Chapter 702 Training Smelly
In the next few days, Zhang An, who was free, was still thinking about adding some fertilizer to the fruit trees in his orchard.
But as soon as this thought came to his mind, he immediately remembered that everyone in the village was busy planting rice in the fields, and few people could spare time.
If it is other crops, some people may put aside their home work first and free up their hands to earn their wages.
After all, if you work for Zhang An's family for a few days, you can buy a lot of crops with the wages you get, so you can naturally put aside the work in the fields.
But rice is different from other crops. Now is the best time to transplant the seedlings in the rice field.
Although transplanting late will not have much impact on the harvest date, it will affect the harvest.
Because the same seedlings are transplanted at the right time, each rice plant will definitely have more grains than those planted later, and the fullness of the rice will also be affected.
So if you hire people to work these days, there is a high probability that you won’t be able to find many people. No matter how important it is, they will finish planting their own rice first.
After all, the food that rural families eat all year round is grown with hard work by themselves. No matter how busy or tired they are, they cannot leave it behind.
In later generations, because of the low price of food, many people are unwilling to farm their own land. Instead, they go to work for others, and then use the wages earned to buy food. In this way, in addition to their own rations, they can also There is a lot of money left, which is much more cost-effective than farming.
Of course, we are not in the future, so we don’t have this habit yet.
Thinking of this, Zhang An gave up his thoughts for the time being and decided to wait until everyone was done with their farm work before doing this.
As for letting the family work on their own, Zhang An never thought about it from beginning to end.
For a family of three to fertilize the dozens of acres of orchards, it would take a long time, and it would be extremely tiring.
Zhang An had nothing to do, so he took Xiuxiao out for training. He was very concerned about this little ferret.
The little guy Xiang Xiang has grown very fast during this time. In less than a month since he came to this home, his body has grown dramatically and he is much bigger.
However, this is also a normal situation. The babies of affected animals will grow very fast after a period of time after birth.
In addition, Zhang An often opened a small stove for it and replenished it with some magical space spring water, which resulted in it not only growing fast, but also growing very solidly.
On its body, there is no trace of the immatureness of a newborn baby.
Zhang An is not planning to train Xiuxiao in the normal mode, because during this period Zhang An has brought it into the space from time to time. In terms of taming it, it has been very thorough. There is no need to worry about it being disobedient or biting randomly. people.
Now, Zhang An plans to train Xixi's physical fitness and other skills, including but not limited to jumping, climbing, diving, etc. These are things that are in line with the ferret's nature.
After a while, when Xiuxiu grows bigger, Zhang An also plans to train it how to hunt for food.
Despite their small size, ferrets have always been animals whose fighting power is not commensurate with their size.
On the contrary, they are also extremely destructive animals and are ferocious and good at fighting. In the wild, they can often hunt prey several times larger than themselves.
Such as very cautious pheasants, hares, etc.
Speaking of this aspect, they have their own advantages and disadvantages compared to larger hunting dogs.
For example, when hunting dogs are hunting, once the prey escapes back to their nests, take hares as an example. Once the hunting dogs fail to catch them in time and let them go back to their caves, the big dogs will There is no other way but to give up or wait and see.
But ferrets are different. This thing is very stubborn. Because of its small size, if the prey sneaks back into the nest, it will be easier for it to catch.
Humans first domesticated them for hunting needs. Because of their slender bodies and curious nature, they are very suitable for entering caves and forcing rodents, rabbits and other animals to leave their nests.
According to historical records, ferrets first entered the human world and were related to the ancient Romans' use of ferrets to capture rats and rabbits.
When the training began, the first thing Zhang An did was to exercise his courage.
Because the little guy was taken away from the nest not long after he was born. He did not grow naturally in nature, and his wildness has been seriously affected.
Especially after coming home, it no longer has to worry about food. In addition, it has been with Xiao Siqi all day long. Zhang An is worried that over time, it will develop into a food-only child. The trash that came to open its mouth.
