Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 149

At noon, the weather was fine, and Wang Manyin carried all the eggs outside in the two large wattle baskets newly harvested in the past few days.

Then, he and Wang Fugui began to select eggs.

The selection method is very simple, bend the fingers of one hand into a cylinder shape, and aim at the sun in the sky.Then put the egg vertically into the mouth of the tube, and move your eyes to the other end to observe.

By sunlight, if there is a round black spot inside the egg, it means that the egg was pressed by the rooster, and chicks can be hatched.

Nowadays, chicken feeding in rural areas is generally in a free-range mode.After eating, the cocks who have nothing to do like to flirt with the hens, and they will press on them when they get the chance.

These guys also fight fiercely with each other in order to compete for a mate.

Both sides flapped their wings, stretched their necks, and clucked and screamed.

Once you fight, you will never die.

They often fight in a daze.Until one side loses the fight and runs away in despair.At this time, the broken children in the village are also the most excited, and they will come to watch and cheer.

The rooster of the winning side has the exclusive right to lay eggs for the hen.

The two were very fast, and in less than half an hour, they picked more than 300 eggs.Generally speaking, the quality of this batch of eggs is quite good, and more than 270 breeding eggs were selected from them.

After counting twice to confirm, Wang Fugui began to use the calculations again.

Public is public, private is private.

When working for the production team, there must be no mistakes, and there is nothing to say.

Now the commune often sends work teams down to check the accounts in order to prevent the production team from creating double accounts or concealing production.Once there is a mistake, Wang Fugui, as the accountant of the second team, will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

After the two had settled the accounts, Lan Hua came out: "Brother Fugui, the family meal is ready, stay for some food?"

"No, I have to go back and fix the kang as soon as possible. The sooner the chicks hatch, the sooner the chicks will come out." Wang Fugui responded, and hurried away with a big basket.

Black nests, corn paste, vegetables are cold and soft mixed with garlic.

In order not to attract attention, the meals at Wang Manyin's family are always simple in the morning and at noon.But for many people in the village, it is already a good meal.

After dinner, while Lanhua was cleaning the dishes, Wang Manyin was not idle, and went to the dung pile with a shovel to get busy.

Under the continuous watering of the spring water in the space, the earthworms in the dung pile grew rapidly, one after another.

Of course, this is also related to the method of accumulating manure adopted by Wang Manyin.

It takes at least half a year to ferment the manure with ordinary methods. After he wraps a layer of manure with plastic sheeting, the manure will generate a lot of heat.

However, within a month or so, it can be turned into high-quality cooked dung, which is very effective for breeding earthworms.

Two manure piles can provide half a catty of earthworms every day.

With protein supplementation, the piglets almost look the same every other week.It's only been a little over three months, and it has already grown to fifty catties. It has a round body and looks particularly gratifying.

Of course, compared with the scientific breeding of later generations, the growth rate of Wang Manyin's piglet is a bit slow.People grow a hundred catties in three months, and they can be slaughtered in half a year.

But in the current environment, it can be regarded as quite amazing.

Now the dung pile of Wang Manyin's house has become an Internet celebrity attraction in Guanzi Village, and people from the village often come to visit and study.

Even his old father-in-law made a special inquiry once he learned about it.

The method of raising earthworms with soil manure is very simple: just put more grass in the manure, and pour two buckets of water every day to keep it moist.

As far as Wang Manyin knows, many people have already started doing this.Of course, it remains to be seen how effective the breeding will be, after all, they have no room for spring water as a base.

After feeding the pigs, watching the sun was still venomous, the two of them didn't rush to catch scorpions, but stayed at home and read books obediently.

In a few months, Wang Manyin completely got rid of his impetuosity, and the whole person became completely silent.

He has read all the existing books at home several times, and he can even recite some words fluently.In particular, Mr. Lu Xun's several books, every time I read them, I have new insights.

In addition to reading, Wang Manyin bought a copybook with a brush when he went to the county last time, and began to practice calligraphy according to it.

In later generations, Wang Manyin had few opportunities to write.Facing the computer at work, and playing with mobile phones more after get off work.His cursive handwriting is very ordinary, and it can only be said that others recognize it after reading it.

As for brush calligraphy... I don't know anything at all, I don't even know how to use a brush.

Now that I have so much free time, I can just recharge my batteries.

I have been practicing brush for more than a month, and I can barely write without shaking. I am still far away from getting started.However, Wang Manyin was not in a hurry for success. For Wang Manyin, time wasted.

As for the orchids, they are more motivated to learn.As long as I have free time, I will read and write.

