Chapter 662: Full of Harvest
Although during the day, the masters who came to install the broadband said that it would not be used until tomorrow.
But Zhang An is still a little impatient. After all, he is a person who came back from an era when the Internet was very developed. How can he calm down when he is about to come into contact with such familiar things.
And he always subconsciously believed that this broadband would be opened earlier than the agreed time like a telephone line.
So he returned to the bedroom, moved the host and monitor that he had assembled before to the study room, and then plugged in the network cable.
I heard from the masters that the network cable was only used this year. Last year, you had to use the modem on the computer to plug into the phone line and use dial-up Internet access.
In later generations, the Zhang An family was an ordinary peasant family. How could they have come into contact with this thing in the earliest days.
Even the telephone has not been installed. If you need to make calls, you can do it at the village canteen.
It was not until later, when the price of mobile phones plummeted, that he skipped the phone era and used a PHS phone with a blue screen.
As for computers, I had to wait until more than ten years before I came into contact with them in person.
Turn on the computer, and the familiar "thump, thump, thump, thump~~" startup sound appears.
After half a day, the big words and icon Windows98 appeared in the middle of the display screen.
But after waiting for a long time to turn on the computer, the networking icon in the lower right corner still shows that it is not connected.
It wasn't until dinner time that Zhang An gave up waiting, figuring that he would have to wait until tomorrow to use it as the masters said.
“Today I found that five or six ewes in the pen started not to eat. I guess the lambs in their bellies may come out in the next two days, so I’m afraid I have to go to the pen more often in the evening. Come take a look inside.”
While eating, Zhang Jianguo told Zhang An about his new discovery today.
Their family has been raising sheep for a long time, and Zhang Jianguo has already clearly understood the habit of ewes not liking to eat just before they give birth.
So after discovering it today, he immediately realized that the ewes at home were about to give birth.
If it were just a sheep, there would be no need to work so hard, and there would be no need to go to the pen to check at night.
But this time there were so many ewes giving birth to babies together. Even if the family raised a lot of sheep, it was still a big deal and worthy of their family's attention.
After all, if you are lucky, there are more than a dozen lambs, and with a little care, it is the income of other families for a year.
When so many sheep give birth to babies at the same time, there is a high possibility that the lamb will not be born. Their family has encountered this situation several times before, so they have to prepare in advance.
But there is no need to go to a specialized veterinarian at this time, because Zhang An can handle it himself.
He has studied medicine with Zhang Yixing for so long, and he has learned some real skills. The situation of ewe dystocia is not that difficult.
In addition, Zhang An has met him several times and has read books on the subject, so he also has some experience with it.
Not only is he very good at dealing with this kind of thing, but dealing with it is not a problem at all. Anyway, in the past few years, all the lambs that were difficult to give birth to in their family have survived.
"Then I'll go and guard the sheepfold at night, so you don't have to get up often, dad."
Hearing what dad said, Zhang An nodded to express his understanding. .
In the past few nights, as long as the ewes have not finished giving birth, someone has to get up frequently to inspect the sheepfold. Anyway, it is either him or his father Zhang Jianguo.
The weather is no longer cold this season, and there are not as many mosquitoes as there are in summer, so he immediately decided to stay in the sheepfold at night.
"That's okay. You keep watch for half the night, and I'll keep watch for the rest of the night. I'll call you when something happens."
For Zhang Jianguo, keeping watch in the sheepfold was not a big deal.
Because their family did this kind of thing many years ago.
When he was young, his family had a big buffalo, and it was a cow.
Whenever the buffalo at home is about to give birth, no matter it is day or night, they have to be guarded by someone.
Because in those years, a cow was definitely worth most of a family's property, even a calf was very important.
But when we lived in the old house, because the family had a large population, the upstairs of the cattle pen was used as a room for one person, so they didn't have to stay in the cattle pen specifically at that time.
Now, the situation at home has improved, and there is no shortage of accommodation, so there is no need to separate people in the circle.
"Dad, there is no need to divide the morning and the night. I can just move a recliner to the pen and keep watch. Anyway, there will be nothing to do tomorrow."
Their sheepfold has been It's clean and there isn't much of a smell inside. You can move a recliner in at night and rest while watching. It's much better than staying up late.
Just like what Zhang An said, there is nothing much to do during the day anyway, so if you want to catch up on your naps, you have plenty of time.
And it is good for the ewes that he personally guards them. In case of special circumstances, he can also bring the ewes into the space, which is much better than giving birth outside.
Zhang Jianguo saw that Zhang An had made all the arrangements and said nothing more.
After dinner, Zhang An went to the pen to observe the condition of the ewes that were about to give birth, and to add some night grass to the livestock at home.
Actually, their family doesn’t have to worry about the fodder they feed their animals. They have already fed a lot of it during the day, and it is not the busy farming season, so they rarely talk about night grass.
However, Zhang An felt that it was a happy event for so many ewes to give birth at home, so he simply let the animals celebrate.
I have to say that Dahua and the others came back very promptly. As soon as they returned home, they were treated to a late-night snack.
After Zhang An went around and added fodder and space spring water to all the stone troughs, he calmed down and observed the situation of the ewes.
As expected, as Dad said, there were several ewes with already big bellies, and they were not interested in the very fresh fodder he had just put in and the attractive space spring water.
While other animals were running over to eat grass and drink water, they were wandering around on the other side, and their moods were a bit unsettled. They were standing for a while, lying on the ground for a while, and from time to time. will make a cry.
Zhang An has personally delivered a large number of sheep. When he saw this situation, he knew that there would definitely be ewes giving birth tonight, and he could tell which ones they were.
But according to his experience, it will basically be in the second half of the night.
