The fairy of space also farms

Chapter 61 The New Shepherd

Little wolf and little tiger suddenly yelled in the darkness, Xu Ning raised his head from Xun Xu's shoulder: "What's wrong with little wolf and little tiger?"

Xun Xu said: "It seems to be coming from over there, I'll go and have a look." Let go of Xu Ning, and swim towards the place where the sound came from.

Xu Ning also hurriedly followed, and Xun Xu said, "You don't need to come here, I'll just go."

"It's okay, just go and have a look."

The two German Shepherds swam to the other side of the river at some point. After staying in the dark for a long time, people's ability to see things will become stronger.When the little tiger heard its master swimming over, it jumped into the water to meet it, while the little wolf stayed where it was.Xun Xu reached the shore first and walked towards the little wolf.Xu Ning followed behind: "Xun Xu, what's going on?"

After a while, Xun Xu said, "It's like a little wolf is holding down a turtle."

Xu Ning was overjoyed: "Really? Let me see." When his parents were still alive, his father said that his grandfather used to go to the pond to catch soft-shelled turtles. He was familiar with the habits of soft-shelled turtles. Seeing bubbles popping out of the water suddenly, he plunged into the water and caught a turtle after a while.Xu Ning lamented the large number of turtles at that time, because the number of these things became very rare and the price was extremely expensive. He only saw four turtle eggs that his mother dug up when she was farming by the pond.

Xun Xu had carefully grasped the turtle in his hand and held it in the air.Xu Ning swam to the water's edge, and saw Xun Xu holding a big round plate in his hand, one side was black and the other side was white, at least as big as the lid of a rice cooker, it was really big. "It's really big! We're lucky. Hurry up and don't lose it." Wild turtles can be sold for hundreds of yuan a catty. A turtle this big weighs at least two or three catties.

"Of course." No one is so obsessed with food, how could the fat in his mouth let it slip away.

Seeing that the turtle had been caught, the little wolf sniffed up again, and then called out to one place.Xu Ning asked suspiciously, "What else is there?"

Xun Xu's eyesight is better than Xu Ning's. He leaned over and looked at some white things hidden under the soil: "It seems to have eggs."

Xu Ning hurried up, music saw a mass of white things, there was no light, so he couldn't see clearly, the little wolf had already stretched out his front paws to plan, but Xu Ning called out: "Little wolf, don't move, I'll come." He was worried that this guy was neither light nor heavy, and broke the turtle eggs.

Xun Xu grabbed the turtle, but couldn't help him. Xu Ning picked up a mass of dry sand under the grass and took out eleven soft-shelled turtle eggs. About the size of a finger: "Okay, there are eleven of them. I don't know if we can hatch small turtles."

Xun Xu knew that he was thinking about raising turtles again: "Are you planning to raise them?"

"Raise it. If it can hatch small turtles, it won't hurt to raise them." Xu Ning said.

"Where to raise it?" Xun Xu asked.

Xu Ning said: "If a baby turtle hatches, how about putting it in the pool in the back of our house?" The environment seems to be pretty good, there are no other waters around, and it is estimated that the turtle will not run too far, not to mention there is space inside Water, he didn't believe these guys were willing to escape.

Xun Xu asked again: "Do you want to keep the big one?" He reckoned that he would not be able to eat this meat again.

Xu Ning said: "The big one shouldn't need it. It's an amphibian, so it shouldn't need it to incubate eggs by itself. I'll go back and look it up online."

"Then you can eat?" Xun Xu was elated.

Xu Ning said: "You can eat it if you want." Anyway, he didn't plan to raise turtles on a large scale.

Xun Xu was already thinking about how to eat it: "Do you think it's better to stew it in clear water or braise it in brown sauce? I've eaten steamed soft-shelled turtle before, it's so delicious." I didn't expect to have the chance to eat it again.

"I haven't done it either. Go back and look it up on the Internet. Let's go, let's go there, wash and go home." Just came in the water once, time has passed for a long time, the boys at home must be there again It's noisy.

"Okay. Little wolf and little tiger, let's go and go back." Xun Xu pinched the big turtle with one hand, and paddled the water with the other.

Xu Ning gently grasped a dozen or so eggs with both hands, making fists and paddling water, for fear of breaking the eggs. When he saw Xun Xu holding such a turtle with one hand, he was a little worried: "Hold on firmly, don't let it go." Ran."

