Deep in the bamboo forest is my home

"Brother." He Xiaohua replied weakly.

He Xiaohu helped Xiaohua up, and stuffed the pillow under Xiaohua's waist, "Xiaohua is really smart, my elder brother and I watched it for a long time, but the imprint on my younger brother's forehead was faint, we didn't see it, Xiaohua didn't look at it, so I guessed it right. "

"What about Ah?" He Xiaohua leaned her head against the bed board, the sunlight coming in from the window was so dazzling that it was unreal.

"Ama and my younger brother are in confinement together. The eldest brother went to Baisha Village to find his sister-in-law. Is Xiaohua hungry? Shen Memo made porridge for us. Pan Memo went back, and Shen Momo was the only one left to watch Ahmo Wait for Uncle Momo to come before leaving." Xiaohu put his hand on Xiaohua's forehead, Xiaohua's stuffy look made Xiaohu very uncomfortable, so he asked Momo to come and see, and said that he was just frightened, and he would be fine after sleeping for a while.But from the looks of it, Xiaohua woke up from sleep, without her former cleverness.

"Second brother, I'm fine."

"Xiaohua, when you are well, the second brother will teach you to recognize new characters, this time there will be no charge."

Xiaohua leaves Xiaohu aside, this miser, the elder brother even charges money for teaching the younger brother to read.snort.

Pushing away Xiaohu's ingratiating smile, Xiaohua tidied up her clothes and climbed out of bed.

"Xiaohua don't sleep a little longer, sleep a little longer. She didn't sleep all night last night." Saying that, Xiaohu yawned big by himself.

"Second brother, go back to your room and sleep, I'll feed the chicks."

He Xiaohu saw Xiao Huali got out of bed, tied up her hair in a random way, shook her head, didn't sleep all night, she was really sleepy, so she invited someone to Wen Xiucai's place to ask for leave, and went back to her room to make up for sleep.

In the semi-open kitchen, things are thrown everywhere.Xiaohua gathered the dry firewood to the stove and saw that there was not much water left in the water tank. Xiaohua didn't have the strength to lift a bucket of water, so she could only use the remaining water to boil a pot of hot water and ate it with pancakes.Xiao Hua didn't eat the gruel Shen Memo made, but kept it warm by the stove.After washing the pots and bowls with the rice washing water left over from last night, and tidying up the kitchen, Xiao Hua went to the newly built chicken coop in the yard to feed the chickens.

The center of the yard is woven with sunflowers, separated by knee-high sunflower fences, one end near the gate is reserved for entry and exit, and the other side is reserved for chickens to move around.

The chicken coop is divided into two floors. The lower floor is deeper, with the width and height of an arm's length. The upper floor is narrower, only half the size of the lower floor. There is a canopy woven by sunflower on the edge of the second floor.The adult hens and roosters are kept in the lower floor, which is also divided into three parts, separated by wooden boards in the middle, one side is the hens mixed with the roosters, and the other side is the pure laying hens.One side is a pure rooster, which is a broiler raised for food in Xiao Hua's words.On the second layer side are newborn and immature chicks.

He Xiaohua experimented with constant temperature hatching egg method in summer. After two experiments, only two chicks hatched, and they didn’t live long, but they died in a few days. column belly.The experiment of the constant temperature method failed, so Xiao Hua could only take care of the hens responsible for brooding the nest more attentively, and tried her best to produce chicks from each egg.

Let out the group of chickens mixed with the roosters first, two roosters and eight hens. When the group of chickens walked out of the coop with their heads held high, Xiao Hua reached out to touch the eggs, yes, she found six.The grass mat was changed, and the large and small feces were cleaned up, and the baffles on both sides of the chicken house were opened for ventilation.

