Chapter 480 Double Yolk Egg
After all the straw in the field was tied, the family of three returned home.
At this time, Wu Qiuping was helping to cook at home, and Su Ying was holding little Siqi in the yard to get some air and bask in the sunset that was about to set.
Generally, women after giving birth need to confine themselves at home.
Yuezi, as the name suggests, means to rest for a month. It is said that you need to stay in bed to recuperate during this month, otherwise, the root of the disease will be left in the future when you get older.
While in the hospital, Su Ying had almost recovered. After returning, due to the pressure from Wu Qiuping and Wang Fang, she could only stay at home and rest in bed.
But sometimes it’s not good to be too healthy. Su Ying just couldn’t lie down for a few days.
Wang Fang was here, and she originally wanted Su Ying to take good care of her for a month.
But Su Ying couldn't help it. The two of them saw that her body was better than that of someone who had never given birth, so they had no choice but to let her go.
However, Wu Qiuping gave her a death order. It was okay not to stay in bed, but she could only stay in the house and not go out to see the wind. Otherwise, the root of the disease would be left for a lifetime.
Normally Wu Qiuping always said that she didn't know how lucky she was despite the blessings. It was a luxury for many women in the village to have such treatment, but when she came here, she felt unable to sit still.
In this way, after Su Ying took little Siqi to stay in the house for more than half a month, she couldn't even stay at home. Finally, after pleading hard, Wu Qiuping allowed her to stay in the house in the evening. Go out for some air time.
Because it is still October in the golden autumn, the autumn air is crisp, it cannot help but be hot in the evening, and there is no wind in the backyard.
After a busy day in the fields, Zhang An came home and saw little Siqi, and all the fatigue on his body disappeared instantly.
“Oh my good son, let daddy give you a hug.”
As soon as he stretched out his hand towards little Siqi, Su Ying stared back mercilessly.
"Go, go, go, stay away from my son, and quickly take a shower and change clothes. Not to mention the stink of sweat, what will you do if you have grain hair all over your body?"
Grain hairs are those little thorns on the rice. Although there are a lot of empty rice husks this year, the grain hairs have not decreased at all.
Zhang An was busy in the fields all day, and his body was covered with blood.
When this thing is pierced on the body, it will grow immediately, just like being numb.
In fact, it doesn't matter if the bumps are long, they will disappear on their own in a short time, but they won't be particularly itchy when the bumps are long.
Even adults feel uncomfortable, let alone little Siqi who is still in confinement.
After Zhang An cleaned herself up and changed into clean clothes, Su Ying was willing to hand over little Siqi to him.
When he arrived in Zhang An's arms, little Siqi struggled with his two little hands, as if he had met his biological father, so he was very happy.
Little Siqi can now not only stare at people, but after so many days, his hands are not as strong as when he was just born.
Now whenever he is happy, he wants to wave his two little hands.
But unfortunately, his hands couldn't move at all.
Because when his mother, grandmother, and grandma wrapped him in the swaddling clothes, his hands were also wrapped in them, and they were tied with lanyards on the outside.
"Xiao An, we don't have much work at home anymore. We will make red eggs at home tomorrow. Your uncle's family seems to be busy in the orchard. You will go over and help."
For dinner. At that time, Wang Fang said to Zhang An.
This is the busy farming season. In addition to the work in the fields, many families in the village also have to harvest in the orchards.
Kiwifruit has also entered the maturity stage during this period. Although the previous heavy rains have definitely greatly reduced the yield of kiwifruit, there are still some, and the harvest will not be as bad as the rice in the fields.
The family of Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye are no different. Although their family does not have a few acres of farmland, their orchards have indeed expanded in size this year.
So this period of time is a very busy time for them. That is why they have no time to come over and help Zhang An's family cut straw.
In previous years, when the Zhang family's work was not finished, both families would come over to help without even asking.
Now that their family is busy, they definitely need help.
But in the blink of an eye, little Siqi was almost one month old. The preparation of red eggs needed to be put on the agenda. Wang Fang definitely didn't have time, so she told Zhang An about it.
"Yeah, I understand. I'll go over and sit down after dinner."
When it came to the kiwi fruit in the orchard, Zhang An suddenly became a little greedy, so he just went over to eat. Satisfy cravings.
“By the way, think about how many red eggs our family will make this time.”
