Beloved Plantation King

After the rice was sown, Yin Peinan and Zhao Xiu'e went to the city to buy 20 chicklings and [-] ducklings.

Now the chicks and ducklings are just born, they are still very delicate and sensitive to temperature.At this time, they were all packed in wooden boxes, and the bottom of the boxes was covered with thick straw to keep them warm.

When the fluffy chickens and ducklings were dragged back, Ning Geer and Zuo Baoying were very excited. They lifted a little straw mat cover and squatted beside the wooden box to watch curiously.

Especially Zuo Baoying, her family did not raise chickens or ducks before. She has seen big chickens, but she has never seen such small chickens and ducklings. Something is attracted.

The little chickens were crowded together in the straw of the box, some raised their heads and squawked, their small mouths were pointed, and their black bean-sized eyes looked curiously at the high wall in front of them. giant.

"Chick, chick, chirp."

"They're so small and cute." Zuo Baoying couldn't take her eyes off her eyes, imitating the crowing of chickens, teasing them and trying to communicate with them.

Brother Ning stretched out his little finger into the wooden box and touched the fur of a little chick, "Sister Yingying, touch it, it's so soft~"

Seeing him groping again, Zuo Baoying immediately reminded him: "Be careful it bites you."

Ge'er Ning shook his head and said, "No, they are so small, it won't hurt if you peck them."

Zuo Baoying dismantled him and said: "Last time you said that rabbits don't bite people, so you were bitten?" The scar on the back of the hand is still there.

Ning Ge'er pouted and argued, "Last time it was an accident. This little chick really doesn't hurt to be pecked. Try it."

"Really?" Zuo Baoying was very suspicious.

"Really." Ning Geer nodded emphatically.

Zuo Baoying wanted to touch it at first, but she became even more moved when she heard the words, and seeing that Geer Ning had not been pecked by the chick after reaching in with her finger for so long, she also carefully stretched out her hand, and touched it secretly and quickly. That yellow fluffy fur.

It's really soft~

After only touching it, she quickly withdrew her hand, for fear of being pecked.

Seeing that she hadn't been pecked, she suddenly became more courageous, and reached in to touch the back of a little chick.

Mao Mao is so comfortable~

Shuizhu came over and wanted to move the wooden boxes to the pigsty behind the stove, and then move them to the specially built chicken coop outside when they grew up a bit.

Brother Ning asked her: "Sister, are all these things we want to raise?"

Shuizhu nodded and said, "That's right, we raise thirty and Yingying's family raises twenty."

"Wow, can we have eggs then?"

Brother Ning saw so many little chickens in his little mind, so he thought that there would be eggs to eat in the future.In the past, the chickens raised at home were reluctant to eat their eggs, and they had to sell them to pay off their debts.Now that there is no debt, can it be eaten?

He likes to eat eggs.

The drops of water gave him a funny laugh, "Just remember to eat."

Brother Ning pouted: "Can I eat it?"

"can."

"What about the duckling?" Brother Ning asked again.

"The ducklings are raised together, and they will be put into the rice fields in a month." Shuizhu replied.

Brother Ning asked worriedly: "Oh, if you put it in the rice field, won't you eat the rice?"

"Brother, they said no." Shuizhu was actually a little skeptical, but Brother An and Brother An An said no, so she thought about following what they said first, and if the situation was not right, she would take it back and keep her. Just let it go.

Shuizhu saw Zuo Baoying staring at the little chicken intently, and asked, "Will Yingying feed the little chicken and duck with me?"

Zuo Baoying blinked and said happily, "Yes."

Soft and cute little animals can always capture the soft hearts of children.

Shuizhu picked up the box and took the two little ones to feed the chicks and ducklings.

Since then, the two little ones had an extra entertainment every day after school, feeding the chickens and ducks, and walking around with the little chickens and ducks from time to time.

After buying the chickens and ducklings, according to the tasks in the schedule, in addition to the normal farm work in the field, Yin Peinan and the others will immediately start the next arduous task, developing the small mountain bag.

They used to have a headache about what to plant on the hill and discussed it more than once.

It is certain to plant fruit trees, but what kind of fruit trees to plant is the problem. There are several issues involved here.

The first problem is the problem of storage and transportation.

This is ancient times, and the climate here in Nanpo Village is warm and humid, so we can't grow fruits that are inconvenient to preserve and easy to rot.The purchase volume in the county is limited, if the sales are not good, it will be in the bad land.

