Chapter 707
Not long after dinner in the evening, Zhou Yang’s father Zhou Shuanglin came over.
"Zhang An, Xiaoyang asked me to come to your place to catch some pigeons and old hens, so that I don't have to buy them elsewhere."
After Zhou Shuanglin greeted Zhang An's parents with a few polite words , he directly explained his intention. It seemed that Zhou Yang had already called him in the afternoon.
"It's late at night now, so there's no need to be in such a hurry. It'll be the same if we come over tomorrow to catch him."
Zhang An poured a cup of tea and handed it over and said with a smile.
"I have to catch the first bus there tomorrow morning, otherwise there will be no one to take care of me at home, so I came here to arrest you first, so as not to bother you early in the morning tomorrow."
< br>Zhou Shuanglin smiled and explained that he went to the county just to deliver some things.
The child has not yet been born, and there are two children at home who are studying in school to look after. He has to rush back after delivering the things.
And they have so many pigs and a bunch of chickens and ducks at home, it’s really hard to live without anyone at home.
The first bus from Hongyan Town to the county town departed at six o'clock in the morning. He rushed the first bus there, and it was only noon when he came back, just in time to feed the pigs at home.
"That's true. It's definitely not possible without anyone in this family. In this case, Xiao An will take your Brother Shuanglin to arrest him."
Wang Fang can understand Zhou Shuanglin's thoughts very well. , because sometimes when they go to Zhang An’s grandma’s house, they want to come back quickly, and they can’t let go of the animals at home.
"Brother Shuang Lin, come with me. It happens to be night now and the pigeons have all flown back. Then you can catch whichever one you like."
Hearing that the old man "Mom," Zhang An nodded and said to Zhou Yang's father.
The two came to the chicken coop. Zhang An had just turned on the light inside, and the chickens and ducks who had just been squatting in the nest and sleeping immediately became lively.
Seeing the sudden light on, they thought it was about to distribute food to them.
Zhang An ignored them, but took Zhou Shuanglin up the wooden ladder and climbed to the floor to look at the pigeons first.
"Well, the pigeons are all back now. Brother Shuanglin came to see which one he wanted. After a while I turned off the light and grabbed it."
Zhang An pointed to his pigeon cage. The pigeons inside asked Zhou Shuanglin.
"How do I know this? If you want to be more familiar with it, why don't you help catch a few,"
Zhou Shuanglin smiled and shook his head and said, if it were chickens and ducks, he might be able to pick one based on experience, but It’s really impossible to choose pigeons.
Because he is neither a chef nor a pigeon breeder, so he doesn’t know much about this aspect.
If he really had to choose, he would definitely choose those pigeons that are fat and look energetic.
So he directly asked Zhang An to watch and arrest him. Anyway, he felt that Zhang An would definitely not cheat their family.
"Then let's go downstairs and turn off the lights, and find a pocket to come over. I promise to catch a few of the best ones for Brother Shuanglin."
Hearing this, Zhang An didn't write ink, and nodded. Head and Zhou Shuanglin said.
Arrived at the lower level, Zhang An quickly found a nylon bag, grabbed the scissors and made a few small cuts, then turned off the light and then climbed back up to the wooden floor.
Zhou Shuanglin did not follow this time because it was too dark inside after turning off the lights.
But if you don’t turn off the lights and catch a pigeon, the others will definitely be shocked.
But Zhang An didn't care. In this pitch-black chicken coop, even though he didn't have night vision, he still had no problem seeing clearly.
On the floor, Zhang An approached the pigeon cage gently.
When the light was on just now, he had already figured out which ones he wanted to catch. Now he did not hesitate at all and took action directly.
In a few moments, four pigeons were caught.
Although Zhang An usually feeds these guys, he paid special attention to it just now, but the captured pigeons still made some noise, and the pigeon group also caused some commotion.
However, because they couldn’t see anything with the lights off, they only made a fuss a few times. After Zhang An didn’t do anything, they became quiet.
It is estimated that they will not find out until tomorrow that their usual relatives and friends are suddenly missing.
“Brother Shuanglin, I’ve caught four for the time being. These things need to be fresh. You can catch them later when needed. Anyway, they are so close, so there is no need to catch them all and put them away.”
