The warm life of farming

The next morning, Mu Yuan was woken up by Uncle Li's slap.

"Why can't you afford it? Don't you have breakfast?" Uncle Li's big palm fell down, and the bed trembled.

Mu Yuan's body froze and his eyes widened, and he slowly turned his head to look at Uncle Li with a painful expression: "Uncle Li, you want to shoot me to death!!"

Uncle Li said with a smile: "You are so young, your body is so weak, you need to exercise."

Mu Yuan struggled to sit up slowly.It was already very late when I came back from Xujia Village yesterday, Mu Yuan was so tired that he didn’t even have the energy to wash up, so he threw himself on the bed and fell asleep when he returned to the house. Get better.

"Ah~ I'm so exhausted, I don't think about it~!" Mu Yuan complained, and Mu Yuan, who didn't want to miss breakfast, quickly got up and took a shower.

Since Yuan restaurant's signature dish 'Yuyuelongmen' disappeared, the business can be said to have plummeted.Shopkeeper Xie was quite angry about this matter, the air pressure in the whole person has been very low all the time, except for Zhang Qing, all the shopkeepers in the whole store can hide if they can avoid it when they see the shopkeeper.Mu Yuan didn't shy away from shopkeeper Xie much. In fact, he was also worried like shopkeeper Xie. He was always worried that if the business didn't improve, his wages, which had just been raised, would probably have to go down again.

Mu Yuan had also thought about buying a house in Yaocheng, and asked someone about the house price here, but even a small house in the most remote place would cost 45 taels, which Mu Yuan could not afford at all. .Mu Yuan secretly calculated his salary for working in a restaurant. It is 3 yuan a month, and only 3 taels of 6 yuan a year. If he wants to survive like this, it will take more than ten years to buy the cheapest house in Yaocheng. after that.After coming to such a conclusion, Mu Yuan has completely given up his plan to buy a house in Yaocheng, besides, he doesn't want to be a handyman in a restaurant for the rest of his life.

Mu Yuan counted the money in his hand. At the beginning, he used less than 8 taels to buy medicine for An Ran, and left 10 taels for An Ran. After counting other miscellaneous things, he still has 16 taels in his hand. many.The money is not too much, and it is not too much. If you want to do something in Yaocheng, it is probably not enough, but if you are in a place like Xujia Village, you should still have a try.

According to his observations over the past month, Mu Yuan has already thought about what he wants to do, which is to raise fish.Before crossing over, the family had a fishpond, and Mu Yuan had some basic knowledge of fish farming. Based on the price and demand here, fish farming is the best way at present.Just looking at the source restaurant, it costs 7 taels of silver a month just to buy fish. This is still the demand after the decline in business after the signature dish 'Yuyuelongmen' is missing.

Because Yaocheng is far away from the banks of rivers and lakes, there are relatively few seafood here, and the fish are caught by fishermen and then sold in the market. Mu Yuan also followed Uncle Li to the market many times to buy fish

Shrimp.Mu Yuan has also inquired that no one here has set a precedent for fish farming. They all rely on fishing in the lake, but because of the high demand, the fish is very marketable, and basically the fish brought in can be sold.

Mu Yuan plans to quit working in the restaurant this month, and plans to go back to Xujia Village to build a fish pond. There are people he knows in the village, and it will be easier to do things, not to mention that there is a river near Xujia Village. It is also convenient to set up a fish pond.After thinking over and over again, Mu Yuan felt that this was the best way out, so he first told Uncle Li about his plan.

"Fish farming?" Uncle Li looked at Mu Yuan in surprise, he didn't listen to the kung fu in his hands at all, he was chopping vegetables. "How did you think of going to raise fish?"

Mu Yuan squatted on the ground peeling potatoes and said, "I don't know anything else. My family used to raise fish, so I have some experience! And I don't want to be a handyman in this restaurant for the rest of my life. "

Uncle Li nodded when he heard the words, and said with some relief: "Zhao Er also said this before. He just said that he didn't want to be a handyman for the rest of his life, but he wanted to be a cook! Since you have such great ambitions, then my old Li Of course I support it! It's just that I don't know how to raise fish, and I'm good at killing fish, haha!" Uncle Li laughed after finishing speaking.

Mu Yuan also smiled, and then asked: "Then Uncle Li, tell me, can I sell it after I raise it?"

