The yard of Wang Mingqian's house is indeed very large. A circle house has been built, and there is still a lot of room left.
When Zhang An walked in and took a look, he could tell that the pen house their family built was used to raise sheep.
Because Zhang An saw several sheep heads stretching out at the entrance of the pen.
"Who are you looking for?"
The person who walked out of the main room was a woman in her forties. When she saw someone entering the courtyard, she came out and asked Zhang An what they were doing.
"Is this Wang Mingqian's house? We are here to catch sheep."
Shangyang is a term for local breeding sheep.
The woman opposite heard that Zhang Jianguo said he was here for breeding, and she also saw the big black sheep Zhang Jianguo was holding.
"That's right, this is our house. Come and sit down." After passing a stool to Zhang An and his son, he shouted to the family.
"Ming Qian, Ming Qian, someone is coming to our house to take care of the sheep, please come out quickly."
"Oh, here it comes."
A man's voice came from the room.
Then a slightly shorter middle-aged man walked out.
As soon as he came out, he greeted Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo with a smile.
"Here you come to feed the sheep. Where did your family come from? These sheep are well fed."
Zhang Jianguo took the cigarette that Zhang An handed over and gave Wang Mingqian to scatter one.
"We are from Changqing Village. Speaking of which, I bought this sheep from your family."
Wang Mingqian took the cigarette and lit it up. When Zhang Jianguo said that the sheep was bought from their home, he didn't believe it at all.
He saw that this goat was big and fat. Although it was also a black goat, it was much bigger than his own.
Their family has only sold one sheep, and it was a very thin ewe.
Compared with the one in front of me, it is completely different.
"It's impossible. You've been feeding your sheep for a year or two, otherwise it wouldn't be able to gain so much weight. Our family sold one to Mr. Huang from your village, but it wasn't that big."
Wang Mingqian shook his head as he spoke.
"Why am I lying to you? This sheep is the one that Mr. Huang bought. He bought it that day and took it to our house."
"Ah, it's true, but how do you feed this sheep? How long have you been feeding it? It has changed its appearance."
After talking for a long time, Wang Mingqian finally believed that the sheep was bought from their family.
"I don't feed her much, I just feed her grass every day. I've seen her barking all the time these days, and she's not honest. I think it's time to mate her, so why don't I take her here?"
Wang Mingqian didn't believe it when Zhang Jianguo said he was just feeding grass. How could he grow so big by feeding grass?
The corn grown at home doesn't grow much, but if people don't want to tell him, he can't keep asking.
If Zhang Jianguo knew what Wang Mingqian was thinking, he would definitely be very depressed.
He only feeds grass at home, and gives him corn from time to time, and sometimes he cuts it himself. Why doesn't this person believe it?
Several people sat in the yard for a while before Wang Mingqian got up and walked to the sheepfold.
He opened the door of a small cubicle and asked Zhang An to lead the ewe inside.
Zhang An led the ewe over and saw a sheep inside.
This sheep should be a breeding sheep raised by Wang Mingqian's family. No wonder it was separated separately.
The advantage of raising breeding sheep in this way is that you don’t have to worry about breeding sheep.
If it had been kept with other ewes, it would have lost its energy long ago.
When others came to mate him, he looked listless and empty. Who would want to mate such a breeding sheep?
To be honest, this ram is not as big as our big black sheep.
Our big black sheep is really in heat. Not long after we brought him in, he and the male started to smell each other.
Wang Mingqian didn't even need to guide them, the two sheep started playing on their own.
This is the first time Wang Mingqian has seen such a situation. In the past, even if his own sheep were kept in confinement for a long time, they would never be like this.
Those of you sitting here may not know that in the world of sheep, it is also a world of facial expressions.
Zhang An's ewes are being raised very well and seem to be running smoothly recently.
So in the eyes of the breeding sheep of Wang Mingqian's family, this ewe is absolutely white and beautiful.
Since the man is affectionate and the concubine is interested, what are you waiting for?
From start to finish, it took a total of ten minutes, so it was done.
Finally, the little ram rested for a while, and then he still had some unfinished thoughts.
Looking at its movements, I thought about dragging Zhang An’s big black sheep back again, but in the end it was ruthlessly pulled away by Wang Mingqian.
This meant that the breeding was successful. Zhang Jianguo took out ten dollars and handed it over.
"We haven't raised sheep before, so we don't know much about the prices of breeding sheep. With this little money, brother, you can buy a pack of cigarettes."
In the village, a pig or cow usually costs ten yuan, so Zhang Jianguo also took ten yuan.
