farm lady

Chapter 77

After careful calculation, Yi Xue felt that compared to next year's income, these costs are negligible. She is confident that next year's income will be an astronomical figure.The so-called reluctance to bear children cannot trap wolves. Costs must be minimized and benefits must be maximized.Draw these things first, and they will be used next year anyway.

On the third day, Yi Xue told everyone that the chickens might be hatched today. The Zhang family had never artificially hatched chickens, and everyone gathered around the egg hatching room curiously, looking at the eggs nervously.

"Big ya, you said the chicks can hatch today?" Mrs. Zhang couldn't believe it, after all, she had never heard of it.

Yi Xue nodded, "Mom, I should be able to do it today." After calculating the time, it should be about the same.

"Big sister, is there a chick coming out? Coming out of this egg?" Sanya asked curiously, pointing at the egg.

Yi Xue touched Sanya's head, "Well, you'll find out later, the chick just came out of the eggshell."

Sanya thought for a while, and then said in an astonishing way, "Where is the eggshell that gave birth to me?"

"........."

Three seconds later, everyone burst into laughter, Mrs. Zhang blushed, and hugged Sanya, "You silly child, you were born in your mother's stomach, where did you get the eggshell?"

"Oh", Sanya looked at Zhang clearly, and then asked, "Mother, why didn't you have eggshells when you gave birth to me?"

Seeing her mother's embarrassment, Yi Xue laughed and held Sanya's hand, "Humans are different from chickens. Humans are mammals, and chickens are oviparous animals." As she was speaking, she saw Sanya's confusion even more. Patted her on the head lightly, "I'll tell you later, pay attention, there is a chick coming out"

Sanya was immediately attracted, staring at it intently, and waited for a full hour before hearing a soft cracking sound, a crack slowly appeared on the top of an egg, which became bigger and bigger, and then a small bright yellow mouth poked out from the egg. When it came out, the entire egg shell was broken, and a little furry guy looked outside suspiciously, then jumped out.Seeing Sanya squatting at the front, she immediately ran over.

The first time Chickie sees a living thing when he is born, he will regard it as his mother. She saw Sanya first, and then ran over, making Sanya very excited.

"Ah, big sister, the little chicken came out, it ran towards me, wow, it's so beautiful", Sanya clapped her hands excitedly, holding the little chicken that ran over with both hands.

Mrs. Zhang and others also looked at the chick excitedly, "It really hatched."

The old Zhangtou excitedly looked at the fruits of the 20 days of labor, "Great, the chick really came out"

Then, more eggs began to crack, and little fluffy chicks came out, chattering loudly.

"Mother, quickly bring over the prepared basket," Yi Xue shouted.Mrs. Zhang hurriedly brought over the wooden cage and put the chicken in the cage.

"Ah, it's really fun." Sanya put a little chick on her arm and kept teasing her, with a brighter smile on her face.Xiaojun and Erya were not idle either, happily teasing Xiaojizai.

After packing the chicks in four wooden cages and putting them on the kang, Yi Xue said, "Uncle Zhang, it's still the same these days, keep the indoor temperature."

"Sister, I'll feed the chickens later, okay?" Sanya tugged at Yi Xue's sleeve, the little girl was born with no immunity to fluffy animals.

Yi Xue lowered her head and pinched Sanya's increasingly plump face, "Okay, but don't abuse them." This girl's complexion has become more radiant these days, and her baby-fat face gradually appeared.

"Mother, big sister pinched my face again." Sanya struggled to run away, made a face at Yi Xue, and then complained to Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang laughed loudly, "Sanya, from now on, you will be responsible for taking care of the chicks."

Sanya nodded seriously, and clenched her little fists tightly, "Mother, I will definitely raise them fat and fat, like piglets."

"Mother, these days, let's feed them with minced vegetable leaves. Xiaojun, Erya, Sanya, catch bugs when they have time, and then chop them up. That's the most nutritious," Yi Xue said with a smile.

Although Xiaojun and the others didn't understand the word "nutrition", they knew that what the elder sister said must be true, so they went to dig wild vegetables and look for bugs one after another. Yixue counted and found that there were 35 chicks hatched in total. Four more eggs became flooded eggs, and the hatching rate was not low.

She drew out the space water and put it in the trough, and the chicks drank it excitedly.Yi Xue thought of using this method to reduce the incidence of chicks and at the same time speed up the growth of chicks.

