Chapter 27 Fish farming? I'm all waiting to see her jokes
Liang Xiaonan's plan to dig his farmland into a pond to raise fish caused quite a shock in the village.
I don’t know what the three grandsons thought. They only had half an acre of land. On the day they were divided, they only shared 10 kilograms of sweet potatoes and 10 kilograms of corn. They have almost finished eating it now, right?
If you don’t look for some wild vegetables and plant corn properly, how can you raise fish?
It's true that this place is called Yu County, but people in Yu County don't raise fish, and they don't eat fish. They don't have enough to eat. Who is going to eat those fish that are fishy and thorny?
If you really want to breed, go raise a pig. Pork is rich in oil and water and can be sold at a high price.
You only raise fish if your brain is crazy!
Besides, who will be selling fish in the future? Liang Xiaonan? A big girl will sell fish in public, and she will completely lose her face.
Liang Xiaonan didn't care so much, she called Xiao Tiezhu, Daniu and Erniu again to help dig the fish pond.
Xiao Hongyu helped her and dug with a hoe for 4 or 5 days, cutting down all the shrubs and grass at the foot of the mountain to create 3 or 4 points of land like terraces.
Liang Xiaonan threw the potatoes into the main hall of Shennong Hall, watered them with Lingquan water, and sprouted. Leave 1-2 sprouts in each piece, and cut the potatoes into pieces. Grandma Liang brought a pile of plant ashes from the stove and gave them to the potatoes.
The pieces were all covered with a layer of dust.
Xiao Hongyu looked at these sprouted potato pieces and asked Liang Xiaonan: "Xiaonan, are these potatoes really edible?"
"Of course, it's delicious. You'll know when you try it."
"You are really capable. I went back and asked my mother, and she had never heard of potatoes."
After digging the ground, Liang Xiaonan planted potatoes without even taking a break.
Grandma Liang is old, and Xiao Tiezhu and her two sons have big appetites. She is too tired to cook food for seven people at a time.
Liang Xiaonan went to the town and bought 20 steamed buns and 20 sesame seed cakes, and stir-fried the snails he had raised for several days.
Xiao Hongyu knew it was delicious when she smelled it, and said: "Xiao Nan, the snails you fried are so delicious. You can ask Grandma Liang to sell them in town to make money."
Liang Xiaonan shook his head: "The snails are delicious, but it takes too much effort. I might as well raise the fish well and grow the potatoes well."
"Xiaonan, you want to raise fish, have you thought about it? People in Yu County don't eat fish, will you be able to sell it by then? I heard from my mother that the whole village is waiting to see your joke!"
"Ha, my jokes are not that easy to laugh at!" People in Yu County don't eat fish? That means they haven't caught any fish.
She sells any fish for 1 yuan per catty. Are you laughing at her? You have the wrong person!
Xiao Tiezhu and Daniu Erniu worked hard for several days, building a good fish pond for her and filling it with water.
Mrs. Zhao knew that Xiao Hongyu and Liang Xiaonan had a good relationship, and Liang Xiaonan taught Xiao Hongyu how to fry snails, which was really delicious, so the Xiao family did not want to stay to eat while they were working.
Liang Xiaonan asked Grandma Liang to give 10 yuan to the Xiao family. Xiao Tiezhu didn't want it either dead or alive. He said that he would help with some work in a village. How could anyone ask for money!
Grandma Liang said: "Take it, Xiaonan and Xiaobei have already said that from now on, Daniu and Erniu will help take care of this fish pond at night, and the wages must be paid. If you don't accept the money, I won't dare to ask you for help in the future."
Xiao Hongyu blinked her big eyes and said, "Grandma Liang, how much does it cost to just sleep and watch fish?"
The two sons of the Xiao family are very weak but not very bright. The intelligence of the Xiao family has been absorbed by the youngest daughter Xiao Hongyu. This girl is very clever.
"You work on your own farmland during the day, and at night you sleep in the hut over the fish pond and watch over it. I'll give you 20 yuan a month, and you'll get wages from selling the fish. Do you think it's okay?"
Liang Xiaonan originally said she would pay 30 yuan, 1 yuan a day, but Grandma Liang said it was too much. Now formal workers in the city only earn more than 30 yuan a month, which is enough to support a family. The big cow and the two cows take turns going to the nunnery at night.
