NOVEL NEXT Chapter 74: Shelduck
Chapter 74 Shelduck
After that, Aunt Li came to bring water celery and small snails to Song Xi, but Song Xi didn't serve her any more.
Because Aunt Li has a lot of family members, she doesn't have enough points at all.
Besides, Aunt Li has made a lot of money with her during this period of time. It can be said that life is better than most other families in the village.
She is too generous, what if others treat her like a fool?
"Aunt Li, I gave the water celery and small snails to my classmate this morning, and she shared them with her relatives. This is the money they gave you." Song Xi handed the three-dollar bill to Aunt Li .
This proves that the money was pooled by several people.
"Xiao Xi, thank you."
Aunt Li took the money with a smile, and simply counted it.
After confirming that it was correct, the smile on his face became even brighter.
But after a while, he frowned again, and said with some concern, "Xiaoxi, the water celery is getting less and less. Is there anything else in our mountains that your classmates want to eat?"
Aunt Li was reluctant to lose this profitable business.
Because they are in the mountains, they can't even afford food and clothing, so where is the money?
Now Song Xi's classmates want these special products from the mountains, so that she has an income and improves their family's living standard.
Although I have money but no tickets, I can’t buy any good things, but I can buy some coarse grains to fill my stomach.
"My classmate did mention it before. She said that she wanted to eat mushrooms and wild vegetables. When the water celery is gone, Aunt Li can go pick some mushrooms and wild vegetables. I will show her to see them. If her relatives want them, We can go all out to pick mushrooms and dig wild vegetables, but we have to sort them and put them away, and they can’t be mixed together.”
Song Xi is not very good at recognizing mushrooms.
If Aunt Li is willing to pick, then she doesn't have to worry about it in the future.
There is no need to waste time on this aspect, as long as you use the money to 'buy' it with Aunt Li.
"Okay, I got it. I will definitely tidy it up and put it in a good place, so that your classmates won't find any faults." Aunt Li said seriously.
Mushrooms and wild vegetables can be seen everywhere in the countryside.
The reason why they chose to take it from her was because of Song Xi's face.
If she doesn't take it seriously, people will definitely find someone else to buy it.
So she has to do her best.
In this way, he can earn money, and it won't affect Song Xi's relationship with his classmates.
"Then trouble Aunt Li." Song Xi said.
"No trouble, no trouble, Xiaoxi's classmate is kind, not only gave money but also returned old clothes, and relieved a lot of pressure on our family." Aunt Li said gratefully.
She was wearing the old clothes Song Xi gave her!
There are no patches at all, no different from new clothes.
The clothes of the mountain people are patch upon patch.
She went out wearing unpatched clothes. I don’t know how many people cast envious eyes!
When someone asked, she said that it was old clothes given by her relatives.
Don't dare to confess Song Xi, otherwise what will happen to Song Xi?
Getting the letter of approval from Song Xi, Aunt Li was full of energy and went home with full of hope.
Song Xi closed the courtyard door and put the things into the supermarket.
Go to the kitchen and pour the trotter and lotus root soup into a large enamel basin.
Afterwards, stir-fry rattan and rattan vegetables directly in the oil pan of the stew pot soup.
Song Xi is now familiar with the rustic stoves in the countryside, and can cook very neatly.
After a while, two dishes and one soup were ready.
"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, come and see, my husband has brought you something good."
As soon as Zhou Yi entered, he shouted excitedly.
He didn't smell the fragrance wafting from the stove house at all.
Hearing Zhou Yi's slightly anxious voice, Song Xi came out of the toilet, went to the well to wash his hands, and then walked towards him, "What good thing? Look, you're in a hurry."
"Come inside."
Zhou Yi reached out and grabbed Song Xi's arm, and pulled her into the house, not only closing the door but also locking it.
Only then did he take out the sack from the back basket, and untied the hemp rope tied to the mouth of the bag.
Like offering a treasure, a very beautiful duck was hugged out of it.
The whole body feathers are brown, with small black spots, like the feathers of sparrows. It looks like the kind of shelduck that is raised in modern times.
Song Xi couldn't help but reached out and touched the smooth feathers on the duck's head.
Looking at its big round eyes, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, the little thing is so cute, and the fur color is also very beautiful.
"Daughter-in-law, I still have duck eggs here!"
Zhou Yi took out another ten duck eggs from his close-fitting pocket, and carefully placed them on the table.
"Brother Yi, isn't this duck the mother duck who is hatching eggs?" Song Xi was taken aback for a moment, then said helplessly, "Brother Yi, you are too bad, you took them all in one pot? Mother Duck And the baby duck egg is gone, how worried should the duck father be?"
"Then what to do?"
Zhou Yi only cared about finding delicious food for his little daughter-in-law, but didn't think much about it.
Song Xi raised his brows, and his eyes lit up instantly, "Brother Yi, why don't we raise them, these few duck eggs can hatch at least five ducklings, right? As long as there is a female duck inside, then we will feed each duckling every year." More than one hundred duck eggs can be harvested! If there are male ducks and female ducks, then at least twenty ducklings can be hatched in a year, and so on... What a huge and magnificent number!"
Song Xi couldn't help laughing out loud while talking, as if something great happened.
If the shelduck can reproduce, then there will be no more ducks to eat in the future.
Salted salted duck, air-dried duck, cured duck...etc, are all made of duck.
In addition, shelducks are easy to feed, and small fish, shrimps or small snails can be fed to them.
"Okay, listen to your wife and raise it."
Then Zhou Yi found a round rice basket, filled it with straw and leaves, put the duck eggs in it, and put the duck in it too.
But the duck's wings were trimmed by him, because he was afraid that the duck would fly away.
Afraid of being known by outsiders, he put the duck's nest in the utility room.
A lock locked the door of the utility room, for fear that one day someone with short eyes would come to the house and find that they had secretly raised shelducks.
Looking at his daughter-in-law's eyes full of expectation, he didn't want to see her disappointed eyes.
Song Xi put a bowl of water in the corner, added a drop of spiritual spring water, and put a small bowl of smashed small snails.
In this way, mother duck can eat at any time.
Song Xi couldn't help being happy when she thought that she would have a few cute ducklings in a short time.
The Song family must never have imagined that her current life is a hundred times better than when she was in the Song family!
If the Song family finds out, the Song family will probably vomit blood in anger, right?
I hope that the Song family will not approach her in a ignorant manner, otherwise she will make them overwhelmed.
Locking the door of the utility room again, Song Xi looked up at Zhou Yi, a trace of cunning flashed in his shining eyes, "Brother Yi, shelducks are usually found in lakes, weed stacks along rivers, or dry land on pampas grass On or near the embankment, or in the forks of big trees, or in the hollows under the fallen logs, where did Brother Yi catch this shelduck?"
(end of this chapter)