Chapter 442: Putting Fishes
Go to the fields to work sooner rather than later. After lunch, you only rested for a short while before getting ready to go to the fields.
Wang Fang did not follow this time because she had to prepare lunch at home and deliver it to the fields later.
Although every day is only divided into morning and afternoon, when working in rural areas, one day can be divided into three time periods.
Because we work longer in the afternoon, after working for two or three hours, the owner will let us take a break for lunch, and then continue working again.
In Zhang An’s memory, when he was young, he loved the feeling of eating in the fields the most.
Not just him, all children are the same.
Because at this time you can eat desserts like biscuits or peach cakes, which are much more delicious than the rice at home.
Up to now, the old biscuits have been slowly replaced by steamed buns.
Because the steamed bun shops on the street will use motorcycles to drive steamed buns to the countryside to sell them during busy farming periods.
Everyone's current conditions are better than before, so they are willing to spend money to buy some.
For the children, it is even happier, because steamed buns are not something they can eat often.
After all, children these days have not bought breakfast yet. When they wake up in the morning, the adults at home have cooked noodles or heated fried rice.
Things like steamed buns are too far away for them who don’t have pocket money in their pockets.
Maybe sometimes, when the adults in the family are happy, they will buy them two meat buns when they go to the market, which is enough to satisfy them.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, it is the hottest time of the day, and the sun is even hotter than at twelve o'clock at noon.
But the good news is that two of Zhang An’s three paddy fields have been planted due to the large number of people, leaving only the last one.
The field is not very large, just over an acre in size. With so many people, they will definitely be able to plant all the seedlings before six o'clock.
"Let's take a rest first and take shelter under the field ridge."
At this time, Wang Fang and Su Ying's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also came over from home.
Su Ying held a basket in her hand, and Wang Fang carried a bamboo basket on her back.
The food inside is all delivered to everyone. It is the result of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law working at home for a long time.
Hearing Wang Fang’s shout, everyone finished planting the seedlings in their hands and came out of the field.
There are many people planting rice seedlings today, and at a glance, the fields are full of people.
The old man selling steamed buns came to the village on a motorcycle with two large foam boxes since one o'clock and started shouting.
The people in the village are also very considerate, and there are many people buying them, but they basically buy according to the number of people, two per person.
Zhang An didn’t buy any at home because Wang Fang knew how to make steamed buns, and they were more delicious than those on the street.
When she went back to cook in the morning, she had already made the noodles. In the afternoon, she adjusted the fillings and started steaming the buns.
Zhang An has deep experience with this matter. Even though he was an only son and Wang Fang doted on him, he was often said like this by Wang Fang when he was a child.
Although the little guys helped with the work for a long time, they still looked very shy.
She took the bun from Wang Fang, thanked her profusely, and immediately called her aunt, aunt, and aunt.
Today’s meal not only included steamed buns, Su Ying also went to Zhang Xinmin’s house and bought a lot of ice cream. Her basket was filled with ice cream.
For a few kids, this is something even more popular than orange soda.
Because they usually eat a popsicle in secret and cannot let the adults at home know.
Otherwise they will be scolded and told that they cannot hold a penny in their pockets.
At this time, a very interesting scene appeared. The children were eating the steamed buns with big mouthfuls, but they were taking small bites of the ice cream.
While eating, I looked at the friends next to me. No one wanted to be the first to finish.
In the evening, before the sun sets, Zhang An’s family has finished planting all their rice seedlings.
For a family of three, it would have taken at least two or three days to settle these fields.
But with the addition of students like Su Ying and Mr. Chen, they were all defeated in one day.
That night, many people came to Zhang An's house. They all knew that Zhang An's fields had been planted, so they came to ask for rice seedlings.
Some people don’t have enough rice seedlings in their fields, so they come over to ask for some to replant.
But some people know that Zhang An’s family grows blood rice, so they come here to ask for some so they can try it themselves.
Wang Fang has no intention of keeping it. After all, the extra seedlings should be left alone unless they are fed to livestock.
But feeding livestock is too wasteful and it is better to give it to people in need, so as long as someone comes to ask for it, Wang Fang readily agrees to it.
