi. Your aunt and I are enough. Otherwise, we wouldn't have spent money to hire someone long ago."

Zhang Jianjun is now like Zhang An. When he needs someone, he has learned to spend money to find someone.

After all, when a lot of people are needed, it proves that there is a lot of work. Even if you hire human workers, it will be difficult to replace them later.

And the disadvantage of favor work is that when everyone is busy, you won’t be able to hire many people at all.

After all, there are many people growing kiwi fruit in the village. If you are busy, everyone else is busy.

Spending money is different. There are many people who put aside their own work for the sake of money.

And in the future, I won’t have to do the same tiring work to pay back work for others.

"It's okay. His grandma and grandma are here, so it's not my turn to take care of him."

According to Wang Fang and Wu Qiuping's love for Xiao Siqi, Zhang An really has to step aside.

(End of this chapter)