Dressed as a farmer group pet

Chapter 246 Chapter 246

There was only one basket and a sickle, and when Xiaocao was cutting pigweed, Xiaomi was beside her to help her carry the basket.

Xiaocao is a talkative person.

It may also be that it is rare for someone to work with me. After all, I usually look for pigweed with other people, and I seldom get together.

There might even be a quarrel over who discovered a boarweed first.

So working with Xiaomi at the moment is a great pleasure.

From the beginning of the village to the end of the village, the two talked about everything, which girl had a bad temper, which boy liked to fight, which child was engaged, and so on.

It doesn't matter whether Xiaomi recognizes him or not, as long as he can chat.

Of course, Xiaomi didn't forget to ask when her sows could give birth to another litter of piglets.

Xiaomi asked in the town yesterday that if you want to buy a pig that has not been castrated, you must book in advance when the sow has just given birth.

After all, there are no castrated pigs, and pork tastes foul, so those who raise sows will castrate their piglets when they are just one month old.

Only if you book in advance, it is best to pay a deposit, and people who raise pigs will leave a pair alone.

After thinking about it, at present, it is really the most convenient to find Xiaocao's house. After all, if you are going to the city, it is not suitable to find another house.

Who knows if she can sneak out when the time comes.

Xiaomi asked carefully, and Xiaocao heard it too.

"Xiaomi, don't your family raise pigs?"

"Yes, my father looks for wild boar grass every day, but we don't have a sow at home, and I haven't seen what a sow looks like yet."

This is not a lie, it's just that Xiaocao's attention doesn't seem to be this.

"Really? Your father went to find pigweed in your family?"

That unbelievable tone, as if this is something amazing.

Xiaomi looked at her suspiciously: "Yeah, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Xiaocao opened her mouth: "It seems that there is nothing wrong."

It's just their family, no, it should be said that most of the people in the village are women or children looking for pigweed, even her family.

Even when the mother gave birth to the younger brother in confinement, the matter fell on the grandma, not the grandfather or father.

Father and grandpa both do the hard work, such as picking manure or digging the ground to carry food home, etc. Other trivial tasks are done by women.

Xiaomi doesn't think as much as Xiaocao. She seldom works at home, and only helps when she is very busy, and she is limited to some work in front of and behind the house.

"Xiaocao, when will your sow give birth to piglets? Can you tell me to take a look? I haven't seen a newborn piglet yet."

Xiaocao came back to her senses: "No problem, but it may take a few months. You can give birth twice a year, and the next time will probably be in autumn."

"It's okay, don't worry, just remember to tell me when the time comes."

Just wait a few more months, just in time for her to think of a way, how can she successfully buy a pair of piglets while keeping the truth from her parents.

Unfortunately, she also asked about buying yaks and sheep in the city yesterday. Unfortunately, everyone said that they had never seen them in Cheng County.

Later, she thought about it on the road, and realized that she had asked the wrong person. All the people she asked were ordinary people on the street, and most of them were women.

How can I ask this? Many people don't even know what yaks and sheep are.

For this matter, it is estimated that Liu Ze's parents should be found, or some merchant caravans with more roads in the city.

It's a pity that she didn't have enough time yesterday to inquire.

Xiaocao had more people to accompany him to work together, and the speed was much faster. After digging pigweed and going back, there was nothing to do. He still held a bamboo basket and said that he would go catch fish with Xiaomi.

There are several ponds in the village, as well as various canals and ditches. There are small fish in these places, and there are also big fish in the ponds. Uncle Liu once caught a silver carp that could barely fit in a wooden basin.

Although ponds are not as convenient as rivers to catch fish, every household has a way to get fish when they are hungry, it’s just a matter of how much.

It is also very common to use a bamboo basket as a trap for millet. Even earthworms can be used as bait, but various bean doughs that are fried, ground into powder, and finally rolled into balls.

"It smells so good, can this person eat it too?" Xiaomi picked up a marble-like, yellow-brown ball, with the smell of fried soybeans, it was delicious.

"It's definitely edible when it's just made, but it's not good now. It's been stored for more than a month. Be careful if you eat it and get diarrhea."

The two of them were lying on the guardrail by the pond. The guardrail was made of stones and was very wide and stable.

Put a few small balls rubbed with soybean flour in the bamboo basket, and put them down along the corner of the pond with a rope.

"I have caught fish before, but very few. Sometimes I only catch a few a day. It is still convenient to catch big fish."