"Why not? You can go directly to the restaurant or restaurant to ask. If you want to talk about fish, then we can sell it as soon as we bring it." Uncle Li said confidently.

Mu Yuan also felt the same way. When he started to conceive, he had already thought about the fish sales issue. Xujia Village is a bit remote, and it is inconvenient to go back and forth. , which is also more convenient and reassuring.

The matter was settled like this. At the end of the month, Mu Yuan went to shopkeeper Xie to resign from his job. Shopkeeper Xie didn't say much about keeping him. Walk.

Mu Yuan took his salary and went back to the house to say goodbye to Uncle Li, then packed his things and left Yuanyuan restaurant where he stayed for two months.Before leaving Yaocheng, Mu Yuan deliberately went to Aunt Xu's place to eat another bowl of wontons, and asked about Zhao Yan's situation. Aunt Xu only said that it was not good. After that incident, no restaurant would use him. .Now Zhao Yan can only do some coolie work, and his son's illness has no money to treat him, so the situation is very bad.After hearing this, Mu Yuan had no choice but to say goodbye to Aunt Xu, found a bullock cart to Xujia Village, and followed along.

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It will be very lively for Anjia in Xujia Village.

After waking up, Father An was very grateful to know that he was saved by Mu Yuan. After he was able to walk on the ground, he thought about going to Yaocheng to find Mu Yuan to thank him face-to-face. In the end, An Ran stopped him.

Did not go.

It's not that An Ran doesn't want to thank you, but the trip to Yaocheng was bumpy for three hours, and her father hurt his head again. Before Dr. Cheng left, he had repeatedly told him not to run around until he was done thoroughly, especially Don't move this head.An Ran talked about it and then stopped Old Man An, saying that he would go there immediately after Old Man An recovered from his illness.Who knew, before they left, Mu Yuan actually came with big bags and small bags.

Old man An was about to kowtow when he stepped forward, and Mu Yuan was taken aback and quickly stopped him.

After An Ran helped put Mu Yuan's luggage away, and took the food brought by Mu Yuan to the kitchen, everyone came to the living room to sit down.

Mu Yuan looked at Xiao Yu who hid behind An Ran and only showed his head, and said helplessly, "We haven't seen each other for two months, Xiao Yu doesn't know me anymore."

An Ran smiled and said, "Why don't you know me, I asked about it a few days ago."

Father An smiled and said gratefully: "Mr. Mu has really helped my family a lot. This life-saving grace is really beyond repayment."

Mu Yuan said helplessly: "Uncle An, you can just call me Xiaoyuan from now on, and don't say anything about repaying your favor. This time, I will probably trouble you for a long time."

Upon hearing the words, Old Man An said quickly: "Just say it, as long as it can help, there is no trouble."

Mu Yuan was a little embarrassed and said, "Actually, I don't plan to leave this time. I plan to set up a fish pond here to raise fish, so I may have to bother you for a while longer."

Old Man An and An Ran looked at each other after hearing this, and didn't understand why they would do this all of a sudden. Old Man An asked Mu Yuan puzzled, "Fish?"

Mu Yuan said: "Yes, I have already done research, restaurants and restaurants in the city, etc., many places are in need of fish. My family used to raise fish, and I know how to do it, so I thought about coming here Build a fishpond to raise fish."

Father An didn't understand either, he just said: "I don't understand this, but if it is said to live here, then of course there is no problem, it's just a grievance that you can only live in the same room with An Ran."

Mu Yuan laughed and said, "Never feel wronged or wronged, as long as An Ran doesn't dislike my bedtime difference!"

When An Ran heard this, there was some dark lines, and he had a deep understanding of Mu Yuan's sleeping posture.

Mu Yuan stayed in An's house temporarily and started working on the fish pond.

The location of this fish pond is very important. There should be no obstacles such as big trees around it, so as not to block the sunlight, and the water source must be sufficient and the water quality must be good.In the past two days, Mu Yuan searched Xujia Village all over but couldn't find the ideal location in his heart. Finally, after discussing with Father An, Mu Yuan decided to move the Xujia Village next to Anjia Village.

Buy this piece of land next to it.

