Dressed as the heroine of the farming novel and the best relative

"From feeding the piglets now to next summer, when the piglets grow into half-sized piglets, we can gain a lot." Xiang Xi calculated an account, and it was definitely a profit. There is still grass and hay, and you can still feed the pigs. "

"The remaining problem is to buy piglets. We will hang them at the door and ask the guests who come and go. If anyone in the village has one, please let us know."

"My lord, what do you think of this?"

Goldman Sachs said, “Then we must first determine who in the village wants to raise pigs.”

"Let's go ask the relatives of the Gao family first."

After Xiang Xi made an agreement with Goldman Sachs, he slapped his head and said enthusiastically, "I want to raise some chickens and ducks. Isn't there a bamboo forest at home? That's the most suitable place. In the cold winter, just build a shed to keep warm. Worried about freezing the chickens to death.”

Xiang Xi returned to the village that afternoon and told the village chief and elders.

Aunt Gao was a little moved after hearing this, "Xiao Xi, can you really buy piglets?"

It turned out that they had wanted to raise some livestock for a long time. There were many children at home, and there was no work to do in the winter. When they had time, they could go out to collect pig grass, so it would be no problem to just feed a pig.

But most of the time, piglets are bought in the spring.

I'm afraid it's hard to buy now.

Xiang Xi took over the matter and said, "I'm going to find out the news. If there are any piglets, I'll tell my eldest aunt."

"Would that be too much trouble for you?" The eldest aunt was a little embarrassed.

Xiang Xi smiled and waved, "It's okay, I just happen to want to buy it myself."

The eldest aunt asked her to stay for dinner, and Xiang Xi wanted to go back and clean up the bamboo forest in the backyard so that she could raise chickens.

Just do what Xiang Xi says.

As soon as I got home I went to the backyard.

Pick up the broom and tidy up.

Gao Mu learned the reason and went to help clean up.

Gao Mu asked her how many birds she wanted to raise.

Xiang Xi clasped his fingers and discussed, "Shall we raise one or two hundred?"

"How much... how much?"

"Too few?" Xiang Xi touched his chin and said matter-of-factly, "Yes, it is indeed too few. The shop can sell hundreds of eggs every day. I'm afraid raising one or two hundred eggs is not enough. .”

"This bamboo forest is too small. I have to buy the wasteland next to it. When the time comes, I will surround it on both sides. I won't worry about the chickens escaping. I can also find small bugs and earthworms in the forest to eat."

"Wait... Xiaoxi, more than 200 are too many. We can't raise them. Poultry will get sick easily when there are too many. If there is chicken plague, the livestock in the whole village will not be saved." Gao Mu was startled and kept saying interrupted her.

Xiang Xi glared and asked, "Mom, don't we have medical books at home?"

"It says how to keep it clean and tidy to avoid chicken plague."

"Have you?" Gao Mu recalled with doubts on her face, but she didn't recall it.

Xiang Xi looked innocent, "Yes, it's written on it. Who wrote it by hand?"

Xiang Xi asked Gao's mother to find the medical book, and she found some scraps of paper inside. However, some of the handwriting was unclear, and a word was missing from time to time. In the past, Gao and the others only thought it was scratch paper written by their ancestors. In medicine, The attitude is rigorous, the content is lacking, and I dare not use it casually. No one in the family studies medicine, and no one studies what is written on it. "It really is." Gao Mu was shocked and said hurriedly, "Let's go find the boss and have a look."

Goldman Sachs collects firewood in the back mountains. The closer to winter, the more firewood will be stored for heating.

When the two came to find it, they heard the purpose of their visit. Goldman Sachs took the paper and looked at it. He had some impression because he had read it when he was a child.

Xiang Xi leaned to the side and pointed to the rightmost position on the dated paper, and asked curiously, "Mr. Sir, look, is the word plague written here? There is a word missing on it. There is only one word in front of the mark. The several herbs used at the end were ordinary, among which mugwort was the most common, and at the end, they said they needed to be cleaned..."

"There is also a word for chicken here. I think it should be the solution to chicken plague."

Goldman Sachs followed Xiang Xi's guidance. The idea that seemed vague at first gradually became clear, "I'll go back and study it later tonight."

"Mom, why are you looking at this all of a sudden?"

Gao Mu told Xiang Xi about feeding more than 200 chickens.

Some still couldn't laugh or cry, "Xiao Xi is really a brave artist. Not to mention how much fodder these chickens need to eat, we have to buy so many chickens. In winter, the temperature is so low that they can't hatch at all."

Goldman Sachs was a little surprised. When he saw Xiang Xi's confident eyes, he couldn't stand firm.

"Mom, I did the math. Even if you feed so many chickens, you won't be able to eat much whole grains. This year's whole grains are not expensive, cheaper than in previous years. In addition, there are shops that need chickens in addition to eggs. Chickens are not enough. It’s easy to buy, but I can’t cook a lot of food, so I might as well raise them myself. Even with so many chickens, it’s tiring to raise them.”

"A few days ago, I heard my eldest aunt's second sister-in-law asking if the shop would collect winter bamboo shoots. If she wanted them, she would go dig them up from the back mountain and bring them to the shop."

"Xiao Xi said that we can make sour bamboo shoots. It will be good whether it is stir-fried with meat or directly used as pickles as an appetizer. However, the winter bamboo shoots are a bit bitter and will have to be dealt with later."

"You mean, you want to ask your second sister-in-law to raise her alone?" Gao's mother thought about the situation of Gao's second sister-in-law, her nephew's daughter-in-law. The man in the family had been taken away by the army more than ten years ago and never came back.

She happened to be pregnant with the posthumous child at that time, and she has been raising her child since she was born, and has not remarried. In addition, Uncle Gao has not separated the family, and the remaining brothers and sisters take care of the second family. However, there are many children, and the Gao family is not rich. It's not easy.

Gao Mu agreed.

"How to deal with the chicken? Go shopping everywhere?"

"Buy it first. If you can't buy it, we will hatch it ourselves. If the hen can hatch chicks, then I will warm the eggs and they should be able to hatch." Anyway, it is about controlling the temperature. She had read about it in miscellaneous books before. I have the impression that there is no thermometer, so it is difficult to control the temperature, so I can only rely on the feel of the hand.

Xiang Xi and Goldman Sachs both do what they say.

Goldman Sachs studied for several nights to complete the remaining contents on the paper. In order to verify, he went up to a shop in the town to open a shop. In the afternoon, he went to ask people from all over the country who were good at raising livestock how to prevent chicken plague.

He even went to the county medical clinic to ask the doctor.

As for why he didn't go to the town's medical clinic, it was naturally that the town's medical clinic was opened by the family who stole the Gao family's medical books. There was a grudge, and the Gao family usually wouldn't go there even if they were sick.

Xiang Xi was not idle in the village. Gao Quan was young but flexible in his work. He could take over her busy work in the shop.

Xiang Xi went to collect eggs from every house in the village, took a cotton-padded jacket, and built an egg-hatching earth box in the house. In order to keep warm, she could only use the principle of a kang. If there was no change, she could just put charcoal blocks to conduct the high temperature.

Xiang Xi made such a fuss.

Even the tall aunt and the women in the village who heard about it came over to see the novelty.

"Xiao Xi, can this happen?"

"Is it possible that hens can hatch chicks just because they are warm enough?" Someone asked sincerely.