Song Tan's Notes

After Chen Xi finished speaking, he picked up the bucket and said to everyone, "Please make way. I'm going to feed the pigs first."

Everyone quickly made way for him, staring at the small red bucket in his hand and wondering:

"Is this all the pigs eat in one meal? Or is it for feeding the piglets?"

This year, the Song family has raised quite a few pigs. In their own pen, there are two male and one female pigs, including Xiangxiang. They also bought six piglets, and the big white pig is pregnant...

  Chen Xi and Chen Chi have returned from their studies, and they have a daunting task ahead of them!

At this moment, he smiled and explained: "This is not for those free-range pigs. There is a big pig that is pregnant, and this is prepared for it."

"Don't eat too much as a snack."

Pregnant sow?!

Everyone was curious: "Can we see it? We haven't seen it yet."

Chen Xi laughed heartily, but her refusal was firm: "It's not very convenient after all, I'm pregnant, and I'm afraid that too many people will scare the big pig."

"If you want to see the pigs, the big and small pigs are all walking back and forth on the riverbank. They are very friendly. You can watch them at will."

After thinking for a while, he pointed to the corner and said, "There is a shoe brush over there. Hold the shoe brush and shout [Laolao], and the pigs will come over."

"Use a shoe brush to brush their fur and all over their body. They love this."

This activity is really loved by all pigs, but the river beach is too busy and not every pig can enjoy it every day. Now there are more than ten or twenty people coming here. Chen Xi has learned a lot from old Song's family and can make good use of the labor force.

So he was talking about it in extra detail: "They have thick skin and that shoe brush is just the right softness. They will lie down after being brushed, and they will even turn over after being patted on the back."

"They are clean too. Although they may be covered with grass leaves and mud, they swim and bathe in the river every day when the sun warms them up at noon..."

Pigs are actually smart and love to clean. They are very happy to move from the pigsty in the back mountain to this vast river beach with water and grass.

Daily life is well arranged.

really!

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked back at the corner eager to try, then stood on tiptoe to look at the pigs with particularly different physiques among the herd of cattle and sheep, and they immediately became excited!

Seeing them all rushing back to get their shoe brushes, Chen Xi smiled and then carried the bucket into the pigsty nearby.

Compared to the spacious indoor cattle and sheep pens, the pig pen was added later and was much smaller. But it was only relatively speaking. At least when Chen Xi entered, he always felt it was spacious.

The large white pig has been pregnant for two months and will probably give birth in thirty days or so. But maybe it is because it is carrying too many babies, so it has not been moving much recently.

Look, while other pigs are wandering around the field and prefer to sleep in the pigsty outside, it is the only pig that goes back to the indoor space, surrounded by plenty of straw and sunshine... and even gets extra meals from time to time!

It's so comfortable to hold a baby in your arms!

There is also a wild boar at home, which is also a male boar. Originally, it could be mated without Xiangxiang, but this wild boar was converted into a domesticated one halfway through. After seeing it before, Professor Song suggested that breeding should be arranged after 12 to 15 months.

Now, the big white pig is pregnant with sweet little babies!

Seeing Chen Xi coming, it quickly and swiftly arched its fat body up from the straw pile, then hummed and came to the bucket, shouting at him to serve the food quickly.

Every time Chen Xi saw this begging spirit, he felt that it was just lying there pretending to be so.

But whether they were pretending or not, they all had piglets. So he quickly poured the hot rice in the bucket into the trough. No other pigs came to fight for it, and the big white pig ate without even raising its head.

Chen Xi took this opportunity to check the body. It was all cooked, and the big white pig did not resist at all. However, after eating a few mouthfuls of the small bucket of snack, the big white pig contentedly opened the door and strolled out for a walk.

Chen Xi went to check whether the straw was damp or rotten, and then cleaned the pigpen and flushed the pig trough with water before going back with the bucket.

On the way, he saw five or six new arrivals surrounding two or three pigs, brushing them diligently with shoe brushes. The pigs grunted and fell down. He couldn't help laughing again.

Living here is really comfortable, and even my heart is easier to be happy.

……

The older brother is busy, and the younger brother is not idle either.

Chen Chi’s task today is to pick duck eggs and goose eggs.

Originally, the ducks were quite well-behaved, although at first they couldn't help but lay eggs everywhere, in the water, in the reeds, on the shore... they could really be seen everywhere.

But after Dabai's education, everyone became quite obedient.

In addition, we bought a new batch of ducklings this year. Big and small, they wag their butts to the river every day. Everything is still regular and they lay eggs in a fixed place.

But before, Xiao Shi and Xiao Eleven sneaked over to take a look and scared them, so now they are back to their old ways. There haven't been many duck eggs in the nest for two consecutive days, so Chen Xi knew something was wrong.

Just after finishing his lunch work, Chen Chi’s task was assigned.

  Zhang Wangjia was operating a machine to stir the fermented manure. The smell was not obvious because of the sealed lid, but it was obviously not a tiring job, so he had time to comment on Chen Xi's arrangement:

"It's a good idea to give this job to Da Chi, since he seems to love doing this."

"Of course not," Chen Xi also laughed, "He's looking for treasure! He's probably looking more carefully than either of us."

It wasn't long before I saw from afar that another basket had been sent back.

Chen Xi also walked forward and asked, "Where did you pick up this duck egg?"

The light green oval duck eggs were piled up in a small basket. They were big and well-proportioned, and they were obviously good eggs at first glance.

It would be such a pity if this broke!

Chen Chi pointed to the front and said, "I'll listen to my brother and pick it up on the shore first."

"Okay," Chen Xi understood, and then put the duck eggs aside: "Bring them to Qiao Qiao later when you have dinner. These can be used to pickle salted duck eggs."

"Be careful when you look at the reed marshes. If they are not duck eggs, don't pick them up. They may be eggs from other wild ducks, mandarin ducks or other wild birds."

It is said that there is another duck, but he has no knowledge of ducks and rarely has the opportunity to stand by the river and slowly appreciate them, so he doesn't know which one it is at the moment.

Chen Chi nodded. He was not impatient with Chen Xi's repeated instructions. Instead, he took the basket and asked, "If we pick it up in the water, should we put it separately?"

"Yes," Chen Xi nodded, "Put them separately. Eggs soaked in water are easy to spoil. We have to take them back to Old Song's house quickly. After they are made into salted duck eggs, only we can eat them."

Otherwise, if some of the products you sell are defective, it will be troublesome.

Chen Chi nodded, and then took back the basket: "Don't worry, brother! I'm very good at treasure hunting! I'm a treasure hunting mouse, and my name is Pig Bear!"

  Chen Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: What kind of Nezha would be able to raise such a big pig bear?

But he didn't say anything, just waved his hand: "Go quickly, it's better to pick it up today, otherwise it will deteriorate faster tomorrow." (End of this chapter)