The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Xue Yinsong walked out the door humming a little song, clutching a rag in his hand, thinking about eating some tofu later.

Father Xue stood at the corner next to the main room with a cold face, and saw him coming and waved his hand.When he approached and before he could speak, Father Xue scolded: "Pay attention to the influence! The influence! What are you doing in the house in broad daylight! Binghuan heard it all, so where do you put my old face! "

Xue Yinsong was in a very good mood, and he was not angry: "You and Aunt Huan are both people who have been here. How can you still not understand what we did? Isn't it just eating some small tofu, maybe you can still do things?"

Father Xue was not wary of his son's answer, angrily took off his shoes and knocked on his head. Xue Yinsong hurriedly ran to the side, one running and the other chasing, and the two circled around the stone table in the backyard.

"You son of a bitch! Stop for me!" Father Xue scolded while panting, "Well, you don't learn well! Is this how your father taught you? If you don't beat you well, you don't know the heights of heaven and earth, do you?" ?”

Xue Yinsong answered aggrievedly: "Am I telling the truth? Do you like to listen to lies?" Father Xue was so angry that he raised his hand and threw the shoe over, then hopped to pick it up: "You son of a bitch! What a misfortune for the family. You really shouldn't have been born in the first place, you are here to collect debts!"

Xue Yinsong replied with a smile: "My sons and daughters are debt collectors, all right, you should put on your shoes quickly, your feet are freezing in the winter, you should scold me later, you are busy, I will clean the hall .” Said and ran into the main room.

The little scholar was moving a stool, and when he saw him coming, he pointed to the wall and said, "It takes two stools to take down the hanging picture and dust it off."

Xue Yinsong moved the stool and stepped on it to pick up the painting, and after the little scholar dusted it off, he hung it up again: "For Chinese New Year Spring Festival couplets and blessings, why don't you write a couple of them and paste them?" The little scholar readily accepted: "Okay, In the past, I also wrote the pairs and pasted them on the door, and I still have the ready-made red paper, and I will write one after I cut it out."

"It's not in a hurry. You can write whenever you want. Anyway, you can post it before the evening of the New Year's Eve. By the way, how about we go to the village to set up a stall? Write the Spring Festival couplets for you, and you will be charged 2 coins each time."

The little scholar hurriedly shook his head: "I disdain any poor scholar who does such mundane things." Xue Yinsong originally wanted to teach him a good lesson and let him know that there is no distinction between high and low in jobs in this world, only making money. The difference between making money, when I thought about how one or two sentences were good, I had to give up my mind.

After the two of them finished cleaning, they were so tired that their arms were a little sore. They were sitting and resting, only to hear Father Xue say loudly in the backyard: "Xiu Cai, go and ask Chang Hui to come home for dinner. This kid has been very wild recently, and he runs outside every day. Tiger, come and help me watch the fire, I'm going to cook."

Xue Yinsong walked into the stove and sat down, grabbed a branch and broke it into pieces and stuffed it into the hearth. Father Xue suddenly asked: "Do you want tofu? You can also make a box of tofu for Chinese New Year? You can't finish it." Frozen in the yard, you can make soup the next day.”

Only then did Xue Yinsong remember that he hadn't eaten tofu for a long time, and he really wanted to eat it: "Okay, make two boxes, and freeze them in the yard. You can eat them throughout the New Year." The old man happily agreed, saying Soak the beans in a while.

Xue Yinsong stuffed a firewood: "Father, I want to do some farming in the beginning of spring. What do you think can be quickly started and scaled?"

Father Xue frowned: "Cultivation? Who are you going to sell the things raised?"

"Selling it to the county town, isn't there a lot of restaurants? There are also kitchens of big families, all of which are in great demand. If we can supply them regularly, then go talk to them."

Father Xue frowned even deeper: "If you want to supply a large amount, you have to scale up. A dozen or so won't work, at least hundreds or even thousands. The risk is huge."

"I don't want the children to become wolves. Let's enrich the variety. For example, chickens will be slaughtered in a few days, ducks will be slaughtered in a few days, and geese will be slaughtered in a few days. As long as the supply can be guaranteed by rotation, I think it will be fine. The key is me. I don’t know what to say, so I want to hear what you think.”

Father Xue thought for a while and said: "Chickens and ducks are common food, you can raise more. The ducks in Dani's house are good, why don't you go tell her and let her hatch two broods?"

"Well, okay, so what else can I raise? What about slippery dogs? Frogs? Long fish and mackerel?"

Father Xue pinched the spatula to add the vegetables, and poured some oil to prepare the second dish: "These things grow naturally in the fields, and the farmers themselves catch them and eat them. I haven't heard of anyone else taking them." It’s for sale, besides, it has a strong muddy smell, and many people don’t like it.”

Xue Yinsong knew that there were several ways to suppress the smell of mud, so he didn't worry about it. He turned his eyes and said: "Then I will keep it and not sell it, and use it to feed chickens and ducks, so that the chickens and ducks will grow fast and the meat will be delicious. There will be a market."