However, unexpected situations could not be ruled out, so he moved the recliner directly.
Sure enough, at about two o'clock in the night, Zhang An, who was still sleeping, was awakened by the sound of sheep braying.
At this time, there was already a ewe nesting on the ground and starting to work hard. Zhang An knew that its child was about to be born. Therefore, Zhang An directly put it into the space.
In the outside world, when the ewe gives birth, it will consume a lot of energy. Once the ewe is exhausted, even if the fetal position is normal, it will cause dystocia.
But this will not happen in space, because the mysterious power of space will replenish energy for the ewe.
And whether it is a human or a sheep, the mother suffers very much when giving birth.
There was no one else around at this time, so he had some space, so naturally he didn’t want the ewes to suffer too much.
Sure enough, the ewe had to work hard for a long time, but after Zhang An brought it into the space, the lamb was successfully born in a short time.
One, two, just when Zhang An thought it was over, the ewe squeezed another one out of its belly very confidently.
This litter of three lambs is quite a lot, and it can be considered a good start.
After the lambs were licked clean by the ewe, they were able to stand up quickly due to the space. After a while, they adapted to their own limbs. The ewe that had just given birth also recovered. come over.
Seeing this situation, Zhang An took them out of the space and put them back into the sheepfold.
The reason why they were not allowed to stay longer was, on the one hand, because there were other ewes outside that were about to give birth, and on the other hand, it was to allow the family's flock to accept a few of their lambs.
After all, they have just been born. If they stay in the space for too long and lose the breath of amniotic fluid, the sheep that have never seen them may not accept them immediately.
Back in the sheepfold, half an hour later, another ewe started to work hard, but this time two ewes appeared at the same time.
Zhang An still brought them into the space as before.
After half the payment, they were taken out together with the eldest and the youngest. This time it was also smooth, but there were no more triplets, they were all twins.
But Zhang An didn't feel disappointed either. This was already very good. Only three ewes had given birth and there were already seven lambs. For other families who were unlucky, they would probably have seven more lambs. Only sheep can have so many babies.
After that, for a long time, no ewes showed any tendency to give birth. Even if they wandered around, they did not lie down on the ground.
It wasn’t until after five o’clock that a few more sheep appeared to be giving birth.
Only this time something unexpected happened. After Zhang An brought them into the space, only three sheep were giving birth normally.
The remaining one was lying on the ground wailing, working hard, not as relaxed as the previous ones.
Zhang An couldn't help but frowned when he saw this. It was like this in space, so it would be okay if it was placed outside.
The next moment, Zhang An put his hand on it, then closed his eyes and concentrated on the ewe.
If you don’t know it, you will be shocked when you see it. There are five fetuses in the belly of this ewe.
This shocked Zhang An, because the ewe’s belly didn’t look like she was carrying five lambs.
Speaking of multiple births, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter to the space, and they can all be born smoothly.
The real reason why the birth was not smooth was that the fetus in its belly was in an abnormal position, and the one with the abnormal position happened to be the first one.
This was the first time Zhang An had seen this situation, but he knew how dangerous it would be.
If they don’t give birth the first time, then the remaining ones may be stuck in the belly of the ewe.
In the end, not only the fetuses are suffocated inside, but the ewes will also die as a result.
Zhang An definitely didn't want this to happen. Fortunately, he had read about the method of correcting the fetus in a book and also learned it from Zhang Yixing.
It’s just that nowadays everyone has to go to the hospital to give birth, and he has never been able to practice this method personally.
Now that we are encountering such a situation, it is time to try to see if we can help the ewe to give birth smoothly.
After saying that, he stretched out his hands, found a place on the ewe's abdomen, and began to normalize the fetus.
The most dangerous thing about this method is that it cannot find the correct position of the fetus, which may lead to premature fetal death during the pregnancy, especially in the case of multiple births.
But this is not a big problem for Zhang An, because he can see through space.
He had already visited his relatives to find out the position of the fetus in his belly, so the operation went very smoothly.
However, because this was a case of quintuplets, Zhang An did not dare to move too much when he started, and could only make corrections bit by bit.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but a thin lamb was born smoothly, covered with fetal membranes, and Zhang An breathed a sigh of relief.
The most difficult time has passed, and no more accidents happened. The other four little lambs came to this world smoothly.
Because the ewes’ bellies are not very big when they are pregnant, the bodies of these five lambs are very thin, far inferior to the lambs that were just born in front of them, even the first three lambs. The twin brothers also look much stronger than them.
Afterwards, Zhang An did not stay in the space for long, and returned to the sheepfold with the fifteen sheep, large and small.
Because when he came in just now, it was already past five o'clock in the morning, and it would be dawn in a while. He was worried that his father would get up early and come to the sheepfold.
After coming out, Zhang An checked again and found that the other ewes were in pretty good condition. Although they were at the stage of giving birth, judging from his experience, it probably wouldn’t be today and they could finally relax. .
So Zhang An took a few food bowls and poured space spring water into them. Space grass was placed next to them, specifically to reward the six ewes and their babies that had just given birth tonight.
While calling them, Zhang An roughly counted. The seven ewes that gave birth last night actually gave birth to eighteen lambs. It was a night of harvest.
At Zhang An's call, the ewes quickly brought their babies over to eat.
In order to give birth to babies, they have not eaten well or slept well these days, so when they eat now, they eat very deliciously.
When other sheep saw this situation, they all gathered around here. The smell of space spring water and space grass was very attractive to the sheep, and they wanted to share a piece of the pie together.
But Zhang An couldn't let them get what they wanted. He drove them aside and asked Xiaohu and the others to come and guard them.
With the eyes of several big dogs, the guys who wanted to come and take advantage finally calmed down.
(End of this chapter)