In the next few days, Zhang An was not idle. He was called by his father Zhang Jianguo to go out and help neighbors and relatives plant rice seedlings.
All relationships cannot be maintained by just talking.
Favors come and go, and only then will they continue.
Working for someone else’s house for a day may seem insignificant, but in fact many people will remember it in their hearts.
Of course, everyone knows about those people who cannot remember the good things about others.
When Zhang An was at leisure, he realized that the carp fry at home had grown a lot.
Even if the fish tank couldn't fit in it before, he could still use a large water tank to divide it a little bit.
But now, there is no water tank for him to move around in the house.
These carps have now grown to nearly two inches in length, and it is time to be exiled to the pond.
Early the next morning, Zhang An got up and started cleaning the fish pond.
The big fish pond in the backyard saves trouble, because he has already cleaned it some time ago and put Jin Jia and Xiao Hong in it.
But it’s still early, and the water temperature in the pond is relatively low, which is not suitable for putting fish in it, so we have to wait a while.
Wait for Zhang An to clean the Tai Chi fish pond and fill it with clear river water.
At this time, the sun has risen very high, and the temperature of the water surface has gradually increased, so the fish are not afraid of being stirred when they are put in.
Zhang An moved all the carps in the house to the yard. The family did nothing but picked fish in the yard.
After all, Zhang An had already planned to keep only black and white carps in the Tai Chi fish pond.
If you don’t choose, then all the hard work on this pool will be in vain.
Fortunately, there are not many black and white carps, so it took more than an hour to finally distinguish them all.
As soon as these fish entered the fish pond, they became very impatient and not as comfortable as before.
Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo thought that because they had just changed places, they were not accustomed to the unfamiliar environment.
But only Zhang An knew that the reason why these guys were impatient was because they could not adapt to the gap from heaven to mortal world.
After all, Zhang An gave them space spring water in the tank in the past. Although the space living in it was small, it was a taste that the fish yearned for more than freedom.
And this pool is filled with river water drawn from the big river.
Although it is clean, transparent and crystal clear, it is not space spring water. How does this make the princesses and young men who are accustomed to living a wealthy life adapt? They must know that it is easy to move from simplicity to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality.
I saw that they refused to calm down and jumped out of the water from time to time.
Zhang An could only put his hand into the pool and slowly pour the space spring water into it.
No way, who lets me get too used to them.
The big fish pond in the backyard was different. When Zhang An put fish in it, they all swam quietly and did not dare to jump around.
Maybe it’s because the existence of Xiao Hong and Jin Jia suppressed their wild personalities.
"When did you release the fish? Why didn't you call me?"
After Zhang An released the fish and put in the fish food, Chen Ze came over.
Seeing the happy fish swimming in the pond, Zhang An was full of complaints and blamed him for not asking him to come with him.
"You guys don't get up until the sun is shining on you every day. I'm afraid the day lilies will be cold when I get up."
Zhang An, this guy Chen Ze, was a little speechless. Before When the weather is cold, he can get up early and do two sets of boxing every day.
But now the weather is getting hotter, and the time of dawn is earlier in the morning, and this guy can't get up.
Zhang An visited him several times, but he would only get up when the sun was high and the nanny at home had prepared the meal.
"You're here just in time. If you want to catch a few fish yourself, I won't care about you."
After Chen Ze went back some time ago, he actually invited Uncle Zhang An and the others to come over. Help him dig a fish pond in the yard.
But because Zhang An hasn’t released the fish yet, it’s still empty.
At this moment, he happened to be here on his own. Zhang An handed him the cheat net directly, and he slowly fished out what he wanted.
"Then go and find me a basin. I didn't bring anything. I have nothing to put it in."
Chen Ze was not polite to him, picked up the net and carried it towards his body. Nice looking catch.
However, there was heavy thunder and little rain, and only a dozen fish were caught in each pond.
“Why don’t you catch more, there are just a few of them, I’m afraid they won’t last a few days and they will be gone.”
If one dies every few days, these fish won't last long at all.