Especially in terms of courage, if you don’t dare to climb down from a high place when the time comes, you will really be worse than a weasel.
At the beginning, Zhang An put the smell on the table and guided it down by itself.
Zhang An's desk is only a little over one meter, which is not too high. However, considering that Xiang Xiang has just started training, he can take his time.
As Zhang An thought, this guy Shou Shou didn’t have the guts to jump directly from the table.
But it was smart enough. After discovering that Zhang An ignored it, it chose to crawl down the table leg, and then climbed into Zhang An's palm.
After trying this cycle several times, Zhang An found that no matter how high he was off the ground, Shou Shou was always timid and unwilling to jump directly.
So he found a rope, tied a simple swing to the tree in the yard, and then put Stinky on it.
I thought that since the board of the swing is not directly connected to the ground, I should be able to force it to try to jump down.
Unexpectedly, after jumping around a few times, this guy couldn't find a way to climb down to the ground directly, but he found a way up the tree, and climbed directly to the tree along the rope tied to the swing. Then come down from the tree.
When he finally crawled into Zhang An's palm, he screamed happily, as if he was letting Zhang An, the master, praise him.
Zhang An patted his head and didn't know what to say. This little guy of his was indeed incredibly smart.
But the training still needs to continue, otherwise in the future when you encounter a place where you need to jump, you will have to scream in panic.
Since you can’t achieve the effect you want in the yard, just change it somewhere.
It just so happened that my father was out tending the sheep, and my mother was also taking little Siqi outside to visit, so Zhang An took Siqi directly into the space.
"Small, I'll see how you take advantage of the loophole this time."
Zhang An found a piece of wood and smiled maliciously at Smelly.
Immediately after the thought, the wooden board on the ground was suspended in the air, and then he grabbed Xiuxiao onto the wooden board.
After Zhang An greeted Xiuxiu a few times, the little thing found that there was nothing to climb, whether it was in the sky or on the ground. It seemed that there was no way to go to the sky and no way to the ground. Only then did he start to get anxious.
But to be anxious is to be anxious, the little thing just won’t jump.
Zhang An felt furious, found some stones and threw them from behind to scare it.
Not to mention, although this method is simple, it is very effective.
Because Xiangxiang has been accustomed to living a good life during his time at home, and he has never been threatened like this. As soon as he saw the stones thrown at it, he was immediately frightened and jumped straight towards Zhang An.
Zhang An was not very far away from it, about a little more than one meter away. The ferret’s long jump ability was not bad, and it jumped into Zhang An’s arms.
When he was lying on Zhang An's hand, the little guy's body was shaking a little and he made a small cry. It seemed that he was scared.
However, after this experience, the little thing became much more courageous. Zhang An continued to try several times, and it was able to jump directly from the top.
Maybe it was because I had skipped it once and found that nothing happened, so I wasn’t as scared as before.
At the beginning, I was a little timid, but after trying it a few more times, I became completely relaxed.
Until the end, Zhang An raised the suspended wooden board a little higher. After training several times, Xiangxiang dared to jump down from a height of more than two meters.
After practicing jumping, climbing does not require special training, because this is the gene engraved in the bones of the little thing.
Otherwise when I was training it to jump high just now, it wouldn't have specifically looked for a place to climb.
The rest is to go into the water. Wild minks are very good at water because they often dive deep into the water to hunt fish.
During this time at home, Zhang An often bathes the little thing, and while bathing, he helps it get used to the water.
The effect is indeed good. Now Shixi is not as afraid of water as he was when he took a bath for the first time. Instead, he can play in the water.
But what Zhang An wants to train it this time is not to fetch it in a basin of water and let it play in it, but to put it directly into the fish pond so that it can adapt to the water with schools of fish. inside.
In this case, it will go into the water to find food by itself in the future.
There are several fish ponds in the space, and Zhang An specially selected a pond without carnivorous fish for him to play in.
