Power Farmer

Early the next morning, the grandfather and grandson went out on a tricycle to buy ducklings. The two discussed to buy [-] ducklings first, so that they could release the ducklings while Wei Jingze went to work in the river.

Getting on the bike, Wei Jingze suddenly remembered the money he received from selling millet, so he asked the old man, "Why don't we go and get the money first, you always keep it?"

The old man had already climbed into the car, just sat down, leaned on the railing and said, "No, I'll leave it with you. It's convenient if you have anything to spend money on."

Wei Jingze nodded and said, "That's fine, it's stored in my account. If you need to spend money, just say it."

"That is."

The two rode their bikes to Yazili's house. As expected, Yazili went out to sell ducks again, and his wife was drying rice at home.

Hearing that they bought ducklings, Li’s daughter-in-law asked her grandparents and grandchildren to choose the ducks, and she kept praising her own ducks: “They were all hatched from big green preserved eggs! They are all very strong! It's two catties of meat!"

The mouth is sharp, but the cowhide is a bit big, and the duck is not like a chicken, it is so easy to raise, and there is a fishy smell, some people say it is a foul smell or a bad smell, if it is not handled well, it makes people unable to swallow , so the number of ducks in rural areas is far less than that of chickens.

Wei Jingze was the main choice of ducks. Through his ability, Wei Jingze could perceive which ducklings were really strong and which ducks were not so strong. The ducklings were fluffy and very cute.

Ducks are also divided into water ducks and landlubbers. Water ducks can enter the water, while landlubbers generally cannot enter the water. Not all ducks can swim in water.

Seeing that the grandpa and grandson bought a lot, the daughter-in-law also gave them two goslings. Of course, the goose was not particularly good. Wei Jingze found out with his supernatural power that the goose's physique was average, and it might not be sold, so Just give it away.

The ducklings were put in baskets, and the old man squinted his eyes when he saw them. When these ducks grow up, they can lay eggs and sell them for money.

"Grandpa, how do you raise this duck? It's too young to go down the river, right?"

The old man touched the duck with his hand. The duck looked light yellow and fluffy, but it actually felt rough and uncomfortable.

"The weather is hot now, so we can't put them outside, so we keep them indoors, and we just feed them with rice and vegetable leaves."

"Don't eat fish?"

"I don't have the energy to do it, but if you want ducks to grow well, you should feed some meat. Ducks like earthworms (that is, earthworms). Small fish and shrimps are also fine, and snails are also fine, but they must be broken and fed. "

It seems that this duck is still an omnivore.

Hearing what the old man said, Wei Jingze really had some confidence. With such a large body of water, is he afraid that he can't raise a flock of ducks?

The two goslings are also kept together with the ducks. Anyway, they are still young and their attack power has not yet come out.

The ducklings are kept in an empty room. The roof of the old man’s house is very high, so the room is still cool, so that the ducklings won’t be overheated. Put a basin of water on it and sprinkle some corn leaves on it. What, the duck is very happy to eat.

After buying ducks, Wei Jingze went to find someone to help him set up nets in the river. The heavy rain when harvesting the millet was a great experience for Wei Jingze to see how the water potential can change.

Now the water chestnuts in the river have been harvested almost, and they will have to wait until next year to grow again.

The algae and duckweed in the river are fished for a few days, and they are almost enough, and some are left to be used as fish food.

Wei Jingze used a child's method, using someone else's net around the vegetable garden, set up four corners, put a little rice in it, put it into the river, pulled it up after a while, there would be many small hairy fish, caught it once or twice, That's enough for the ducklings to eat for a day.

When I usually walk and see snails in the ditches in the fields, I will pick them up and feed my ducks.

In this way, the ducklings have grown up in just a week, and the feathers on their wings have begun to grow. The ducklings are more energetic than before.The old man was very happy that none of the ducklings died. Raising chickens is the same as raising ducks. There will always be a few dead in a batch. Weasels and the like will kill you, so you must be prepared when raising them.

August is when soybeans are harvested. They go to the field to chop off the bean stalks and put them on the ground to dry. When they are dry, the beans will pop out automatically.In order to help the peas to threshing, they will use tools to hammer. After hammering, thrifty farmers will go through it again to make sure that the pods on each stalk are opened and the beans will come out before they give up.Then the straw will go into the fire chamber, and of course now it usually goes into the composting pit.

It took Wei Jingze and the old man a day to chop all the beans home, but the old man also planted some mung beans, red beans, hemp beans, etc. These beans are not many, and they are interplanted with other crops Yes, Wei Jingze didn't know what it was before. He only knew that it was something the old man planted, so he took care of it together. Now they are all mature, and the pods have been picked back.