Xun Xu said: "Don't be afraid, it doesn't dare to run away." Ever since this turtle came into Xun Xu's hands, its head and limbs were all shrunk into its shell, pretending to be dead.

On the other side of the river, Xu Ning put down the turtle eggs, scrubbed his body again, and went ashore to put on his clothes.Xun Xu asked the little wolf to continue pressing the turtle, and went down to wash it and change his clothes.The two returned with one turtle and eleven eggs.

Walking on the road, Xun Xu suddenly thought of something: "This turtle is so small, and there are so many people in the family, I don't want to share it with them. I won't even be able to eat a leg."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "In this case, let's raise it first. Let's eat after those boys are gone."

"That's fine, let's raise it first." Xun Xu licked his mouth, although he was a little unwilling, but it was better than sharing food with so many people.

Xu Ning took the turtle back, and the group of brats were still watching TV in the house. When they saw them coming back, they all yelled, "Where did Lao Xu go to have a good time?"

Xu Ning said: "I caught a turtle (commonly known as turtle) and picked up a nest of eggs."

The group of fresh-loving guys were very surprised, and they gathered together to watch the excitement. A boy wearing glasses said, "Where did you catch it? Old Xu, this is a good thing. My dad bought one for my grandpa in the market before." , 300 yuan, exactly one catty. Yours is much bigger than the one my dad bought."

"Wow, your family is so rich, you can afford food at 300 yuan a catty." The other students shouted.

"Why are you rich? My grandfather was seriously ill at that time and wanted to eat wild turtle. Can you not satisfy the old man's last wish?" said the man with glasses.

Everyone fell silent, and a boy licked his mouth: "Old Xu, I have never eaten such a good thing, let us have a taste of the stew." The topic changed, and everyone shouted again. Crying to eat turtles.

Xun Xu said blankly, "This is for planting, not for eating."

Regarding the identity of Xunxu, Xu Ning explained to everyone that Xunxu is his partner, and this farm has his shares, that is, the second boss, and his words naturally carry weight. Some regrets: "Unfortunately, I can't eat it."

Xu Ning said: "Next year, maybe I will raise small turtles, and then you can eat them again."

"I'm going to college next year," said a student.

"Aren't you coming back for the summer vacation in college?" Xu Ning asked him.

"Yes, then I will come back next summer vacation."

"Okay, let's all go to sleep, we have to get up and work tomorrow." Xu Ning chased the group of boys, they had to go to the field during the day, and they all went to bed early at night. Ten o'clock was their light-off time. I don’t quite get used to it. Young people nowadays go to bed at ten o’clock, but after two days of work, everyone consciously goes to bed early. The physical work is too tiring, and they fall asleep as soon as they touch the pillow.

Xun Xu found a large ceramic vat, which was bought by the old shepherd to hold rice bran, but it is not used much now, so he cleaned the vat and put the big turtle in it.Xu Ning went online to search how to hatch small turtles. The internet said that sand is used to hatch eggs, so he filled a cardboard box with some sand, placed the turtle eggs vertically, and covered them with a layer of sand. Ready to go, in an empty room.

Xu Ning leaned over to the big tank and took a look. The big turtle had changed to a new environment, crawling restlessly at the bottom of the tank, making a lot of noise, as if trying to find a way out.Xu Ning put some space water in, and the turtle suddenly stopped moving, retracted its head, and poked it out again, as if it was finally satisfied with the environment. "This tank is too small, why don't we put it in the pool tomorrow?"

Xun Xu hesitated, and said in a low voice, "It will be hard to catch then."

"But if you keep it here, you won't be able to keep it. It's such a big pond, can't you catch it? If you can't catch it, drain the water and catch it."

Xun Xu hurriedly said: "No, I'm sure I can catch it." How can you doubt your ability.

Xun Xu said, "I'm going to the sheepfold." He looked at Xu Ning as he spoke, which meant that you would also go with him.

Xu Ning said in a low voice, "I finished repairing it tonight, so I won't go there, so as not to make them suspicious."

Xun Xu hummed in dissatisfaction, when will the people watching the sheepfold arrive?

The people watching the sheepfold will arrive soon.The two of them went to deliver the food the next day, and now because Chen Fu wanted to deliver the food from the store, Chen Fu ordered too much fish and shrimp, which couldn't fit in one car, so Xu Ning borrowed his uncle's tricycle and pulled it over in two cars .

