pastoral fragrance

Chapter 82 Earthworms Feeding Chickens
"It's not going to work. We don't have any food in our house. Where can we feed the pigs?" There is no food in the house. What do we feed the pigs?This pig didn't just gnaw on the turf on the slope like a cow, it had to eat grain.

"Don't worry about this. This wild boar is easier to feed than domestic pigs, and it doesn't need to eat food. Just pick up the acorn in the forest. The wild boar can be fed to it when it is young. You don’t even need to smash the shell, just throw it away.” How can this wild boar be so picky, don’t they all eat acorns in the forest.It is much easier to feed than domestic pigs.

After hearing this, Qiu Lin gradually understood that the wild boar was naturally different from the domestic pig, and it sounded much easier to serve.There are also many acorn forests. Even if you don’t go to the depths of the forest, you can still pick up acorns, and there are quite a lot of them!

So the poor wild boar was carried to Qiulin's house by several people.

Qiulin's house had also fed pigs, and the pigsty was built behind the yard, next to the reclaimed vegetable field.It's just that this pigsty hasn't fed pigs for a long time, so it needs to be tidied up.

Mrs. Han and Qiuyue hurriedly sorted out the abandoned pigsty, and Qiu Song also came to help after returning home from school. They worked until dark and finally cleaned up the pigsty.At this time, he hurriedly threw the little wild boar into the pigsty, and then closed the door of the pigsty.The wild boar is much stronger than the domestic pig. In order to prevent the wild boar from knocking the door open, Han added two logs to the front of the door to support it.

As soon as the little wild boar was freed, he turned around in the pigsty in a "violent way", rubbing here and there, and couldn't rest for a moment. He was as lazy as a domestic pig, except eating and sleeping.

This wild boar is much more fragrant than pork, and the taste is much more delicate, it will not get stuck between the teeth, and the reason why it is not as fat as domestic pigs is this.Wild boars have to run around in the woods to find food, and even if domestic pigs are asleep, someone will take care of their food and drink. The growth environment is completely different, and the taste of the meat is naturally different.

Qiulin hadn't eaten wild pork a few times in total, and the taste was much more delicious than the pork fed with fodder later.Thinking about it made her a little greedy, but this wild boar is still young, at least it will not be killed until next year's Chinese New Year.

"I think it's getting late today, so I won't go to the forest to pick up acorns. There are still potatoes in the warehouse. You don't need to peel them after washing them. Let's eat the pigs after cooking." Han looked at them This day, said so.

That's exactly what Qiuyue thought. She responded to Mrs. Han, and took a wooden barrel to the warehouse to pick up some smaller yams.This little yam man doesn't bother to peel the skin, so he just eats the pig.

Qiuyue quickly picked up a bucket of yams, lifted them into the yard with great effort, and then scooped up a few scoops of water to mix them in. Instead of rubbing and washing them with her own hands, she took a small hoe and put them in the wooden bucket, and then basketed The yams were lifted up and down, and the yams in the wooden barrel were also bumped up and down with the lifting and lowering of the small hoe, and the water was also swaying inside, and the mud on the yams that was shaken really receded a lot.

Qiuyue found a wooden barrel again, asked Qiulin to mix water in it, then poured the yams into it, rubbed it a few times, and it was clean.

The stove holes of farmers are connected, and three pots can be placed at the same time.The pot in the middle of one side is for cooking, the small stove next to it is for boiling water for washing your face, and the other big stove is for cooking pig food.

The large iron pot for cooking pig food at home has not been used for a long time.Han found it out, and brushed vigorously with a brush.It took a lot of effort to clean the pot.At this moment, I wiped the cauldron with the old loofah of the loofah, and then quickly added water to the cauldron.

When cooking, I also move the firewood to both ends, and the small stove is also cooking rice at the moment. If the fire suddenly goes out, the rice will be raw, and it will make my stomach upset.

After the water in the cauldron boiled, Qiuyue threw the washed potatoes into it.Here, Mrs. Han hurriedly stir-fried vegetables, it was already getting late, and the children were probably so hungry that their stomachs were clinking.

And the chickens that were clucking and clucking in the yard also sneaked into the stove and circled around Han Shi as if they were in a hurry.

Han Shi looked at these chickens and said with a smile: "You guys are hungry too, you know that I eat you, and now you are around me to eat." Isn't that right, she is the head of the house Do you drink?
Qiulin grabbed two handfuls of corn in the dustpan and drove the chickens out in a "squiggly" manner.These chickens also knew that what Qiulin was holding in their hands was their food, so they followed Qiulin out of the kitchen and into the yard.Qiulin looked at these chickens with a smile. After more than half a year of feeding, the chicks have grown up a lot, and they are many times bigger than before.She counted carefully, and there were six chickens, including four hens and two roosters.This hen can produce at least three eggs every day, more than 90 eggs a month, and can be sold for hundreds of dollars.