"That's it. My pond is too small. It's not feasible to raise too many."
Chen Ze shook his head and said. His yard is not big, so he can only dig. A small fish pond.
This carp grows very fast. If it can be fed, these twenty or so fish will be just right.
If there are more, his small fish pond will be dwarfed by comparison.
And this fish was brought back to the old man to raise, so he was not afraid of not being able to keep it alive.
If he is ready to die by then, he will come to Zhang An to fish for it. Anyway, they have plenty of them.
"By the way, Zhang An, he called Lao Ding yesterday and heard that Li Li has gone to the hospital to give birth. Should we go and have a look?"
Chen Ze fished out the fish. , only then did he remember the business reason why he came to see Zhang An.
Because he wanted to buy something for the old man yesterday, he called Ding Yi and asked him if he had any.
If there is any, you can ask the person who goes to the countryside to collect mountain products to bring it to save him a trip.
However, on the phone, he also learned that Li Li was about to give birth recently.
He thought that as a friend, he should go and visit him.
But he is not married yet, so this kind of thing is not very convenient.
So he wanted to come to Zhang An to discuss it. After all, with Su Ying here, it would not be so inconvenient then.
"I definitely have to go, but I'd better wait until the child is born before going. Old Ding must be very busy these days, and it would be a disservice to us to go there."
Zhang An thought about it After a long time, I decided not to rush over to visit.
As far as the Ding family attaches great importance to the child in Li Li's belly, Li Li must be surrounded by their family members these days.
Although I and others are friends with Ding Yi, the child has not been born yet, so it must have been inappropriate in the past.
Chen Ze thought the same thing. This time belonged to their family, and it was really inappropriate to do so now.
"By the way, I'm going to go to the river to get some copper water plants and put them in the pond. Do you want to come with me?"
The fish pond is bare now, so I must get some aquatic plants to put in it.
Because so many fish were suddenly put in, there must be a lot of oxygen in the water.
Aquatic plants can not only increase the oxygen content in the pool, but can also be used to digest nitrates in the water.
After all, after the ammonia nitrogen produced by fish manure is decomposed by nitrifying bacteria, it needs to be solved by changing the water.
But with such a big pool, it is certainly impossible to change the water every day, and Zhang An is not a very diligent person.
So without changing the water, it can only be absorbed by plants or evaporated.
And these aquatic plants can also provide part of the food source for the fish in the pond.
"Okay, but I don't know how to do it. Then you can teach me how to do it."
Chen Ze didn't know how to raise fish, so he made up his mind to see how Zhang An did it, and then he Just do it.
The fish that I originally wanted to take home were put back into the pond first, waiting to come back from the river later, and then brought back together.
"Zhang An, what kind of aquatic plants are we looking for?"
There are not many other aquatic plants in the river, but there are most aquatic plants, but Chen Ze doesn't know which kind Zhang An is looking for.
“Our pond has no mud, so we can only find some aquatic plants that can be grown in water and can survive without mud. Water hyacinth is very good.”
The scientific name of water hyacinth is water hyacinth. , floating herbaceous plants, are very abundant in the wild, even in the fields, and are very easy to find.
The advantage of this thing is that it can absorb heavy metal elements in the water, and the water purification effect is relatively obvious.
But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it grows and reproduces too fast. If you don’t pay attention, it can fill up a large tank. It is easy for the water body to be deprived of sunlight, which affects the photosynthesis of algae in the water body. The growth cycle is fast. The old and new leaves rot and pollute the water.
So it needs to be cleaned frequently.
However, for fish ponds, this thing has always had its flaws, and it can still be used once in a while. It just needs to be cleaned every once in a while.
And Zhang An hasn’t found anything better than this thing yet, so he can only use it as a top.
If I get better aquatic plants in the future, I will replace the water hyacinth.
Arrived in the river, Zhang An quickly found a large piece of water hyacinth.
Zhang An only picked some plants that were healthier and had better appearance.
Because the roots of water hyacinth are easy to attach to other organisms, Zhang An washed these water hyacinths cleanly before preparing to take them back.
(End of this chapter)