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

"Father, when will you go up the mountain to look for chrysalis?" Xue Yinsong looked up at the sky, feeling that the weather is very fine today.

Father Xue was very dissatisfied with being interrupted, because he was busy checking the other rabbits.According to his experience, among the remaining six female rabbits, there are at least three cubs. If each rabbit gives birth to four, that is twelve. If each rabbit gives birth to six...

"Where are you going to raise them? The chrysalis are to be buried in piles of rotten leaves, so they can't be spread out in the backyard, right? Not to mention that chickens and ducks will dig, even your fourth uncle will probably make troubles often. Who will clean the smelly yard?"

Xue Yinsong replied: "It is raised in the place of the old chicken coop, where both the earth dragon and the chrysalis are kept."

Of course, Father Xue was not satisfied: "I plan to repair the cowshed for that position."

"Didn't our family buy a cow yet? Let me use it before we run out of cows." Xue Yinsong said with a playful smile, "Now the family only has two acres of land. What kind of cows can I buy? I can do it myself. Let's talk about the cows. How expensive it is, a calf costs dozens of taels of silver, you can’t touch your capital, can you?”

Father Xue of course refused, thought for a while and said: "I think this rabbit is about to give birth, how often do you go to find the weeder?"

"I'll be there in a while. The two children live in the south of the village, so they should be easy to find. Also, I have to go to the store to check. Yesterday I heard from Aunt Huan that there was something missing, and I have to go to the city to make up for it in the next two days. Goods. Isn’t our family planning three-dimensional breeding? I want to buy some loach and eel seedlings when I go to the city.”

As expected, Father Xue was attracted by the new idea again: "Three-dimensional feeding? What is it?"

"Look, this three-dimensional breeding is actually very simple," Xue Yinsong sat down and explained to his father: "For example, rice is grown in the paddy field, and loach, long fish, frogs, etc. can be raised in the water. They can eat insects in the water, The excrement pulled can also enrich the crops, and after the rice is harvested, it can be fished and sold for money.”

Father Xue is really interesting after thinking about it, but he has some doubts: "You did say it earlier, but I always feel that this can't be done. Since ancient times, no one has raised the loach and long fish. They are all wild in the paddy fields. , you don’t know what they eat, how do you raise them?”

"They eat chrysalis, that's why I was urging to go to the mountain as soon as possible. The chrysalis must breed a bunch early, so that there will be something for them to eat when the rice is planted."

The topic came back to the original point. Father Xue stopped what he was doing and thought about it: "Why don't we go up the mountain now? The weather is fine today, as long as we dig a few more piles of rotten leaves, we can surely dig a few nests."

Xue Yinsong also nodded: "Clean up the things in your hand, we will go up the mountain immediately."

This is the second time for Xue's father and son to go up the mountain. The last time they went up the mountain, they wanted to get some wild game, but instead of getting any meat to eat, they got into a lawsuit. Xue Yinsong walked on the road and asked casually, "Father, have you seen the almanac today?"

Father Xue made a few bah bah bah bah, frowned and said: "Don't talk nonsense, just walk your way."

Xue Yinsong curled his lips disapprovingly. In the past, he and his father would go up the mountain every two months to get some rabbits and pheasants to eat. Now that the farming work is busy, three baskets of grass every day are like shackles for him. I can't go anywhere, so getting rich is actually very hard work.

The two gradually walked further and further into the mountains. Not long after, Father Xue found fresh wolf droppings in the grass, and said with a frown, "This spring, the mother wolf must be pregnant, otherwise it would be impossible to get so close to the village." , Be more careful at home recently, and don’t let the shelducks out for the time being, the she-wolf who is pregnant with her cubs is very fierce, and even dares to attack people in broad daylight.”

Xue Yinsong nodded: "It's not a good idea to go out with ducks every day. If you meet someone with bad intentions, I will get you two and stew them back. You can't find anyone to pay for it. I planned to dig a small pond in the yard for them to take a bath. Then go back today and dig.”

Hey, there are more and more debts owed, Xue Yinsong has a bitter face, he wants to rest.

The growth of chrysalis has a characteristic. It must be in the woods where there are piles of fallen leaves, especially after it rains, the piles of rotten leaves are warm and humid, which is most suitable for their growth.

Based on his experience, Mr. Xue dug up two or three rotten leaf pits, and sure enough, he found white and big chrysalis.

The worm was the size of a little finger and looked like a caterpillar. Xue Yinsong took a shovel and shoveled the fallen leaves into the bamboo basket, and collected two baskets in a short while.

Father Xue is a half-hunting and half-cultivating farmer. He likes hunting in the mountains in his spare time. In fact, hunting is similar to fishing. He may not be able to hunt every time. The son discussed: "Tiger, you go back first, I will transfer to the mountain later."