When it comes to buying land, the village head has to come forward.It is said that it is a land, but it is actually a slope, so the price is very cheap.Mu Yuan thought about it, and started to divide it next to the wall of the Anjia. A total of one acre was allocated, such a large area, it would be enough to directly build a house here in the future.After the division, something went wrong when I went to the Yamen to go through the formalities. Mu Yuan did not have a registered permanent residence in this place. In the end, Father An said that Mu Yuan was a relative of his family who had encountered difficulties and came to seek refuge. .Once the household registration is obtained, the money is handed over, and the formalities are completed, the land will officially become Mu Yuan's.

The place is there, but it needs to be remodeled.Mu Yuantuo Xutu hired a few strong farmers in the village, first leveled the land he bought, and then dug out a rectangular area measuring 9 meters wide from east to west and 12 meters deep. The bottom of the pond is high in the middle and low on the four sides, in the shape of a turtle's back, which makes people take pictures bit by bit.After doing this, Mu Yuan looked at the excavated soil piled aside, thought for a while and built a 2-meter-high earth wall along the edge of the ground.

The pond has been established, but it can't be directly filled with water to raise fish. The pond has to be in the sun for at least a month. Mu Yuan took advantage of the time to dry the fish pond and prepared to start frying the fish.

Speaking of which, it is really hard to find fish fry, and there is no one selling fry in this place, if you go to catch them in the river, you don’t know when you will catch them, so Mu Yuan hired a bullock cart, took a few big jars and went again Yaocheng.When he arrived in Yaocheng, Mu Yuan went straight to the market and looked for those fish sellers. Mu Yuan only said that the children at home like to eat fried fish roe, and asked the fishermen to pick those fish with roe for themselves. Some males are used for fertilization.

Carefully guarded along the way, and finally arrived at Anjia safely, and was served with delicious food and drink when he got home.If you find earthworms, feed them. If you don’t have them, feed them some rice or corn grains. These fish seem to be the most precious things in An’s family.

After raising it like this for a few days, Mu Yuan tried to gently squeeze the bulging belly of the female fish, and found that a little fish eggs were squeezed out, which meant that artificial insemination could be carried out.

Mu Yuan called An Ran to help, and first prepared a clean wooden basin, and then the two of them squeezed fish eggs and fish eggs into the basin at the same time.Because it was the first time for An Ran, she was too nervous to complete the task under Mu Yuan's slow guidance.

After squeezing, Mu Yuan took the feathers that had been prepared and began to stir carefully in one direction, in order to mix the sperm and eggs evenly.After stirring for 2 minutes, add a small amount of water and stir, let it stand for a while, then pour half a basin of water and start stirring.

An Ran was amazed, it was the first time she had seen small fish like this, so she asked curiously: "Is it okay to do this? Just stir it up like this?"

Mu Yuan smiled and said: "Well, the purpose of stirring is to make them fully fertilized and evenly.

It will be fine to wash the muddy water with clean water. Look at these egg membranes, they will be ready after they absorb water and swell! "

An Ran didn't understand much at all, but seeing that Mu Yuan was concentrating on the meeting, she felt embarrassed to bother her.

Because the water cannot be changed during the hatching process, Mu Yuan found a large tank and put it in a place where the sun was shining. After pouring in clean water, he put the fertilized fish eggs into it to wait for hatching.

After two or three days, more than 80.00% of the fish eggs hatched, because the newborn fish can't eat, so they start feeding the next day.

Mu Yuan boiled an egg, then pulled out the yolk, wrapped it in a cloth, put it in the water and shook it slowly, and carefully fed the fish fry, which made An Ran's heart ache.

Crucian carp is an omnivorous fish that eats everything, so it is also easy to raise.The pond that had been in the sun for a month was ready for use. Mu Yuan went to the river to find a lot of mossy stones and put them at the bottom of the pond. He also dug some mud from the river beach and buried some aquatic plants in them.

The well water cannot be used directly, so Mu Yuan had to ask someone to help him pick it up from the river bit by bit. Because they are still small fish fry, only 1 meter of water is enough.

After sorting this out, Mu Yuan pulled the curious An Xiaoyu to stand by the pond and looked in. The pond water was clear, and some aquatic plants could be seen clearly at the bottom of the pond. There was another layer of mossy stones on the bottom of the pond. The small fry swam around, and Mu Yuan thought this was the first step in raising fish.

The author has something to say: == Well, I can’t be lazy and ignore the details. I also wrote the above artificial cultivation process!

So many people are talking about this issue, it is really impossible to be lazy.Tears~~~~~~~~~~~