In my days as a farmer

Spring plowing, summer cultivation, autumn harvesting and winter storage, autumn is destined to be a harvest season.

In a small village in a certain province in the Northeast, a farmer was wandering in the yard, thinking about how he should ask the small animals here to collect rent.

The TOP1 high-quality tenants of their home must belong to the free-for-all.

Just feeling the autumn wind with the taste of ripe grain passing between the wings and feathers, without Xia Dongli's urging, their hens began to line up to resume production.

Not to mention that the supply of eggs that Xia Dongli's family had once cut off was restored, even the army of ducks who had been fishing before were so shy that they laid their first duck eggs in the small thatched nest.

I have to say that although everyone bought them at the same time, the laying period of ducks is really much later than that of chickens.Fortunately, the farmer is still a newcomer, as long as there is a harvest, he is happy enough.

He bought 10 ducks with the instigation of rice, but the seller was quite conscientious. Male and female were split [-]-[-]. After the first duck started laying eggs, it seemed to encourage other female ducks. Xia Dongli's duck eggs were harvested quickly. It was maintained at three per day.

Compared with chickens, he is more diligent. He can harvest six or seven eggs every day. If the hens are in a good mood, they can even harvest eight eggs.

After a few more months, when the chickens and ducks added later grow up, this income can be even more.

"It's a pity that the roosters and ducks at home are not yet mature, so the eggs and duck eggs laid now are all unfertilized and can only be used for eating."

Xia Dongli is no longer the novice who will be chased by the rooster even if he touches an egg. Now he has made a hand guard and arm guard with cardboard according to the online tutorial. As long as he wears protective tools, he is the whole chicken. Strongest pup in the litter!

Relying on the protection of the cardboard, Xia Dongli can easily and leisurely take out the eggs from the chicken coop without being afraid of the hen's pecking. After the equipment upgrade, Xia Dong proudly showed his harvest to the hen with a stalked neck , said happily to Xun Yao who was touching duck eggs next door.

Cough, compared to hens with monotonous attack methods, ducks are stronger in fighting power, so the matter of digging out duck nests still has to be done by Xun Yu.

"Go back and pickle a salted egg." Xia Dongli looked at Xun Ao's harvest with his head, and said after thinking about it.

Duck eggs are said to be very nutritious, but how to put it... Maybe it's because the ducks in Xia Dongli's family have a relatively broad recipe, or maybe he's used to eating eggs since he was a child and doesn't adapt to duck eggs. He always feels that duck eggs taste a bit fishy.

Xia Dongli tried the all-purpose frying method, but he couldn't cover the fishy smell of duck eggs, and he couldn't swallow a bite even if he boiled them directly.

Fortunately, the industrious and brave ancestors of Huaguo invented the way to eat salted eggs, which solved this distressing problem.

Xia Dongli has never made salted eggs, but the omnipotent Internet has everything. The method of salting salted duck eggs can be accurate to the grams of salt and the temperature. As long as you follow it, there is basically no possibility of failure.

Both Xia Dongli and Xun Ao are not kitchen killers, and this level of DIY is really hard for them.

On the contrary, it was another tenant who made the two of them a little cautious.

That is the bee family.

The bees in Xia Dongli's family are a family of bumblebees who came uninvited in spring, and more than five months have passed from spring to autumn.

The geographical location of Xiaotupo is good. Bees can collect honey in spring, summer and autumn. Xia Dongli will take them to work in vegetable greenhouses to help pollinate from time to time. Now the number of honeycombs in the hive has also been increased from three to six.

This is already a relatively healthy big family, so Xia Dongli plans to wait until next spring to breed another queen bee according to the method taught online, and then divide the hive of bees into groups.

Bees are amazing creatures. Their population strength depends on the ability of the queen bee. Although the queen bee is not responsible for managing the bee colony, it can encourage the bee colony to produce by relying on its reproductive ability and pheromones.

In general, the younger the queen bee, the more productive the colony will be.

But in the absence of human intervention, unless the hive is really unable to hold, the bee colony rarely performs natural grouping.

