My village can't be like this

Chapter 663 Qiqi's New Partner
On the other hand, the newborn lambs are very curious about the world.

They can't eat grass yet, and they even learned to drink water from drinking milk just now.

After taking a few sips of the space spring water, he began to look around with his head raised.

It is said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers and are very brave. It seems that this newborn calf is not much different. When it sees the tiger cubs, it is not afraid but moves closer to them.

Zhang An shook his head. This was only true at home. If he encountered a blue wolf in the mountains, he would probably take them back and eat them as snacks.

Xiaohu and his friends are considered veterans in this family and are no longer surprised by such things.

After all, they used to live in the same pen with the sheep. In recent years, every time a lamb was born, they were very curious about them and always went to harass them.

Although they really wanted to teach these ignorant little guys a lesson, they later found that no matter how much they scared them, it would be useless if they couldn't bite, so they simply ignored them.

This approach actually had some effect. The lambs circled around the big dogs for a long time, but found that they were ignored by the dogs. They felt bored and had to return to their mothers in shame.

Zhang An squatted on the ground and reached out to touch them one by one.

After being baptized by space, the little ones' bodies are no longer as wet as when they just came out of their mother's belly.

At this moment, the fur on their bodies feels very comfortable to touch, much better than the wool of the adult sheep at home.

When Zhang An was having fun teasing the lambs, Zhang Jianguo had already come into the pen.

As he guessed, even though his father didn't come over at night, he was still worried.

Look, he got up before dawn.

Fortunately, those sheep were lucky and gave birth before Dad got up.

If it had been twenty minutes earlier, he wouldn't have been able to bring them into the space.

If that were the case, the ewe with quintuplets might have died.

"Hey, did it rain so much last night? How many ewes did it rain?"

When he saw the large group of lambs in front of Zhang An, he couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"A total of seven ewes gave birth, all of which happened in the second half of the night. Fortunately, there were no accidents. As for the remaining ewes, it looks like they will need some time."

Zhang An stood up and stretched, then slowly spoke to his father.

"Seven? Only seven have given birth to so many cubs?"

When Zhang Jianguo heard Zhang An's words, his eyes widened.

He could hardly believe that so many lambs in front of him were born by only seven ewes.

After counting carefully, there were actually eighteen of them. On average, a ewe could give birth to almost three lambs. This had never happened before.

"Yes, that's seven. Most of them were fine, basically giving birth to two cubs each. One gave birth to three. But the one over there was the most incredible. It gave birth to five cubs, and the first one was in a wrong position, almost blocking all of them in its stomach."

Zhang An told his father about the situation of all the ewes, and finally pointed at the mother of the quintuplets.

"Hiss, five? And the fetus is in an abnormal position? How on earth did they come into being?"

When Zhang Jianguo heard this, he couldn't help but gasp.

Their family has been raising sheep all this time, and they have never encountered a situation where a sheep gave birth to so many lambs, let alone an unexpected dystocia.

If the five cubs and the ewe had not been leisurely in front of him, he would not have believed that this was true. Generally speaking, in this situation, the ewe would have been doomed to die.

"If I hadn't learned the technique of abortion from my godfather, not only would the babies have died, but even the ewe would have died."

Zhang An smiled and said, as if he didn't take it seriously.

In fact, although he said it lightly, if he did not have the space on his body and the sheep gave birth normally outside, there would be basically no hope for the ewe and her five children.

"This is really God's blessing. Those who survive a disaster will surely have good fortune in the future. These cubs should grow up well in the future."

Although Zhang An did not elaborate on the production process, Zhang Jianguo knew that it was definitely not that simple.

But he didn't ask any further questions, as he was safe now anyway.

"Okay, you probably didn't sleep a wink last night, go back to sleep, it's almost daytime, I'll be watching over here, nothing will happen."

With so many lambs born last night, plus a difficult birth of quintuplets, Zhang Jianguo subconsciously thought that Zhang An had been busy all night.

