Traveling through the farmhouse: farming and making a fortune and raising cubs

Lin He, who was still walking slowly, immediately quickened his pace: "Old turtle? In the pond? How did you find it? There were so many people in the pond yesterday, but no one noticed."

When they got closer, they saw Li Changhui in the pond, beside him was an excited Li Hao, and Li An was on the other side of the bank, and he was not allowed to enter the water today.

Li Yu is not here, so he is probably reading at home again. He has become more interested in books in the past two years, and he rarely comes to the field.

"I don't know. I just came here, and I heard someone say they found an old turtle."

Lin He also saw it at this moment, and it should be in the bamboo basket next to the father and son.

The father and son in the pond also heard Xie Jiang's voice, and they were walking towards the shore at this moment.

The mud was a bit deep, and the speed of the two was relatively slow, and Li Changhui had to pull Li Hao who was behind from time to time.

When the father and son climbed out of the pond with difficulty, Li An also ran over from the opposite side.

"Mom, I saw it. It's a big turtle."

He also stretched out his hand and drew a circle as big as a washbasin.

"It's so big." Lin He pulled Li An over to the other side of the stairs.

Before he got close, Li Hao waved excitedly: "Mom, come and see, Dad and I caught it, and they said it was worth a lot!"

Lin He had already seen it. Under the bamboo basket was a layer of lotus root covered with mud, and above it was a big soft-shelled turtle stretching its neck, trying to escape.

Just like Li An gestured, it was almost as big as a washbasin.

This is the first time Lin He has seen such a big turtle. If it was pure wild in her previous life, it would probably be worth a lot of money.

Li Changhui sat on the steps, casually broke a stalk of Artemisia annua, stretched it out in front of the old turtle, and bit it with his open mouth. Unfortunately, the Artemisia annua was too thin and was bitten off.

If this bite bites on the body, there will definitely be blood.

Although Li Changhui didn't speak, Lin He could also see that he was very happy and surprised.

"How did you find out that this turtle has grown so big, it must not have been a year or two, and it couldn't have come from the river?"

Li Changhui pointed to his feet with the remaining piece of Artemisia annua in his hand: "It bit my water pants, and I discovered it."

Only now did Lin He see that Li Changhui's toes had been bitten off, and he panicked, "How is it? Are you not injured?"

If he was injured and soaked in the mud for so long, he was afraid that the wound would become infected.

Fortunately, Li Changhui shook his head in time: "No, these water pants are relatively big, and they are still made of animal skin, but the outer layer was bitten."

Lin He breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that I'm not injured."

Then he looked at the big turtle in the bamboo basket. This guy was so big that he almost crawled out several times, but was pushed back by Li Hao with a piece of lotus root.

"It's so big, you can't finish it, and it's a pity to sell it. After all, you may not be able to buy it if you want to sell it."

Occasionally, turtles and soft-shelled turtles can be found in the paddy fields, especially in the month of planting rice seedlings, if you are lucky, you will come across them.

However, no one would eat turtles except in extreme circumstances, such as starving to death.

Soft-shelled turtles don't matter, but the ones encountered in the paddy fields are generally small, and the largest are no more than one or two years old, and the size of a soup bowl.

Compared with the big turtle in front of him, it really pales in comparison.

Xie Jiang also came over just now, and now imitating Li Hao's movements, he found a tree branch and would call him a bully.

Hearing Lin He's words, he quickly said: "Sister-in-law, such a big turtle is rare, we can take it to Guanzhou Mansion and directly auction it, the highest bidder wins, and it will definitely sell for a lot of money!"

When doing business, no matter what it is, the first reaction is to sell it for money.

However, without waiting for Lin He to object, Li Changhui shook his head: "Since it is rare to encounter such a big turtle, I naturally have to keep it for myself."

Lin He nodded repeatedly: "No, after passing this village, there is no such store. You know, even if you have money, you can't buy such good things."

Xie Jiangcheng was moved by the couple's words, but the idea of ​​making money in his mind was not dead yet: "But Mrs. Sister-in-law didn't say that just now, it's so big, you can't finish it."

Li Changhui took a few glances at the old turtle: "Then divide it into four parts. Let's keep one part for ourselves and sell the rest. You know a lot of people. Ask who wants it. When you're sure, I'll divide it up." gone."

The old turtle seemed to know that someone around him was plotting something, and his outstretched neck was suddenly shortened, and he stopped struggling.

Xie Jiang hurriedly said: "Me! I want one!"

Since you can't stop it, then try to get a share of it!

Such a big old turtle, stewed in a pot of soup, can nourish parents, wives and children.

"As for the remaining two copies, I've already thought of who to give them to. I'll send someone to ask after I go back at noon, and someone will come to your house to pick them up in the afternoon."

So with a few words, the fate of this old turtle was decided.

At this moment, someone exclaimed again: "Master Li, I caught it too, look quickly, there is another one here!"

In the pond, someone raised a turtle again and shouted excitedly.

This time the ones are smaller, about the same size as the usual ones, but it is still a happy thing, turtles are much more expensive than lotus roots.

Li Changhui stood up from the ground: "Put it in the bamboo basket first, wait until the lotus roots are dug up, and then see how many you can catch."

Lin He rubbed his chin and thought about it.

Li An's voice was the fastest: "Wow, father, mother, there are so many turtles in this pond, can we raise more in it, just like raising fish?"

Xie Jiang patted Li An on the shoulder suddenly: "Smart boy, raising more turtles in such a big pond is worth more than raising lotus root!"

Xie Jiang was so excited that his hands were not light or heavy, and Li An was slapped so hard that his teeth grinned.

"Uncle Xie, take it easy, I'm still a child, my shoulder hurts."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Uncle Xie didn't do it on purpose, Uncle will buy you candy tomorrow."

Xie Jiang quickly started coaxing the child again.

Lin He and Li Changhui looked at each other, An'er's proposal seemed to be a good idea?

But the two were not in a hurry to decide.

Baskets of lotus roots were delivered to the shore. Aunt Liu and Liu Qingyu brought hot tea from the kitchen. Everyone who came to the shore to deliver lotus roots drank a bowl of hot tea and rested for a while before continuing.

The lotus root was simply cleaned in the pond, exposing the white lotus joints inside.

But there were still some soils that hadn't been cleaned, so someone specially picked up the lotus roots, went to the river to wash them again, and picked them back after they were clean.

Xie Jiang came here today, and it was no surprise that he brought two ox carts, a large scale, and a special bookkeeper.

Lin He looked around, there were still a lot of lotus roots, one or two carts had no effect, wait for Xie Jiang to take away first, and then take the rest home.