In my days as a farmer

At night, Xia Dongli was lying on a bed whose quality had been "inspected and accepted" by the dog. He was holding a PAD and writing notes while watching the video.What is playing on the screen are the construction skills and precautions for DIY building a small pond.

Huh?Wait, didn't you agree to build a reservoir?Why did it suddenly shrink?

In fact, when Xia Dongli called home the night before, he talked about the cistern. His parents had all participated in going to the mountains and going to the countryside, and they were much more experienced than Comrade Xiao Xia in this regard.

When he heard Xia Dongli talk about building a cistern, Mr. Xia frowned and expressed his objections. He first criticized his son for not making enough materials and preparations before making a rash decision, and then said He came to his own conclusion. He believed that the cost of building a reservoir was higher than the benefit.

In order to prove this point, the old man personally searched the precipitation records of the area of ​​Xiaojin Village, and then superimposed the two icons of crop growth water demand and precipitation, and roughly calculated the daily water demand and irrigation cycle.

Then, after using a series of formulas to perform calculations, he showed the calculated volume of the reservoir in front of his son.

This number is a bit scary.

Facing this hard-core persuasion method, Xia Dongli immediately admitted his mistake, and followed his father's suggestion to build a small pond where the reservoir was originally planned to be built.

Ponds are more ornamental and practical, can also undertake certain tasks of water storage, and can also attract animals to drink water. From an ornamental point of view, they are much larger than cold storage ponds.

Comrade Lao Xia sent a brainwashing bag while reposting various pond-building videos to his son, saying: "When the time comes, there will be a wisteria trellis on the pond. When spring comes, think about how beautiful it will be? You can grow grapes, and you can eat the grapes yourself." How lively it is to attract birds. Last time I read a book by a great god, he said that a cubic pool can improve the living environment of animals within three kilometers, isn’t that very good.”

After understanding the reason, he moved his feelings again: "We also like water. If you build a reservoir, it would be terrible for Mibao to swim in it. But it doesn't matter in the pool. It doesn't matter how it splashes. It doesn't matter."

Mi Bao is the pet name of Da Mi Wang, which is what he was called when he was a puppy.By the way, the name of rice on the dog certificate is actually Minos, and there is no special reason, that is, the dog's mother's name is Europa, and she gave birth to three brothers in one litter. The owner of the dog's mother is Xia Dongli's good friend. He was obsessed with Saint Seiya, so he took the name by chance.

It's a pity that Rice is not at all interested in foreign-style names, but is more sensitive to the word "Mi" that Xia Dongli casually called out.However, after taking Gouzi home, Xia’s mother said very bluntly that rice is too ugly, but Mibao is better, so poor rice Wang has been burdened with three names since birth.

Cough, far away.

I have to say that Comrade Lao Xia knows his son very well. He said that it doesn't matter anything else, but he has to give in when he mentions his dear dog Xia Dongli.

In the end, Xia Dongli changed his mind and changed the reservoir in the plan to a small pond. The old father, who had succeeded in his scheme, urged him to change the plan from one small pond to two connected ones.

It would be better if there is a bridge in the middle.

Magpie Bridge?He is not the Queen Mother!

Of course Xia Dongli was unwilling, and the father and son started arguing about it.

Xia's mother watched the whole process, but when her son and husband were deadlocked about the depth of the pond, she lightly added a feather to her husband: "It's not bad to build two, add a few stones to one pond, and put the family's Ah Da and Ah Er take it."

Ada and Aer are two tortoises raised by Xia Dongli's family. It is difficult to judge their ages. Xia Dongli bought them at the nursery gate when he was a child. Xia's father picked the two largest tortoises at that time. In terms of age, these two tortoises The turtle may be bigger than Xia Dongli.

Although the growth rate and pollution-making ability of the tortoise are not as good as the Brazilian tortoise, the king of tortoises, they are still very impressive, especially when Dad Xia likes to quietly feed them fresh food in addition to tortoise food.

When Xia Dongli was young, the two tortoises still lived in the small pot, but when he grew up, they moved to the big fish tank.

It's not for watching, it's purely because the big fish tank can be filtered, and the water is not so easy to get dirty.