This is because the next queen bee can only be bred by the previous one, and once the next queen bee grows up, the previous one has to take the group away.

So of course, in order to avoid her "abdication", the old queen will delay the laying of queen eggs as much as possible if conditions permit.

The queen bee in honey bees has a lifespan of about three to four years under normal circumstances. Worker bees in nature will collectively "advise" the queen bee to give birth to the next queen bee and transfer power after they realize that the queen bee's fertility has decreased due to age .

But in the case of artificial breeding, in order to ensure the production, cunning human beings will artificially eliminate the older queen bees, use new queens to encourage the production of bee colonies, and at the same time cultivate several new queens for clustering.

Xia Dongli had done a lot of homework in order to eat more honey, and the new hive was ready.

But what happens next year has to be said next year, and the most important thing now is to get honey!

The two novices protected themselves tightly, and opened the beehive on a sunny day when the dragonflies were not at home.

At this point in time, most of the bees have gone out to work, and those who stay in the nest are basically old and weak.

In fact, bees are also very humane. Most of the work done by the old and the weak is at home in the nest. Only the young and middle-aged will carry out field work that requires physical strength.

But don't underestimate these old and weak, their determination to protect the nest is also quite strong.

In the days when Wuba Goufing ran away from home, the bee swarm also attacked the nest several times. Except for one time when Xia Dongli happened to be blocked by help, the bees were the ones who protected their homes.Every time there are more dead bees beside the dead wasp, it can be said to be very tragic.

But their guard is well worth it.

When Xia Dongli lifted the top cover and cover of the beehive and saw the six honeycombs full of honey, tears almost fell from the corners of his lips.

He picked two honeycombs that were full and took them out, cut off the cover with a fruit knife and stuffed them into the honey shaker. After more than ten seconds, the aroma of honey immediately filled the air.

Xia Dongli had just enjoyed taking a sip when he saw a thrilling scene.

Honey itself is the food of bees. Before the two humans could react, the bees who smelled the aroma of honey immediately slammed into the honey shaker. The two couldn't stop them and saw the bees drowned in the thick amber In the honey liquid.

I really want to eat or die.

The corner of Xia Dongli's mouth twitched, and he quickly took out the honey spleen that had already been extracted and stuffed it back. Xun Ao also cooperated tacitly. He put a plastic bag on the honey shaker to prevent the bees from continuing to die.

In fact, in addition to these two pieces of honey spleen, Xia Dongli also picked a relatively full honey spleen and put it aside. This is the honey's winter reserve food. In case the honey food storage is not enough in winter, it can be stuffed. Go back to emergency.

Although sugar water and honey water can also be fed in winter, theoretically speaking, feeding them will not have much effect on honey, but the quality of self-produced ones must be better.

The reason why it is taken out now is to encourage the bees to work hard to store food for the winter, and not to rush to give birth to cubs.

But before stuffing the honey spleen back, Xia Dongli still couldn't hold back and broke off a piece and put it on the side. When he looked at Xun Yu suspiciously, he explained: "It is said on the Internet that this can be eaten, but The taste is a bit strange, shall we try it?"

Xun Yao glanced at the young man's enthusiastic expression and naturally he would not refuse. He cooperated very well and raised the side cloth to block the turbulent swarm of bees, and then closed the top cover.

The main ingredient of honeycomb is beeswax, which is edible but not necessary.

He understands the truth, but he can't hold back his curiosity!

It is said on the Internet that the honeycomb tastes a bit like chewing gum, but it is not harmful anyway, so Xia Dongli wanted to try it.

Of course, because Xia Dongli's honeycombs are all semi-finished products bought online, even though the semi-finished products are advertised as being made of beeswax, he carefully chose a piece of pure natural honeycomb made by the bees themselves to destroy it.

Cough cough, he provided the house anyway, so it doesn't matter if the landlord warped a little brick or tile.