It is not impossible to grow fruits, but they cannot be grown in many varieties. It is still possible to grow only half of the mountain.

This eliminates a large number of fruit types.

The second problem is that they have no planting technology.

There are not many farmers who plant fruit trees in Xinping County, and Yin Peinan and his village have no one who is good at planting fruit trees. This requires them to either find someone who knows how to guide them, or plant them well and manage them well.

The third problem is that the economic value should be high.

After thinking about it, they ruled out many types, and finally decided that it is better to grow nuts.

When it comes to nuts, they first think of chestnuts, but when they think of the thick thorny shell on the outside of chestnuts, it will take a lot of manpower to peel them off, which gives them a headache.

Then there are pecans and pistachios, but these seem to be imported from abroad, which are not available here.

Finally, Yin Peinan remembered that the county next door to his hometown grew a lot of walnuts.Every year when the walnuts are ripe, his mother and the others drive to the mountains to pick walnuts and send them to him.He also went to the walnut grove when he was a child.

Walnuts are relatively easy to grow, and in the previous life, walnuts were grown all over the country from south to north, which shows that this fruit is very adaptable.

In their hometown, the climate is similar to that of Nanpo Village, so it should be possible to grow them.

He told Zuo An.

Zuo An thought for a while and asked, "Is the walnut just a hard shell on a long tree? Or is there no shell besides the hard shell?"

Yin Peinan smiled and said: "Yes, there is a layer of green skin covering it, but that layer of shell is easy to open. After the walnuts are ripe, pick them off and put them for a few days, and it will separate from the hard shell inside."

People usually see walnuts with that layer of hard shell, but they have never seen walnuts on trees. This is the first time Zuo An has heard that there is a layer of skin on the outside of hard shelled walnuts.

But since Yin Peinan has seen and dealt with it, it would be the best.

So I chose walnuts, which have high economic value, are hard-shelled, and are one of the nuts that are most convenient for transportation and storage.

There are two hills, and they decided to plant walnuts on one, and half navel oranges and half peaches on the other.Juicy peaches are grown at the foot of the mountain, and navel oranges are grown halfway up the mountain.

The three kinds of fruit trees have different flowering and maturity periods, so they can be picked separately, and the family can also have fruit snacks every season.

Both of them have no experience in planting fruit trees, so they can only toss by themselves, exploring and experimenting.

To develop Xiaoshanbao, it is not enough to rely on just a few people from their family.You can't use Zuo An's ability blatantly, otherwise it will easily cause the villagers to suspect and panic.

Yin Peinan went to Uncle Daqiang and asked him to help find some villagers who were not in the field for [-] cents a day to help them.

As soon as Daqiang heard this, he immediately agreed, and went to gather the manpower.At the same time, he was also thinking in his heart, Yin Peinan and the others really wanted to do big things, reclaim wasteland, and reclaim barren mountains.

When the villagers heard that there was money to be made, they all agreed and were curious at the same time.

"What are they going to plant on the mountain?"

Daqiang replied: "Plant fruit trees."

"Fruit trees? Will they grow them? What kind of fruit trees?"

"I heard that walnuts and

orange. "

"Oh, they are all very expensive fruits, can they grow them?"

"It should work."

Yin Peinan went to Zheng Wenhao again, and borrowed 50 people from various villas of their family, and paid the same wages.

Zheng Wenhao heard that he wanted to plant fruit trees, so he ordered it himself, and Yin Peinan was not allowed to give money.

But Yin Peinan couldn't really not pay wages, otherwise, he would always take advantage of it like this, and it would be difficult for him to be friends in the future.

"It's only a few bucks, why do you need to pay, just take the person there." Zheng Wenhao said so.

Yin Peinan reasoned with him: "Brother Wenhao, I know that you are loyal and don't care about the money, but as the saying goes, brothers settle accounts clearly, so I can't keep taking advantage of you, right? If so, I won't have the face to be friends with you in the future." Well, he remembers what the captain told him.

"Oh, I found you..." Zheng Wenhao pointed to him, and felt that Yin Peinan was sometimes very awkward, and he was discouraged again, and sighed: "Okay, what do you want?" Just give it."

A lot of people who approached him were out of the idea of ​​getting benefits from him, but as for Yin Peinan, he didn't want to give him benefits himself.

Zheng Wenhao: ...OK, he likes this kind of friend.

He no longer insisted on going with Yin Peinan, and only told him that if he had any difficulties, he could be found.

Yin Peinan was very sympathetic.

