pastoral fragrance

Chapter 137 Hatch Chickens and Ducks
Han Shi and Qiuyue moved quickly, and soon the delicious and hot food was put on the table.Everyone sat down around the Eight Immortals table, and the three of the small girls sat on a bench, which barely accommodated them.

Qiulin held the wine jar and poured wine into everyone's bowls. Today is a big day, and no matter what, I want to drink some wine.

Xu Nanshan raised the rough porcelain bowl, "Come on, let's have a toast together."

Mei Xiang quickly touched bowls with Xu Nanshan, and said with a smile: "Okay, this is really a double blessing for our Luoshui Village. It should be drunk."

At this moment, He Xiang and He Yi also clinked porcelain bowls with Xu Nanshan.Seeing this, Xu Liu'er mustered up the courage to touch the bowl with Xu Nanshan, then opened her mouth and drank a few sips.As soon as the cool wine tasted like a mouthful, the mouth became hot.Reluctantly swallowing the wine, he felt that even his neck and stomach were burning.

Seeing this, Xu Nanshan burst into laughter. It was the first time for these children to drink a bar, so it's no wonder they had this expression.

Mrs. Han hurriedly said: "This wine means what it means. Children are not allowed to drink so much wine. Hurry up and eat food. I don't know what you like to eat. Everyone, please extend your chopsticks a little bit so that you can't pick them up." It’s okay to stand up when you arrive.” The country people are not as particular as those in the city, and they have to talk and laugh to be lively when eating.

"Aunt Han, don't worry, there is no short hand at the table, I will not be polite." Mei Xiang is not afraid of jokes, she doesn't care so much about the delicious food, so she just stood up and stretched out her chopsticks to pinch her away. Far braised duck cubes.Mei Xiang's unaffected movements amused everyone.With Mei Xiang taking the lead, everyone didn't feel restrained when eating.He simply stood up to grab the dishes that he couldn't pick up. Anyway, there were precedents before, so he wasn't afraid of being laughed at by others.

Everyone ate the meal very comfortably, and the little ones didn't know how to restrain themselves when they ate delicious food. They had to make their stomachs round before they put down their chopsticks and went to the table.

"The dishes cooked by Aunt Han are delicious. My belly is almost bursting. No, don't eat so much next time." Mei Xiang found a chair and sat down, looking at her round belly, she couldn't help sighing.It seems that next time I really can't open my stomach to eat, even if her mouth can bear it, her stomach can't bear it either!
Qiulin's stomach is also bulging at the moment, and he doesn't even have the strength to move his nest while sitting on the chair. "Hey, we're both in the same boat."

Xia Yan looked at Qiu Lin's drunkenness, and his heart moved.Because of drinking, Qiulin's fair face was slightly flushed, and the originally clear eyes were also mixed with a trace of confusion, which was different from usual.

After eating, everyone sat in Xu's house for a while, and when their stomachs digested a bit, they had some strength to go home.When everyone was about to leave, they realized that Xu Liuer had disappeared.After searching in the house for a while, everyone discovered that this guy had sneaked into the west wing at some point and had fallen asleep with his head covered.

Xu Liuer had never drank alcohol before, and after only two sips, she felt dizzy and really uncomfortable.He didn't eat much, so he simply slipped into the west wing and went to sleep.

"Hey, it's a pity that we have been looking for her for half a day, but she came here to sleep." Liu Huaihua clapped her hands, not knowing whether to be angry or laugh.

Qiuyue saw that Xu Liuer was not normal, and worried: "She just fell asleep like this, is something going to happen?"

Xia Yan stepped forward to check, and saw that Xu Liuer's cheeks were flushed, obviously drunk from drinking.Then she smiled, "Don't worry, she's just drunk, she'll be fine after a night of sleep."

"Ah! She's only had two sips of wine. I've had several sips. How come I'm not drunk?" Mei Xiang clicked her tongue. Xu Liu'er is too careless. She pours two glasses, but she's fine. It poured in two bites.

Xia Yan patiently explained, "It depends on the individual's physique. You can't look at it from the outside like this. You haven't poured a few sips, which means that you have a good drinking capacity, but Xu Liuer is different. So you can't judge others by your own drinking capacity." .”

After hearing Xia Yan's explanation, the girls in the room understood and nodded.

After dinner, everyone was busy going home again. Now it is spring plowing, which is the busiest season. Even if they sneaked in to play at Qiulin's house today, they have to go back to help plant beans in the afternoon. son.

The Xu family also got busy, Qiuyue and Qiusong went to re-search the land behind Yang.Then use a hoe to dig neat rows of pits.The Han family and Xu Nanshan cut open the sprouted yams in the yard, then threw the cut yams into the pit, and paved them with soil. I believe that in ten days and a half months, the yams Seedlings can emerge from the soil.Although the land is not too big, the sparrow is small and well-equipped.Two ridges of cabbage were planted in it, and they are growing well now.There are also peppers, onions and garlic on the side.The only small piece of land that is vacant is used to grow yams.

