Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 224
People in this era seldom use medicines on poultry and livestock. Some poor families don’t necessarily have the money to buy medicines when they are sick. Jinxi is lucky. She brings back this pile when she goes to town, and the big guys are all around. Come over and look curiously at the medicinal materials that Jin Xi brought back.

"There are Coptis chinensis, Green Snake Boy, Fotan Mother, this is Houttuynia cordata, and Eucalyptus eucalyptus..." Jin Xi took out a little of each and waved them before everyone's eyes, and Sun looked at these herbs in astonishment, The hope in my heart increased a bit, but at the same time, I was troubled by new things.

"Xi'er, how should these medicines be given to those chicks? Is it possible to pour them down one by one? They hatched less than half a month ago, and they are too tender to eat!" Sun worried, Dong Ma and Mrs. Sun also has the same concerns.

"Mother, don't worry, let's boil these medicines into water, then mix them with clean water, and sprinkle them two or three times next to the chicken shed every day, and it should be effective! The troughs and sinks are also treated with this medicine. Rinse it twice to kill the virus!" Jin Xi said, prevention is better than nothing!

Mrs. Sun nodded, that's all there is to it, try it out, it's better than doing nothing and staring blankly!So, under Jin Xi's guidance, Jian took the medicine and went to the kitchen to prepare for brewing.

In the next few days, the situation in the chicken coop affected the hearts of the whole family. Mrs. Sun and Ma Dong devoted all their attention to taking care of these little chickens. Isolated in the shed.

The news that Jin Xi's chickens were plagued by plague soon caused a stir in the village. When they heard that chicken plague had come again, many families who had chickens in the spring were very worried.

Daniu's wife, Chunzhu's wife, and Cui Kongque all came to check on the situation and comforted Mrs. Sun.After Cui Kongque's home, they also refurbished their chicken coop according to the layout of Jinxi's chicken coop.

Soon, the rooster plague really came, and there were rumors in the village that so-and-so's family had a few more chickens today. In the ditch outside the willow forest behind the village, many dead chickens were piled up in just a few days. My dog ​​and the nearby wild dogs and cats all went to the stinking ditch to grab food.

Someone saw with his own eyes that Li Changgen's wife picked up the big hen thrown away by Daniel's family, skinned it, took out the internal organs, bit the red pepper from the tank and stir-fried it, and the whole family had a good meat meal. !
This action undoubtedly touched the hearts of some people in the village. Some villagers in the village, or those who are poor and rarely eat meat on weekdays, or who are greedy, or who are frugal and reluctant to spoil, all follow the example of Li Changgen's family. , One after another went to the smelly ditch to pick up the plague chickens thrown away by other people's houses.

You pass it on to me one by one, and I pass it on to you, saying that if you clean out the internal organs and stir-fry them with garlic and red pepper, they will not be poisonous.As a result, Jinjishan Village set off a craze for eating chicken. Every day at lunch time, as long as you walk around the village, you will be able to smell the spicy aroma wafting in the air.

In this sudden chicken plague, the chickens of the people in the village suffered heavy losses. In just a few days, almost half of the chickens that were newly embraced by many people were gone.

However, Jinxi's family, which was the first to get sick, was cautious and strict in defense matters. In this great plague, the chickens damaged were not too heavy. Because Cui Kongque went back that day, he quickly followed Jinxi's family's example. , Cui's chicken also recovered some.

As a result, many women in the village came to Jinxi's chicken shed to gain experience. They heard that they gave medicine to the chicken shed, and the villagers in neighboring villages followed suit.Even in the past few days, the threshold of Dr. Wang's clinic in the town has been broken down. Dr. Wang never imagined that the few medicinal herbs he wrote with a pen would be wiped away in an instant because of Jin Xi's impatience. And Kong, he hurried to the county town for medicine and came back in a large number!

The momentum of the chicken plague is gradually weakening, and there are intermittent news in the village, and there are reports of chickens being damaged. Early this morning, a large family was eating porridge in the dining hall in the backyard. The legs and feet of the strongest reed hen were trembling, and it must have been tricked.

Liang Yuzhong suggested to deal with it quickly, so as not to spread the disease to other chickens.Mrs. Sun was very distressed, this big hen was originally intended to be saved for Jinxi's birthday at the end of April, but it was slaughtered for stew!

"It's such a pity... How about we stir-fry it with spicy peppers and serve it to you? Many people in the village dare to eat it, so it doesn't seem to be a problem..." Mrs. Sun discussed with Jin Xi and Liang Yuzhong like this, it seems that It is very reluctant to throw away.

A plague chicken is a plague chicken, no matter how it is processed, the meat is bound to contain the virus, Jin Xi does not want to have the fluke mentality of the villagers, everything is worth less than [-] yuan, just in case, if unlucky enough to catch bird flu, That was really deadly, so Jin Xi shook her head and vetoed it without thinking, and her attitude was very firm.

Liang Yuzhong also had the same thoughts as Jin Xi, so Sun had no choice but to give up her thoughts, and ordered Mother Dong to throw away the still-breathing hen.

After Liang Yuzhong and Jinxi had breakfast, they tidied up and went to the ox cart in the outer courtyard. After returning from the county town, they were busy with chicken plague, and hadn't been to the shop in the town for several days.