Xiaoshanbao developed.

Yin Peinan first told them how to do it. First, clear away the stones, trees and big thorns on the mountain, and then dig planting pits around the hill. A square of flat land.

The grass between the planting pits should be kept first to keep the water and soil, so as not to wash the soil down during the rainy season.

In fact, it should have been built into a circular terraced field, but now the time is too short. They have to plant the seedlings before the spring, and it is too late now, so they have to do it slowly when they have time.

The Xiaoshanbao development team added up to hundreds of people, and the distance between the pits was also wide. The pits were dug quickly and busy, and the planting pits were dug in about ten days.

Yin Peinan went out for seven days, pretending to go to other counties to buy fruit seedlings, and then brought back thousands of fruit tree seedlings, but in fact he urged them all by himself.

They rushed to plant all the rice before planting.

In order to ensure the survival rate, Yin Peinan went to the mountain for a walk when he had nothing to do, and used supernatural powers to stimulate the root system of each fruit tree to survive in advance.

After paying the wages for developing the hill, Yin Peinan and the others had little money left.

Start trying to make money again.

Yin Peinan found some time and ran towards the mountains, just like when he had to pay off his debts, he hunted hard and wanted to earn money to marry a wife.

Before transplanting rice seedlings, Zuo An threw away his crutches and walked by himself.At this time, it will be two months since Zhang Bo set his bones.

"Xiao'an, you've only been growing fruit for two months, so don't be so anxious, huh?" Wen Yi chased after Zuo An to persuade him.

Zuo An wanted to walk a long time ago, so naturally he would not be persuaded, "It's okay, little daddy, look, it's completely fine." He said and stomped his feet.

"Hey, be careful." Wen Yi wanted to ask Yin Peinan for help, but Yin Peinan went hunting in the mountains.

He couldn't help it, he was still very worried, but he couldn't convince Zuo An, so he asked Uncle Zhang to come over and check.

Zhang Bo saw that Zuo An was walking like a normal person, so he checked him carefully and asked a lot of questions, Zuo An said that there was no problem.

Although Zhang Bo was surprised that he recovered so quickly, but thinking that his wounds had no symptoms before, he could only sigh a few words for the rapid recovery, and then announced that Zuo An's leg was indeed fine.

It's just that he still followed the cautious attitude of a doctor and told Zuo An to be more careful in the near future, don't carry heavy objects, and don't let his legs bear too much weight.

Zuo An responded one by one, and then happily sent Zhang Bo away.

When Yin Peinan came back from hunting, he saw that Zuo An was gone.

Using crutches, he asked, "What's going on?"

Zuo An winked at him and said, "Uncle Zhang came to see him and said that he is completely fine, I can walk now!"

Yin Peinan's eyes lit up, and he hugged Zuo An and kissed: "Can I walk now? Is it possible to get married?"

Zuo An laughed, this guy, "Have you been thinking about this all day long?"

Yin Peinan nodded: "Yes, don't you want to?"

Naturally I also want to.Zuo An said: "Isn't the day after tomorrow going to start transplanting rice seedlings? Let's talk when we're done."

It was indeed time to plant rice seedlings, Yin Peinan was unwilling and could only agree, the matter of planting rice seedlings did not wait for anyone. "Well, it will only take six or seven days after the work is over."

Zuo An asked him: "Is the money almost spent? Can I draw a few more pictures to sell? It takes a lot of money to get married."

"How can I let you draw, let me figure out a way." Yin Peinan was a little bit machismo, how could the money for getting married and marrying a wife be paid by the daughter-in-law.

Zuo An heard it, and raised his eyebrows: "I'm not a man?"

Yin Peinan: "Of course you are a man, otherwise I wouldn't like you."

"Then let me make money together. Marriage is not your business alone."

"……All right."

In the afternoon, Yin Peinan went to the city to sell prey, and happened to meet Zheng Wenhao who was looking for him at the gate of the city.

Zheng Wenhao had a serious business looking for him this time.

"Ah Nan, is there anyone in your village who is particularly good at gardening flowers and plants?"

Serving flowers and plants?How could they have time to tend flowers and plants, they all went to grow vegetables.

Yin Peinan didn't say anything clearly, but raised her eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zheng Wenhao explained to him in a low voice: "The magistrate likes orchids. The magistrate of the county got a top-quality orchid from somewhere, and wanted to send it up. But their people don't know how to handle it, and the orchid died within a few days after it was brought back. Damn, it seems to be dying. No, I am in a hurry to find someone who can grow orchids to see if it can be rescued. He even posted a reward notice."