Mrs. Zhang took a few children to prepare the food for the chickens, which were all very fine coarse grains ground into powder, mixed with boiling water and let cool, and the few people happily fed them.Yi Xue watched Erya and Sanya playing with the chickens, lost interest after throwing a few handfuls of food, felt that she had nothing to do, went back to the house, and continued thinking about how to make money.

Thinking about it, Yi Xue suddenly came up with an idea. Although it seemed like repeating old tricks, it was nothing, since a lot had been exposed anyway.

After thinking about it, Yi Xue decided to do it, found Mrs. Zhang, and saw Mrs. Zhang was preparing for lunch and helping to pick up vegetables, so she asked, "Mom, what do you think of the leeks you ate last time?"

Mrs. Zhang thought for a while and said, "It tastes good, but if it is left for too short a time, it will easily turn yellow and rot."

Yi Xue thought for a while, and then asked, "Mom, do you think pickled vegetables will sell for money?"

Yi Xue recalled the pickles her father had pickled in her previous life, which were very good ingredients for wine or rice.In the previous life, this thing was not worth much, that is, it was used at home for a change of taste, but I don't know if there is a market in this world.

Mrs. Zhang was taken aback, and immediately understood Yi Xue's meaning, "It should be fine. Many people in our place pickle vegetables, but they are all wild vegetables, and they have no taste. Pickle a little in winter, and it will be used for the New Year. If you sell If it’s cheaper, there should be no problem. But there are not many leeks, not enough to sell.”

Yi Xue smiled faintly, picking up vegetables in her hands, thinking that there were a lot of leeks in the space, and she didn't know how much she had collected, and the vegetables in the space were kept fresh.

"Mother, don't worry about this, I have my own solution," Yi Xue said mysteriously.

Mrs. Zhang saw that Yi Xue had her own plans, and became numb to Yi Xue's endless miracles, so she just said, "You can figure it out."

Seeing that Mother didn't get to the bottom of it, Yi Xue found Erya and Sanya who were in the chicken pen, and Zhangtou drove the car to Huawang Mountain together.

When they arrived at Huawang Mountain, Xiao Jin rushed out and circled around Yi Xue affectionately, obviously missing ginseng fruit.Yi Xue secretly took out a ginseng fruit, and after eating it excitedly, she lay on the side with her eyes closed lazily.

Yi Xue found that the tiger power emanating from this guy was getting stronger and stronger, and there was a strong sense of oppression next to it.Instructing Erya and others to wait aside, she went to a relatively wide place by herself, then waved her hand, and a piece of green leek appeared.

"Oh, there's leeks, it's a big piece," Yi Xue exclaimed in surprise.She herself felt that she was about to become that wooden child in a fairy tale, with a gray and long nose for lying.

Erya and the three of them hurried over, and when they saw the lush green leeks, they immediately danced happily.Sanya was even more overjoyed, and said, "I can eat scrambled eggs with leeks every day from now on."

Yi Xue pinched Sanya's little nose and said with a smile, "I'll make leek boxes for you in the future."

"What is a leek box? Why don't you make it today, big sister..." Sanya was delighted to hear it, knowing that it is a delicious thing.

"I can only make it when there is flour," Yi Xue said with a smile, and then she also longed for white flour in her heart. There is a lot of wheat in the space, but it's not time to take it out yet.

Sanya walked aside dejectedly, but soon forgot her troubles and started messing around with Xiaojin.

Really young and carefree!
It took the four of them three hours to collect all the leeks and load them into a whole cart.Yi Xue looked a little dizzy. You must know that picking leeks is the most labor-intensive task. It is not easy to pick these leeks out. Thinking about it gives me a headache.

After returning home, Mrs. Zhang was even happier when she heard that she had found a large piece of leeks. It happened to be noon, and Xiaojun was out of class, and even Wang Yin followed to pick up vegetables.Wang Yin didn't know leeks, so he asked curiously. Hearing that they could be eaten as a vegetable, he became even more curious. He wondered how this food was so spicy.

Mrs. Zhang took some of the ones she picked out, went into the kitchen, and skillfully scrambled a plate of eggs and leeks, and then stewed pork with potatoes.

"These two dishes are so special. I haven't seen them before. They taste really good and delicious." Wang Yin couldn't help but praise them when he ate leeks and potatoes for the first time.

Yi Xue stopped speaking as soon as she reached the point of her mouth.

"What do you want to say?" Zhang saw her hesitant to speak.

"It's nothing, mother," Yi Xue hurriedly said seriously, but she laughed in her heart, she almost said by mistake that leeks can strengthen yang.

(End of this chapter)