"Well, then you are not afraid of these little ones coming out of the cracks, you can cut these nets when you go back, and make a safety net to enclose the shack, so as to prevent the big snakes in the mountains from eating poultry, in addition to paying attention to weasels and raccoons, it is best to tie the dog in front of the shack, otherwise it may cause serious losses." ”

"Thank you, auntie, I remembered, goodbye. ”

After the two sides said goodbye, Niu Xiaoqiang and others rode their bicycles home. In order to avoid being seen by the villagers, the four of them turned around and took a relatively hidden route to the farm before they reached the village.

This time, a total of four piglets, eighty chickens, forty ducklings and twenty goslings were purchased, and a total of one hundred and ninety-two yuan was spent, and the remaining money was only a dozen yuan. Because the feed such as broken rice and bran has been purchased before, the demand for funds in the future is not large, and the dozen yuan has to buy a pot for cooking pig food, and the rest is the final emergency fund.

The four of them settled the chickens, ducks, pigs and geese, then took out the scissors they had brought from home and began to cut the nets.

Although I have a lot of opinions about the middle-aged woman, what she said is still very pertinent. There are many big snakes and weasels in the mountains, and if you don't do a good job of protection, it is estimated that before these poultry grow up, they will be eaten to nothing.

At noon, the safety net was finally set up, and Niu Huahua scooped out a bowl of broken rice from the feed stacked in the pigsty compartment and sprinkled it in the shack. The little ones in the three shacks immediately buried their heads in the food and grabbed food.

Niu Huahua smiled happily: "You must grow up quickly, so that we can earn money." ”

Niu Xiaoyong's mind is relatively simple, he directly broke his fingers and began to calculate the accounts: "If a chicken can earn two yuan, we can earn one hundred and sixty yuan, and if a duck can earn——"

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't wait for him to settle the accounts clearly before interrupting: "Don't be busy settling the accounts first, according to my estimates, it is very good that these eighty chicks can survive half of them, if we encounter chicken plague, we may not even be able to recover the cost of buying seedlings." ”

A few years ago, every household was not allowed to raise poultry, and if anyone raised it, it would be confiscated, which was called "cutting the tail of capitalism."

Later, the times changed, and rural people basically raised poultry as long as they had the conditions. Niu Xiaoqiang and others are like this in their homes, and anyone who has raised poultry knows that the most feared thing about raising this is to encounter the plague.

Niu Xiaodong nodded immediately when he heard this: "Brother Qiang is right, we can't think about things too simply, we must fully estimate the risks we may face, so that we can manage the farm well." ”

Niu Xiaoyong looked at Niu Xiaoqiang: "Brother Qiang, how should we prevent chicken plague?"

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at the shack: "First of all, we must be clean and hygienic, we have to clean the shack every morning, in addition, I still have a dozen yuan left in my hand, and then I have to go to the town to buy a pot for cooking pig food, and the rest of the money will go to the agricultural materials agency to buy a few bags of medicine, crush the medicine to prevent the plague and put it in the water, and the little ones should be able to prevent it after drinking." ”

Niu Xiaodong gave a thumbs up: "Sure enough, it's scientific breeding, Cheng, let's do it, Xiaoyong, you have good physical strength, and the matter of buying things will be handed over to you." ”

Niu Xiaoyong did not shirk, and immediately set off after taking the money from Niu Xiaoqiang.

The remaining three began to build a stove for cooking pig food, which was very simple, and in a short time they had set up a simple stove. In order to shelter from the rain, they built the stove under a large tree at the bottom of the hillside.

Niu Huahua asked while wiping her sweat: "Brother Xiaoqiang, what do we need to do next?"

It was about one o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was very scorching, Niu Xiaoqiang waved his hand: "It's too hot, let's rest first, and when Xiaoyong comes back, let's cook a pot of pig food and feed the little piglets." ”

The three of them rested under the shade of the tree for more than an hour, Niu Xiaoyong finally returned with a cauldron, Niu Xiaoqiang let Niu Xiaoyong sit and rest, and he and Niu Huahua and Niu Xiaodong started to cook pig food.

By the time the piglets were fed, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon. All four of them didn't eat lunch, and they were all hungry. Niu Xiaoyong patted his belly and proposed, "Anyway, all the work that should be done is done, let's go to the mountains to find something to eat." ”

This proposal was approved by Niu Huahua and Niu Xiaodong, and the three of them used to do activities together often, and they were already familiar with it.

Niu Xiaoqiang used to be a fool, and no one wanted to play with him, so he didn't know what to eat in the mountains, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "What do you want to eat?"

Niu Xiaodong smiled mysteriously: "Brother Qiang, you wait here for a while, let's go and go back, and you will know when the time comes." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was just so happy, he lay down in the shade of the tree, "Okay, I'll take a nap here, waiting for you to return with a full load." ”

The three of them agreed, got up and slipped into the woods.

After Niu Xiaoqiang slept for more than half an hour, the three of them came back with the food they found in their clothes, and Niu Xiaoyong woke Niu Xiaoqiang up: "Brother Qiang, get up and eat quickly." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang opened his eyes and found that the three of them were carrying wild fruits, insect pupae, and even a few bird eggs.

Niu Huahua put the insect chrysalis and bird eggs under the stove and roasted them, and then handed them to Niu Xiaoqiang: "Brother Xiaoqiang, this is a known pupae, it tastes very good, and when the three of us owe meat before, we will dig up the pupa to satisfy our hunger." ”

The more Niu Xiaoqiang looked at it, the more he felt that the pupa was very similar to the maggot chrysalis in the toilet, it was completely an enlarged version of the maggot chrysalis, and then he thought of the dense wriggling maggot swarm on the dung heap, he didn't have the courage to eat it anyway, but seeing Niu Huahua's kind expression, he was embarrassed to refuse, so he could only smile perfunctory: "Xiaohua, such a delicious thing is better for you to eat, I'll eat these eggs." ”

Niu Huahua was already hungry, so she didn't shirk, she handed the baked bird eggs to Niu Xiaoqiang, and then stuffed the silkworm chrysalis into her mouth, chewing while snorting: "Well, it's delicious." ”

The white liquid flowing from the corner of Niu Huahua's mouth made Niu Xiaoqiang only want to gag, he hurriedly turned his head, and said in his heart: Don't you cherish a little bit of deliciousness?

Niu Xiaoyong handed the picked mulberries to Niu Xiaoqiang: "Brother Qiang, this is the mulberry I specially prepared for you, it's sweet and sweet." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang has eaten mulberries before, and the taste is really good, much better than ordinary fruits. He swept away the depression just now, took the mulberries with a smile, and stuffed them into his mouth one by one.