Chapter 64 New Family Member (please collect and recommend)
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I'm sorry that I was forced to work overtime at noon today, and I only have time to rest now, so this chapter comes a little late.
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After a night of silence, Zhang An fell asleep amidst the sound of frogs.
The next morning, when I was still sleeping, I was woken up by Wang Fang.
"Xiao An, his dad, come out and see what's going on?"
Under Wang Fang's urgent shout, Zhang An immediately woke up, got dressed and walked out Take a look.
A few mountain deer stood in front of their house.
Isn’t this the little deer that I put into the mountains before?
Meeting the stag's eyes, Zhang An recognized it at a glance, but it was a little different now than before.
When Zhang An went up the mountain to meet it not long ago, it was still so elegant and strong, even with a scar on its head.
But what's different now is that there are several cuts on its body, as if it was scratched by some claws, and some blood is dripping from it.
And now there are only three or four deer left following it.
They must have been attacked by something recently. With their miserable appearance, they must have experienced a difficult battle.
When Wang Fang discovered them, she didn't dare to get too close, so she had to call the men and sons at home.
After recognizing it, Zhang An approached them and gently stroked its neck.
“Little guy, what have you been through?”
Zhang An whispered.
I only heard the stag whine, but it still licked Zhang An's hand out of habit.
Zhang An opened the door and put them all into the yard.
Fortunately, Wang Fang got up early in the morning and discovered them.
Otherwise, if others discover it first, they must be yoked and captured.
"Dad, Mom, this is the deer I told you about last time. I can't find that thing without it."
Zhang An said to his parents.
This deer is actually not that demonic. It just grew up in space and is particularly familiar with Zhang An's aura.
So when danger occurred in the mountains, I felt that I might not be able to stay in the mountains any longer, so I went down the mountain to look for Zhang An's home.
Zhang An had already told his parents how to find ginseng before, so after knowing that it was the deer in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
Wang Fang felt a little distressed especially when she saw the wounds on its body.
“Look at how deep the bite is, it must be very painful, Xiao An, let’s stop the bleeding first.”
"Mom, it's okay. The blood on its body has begun to scar. We'd better not wrap it up casually. It's very easy to get infected in this hot weather."
The self-healing abilities of their animals are relatively good. Strong, and Zhang An will feed him some spring water later, the wound should heal soon.
"You are so smart. You knew you couldn't stay in the mountains anymore, so you came down to find me."
"Dad, Mom, we have to keep them at home."
Zhang Jianguo also means the same thing. If you get the benefit of the deer, you must get something in return.
“Let’s raise it, not to mention that this deer is quite spiritual, and this is a good thing.”
Although everyone is from the countryside, they all know about treasures such as ginseng and deer antlers.
Besides, this deer has brought such a huge fortune to the family, so what if the family raises it?
But this is also a problem. There is no room in our pigsty.
Besides Dahei, there were three pigs in the pen, and a large group of chickens, chickens, ducks and ducks in the outer pen. Obviously there was no room left.
"Let me think about it. The pen house at your second uncle's house is empty. Let's leave it at their house first. Then we can build a deer shed next to the pen house and bring it back."
" That’s all I can do for now.” Then he turned around and patted the little guy.
"You will live at home from now on."
Zhang An first took them to the outer circle and poured them a basin of spring water to speed up the healing of their wounds.
After a while, Zhang Jianguo came back from outside. He had just gone to Zhang An's second uncle to discuss using their enclosure to house the deer for a few days.
Zhang Jianjun was a little curious as to why his eldest brother raised deer again.
Anyway, my pen house is empty, so I might as well give it to my eldest brother’s family.
Zhang An and his son cleaned up the pen house of Uncle Zhang's house, and finally got a lot of dry straw to lay a layer of it.
“Brother, Xiao An, you need to keep it so clean, just raise a deer.”
Uncle Zhang didn’t quite understand that his eldest brother and his son were about to clean their pen house. All over again.
"Hahaha, I have nothing to do anyway, so just clean it up, and the deer at home will still look pretty good. If you don't clean it up, they will look dirty when they sleep."< br>
Wait until Zhang An brought the deer from home.
Uncle Zhang realized that it was not what he thought.
This is obviously a wild deer on the mountain, where are the young deer cubs bought?
When he saw the newly grown antlers on the stag’s head and the wounds that had begun to scar, he was a little shocked.
Whose deer has antlers on its head and instead of cutting them off and selling them, sell them with the antlers together? It’s impossible, so it can only be caught in the mountains.
"Brother, you went to the mountains to catch them, right? This thing is not easy to catch, and you caught so many of them." But I was a little curious as to why these deer were so obedient, Zhang An Take it with you and they will follow.
"Haha, good luck, good luck." It is indeed good luck, and it all comes to you.
It was difficult to explain the origin of the deer to his second brother, so Zhang Jianguo simply stopped explaining and laughed.
It’s really hard to tell them about ginseng. Normally, I can help with anything, and I am willing to lend a hand when everyone has difficulties.
