happy farming

In addition to being a trading place for tea merchants from all over the country, Xinhe County is also the only way for business travelers to go to the capital. Therefore, although the county is not big, there are inns and restaurants everywhere, and the streets are bustling with people. .

Along the way, Bai Donger jumped up and down, pulling Song Lindong to look at him and pointing to the west, and occasionally made a surprised sound or two, attracting curious eyes from passers-by from time to time.

Bai Dong'er's shock made Song Lin really feel like a countryman entering the city.It wasn't Song Lin's first visit to the county seat, so he was naturally familiar with the roads, so after Bai Dong'er made that surprised sound again, he couldn't hold back for a moment, and dragged him towards the market.

Song Dayuan looked at the two small figures rushing forward, and hurriedly shouted, "Lin'er, be careful, don't bump into it."

Song Lin replied without turning his head, and then continued to walk with his head buried.

By the time they arrived at the market, the sun had already shone across the entire county.

The stalls in front were all selling meat and vegetables, Song Dayuan led them to the back, found an empty place to stop, put the basket on the ground, and the three sat down in front of the steps, beside them sat an elderly An old man similar to Song Dayuan was bowing his head to weave bamboo baskets. In front of him were several woven baskets and bamboo hats, big or small, square or round.

The old man glanced at Song Dayuan, then stopped what he was doing, and chatted with Song Dayuan.

Song Dayuan's family has nothing but the few big hens that are worth a little money.But a few years passed, and Song Dayuan, who was living in many fields, was unable to do what he wanted. Now there is very little food grown in the fields, which is only enough for them to eat on weekdays, but there is no surplus to sell for money.Fortunately, the few old hens in the family are very competitive. Except for Song Lin who eats one every day, he can save a basket almost every half a month. thing.

If you are lucky and meet a big family to buy it, you can sell it at a good price.It's just that that kind of situation is rare, at least Song Lin followed Song Dayuan several times, and only encountered it once.

When Bai Dong'er and Song Lin were in a daze beside them, a man carrying a bamboo basket came over.The man came to them, slowly squatted down to put down the bamboo basket, and then beat his arm.

Bai Dong'er looked at the bamboo basket and babbled.

Song Lin followed his line of sight and looked over. It turned out that there were several rabbits in the bamboo basket, and they were jumping around in the bamboo basket at the moment.

The man smiled at them, and found a shady place to sit down.

Song Lin couldn't help but glanced again, and suddenly an idea popped up in his mind, and then he carefully recalled the experience of raising rabbits in the orphanage, and finally decided to give it a try.

Song Lin got up and walked over, holding the edge of the bamboo basket with his hand, staring at the three big rabbits in the basket with his eyes.

"Uncle, your rabbit is so big, how long will it take to grow so big?"

The man smiled and said, "Little baby, this is not domesticated, I called it from the mountain."

wild rabbit?Do you live in captivity?

Song Lin was greatly surprised, but soon he calmed down and asked, "Why didn't you raise it yourself when you caught it? You won't have to go to the mountains to fight again."

The man replied, "I live by hunting, and I've been used to it for a long time. Besides, I'm a countryman, and I don't have extra time to raise these things. Besides, these things are really difficult to raise."

Song Lin said oh, it turns out that this man is a hunter.

The old man weaving bamboo baskets next to him said with a smile, "Baby, this wild rabbit is difficult to keep in captivity. Not only is it very wild, but it will bite people when pressed."

As soon as she heard about raising rabbits, Bai Dong'er also became interested, and immediately leaned over, and when she was about to reach out to touch it, she heard that she was going to bite someone, so she immediately shrank behind Song Lin.

Song Lin was stunned, pulled him out from behind and said without thinking, "What are you afraid of, you are so much bigger than it, it can't bite you."

Bai Dong'er tilted her head, and happily said something that left Song Lin speechless.

"You mean, I can bite it."

Song Lin's eyebrows twitched, and he sighed secretly that this should be said by a five-year-old child, and he was indeed a bit old.

Thinking of this, Song Lin nodded heavily, "Yes, you can bite it." After he finished speaking, he was really afraid that the man in front of him would rush up and bite the rabbit in the bamboo basket, so he slapped a horse. Fart, "Dong'er is the best."

Bai Dong'er blushed immediately, and lowered her head.

Listening to their conversation, the three adults couldn't close their mouths with laughter.

Song Lin raised his eyelids, then continued to stare straight at the rabbits in the bamboo basket, and began to compare them in his heart, if he wanted to buy, he would choose which one would be better.

But he immediately thought of a very real problem, if you want to raise a male and a female.

Just, is there a mother?

Or, the couple's?

Thinking of this, the corners of Song Lin's mouth twitched uncomfortably.

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Just before noon, all the eggs were sold, totaling more than 40 Wen.Because they had to wait for Bai Hua, they didn't leave, but continued to sit and chat.

Song Dayuan thought about it in his heart, then turned around and asked the Orion rabbit how much it cost.Orion is also an honest person, and seeing that Song Lin liked it very much, he finally sold one to him for twenty yuan.

It's just that when Song Lin chose to like that one, something went wrong.

Orion enthusiastically explained to Song Lin which one was more fleshy and which one was thinner, and he shook them in his hands one by one.

The first one, the gray male rabbit...

The second one, a tawny male rabbit...

The third one, the gray female rabbit, Song Lin's face turned black...

There are hens and roosters in the house, and even rabbits have male and female, why is only human beings all male!

After Song Lin sighed three times, he finally chose the gray female rabbit.

After Song Dayuan packed the rabbit in the bamboo basket, Song Lin tried to lift it, and then frowned, really heavy!

Because there were a lot of things on the cart, Song Lin and Bai Dong'er could only sit on the side, their legs dangling all the time, while the female rabbit lay quietly in the bamboo basket without moving, This made Song Lin's heart flutter.

When he came out of the market, Song Dayuan bought half a catty of pork and some seasonings, and in the end he only had a few pennies left.

Song Lin pulled Song Dayuan's clothes and whispered, "Grandpa, Lin'er doesn't want to eat meat."

Song Dayuan smiled and said, "Grandpa knows that Lin'er is sensible. But tomorrow, the family will ask someone to make a small stone mill. This is for tomorrow."

Stone mills are very common in the countryside. They are mainly used to grind rice and noodles. In the past, whenever Song Dayuan wanted to grind something, he borrowed it from other people's homes.Originally, he thought that a person would just make do in this life, but now that he had Song Lin, Song Dayuan began to think that all the needs of the family should be prepared slowly.

Bai Hua said from the sidelines, "It just so happens that there is nothing to do at home tomorrow, so I'll go over to see if there's anything I can do to help."

Song Dayuan smiled gratefully, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Bai Dong'er quickly stood up from the bullock cart and shouted, "Daddy, I'm going to Song Lin's house to play too."

Song Lin also nodded, and the two agreed to go to the mountain to cut rabbit grass tomorrow.But Bai Dong'er was just a little brother after all, so before they reached the mountain the next day, he made a fuss about going back, leaving Song Lin speechless.