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Chapter 72 Rural Affairs - Stepping on Eggs

Today, Zhao Zhen only used the stick technique once with Du Qian and then stopped. Zhao Zhen had breakfast and called Du Qian and Liu Tang to ride with Ding Chou to Kushu Tun.

Zhao Zhen and the other two rode the horses raised in the village, while Ding Chou rode the mules assigned to Kushu Tun. Seeing this mule, Zhao Zhen remembered something that needed to be dealt with. Nowadays, the land boundary has expanded a lot, and it is very inconvenient to walk around. Most of the horses and mules are draft horses used for plowing, but there are few horses and mules that can be ridden, and there are no war horses that can go to the battlefield.

I asked for a taller horse, no matter the quality, but I haven't found one yet. Now that he has nearly 40,000 yuan of money in his storehouse, he can search for a group of war horses when he returns to the main world. As the saying goes: Swords are given to heroes, pink powder is given to beauties, and fierce horses are given to generals.

After a while, the three of them arrived at the chicken farm. At this time, the chickens were wandering in the woods beside the chicken farm, and two farmers were watching over them. In the creek next to it, 50 geese were playing and eating water plants.

I saw Zhao Zhen and others from a distance and hurried over to meet Li.

Ding Chou asked: "Zhu San, where is the Xue Lihong raised by the village owner?"

Zhu San said: "Li Zheng, the red trees in the snow today are still in the woods in the chicken farm. They have occupied more than a dozen hens and won't let them out. I fed these hens some millet. Judging from their appearance, they seemed to want to build a nest." "

Zhao Zhen said: "Isn't it March or April when hens nest?"

Seeing that Zhu San didn't know how to answer, Ding Chou said: "Master, hens lay one to three times a year, usually in March and April. At this time, the weather is getting hotter, and the hens stop laying eggs, and their feathers become fluffy. In more than ten days, these half-grown chickens, newly hatched this year, have grown up.

Li You once explained that these chickens also occasionally have nests at other times. In order to let these chickens lay more eggs, they need to wake up and cuddle them at this time. There are many methods, but the best one is to tie one leg of the chicken with a rope, and then hang it up so that one leg touches the ground and cannot lie down in the nest, so that the chicken wakes up and cuddles. "

Zhao Zhen nodded, and the four of them entered the chicken farm together.

This chicken farm is seven or eight doorless shacks with a height of one person, surrounded by a low wall of half a person's height, with some branches inserted on it for protection. After entering the fence gate, the yard was very clean, the chicken manure was swept away, and the shack was covered with straw.

Ding Chou walked up to Zhao Zhen, pointed to a place and whispered to Zhao Zhen: "Master, look quickly, we are about to step on the egg."

Zhao Zhen looked in the direction Ding Chou pointed and saw a hen in a half-crouching position with its wings spread out. Xue Lihong stepped on the hen's back vigorously, stretched out his head and bit the hen with his mouth. The feathers on the chicken's head and its wings flap left and right. Before Zhao Zhen could blink twice, Xue Lihong had jumped off the hen.

It was also the first time that Zhao Zhen saw Tie Dan. He turned to look at Ding Chou and asked, "Is this the end?" Ding Chou suppressed a smile and nodded.

Zhao Zhen couldn't help being a little surprised, and thought to himself: This Xue Lihong is also a fast shooter, and he can finish it in the blink of an eye.

Xue Lihong turned around, glanced at everyone, raised her head and walked toward Zhao Zhen. When she got in front of Zhao Zhen, she stopped, tilted her head, glanced at Zhao Zhen, and flapped her wings again. Passing Zhao Zhen, he suddenly accelerated towards another squatting hen.

His aggressive look seemed to say: "Learn from my brother."

Zhao Zhen looked at these hens. They had bright feathers, plump and well-proportioned bodies, long and powerful feet, and tall red crowns. Maybe in the eyes of idiots like Xue Lihong, they are all rare beauties.

Zhao Zhen looked at Xue Lihong with his eyes open and found that she was indeed in estrus.

Ding Chou said to Zhao Zhen at this time: "Master, can you wake up these hens? These hens lay the most eggs." Before Zhao Zhen could speak, Xue Lihong, who had finished her work, rushed to Ding Chou and opened her mouth to Ding Chou took a bite on his feet. Ding Chou hugged his left foot and let out a roar, while Zhao Zhen and the other two laughed loudly.

Zhao Zhen said: "Let it nest in the nest. Pay attention when these chickens hatch and see if there is any difference."

While the two were talking, Xue Lihong left the hens behind and ran a few steps, flying out of the chicken farm wall and into the woods.

Liu Tang and Du Qian said: "What a beautiful chicken."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "I bought it that day because it looks good. It just doesn't have any fighting cock momentum, but only a good skin."

While everyone was talking, they walked out. Seeing noon, Ding Chou said: "Master, it's dinner time. The weather is hot. Why not go to the village to have a meal to cool off."

Zhao Zhen nodded: "It's true that I haven't been to Dry Tree Mountain for a long time. Let's go up to the mountain to take a look today."

After that, everyone followed Ding Chou to Kushu Tun. The original scene of mountains full of dead trees and a patch of yellow grass has long since disappeared. What you see is lush green grass, vines, bushes, and flowers all over the mountains and fields, blooming brilliantly and spreading their fragrant fragrance. From time to time, you can hear the chirping of birds and the chirping of insects.

It was midsummer. Walking on the mountain road, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

After entering Kushu Village, Ding Chou led everyone to the village office, where Bao Xu was already waiting. Everyone was greeted by the ceremony and drank tea before taking their seats.

After having enough wine and food, Zhao Zhen and others took a rest under the shade of the trees in the village hall. Everyone opened their clothes and lay on the chairs, talking about the deeds of heroes in the world.

Everyone laughed from time to time. Zhao Zhen thought of Du Qian's origins and couldn't help but ask: "Brother Du Qian, I heard that this Chai official is also a hero who lives in luxury in the world. I wonder where he lives?"

Du Qian said: "Brothers and Wang Lun only make a living in Dongzhuang, a village owned by Chaidaguan. They have also gone to Xizhuang, where most Chaidaguan people and their families live. But they have never been to other Zhuangzi. This Dongzhuang The gate is built to face the broad harbor, and the back is close to the peak. Thousands of locust trees and willow trees are sparse, and there are three or five guesthouses for recruiting talents. The land is full of cattle and sheep, and there are flocks of geese and ducks in the wheat field. To use a word from Wang Lun brothers to describe it, It's exactly this: the family has enough food to feed their chickens and dogs, but the family has no servants and no children to spare.

This Xizhuang has to be crossed through a bridge. There is a flat road behind the bridge. The willow trees planted outside the village are also a hundred years old and surround the village courtyard. It is surrounded by a large river, with big weeping poplar trees on both sides. There is a whitewashed wall in the shade of the trees, which is more dangerous than other manor houses. "

Zhao Zhen said: "What a great place in Zhuangzi. The time in my place is still short, and it is not as good as many others. Is there any good man in the village?"

Du Qian said: "Most of them are ordinary villagers, and there are also some heroes who have defected to the village. They all live not long ago. The only one I have seen is General Shi Yong, who is very powerful. The other people are not very outstanding, only the villagers A trainer, because Chai Daguan often talked with him about martial arts and competed with guns and sticks. Therefore, the villagers personally called him 'teacher'."

Zhao Zhen said: "I only regret that the fog blocked me and I never had the chance to visit him."

Bao Xu and Liu Tang listened and said: "The owner of the village is very famous in the world now, and he is as good as Chai Daguan."

(End of this chapter)