Chapter 5 Preparing to hatch chicks, ducks and geese
In the next few days, Chixi was not idle, and Hetian Cuihe bought chicken, duck and geese seedlings in the village.
But now it is almost autumn, and it is difficult for the villagers to hatch the seedlings of chickens, ducks and geese. They are afraid of Xi Dazhuang and dare not have anything to do with their family. When they see Chixi and Tian Cuihe, they turn around and run away.
Tian Cuihe sighed: "Originally, the neighbors should have gotten along well, but now that the quarrels like this have become a bad thing for our family."
Chi Xi felt that it was nothing and smiled and said, "Mom, let's live our own lives well. Don't care too much about what others say."
Tian Cuihe sighed and shook her head, said nothing more, and followed Chixi to the next village.
If you can’t buy seedlings of chicken, duck and geese, Chixi bought eggs to hatch themselves.
Tian Cuihe was a little worried: "The stream is approaching autumn, the weather is cold, and our family has no old hens. If you buy so many eggs, can you hatch the seedlings?"
"able."
Chi Xi smiled and nodded: "As long as the temperature is appropriate, the seedlings can be hatched."
It’s impossible to make money when making small fuss. Drinking water people in Lingquan can beautify and strengthen their bodies. Raising poultry and livestock can naturally be fat and strong.
Last night, she not only checked the methods of hatching chickens, ducks, goose eggs from Xiaoling, but also learned how to raise pigs.
She can't remember what she had experienced in the hundreds of years she had been wandering, but she is now acquainted with words.
Tian Cuihe was still worried: "But...how can the temperature be appropriate?"
"We can burn firewood to heat the house and the temperature is right."
Chi Xi smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry, I won't do anything wrong."
One penny for eggs, one penny for duck eggs, five penny for goose eggs, two penny for goose eggs.
Chixi collected 200 eggs, 100 duck eggs and 80 goose eggs in the surrounding villages.
The number is not large, she tried to incubate it first. If it succeeds, she can develop in this direction in the future.
If the hatched chicken, duck, goose seedlings cannot be raised, they can also be sold to others.
After all, in autumn and winter, the villagers cannot hatch the seedlings of chickens, ducks and geese. If you want to raise these small things, you can only wait until the summer comes next year.
Tian Cuihe was doubtful, but she was willing to believe Chixi.
She guessed that although it cost more than 500 cents to buy these eggs today, if the seedlings cannot be hatched, it would not be a waste to eat them while the eggs are not broken.
Chi Xi did it as soon as he said that, and after Xi Dazhuang came back from chopping wood, he discussed with him to make a earthen kang to make it easier to burn the fire and bake the house.
After hearing her thoughts, Xi Dazhuang exclaimed: "It's worthy of being my wife. Her brain is good, and she can think of this method."
Chi Xi raised his eyebrows with a funny look: "Are you not afraid that I am just making a fool of myself. Not only will the seedlings not be hatched, but you will also be in vain? It will cost a lot of money to buy these eggs!"
"Not afraid."
Xi Dazhuang shook his head and raised his eyebrows and smiled cheerfully: "If you have any ideas, go and do it. It doesn't matter if you can't hatch it. At worst, we can eat these eggs before they break, so we can't waste it."
"I'll feel much more at ease with you."
Chi Xi joked: "Otherwise, if I spent so much money, if the seedlings could not be hatched, I would definitely feel guilty."
"Don't feel guilty, we are husband and wife, we should bear everything together."
Xi Dazhuang raised his hand and rubbed Chi Xi's head, and said with a smile: "I am a rough man and don't understand all the romantic things, but I know you are my wife and the person closest to me and my mother. You try to hatch chickens, ducks, geese seedlings, and it is also for our family. It is possible to succeed in the first attempt. If you don't do it once, you will come twice. As long as the method is right, you will always succeed."
Chixi is always addicted to Xi Dazhuang's gentleness.
He said he was a rough man.
But in Chi Xi's opinion, he is more thoughtful than anyone else.
Others see him as fierce and evil, but she sees him as gentle forever.
"Okay, Brother Dazhuang, I won't let you down!"
Chi Xi raised her eyebrows and smiled brightly, and said seriously: "I want to make a lot of money and live a good life with Brother Dazhuang and Mother!"
"Okay, then my mother and I will wait for you to earn money to take us to live a good life!"