Zhang An showed the four captured pigeons to Zhou Shuanglin, and then explained.
“That’s what I think too. I can’t keep these pigeons in captivity, and they have to be looked after, so I’ll catch a few first and catch them later.”
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Zhou Shuanglin immediately nodded in agreement. His thoughts were actually similar to Zhang An's.
If you catch so many pigeons and take them to the county town, not to mention that the house is someone else’s home, and if you catch them, they will have to be fed and watered regularly. Otherwise, not only will they starve to death, but even if you starve and lose weight, the gain will not be worth the loss.
And these days Zhou Yang must be focusing on Chen Wenwen who is in labor in the hospital, so how can he have the time to take care of this.
Zhang An caught one and let Zhou Shuanglin try it.
“These pigeons may not be the fattest, but the meat quality and nutrition are definitely the best.”
The reason why Zhang An dared to say this was not because of anything about these pigeons. Special place.
It’s because other hens in the family are laying eggs, and although these few have laid eggs before, they are not in the egg-laying period now. After all, laying eggs consumes the nutrition of the mother’s body, and the nutrition of hens who have not laid eggs is Definitely better.
Zhou Shuanglin held the pigeon in his hand. Although he couldn't see any clues, he felt quite satisfied.
Because these pigeons feel solid when caught, unlike others, the most obvious thing you feel when you pick them up is the feathers on their bodies.
After catching the pigeons, it was the old hens’ turn to be unlucky.
But when it comes to catching chickens, there aren't so many restrictions. Zhang An just turns on the light and lets Zhou Shuanglin choose, really fancying which one to catch.
Zhou Shuanglin didn't hesitate, he scanned around and stretched out his hand to select two. Zhang An caught them on the spot.
Zhang An's pullets are not very heavy, weighing only three or four pounds each. Two hens plus four pigeons are actually enough.
But when passing by Zhang An’s white-flowered chickens, Zhou Shuanglin fell in love with the white-flowered chickens that his family had just raised this year.
"Zhang An, can you catch a white-flowered chicken? Why don't you catch one for me too."
Everyone has eaten small native chickens on weekdays, but white-flowered chickens are different. Let alone eating, it is difficult to see more of them because they raise very few white chickens here.
So when he first saw the white chicken that was different from the small native chicken, Zhou Shuanglin wanted to grab one and take it with him as a change of taste for his daughter-in-law.
"What can't be caught here? These chickens are raised just for eating meat."
Zhang An smiled and said, and immediately went to catch one that had laid eggs for Zhou Shuanglin. white-flowered pullet.
Because they have only been raising chickens for a short time and are still in the early stage of breeding and expanding their scale, their number of white chickens is not large, only a dozen.
This includes the roosters, otherwise if it were just hens, there would only be a few of them. Despite Zhang An's willingness to agree to Zhou Shuanglin's offer, Zhang An would definitely not be willing to sell it to someone else. He would stay and lay eggs and then hatch chicks.
But the Zhou Yang family is different. The relationship between the two families is so good that even if the number is small, Zhang An will give it to their family.
"Brother Shuanglin, as well as our crucian carp, wait until the child is born before catching it and bringing it over. After all, it's not needed now, and it won't last a few days if you bring it over."
Zhang An told Zhou Yang that he would give it to Crucian Carp, but it is too early to take him there now.
When the baby is not born, too much lactation is not a good thing for pregnant women.
But if Zhang An didn't explain it, he was afraid that Zhou Shuanglin would misunderstand him and think he was reluctant to part with it.
"Anything is fine. It's up to you. After all, you need to have experience."
Zhou Shuanglin took over the conversation without any objection.
In his opinion, Zhang An's opinions are all good, because little Siqi was only born a few years ago.
Although their family has three children, it was many years ago. At that time, having children was not as important as it is now.
After sending Zhou Shuanglin away, Zhang An discovered that the monkey who was sleeping in the yard just now had disappeared.
So he called him a few times, but there was no response. He probably ran out to play again, and Zhang An didn't bother to care about him.
On the other hand, the little ferret who was still in confinement in the cage started to scream again when he saw Zhang An approaching.
But the voice is no longer as urgent as it was in the afternoon. After all, I have never been in confinement before, but now I have, so I am probably used to it.
Seeing its pitiful appearance, Zhang An released it.
