A good time for farming through the ages

Chapter 158 [158] Hatching insects and feeding ducks (3000)

Zhuo Lin is well versed in the principle of being kind and being bullied. She is so lucky in this life that she did not fall into a patriarchal family. Her father and uncle are so capable, her brothers treat her well, and her aunt and mother get along harmoniously. Under the family, she has enough confidence to support the glory of the family, so she must not be kind, whoever really needs help, whoever has money in their hands will not give it out, and even pick and choose to take advantage of the shuttle, the Zhuo family thinks door clear.

Those who say that their family is not good are often jealous or want to take advantage of it.

For some families whose conditions are not good, with few strong laborers, and they can’t even afford tofu, the Zhuo family will send them for free, no money required.

They don't need them to tell the outside world how good they are, after all, it's not good for them, they just need the family to know how to be grateful.

In mid-March 1961, the earth warmed up and spring plowing began. A Niang and the others went to sell tofu in the morning, and took the oxen to plow the wasteland on the river bank in the afternoon.

Zhuo Lin didn't do anything at home, but secretly gave birth to fresh grass for their cattle and cattle to make tooth sacrifices. Tao Yi and the follower Zhuo Jian sold tofu. Even if she hid and was lazy, they would not talk about her.

Zhuo Jian was still pestering him before, but since he found out that following Tao Yi is more interesting than following himself, he abandoned her as a sister and resolutely switched to Tao Yi's sect.

It doesn't matter to her, as long as the child is hugged by her to keep warm in winter, at other times, he can follow whoever he wants.

When A Niang and his aunt came home in the evening, their faces were a bit unsightly. It turned out that a daughter-in-law of a family in the south of the village gave birth to a girl this afternoon. Her mother-in-law carried her to the river beach and threw it away. left her natal family.

Although it was just a simple sentence, it was not the first time that Zhuo Lin felt the horror of patriarchy in this era.

"It's really a drought to death, and a flood to death, why is it not good for the girl, she is also a woman, why do you look down on the girl?"

"The mother is not up to date, it's all like this, what else have you ever had with him?"

The aunt said it all, but she also knew that this was the current situation of daughter-in-laws. If they didn't have boys, they couldn't straighten their spines at all.

Whoever gave birth to several daughters in a row could be drowned by the spittle stars in the village.

"Zheng Wang's grandma...,"

Just after listening to the beginning, Zhuo Lin felt chills all over her body. This is still the 60s, a time when many children can be born

It is said that life is fragile, and it is indeed fragile, because within two days, another incident happened in the village. She has heard about this incident in later generations, but she did not expect it to happen so realistically before her eyes .

Stupid stuff.

Meeting an irresponsible mother will be a tragedy for the child's life.

This is dead, what if it is disabled?
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This year's spring plowing has cattle, and it saves a lot of money at home and abroad. Tao Yi has almost sold the tofu, and he will quickly go to the river beach to help. He is very discerning. Zhuo Lin brought Zhuo Jian to cook at home. While selling tofu, regardless of her young age, she already knows how to use a scale and settle accounts, and she is small and talkative. People who come to their house to buy tofu don't say no to her.

And she is also very powerful. When she sees someone who is not pleasing to the eye, she can embarrass the other party on the spot. Doesn't matter if you are an elder or who?You're welcome, don't suffer.

So she has already relied on her reputation at a young age, because she is too powerful and difficult to control, saying that she is old at three years old, this little girl is not suitable to be a daughter-in-law in the future, and her son can't deal with it. If you argue with yourself, you will be pissed off .

Zhuo Lin sneered after hearing this, don't worry, my sister doesn't like your son.

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Because of the cattle, the wasteland on the river bank is planted much faster than in previous years, and the varieties are still the same as last year, sweet potatoes, soybeans, potatoes, cotton and so on.

Except for the ones on the river beach, the vegetables in the small vegetable plots in front of and behind the houses at home were also planted before Qingming. Those that need to be bred should be covered with plastic sheets to keep them warm.

Usually in the afternoon, she will lead Zhuo Jian out to dig wild vegetables. Although this year’s wild vegetables are not as diligent as last year’s digging, this year’s wild vegetables grow very big because of the abundant rain. Feeding the cows is a very good side dish.

There is no shortage of food for cattle. After the tofu business expands, there are more bean dregs. The livestock in the family can eat enough, and there is no waste.

During the summer harvest in June, my uncle rushed home again in time. Together with his father and the boys in the family, they harvested wheat, planted rice, and paid public grain. They stayed at home for nearly a month before leaving in a hurry.