When Yin Peinan heard this, he immediately regained his energy. This is his strong point.

He said: "I will. How much is the reward?"

"Ten taels of silver." After Zheng Wenhao finished speaking, he asked with wide-eyed surprise, "You know how to grow orchids?"

Yin Peinan said confidently: "I'm a farmer, so many things have been planted, and an orchid is no problem. I earned ten taels of silver."

"Hey, you kid, okay! Not only can you hunt, but you can also plant flowers!" Zheng Wenhao patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and praised: "As expected of my brother, he is capable."

Yin Peinan laughed, and then asked: "Why do you run errands for the county magistrate, your family is related to the county magistrate?"

Zheng Wenhao said: "There is a relationship by marriage. The younger brother of the magistrate's wife is my uncle's husband. Our family has a lot of mountains and farms, so they asked us to find someone."

"So that's the case, then forget it, I don't want this bounty. I don't need to find someone else, I'll go and have a look." Since Zheng Wenhao's family has some relationship with the county magistrate, he should give Zheng Wenhao a favor. Bring him food and supplies.

"Take what you need, he is not short of money. After all, you really know how to do it? We found a lot of tricks and they don't know how to do it."

"Don't worry, I've done it before." In order to convince Zheng Wenhao more, Yin Peinan simply said that he had experience.

"That's fine, then I'll take you there."

"I have to sell the prey first."

Zheng Wenhao was surprised: "Didn't you say that you didn't hunt for a while and said you wanted to let the prey recuperate?"

Yin Peinan replied: "I can't help it. I paid the wages with silver before, and there is not much left. Those who get married need silver."

Zheng Wenhao disliked him: "I said before that I don't want to pay my family's labor wages, but you insist on paying, now you know you have no money."

Yin Peinan: "These two things are different, okay."

Zheng Wenhao asked again: "How much is the difference? I'll give it to you."

Yin Peinan scratched his head, it is okay to borrow a little from Zheng Wenhao first, and then pay him back slowly.However, if the captain finds out about this matter, I don't know if he will be angry.He was a little uncertain.

He said: "It's not counted yet, and it won't be much difference. If it's really not enough by then, I'll find you again."

"Okay, as long as you remember."

The two went to the store to sell their prey, and then Zheng Wenhao took Yin Peinan to the county government.

The county magistrate Liu Shangzhi heard that Zheng Wenhao had found someone who could grow orchids, so he rushed out to welcome him.

Then look, hey, acquaintance.

"Caomin has met Master Liu." Yin Peinan bowed slightly to say hello: "Master Liu, we meet again."

Seeing Yin Peinan, Liu Shangzhi felt that his voice of bargaining was still ringing in his ears, and suddenly felt a headache.

"Why is it you?" Liu Shangzhi turned to Zheng Wenhao and asked, "The person you said you were looking for is him?"

Zheng Wenhao nodded and said, "It's him."

"You really know it?" Liu Shangzhi asked Yin Peinan again, with some doubts.

Yin Peinan: "Try it and you'll know."

Liu Shangzhi didn't have much confidence in him, he just felt that he was very talkative, so he said, "Let me tell you, the famous orchid growers in the city and those crops have seen all the methods, there is nothing you can do, don't fool me. "

Yin Peinan said helplessly: "My lord, you deny me before I have even seen it. What if I really will?"

Zheng Wenhao also said: "My lord, there will be no loss if you take a look anyway, so let him take a look."

Liu Shangzhi really had no choice, he treated the dead horse as a living horse doctor, and said, "Okay, come with me."

The two followed Liu Shang to the place where he lived in the backyard of the yamen, then carefully took out a pot of orchids from the bedroom and put them on the tea table in front of Yin Peinan.

"This is the pot, take a look."

Yin Peinan didn't have much research on orchids, so he couldn't recognize the high and low varieties.He looked at the pot in front of him, the blades of grass were drooping, and the flowers were quite beautiful, white, like little lotus flowers, but now they were a little dazed and uninspired.

Zheng Wenhao said that this potted flower is very expensive, but Yin Peinan really can't see why this flower is expensive, as good-looking is good-looking, so it is good-looking.

Yin Peinan stared at it for a while and asked, "My lord, how much did you pay for it?"

"Why do you care so much? Hey, let me tell you, do you see any problems?" Liu Shang asked anxiously when he saw him staring at Hua.