Xi Dazhuang laughed happily, and Tian Cuihe scolded him: "Do you look good? As your husband, you should make money and take the stream to live a good life! Don't be polite, hurry up and work."
"Okay, let's do it."
Xi Dazhuang did it as soon as he said, and he built a dirt kang in an empty house according to the method Chi Xi told him.
Chixi goes to cook.
During these days, she used the rice and Lingquan in the space to cook. The food tasted much better, but her body was also obviously better. Her pale face was always sick and wilted.
She is originally beautiful and charming.
But over the years, she was hungry and cold and overworked, and she had ruined her body. After raising her for more than two years, she had not made her thin body grow much flesh. She looked sick on weekdays, as if she would fall down when the wind blew.
This is also the reason why Xi Dazhuang and Tian Cuihe refused to let her do heavy work.
Although there were many things at home, the mother and son agreed that she would do it as soon as she cooked. The weather was a little colder and she didn't even let her wash her clothes.
Seeing that there was still bacon at home, Chi Xi took it out and washed it and sliced it. He stir-fryed it with dried chili and put it in oil and then stir-fry it in bacon. Finally, sprinkle a handful of fresh garlic sprouts, and the fragrant aroma floated away.
Tian Cuihe was helping Xi Dazhuang and smiled when she smelled the fragrance: "Xiaoxi's cooking skills are getting better and better. I always feel that the food has been much more fragrant these days. I can eat half a bowl of rice every time."
Xi Dazhuang raised his head and smiled and said, "Of course my wife is good in everything!"
"Look at you, your tail is almost overturned."
Tian Cuihe chuckled and sighed: "She was seriously ill at the beginning, but her mother was afraid that she would die at home, so she hurriedly married her to you. Now that I see her health getting better, I am so happy. I hope she can gain weight and suffer less when she has a baby in the future."
These words were not said before Chi Xi.
If Chi Xi hadn't been seriously ill at the time, the Chi family wouldn't have just taken Xi Dazhuang's little wild boar to send Chi Xi to the cave where they lived at that time in less than three days.
At that time, many people felt that Chixi could not survive.
But Tian Cuihe took good care of her, and Xi Dazhuang bought all the money she earned from hunting during that period, and it took a lot of trouble to save the person.
"Those things are gone, and let's look forward."
Xi Dazhuang felt distressed when he thought of his wife's appearance at the beginning, and said while laying the soil: "I see that she has looked much better during this period, and she will be able to gain weight soon."
"Yes, you're right, let's look forward."
Tian Cuihe breathed a sigh of relief, smelled the aroma of the food, and said with a smile: "Okay, stop busy, go and have a meal and rest."
Meals are served on the table.
All in color, fragrance and taste.
Not only is there a plate of fried bacon, but there is also a plate of shepherd's purse and a bowl of bone mushroom soup. Shepherd's purse was stir-fried with minced garlic and sesame oil. The color is attractive, and the bone mushroom soup tastes delicious and makes people's index fingers excited.
Just as Chixi was serving the meal, the family sat down and was about to eat when the voice of Sister Guihua came from outside the door: "Aunt Cuihe, Xiaoxi, are you busy?"
Tian Cuihe responded and was about to put the bowl to open the door. Chi Xi stood up and said with a smile: "Mom, eat yours, I'll go and have a look."
Chi Xi quickly opened the yard gate and saw that there was something wrong with Sister Guihua's expression, so she smiled and said, "Sister Guihua, come in and sit down quickly, and say something slowly."
The villagers no longer interact with their families.
But Guihua's wife used to have a good relationship with Tian Cuihe.
If you need help, Chi Xi will not refuse.
Sister Guihua's expression was a little awkward, and she followed Chi Xi into the yard and said embarrassedly: "Xiao Xi, that's the case. Didn't your mother buy me ten eggs a few days ago? Today, my daughter-in-law was diagnosed with a pregnancy, and the family had no eggs to supplement her body. Look... can you return those ten eggs to me?"
She was afraid that Chi Xi would misunderstand, so she hurriedly asked for a supplement and said, "I heard that you have gone to other villages these days to buy a lot of chicken, duck and goose eggs, but there is no shortage of these ten eggs."
"Okay, you go and sit in the house first, I'll get you an egg."
Chi Xi invited Sister Guihua into the house, but Sister Guihua refused: "No, I'll wait for you here. This is the ten cents that your mother gave me when she bought the eggs. Please keep them."
Chapter completed!