But Wang Mingqian waved his hand and pushed it back.
"What kind of money do you want? You, a sheep, came from our house. If I charge you money, I will tell you when the time comes. Tell me what other people think of me. I won't do it. If you come here next time, I will take your money."
Not this time."
Anyway, Wang Mingqian said he would collect the money next time.
"Let's do this. If your ewe is matched, and if you raise breeding sheep in the future, you can help me mate it for free."
After all the words were said, Zhang Jianguo collected the money.
Now in Wang Mingqian's yard, the two began to discuss how to raise sheep.
After all, this was Zhang Jianguo’s first time raising this thing. When the ewe got pregnant, he had to ask questions about everything he needed to pay attention to.
And why did Zhang Jianguo think Wang Mingqian was hesitant?
In the end, I found out that it was because I didn't tell him how I raised the sheep, so he felt a little uncomfortable talking to him now.
Zhang Jianguo could only say that his family really didn't use any methods. If he felt that it didn't work, he could ask the people in the village.
If it really doesn't work, you can just go there and have a look in person. You really are herding sheep at home.
In the end, Wang Mingqian accepted Zhang Jianguo's statement in his heart.
Because if it were him, if he really had a way to raise a good sheep, he wouldn't be able to raise just one sheep.
So in the end, I also talked to Zhang An and his son about some precautions for raising sheep.
Including what it looks like when a ewe brings a baby, what to pay attention to, and how many days after the baby is born, everything is explained.
After the big black sheep at home was mated, Zhang An spent several days observing it carefully, for fear of any accident.
After several days of continuous observation, the changes in Big Black Sheep were obvious.
He no longer screams at all times and behaves honestly in the circle, but his appetite has been a bit bad recently.
Fortunately, the final result is that the lambs are matched. If they are raised well, the lambs will be born after only five or six months.
The black goat's mutton is considered a specialty in Zhang An's family.
In later generations, Zhang An often saw bloggers on short videos who had sheep at home on the grassland.
Every time Zhang An watches, people say that this sheep dares to eat grass today and eat people tomorrow, so he should take it back and roast it.
Or the other sheep didn't dare to eat it, but this sheep still tasted so good, so I took it back and roasted it.
They roasted mutton every day, and Zhang An was envious when he saw it.
If there is a chance in this life, Zhang An will have to realize the freedom of mutton sooner or later.
Then we will have roasted whole lamb, mutton skewers, stewed lamb, etc.
Mustache, work hard and strive to be like Rhubarb, and you will get two babies from one pregnancy.
Zhang An patted the big black sheep's head and grabbed a handful of grass to feed it.
Zhang An takes such good care of the big black sheep. Do you want to ask whether the big black sheep is moved?
That big black sheep must not dare to move. I have sold myself to Zhang An's family for so long, and I have never enjoyed such treatment.
When something goes awry, there must be a demon; when a person goes awry, there must be a knife; when something goes wrong, there must be a ghost.
The big black sheep looked at the attentive owner in front of him and had a bad feeling. The whole sheep was trembling now.
Sheep, sheep, I am so scared now.
Time flies and July 26th is coming soon.
Zhang An's family is moving to a new house today, but it's actually just a formality.
If you pay homage to the Bodhisattva of Heaven and Earth and the Kitchen God in your new house, you will be fine.
Because during normal times, the whole family still lives in the old house.
Only Zhang An will go to live in the new house, because this morning, Zhang An has brought all the animals at home to the new home by the river.
Although there are several dogs at home, someone still needs to take care of them.
The countryside today is not that clean, and no one knows if someone will target your home.
Zhang An didn't come over to Zhang An's three big black pigs and eight small wild boars.
Because Wang Fang said that it would be more convenient to feed them if they were placed in the old house.
The big black pig has been fed for almost half a year now, and it has grown strong and plump.
This pig must have a lot of fat when it is killed. Zhang An doesn't like eating fat.
I always think about letting them out for a run, exercising, and building up more lean meat.
Upon hearing this, Wang Fang said that he was ignorant. It was a good thing for the pigs raised at home to be fat and the horses to be strong. No one would dislike the pigs raised at home for being too fat.
The other eight little wild boars have grown a bit slowly. It has been a long time, but they have grown in size, but it is not obvious.
That is to say, they were not fed corn, otherwise they would not grow taller after eating the corn at home, then Wang Fang would have a problem with them.
The animals at home now are a little unaccustomed to their new home because there is no cherry forest outside where they can graze and walk.