"Aren't I just looking at this?" Yin Peinan put his hands on the leaves of the orchid, and while checking with his abilities, he wanted to inquire about the value of the flower, and asked, "Sir, are you being betrayed?" You flower people are confused, how expensive are these flowers?"

Liu Shang stared straight and said, "What do you know, this is Su Guan He Ding, I finally found it."

As he said that, he sighed again, looked at the orchid and said, "When I bought it, it was in very good condition. The grass was green and tender, the flowers were elegant, slim and graceful, and the posture was full. I bought it for a few days, and it became like this Well, I don’t know how to plant, so it would be a pity if I die like this.” 300 taels of silver.

Yin Peinan raised his eyebrows and withdrew his hand. He had already figured out why the flower was tickling, and said, "Don't worry, there is help."

When Liu Shangzhi heard the words, he was surprised and delighted and said, "Really? What's going on with it, have you found the reason?"

Yin Peinan nodded and said, "The roots are full of worms."

"An insect?" Liu Shangzhi asked again: "What insect?"

"I don't know what kind of insect it is, it gnawed the roots." Yin Peinan really didn't know what kind of insect it was, but there must be insects.

"Then do you have a way to save it?" Liu Shangzhi didn't care too much about what kind of bug it was, but just asked casually. The most important thing is that the orchid he bought for 300 taels of silver couldn't just die like this.

"Yes." Yin Peinan replied, seeing Liu Shangzhi so happy, he added: "But I will take it home for a few days."

Liu Shangzhi didn't agree, "No, no, you can't take it back, so you can get it here."

Yin Peinan said: "My lord, this needs to be taken care of every day. I don't have time to come to the city every day. Tomorrow my family will plant rice seedlings."

Liu Shang couldn't see that Hua was not at ease, and said: "Then why don't I have someone bring it to you every day?"

Yin Peinan was speechless: "My lord, what about at night? It's only been six or seven days, and I won't eat it. Besides, what if your people drop the flower on the way?"

Liu Shangzhi was a little tangled, should I bring the 300 taels of flowers back to him?

Zheng Wenhao said: "My lord, I know him, I will guarantee him, and I will definitely send him back in seven days. Now, there is no further delay. The most important thing is to save the flower."

Liu Shang didn't believe in Yin Peinan, but he still believed in Zheng Wenhao. He struggled with the payment, and finally nodded in agreement.

Then Zheng Wenhao said again: "My lord, if he saves Hua, you have to cash in the bounty."

Yin Peinan blinked, he really didn't want a bounty, but wanted him to give the county magistrate a favor, but Zheng Wenhao remembered it for him.

Brothers!

Liu Shangzhi waved his hands and said: "It's really saved, so naturally he won't be missing."

Yin Peinan immediately said: "My lord, don't worry, I will definitely rescue you."

Liu Shangzhi waved his hand and said, "Okay. Take it away."

The county magistrate was afraid of his rough hands and feet, so he asked the housekeeper to get him a carriage and let him go back in the carriage with orchids in his arms.

Yin Peinan was funny, but he didn't say anything. It's better to have a carriage, and it's not worth it if you don't ride.

When he came back in a carriage holding orchids, Zuo An was picking vegetables at the door, seeing him coming back holding potted flowers, he asked, "Why did you pick up potted flowers?"

Yin Peinan walked over and said, "Honey, it is said that these flowers are very expensive, can you take a look?"

Zuo An just didn't pay attention to it, but now he looked at it and raised his eyebrows: "It's really expensive. How did you get it?"

Yin Peinan told him the matter again, and then asked: "Is this flower really so expensive? How much is it worth?"

Zuo An replied: "This is a Suguan lotus tripod, the best among orchids. Judging by the appearance of this pot, if it wasn't for illness, it would cost about a few hundred taels."

Yin Peinan was surprised: "It's so expensive!"

Zuo An nodded: "In the capital, literati like to raise them, but this breed is very rare, so it is very expensive."

Yin Peinan's heart moved, he looked at Zuo An and said, "Honey, we seem to be going to send."

When Zuo An heard his words, he immediately understood his thoughts, nodded and said: "Yes. But this thing is rare and expensive, if you get too much, it will be worthless."

Yin Peinan said: "I know, but this place is so big, if it is spread out, it is still rare."

Zuo An laughed: "I found out that you have become a thief."

"Hey, my dear, I'm so honored."

"I'm not complimenting you."

"It's okay, I'll take it as a compliment. Darling, we have money for getting married~"