Dressed as a farmer group pet

Chapter 185
Jiang Hu had his own considerations for keeping Uncle Liu and the others.

There is a lot of water in the house, and Qixi carried it back with her, so tired that her shoulders are worn out every day.

Aunt Yang and Uncle Liu were not idle either. Those who collected firewood collected firewood, those who boiled water boiled water, and now there are dozens of tanks of water in the house. Everyone contributed a lot!

Uncle Liu was surprised at Jiang Hu's persuasion, then hesitated for a moment, he was unwilling to refuse.

"Little Jiang, I won't pretend to be polite to you, this time, thank you very much!"

It's fine for him to be a bad old man, Ze'er in his family is still so small, and he can't eat outside food, only the Jiang family or Fu'an village can support him.

If he left at this time, he really didn't know what Ze'er would become.

Jiang Hu shook his head: "Uncle Liu, you don't have to be so polite, you really have to think about it, if it weren't for you, my family wouldn't be where it is now."

Shopkeeper Liu told him that it was precisely because of the Liu family that Tongfu Restaurant had been in peace for the past two years, and that's why his family was not targeted by interested people.

Jiang Hu thought about it in his heart. The Liu family was probably not just a simple merchant, but no one in the town seemed to know the specific situation, so he didn't ask in detail.

Uncle Liu patted Jiang Hu on the shoulder: "Our two families have achieved each other."

Now that he decided to stay at Jiang's house, Uncle Liu stopped worrying. He first talked to Liu Ze, and then wrote a reply letter.

When Master Zhang and the pig butcher come over in the evening, let them take it to the town and find a posthouse to send it to the county.

As for the servants in the mansion, we can only let them prepare by themselves. Under natural disasters, everyone is unable to protect themselves, and no one can take care of others.

Jiang Yu hasn't been to school since a few days ago, and now he is helping at home every day.

But now, he and Liu Ze are flipping through books in the room.

When they finally found what they were looking for, they suddenly exclaimed: "Father! It's not good!"

Jiang Hu frowned: "What's wrong?"

Immediately afterwards, I saw Jiang Yu and Liu Ze rushing out of the room together. Liu Ze was still holding a book in his hand, and his brows were also furrowed.

Although the Jiang family has a study room, it is just a decoration as far as it is concerned, and Liu Ze's own books are all in his own room.

Probably due to his poor health in the past few years, Liu Ze also reads a variety of books, covering everything. Relatively speaking, he can divert his attention from his physical discomfort.

"Father, locust plague, we just read in the book that after a drought, there may be a locust plague!"

Jiang Hu immediately frowned, why is this rushing one after another, do you want to live?
Fortunately, Liu Ze also explained: "However, it is not certain that there will be a plague of locusts, it is just possible, but I think we should be prepared."

Liu Ze was still holding a book in his hand, and the two of them were flipping through the book just now, probably looking for this.

Uncle Liu, who had just sealed the envelope, turned around and entered the room again: "I'll write the letter again!"

Jiang Hu squeezed the space between his eyebrows, looking at the two little guys who were still pointing at the book.

"I see. I'll tell the others later, and pay attention to the situation at that time. Don't worry about it now. Let's go catch chickens and rabbits, and we'll all go up the mountain in the afternoon."

The most urgent thing is to deal with these things first while there is still some water.

Are you afraid of locusts failing to keep things at home?
Xiaomi is also busy these days, busy boiling water and storing it together, and occasionally sneaking some spiritual spring water into the water brought back by Jiang Hu and Qixi.

If it doesn't rain, she can't do anything about it. Fortunately, a lot of river water has been stored in the space before, and when it really doesn't work, she can only move that.

As for whether it will be discovered, it can only depend on God's will. At least, Xiaomi can't do it when he has the ability to watch familiar faces in the village die of thirst and starvation.

But now, Xiaomi is still in the chicken coop, helping his mother chase the chickens and catch the rabbits.

"Where to run!" A small sprint, but the big rooster flew away with fluttering wings.

'Wow~' Fortunately, Xiao Hei arrived in time, swooped down from the front, and suppressed the big cock.

The big rooster clucked and flapped vigorously, but Xiao Hei directly bit its wings.

"Haha, Xiao Hei is so powerful!" Xiaomi hurriedly ran forward, held down the big cock together with Xiao Hei, and yelled loudly.

"Second sister, come quickly, Xiao Hei and I caught it, quickly tie it up!"

Xiaoxue held the straw in her hand, and she couldn't catch the chicken by herself. Now she heard Xiaomi's cry, and hurried over.

Soon, the big rooster was tied up with its wings and legs, dragged by Xiaoxue outside the chicken coop, and thrown into a pile with other chickens.