Now seeing him yawning one after another, let him go back and catch up on his sleep.

"Okay, then you can watch it, old man. But in my opinion, nothing will happen during the day. The earliest we can expect to see it is tonight."

Although Zhang An had already slept for half the night last night, it didn’t matter if he didn’t need to make up for the sleep today.

But there was nothing to do at home, and he was a man who would not treat himself badly, so he decided to listen to his father and go back to his room to catch up on some sleep he had in the morning.

Before leaving, Zhang An told his father his rough estimate of the situation, so that his father wouldn't worry about his sheep and keep guarding them here.

"Yeah, I know, you should go back soon."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jianguo nodded to indicate that he understood and waved his hand to indicate that he could leave.

When I got home, it was still quite early and no one was up except my dad.

Zhang An went upstairs and took off all his clothes.

Although the smell in their sheep pen was not strong, after staying in it for a night, I could still smell the stench of sheep.

After taking a shower, Zhang An got into bed.

Su Ying was very sleepy, and as if she felt his movements, she opened her eyes drowsily.

"You're back?"

Seeing that it was Zhang An and it was still dark outside the window, she turned over slightly, lay in Zhang An's arms and continued to sleep with her eyes closed.

Zhang An did the same. He hugged his wife in his arms, closed his eyes, and fell asleep in a short while.

Although he had slept for half the night last night, he was sleeping on a recliner in the sheep pen, which was not as comfortable as sleeping on a bed.

And even though it was only a few hours in the second half of the night, all seven ewes had given birth.

But if you count the time spent in space, it would be more than just a few hours. If it were outside, it would probably take a whole night.

It is said that whatever you think about during the day you will dream about at night. Zhang An fell asleep and slowly fell into a dream.

In his dream, he found himself guarding a large group of ewes that were about to give birth, more than all the sheep in his family.

The ewes gave birth in a relay race. Before one ewes had finished giving birth, another one had already started. He was so busy that he couldn't keep up. He didn't know how much time had passed, but by the time he realized what was happening, he was already surrounded by a large group of lambs.

Just when he felt that he had reaped a great deal and was smiling with satisfaction, the lambs around him suddenly all opened their mouths and called him "Dad".

Now those cute little lambs suddenly turned into scary creatures, scaring him badly.

When he came to his senses again, he had already opened his eyes and there was a lot of sweat on his forehead.

When Zhang Ande thought of the scene in his dream, his face looked as if he had eaten something. He then quickly shook his head to get rid of this absurd dream from his mind.

I reached out to pick up my phone from the bedside table and saw that it was already past ten in the morning.

Su Ying beside him had already gotten up and was probably teaching students now.

After I got up and went downstairs, my mother had already picked some green peppers from the vegetable garden and was tidying them up in the yard.

These peppers are not meant to be sold. Now their family no longer needs to go out to sell vegetables. Anyway, the tenants of Dongli Yard and the teachers in the school will come here every one or two days.

The green peppers that Wang Fang picked were intended to be chopped into chili sauce.

There are three types of Zhang An’s chili sauce: one is made with green peppers, another is made with red peppers, and the last one is made with dried peppers.

Chili sauce made from green peppers, usually called roasted pepper sauce, is usually used as a side dish with rice, noodles or rice noodles. It is very appetizing and refreshing when eaten directly.

The ones made with red peppers are called sour peppers, also known as chopped peppers. They are used for cooking and are sour and spicy, which is very suitable for the local spicy and sour taste.

As for the last one, it actually has no special features, because it is just chili oil.

Although it is made of dried chili peppers, you have to add some water when crushing it to make it into glutinous chili peppers.

This kind of glutinous rice cake chili can be considered a local specialty. It is not available anywhere else except in the surrounding areas.

The chili oil made with glutinous rice cake chili is very delicious. Not only does it taste good, but it is not dry. It can usually be used in cooking, or it can be directly mixed with rice as a sauce or noodles.

