In Changqing Village, Zhang An's family is paying close attention to the situation of the ewe family.
The Su Ying family who got on the bus were almost at the Changqing intersection.
"Changqing Dahe, do you want to get off the bus?"
When the minibus drove to Shiyakou, the driver shouted several times in the car.
"Yes, yes."
When Wu Qiuping heard the driver shouting that she was in Changqing, she quickly responded.
At first she thought she would take a bus to the town and back again, but she didn't expect the driver to shout.
This is treatment you don't get elsewhere.
In fact, shuttle bus drivers used to not shout.
Most people from every place will shout to the driver when they are about to reach the place closest to their village:
"Master, please stop somewhere in front of me."
As more and more people come to Changqing recently, many people don't know the way, so everyone has to ask on the bus.
In the end, the driver approached the Changqing intersection to save trouble.
We will shout in the carriage in advance, of course, for everyone's convenience.
If there are people getting off the bus, stop the bus. If no one is getting off, just go straight to town.
I heard the driver calling Chang Qing, and my mother responded and got out of the car.
Su Ying's head was buzzing and she was a little confused and at a loss.
Didn't we agree to come out and play?
Why did you come to Zhang An's house so smoothly?
But before she could think about it, Wu Qiuping pulled her out of the car.
As soon as they got off the car, they saw Zhang An's sign at the entrance of the village, which was very iconic.
On the way into the village, there were some horse-drawn carriages coming and going soliciting passengers.
"Mom, didn't you say you wanted to go out to play? Why are you here? Did you go to the wrong place?"
"We came to the right place. Your dad and I were planning to find a farm to play in. Didn't you say that the young man Zhang An opened a farmhouse at his house? We just happened to go to his house. Didn't you know that when we were in the car?"
Wu Qiuping saw her daughter asking questions, so she said it directly.
"But if we don't know where to go, why should we go to Zhang An's house?"
Su Ying was a little anxious now, thinking about what her old mother said a few days ago.
Only then did she realize that everything she came out to play with was fake.
They were planning to come to Zhang An's house for a visit.
"Oh, Yingying, we spend money wherever we go. It just so happens that you also know Zhang An, so we won't spend the money on outsiders. Your dad and I just happened to have a look at this young man. Let's go, you lead the way.
Bar."
Having already arrived here, Su Ying was a little helpless.
She only regretted that she didn't ask where she was going before getting in the car.
If I had asked earlier, she wouldn't have followed.
Now that we are on the battlefield, where can we retreat to?
What else could Su Ying do? She just walked in front.
She just hoped that her mother would not say anything inappropriate later, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.
"This village is not bad. The roads at the entrance of the village are so well built."
Seeing that the cement road into the village was quite thick, Wu Qiuping felt that this village was pretty good.
Because in many rural areas now, the roads are very poor.
"Mom, this road has just been repaired not long ago. It seems that people in Zhang An's village donated money to repair it. When we came here last summer, it was a dirt road."
Su Ying remembered that when she came last year, this place was still dusty.
"That would be even better. You can donate money to build roads. This is much better than many places."
After Su Ying said this, Wu Qiuping had a better impression of the village.
"Lao Su, look, this place is nice. This bridge looks natural, which is rare."
Su Ying's family walked down from the stone pass and saw the wide and calm river in front of them.
"It's really nice here. It's a pity that we haven't gone out for a walk after so many years."
Although they are both in the same county, it is rare for the couple to come out together.
When we walked to the entrance of the village, we saw the merit monument at the head of the bridge.
Wu Qiuping and Su Shaowen also stood and took a look.
"Yingying, this Zhang An is the Zhang An you mentioned, right?"
Wu Qiuping looked at Zhang An hanging with Li Hongbin on the merit monument, and asked her daughter.
"Yeah, that's him. This Li Hongbin is a very close friend of Zhang An, and he is a boss of construction projects."
Then he introduced Li Hongbin to his parents.
Including Li Hongbin, everyone has built a house in the village and told his parents about taking it over.
Having said this, Wu Qiuping already weighed in her mind.
"I didn't expect that there are shows in this village. Look at the dragon dance in the square."
Walking forward from the bridge, Wu Qiuping saw the lanterns that had just been removed from the drying ground. Then the dragon dance team came out holding the flower dragon and quickly pointed it out to the father and daughter.
This kind of folklore activity was often held during the New Year celebrations in the county in previous years.