Xiaohua looked at the other side. There were twelve hens in the purely laying chicken flock. Xiaohua walked around the henhouse and picked two old hens whose heads were hanging low and listless.Yang Yan'er needs to replenish her body after giving birth, and old hen soup is the best.He Xiaohua knew that if she didn't pick a few out, her uncle would just randomly catch them. He Xiaohua didn't want those hens who were strong and had just entered the peak of laying eggs to be picked away.

Jia Xing'er and Yang Dashi arrived around noon, Jia Xing'er walked ahead, holding a big bundle in her hand, when she entered the door, she saw He Xiaohua driving the roosters and hens to the chicken coop, and dumping the leftovers in the yard. Sweep aside to release the flock of hens.

Jia Xing'er took a second look at the He family's distinctive big chicken coop. Yang Dashi and He Xiaozhu walked behind. Yang Dashi and Xiaozhu held a big cage in their hands, and water droplets leaked from the bottom of the cage.

"Xiaohua, hurry up, take the fish cage, I went to move it out of our big water tank."

He Xiaohua responded, took the cage handed over by He Xiaozhu, leaned on one side, and almost fell down, "It's so heavy."

"Is it the fresh fish my mother-in-law prepared for Ah Mo to make soup for drinking." He Xiaozhu groaned and moved the water tank. This water tank is usually used to store water. When Xiao Hua was born, Boss He prepared for a hundred days During the banquet, fish were raised in water tanks for several days.

After filling most of the tank with water, Xiao Zhu opened the cage, splashed, and dumped the fish in the cage into the water tank.Yang Dashi looked at the water tank, "This tank is a bit small, put all these in, the fish will not grow long." Yang Dashi lifted the cage in his hand.

Xiaozhu looked left and right, and there was a half-person-high water tank in the kitchen. If it was used to hold fish, then there was nothing else in the house to store water. Would it be necessary to fetch water every time?I and Xiaohu can do it, but Xiaohua can't.

Xiaohua came over with the big wooden basin that Yang Yan'er usually used to wash herself, "Uncle Dashi, can this be used?"

Yang Dashi looked at the big wooden basin. Although the mouth of the basin is shallower, it is still possible to keep it for two days temporarily, "It is possible, but the fish can only be kept for a few days, and they must be slaughtered in five days." He said while directing Xiaozhu I poured out half of the basin of water, and poured the rest of the fish into the basin. The basin was densely squeezed. Xiaohua counted, there were six grass carp, head to head, tail to tail.

Xiaozhu fetched water for Yang Dashi to wash his hands and face.Jia Xing'er had seen Yang Yan'er, and came out of the room with a red cloth in her hand, "My little brother is good-looking, and looks like a mold for Yan'er. Wait a minute, I'll take it out for you to have a look at, and go back to you." Tell your wife about it, and make him happy too."

The red cloth was tied to the doorpost on the right side of the courtyard gate. In a short while, everyone in Nanhe Village knew that the He family had added a god-given brother. For a while, they came to see the little brother and gave the new brother a gift. people crowded the yard.Everyone talked in low voices, Jia Xing'er received the reception on behalf of the He family, hugged the newborn brother in her arms, and walked around the room.He Xiaohua couldn't squeeze in, so she hid in the yard on the side where the chickens were walking and worked silently.

After everyone said congratulations, Jia Xinger carried the child in.Yang Dashi accepted the gifts from the villagers in the courtyard. They were all vegetables and fruits. Among them, the Liang family sent a large piece of brightly colored material for making clothes for children. .

He Xiaohua put four bowls of porridge that had been hot by the stove, and took a few pancakes, and gave them to Yang Dashi and Jia Xing'er respectively, "Uncle Dashi, uncle, have some porridge."

"Xiaohua is good, she is really sensible."

There was one bowl left for He Xiaozhu, and Xiaohua brought a bowl to Yang Yan'er.

Lying on the bed, Yang Yan'er half-closed her eyes, saw Xiao Hua coming in, and wanted to struggle to get up, but her body was powerless, so she could only comfort Xiao Hua with a smile, "Xiao Hua, let me see, are you scared?"