Every morning, they have to get up to fish and shrimp. The shrimp are easy to catch and they are all in the water.Eel and loach are more complicated, because these things are all in the mud, and it is not easy to catch them according to the traditional method. Fortunately, Xu Ning has space water in hand, so if he pours space water in the corner of the paddy field, there will be many Many fish swim to drink the water, even eels and loaches will come out of the mud, and they will all rise up once they are scooped up with a fishing net, and the unwanted grass carp and crucian carp will be picked out, and the rest will be fine.Pack it in a bucket, pull it to the store, go to the scale to pack it, and then consign it to the county seat.

Xu Ning said: "Now the house has been repaired, and the sheepfold has been built. Let's save money and buy a pickup truck. Now that we have a car, we don't need two tricycles."

Xun Xu said, "Okay. But I haven't learned how to drive yet."

"It's okay, take your time, I'll teach you how to take the exam after you buy it back." Xu Ning said.

When they arrived in the town, Xu Ning brought the dishes to the store, and Xu Jun and his wife also came over and put the dishes on the shelves.Now that the weather is hot, getting up early is not so uncomfortable. They didn't live in the store. They planned to live in the store when it was cold in the future. There is a small cubicle at the back of the store, and the residents can still live there.

Xu Ning packed the fish and shrimp, and sold the excess in the store.Xun Xu went to the cooking oil factory to deliver vegetables. The school had already been on vacation and food supply had stopped. Fortunately, the business in the store was getting better and better, and the demand from Chen Fu had also increased, so there was not much surplus vegetables on the farm.When Zhang Xiuzhi was free, she came to pickle vegetables for Xu Ning, and put them in the store to sell. Xu Tao's store also needed some, and had an extra income.

After sending away Chen Fu's dishes, Xu Ning went back to make tofu.Xu Jingshan and Zhang Xiuzhi's fresh tofu just came out of the pan, and the tofu flower was still hot when it was delivered to the store, and the water tofu was pressed just right.Xu Jingshan is also an old man who is very motivated. He used to only make simple dried tofu, and the fried tofu was not very good. Fortunately, everyone recognized his tofu, so they didn't care too much.Slowly, his tofu puffs became more and more beautiful, and he learned to press the bean skin and make yuba. Although he did not do well at the first two times, he became more and more proficient. Customers said they liked it, and Xu Jingshan also felt that Happy.

Just as Xu Ning was about to leave, Xu Tao called him: "Are you on the street? Come to my shop quickly, someone is applying for the job."

Xu Ning was overjoyed, did anyone really want to come? "Okay, wait a minute, come right away." Xu Ning hurriedly called Xun Xu and told him to go back and fetch tofu, and he was going to an interview.

"What interview?" Xun Xu asked.

Xu Ning said: "Brother Tao said that someone is going to herd sheep at our house, I'll go and have a look."

"Oh, fine, you go, I'll go home and pull tofu." Xun Xu was also very happy, finally someone took over his shift.

Xu Ning hurried to Xu Tao's store. It was still early, around six o'clock, and there were very few people coming to drink morning tea, only some people who were on the morning shift were buying breakfast.

When Jiang Lingyan saw Xu Ning, she greeted warmly: "Brother Ning, are you here?"

Xu Tao and his wife finally decided to give breakfast to Zeng Chao and his wife, and they are still in the handover stage.Everyone expressed their gratitude to Xu Ning for coming forward to solve the problems of the three parties, especially Zeng Chao and Jiang Lingyan. Although they can only earn three or four thousand a month for breakfast, and they help their sister and brother-in-law at noon and evening, their monthly income is still less than [-]. Get by.

"Where's the person?" Xu Ning looked around, but didn't see anyone who seemed to be recruited.

Jiang Lingyan laughed: "It's in the kitchen. That person ate here last night. After eating, he said he wanted to apply for a job. His brother-in-law didn't call you that night and told him to come tomorrow morning. Isn't that what he did last night? Just slept in front of the store."

"The door of the sleeping shop?" Xu Ning was a little surprised.

Jiang Lingyan covered her mouth and smiled: "Yes, I built the tent by myself."

Xu Ning was a little surprised, who was he: "Then I'll go to the kitchen to see."

After entering the kitchen, Xu Tao, his wife and Zeng Chao were busy, and there was another person beside Xu Tao: "Boss, how much do you add?"