If it's night, no matter the rooster or the hen, they will be quiet, and they will be sure when they catch them.

But in the daytime it was not good. The chickens ran faster than the other, and sometimes two or three people had to besiege them together to catch one.

Fortunately, the little black helped a lot.

On the other side, Xiaomi didn't want to be left behind, and called out 'meow meow' twice, attracting the attention of Erniang and Aunt Yang.

I saw it standing on the high fence, and when Erniang and Aunt Yang came to see it, he jumped directly to the rabbit house, bit the neck of the big fat rabbit, and pressed the rabbit's head to the ground.

Erniang hurried forward and grabbed the rabbit's two backs, for fear that they would escape if it was too late.

After all, this big fat rabbit looks a bit stronger than Xiaomi.

As for the Jiang family's chickens and rabbits, it was indeed more difficult to catch than ordinary ones, and it was all the fault of Xiaomi. If there was nothing wrong, they would be fed spirit spring water.

When Jiang Hu led Uncle Liu and Jiang Yu and Liu Ze over, what he saw was a serious scene of flying dogs and dogs.

"Er Niang." Jiang Hu yelled, Er Niang moved slowly, and almost caught the rabbit, and ran away in a flash.

Erniang was not annoyed, she took a breath and straightened up, turned to look at Jiang Hu: "Are you done?"

As far as the Jiang family is concerned, it can be said that they have the least sense of tension before the disaster. The main reason is that they have prepared a lot of food and drink at home.

In those few days, apart from Jiang Hu and Qixi who went to the mountain to carry water every day, there was also a lot of water in the well at home.

As long as you use it sparingly, the whole family can use it for more than half a year.

As for longer...

It's not that they didn't think so far, it's just that if it doesn't rain for more than half a year, it really doesn't matter how much water is stored.

At that time, with the reduction of water storage, more serious situations will occur. No matter how much water there is, it may not be able to keep it.

Everyone knows these things in their hearts, but they don't say it out loud.

Jiang Hu saw Erniang's bright smile, with two pieces of chicken feathers on her head, looking a bit embarrassed and warm.

The worry in his heart was instantly melted away, and a smile could not help but appear on his face.

"We're done, let's deal with the food first."

I took a look at the chicken coop and rabbit house that had been developed with great difficulty, and endured the reluctance in my heart.

"The pheasants and rabbits will not be kept. After they return to normal, they can be caught again. The roosters and hens will each keep a young one, and deal with the rest."

After all, in addition to their food, more importantly, raising these things also requires a lot of water and grass.

And what they lack most now is water. As for the grass, they have long since disappeared.

Although reluctant, Jiang Hu's proposal is already the best solution right now.

Keeping a rooster and a hen is for the purpose of laying eggs and hatching eggs later. After all, without a rooster, even if a hen lays eggs, it cannot hatch chicks.

With a few more people, it was easier to catch. Soon there were only two chickens left, and even the ducks and geese that had finally grown up and had no time to lay eggs did not escape.

Jiang Hu and Qixi directly used shoulder poles, and each of them picked dozens of them, which was much more convenient than carrying a basket.

After several months of training, Qixi, who was still a little skinny at the beginning, has also become strong, and she is like a real farmer.

Er Niang carried iron pots, kitchen knives, chopping boards, coarse salt, etc., and Aunt Yang carried two large buckets and two jars.

The jar is used to hold the chicken blood, which is a good thing and should not be wasted.

Uncle Liu also changed into coarse bunt clothes, and went up the mountain with him to help out. As for the children, none of them left.

When they arrived at the place, they cleared an open space on the ground, found stones to set up a simple stone stove, and then started to get busy.

Those who gather firewood collect firewood, those who boil water boil water, kill chickens, scald them, and pluck their feathers. After cleaning them, they put them aside to cool first, and finally put coarse salt on them, put them in a basket, and carry the meat back directly.

Based on saving, the chicken gizzards and livers are not willing to throw away.

After the Jiang family was busy for a while, other people also came, also carrying chickens and rabbits on their backs. It seemed that everyone had the same purpose.

During the conversation, I realized that someone had already gone to the town to buy coarse salt. It takes a lot of salt to marinate these meats.

While lighting the fire, Xiaomi observed other people. During this period of time, she was also very busy. Every day, she either secretly released water from the spiritual spring, or was busy boiling and storing water, so she had no time to go to the village.

Only now did I realize that the mental state of the people in the village was obviously not very good. Almost everyone was frowning and their faces were full of sadness.

The little complexion that she had nourished with the spiritual spring water before had also faded away.

That's right, not every household has a lot of food, and not every household is nourished by spiritual spring water every day.

Coupled with the worry about the drought, gradually, the difference will naturally become larger.