It was the first time Father Xue had heard of such a breeding method, and he couldn't decide whether it would work, so he had to answer: "You can try a small amount in the spring, and if it works, you can start large-scale breeding next year."

Xue Yinsong thought that I have more experience than you in raising this, and there is no need to try it at all, as long as it can ensure a healthy and healthy life, the rest is the problem of sales.If you want to sell in large quantities, you have to find a big buyer, but the price is relatively lower. If you retail by yourself, it will be troublesome, and you have to hire someone to go to the city every day. It is not realistic in the current shortage of manpower. But what should I do?

Father Xue's thoughts turned to the ducks. In fact, he has been thinking about the ducks since he saw Chang Dani's family last time: "Why don't we bring some gifts to Da Nizi's house during the Chinese New Year, and ask her to help hatch them in spring? Order duck eggs, what do you think? I will tell you in person, she will always give this face."

"Okay," Xue Yinsong thought: "After the duck is solved, the problem of the chicken is left. I don't know what kind of chicken is better?"

Father Xue said: "Our chicken is not bad either. It has black feet, pockmarked body and red face. It is a kind of hendong bantam that has usurped the breed. I think it can be used if it can be used. In the spring, go buy a better rooster to match it. It has been eaten since ancient times. Chickens eat ducks but not geese, so you can only raise chickens and ducks, and pigs, you can raise a few more if you can.”

Xue Yinsong said: "Well, it's settled. When the spring comes, we will use an acre and a half of our land to plant rice. We will grow rice on it, and raise loach, long fish and frogs in the water. This is called ecological farming. The only The difficulty is what to feed the loach and frog."

Father Xue was a little curious: "I've never heard of this before. Could it be that these loach fish have to be fed by humans? No one has raised them since ancient times." Xue Yinsong nodded: "If they want to grow well, not only must they be fed regularly Feeding, but also to prevent illness and strive to increase production, this will not be all right, then we will try to figure it out.”

Before crossing, Xue Yinsong saw that people had raised aquatic products. The long fish was rice field eel. These rice field eels, loach and frogs are all things that modern people love to eat, and they are sold more expensive than meat. Although he has never raised them himself, he has seen a lot of them. I still know a thing or two, and when the time comes, it will be enough to combine practice and theory.

Father Xue thought for a while and said, "I don't know what this loach and long fish eat?"

"Eating small living things gives me a headache. Where can I get worms for them to eat?" Xue Yinsong actually knew that there was a method of feeding maggots, which was to feed maggots with a pile of rotting garbage, but that method was too disgusting. It's a bit shocking, and I have to find another way.

While thinking about it, the father cooked several dishes one after another, and asked his son to bring them to the table. It happened that Xiao Xiucai came to find Changhui to go home, and hurriedly greeted him with bowls and chopsticks.

After eating two mouthfuls of vegetables, Father Xue's mind turned to farming again, "Tiger, you can use pupae instead of the small living things you mentioned, do you think it will work?"

"Pupa?"

"Well, there were piles of white soft-bodied worms on the mountain before. They grew up eating rotten leaves. Can these worms feed long fish?" Father Xue didn't notice the two pale faces beside him at all. , said to his son.

Xue Yinsong's eyes lit up, he nodded and said, "That's not bad, I don't know where this chrysalis is found?"

"Go up the mountain to look for it. We used to have a lot of it on the mountain next to Tianba Village. I can't name it. Anyway, everyone calls it a chrysalis. Most of them are found in the rotten leaves on the ground. Just dig some and go home. At home, it shouldn’t be a problem to feed rotten vegetables.” Father Xue replied enthusiastically: “Let’s go up to the mountain in spring to have a look, as long as we can find a few litters, but we haven’t raised them before, so I don’t know if we can raise them. Whether fish like to eat or not is still a question.”

"It's all right. Try it in spring and you'll know. If this problem is solved, our family's breeding will be a one-stop. You see, rice is grown on the soil, long fish are raised in the water, frogs can help eat pests, long fish grow You can feed chickens and ducks."

Father Xue also patted his thigh happily: "It's settled like this. I will go to Da Ni's house tomorrow to talk about hatching eggs. As long as she agrees, it is not a problem to buy chickens for breeding in spring, but how to sell them after raising them. You have to figure it out yourself."

In fact, Xue Yinsong already had a vague idea in his mind, and he could use the method of consignment sales, which not only saves manpower, but also has a fixed sales channel. Thinking of this, he smiled and said: "You can rest assured about this, I have my own ideas."

Father Xue saw that he was full of confidence, and he knew that he was very determined, so he nodded and said: "Then it's settled, I will go to Da Ni's house tomorrow." When he turned his head again, Xiao Xiucai and Changhui both recovered. It's normal, and it's silently planing rice.

"Guy, why don't you pick up some vegetables? Come, I'll pick up some meat for you."

Changhui saw that Father Xue caught a long stick with his chopsticks, his expression changed, and he remembered the chrysalis and rotten leaves just now, and hurriedly pushed them away: "No, no, I don't eat meat."

Xue Yinsong was surprised: "Aren't you the favorite meat eater?"