The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 117: Quack, Quack (2)
"It's my sister! He didn't come out all day, He'er could only play with Yaya, and now Yaya was called by Aunt Liu to light the fire, so He'er can only play alone." Since Aunt Liu brought Yaya After coming, Su He has Yaya's company, the two friends go out together every day, taking Chun Hua and Xia Feng out to cut pig grass and feed the pigs.

Su Ling was also very glad that Aunt Liu was brought back by the meeting, so she had Yaya to accompany Su He, otherwise she would have to be troubled by this little one every day.

"Yes, yes, it's my sister's fault. Then He'er said how to punish my sister." Su Ling patted Su He's head, not to accompany her.

It took a lot of time for Su Ling to say this, of course, snack foodies would not let go of this opportunity, "Sister, I want to eat wine glutinous rice balls."

Well, these words are so clear, Su Ling also knows what to do, in fact, Aunt Liu watched from the side when Su Ling made the Jiuniang meatball dish, and Su Ling even specially taught her, but Su Ling He is always made by Aunt Liu, not authentic by Su Ling.

"Okay, sister understands, you snack food!" Although she was already very tired, and Aunt Liu had already prepared the meals, Su Ling still went to the kitchen to cook a rice ball made of wine for Su Ho.

"Well, what my sister cooks is delicious, and I will eat it next time." Su Ho said that after putting the last meatball in her mouth, she actually ate more than half of the rice balls on the plate by herself. Su's mother considered that although the content of wine in Jiuniang meatballs was not much, but children couldn't bear to eat so much at once, she stopped Su Ho from eating so much.

The days passed day by day, and Su Dong also sent a message from the county to say that everything is fine, and the drafts designed by Su Ling are very popular, and the sales are crazy, and the dried bamboo shoots workshop is almost It's time for the end, spring has passed, and summer is approaching quietly. Many bamboo shoots have grown taller, and they can no longer make dried bamboo shoots.

The people of Huaxi Village have almost earned more than one or two taels of silver this spring by relying on the small dried bamboo shoot workshop of Su Ling's family, except for those who are lazy.

Throughout the spring, when the farmers were busy, women and children went up to the mountain to dig bamboo shoots, and all the bamboo shoots they dug were weighed for Su Ling's family to make dried bamboo shoots.

There are more than a dozen people employed in the small workshop to specialize in the production. After knowing that Su's mother was pregnant, Su Ling asked Aunt Li to take over the small bamboo shoot workshop. Aunt Osmanthus and Aunt Qin Fang assisted, and the three divided the labor. It was well organized and the workshop was well managed. Su Ling was very satisfied. When the monthly money was paid every month, the monthly money of the three of them was more than half of those of the workers, a full five taels.

In summer, everyone took off their thick spring clothes and put on cool summer clothes.

It has been about twenty days since the day when the chicks were hatched, and Su Ho would come to observe it almost every day, but when he went out to play today, he was too tired after eating, so he took a rest for a while.

Su Ling also knew that the little chicken would come out in a few days, so she would come to see it every day.

Su Ling stood in front of the brooding hen, and saw that the hen was very restless, and after a while, she got up slowly, and Su Ling saw a few bright yellow fluffy balls wriggling slowly with.

"Ah, the chick has hatched!" Su Ling immediately exclaimed in surprise.

Su Lin slowly stopped in front of the nest, and leaned over to look into the nest.

Twenty or so little fluffy chickens, each no bigger than her fist, were crowded in the shadow of the sun on the kang, with tender twittering sounds from their bright yellow mouths.

Mother Su also came out to see, and Su Ho, who was sleeping in the room, also woke up and ran out.

"All the chicks have hatched, the duckling?" Suho asked, walking towards the nests where the ducks were hatching.

In that warm nest, the fluffy hen is still obediently lying in the coop.A conscientious hen will not leave the coop until all the eggs in the nest have hatched.

"The duck eggs have to wait for a few days." Mother Su told Su Ho.

It takes about 21 days for an egg to hatch, and about 28 days for a duck egg to hatch.

Today is the 21st day, and the chicks in these broods have broken their shells one after another.

Su Ling stretched his hand in again, holding a little chicken in his palm.The little chicken's feathers were soft and its body was so hot that Su Ling didn't dare to use any force, so he gently put the little chicken down.

The chicks have just hatched and are still very fragile. Generally, the chicks that are sold will have to be raised at home for about ten days.And these ten days are also the period with the highest death rate of chicks.

And Su Ho looked at these weak chicks, and asked worriedly, "Can these chicks survive?" You know, last year they didn't hatch chicks at home, but bought them back from the town. Ten or so, there will be two very weak ones, even Su's mother gave up raising them, but Su Ho has built a nest for those two chicks, and feeds them with some soft food every day, but In the end, he still couldn't make it through and died. This sadly broke Su Ho, and he was sad to see it for more than half a month!
Seeing these little chickens now, I think of that poor little chicken again!

"It's okay, it's like this when you first came out, and it will grow stronger in two days." Mother Su comforted Su Ho.Aunt Liu was asked to bring several baskets, spread hay and cotton wool inside, and then put the dozens of chicks that hatched into the baskets.

The newly hatched chicks have poor adaptability. Although it is already the beginning of summer, it will occasionally turn cold. These chicks should stay in a room with a suitable temperature.Enjoy the most loving care for their first few days of life.

Fortunately, there was a vacant room in Su Ling's house, and there was only one big kang in it, and it was unoccupied. It was the best place to arrange these little chickens, as it could save a little firewood to keep the temperature in the room.

Since the chicks hatched, Su Ho didn't go out to play anymore. He and Yaya spent the whole day teasing the chicks.

The two of them were lying in front of the big kang, and Su Ho touched all the little chickens with her chubby hands.At the beginning, Yaya was a little scared, but seeing Su Ho having fun, she let go of her courage, and gently stroked the soft feathers of the chick with her little hand. Seeing that nothing happened, she became more courageous It was even bigger, and he even held the little chick in his palm.

Seeing the two of them having fun, Su Ling couldn't bear to blame her, but considering that the newly hatched chick has relatively low immunity, and if someone stays inside, it may bring in more bacteria. Besides, the chick It's not clean, and it's not good for the two children Su Ling and Yaya to stay inside for a long time, so they called Su He and Yaya to the front.

"He'er, Yaya, come here."

"Sister, I still have to watch the chick!" Su Ho said.

"Miss." Yaya gave a blessing.

(End of this chapter)