happy daughter-in-law

Chapter 32
The winter in the north is cold, and Gaijiatun has officially entered the cold winter since a blizzard fell in December.The temperature in the mountains is several degrees lower than other places, and there are snowflakes in the sky every three days.

Shen Yunfang slept until she woke up naturally in the morning, looked at the sunny sky outside, and hurriedly got up to tidy up.

These days, because Westinghouse grows leeks and raises earthworms, the fire in the house cannot be turned off, so these days she can't sleep well every night, and has to get up two or three times to add fire to the kang.

Also because there is no thermometer, the temperature and humidity can not be grasped well, so the overall development of her breeding industry is not satisfactory.

The leeks are okay, even if the temperature is low, they can stand it, and she has added enough fertilizer, so until now, the leeks have been cut four times.

After cutting twice, Shen Yunfang dug out the roots of the leeks, divided them, and planted the entire basement of the Westinghouse.

She also let her collect all the lettuce that got in the way, and only the ones left in the gap continued to grow.

After more than a month, the lettuces were all grown. After she harvested all the lettuces, she sowed another batch of lettuce seeds. Now the lettuces are half-sized, and they can be harvested after ten or eight days of growth.

There are now 34 bundles of leeks stored in the space, all in bundles of one catty.There are sixty pieces of lettuce, each of which weighs more than one and a half catties because of their high fertility.

Originally, there were more than these kinds of lettuce, but Shen Yunfang couldn't resist the temptation of green, and washed a few leaves every now and then to dip them in sauce and ate them, and she ate several of them in this month.

Earthworm reproduction was not as good as expected.One is that the temperature and humidity are not well controlled, which has affected the reproduction of earthworms, and the other is that there is no suitable container. It has been almost two months, and she still raises earthworms in the original pickle jar. Big earthworms, small earthworms and earthworm eggs are mixed together. together and influence each other.

For this situation, Shen Yunfang has no solution for the time being, and there is really nothing to replace it.

She finally inquired with Dashuan's wife, if there is any carpenter, she would like to make some wooden boxes, or a place that can burn earthen pots, she can order a few suitable earthen pots, but there is no carpenter in this village. There is a carpenter in the village next door who knows how to burn porcelain, and there is a one who can burn porcelain in Xiaoshutun, more than ten miles away from Gaijiatun, but private sales are not allowed now, and even if she is allowed, she has no money, so I just Can think of another way.

If it really doesn't work, when the weather gets warmer next year, she will dig pits and lay stones in the backyard to raise earthworms. Although some earthworms will definitely have to escape, it is better than now.

Shen Yunfang tidied herself up, put food in the pot, then fed the chickens, and went to the west room to light the fire and water the water.

Now she no longer has to go to the production team to feed the sheep every day. Since January, the team has made unified arrangements for feeding the livestock in the team.Because Shen Yunfang is young and there are no adults in the family, she was exempted, and Er Gouzi's family and Sanya's family who fed the pigs would bear the burden. She will start working after the spring blossoms in March next year.Of course, when she's not working, she doesn't have a centimeter at all.

After finishing everything, she began to wear clothes for going out.

Wearing a thin cotton-padded jacket inside, then a thick cotton-padded jacket, and a navy blue coat on the outside, I took out my thick woolen insoles from the kang, stuffed them into oversized cotton shoes, and then stretched my little feet go in.

He took out a coat and a pair of torn gloves from the box, went to the main room, picked up a willow basket by the firewood, and walked out of the house with a thick wooden stick.

When she got outside, she wrapped the coat she was holding on her head. The family was poor and there was no scarf, so she could only deal with it.

Following the path in the backyard, Shen Yunfang began to climb up the mountain stepping on the snow with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

A while ago, when it wasn't snowing, she spent a lot of time turning over to get familiar with the mountain behind her. Although she didn't dare to go deep into it, she walked the road into the mountain along her backyard several times. , and also found a place suitable for her to farm secretly. In order to hide, she found a small hillside more than an hour away from her home. There is sunshine and the land is fertile, which is very suitable for cultivation.

Shen Yunfang followed the path all the way up. When she climbed the hillside, she was already sweating all over her body. She panted for a while with her hands on her knees. Her small body was a bit unbearable. In addition, the heavy snow just fell yesterday, and the ground was full of snow. There was knee-thick snow, which made it even more difficult for her to walk.

After a while, she took a deep breath, hurriedly chose a place, and arranged it.

She wanted to take advantage of the heavy snowfall to see if she could catch a few more sparrows.

Yes, Shen Yunfang was so greedy for meat that she couldn't help it, after much deliberation, she could only focus on the sparrow.

She has done this in her previous life when she was a child, and the tools needed are simple, which is very suitable for a clean-cut person like her now.

Speaking of which, many children have done it when they were young.The best time is in winter, especially when the heavy snow covers all the ground tightly.The method is very simple, but the harvest is not very much each time, because the sparrows are sensitive, and it is not bad to detain four or five sparrows under normal circumstances.Moreover, even if it is buckled, it will be very difficult to take it out of the frame, because if the basket is lifted up a gap, the little sparrow will run away from the gap.

Shen Yunfang is entirely from the experience accumulated in practice.

Thinking of the first time she came to the mountain to catch sparrows, she squatted in the snow for three hours, and Xiaomi was eaten by sparrows flying over, but she didn't catch a single sparrow.

Later, she slowly gained experience from repeated failures, and now she is considered a half-expert in buckling sparrows, and she has gained a little every time she goes up the mountain.

Shen Yunfang took out some millet and sprinkled it on the cleared space, then put the basket she brought on it, and propped it up with a small wooden stick, with a string tied to the bottom of the small wooden stick.

In order to prevent the sparrows from finding out, she specially took the white thread and put it in the snow. If you don't look carefully, you really can't see it.She straightened the thread, and holding the rope in her hand, she went to a nearby tree and squatted down.

After waiting patiently for a while, a few sparrows flew over chirping, sharp-eyed spotted the millet on the ground, and then all the sparrows landed on the snow.

The sparrow is still a smart bird. When it sees something delicious, it doesn’t act recklessly. Instead, it slowly approaches the basket. to the bottom of the basket.

This is a competition of patience.

Shen Yunfang squatted behind the tree, remained motionless, her eyes fixed on the sparrows on the ground, and when a few sparrows entered the ambush range and lowered their heads to peck and eat the millet, she pulled the rope with great precision, yes!

The other sparrows ran away in fright because of the sudden fall of the basket, and the greedy ones in the basket also rushed to run away.

Can Shen Yunfang let them go?That must be impossible.

She counted just now, and there should be five under the basket.

She walked over quickly, took off the clothes on her head, and wrapped them around the lower edge of the basket. While gently lifting the basket, she put the worn clothes in, especially tightly covering the arms that went into the basket. up.

Then carefully grabbed the sparrows inside one by one, without tying them up, directly grabbed the very cruel ones, twisted their necks, and then threw the corpses into the space and it was over. There were five sparrows in total, no more and no less.

Then she restored the scene of the murder, and the man continued to squat behind the tree to wait for the next wave.

It's just that this time the waiting time will be longer than before.Because those sparrows who escaped would not be fooled again, she could only wait for the next wave.

(End of this chapter)