Xia Dongli, who was a little cautious, touched the built hive, expressing spiritual comfort and encouragement.Then the two quietly walked downstairs with the honey shaker, but even though their actions were cautious enough, Xia Dongli, who had just opened the roof door, heard a loud pig cry.

Ah, exposed.

Xia Dongli and Xun Ao exchanged glances. He shrugged helplessly, locked the door of the roof, and pushed it to make sure that the small animals in the house did not escape from prison.

The two went down to the first floor. Before they could take off their protective clothing, Xia Dongli saw a nest of small animals running towards them at a sprint speed of [-] meters from a distance. Xiaokang, who was usually the laziest, ran the fastest. Quickly, it drove the rice, jumped over the rice grains, and rushed towards the honey shaker in Xia Dongli's hand as the C position of the animal army.

Xia Dongli was taken aback by that menacing appearance, and quickly moved aside holding the honey shaker, Xun Ao took a step forward and sank, reaching out to lift up Xiaokang who was using the Zhuzhu dashing skill.

"You really can't do anything, eat No. 1." Xia Dongli looked at Xiaokang's four hooves waving in mid-air and complained. By the way, he reached out and rua a handful of pork belly, motioning for Xun Yao to put it down.

"Why is your nose so good?" Xiaokang rubbed against Xia Dongli as soon as he was put down. The pig's nose arched and arched, and then arched to the side of the honey shaker. A few drops of honey on the fuselage were licked into his mouth, and a pig face immediately showed a satisfied and happy expression.

Not to mention, apart from Lao Xu's sense of responsibility, the reason why Xiaokang has been favored by Lao Xu for so many years, its appearance also played a big role.

Although it is an adult boar, Xiaokang does not look as rough as ordinary boars at all, and has no tusks. The whole pig is like an enlarged version of a small piglet, except that it is a little fatter. Changes, it looks cute and round.

Just because of his good looks, Xia Dongli didn't feel disgusted even if he licked the tin can now, but he was a little helpless: "You let go first, and we will give you the honey after we pour out the honey."

Before he finished speaking, he felt a weight on his feet. The rice grains were like when he was a child. The whole dog turned into a leg pendant and sat on his feet. His big eyes looked at Xia Dong expectantly and longingly. Li, the dog showed a flattering smile on his face, and his whole body exuded a desire to be a part of the audience.

The corner of Xia Dongli's mouth twitched, and he lifted his leg. The dog weighed more than 30 kilograms now, and he was so caught off guard that he still couldn't lift it.

This is his own cub, Xia Dongli put on a straight face without any psychological pressure: "Get up, you're disobedient, aren't you?"

"Oh..." Mi Li immediately read the unfair treatment from the master's different attitude, and immediately grabbed it even tighter, answering the master's question with practical actions.

This hasn't been settled yet, and Xia Dongli feels that his other foot is also bearing a weight that it shouldn't bear.

Xia Dongli looked down and saw that Xiaobaa's limbs were not as flexible as Wang Xingren's and couldn't do the thigh-hugging movement, but he didn't care about it, relying on the goat's high flexibility to go back and forth freely on the cliff, This sheep actually pressed both of its feet on Xia Dongli's feet, and then put the sheep's head on Xia Dongli's belly, and rubbed against himself in a difficult position. the master.

But Xia Dongli, who was acted like a baby by a goat, was not moved at all... Nonsense, there are two horns on Xiaobaa's head!It's not good for it to go up and down like this, Xia Dongli is about to go to the hospital for a bad reason!

Just as Xia Dongli gasped and thought about how to save himself, he felt his waist tighten and he was hugged.

Because of this change in position, the rice grain that hugged the thigh couldn't hold it anymore, and the little baa that stepped on the sole of the foot couldn't step on it anymore. Only Xiaokang, who was addicted to licking the honey bucket, didn't move at all, but changed to the posture of looking up.

Well, the angle is just right to lick the bottom of the honey shaker bucket, perfect.

"Small, Xiaoyu." Xia Dongli, who was picked up by his waist suddenly, reflexively hugged the honey bucket tightly, and he couldn't help shaking his legs. Seeing Mi Li looking at his slippers, he was a little panicked, "You , watch out for dogs..."