But so much money will inevitably affect people's hearts and relationships.
In the past, several of my brothers were blushing because of these things, so they could avoid one thing at a time.
While building a deer shed, Zhang An discovered that his front yard was almost out of space.
Fish pond, carport, deer shed, doghouse, cherry forest next to it, and a yard for people to sit.
There is really nothing left now.
We have more and more things at home, and we have more and more animals. We may not be able to let go of some more in the future.
Either build a new house or clear out the vegetable garden.
These are the things we need to start planning now.
Zhang An, who was sitting in the yard thinking, watched the ducks coming in and out of his yard, not because they wanted to walk around.
Instead, they go out in the morning, and then the mother duck comes back in the afternoon to lay eggs.
When the eggs are laid in the nest, they will go out to the river again.
There are a lot of ducks laying eggs in Zhang An's house now, and he can pick up more than a dozen eggs every day.
It seems that the little native chickens raised at home have grown up. Recently, Wang Fang also picked up some eggs in the chicken coop, but the egg production rate is still not as high as this group of water ducks.
Many people in the village like to buy duck eggs at Zhang An’s house because the duck eggs at Zhang An’s house are big and delicious.
So now Wang Fang doesn’t have to take the eggs to the town to sell them. He can already sell them all in the village, and he can still bring in a lot of income every month.
Sometimes there are too many people who want to buy, and there is not enough food at home.
After everyone passed it on to me and I passed it on to you, Zhang’s duck eggs have become famous in several nearby villages.
Now not only people from the village like to come to buy eggs, but also people from other villages come to ask for eggs.
So some people arrived late and couldn't buy a few, so they kept encouraging Wang Fang to hatch a few more ducks.
Wang Fang was actually a little excited after hearing this. Zhang An felt that if his family continued to develop, it would soon become a duck egg supplier. Zhang An guessed that his mother already had plans to become bigger and stronger and create greater glory.
From last year to this year, everyone in the village has witnessed the changes in Zhang An's family. The life has improved visibly to the naked eye.
So many families in the village followed Zhang An's example and bought a bunch of chickens and piglets to raise.
Basically, every family raises more than ten or twenty chickens and two or three pigs.
Some people think Zhang An’s duck eggs are delicious, so they buy duck eggs from Zhang An’s house and go back to hatch ducklings.
But several families who wanted to raise ducks ended up in failure.
Because this water duck has a natural habit of staying away from homes and laying eggs outside. If Zhang An hadn't attracted them, they wouldn't have settled down in Zhang An's house.
People, we are not afraid of not being able to do it, but we are afraid of not being able to figure out how to do it and being lazy.
If someone takes the lead, the people behind will have direction and motivation.
There were people in the village who came to see how Zhang An’s pigs were fed.
But in the end, they all gave up. The Zhang An family raised pigs in this way and they grew faster. After learning for a while, they found that the pigs grew a little bit longer, and then they fed and cooked pig food honestly.
However, diligent pig raising can still bring a lot of rewards, but it will be a bit tiring on weekdays.
But the chickens are really well raised. Just like Zhang An’s family, they gathered in a circle behind the house and kept the chickens inside.
Every family’s chickens are growing pretty well now, and by the time of the Chinese New Year, they will basically be able to grow very big.
This kind of local chicken is very popular among city people, but a chicken doesn’t grow very big, only weighing five or six pounds at most.
Zhang An actually knew that breeding could make people rich, but he did not make this suggestion to the village.
The main reason is that the conditions at home are not very good, so it is okay to raise a few animals, but the risk of breeding in large quantities is much higher.
Not to mention the need for advance capital, what if a plague occurs? Moreover, even if you are lucky and successfully raise animals, it will be difficult to find a market for such a large number of animals.
And Zhang An has seen clearly the aspect of breeding since ancient times.
The more concentrated it is, the more pollution it is; the more dispersed it is, the more it is a resource.
In later generations, wherever there is a large centralized breeding farm, a large amount of excrement will accumulate. It cannot be solved for a while, and it will become pollution over time.
But just like now, every household raises pigs and cattle. Wherever the pollution comes from, the feces and excrements are used to fertilize the land, becoming an important fertilizer resource in the countryside.
Although these farmyard manures look dirty, rural children all know that the grains and vegetables grown in this way are actually the most nutritious.
On the other hand, in later generations, the city felt that the food and vegetables grown in this way were dirty and disgusting, but they bought those products of technology and ruthlessness every day. However, by the time they realized it later, it was already too late.
In order to cater to their preferences, most people use chemical fertilizers and pesticides to grow crops and vegetables that are beautiful and have high yields.
And what I grow with the farm fertilizer is kept for myself to eat.
Even if some people grow agricultural products without using chemical fertilizers or pesticides, they are sold to rich people, and ordinary people cannot afford them. In later generations, Zhang An saw some people in Guangdong and Guangxi who specialize in planting What came out was full of wormholes and unsightly vegetables, priced at tens of dollars per pound, and sold exclusively to rich people.
(End of this chapter)