Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 44

At noon, they sat in the courtyard and chatted after eating, while Pang Xu walked back and forth, doing chest-expanding exercises to digest food.After a while, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he kept yelling as he walked, "Damn it, really, I only know that this jujube is very delicious, but I don't know how delicious it is to eat." If you have too much, you will accumulate food..."

Seeing his image of being more resentful than Mrs. Xianglin, several people were amused and laughed, and Xu Xiaoli yelled that he deserved it, and if he was so nonsense, he would not be wanted.

"Chirp, chirp..." When Pang Xudu got near the chicken coop, he suddenly heard a few "chicken" cries.

When he turned around, he saw a few black "chicks" the size of a child's fist crowing in the coop.

"Little mouse, your hen has hatched chicks, come and see..." He shouted, and immediately attracted several people over, all of them with excited colors in their eyes.Especially Zhang Qian, it was the first time she saw such a scene.

"What eyes, is this a water duck?" Liu Junhao knew that this foodie's perception of birds was only chickens, ducks, geese and pigeons, and he didn't know anything else, so he criticized him mercilessly.

Counting the days, the teal duck should have hatched in these two days.

"Water duck, you said this thing is a water duck," Pang Xu immediately squatted down and looked at these little guys at close range.At this moment, he completely ignored the hen who was staring at him, only to see that the hen's hair was completely blown up.

"Well, these teal eggs were picked up on the river beach a few days ago." Liu Junhao briefly explained their origin.

"It's not that the hens hatch their own eggs? The teal ducks are obviously different from the chicks, and the hens don't peck them to death when they see them?"

"So far we haven't met a hen as smart as you!" Liu Junhao's words caused everyone to burst into laughter.

"I thought it would be the day after tomorrow. Who knew it would hatch so early. It seems that the hatching time of wild ducks and domestic ducks is still different." Professor Zhao also looked at these fluffy little guys, tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk Said.

"Don't be arbitrary, okay? Now that the weather is hot, the incubation period has been shortened, and domestic ducks can hatch in 25-[-] days at most."

"Wow, this thing is so cute, I want to raise one..." Xu Xiaoli squatted down, reaching out to touch the water duck chirping at the mouth of the chicken coop.

"Be careful..." Before Liu Junhao yelled, she was already covering her hands with tears in her eyes.

"Let me see, let me see, are you okay?" Pang Xu also hurriedly pulled her hand over, only to see that there was a big red and swollen lump on Bai Nen's jade hand, and he hurriedly said, "It's okay, don't be afraid if it's okay, It doesn't hurt!" The tone seemed to be coaxing a child.

"It doesn't hurt if you say it doesn't hurt, you can also stretch out your hand and try." Xu Xiaoli gritted her teeth and said, her coquettish appearance was more like a child.

This caused Zhang Qian to burst into laughter at the side, "Both of you, pay attention to your image, there are others here."

Hearing what she said, Xu Xiaoli blushed even more, and hurriedly broke free from her hand.

"It's okay," Liu Junhao interjected at this time, "At this time, the hen is very protective of its cubs. Of course it will catch you if you catch its babies. If you really want it, I will secretly catch two when you leave. I’ll feed you, but this thing is too small, so it’s not easy to feed.”

"No more, this chicken is too hateful." Xu Xiaoli said depressedly, clutching her sore arm.

In the middle of the day, out of a dozen or so eggs, only the last one was left. It seemed that the hatching rate of this teal duck was quite high.

These little guys just hatched were black and fluffy all over, and they couldn't stop chirping around the old hen, probably because they were hungry.

At this time, the old hen didn't care about the last egg anymore, it got out of the nest, led the little ones out of the chicken coop with a "cuckoo", and planed food in the yard.

Professor Zhao had already thrown a large piece of steamed bun on the ground, and the hen pecked and smashed the steamed bun with a few mouthfuls, so that the group of little guys could eat it.

"What about this one?" Zhang Qian asked as she saw that there was only one egg left in the chicken coop.

"This is chickens that don't come out in 21 days—bad guys, they can be eaten roasted, right?"What he was talking about was the fried eggs sold at the barbecue stalls on the side of the road. Those things looked dirty. Anyway, Liu Junhao had never eaten them, so he always felt that they were not clean.