Now there is still half a piece of wasteland behind the circle house that belongs to Zhang An's family, and beyond that is a barren slope.
There is no grass on it now, so there is no place to play if we let them out.
After Zhang An plants some trees and grass in the back in a few days, he can let them out.
When we were having dinner in the evening, the sky began to change its appearance and it began to rain heavily.
This made Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang very worried, because the millet in their fields could be harvested in the past two days.
I was planning to find time to start harvesting in the next two days, but it rained heavily today.
There has been an autumn rain and a cold spell. The earth, which was still being roasted by the autumn tiger at noon, now feels a little cold.
Many people have now found jackets to wear.
After dinner, Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang got up from time to time and walked to the door to see how long it would continue to rain.
When it got dark, the rain stopped.
Zhang Jianguo picked up the flashlight at home and went to the field dam.
He was going to see how the grains in the fields were doing. If they were knocked down by the rain, then half a year's work would be in vain.
I don’t know why this year, but the millet matured much earlier than in previous years.
Everyone in Changqing is planting the same rice seeds as previous years this year, and there is no talk of replacing early-maturing and late-maturing varieties.
In the past few years, the millet in the fields usually started to bloom from mid-August to the end of August.
As a result, it started many days earlier this year, and the flowers began to bloom one by one in early August.
Therefore, this year's rice matures earlier than in previous years.
Maybe the rice in the fields will be harvested before the National Day.
And Zhang An's house is a few days earlier than other houses.
Zhang Jianguo didn't feel relieved until he took a look around the field.
Because the rain that just fell did not knock the millet off the ears of rice.
There are many people going to the fields at this time, and everyone is worried about their own millet.
"Jianguo, how are the millets in your fields? I think your millets are ready to be harvested. Have they been knocked down?"
"Okay, okay, just a few fell. I have to collect them quickly tomorrow, otherwise there will be another burst of rain and they will probably be gone. How are you doing in your fields?"
"Ours hasn't turned yellow yet, and there's nothing wrong with it. Your family has to cut grain tomorrow, right? Then I'll come and eat it tomorrow."
When Zhang Jianguo said that he would be undergoing surgery tomorrow, several people offered to help.
This is also because Zhang Jianguo's family usually helps others a lot.
Early the next morning, Zhang An got up and sharpened his sickle in the yard.
Not only the second uncle and the third uncle's family came, but also several people who said they wanted to help harvest the millet also came to help with sickles.
Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang were not polite. Anyway, they could just go and help when other people were harvesting.
After it rained last night, the temperature came back up.
Although the sun shone for a while in the morning, there was still a lot of dew hanging on the ears of rice.
So in the morning everyone just cut the millet and put it in the fields to dry in the sun.
By the time I returned home after lunch and came back at noon, the dew had already dried up.
At this time, everyone carried the bucket to the field and started to beat the millet.
Because there were too many people, one bucket was not enough, so I borrowed the bucket from my uncle's house.
At the beginning of spring this year, my uncle organized everyone to dig and clean the roads in Tianba.
The place to be dug has been dug, so now we can drive the carriage to the field dam.
Zhang An drove his family's big black truck back and forth three or four times before pulling back all the millet from the fields.
In the next week, Zhang An's family finished harvesting the crops in the fields.
But this is not the end of the world. You still have to return the favor. If someone came to help you before, you have to return it.
However, Zhang An's family has a lot of labor, so when others come to help, it's usually only one person from the family.
So when they are busy, Zhang An's family can repay favors to three families in one day, and this does not include the big dark horse.
Because most people come to help just to borrow the big black horse.
"Mom, you and my dad usually eat this Polygonatum japonica as a snack. It's good for the body. You don't need to eat too much. Just do what the second grandpa said."
Yesterday, Zhang An washed a bunch of Polygonatum by himself and steamed it, and he is going to dry it today.
Zhang An always asked his parents to eat the Polygonatum japonica that was dried last time, but they always forgot to eat it.
In fact, I forgot to eat, but I was reluctant to eat and wanted to keep it and sell it for money.
This idea is not feasible. Zhang An originally dug it out just for his family to eat.
Now my family is not like before, thinking about selling everything for money.
As for Polygonatum, everyone knows it is a treasure, and many people buy it for consumption. After all, medicine and food come from the same origin.
But the most critical point is how to eat and how much to eat. Only when you eat right can the effect be good.
Zhang An doesn't have to worry about this, he just needs to follow the portions told by his second grandfather.
Zhang An also sent some to his fourth grandfather, asking him to eat some too.