In half a year, the basic regular characters have been learned.For many articles, she can read them smoothly even without looking through the dictionary.

Sometimes, besides love for her husband, Lanhua also has indescribable gratitude in her heart.

If she hadn't read and studied, she felt that she might never know that besides Shige Festival and Yuanxi County, there are more wonderful places and more magical things in this world.

These...are unimaginable for the mothers-in-law who spend their whole lives around pots and stoves.

She also finally understood why her husband taught herself to read and write.

Similarly, it is definitely not because of dislike of being uneducated, but also because of love.

The husband is like a guide, injecting new things into her life.

Lanhua can feel that her whole body is changing, and she has an indescribable awareness in the haze.It was this change that made her look at the affairs of the village a little more indifferently and thoughtfully.

Sometimes, Lanhua even wants to record her thoughts.But after thinking about it, I still didn't dare.

In this way, the two stayed at home and waited quietly.

I didn't set off with rhubarb until the sun was westward.Unexpectedly, the two cats also followed, running back and forth, looking extremely excited.The two guys are already big cats, and some time ago they even learned to catch mice without a teacher.

Like rhubarb, they immediately ran to their owners to claim credit for catching mice.

As a result... the rat was buried deep in the dung heap.

It is only natural for cats to eat mice, but Wang Manyin is a little helpless.

Again, in order to prevent domestic animals from eating poisoned mice, it is best to eliminate them from the source.Fortunately, there are plenty of fish and shrimp in the space.When Lanhua is not at home, he occasionally feeds the cats a few loaches to ensure nutrition. .

With rhubarb as a cheating tool, the process of catching the scorpion seemed very easy for the two of them, as long as they really had hands.

In just two or three hours, nearly two hundred more were caught.

Calculated, these days, just catching scorpions is sold for more than 20 yuan, which is higher than Shaoan's monthly salary.

When he got home, he put away the newly caught scorpion. Wang Manyin moved a chair and sat on the side of his head to enjoy the cool.

After a while, I saw two beams of light coming from the opposite side of the deep ditch.

Soon, Liu Xiangyang appeared together with several educated youths.Among them, Wang Manyin also saw Shang Zhimin who had disappeared for more than a month.

This person had a fight with Zhao Jianhai because of his poetry writing, and was finally sent to the commune to attend a study class.

I don't know when I will come back, there is no information at all.

"Xiangyang, it's getting dark, what are you planning to do?" Seeing everyone approaching, Wang Manyin hurriedly walked to the side of the field to say hello.

"Brother Wang, we went to the mountains to cut firewood in the afternoon. When we came back, we passed Yangweigou and saw a large flock of rock pigeons, almost a hundred of them, in the cliff valley. They might stay there at night. We plan to catch some and eat them. Wang Brother, do you want to go together?"

After Shang Zhimin explained, he invited again.

Now the educated youths are given a catty of meat coupons a month, but for these sixteen or seventeen-year-old young people, it is not enough to beat their teeth.If they had the opportunity to eat meat, they would certainly not miss it.

Seeing the other party speak, Wang Manyin asked with a smile, "Zhimin, when did you return to the village? Are you all right?"

"I just came back in the afternoon... said that the wheat harvesting will start immediately, and I will receive labor education in the village." Mentioning this matter, Shang Zhimin was still indignant.

"Just come back"

Wang Manyin could only offer general comfort.

He hoped that after this incident, the other party could get rid of the nonsense.Otherwise, you will definitely suffer from your mouth in the future.

But when he heard that some people were going to catch wild pigeons in the mountains, he hurriedly persuaded him: "Don't go, you all have dug earth keels in Yangwei ditch, so you know what the terrain looks like there. There are pits in the cliff ditch. I can’t see the road clearly in the middle of the night, what if I fall into it? Besides, it’s also the time when snakes, rats, insects and ants in the mountains come out to look for food. It’s troublesome to be stung by a scorpion or bitten by a poisonous snake... It’s not worth it for one bite .”

"Brother Wang, what a coincidence." Shang Zhimin said disapprovingly.

"Have you forgotten about the educated youth from the commune next door blocking sheep?" Wang Manyin asked.

Hearing this, several educated youths fell silent.

Not long ago, an educated youth from the commune next door entered the mountain to stop sheep, and accidentally fell off the cliff.When he was discovered, he was completely silent... "Why don't we go back?" Wang Licheng spoke first.

After falling through the pit once, Wang Licheng already had a psychological shadow.