"Throw it away, it's probably useless if you don't come out now," Liu Junhao said.

"Oh?" Zhang Qian reached into the chicken coop and took out the last egg, and then exclaimed in surprise, "This is not a bad egg, it's still moving...I can feel it..."

"Really, let me touch it?" Liu Junhao stretched out his hand to take it, and he really felt the existence of small life inside, only heard a faint "da da da" sound coming from inside, it seemed that the water duck was pecking inside Shell, "This egg is bigger than the others, probably because the shell is too thick, so the teal can't break the shell. You need to open a small crack in this egg, or it will be short of oxygen and suffocate in it after a while." die."

"I'll do it, I'll do it" Zhang Qian was also very curious about this kind of thing, she reached out and snatched it, and then looked at Liu Junhao with some embarrassment, she didn't know what to do.

"It's okay, did you see the crack? Just lightly make a small hole with your nails. Be careful, don't use too much force." Seeing the cautious look on this city girl's face, Liu Junhao only thought it was funny .

He has lived in the countryside since he was a child, so he is no stranger to hens hatching eggs, but Zhang Qian is different, this is the first time he has come into contact with this kind of thing, so his heart is full of the desire to take care of the little life in his own hands.

I saw that she carefully opened a small slit, and the small tender mouth of the teal duck was immediately revealed. The little guy, breathing in the fresh air, immediately made a weak "tweeting" call.

Pang Xu was also very interested at the beginning, but after watching for a long time, he didn't see the water ducks hatching, and suddenly felt a little bored, stood up and said: "It makes my eyes hurt, I just peel off the shell, it's so simple."

"This thing can only survive by breaking its shell by itself." Professor Zhao corrected from behind.

But Zhang Qian didn't hear anything outside the window, and squatted there concentrating on looking at the egg in her hand. Xu Xiaoli was with her at first, but she lost her patience after a while: "I'd better not look at it, squatting is too tiring."

After a few minutes, the small hole became bigger and bigger, and after a while, a wet little head came out of the eggshell with great difficulty. Zhang Qian breathed a sigh of relief, and exclaimed excitedly, "Come and see!" , This little guy came out!"

Everyone leaned over again, and saw that she was holding a weak teal in the palm of her hand, the feathers were not even dry, and the tender black beak kept pecking at her hand, which looked very interesting.

"Feel me," Xu Xiaoli also became interested. Girls like small animals, and of course she is no exception.

"Then be careful, don't fall on the ground." Zhang Qian was still a little bit reluctant.

But that water duck seemed to be particularly disrespectful to Xu Xiaoli, as soon as it reached her hand, it pulled a puddle of shit, which made everyone laugh again.Xu Xiaoli gritted her teeth with hatred, and handed the little guy to Zhang Qian's hand again with a blushing face.

The little guy's hair dried quickly, and he kept yelling at Zhang Qian, obviously hungry.Zhang Qian hurriedly made a small piece of steamed bun, crushed it in her hands, sprinkled it in her palm and let it be pecked.

Seeing her happily teasing the water duck in her hand, Liu Junhao hurriedly dissuaded him: "Don't play for too long, this thing just hatches, and its resistance is very weak. If you get lucky for too long, you won't be able to stand it." Yes, let's send it to the hen."

After hearing this, Zhang Qian squatted down and put the teal duck on the ground, pushed it and said, "Go, go back to your mother."

But something stunned happened. She had just taken a step back, but the little duck followed her with a "chirp" and continued to take a few steps back.

Although the hen was just one meter away, the little guy still followed Zhang Qian. Wherever she went, the little guy followed her.

"This is Yinsui," Professor Zhao explained, "an important form of learning for newborn animals. This teal opened its eyes and saw you, so it regards you as its 'mother', which is a good thing Ya, hehe"

Zhang Qian was naturally overjoyed when she heard this, and kept throwing the dregs of steamed buns in her hand in front of the little duck to let it eat. The little guy was probably full, and didn't even look at the food on the ground, but affectionately pecked at Zhang Qian's fingers.

This made Xu Xiaoli, who was watching from the sidelines, extremely jealous, and dragged Pang Xu to ask him to find a water duck egg for herself.

(End of this chapter)