Xu Tao said: "This is my secret recipe, and I don't tell outsiders casually. Don't try to get close to me, and help me mess it up."

The man said: "The boss is really stingy, what's the matter with learning some skills from you, and I will not open a shop to steal your business. It is because there are so many selfish people like bosses in the world that so many good skills are lost. We Isn't the Chinese nation the most particular about inheritance? You can't hide it like this." The man spoke Mandarin, and he was full of great principles, Xu Ning couldn't help laughing.

Xu Tao turned his head, saw Xu Ning, and said to the man, "Go, your boss is here."

The guy who stirred the eggs turned around, saw Xu Ning, and said, "Are you the boss? You are so young, are you 25?"

Xu Ning was elated by this person's words: "I'm almost thirty. Are you here to find a job?"

The man put down the bowl and egg stirrer in his hand: "Oh, that's right. Hello boss, my name is Zhou Shusen."

"Hi, my name is Xu Ning. Let's come out and chat."

Zhou Shusen bent down to pick up a bag, followed Xu Ning to the outside room, flipped through the bag and took out a resume: "Boss, this is my resume."

Xu Ning looked at the resume, hesitated for a moment, and took it over. His job here does not require any resume, as long as he is competent.This is a very rich resume: 28 years old, graduated from university, majored in international economics and trade, worked in sales, learned photography, worked as a cook, and has ridden across the country.This is definitely an idealist.

Xu Ning looked up at Zhou Shusen. This man had half-long hair, a little beard, and a very dark face, but his eyes were clear. He looked like a traveling poet: "Have you been to many places?"

Zhou Shusen laughed, showing his neat and white teeth: "'Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles' is my ideal in life. I have already traveled thousands of miles, and I only need to read thousands of books."

"I don't have any books there, do you know what I do there?" Xu Ning looked at him and asked.

Zhou Shusen nodded: "I know, Boss Xu has already told me to herd the sheep and guard the sheepfold."

"Are you willing to do this?" Xu Ning asked, he doubted that this kid would be able to stay.

Zhou Shusen said: "I am willing. To tell the truth from the boss, I actually just want to find a place to stay, do something during the day, and have a very quiet environment at night so that I can write something. Boss, I have a request. A network cable?"

Xu Ning smiled: "Yes."

"Then thank you boss. I can do it." Zhou Shusen smiled innocently like a child.

Xu Ning likes this young man a little bit. He should be a very simple person. He probably ran out of money when he came out and ran like this. The family is not in a hurry?Then asked: "I see you spent two years cycling, your parents are not worried about you?"

Zhou Shusen said "Hi", waved his hands and said, "One person is full and the whole family is not hungry, no one cares about me."

Xu Ningxin said, is he also a person without a home?I felt more sympathetic: "I'm sorry, I asked about your privacy. Let's talk about the job content and salary. Your main task is to herd the sheep. In fact, you don't need to look at the sheep. My sheep are obedient, and there are shepherd dogs. Follow. Then there is cleaning the sheep pen, and preparing feed on rainy days. I have all the feed at home. I live next to the sheep pen at night and keep the sheep pen. You are alone there, and you may be lonely. Of course, maybe you prefer In this state, no one bothers you to write. As for the salary, [-] packages of room and board per month, eat with us, and if you need to pull an internet cable, can you be responsible for the internet fee yourself?"

"Yes." Zhou Shusen nodded.

Xu Ning said, "Now that we've finished talking, come back with me."

Zhou Shusen chuckled: "Boss, treat me to breakfast. I spent all my money last night."

Xu Ning said: "Go to my house to eat, I have to go back to make breakfast." There are a large group of children waiting to be fed.

"Okay." Zhou Shusen felt a little regretful that he didn't eat the breakfast in Xu Tao's shop.Xu Ning thought for a while, and went to the back kitchen to get two boxes of dim sum. He and Xun Xu hadn't eaten for a long time. When they came out, they handed a box to Zhou Shusen. Put it in your mouth, your eyes light up, "It's delicious. This shrimp is fresh and elastic, good shrimp."

The corners of Xu Ning's mouth curled, and he said, "I came here on a tricycle, you take my car?"

Zhou Shusen was busy stuffing shrimp dumplings, and said while stuffing: "Put my backpack in your car, and I will ride by myself." He pointed to a mountain bike parked in the corridor, where there was also a big backpack with There are tent moisture-proof pads and the like, and the equipment is quite complete. Xu Ning knew that this guy must have come here by accident while riding.