Sleeping in a shed is more comfortable than a worker, so 20 yuan is a lot.
Xiao Tiezhu said: "If the fish cannot be sold by then, or if it is stolen, we will not take the wages."
In any case, this was a happy event for both parties. Mrs. Zhao was embarrassed and asked Daniel to bring a jar of bean paste to Grandma Liang, and also brought 20 eggs saved at home to Grandma Liang.
After the fish pond was built, Liang Xiaonan and his brother went to the fish fry wholesale market and bought 500 herring fry.
Liang Xiaonan looked at the old plastic box next to her that contained half a box of fish fry that had been picked up by someone else. She negotiated a price with the shop owner, but he only took 10% of the price and gave her the old plastic box as a gift.
Liang Xiaobei said: "Sister, these fry are not good, why did you buy these?"
"If you feed them in a pond, they might be able to survive. If one out of ten can survive, that's enough."
When Liang Xiaobei wasn't paying attention, she poured a drop of spiritual spring liquid into both water tanks.
I also bought bean cakes and corn grits for feeding the fish, and pushed the cart back to Dakeng Village, where everyone gathered to watch the fun.
Liang Jinbao also looked at it with disdain on his lips. No one in Dakeng Village had ever raised fish, and no one liked to eat fish. She was just a girl raising fish. She was so poor, right?
Liang Xiaonan poured the fry into the fish pond. Liang Xiaobei was shocked when he saw that the fish in the old plastic box were so happy.
"Sister, the pond here is so nice, those little fish are alive."
Liang Xiaonan thought to herself, "Can I live? The liquid from my spiritual spring is dripping."
"Xiaobei, starting from today, you will cut the grass, chop the grass into pieces, and feed the fish."
"okay."
When you live a good life, your whole body feels strong.
After the villagers dispersed, Liang Xiaonan diluted about 5 ml of spiritual spring liquid with a bucket and poured it into the fish pond.
Don't drip too much, otherwise the fish will grow too fast and she will be regarded as a monster.
I went to the pond to get water again, and dropped some spirit spring liquid to water the potatoes next to them. Now that the potatoes are in the germination stage, I can't water them too much.
After a busy day, the fry were still small and there was no need to watch them. She and Liang Xiaobei went home to rest.
When he walked near his home, a man jumped out from the dark corner. Liang Xiaonan was startled and instinctively got into a fighting stance.
The man was so frightened that he dropped what he was holding, said "I'll make it up to you", turned around and ran away.
Liang Xiaobei picked up the bag from the ground. There were things inside that were squeezing around and making "chichijiji" sounds. The two of them took it into the light and saw that there were 10 half-sized chickens inside.
Needless to say, the man just now was a fool. He promised to compensate Liang Xiaobei, and he really did.
Both siblings let out a long breath, and Erluzi finally gave in.
Grandma Liang had already cooked dinner at home, but Liang Xiaonan was too tired and fell asleep without eating dinner.
Grandma Liang fanned her distressedly to drive away the mosquitoes. Liang Xiaobei ate quietly, clenched his fists and said to himself: "Grow up quickly, I can't make my sister so tired."
The night in the mountain village is very quiet, and everything in the village falls into sleep.
Suddenly, a scream broke the silence, waking up the people who had worked hard all day. The indescribable noise was frightening, and the dogs in the whole village started barking "woof, woof, woof".
Grandma Liang woke up first and hurriedly got dressed and went out. She heard the chaos in the village, mixed with the sound of iron buckets "dinging, banging, banging".
There are billowing black smoke mixed with crackling sounds, and a huge fire breaks out from the east. Whose house is on fire?
"Director Wang's house is on fire, hurry up and put out the fire!"
"Where's the well rope? Hurry and get water!"
Grandma Liang was a little confused. Wasn’t the yard on fire the Dazhuang yard?
She was about to go out and take a look when she heard Wang Cuiying shouting: "Go to the fish pond at the back. It's too slow to draw water from the well. Just scoop water from the fish pond. Go quickly!"
The chaotic footsteps of "dong dong dong" went straight to Liang Xiaonan's fish pond.