This is also due to the fact that the rice production this year is not bad, and no one sells much. The food will be available for a while, but it is not enough to eat it, but there is only food, no water, and that is just empty talk.

Xiaomi withdrew her gaze and frowned slightly. There was still a lot of water in her space. When she first noticed the symptoms of a possible drought, she had stored a lot of river water.

There should be dozens of tons.

However, don't rush to take it out just yet.

But after that, when the situation is serious, you have to find a way to get it out.

But before that, she had to think about it carefully, to see if she could find a proper, not too unconventional method to get the water out.

She doesn't mind taking out all the stored river water, after all, she still has spiritual spring water, as well as a lot of mineral water bottled water that she saved in her previous life.

As long as the drought is not too long, there is no shortage of water. The only troublesome thing is that there is no way to get it out in a fair manner.

The only blame is that I am still too young now. If I stay at home every day and go out for a while, my parents will be anxious, let alone doing other things.

"Xiaomi, it's almost done, there's no need to boil water anymore."

Erniang's voice interrupted Xiaomi's thoughts, Xiaomi came back to his senses, quickly extinguished the firewood, and covered it with dirt.

At this moment, there were already many people near the water pool, all of whom were dealing with chickens, ducks, rabbits, etc., and several piles were lit on the fire.

After all, not every household has so many chickens and rabbits in Jiang's family, so some people use a fire to avoid the danger of expansion.

Fortunately, everyone knows that the sky is dry and things are dry, and they would rather be tired and cut down a few small trees to make room, rather than mess around carelessly.

"Er Niang, you are not boiling water now, can you borrow it from me?" An old aunt came over with a chicken that was still dripping blood.

If the feathers are not plucked, she will have to wait a while to boil the water. If you don't scald them with hot water, the chicken feathers will not come off.

Before Erniang could nod her head, Xiaomi pulled it out with tongs, and the fire started up again: "Grandma Liu, let me boil the water for you, anyway, the water will be ready soon."

Grandma Liu, who is Liu Yang's mother, is also familiar with their family.

Speaking of which, there is one more thing, she was the one who delivered Er Niang back then.

Erniang also asked: "Auntie, why didn't Liu Yang and Wang Xiang come, and you are here alone?"

Grandma Liu first praised Xiaomi a few words, and then explained: "The old man is carrying water. Liu Yang and the village head went to the town to sell coarse salt. Didn't he come to ask your Jiang Hu to borrow a bullock cart just now?"

Xiaomi nodded beside her, yes, she heard it.

Erniang smiled embarrassedly: "I was busy just now, so I didn't pay attention."

"Grandma Liu, the water is ready, do you use it now?"

Grandma Liu hurriedly scooped up water. Erniang wanted to help, but she still had work to do, so she could only do her own work first.

Not long after, Wang Xiang came. She was busy with other things at home just now, and now she has time. As for the youngest son, let Liu Hai watch at home.

When the Jiang family finished their work, it was almost dark. They were the first to come, but not the first to go back. Even Grandma Liu and Wang Xiang went home first.

Originally, Wang Xiang offered to help them for a while, but Erniang refused and asked her to go back first. The Jiang family is quite crowded now, so it's not too late.

When we got home, everyone felt tired and paralyzed, but we still had to cheer up and put the salted chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, etc. into a large tank.

Put it in a large vat to marinate for about ten days, and then hang it in a ventilated place to dry. If possible, you can smoke it with cypress leaves for a better taste and color, and it can be stored for a longer period of time.

Speaking of which, on the mountain now, except for bamboo and cypress and pine trees, there is no green at all.

"Mom, what are you having for dinner?" Jiang Yu Xiaoxue went to the kitchen as the adults were busy.

"It's better to steam the steamed buns, steam more, kill the pigs at night, and ask your father to take some to the mountains."

If you get hungry in the middle of your work, you can still eat two mouthfuls of steamed buns.

"Okay, I'm going to make noodles, mother, is it okay to eat corn buns tonight? I ate buckwheat noodles at noon."

"It's okay, steam it more, and stew it in chicken soup."

After killing so many chickens today, it’s okay to stew two, not to mention that there are pig slaughterers to help in the evening, so I can’t let them go back hungry after being busy.

But since the pigs are slaughtered at night, there is probably no time to make pig rice. This year's situation is special, so we can only keep everything simple.

Jiang Yu agreed, and took his younger siblings to cook. Recently, everyone is very busy and tired, especially the adults, who don't have any free time. Cooking is almost always a matter for the children.

However, no one complained, and even Liu Ze, like a country boy, cooks on a fire, not to mention that he can cook it easily, at least he can cook it.

(End of this chapter)