Qiulin's family usually saves half and eats the other half. Eggs are a good thing, very nourishing.The parents at home are not in good health, and when the children are growing up, if they don't eat better, how can they develop!When the time comes, he will be short and thin like a bamboo pole. How can he have the strength to work and study?

However, after the self-made improved fish baskets were able to hold a lot of fish and shrimp, most of the eggs at home were sold.The nutrition of this fish and shrimp is better than that of eggs!

After feeding the chickens, Qiu Song just finished his homework and helped the younger sister to put the chickens into the chicken coop.

Seeing the joyful light in the little girl's eyes, Qiu Song felt a slight twitch in his heart.The little girl seems to like to take care of these things very much, and she doesn't feel tired after running in the forest and mountains all day long.

"This chicken is really easy to take care of. When the chicks are hatched next year, there will be more chickens in the family." Qiulin smiled cheerfully, thinking about the scene of flocks of chicks in the coming year, and waiting for these chicks to grow up. I don't know how many eggs I have to lay.And these chickens don't eat much, so Qiulin thinks it's easy to serve them.

Qiu Song shook his head with a smile, "How can it be so simple? Our family just raises less food. If there is more food, we may have to eat hundreds or even thousands of catties of grain throughout the year."

Qiu Lin was stunned when he heard the words. This chicken is a small ball, but it can still consume so much food.If you really want to eat so much, you can't stand it. Even if you only eat corn, you will need one or three taels of silver for hundreds of catties or even thousands of catties.Apart from this fee, there is not much money left, which is not very cost-effective.Qiulin thought to himself, what else could these chickens find instead of corn.

Bugs, this is too difficult to find, not practical.Qiulin finally fixed his gaze on the earthworm.Chickens can also eat this thing, and this thing is also easy to feed, just throw some fermented and rotten substances such as rotten peeled vegetables to it.But to feed, first catch some earthworms.It's almost winter, and I'm afraid it will be hard to find earthworms.We have to wait until the end of spring next year to catch them in the fields.

But this pit for feeding earthworms has to be done first, so plan ahead.

After a few days, Qiulin found a place near the yard and dug a one-meter-long hole, and then found some bricks to build it up, and let the earthworms slip away.Later, I added soil to it, so I didn't care about him.

Qiuyue saw that the younger sister was keen on digging this hole recently, but she didn't know what it would do, so she didn't tell her when she asked her, so Qiuyue became annoyed, and didn't help Qiulin dig the hole, and just let Qiulin do it alone. .

This afternoon, Qiulin's eldest aunt Ye Shi came over.As soon as she arrived at the yard, she saw Qiulin sitting on the threshold in a daze, and hurriedly called out, "Qiulin, what are you doing sitting on the threshold?"

Qiulin was still thinking about raising chickens at this moment, but she also came to her senses after being called out by Mrs. Ye.Looking towards the gate of the yard, the person standing at the gate of the yard was actually the eldest aunt Ye who hadn't seen him for a long time.Qiulin became happy, and a sweet smile appeared on her delicate face, "Auntie, why are you here!" She turned her head and called out to Xu Nanshan and Han Shi in the room: "Father, mother, Auntie Here we come!" After shouting, he stood up and ran towards Mrs. Ye.

Seeing this happy little girl, Mrs. Ye also showed a kind smile on her face.Bending down to hold Qiulin in her arms, she was stunned, "This girl is much heavier than last year, and it takes a little effort to hold her." In the past, holding Qiulin felt light and didn't feel much, but This time, holding it was like a big rock, and it hurt a bit.

Qiulin murmured dissatisfied, "Auntie, you're bad! You're saying that Qiulin is fat!" After saying this, Qiulin felt why he said it so flirtatiously.Fortunately, the tone of voice is not the kind that makes people get goosebumps, otherwise, I really can't bear it.

Seeing Qiulin's small mouth pouting and her pink face, Mrs. Ye is very cute.Smiling and said: "No way, you used to be too dry and skinny, but now you are just right."

In the past, Qiulin was indeed too thin, and she couldn't lift the flesh with needles all over her body. Now she is just right, her face looks pink, and her round, black eyes are very beautiful.

"Sister-in-law, why did you come here? The family is fine, how about mother?" Mrs. Han was teaching Qiuyue how to embroider in the house just now. After hearing Qiulin's words, she let go and left the house, just in time to see Mrs. Ye carrying Qiulin to the yard Come inside.

Mrs. Ye put Qiulin down and called Mrs. Han to come and help. "Isn't this the autumn harvest, but the family is still busy. Otherwise, I would have come here long ago. Mother bought a hundred catties of rice. I can't carry it by myself. Let's carry it together."

(End of this chapter)