Zhang An's family doesn't have many relatives, and most of them live in the village. However, in addition to everyone in the village, there are also Wu Qiuping and her neighbors in the compound, and Zhang An's friends in the city.
So Wang Fang was a little unsure, so she simply asked Zhang An to think about how many people he wanted to send.
Eggs are not valuable to their family. If they make too much, they will be wasted. But if they make too little, some people will not deliver them, and others will feel that they look down on them.
"I think I have saved several baskets at home, so I might as well cook them all."
Zhang An thought for a while and said, he might as well cook all the eggs at home.
Wang Fang has not sold any eggs at home recently, but has saved them all to make red eggs for her grandson.
People in the city are actually fine, mainly because there are many people in the village and they have a lot to give away.
The total number of baskets of eggs is only a few hundred, which is similar to what Ding Yi brought back last time.
In the past, the village used to give out two red eggs to each family, but now that Ding Yi has taken the lead, they definitely can't give out only two to each family.
"Okay, let's do it all. By the way, I discovered in the past few days that there are two pullets in our chicken pen that lay double-yolked eggs. See if you should separate them. Separate the eggs and give them to Xiaoying.”
After talking about the red eggs, Wang Fang happily told Zhang An.
When she went to the chicken pen to pick eggs these days, she found that several eggs were larger than ordinary eggs.
At first she thought it was a duck at home that strayed into the chicken coop to lay an egg, but later she discovered that it was a real egg, just a double-yolked egg.
In the past, the eggs laid by chickens at home were all about the same size, but this has never happened before.
So Wang Fang quickly found the culprit, which was two pullets that had just begun to lay eggs, and there were still two of them, which made her very happy.
Because there are very few hens that can lay double-yolk eggs, so few that there is not even one in the whole village.
And if a chicken can lay double yolk eggs, it means that it will also lay double yolk eggs in the future.
This is the same as the genetics that allow humans to have twins.
Everyone has always believed that double yolk eggs are more nutritious than ordinary eggs, so everyone regards them as a good food.
If many people have chickens that can lay double-yolk eggs, they will keep them as treasures, because the price of double-yolk eggs is much more expensive than ordinary eggs, and there is no shortage of people to buy them.
Wang Fang never thought about selling the double-yolk eggs, but planned to keep them for Su Ying who was in confinement.
“There is no need to isolate them separately, just let them stay in the circle. I will mark them later and move their nests to one side individually.”
Zhang An I was a little surprised after hearing this. I have raised chickens at home for so many years. Now that there are hens that can lay double-yolk eggs, and there are two of them, this is an unexpected surprise.
However, Zhang An had no intention of raising the two pullets separately. After all, isolating them from the flock would affect their mood and reduce their egg production rate. It's not worth it to pick eggs alone.
And Zhang An’s hens have a strange characteristic, that is, they know their nest very well when laying eggs.
Each hen will only lay eggs in its own nest, and will never lay eggs in other chickens' nests.
If there were no chicken coops, they would go down to the ground.
It is precisely because of this that Zhang An prepared chicken coops for more than fifty hens at home.
When the time comes, just mark their two chicken coops separately, so there will be no confusion.
"Hey Zhang An, do you think a double yolk egg will hatch two chicks from one egg?"
Su Ying had never seen a double yolk egg before. When Wang Fang mentioned it, she immediately became interested. Interest came.
"Don't think about it. Double yolk eggs cannot hatch chicks. Even if they can, the probability is very, very small."
Seeing her interested look, Zhang An poured cold water on her directly.
"Ah, why is this? Aren't double yolk eggs also eggs? Why can't they hatch?"
When Su Ying heard Zhang An said that he couldn't pay, she immediately became a little worried. disappointment.
She was still wondering whether the chicks hatched from double-yolk eggs would be twin chickens.
“Because the nutrition in the egg cannot support the development of the two yolks, it will become a bad guy. As for the hatched ones, I have never seen them before.”
This is really true. It's not that Zhang An is lying, he has done this before.
When he was still young, Grandma Zhang’s family had a silky chicken that could lay double yolk eggs.
One time when Mrs. Zhang was preparing to hatch a chick, Zhang An clamored to hatch it with a double-yolked egg.
Although the old lady said it couldn't be hatched, Zhang An couldn't listen to a word at that time and was very stubborn.