Especially when paired with glutinous rice, it is simply addictive. No one can resist a piece of glutinous rice wrapped in red chili oil.

Of course, Ciba Chili has more than just this one use, it can also be used directly in cooking.

For example, when making any hot pot, the aroma and taste of the pot base made with other peppers will be very different from that made with this thing.

Many people from other provinces come here to eat the local hotpot, and then want to learn how to make it themselves when they return home.

But in the end they found that no matter how they learned, even if the process steps were exactly the same, the resulting soup bases were completely different.

The most crucial point here is whether the pepper used is ciba pepper.

However, this thing has a disadvantage. If you only use it at home, you can't do too much at a time.

If they are not finished in a short period of time, they will become moldy and rotten in just two or three days, and even grow long fungi.

When we arrived at the yard, little Siqi was playing in the yard, and his father Zhang Jianguo was watching him.

The only difference from usual was that today little Siqi did not play with the car by himself, nor did he play with Xiaohu and the others. Instead, he was playing in the yard with a newborn lamb.

It looks like he has found a new friend, no, it should be said that he has found a new toy.

At this moment, he was teasing the short lamb, running back and forth.

Although the little lamb was panting, it seemed to be very close to Xiao Siqi. No matter where Xiao Siqi was, it would chase him with its four short legs.

"Alright, alright, stop running and come over here and take a break."

Zhang An stretched out his hand and waved, calling Xiao Siqi to his side.

He was not worried about his son getting tired. With little Siqi's physical fitness, even running a few laps in the yard would not have much impact.

What he was really worried about was the little lamb following behind Xiao Siqi. After all, this little guy had just come out of the womb and could not withstand such ordeal.

Zhang An recognized this lamb. It was rather thin and was one of the quintuplets.

Because among the five lambs born last night, they were the smallest.

However, Zhang An couldn't remember exactly what its ranking was. At that time, he was concentrating on paying attention to the ewe's situation and didn't have the energy to remember it.

When Xiao Siqi heard Zhang An calling him, he stopped running around and walked towards this side.

And the little lamb was really close to Xiao Siqi. Even though it stopped running, it still followed Xiao Siqi closely.

"The sheep is still young. Why are you bringing it out to play? It still needs to find its mother to drink milk."

Zhang An held his son on his lap before asking.

Although he would try his best to satisfy his son's wishes, he did not want him to be too willful.

For example, this lamb, which was less than a day old, was taken out to play with.

"It wasn't Qiqi who wanted it, but this little guy insisted on staying close to Qiqi. He wouldn't come out, and he kept barking in the pen. Qiqi happened to like him, so I took him out."

As soon as Zhang An finished speaking, Zhang Jianguo next to him began to explain.

When he was separating the lambs and ewes in the sheepfold in the morning, little Siqi also ran in.

In the end, for some unknown reason, the little lamb did not follow the ewe, but instead ran to find Xiao Siqi.

"Dad, it's so funny. It licks my hand."

Little Siqi also bent down and stretched out his hand towards the lamb.

Sure enough, the little lamb would lick the palm of his hand with its tongue.

"Oh? It looks like this little guy is quite smart. Since Qiqi likes it, let's keep it as a pet."

Hearing what his father said, Zhang An couldn't help but look at the skinny little lamb a few more times.

But considering that they were born in space, it is not strange that there is a slightly smart and spiritual little one among so many sheep.

Seeing his son laughing and playing with the lamb, Zhang An thought of raising it as his son's playmate.

After all, although there are many animals in the house and they are all very close to little Siqi, none of them grew up under little Siqi's watch.

This is perfect, since the lamb has just been born and Xiao Siqi can watch him grow up.

The little lamb who was still playing with Xiao Siqi at the moment didn't know that Zhang An's words meant that it would not be in danger of being slaughtered for meat when it grew up like its other companions.

Little Siqi, who was having so much fun, didn't realize that he had gained a new friend unknowingly.

(End of this chapter)