But I haven’t seen many of them in the past two years. They are all modern song and dance performances.
She originally said she was going to Zhang An's house, but now Wu Qiuping was attracted by the dragon dance in the village.
The family of three walked towards the large sunbathing area in Changqing, preparing to get closer and watch.
On the drying ground, there were also many people attracted.
The flower dragon in Changqing Village is not small, it is already a big green dragon.
The dragons in the dragon dance are also divided into different sizes. Some are small flower dragons danced by children of seven or eight years old.
There is no such thing in Changqing Village, nor in any of the nearby villages.
There is also a small green dragon dance performed by young people aged fifteen or sixteen, which is available in the town next door.
As for Changqing's Hualong team, it only has twenty or thirty people.
When we were still in the brigade, there were forty or fifty people in a Hualong team, all of whom were men in their twenties to forties.
The main reason is that the dragon's head is too heavy for young people to hold. Even if they can carry it, they won't be able to dance well.
As a group of old people blew the suona from their mouths, the dragon ball of the Flower Dragon Team began to take the lead in moving.
Dance to the beats one by one, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes left, sometimes right.
The dragon's head, body and tail at the back also began to move, although it seemed to be without any order.
But in fact, everyone was dancing to the beat of the suona and the movements of the dragon ball in front.
As the steps of the Hualong team’s men began to speed up, the pace began to quicken.
A long big green dragon rolls and dances in the sun drying field, as if it is flying in the clouds and mist in the sky.
After lasting for half a quarter of an hour, the dragon dance was finally over.
The people around me didn’t hesitate to applaud.
After watching the dragon dance show, Wu Qiuping remembered that she was going to Zhang An's house today.
So I let my daughter lead the way, and it took a few minutes to walk from the sunbathing field to Zhang An's house.
Arriving at Zhang An's yard, Su Ying found that the door was open, but she saw no one.
"Zhang An, are you at home?"
When someone shouted, Wang Fang came out of the circle. When she saw Su Ying, Wang Fang was particularly surprised.
"Oh, Xiaoying is here, aren't Ningning and the others here?"
Then Wang Fang asked Wu Qiuping and Su Shaowen behind Su Ying.
"Auntie, they didn't come today. This is my father and this is my mother. We came to the village to play."
Su Ying blushed and introduced her parents to Wang Fang.
When Wang Fang heard that they were Su Ying's parents, she became even more enthusiastic.
Immediately he said hello to Su Shaowen and Wu Qiuping.
Wang Fang saw that these two people were older than herself and the men in her family, so she called them eldest brother and eldest sister.
Wu Qiuping, on the other hand, was on the contrary. She knew that Zhang An was only twenty years old, but the picture of An's mother in front of her was probably too young.
This face looks like that of a person in his thirties, with no wrinkles visible, and he is also called a big girl.
"Let's go and sit in the house."
Wang Fang greeted the family warmly. Wang Fang had always been interested in Su Ying.
In the past, Wang Fang always thought about the two girls Chen Ning and Su Ying. It would be great if one of them could be friends with her son.
But after hearing her son tell Chen Ning about the situation at Chen Ning's family, she no longer counted on Chen Ning.
On the contrary, Su Ying, who is a little older than Zhang An, seems to her to be the most suitable.
He looks good, has a diploma, has a good personality, and can talk to himself normally.
So she has always been very satisfied with Su Ying. Today she saw Su Ying's parents coming.
I was planning to let my son behave well in front of adults later.
It has to be said that Wu Qiuping and Wang Fang actually made plans together without communicating with each other.
"By the way, Auntie, aren't Zhang An and uncle at home?"
Su Ying didn't see Zhang An at home, so she asked.
"They were at home. The ewe at home was giving birth to a lamb today. They were watching there and I called them out."
Wang Fang said that she was about to go into the circle and call Zhang An out.
"Auntie, there's no need to shout. I haven't seen the little goat yet. I'll go to the pen to have a look."
Su Ying heard that Zhang An's ewe had given birth to a baby, so she wanted to take a look at what the baby goat looked like.
"Yes, yes, we also happened to go to see the animals in the pen. Yingying has been saying at home that your family has a lot of animals."
Listening to what the old mother next to her said, Su Ying had a strange expression.
Why do you say it so often? Didn't you just say it once when you asked?
Seeing that his wife and daughter were going, Su Shaowen naturally wanted to follow.
Although he didn't think it was anything interesting, he had seen a lot of it when he was an educated youth.