But now it seems that Mother Xia's patience has reached its limit.

When the mother spoke, Xia Dongli could only silently accept the fact that his workload had doubled. After buying another filter tank, his cost would explode. If he dug two ponds, the cost would double. , so Xia Dongli decided to learn from the majority of netizens and DIY a pond by himself.

According to the explanations of enthusiastic netizens, if you use geomembrane instead of mud bricks, you can save nearly two-thirds of the cost, and the geomembrane is soft, the shape of the pool can be more plastic, and it will be easier to change the shape in the future .

The only disadvantage is that sharp objects cannot be placed in the pool. This is not a big problem as long as he pays more attention when placing the scenery equipment.

Xia Dongli watched more than ten videos and took five pages of notes.Xia Dongli was quite excited after seeing the finished products of fish and flowers dancing together. He immediately chose Taobao delivery near Xiaojin Village and placed several orders, buying everything from mulch film to aquatic plants.After spending the money, the enthusiasm has not dissipated, and he drew a rendering with anticipation before falling asleep.

In his dream, his small pond became an animal playground with a radius of ten miles. The fish in the pond patrolled back and forth, the flowers and dragonflies frolicked on the pond, the tortoises lay on the rocks and basked leisurely, and a few fluffy little milk ducks strode forward. Short legs skittered across the pool.

Occasionally, migratory birds passing by would stop to play, and in the early morning, when everything is quiet, under the morning light, the hares and deer in the mountains would come to drink water, and his family's Da Mi Wang could also make a lot of friends , it and its new friends will run and play together in the pasture field he planted.

If Xia Dongli had this dream a few months later, he would definitely have black lines all over his head, but now he is just an urban otaku who has not been beaten by rural life, so now he will be so happy just thinking about this scene Laugh out.

Xia Dongli, who woke up in such a beautiful dream, felt full of energy. After a hasty breakfast, he went down the mountain with rice to go to the market.

As Assistant Li said, the things sold at the gathering in this village are very cheap. The green vegetable seedlings are all placed in seedling trays. bought.

Xia Dongli wanted to buy a few seedlings of pepper and tomatoes, but when he heard the quantity he wanted, the aunt who sold the goods saw that he wanted so little that she didn't even bother to accept the money, so she took the seedlings out of the plate and used them to put eggs Wrapped it in a paper shell, pulled a straw rope to fix it, and stuffed it to him.

Xia Dongli couldn't refuse, and he didn't want anyone who gave money. Seeing the stall owner's grandson sitting by the side and looking at him, he took out a few chocolates from his pocket and stuffed them.

The little baby is four or five years old, just the age of greed, but obviously he was taught very well, and he can only take it with the consent of his grandma, and thanked him sweetly when he finished taking it.

When a baby at this age is considered a dog, it is really rare to be so cute.

Just as he was thinking this, Da Mi's dog's head stuck out from the side of Xia Dongli's leg.Bian Mu's appearance is really capable of playing, unlike the stern and handsome Husky's first impression, the first impression of Bian Mu is that it is soft and cute, like a doll.

The little boy was obviously intimidated by the dog, which was about the same height as him, and was stunned on the spot.However, when Xia Dongli was about to pull the rice back, he suddenly stretched out his hand again, trying to take the mask off the rice's mouth.

So the frightened one was replaced by someone else.

The child's grandmother immediately grabbed him, and Xia Dongli also took the rice and walked away two steps. The muzzled rice who was out of the street seemed to have not realized what happened, and looked up at Xia Dongli again and again.

Xia Dongli hurriedly comforted his cub and said it was okay, while the grandma over there began to reason with the little grandson.The baby didn't know if he listened or not, anyway, until Xia Dongli turned the corner with the dog, his eyes never moved away from the rice.

Because Dami couldn't open his mouth, he kept muttering and complaining to him along the way. Xia Dongli thought about it and was startled and endured it just now, but when Gouzi found out that he was perfunctory, he finally couldn't hold back and stretched out his hand to slap his thigh hard. Pinch the dog's ears a few times.