Liu Xiangyang immediately nodded in agreement.Thinking about it now, I was really dazzled by pigeon meat.This matter was proposed by him, and if something really happened, it would definitely have something to do with it.

"You guys have to believe me, come over tomorrow morning, and bring some corn kernels as bait, and then we will catch rock pigeons together." At this time, Wang Manyin said.

He was also envious of such a large group of rock pigeons.

Although I keep a lot of them in my own space, I can't take them out to eat frequently.Just took advantage of this opportunity to catch a few more Da Da Ya Ji.

"Really... what can you do?"

Hearing that there was a turning point, several educated youths became excited again.

"Temporary secret, you can bring corn kernels over here tomorrow." In order to maintain a sense of mystery, Wang Manyin sold off.

"How much corn do you want, is two catties enough?" Wang Licheng asked.

"Half a catty is enough."

Wang Manyin responded speechlessly.

If you are not in charge of the family, you don't know how expensive Chai Mi is... This is why Wang Lianshun has nothing to do with the educated youths who don't work.

The family receives more than 40 catties of grain every month, plus various ticket subsidies.If you don't work, you will have food, so why follow the members into the mountains to suffer.

"That's it, we'll come back tomorrow morning,"

After an agreed time, several educated youths turned around and returned.They were not going in the same direction, Liu Xiangyang needed to go to the earth dam to watch the night.

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After breakfast, Wang Manyin found a rope and started making snap buttons.

This is a method of catching birds that Wang Manyin's later generations learned from foreign survival gods on the Internet. The principle is similar to that of slings.However, the material is simpler, and only a piece of rope and a thin wooden stick are needed.

What's more, the success rate is high.

It's a pity that after learning, all kinds of birds are three animals, so he has never found a chance to display them.In this world, it was successfully realized.

When Liu Xiangyang and the others arrived, Wang Manyin had already made more than ten snaps.

Then everyone didn't delay, they directly took their tools and set off, with a few more broken children watching the fun behind them.

As for rhubarb, they also followed suit.

As soon as he came to the mountain ridge next to the Yangwei ditch, Wang Manyin saw a group of gray and white fluttering wings flapping their wings, circling and flying towards the wheat field.

But he didn't care, there were people guarding the wheat field.As long as they see a flock of birds approaching, they will slam the gong.

It is very difficult for these guys to eat food, and they will definitely fly back in the end.

Under Wang Manyin's command, several educated youths began to use sickles to dig holes on the mountain ridges as traps.

The shape of the hole is similar to that of a teacup. The walls of the hole are vertical and about ten centimeters deep. Corn kernels are placed inside as bait.The snap button is placed above the hole, and the other end of the thin wooden stick is nailed to the edge.

After it was done, Wang Manyin was afraid that the pigeons would not be able to see the corn kernels in the trap when they flew back, so he deliberately sprinkled some corn kernels around the conspicuous places.

Then, he took everyone to the other side of the ridge to wait.

As soon as he walked into the cliff ditch, Mao Dan suddenly pointed to a pile of fine soil beside him, and said excitedly: "Uncle Man Yin, look, why are there so many mounds of soil here, are they squirrel holes?"

"I'll go, there are so many, did we find the ground squirrel's nest?" Liu Xiangyang also exclaimed when he saw the piles of fine loess.

Looking around, there are hundreds of mounds, large and small, obviously not formed naturally.

Wang Manyin took a closer look, then shook his head and said, "This is not a hole dug by ground squirrels, but ground sheep."

"Diyang, what?" an educated youth asked curiously.

"This thing is also one of the pests on the Loess Plateau. It is also called the blind mouse. It lives underground all year round and mainly feeds on the roots of plants. Alfalfa, wheat, corn... no matter what roots, these guys eat them. And they eat them secretly When I was a chicken thief, I kept hiding in the ground and dragged my claws into the hole. There are often large areas of crops disappearing inexplicably in the field. From the outside, there is no abnormality, it is all done by these guys..."

Wang Manyin is quite familiar with the creature that made a hole in front of him.

The scientific name of blind mice is zokor, and people who are not familiar with them can easily mistake them for moles.

Although both animals burrow and live underground, they are actually very different animals.Zokors are much larger and more destructive than moles.If the caves are not removed in time after they are discovered, they can destroy the crops of half an acre of land within two or three months at most.

So for this kind of stuff, farmers can say that they hate it to the bone.

These guys are still good diggers. After a day, they can dig a hole more than ten meters long and push out three or four piles of soil.

The hundreds of mounds of soil in the gully in front of me are the masterpiece of a zokor.

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