"You like fishing too." Xiaomi was surprised, few girls like fishing.

"That's right, I still make the hooks and fishing lines by myself. When we stop digging bamboo shoots, I'll teach you."

Now, Xiaocao has almost completely regarded Xiaomi as a good friend. After all, they have eaten roasted sweet potatoes together, hunted pigweed together, and caught fish together.

"At the same time, I can catch a lot of small fish with this kind of trap while fishing. The fish I caught have already sold for more than 100 copper coins!"

Xiaocao is quite proud, but Xiaomi is also very surprised.

"It's amazing." Xiaomi stared, she had fished with Grandpa Liu before, but because of lack of patience, she ran away in less than half an hour.

Xiaocao was a little embarrassed by the praise: "I'll teach you later, I'm really good at fishing."

The two little girls were talking and laughing all the time, neither noisy nor noisy, and got along very well.

It wasn't until Xiaocao's parents came back from work and told her to go home and prepare to cook that Xiaomi said goodbye and left.

And half an hour by the pond, with a lot of soybean flour balls, only a dozen small finger-long fish were caught, including a few small crucian carp.

I heard from Xiaomi that crucian carp can be raised by itself, it is not easy to die, and it can give birth to small fish by itself, Xiaocao also said that she would try it.

It turned out that Xiaocao's father had dug a hole next to the house last winter, it was not too big, probably the size of two dining tables, and the height of one person.

However, the water was specially diverted from the canal, and now there are only a few water hyacinths. If it is to raise fish, it should not be a problem.

Xiaomi stroked the water in the puddle of Xiaocao's house twice, took the opportunity to release some spiritual spring water, the little crucian carp heard the spiritual energy, and Xiaomi got up and went back.

Xiaocao's mother wanted to keep her for dinner, but Xiaomi refused, and made an appointment with Xiaocao to go to the mountain together in the afternoon.

This morning, Xiaocao's father also went to the city to sell bamboo shoots. This season of the year is a good time to make money.

Although bamboo shoots are cheap, and you need to buy a ticket to enter the city, at least you don't need capital.

Moreover, during the year, fresh bamboo shoots can be eaten in only two seasons: spring bamboo shoots and winter bamboo shoots, and more people buy them.

Of course, during this period, a lot of dried bamboo shoots will inevitably be sun-dried, which can be sold slowly for money in the future.

On the way back, Xiaomi also saw someone coming down the mountain with a backpack on his back. They were adults.

It seems that I have been busy recently, and it is not just children who dig bamboo shoots, adults have also started to join the camp of digging bamboo shoots.

"Are you back? Go to the back and call your father, you can eat right away."

As soon as she arrived in the kitchen, before she could speak, Er Niang gave orders without looking back.

Xiaomi pouted: "Mom, how did you know it was me?"

Er Niang turned her head and glanced at her: "Aside from you, who else in the family walks so lightly?"

Xiaomi has a meal, it seems to be oh.

Immediately Xiaomi jumped away: "I'll ask Daddy to eat."

There is a special stable at the back of the yard, which is not small, and is now used to raise cattle and pigs.

After all, there are walls around the yard at home. If it is kept in the yard, the ventilation effect will not be good and the smell will be strong.

Not only that, Jiang Hu and Qixi also enlarged and widened the stables, and chickens, ducks, geese, etc. are temporarily kept here.

When Xiaomi passed by, he happened to see Dad grabbing a cooked one and watching it carefully with Uncle Liu.

"Father, Grandpa Liu, what are you looking at? Mother said it's time to eat."

Jiang Hu came back to his senses and put down the bamboo rat in his hand: "This bamboo civet is pregnant. They must have adapted to the new environment and finally started to reproduce."

"Really!" Xiaomi was overjoyed, and trotted closer: "Is the bamboo raccoon really going to have a baby?"

I don't know if it was because these little guys were a little bit stressed after staying in the bullock cage for too long.

It has been in Xiangmu Village for so long, but it has not entered the breeding state.

"Yes, soon, it's not just the bamboo raccoon, two hens have also started cuddling today."

As Jiang Hu said, he also let out a long sigh of relief, and finally he was completely relieved.

Anyway, just start breeding, and for the rest, take your time.

Then Jiang Hu sprinkled two handfuls of sorghum rice and a few tender weeds on Big Bird next to him.

So far, no one knows the name of this big bird. It has been raised for half a year, and there is no sign of laying eggs.