Rice's ears trembled and escaped from his hand. Suddenly, it didn't know what it heard and turned its head to look forward to the right. Its long tail also trembled, showing an expression of interest.

As a good owner who loves dogs, Xia Dongli naturally chose to walk in that direction with the dog. The hearing of dogs is hundreds of times that of humans, but after walking for a while, Xia Dongli also heard that. The movement from the side.

That was the sound made by the young chicks calling in unison, and the cry of milk chirp sounded very cute.

Xia Dongli and Dami Wang speeded up their pace at the same time. Perhaps because of the smell, the small stalls selling animals were arranged outdoors.

Xia Dongli saw several small baskets selling chickens, but there were not many of them. The men who were in charge of watching the stalls outside were basically the men at home... But compared to watching the stalls, the most important reason for them to be outside might be to smoke.

With a cursory glance, Xia Dongli saw a row of men either holding cigarettes in their hands or mouths, and the few unlit ones also had one stuck in their ears.

Most of them gathered together to chat, just took a piece of cardboard and wrote the price on the basket.

Xia Dongli took a closer look, and it said - 5 cents each.

Most of these sold are the most common yellow-feathered chickens, that is, the most common free-range chickens, but the price of [-] cents a piece is quite favorable enough.

The spring in the north is still cool, and the young chicks who have left the protection of their mothers can only rely on each other's body temperature to keep warm, and they are so cold that they chirp and scream.

Xia Dongli looked a little eager to move.The appearance of the little chickens in a basket is so cute, it reminds him of the little chickens sold at the gate of the school when he was a child.

When he was a child, he also wanted to raise one, but his parents never agreed. Xia Dongli couldn't understand it when he was a child, until he saw a crying classmate.

Most of the chickens at the gate of the school are out-of-stock chickens, and they are generally not from large-scale farms. Even if these chickens are healthy, it is difficult for them to grow up if there is only one.The cubs have a low body temperature and have high requirements for the temperature of the environment. Generally speaking, normal families do not have the awareness of heat preservation, and even put them in a ventilated place to disperse the smell, so unless the very lucky chicks, they usually live. But a week.

For children, this blow is extremely huge.

Until now, Xia Dongli still remembered the scene where the cheerful little fat man was still crying in class a few days ago.

Compared with raising chickens, Xia Dongli prefers to raise ducklings. Ducks are easier to feed than chickens, and they are not easy to get sick, and they taste good...

——However, his dog has a mind of his own.

The rice was already sitting in the basket with the chicks.

Xia Dongli was silent for a moment.

"Hmm!" Seeing that he was not moving, Rice urged him!It was written in the dark almond eyes [I want! 】 Two words.

"Uncle, I will buy 5 chickens..."

"Wooooow!!!"

... Okay, you are a dog and you are the biggest.

Xia Dongli silently took out his mobile phone and opened Alipay to scan the code, "Uncle, buy 10."

"Young man, you really have a vision! Our chickens are all hatched by old hens, which are different from those hatched by machines. They are called that, and they have feelings." The stall owner who was selected by the rice opened his eyes and smiled, "Yes Okay, do you want to buy ducks? I still have ducks at home, I’ll give you a cheaper price, 10 yuan, how about 10 chickens and 10 ducks, [-]% females are guaranteed, and I’ll give you another quail.”

Although it seems that the price is not much cheaper, the females among the young chicks are much more valuable than the males, and some girls are quite good at home, and Lao Xia's family is currently full of boys.

"Deal!" He tapped the QR code without hesitation.

That night, Dami Wang watched the chicks and ducklings dozing together in the heating room purring happily, while Xia Dongli was sitting on the bed calmly with one sitting in a cardboard box, with the same body size. The cubs are about the same, but they are already adult quail.

Brown-haired Quail: "Jiujiu Blue!"

That's right, it's this weird cry. It has been calling all night, and the sound waves have overwhelmed the panicked cubs who just moved.

Because they were too diligent, in the end the cubs seemed to feel that someone was voicing for them anyway, so they didn't bother to call, so the only sound left in the whole room was the sound of this quail.

At this moment, Xia Dongli no longer had any soft emotions, only killing intent.