Here Liang Yuzhong and Jin Xi had just driven the ox cart out of the gate of the yard, Dong Ma hurried over from the other side of the pond, Jin Xi was amazed at how Dong Ma came back so soon, the willow forest is quite a distance from here!
Jin Xi glanced at Dong Ma's empty hands and asked, "Dong Ma, why did you come back so soon?"

"Miss, I didn't go to Chengliu Grove. At the entrance of the village, I met the second lady who came out to do laundry, so I took the chicken away." Mama Dong said urgently.

Liang Yuzhong grabbed the cow and frowned. The second wife Dong Ma said was none other than Yang.

Two days ago, Liang Lihui hired a carriage to go back to Jinjishan Village, and the family of three, Liang Yulin Yang and Liang Libai, hitchhiked.When Liang Lihui and the others came back, chicken plague was raging. Liang Lihui didn't eat lunch, and only sent back the 200 taels of cash from the house seller, and left Jinjishan Village in a hurry.

According to what everyone discussed before, Lao Liangtou divided up his four sons and one daughter, and Jin Xi's family also got 40 taels.

Of the 40 liang of silver that Da Fang received, Liang Lihui, Liang Lisheng, Liang Lizhi, and Liang Liqing each got [-] liang of silver.Liang Lihui gave up his own [-] taels to honor the Jin family. Liang Liqing's [-] taels were temporarily placed in Liang Lisheng's place for safekeeping, and would be handed over to Liang Liqing when he got married in the future. Three uncles testified about this.

"You didn't tell her that this chicken is a plague chicken?" Jin Xi turned back to the topic and asked Mama Dong.

There is not even half a chicken left in the backyard of Old Liangtou's house. It wasn't the chicken that died of plague, but some time ago, it was sold off in order to get a relationship with Liang Yuju who was in prison.Liang Yulin and Yang's came back this time, just in time for the craze of spicy fried chicken in the village, so greedy...

"Speaking of which, I said that this chicken is a plague chicken. If you eat it, you will get sick. The madam and the eldest lady asked me to throw it away. But the second madam said that she can eat the dead ones, not to mention that the chicken is still alive? I just came up and snatched it. I ran away home! Miss, what should I do about this?" Mama Dong asked Jin Xi for advice.

Jin Xi and Liang Yuzhong looked at each other, Liang Yuzhong said: "Xi'er, what do you think about this matter?"

Jin Xi frowned, and said: "Just to be cautious, I have to go and get the chicken back. Later, if the second uncle and the second mother feel bad about them, they have to push it on our family again!"

Liang Yuzhong thought about it, and in order not to cause trouble, he nodded and said: "Then you can rest at home for another day today, and go to town tomorrow!"

Jin Xi hummed, jumped out of the bullock cart, and stepped aside, Liang Yuzhong swung the whip to drive the bull, and slowly drove up the official road.

"Mother Dong, go and tell my mother that I didn't go to town today, but went to the village." Jin Xi turned her head to tell Mama Dong.

Dong Ma thought of the way the second wife Yang's eyes were staring at the plague chicken just now, and she was afraid that the eldest lady would not be able to snatch her away, and said: "Miss, please wait here for a while, I will go to say hello to Qingyang, and then I will go to Qingyang immediately." You go into the village together!"

To get the plague chicken back from Yang's mouth, words alone won't do it, seeing Dong Ma's sturdy appearance with broad arms and round waist, Jin Xi nodded: "That will work!"

Soon, Mama Dong turned back, followed Jin Xi half a step and walked quickly towards the village.

After experiencing a whole wet and cold winter, it is now in the spring of March, and everything is recovering.The plan for a year lies in spring, and farmers are busy preparing for the upcoming spring plowing and planting.

When Jin Xi took Dong Ma into the village, she met many villagers who had breakfast and went out to the fields with their farm tools on their shoulders.In the huge village, most of the rest are old people with their children, and the adults have all gone to the ground.

Jin Xi and Dong Ma quickly turned to the bluestone road alley where the old Liang's house was located. The original main entrance of the old Liang's house, now only the big house comes in and out through this door, and the second and fourth rooms are from the west side. Another door is opened in the alley to enter and exit.

Seeing that the door of the big room was open, Jin Xi walked over to have a look, and saw Mrs. Tan sitting in the main room doing needlework, and Mrs. Jin sitting on a low stool leaning against the wall, with a large wooden basin in front of her. Buried in rubbing clothes.There was no water in the basin, so there was a washboard with a piece of clothing on it, and Jin rubbed it back and forth.

Jin Xi stood at the door and greeted Tan Shi and Jin Shi, Jin Shi raised her face stiffly, followed the sound and looked over, her expression was a little dazed, her eyes a little cloudy, the clearness in winter was gone.

"Young girl Rou is here?" Jin said with a grin at Jin Xi.

Mama Dong froze for a moment, and was about to correct her, when Jin Xi raised her hand to stop her, and gave Jin Shi a gentle smile.

"Wash your clothes!" Mrs. Tan snorted, and Mrs. Jin quickly lowered her eyes and continued to toss the dry clothes.

"What are you doing here?" Tan raised her eyelids and asked Jin Xi who was standing at the door.

Jin Xi pointed to the second room at the back, and said: "Second mother snatched away the plague chicken that my house was about to throw away, I'll get it back!"

Tan was in a daze, then sneered, and said: "Damn it, no wonder the mouth was crooked when I ran home just now, and fooled me into saying that it was a hen from her natal family, Lao Yang's, that's how it came together!"

(End of this chapter)