Chen Han was moved by the wind, and immediately ran to see how the quality of the beans was.

The soybeans grew well, plump and plump. Chen Han immediately urged Wei Jingze to find someone to make tofu, and Wei Jingze agreed.

"Hey, are these beans cooked with rice?"

Chen Han didn't know much about the strangely colored beans, some were red, some were pockmarked, some were dark red, and the sizes were different.

The old man said: "When the harvest is not much, put the rice in it to cook, and if the harvest is too much, it can be cooked with the meat!"

This year the old man collected a lot, several catties.

Chen Han immediately said: "I ate the bean rice a long time ago, but I haven't eaten it for a long time now, can you sell it to me?"

The old man said: "If you like it, it's okay to give you some!"

Chen Han stayed at Wei Jingze's house to eat, Wei Jingze put down his work and went to ask about making tofu.

After asking the old man, I found out that there are several houses in the village that have made tofu. There are ancestral crafts and some new ones. There are not many people in Chashui Village, and no one buys the tofu they make. Gradually, no one makes it. But there are still people doing it in Da Niwan, and the business is good.

Chen Han said that the tofu in Da Niwan was not tasty, it was sober and dregsy, it must not be hand-ground soy milk.

First, he found two families with young and middle-aged labor force, but they refused to make tofu. In desperation, Wei Jingze had no choice but to find the family with the grandchildren.

Although they are grandparents, they are not particularly old. They are only 50 years old. Rural people get married and have children early. It is not surprising to be grandparents in their 40s.

Wei Jingze explained the purpose of his visit, but the other party didn't agree, so he asked what the restaurant said.

Wei Jingze glanced at the house, the old lady was feeding the pigs in the back, the eldest granddaughter was washing the dishes, the younger granddaughter was washing the vegetables, the younger grandson was squatting on the ground, not knowing what to do, the house looked very old, and the family background was very ordinary .At the beginning, Wei Jingze was not the first to find this family, but he thought that they already had a lot of work, and adding another tofu to make them might not be too busy, but judging from their family circumstances, they should need money.

"The restaurant has been urging me to ask for tofu. I said before that the beans were confiscated and it would be better to use new beans to make tofu. Now that the beans are harvested, people will come to your door. If the tofu is made well, they will of course be willing to buy it at a high price. Yes. Tofu requires firm tofu and soft tofu, as well as dried tofu and tofu skin, and I guess soy milk is also willing, because there are so many things in the restaurant.”

The wrinkled farmer was slightly moved, and said, "What about the price? How do you say it?"

"Of course the price is higher than outside. If we can really do business with them, it shouldn't be a problem to sell hundreds or thousands of items a day." Wei Jingze is only conservatively estimated, and the price has not yet been discussed. .

The other party smoked the cigarette to the end and said: "As long as the boss can afford the price, even if it is exhausting, I will do it!"

Isn't Wei Jingze just worried about this problem?Isn't it self-defeating when people are tired?

"What about your son? If the family earns money, let the two of them come back. It may not be as good as a family outside." Wei Jingze couldn't help but persuade him.

The other party nodded perfunctorily and said, "I'll try this job first."

"Then you make a batch of tofu first, and I'll show them. If they think it's good, we can negotiate the price and sign a contract. What do you think?"

"Of course, I still want you to be the middleman!"

"No problem at all!"

Chen Han heard that he had found a tofu maker, and said he would come the next day, mainly to see the tofu, and he couldn't wait for a while.

All the rice beans were plundered by Chen Han, and the old man collected several catties, but Wei Jingze only ate such a meal. Chen Han was probably a shoveler in his previous life.

The next day, Master Lai, who was entrusted by Wei Jingze to make tofu, made a few plates of tofu. This time, both Chen Han and Jiang Yanzong came.

The tofu made from new beans smells like bean flowers and is very white. Although the old tofu is hard, it is also very white, not to mention the soft tofu, which can be called white and crystal clear.

Chen Han was very satisfied with the quality of the tofu. He asked the old man if he could make ten boards of each kind of tofu every day, and if he could make dried tofu and tofu skin. Lai Ye said it was no problem, and the two parties signed the tofu contract first. Well, we have to wait for the quality to be verified before we can be sure.

Wei Jingze was also very happy that such a business was facilitated.Lai Ye is of the same generation as the old man, but his relative relationship with the old man is still relatively far away. If one wants to trace the relationship, one has to go back several generations, so Lai Ye is not ranked, and uses a word "lai" in the name.