Chapter 25 A litter of little rabbits
The next morning, after dinner, Fangyuan slipped out as soon as the eldest sister left for work. Today he took nothing with him and ran out empty-handed.
After leaving the woolen mill family compound, Fangyuan ran north. After spending the whole night, he didn't know if he had gained anything.
There was no movement in the first pit. The cabbage on top was still there, but it was frozen into popsicles.
The second and third ones were the same, but there was still no movement, which surprised Fang Yuan because it was winter now.
It's freezing and snowy outside, and there's nothing to eat at all. Are there no rabbits nearby? The radius is a bit too square.
Soon Fangyuan came to the fourth pit. When he was still more than 20 meters away from this pit, Fangyuan's eyes lit up because the pit collapsed.
Fangyuan hurriedly ran over, and sure enough, the cabbage leaf hanging on it was bitten. Fangyuan glanced into the pit, and saw a gray rabbit curled up at the bottom of the pit.
"Hahaha! It's true that people die for money and birds die for food! What do you call this? You call rabbits die for food."
Fangyuan stretched out her hand and was about to catch it, but after thinking about it, she still didn't reach out because rabbits can bite people.
So after thinking about it, Fangyuan decided to take in the space first. After entering the space, we didn’t just let Fangyuan take care of it.
With a thought, the rabbit disappeared into the pit, and then Fangyuan filled the pit. In one place, it is difficult to catch the second rabbit.
After filling in the hole, Fangyuan went to the last hole to take a look. He dug a total of five rabbit holes here.
No way, it's winter now. If it were any other season, there would be no need to go to such trouble to dig holes, just find some thin steel wire and make a few sets.
But not in winter. There are no roads in winter, there is snow everywhere, and there is no place to even put the condoms.
There was also no movement in the last pit. Fangyuan shook his head and prepared to go back. There was one that was pretty good, but he was still a little too greedy.
"Gu Gu... Gu Gu..." Just when Fangyuan was about to go back in a circle, he suddenly heard this voice.
"What is it?" Fangyuan looked along the business.
There is a snow bag here. The reason why it is called a snow bag is because there is something underneath the snow, but it is all covered with snow, so it is called a snow bag.
Fangyuan walked over and pulled away the snow on top, revealing what was underneath the snow. It turned out to be a pile of messy hay.
"Gu Gu... Gu Gu..." The business started again.
This time Fangyuan heard clearly. The sound came from under the hay. Fangyuan quickly opened the hay, and a hole appeared in front of Fangyuan.
"What a good thing!" Fangyuan's eyes lit up because he saw four little rabbits about the same size as his palm inside the hole.
Seeing these four little rabbits, Fangyuan was confused. Wouldn't he capture the mother rabbit?
Thinking of this, Fangyuan disappeared instantly, and then the person came to the space, grabbed the rabbit, took a look, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Because this was a male rabbit, he was relieved because if he had caught a female rabbit, he really couldn't bear to eat it.
After coming out of the space, Fangyuan collected the four little rabbits, of course into the space.
It's freezing and snowy outside, and there's not even anything to eat, but it's different in the space. Whether it's the grassland or the hill, there's grass everywhere.
It's a pity that he didn't see the female rabbit, otherwise it would be better to take them in together, but he didn't want to think about whether he could catch the female rabbit even if she was there.
Needless to say, this female rabbit probably went out to find food for her little rabbits and has not come back yet.
After receiving four little rabbits, Fangyuan was very happy. At least there were living things in the space, and he planned to put the four little rabbits in the space to breed naturally.
In less than two years, there will no longer be a shortage of rabbit meat. You must know that rabbits have very strong reproductive capabilities.
Rabbits generally reach adulthood in four months and can become pregnant as adults. The gestation period of rabbits is forty-four to forty-eight days, which means that a litter can be born in two months.
A litter can have four to ten birds, not just one litter every two months, but three months, that's four litters in one year.
Calculating from now on, the first litter of rabbits will be laid in six months. One litter will be calculated as six, and two litters will be twelve.
This is just talking about the litters of these four rabbits. In the next year and a half, six more rabbits will be born. Two pairs will make twelve litters, or six rabbits per litter, which will make eighty rabbits.
Don’t forget, at this time, the first litter of little rabbits has already laid several litters, and even the subsequent litters have laid many litters.
Let’s put it this way! If we don’t eat quickly in two years, the space will probably be overrun with rabbits.
There is no way, there are no four seasons in space, it is always spring. The most indispensable thing in such a season is food.
Of course, this is talking about food for rabbits, and food for humans is still lacking because farming cannot be done in the space, otherwise Fangyuan would not have to worry.
If they can farm, they can grow some food in Fangyuan. Even if they don't sell it, it will be enough for their family.