Every time after the uncle left, the aunt would be lonely for a long time. She wanted to give birth to a daughter, and she didn't know if there would be any good news this year.

After the rice was planted this year, they did not release fry, but many families in the village bought fry, and their family bought [-] ducklings, [-] ducks on four acres of land, and they were all female ducks. It's easy to eat salted duck eggs and feed the fish, but since so many people raise fish, it would be convenient for them to buy some fish. After much deliberation, they listened to Tao Yi's words and fed the ducks.

Ducks can also eat worms in the rice fields, and the excrement they pull out can also be strong. However, the ducklings have to be raised at home for a month in the early stage. After getting familiar with the environment and people at home, it is not too late to wait for the seedlings in the rice fields to grow. .

If there are more livestock in the house, there will be more flies in summer. If there are more flies, there will be more maggots. This is just a good fertilizer for chickens and ducks.

Tao Yi used rotten bean dregs to attract many flies into the cage to lay eggs, and then covered it with gauze. The window screen was not found, and he didn’t ask, probably not yet. The gauze was woven by an old woman in the same village. It's not that tight and tight.

Within a few days, I saw dense maggots crawling around in the rotten bean dregs. It looked a little disgusting, and goose bumps fell all over the ground.

"If you eat this thing, the chicken really won't have diarrhea?"

Zhuo Lin turned her face away in disgust, even though she had heard of this method, she still couldn't help nausea, but Tao Yi was much calmer.

"This is high-quality protein. Don't worry, it's very clean. Didn't you see that we have quarantined it? Like these bean dregs that have been overtaken by maggots, they can actually be strong. When you scatter them in the rice fields, the ducks will like them very much. "

Zhuo Lin couldn't help asking him: "You know too much, don't you? It seems that there is nothing you don't know." So, what did you do in your previous life?
"If you read a lot of books, you will know everything, so Linlin will have to study hard in the future."

In addition to feeding maggots, the brothers on summer vacation went to touch the cicada monkeys every night, and took home the cicada shells when they came across them. They soaked the cicada shells in salt water at night, and either fried them or baked them the next day. Eating it, it still tasted like it was in memory, even more plump.

Knowing that there are many monkeys and many flies, how can there be fewer mosquitoes?

In the era when there was no air-conditioning, many trees, and many plants, although it was not so stuffy, it was still unbearably hot at night, and they were all adobe houses, not even bungalows. Naturally, it was impossible to sleep on the roof, and there were no mosquito nets. Anyone can buy it, so Niang Da didn't sleep at night, and used it to fan her and Zhuo Jian and slap mosquitoes.

The older brothers are tough, tired from playing during the day, and can fall asleep as soon as they touch the bed at night. She and Zhuo Jian have delicate skin and are easily woken up by being bitten.

Especially Zhuo Jian, who eats white and fat, his arms are like lotus roots, joint by joint, A Niang is still in the gap between his joints, and finds the mosquito that was trapped to death, let me go, this operation is also useless who.

But daddy is even more amazing, it’s nothing more than snoring all over the sky, and it can kill mosquitoes. When he woke up in the morning, there were blood and black spots on his back. She crawled over and saw that it was a squashed mosquito.

Men seem to be far less sensitive to mosquitoes than women. As long as A Niang hears mosquitoes, she can't fall asleep, and so does Zhuo Lin.

But the only advantage is that in this era, there are fewer car exhaust emissions, the air is good, the global temperature has not warmed up, and the hottest summer has not exceeded [-] degrees. It may be too hot to sleep in the first half of the night, and it will turn cold in the second half of the night. Sleeping late can also make up for sleep.

Because there are a lot of livestock in the house, the number of flies is a big problem. Therefore, as long as Dad is at home, Tao Yi begs to make some cages to attract the flies in and lure them to lay eggs. They also do much less, and even adopt an appointment system. If anyone wants tofu the next day, they can tell in advance and record it. People from the same village will pick it up the next day, and those from other villages will deliver it.

In this way, there are almost no leftovers, and they can be sold out before noon, which is clean and trouble-free.

Zhuo Lin is afraid of mosquitoes, and the most mosquitoes are in the evening, so she dare not wear half sleeves or short sleeves. The first time I bite it, it was all red, but I suffered.

Last year she was so busy that she didn't have time to take care of this. This year, Tao Yi took care of everything. Once she was free, wouldn't she be attracted to catching mosquitoes?

She and Tao Yi fed the ducks and ducks at home for a month, and now their lovely yellow color has faded, their wings are hardened, and after they turn white, they rush to the rice fields after breakfast in the morning, and come back in the evening. The shelf car at home can be used as a means of transportation with a baffle.

(End of this chapter)