After all, this is the first time it has dived into a fish pond. If there are more ferocious fish, such as blackfish, a bully in the water, Zhang An is worried that it will scare it out of its psychological shadow.
So I found a pond with only carp, crucian carp and other herbivorous fish and put it in it.
When it grows up and is trained, let it meet those bullies in the water to see who is stronger.
Although Zhang An did not follow him into the water, he could still see what was going on in the water.
Maybe the species is different. When Xiuxiang first entered the pond, the fish were very curious about it, and many fish swam towards it.
It was indeed the first time for Xiangxiang to see these big fish in the water. He was frightened and immediately swam to other places, as if to avoid these big fish.
This is what happens in space. If you were in the wild, you might not be able to see this kind of scene at all.
Because minks are at the top of the food chain, and fish are just there to be eaten, so how can they dare to get in there.
But slowly, Xiangxiang got used to the existence of fish in the water, and had already tried to stretch out his claws to some small fish.
Zhang An didn't need to teach it. After playing for a while, it came out of the water on its own to take a breath.
The fur itself was very soft, and after being soaked by water, it looked like a wet towel. When I saw Zhang An, I really wanted to pick it up and twist it.
But I still restrained myself. After all, if you dare to twist this little thing, it will die.
After taking a breather, Xixiang got into the water again. Last time, a school of fish came to him, but he ran away in fear. But this time, he seemed to have returned as the king, specifically targeting the fish. Find the group.
In a short time, the pond was turned upside down, chasing the fish and escaping everywhere.
Finally, I caught a crucian carp that was two to three fingers wide and placed it in front of Zhang An as if to take credit.
Zhang An was very satisfied with its performance and rewarded it with the fish.
Then Zhang An took the smell out of the space, found a dry towel, and wiped the moisture from its body.
The results of today's training are still very good, so there is no need to continue. Just wait until you think of it later and review it again.
As for other hunting skills, it is still too early, at least until the little thing reaches adulthood.
Entering June, the heat in the air has been diluted a little, because God has begun to rain.
The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and this year’s rainy season has arrived. After every household has finished planting rice and corn, it can be regarded as a short period of time. Time to rest.
In addition to training Shouxiu from time to time every day, Zhang An also took out the oil residue left over from this year's oil extraction and re-crushed it.
After finding the person in a few days, Zhang An plans to use these crushed oil residues, mix them with space spring water, and then use them to topdress fruit trees.
"I remember that your rice seedlings have been planted. Why are there so many oil residues left?"
While Zhang An was grinding the oil residues, Zhou Yang came to the door.
“This is what’s left from this year’s oil extraction. I didn’t sell a kilogram, I brought it all back. You also know that Chen Ze and I squeezed nearly two thousand kilograms of rapeseed this year. No matter how much you use it, it will definitely not be used much. It is used to topdress the fruit trees."
Zhou Yang is not someone else, and Zhang An is not particularly free, but is grinding the oil residue while following him. say.
"What is the effect of this oil residue on fruit trees?"
Hearing what Zhang An said, Zhou Yang continued to ask.
"The effect is still very good. Fruit farmers in many places even buy oil residue to topdress fruit trees. However, we use it less here. We only use it when planting crops."
Hongyan There is really not much oil residue used in this area of the town. Except for some people who use some when planting rice, the rest are basically used to sell money.
Of course, there are some old men who stay here specifically to topdress the tobacco leaves they grow.
“Oh, if I had known, I wouldn’t have sold it, and I would have kept it for top-dressing the fruit trees.”
After hearing this, Zhou Yang immediately regretted it, because he opened a restaurant, so their family will also have to do this this year. I pressed a lot of canola oil.
But there was too much oil residue squeezed out, and not much was used when growing rice in the fields, so they were all sold.
Now that Zhang An said this, he regretted not staying to topdress the kiwi tree at home.
(End of this chapter)