Xu Ning went over to help him carry the bag, but he didn't get up.Xu Ning is embarrassed, is this bag filled with stones?

Zhou Shusen had already stuffed all the shrimp dumplings in a hurry, threw away the box and ran over, wiping his hands on his trouser legs: "I'll do it myself, it's full of stones. Hehe, I picked up beautiful stones when I was passing by." Pick up the big bag and put it in the back seat of Xu Ning's tricycle.

Xu Ning started the tricycle, and Zhou Shusen followed him on the bike. Xu Ning went back to his store first, and Xun Xu had already delivered the tofu and was moving it into the store.At this time, there were already many customers buying vegetables in the store, Xu Jun was busy calling, and Wang Yumei was busy collecting money.Xu Ning saw that they were too busy, so he didn't go to help, but greeted them and prepared to go back.

He handed the lunch box to Xun Xu: "Let's go home."

Zhou Shusen looked at the busy fresh food store: "Boss, is this your store?"

Xu Ning nodded: "Yes, I not only raise sheep, but also grow vegetables. You will know when you go. My food is delicious, and the shrimp you just ate was raised by me. Work hard, and you will not lose."

Zhou Shusen was very happy: "It seems that this time I really found the right place."

Xun Xu glanced at him, said nothing, and lowered his head to eat shrimp dumplings.Xu Ning said: "By the way, this is also the boss, and I also have his shares in my farm. His name is Xun Xu, you can call him Brother Xun. Xun Xu, this is the new sheep herding boy named Zhou Shusen."

Zhou Shusen was very enthusiastic and stretched out his hand: "Hello brother Xun, please give me your advice."

With both hands full, Xun Xu nodded, "Yeah."

Zhou Shusen was obviously not shocked by Xun Xu's attitude. He withdrew his hand and pinched the handlebar of the car. People like him have been running outside a lot, and they have seen people who are a hundred times more indifferent than Xun Xun, so Xun Xun's behavior is not counted at all. indifferent.

Xu Ning said: "Xun Xu's temper is like this, people who don't know him don't like to talk."

Zhou Shusen nodded, expressing his understanding.

Xun Xu ate half of the shrimp dumplings, and handed the rest to Xu Ning: "Here you are."

Xu Ning grabbed one and stuffed it in his mouth: "I've had enough, you can eat. Go back and make breakfast."

Xun Xu stuffed the rest in two or three, then started the car and led the way home.

Because Zhou Shusen was following behind, the two of them didn't drive too fast, and Zhou Shusen's bicycle didn't pedal slowly, so he was able to keep up with them both.After entering the village, Zhou Shusen felt that it was wonderful. The newly awakened village was stained with moist dew, and the smoke from the kitchen dyed the village into blue. Like a paradise, he fell in love with it immediately.

Xun Xu and Xu Ning led him up the hillside and into the yard.Xu Ning told him: "The mountain behind this is all mine, and the sheep are also on this mountain. I have planted pasture, and I can rotate it every day."

Seeing their master coming back, Little Wolf and Little Tiger both ran up to greet them. Ah Xuan and Little Leopard curled up in a recliner under the sycamore tree. When they saw them coming back, they lazily looked around. They didn't dodge when they saw strangers, and continued to sleep. , but Little Wolf and Little Tiger were surprised when they saw Zhou Shusen, and looked at him a little warily.

Xu Ning said: "Little wolf and little tiger, this is a friend, and he will be his own in the future, so be polite." Then he said to Zhou Shusen, "These two German shepherds specialize in shepherding, and the one with more black hair is called little wolf. Yes, the one with more yellow hair is called Xiaohu, and it’s a female.”

Zhou Shusen felt that his eyes could not see clearly, so he freed his hands to deal with Xiaolang and Xiaohu: "Hi, hello."

Little wolf and little tiger glanced at him, then turned around and followed Xun Xu into the house.Xun Xu stayed in the house for a while, and was about to go to work in the back mountain. The weather was cool in the morning, and everyone got up early to work, so that they could rest at noon until three or four o'clock before going out to work.

Xu Ning said, "I'll make breakfast first, and you can follow Xun Xu to the back mountain. He will tell you where the sheep pen is and what you need to pay attention to."

"Hey, good." Zhou Shusen quickly agreed.

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