In fact, when the space first appeared, Fangyuan had already done experiments and planned to plant some sweet potatoes in it. Unfortunately, it didn't work, and only grass grew on that grassland.
Plant sweet potatoes and it will immediately become fertilizer for the grassland.
Fangyuan also thought about planting sweet potatoes on hillsides, but the same thing happened. As soon as they were planted, they would immediately turn into fertilizer, which disappointed Fangyuan.
Although you can't grow crops, Fangyuan found that you can breed rabbits and insects inside.
Of course, this is also because Fangyuan has nothing else to experiment with, but since rabbits and bugs can be put in, there should be no problem with other animals.
This can be considered a gain and a loss!
On the way back, Fangyuan kept observing the little rabbits. When they first entered the space, the little rabbits were still cautious.
It just didn’t take long before he started to eat a lot. Also, rabbits are very timid and were a little scared when they first entered.
But when I feel that there is no danger, how can I not eat such plump green grass?
Fangyuan went back, but he didn't go home. Instead, he went to the place where he lived before, cleared out a piece of the reed swamp, and knocked a hole in the ice with an axe.
Then he slaughtered the big rabbit. If Fangyuan was really just an eight-year-old child, he probably wouldn't dare to kill the rabbit.
After slaughtering the rabbit, Fangyuan cleaned it and carried it into the vegetable cellar. It wasn't that he didn't want to take it home, but that he couldn't take it home to cook.
The houses in family homes are all located next to each other. Let alone cooking meat, you can smell it even if you fart next door.
So Fangyuan plans to cook it here and take it home. It won't have the smell of cooked meat, so it should be much better.
Since there are no various seasonings, Fangyuan didn't bother. He just put the cleaned rabbit into the pot, added water, added some salt and started to heat.
Half an hour later, Fangyuan didn't add any more firewood because it was already cooked. Although there was no seasoning, the whole vegetable cellar was filled with the aroma of meat.
In fact, whether you add seasoning or not has little to do with the flavor of the meat. With seasoning, it just feels better when you eat it.
After simmering for a while, Fangyuan fished out the rabbit meat. He didn't throw away the broth, but put the pot into the space.
After the rabbit meat had cooled down, Fangyuan tore the meat from the bones and then scraped it with a knife. It can be said that no bit of meat was wasted.
Not to mention, this rabbit has a lot of meat. The full lunch box was not completely filled, and the second lunch box was also half full.
After doing this, Fangyuan threw the bones into the hills in the space, buried them in some soil, and turned them into fertilizer.
Put the box filled with rabbit meat into the space, put the box filled with half of the rabbit meat into the schoolbag, and Fangyuan came out of the vegetable cellar.
At this time, it is around ten o'clock in the morning, so it can be said that there is plenty of time.
When I got home, my mother was still sleeping, so Fangyuan didn’t disturb her and started playing in the yard.
Fangyuan looks like a child, so no one pays attention to him when he plays in the yard, and people passing by say hello to him.
Although it has only been a few days, everyone in this yard already knows that he is the son Wang Lin picked up.
Of course, Fangyuan has almost recognized all the people in this courtyard, but he just doesn’t know who is related to whom yet.
At around eleven o'clock, my mother got up. When she came out to get water, she saw Fangyuan playing in the yard and asked, "Son, why didn't you go out to play today?"
"I went out, but there was no one outside, so I didn't want to come back again."
"Uh!" Wang Lin was stunned for a moment and said, "Just wait a few more days. I've already gone to the school to ask, but there's still no reply from the school. I'll look for someone later."
Wang Lin thought Fangyuan was lonely, but unfortunately she didn't know that Fangyuan didn't mean anything at all, he just answered casually.
"Mom, it doesn't matter, I can come anytime."
Fangyuan is not keen on going to school at all, but he is keen on improving the living conditions at home, but unfortunately he is still too young.
Let's put it this way, if he is fifteen or sixteen years old now, or seventeen or eighteen years old, and he comes back to get some food from outside, he can just make up a lie and fool him.
But now, no matter what he says, others will not believe it, which is what worries him.
"Well! I will do it as soon as possible. If it doesn't work, I will ask your Uncle Jin for help."
"Mom, I'm really not in a hurry." Fangyuan said with a wry smile.
But the more he said this, the more Wang Lin felt that he wanted to go to school. After all, there were people playing in the school.
"Okay, I got it." Wang Lin shook her head and started cooking.
Fangyuan ran over at this time, looked up at Wang Lin and asked, "Mom, do you use meal tickets to eat in your factory cafeteria?"
"Yes, we use meal tickets, but they are different from the meal tickets outside. Our factory gets the meal tickets ourselves."
"Oh! Are they also exchanged for food stamps?"
To be honest, I’m not very clear about this radius, but it should be like this. After all, the food eaten in the factory cafeteria is also food.
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