But as a rake, he didn't dare to say anything.
Wang Fang doesn't mind either, because her circle is different from other people's circles.
Because my son cleans it every day, the pen is now as clean as a zoo.
Moreover, they have cleaned up the place where the ewes just gave birth, and now it is covered with dry straw.
"Zhang An, what are you doing?"
As soon as she walked into the sheepfold, Su Ying saw Zhang An holding a little lamb and warming himself over the fire.
"Is this a newborn lamb?"
"Hey, Teacher Su is here. The lamb has just been born. I'm roasting the lamb."
"Ah, it's so small, how could you do it?"
When Su Ying heard Zhang An talk about roasting lamb, she thought it was a bit cruel because the lamb was so small.
"Hahaha, you misunderstood. I was drying it, otherwise it would be cold. It was not grilled."
Zhang An saw that Su Ying had misunderstood and quickly explained.
Although Su Ying's family had just been talking to Wang Fang in the yard for a long time.
But except for the sound of Su Ying entering the yard, no one else was heard.
No matter how good his hearing is, it won't work if he is separated by several walls.
"Are these two uncles and aunts?"
Seeing Wu Qiuping and Su Shaowen behind Su Ying, Zhang An noticed that Su Ying looked somewhat similar to this aunt.
"Yes, this is my dad, and this is my mom. We came out to play today."
Su Ying blushed slightly and introduced her parents to Zhang An.
"Dad, Mom, this is Zhang An."
"Hello, uncle and aunt, you are welcome to come and play in the village."
Knowing that they were Su Ying's parents and considered an elder, Zhang An took the initiative to say hello.
"Haha, hello Zhang An, we're just here to bother you today." The couple both said hello to Zhang An.
Wu Qiuping looked at the young man in front of her. Not to mention other things, just looking at his head and appearance, the more he looked at him, the more satisfied he became.
At this moment, Wu Qiuping had nothing to think about the matter between her daughter and Zhang An.
Sure enough, women are mostly judged by their appearance, not their age.
Wu Qiuping looked at the three lambs on the ground, two of them were very big and one was very small, so she asked curiously:
"Hey, are these three lambs just born? Why are they so different in size?"
"Auntie, these three sheep were all just born today. The two were the first big ones and are very healthy, but the smallest one almost killed its mother."
As Zhang An said this, he told Su Ying's family about the dangers of the birth of the third lamb.
Su Ying is a Chinese teacher. When she heard that the ewe had no strength, she still insisted on giving birth to the lamb, which had little hope.
His two eyes were slightly red, sighing at the greatness of his mother.
"Well Zhang An, can this little lamb survive?"
Hearing what Zhang An said was so dangerous, Su Ying was a little worried about this little guy.
"There is no danger now. As long as the ewes behind them have enough milk, they will grow up healthily."
If the sheep were in another home, even if it was artificially assisted, there would be little hope of survival.
Even if they can survive normally, they will be thrown away by the director's family.
Because the milk of a ewe is limited, it is usually enough to feed two cubs.
Especially since the eldest and second child are so big, they must eat a lot.
If you feed all the lambs once, all the lambs will be malnourished.
So many people will choose to throw away the extra and weakest ones.
Therefore, for many sheep farmers, sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing for ewes to give birth to three or four at a time.
Unless there are other ewes who can help with feeding.
But in Zhang An's family, there is no need to worry too much about this issue.
The ewe was in good health, and Zhang An provided it with space spring water and grass to drink every day.
There must be plenty of milk. As long as Zhang An's family doesn't come to milk, there will definitely be enough milk for three lambs.
Even if it means it is not enough, Zhang An is not worried. When the time comes, just put the ewe into the space and it will be enough.
While they were talking, the three of them had already walked under the ewe's belly and started fighting for milk.
But the place is so big, how can the third child compete with the two strong brothers?
So it was squeezed outside by the other two lambs, and it kept bleating anxiously.
"Why are they like this? When they are full, let them have a drink."
Su Ying saw that the third child had been squeezed outside and was a little dissatisfied with the other two sheep.
"Hahaha, it's normal for lambs to compete for milk and protect their food."
After Zhang An finished speaking, he took out a lamb that was almost drunk.
At this time, the youngest, the thinnest, had the opportunity to lie under his mother's belly and drink goat's milk in large gulps.
Just looking at them drinking milk made Zhang An a little greedy.
I made up my mind to buy a few more ewes and milk them every day.