"It's okay." Xun Yao calmly hugged his boyfriend's long legs and walked around a few small animals, and put him in the living room.

As soon as Xia Dongli sat down, a few small animals who didn't dare to make a fuss towards Xun Yao rushed over, ummm, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh need to eat honey, and the rice put its head on the edge of the table, and the watery big His eyes blinked again and again, Xia Dongli's heart was about to melt from the sight!

"It wants to eat honey, hurry up." Uncle Geng who appeared in the living room at some time looked anxious, but he didn't want to urge Xiao Xia, so he could only urge his son to move faster.

Xun Yao paused the hand that was holding the plate and glass jar, and immediately heard the old father's urging again, and couldn't help but glanced at him strangely, his hands kept moving, besides taking the glass jar and the filter, He pinched a few plates for the small animals to eat and came over. When they saw the plates, the fluffy ones became more anxious.

Xia Dongli poured the honey into a glass jar through the filter for storage, then swung the honey extractor with warm water, and then poured the honey water into the rice bowls of the small animals one by one.

But the amount of these honeys is really too small. The honey taken out by the two honeycombs is only half a jar, not to mention the honey water.

Dami looked at the rice bowl and hesitated for a while, as if he was struggling between the majesty of the patriarch and his own appetite, and finally chose the former in pain.But the dog's soul made a choice, but the body was honest enough to look at the rice bowl while sticking out its tongue and drooling.

The old Dragon King was so distressed when he saw it, he immediately said to Xia Dongli: "Give it some more to drink, isn't there still in the bucket?"

Xia Dongli also felt a little distressed: "The ones in the bucket have to be given to Xiangxiang and carp essence..."

The only girl in the family needs to take more care of her.

The old dragon king was a little unhappy when he heard it. He looked at the glass jar that was only half full, and at the little animals who had finished drinking the honey water one after another and were sweetly mouthing their mouths. : "Is the honey gone? Shake it again?"

"It can't be done, the bees have to spend the winter for the rest." Xia Dongli looked at the honey jar with some embarrassment.

After working hard (?) for more than half a year, I only harvested so much honey. Although I didn't weigh it, it is estimated that it is less than a catty.

It is barely enough to eat at home, but you have to be human.

A small bottle per person can only be divided into four or five portions at most, which is probably not enough. He looked at the eager little animals and felt a little soft-hearted. There are too few nectar plants, so the amount of honey is not large. Next spring, I will divide a bee colony and plant more plants, and then the honey production will increase.”

"Do you want more plants? That's not easy." The old dragon king immediately grasped the point, and he looked straight at one of the small animals: "You are not shy to eat and drink for nothing, hurry up and call Sound!"

Xia Dongli was taken aback, and followed the old dragon king's gaze to the Xiaokang pig who was reluctantly licking the basin, feeling that his brain was short-circuited.

Wait, what do you mean?

Under everyone's scorching gaze, Xiaokang pig bit the stainless steel rice bowl that had been licked clean enough to reflect light, put it on the dining table, and calmly said to Xia Dongli, "Please have another pot of honey water."

Xia Dongli didn't react for a while, and he was a little sluggish when he heard the words and raised the honey shaker, but the next moment he was awakened by the sound of water in the honey shaker, stepped back a few steps and said in horror: "Wait, you you you Who are you? What did you do to Xiaokang?"

Xiaokang pig glanced at the honey shaker, and his eyes were a little regretful, but the next moment Xia Dongli blew his hair, he immediately corrected his attitude, and used his magnetic vicissitudes, and the extremely calm man in the vicissitudes Yin Yin said: "My name is Dang Kang. I have concealed my identity until now. Please forgive me."

The author has something to say: Yes, it is you, Xiaokang! !

The pig who cheated on eating and drinking for a year is finally exposed. Is it the distortion of human nature or the loss of morality!

Xiaokang: I'm just a pet pig, what do you want from me, I've worked so hard to be cute!