While listening to his father's muttering, Xiaomi answered silently in his heart, not to mention half a year, he might have to wait another two years before laying eggs.

Today's peacocks have big bodies, long necks, and small heads. They are gray and do not have the beauty of adult peacocks at all.

On the contrary, its physique is not much different from that of a newly grown chicken. It scratches the ground every day, and flaps its wings from time to time, as if it wants to fly.

Every now and then, Xiaomi would like to sigh, she shouldn't have brought all of them home, she should have taken half of them to raise in the space.

Fortunately, neither the father nor the mother disliked the peacock because it only eats and does not lay eggs. Even when the two occasionally discussed it, they were even more curious about what the bird was.

As for the food they eat every day, the couple don't particularly care about it. Anyway, let's keep it. Just like Xiaomi watches three times a day, these big birds should be taken care of.

During the meal, Xiaomi told Erniang that Xiaocao's parents were also going to dig bamboo shoots.

After hearing this, Erniang was thoughtful: "Xiaocao? Is that the one you mentioned yesterday, does the family raise a sow's child?"

"Yes, mother, do you want to buy piglets? Xiaocao said that the next time their sows give birth, it will probably be autumn."

Xiaomi was just talking casually, but Erniang nodded thoughtfully.

"Yes, there are still many places in this village that can be used to open up wasteland. If you find a permanent worker and grow more crops, you can indeed raise a few sows."

It is also very profitable to raise pigs. If they are well raised, a pig can weigh two to three hundred catties. As long as there are more kinds of sweet potatoes, there is no need to worry about running out of food.

I heard Erniang talk about her plan to raise pigs, such as building a pig house behind the cattle pen, planting a few acres of sweet potatoes this year, etc.

Now you only need to buy two gilts, and it will take a year to raise them until they are bred and give birth. At that time, the hogweed should be enough.

Uncle Liu listened to their discussion and said, "You have just come to Xiangmu Village, and you are not familiar with the surrounding villages. Otherwise, I will send someone to contact you, and selling pigs will be faster."

If he had asked someone to find out, he would probably be able to settle on a suitable gilt in a few days, but Er Niang declined this proposal.

"Thank you Uncle Liu, but this matter is not in a hurry. We haven't even built a pigsty yet. It's okay to build a pigsty. The main thing is to dig the cesspit, which probably takes a lot of time."

"And didn't Xiaomi also say that? Xiaocao's mother is going to dig bamboo shoots this afternoon, and I also said to go with Xiaomi. I'll ask her when the time comes. It would be better if I can buy it nearby."

After all, they have been in Xiangmu Village for a long time, and even if they don't need to be too friendly with each other, they still need to be familiar with each other.

If there is a business deal, it will be easier to bring each other's topics and relationships closer.

Now that Er Niang has said so, Uncle Liu didn't say anything more.

Although it is not yet summer, everyone is habitually sleepy after meals, so go back to the room to rest after eating, and then go to the mountains later.

Uncle Liu was getting old, and he was a little tired from going up the mountain, so he was not fit anymore, so he rested at home, with Aunt Yang and Qixi watching him, just go fishing and take a walk.

However, Uncle Liu still feels very good about himself, and he is full of energy all day long. In his words, since he arrived at Jiang's house, his health has been getting better and better. Even after repeatedly cooling down and heating up, he didn't catch a cold.

Jiang Hu also felt that Uncle Liu's spirit was much better than when they first met this year.

It's all good, but it's still not allowed to go to the mountain. It's also a very dangerous thing for an old man, especially since the mountain is not low. According to Xiaomi's words, the bamboo forest is quite far away.

Xiaomi is probably the one with the most energy in the house, plus he overslept in the morning, so he started practicing swords when he got back to his room, and didn't go out until the time he made an appointment with Xiaocao.

Jiang Hu's second wife has also packed up, with a hoe and a basket, ready to go at any time.

"Wake up, let's go, let's go out and have a look first."

Erniang waved at Xiaomi, and Xiaomi trotted over: "Xiaocao should be coming soon, we have an appointment."

The family of three went out through the back door, mainly because the bolt of the front door was too big, and it would take a lot of effort to open the door once, so it would be better to go around from the back.

As soon as I walked around to the front, I saw Xiaocao leading a couple. Xiaocao was walking in the front, illuminated by the sun, so I could only squint my eyes.

When he saw that it was Xiaomi, he jumped and rushed over: "Xiaomi!"

(End of this chapter)