In the end, we had to follow his wishes, because at that time he was the only grandson of the Zhang family.
Just like that, after the nest of eggs hatched for more than twenty days, the other eggs hatched out, and the two double-yolked eggs that Zhang An added directly turned into villains.
Because of this, Wang Fang pulled his ears and gave him a lesson.
After all, two double-yolk eggs can be sold for a lot of money. It was so wasted by Zhang An that it would be weird if she didn't get angry.
After eating, Zhang An teased Xiao Siqi and prepared to go to Zhang Jianjun's house.
Actually, he wanted to go there with little Siqi in his arms, but the little guy was still in confinement, so he didn't dare. Otherwise, Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo would definitely re-teach him the principles of life.
"Second uncle, why are you just eating? You just came back from the mountain?"
Zhang An came to Zhang Jianjun's house and found that their family had just eaten.
Needless to say, Zhang Jianjun knew that they were going to pick kiwi fruits because the hall was filled with freshly picked kiwi fruits.
"Yeah, yeah, I just came back from picking kiwi fruits. This is what Boss Lu asked for. Let's pick it first while it's hard and not yet ripe."
Ding Yi came to harvest it last year, so You can wait until they are ripe before picking them, because it is not far from the city and you can sell them just by pulling them over.
But that’s not the case with Lu Cheng. He wants to sell them to the provincial capital or even further afield, so he can’t wait for the kiwis to be fully ripe.
Otherwise, it will all become soft halfway through. Although it will not rot, it will definitely affect sales.
"Since you're here, come and have a drink with me."
Seeing Zhang An coming, Zhang Jianjun didn't care whether Zhang An had eaten or not, he directly asked him to sit down and have something to eat together.
Zhang Jianjun is just like other men in the village. After working hard in the fields, he needs some drink when he comes back.
In their words, this wine is a good treasure, it can relax menstruation, activate blood circulation and relieve fatigue.
However, he is not a big drinker. Even if he likes to drink, it will only be a little bit for a meal.
Moreover, this wine was brewed by Zhang An. Drinking it will not harm your body, but may actually have some benefits.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhang did not expect that none of his sons would learn from it. Instead, his nephew Zhang Jianjun would learn from it.
“I haven’t had time to see how the fruits in the orchard are doing this year.”
Zhang An couldn’t put it away, so he simply sat down and drank some with him.
Some time ago, because of the birth of his child, he had been too busy to pay attention to the end. Even after returning from the hospital, he had no time to go to the mountains to check, so he still didn’t know how much the kiwis were affected by the heavy rain this year. .
"It's not bad. The ones just planted this year should be able to pick half of last year's trees, and there will be more trees last year. It's already pretty good."
Speaking of this, Zhang Jianjun's face A satisfied smile appeared.
Even if there is no harvest in the field, he doesn't care much about it, because now his family's energy is focused on the kiwi fruit orchard.
I originally thought that due to the heavy rain for half a month, this year’s kiwi fruit would be as hopeless as the rice in the fields.
But later I discovered that although it was greatly affected by the heavy rain, there was still some hope.
It's just that the output has been halved. He is no longer able to accept it, but is very satisfied.
"That's good. Do you want to pick it again tomorrow? I'll help too."
Zhang An also nodded, which he and Zhang Jianjun could accept.
Presumably other people are not much different, and it finally leaves everyone with some hope.
If everyone’s hopes were dashed in the first year after the kiwi fruit was planted, then maybe someone would blame him.
"No, no, you just need to help Xiaoying and take care of Xiao Siqi at home. Your aunt and I are enough. Otherwise, we wouldn't have spent money to hire someone long ago."
Zhang Jianjun is now like Zhang An, he has learned to spend money to find people when he needs them.
After all, when a lot of people are needed, it proves that there is a lot of work. Even if we hire human workers, it will be difficult to replace them later.
And the disadvantage of favor work is that when everyone is busy, you can’t hire many people at all.
After all, there are many people growing kiwi fruit in the village. If you are busy, everyone else is busy.
Spending money is different. There are many people who put aside their own work for the sake of money.
And in the future, I won’t have to do backbreaking work for others.
"It's okay. His grandma and grandma are here, so it's not my turn to take care of him."
According to Wang Fang and Wu Qiuping's love for little Siqi, Zhang An really has to step aside.
(End of this chapter)