Although the vegetable garden is very small and there are not enough vegetables, it is better than nothing.

When the older ones were busy in the field, Qiulin ran to the urinal she dug in the yard for raising earthworms to fiddle with.A few days ago, she and her eldest sister and third brother caught a lot of earthworms and put them in it, and then threw rotten leaves, fruit stems and so on on top. It usually takes forty to sixty days for the earthworms to fully grow. There is still a month.Last month, my mother took some eggs and duck eggs to my grandma's house and asked my grandma's house to help them hatch chickens and ducklings.There is no news yet, and I don't know when we will see these furry and cute guys.

Gradually, Qiulin felt hopeful.

"Little girl, are your earthworms really useful? Will they eat chickens?" Qiu He squatted beside Qiu Lin, looking suspiciously at the small urinal.This thing stinks, and if they can't raise chickens, their suffering these days will be for nothing.

Qiulin's eyes were firm and joyful, "Don't worry, it's useful to keep it." She saw someone do this method when she was at the farm before, and the chickens and ducks did eat earthworms, why? Will it be of no use?
Qiulin thought about it, but the next day, the matter came to a conclusion.

Around noon, Qiuyue was cooking in the house, while Qiulin sat in front of the stove and lit the fire.He heard a voice calling from outside the house: "Big sister, big brother-in-law, are you at home?"

Qiulin identified it carefully, and laughed happily, "It's the voice of the eldest aunt." The eldest aunt must have come to her house this time to give chickens and ducks.Thinking of this, Qiu Linton felt that a lot of money was beckoning to him.She didn't care about lighting the fire, and rushed out of the stove.

Qiuyue turned her head to look at the swaying stove door, and shook her head.This girl is so busy doing things, she ran out before the fire was finished.It's hard for her to light the fire and cook again.

As soon as Qiulin rushed out the door, he could only hear the sound of "chirp quack" in the yard.She followed the sound and saw a group of chickens and ducklings with bright yellow fur walking towards the yard on their thin and small legs.The swaying look was very funny, Qiulin was both happy and funny when he saw it, and couldn't help laughing out loud.These little things are just too cute. "Auntie, you are here, come in quickly."

At this moment, Mrs. Han also came out of the house, "Sister-in-law, you are here." Looking down at the chickens and ducks screaming happily in the yard, Mrs. Han said joyfully, "The chickens and ducks have hatched? "

Mrs. Ye wiped the sweat from her head, panted and said: "Well, a total of ten chicks and six ducklings have been hatched. There are more than ten chickens and ducks here. Don't you have so much food in your family? Yes." Don't look at these little things can't eat much now, but they will grow up, and the appetite will be amazing after they grow up.So many chickens and ducks cost a lot of food.

Mrs. Han was also taken aback when she heard this, "Ah, so many!" Mrs. Han didn't know how to hatch chickens, so she took the eggs to her natal family and asked her to help hatch them.I heard that some eggs cannot hatch chicks, so she also took a lot of eggs and duck eggs.Unexpectedly, so many chicks and ducklings hatched.There is a lot of food consumed throughout the year, so what should I do?

With so many chickens and ducks, the Han family was a little bit discouraged. Isn't this too much?

At this moment, Qiulin stood up with a smile, raised her head and patted her own chest, as if she was promising Han. "Mother, don't worry, these chicks and ducklings will be handed over to me, and I will take care of them and feed them fat."

Seeing the swearing appearance of the little girl Qiulin, Mrs. Ye couldn't help laughing, "Oh, the little girl still has this ability. Tell my aunt how you want to feed these chickens and ducklings. ?”

Hearing Mrs. Ye's doting voice, Qiulin felt a little unhappy in her heart, why this tone and tone seemed to be coaxing a little baby!But she is only over eight years old now, not even nine years old, so in the eyes of others, she is indeed a little young.No wonder the eldest aunt coaxed her like this. "Auntie, do you know that chickens and ducks eat earthworms? I have raised a pool of earthworms, and it will come in handy in a while." But according to the current situation, this pool of earthworms is not enough for chickens and ducks to eat.There are only a dozen of them here, plus the original few old hens at home, but there are about twenty of them.It seems that when she has free time, she has to ask her second brother to dig a pond for raising earthworms.

After being reminded by Qiulin, Mrs. Ye suddenly realized, yes, chickens and ducks also eat earthworms and small bugs.Why can't these earthworms be used to feed chickens and ducks?And there are a lot of these things in the soil of the countryside.Sometimes digging the ground can dig up a dozen earthworms!Clapping his hands, Mrs. Ye immediately became elated, "This is a good idea. I'll go and build this pond for raising earthworms tomorrow, and eat the chickens with the earthworms!"

(End of this chapter)