After all, it has been several hours since I was imprisoned.
Confining a little thing is like beating a child in the village. You can't beat it too lightly. If it is too light, they will not remember it, and the beating will be in vain.
But don’t hit it too hard. If you hit it too hard, it will be bad if it hurts somewhere.
The same goes for confinement. If you confine it for too short a time, the little thing will definitely feel like playing and it will have no effect at all.
But if it is kept closed for too long, it will get used to being enclosed. This is not Zhang An's ultimate goal.
After escaping from the cage, the little ferret didn't go anywhere. It immediately climbed onto Zhang An's shoulder and kept calling in a low voice, as if to tell how wronged it was.
But it didn’t know that Zhang An taught it not because it had sex with the monkey, but because it was disobedient.
“Zhou Yang’s father has gone back?”
Zhang An returned to the house and Wang Fang asked him.
"He has already gone back. He has to catch the early train tomorrow, so he probably has to pack some things to take with him."
Zhang An nodded and said to his mother.
The little ferret on his shoulder saw little Siqi who was washing her feet, and rushed over.
When Xiao Siqi saw Xiangxiang, he was no longer as angry as he was in the afternoon, which fully demonstrated what it means to have a character that does not hold grudges.
"Mom, many people have finished planting their rice seedlings now. Why don't we find a few people to come over tomorrow to topdress our cherry trees."
Zhang An wanted to do this a few days ago, so as not to forget it later.
But in the past few days, everyone had little free time, so it was not easy to hire people.
The past two days have been much better. Most of the rice seedlings in the fields have been planted, and many people are free.
The corn in the field has just been planted not long ago, and it is not yet time to fertilize and weed for the first time, so it is easier to find someone.
“Aren’t our cherry trees growing well? Why do they suddenly need top dressing?”
As soon as Wang Fang heard about hiring people to do the work, she subconsciously felt that it would cost money. , so she habitually wants to save money.
After all, in her subconscious mind, the fruit trees were still inferior to the crops in the field, so she felt that there was no need to fertilize the fruit trees.
And it’s even more uneconomical to hire someone to fertilize.
But just after she finished speaking, she remembered how much benefit those cherries and peaches had brought to the family in the past two years.
“The tree is growing very well, but the cherries produced on the tree this year are not as good as last year, and it’s time to topdress, otherwise the fruits next year will be smaller. Besides, we There are so many oil residues lying around at home, and if you don’t get rid of them, they will have no effect.”
The oil residue actually has a shelf life, because it is just put in a bag and left in the air. Over time, the fertility inside will evaporate, and the effect will be greatly reduced at that time.
Of course, Zhang An only said this to his mother, because he had already dealt with all the oil residue in the house.
"Then let me look for it now. If I wait until tomorrow, I will waste time again."
When Wang Fang heard that the fruits next year might be smaller, he didn't want to save money. When I got money, I immediately wanted to find someone.
"There's no need to be in such a hurry. Let's go there tomorrow morning. It's already late at night. If you go, Qiqi will definitely follow you."
Zhang An is not in a hurry for a while. , it actually doesn’t matter if we go tomorrow morning.
After all, there are more people who have time now. It won’t take much time to find someone. It won’t be too late to go tomorrow morning.
And it's already night now. If Wang Fang wants to go out, Xiao Siqi, who has always wanted to go out to play, must go with him.
This time is not like the time when it gets dark, where it doesn’t matter if the kids go out.
But it has been dark for so long now. The old people in the village have said that you should not take your children out at this time.
"Then let's go tomorrow."
Wang Fang was not ready to go when he saw his grandson.
The next morning, Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo had already gotten up early in the morning.
Because he needed to topdress the cherry trees, Zhang Jianguo had already gone to the orchard to cut grass with a scythe when he got up.
After all, in this season, the grass in the orchards is still very crisp and tender, so it is just right to cut it back to feed the family's sheep and deer, which also saves waste.
Wang Fang, while Xiao Siqi was still sleeping, had already gone out to find someone in the village.
Although it was still early, there were already a lot of people in the village. Wang Fang just went out and walked around. In about ten minutes, he found four or five people.
When Zhang An and Chen Ze’s mother went out to look for someone, they took out the treated oil residue from the space.
(End of this chapter)