Xue Yinsong shook his head quickly. Just now they saw several places of fresh wolf dung along the way, and now Mr. Xue has a bow and a few feathers and arrows on his back. If he encounters a wolf, he will be in trouble, "Let me go with you, this bamboo basket Just throw it here, no one should want it."

Father Xue agreed, and the two of them headed to the mountains again.

Father Xue took off the bow on his back and held it in his hand, but this is still the outskirts of the mountain, and there should be no large beasts except wolves.

The mountain forest is very quiet, except for a few birds flying over and chirping. Father Xue dug out two nests of mushrooms based on his experience, and he didn't even see a rabbit along the way.

"The Orion in Chenjia Village is very powerful," Old Man Xue sighed, "I've been walking up the mountain for almost an hour, and I haven't even seen a rabbit, and they were all killed by the Orion."

The fecundity of rabbits is astonishing, Xue Yinsong thought, and was suddenly startled again: "Father, don't there be some big beasts? You can hear that the surroundings are very quiet, something is wrong."

Father Xue was also surprised: "It is said that there are no wild animals on such a fat mountain with good grass and spring water. Rabbits and pheasants should be very common. I haven't seen a single one after walking for a long time. It's really strange."

Xue Yinsong remembered the story he heard when he first arrived in Chenjiacun: "They said that there is a tomb of a female ghost in this mountain, and a female ghost came out to catch people and eat them. They said that four or five people went in and did not come out in the past few years."

Father Xue didn't say a word. Although he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but birds and beasts didn't come out, there must be some big beasts at work, but with a bow and hatchet in his hand, he didn't even think about it, and said decisively: "Let's go, go back!" Well, this looks unlucky, let's go home earlier."

Xue Yinsong was naturally willing, and hurriedly went back to the col to pick up the two baskets of rotten leaves and walked down the mountain one after the other.

As soon as the two of them went down the mountain, they saw a group of children from the village watching the fun. Father Xue also went over curiously to take a look, and his hairs stood on end: Somewhere, these children got a wolf cub to play with as a puppy.

"Where did this puppy come from?" Father Xue asked kindly.

The older child chattered for a long time. It turned out that an older child went up the mountain to cut grass and pulled it out from the grass.

Father Xue frowned even more, and said to his son in a low voice: "There are at least seven or eight wolves in the wolf pack, and the female wolf who has given birth to cubs is the most vicious. If even the female wolf is dead, I'm afraid there is really something on this mountain."

Xue Yinsong's eyes lit up, he looked at the wolf cub and said decisively: "Can I exchange candy with you?"

The children nodded immediately when they heard the candy, Xue Yinsong took out a penny and handed it over, holding the wolf cub in his arms.Old man Xue scolded: "Do you still want to stew such a small bastard? What do you do for a penny?"

Xue Yinsong replied naturally: "I will kill those who dare to climb over the courtyard wall."

Father Xue had a big head, and quickly persuaded: "Son, this is a wolf, not a dog. This wild wolf wants to eat people."

Xue Yinsong didn't let go, mother, I just want to raise a cannibal, whoever dares to come to the courtyard will bite to death!

Xue Yinsong returned home holding the wolf cub like a treasure, first found a small bowl and filled some water, who would have thought that the wolf cub would not drink it, and hid in a corner.

Xue Yinsong found the bamboo baskets and cotton coats that the fox used to make on the bed, but the wolf cub sniffed it but refused to go in.

Father Xue watched his son busy for a long time, and then he tried to persuade him: "You can't support him, this cub is too young, when he is still nursing, where can you find milk to feed him?"

It would be great if there was milk powder, Xue Yinsong pouted and asked, "Who in this village has puppies of cats and dogs or milk from cows and goats?"

Father Xue shook his head: "Domestic animals give birth in summer, because water and grass are the most suitable for breeding at that time, but ferocious beasts give birth in spring, because in summer, the cubs can basically eat meat, as long as winter comes The longer they grow as large as possible, the better their chances of surviving."

Xue Yinsong was a little disappointed: "It seems that there is really no way to raise it. It's a pity. I have never raised a wolf by myself."

Father Xue shook his head: "You can't raise a wolf cub. Someone raised it in Tianba Village before. When it was half-grown, the most ferocious dog in the village didn't dare to bark in front of it. Later, when it grew up, it ran back to the mountains. Didn't come out."

Xue Yinsong looked at the wolf cub with some pity. Although he had only opened his eyes for ten days at most, he already showed a fierce look. He erected his ears to listen to the crowing of the chickens in the chicken coop, and unconsciously gritted his teeth.

Xue Yinsong thought about the poultry and livestock in his large yard, and he was really worried if there was no dog guarding him, so he said to his father: "Our family should raise a dog, I plan to go to the city in a few days, and when I arrive Time to buy one and come back."