Ducks lay the best eggs in the first year, and there will be no soft eggs. Now it was spring, and it was a good season for laying eggs. Hearing what Shen Yan said, Lu Gu became even happier. He collected four duck eggs and five chicken eggs a day. If each chicken and duck could lay eggs, there would be eight chicken eggs and seven duck eggs in a day. Just selling the eggs he could get a lot of money.
[软蛋 Ruǎn dàn: Soft shelled poultry eggs, such as egg that has a membrane but no shell, from sick hens.]
While they were talking, Wei Lanxiang came back from the Zhang family's house.
"Mom, the chicken has laid eggs." Lu Gu showed her the eggs in his hand.
Hens laying eggs was indeed a big deal for country people, because they could sell the eggs to make money in the future. Wei Lanxiang said with a smile: "These eggs are delicate. The hen laid its first egg today. When you two are free, go dig some worms by the river and bring them back. It will be better if you can catch some bugs. Even though a chicken can lay an egg in a day, it's not easy. Just like people, you have to eat good meal to have eggs in your belly. "
She had raised chickens and ducks for many years, and she was more experienced than Lu Gu. She also felt happy seeing him holding eggs. She remembered that Shen Xuanqing had told her that these chickens and ducks were specially raised for Lu Gu, after that he also gave her twenty taels. She had money in her hand and was not greedy for Lu Gu's chicken eggs and duck eggs, so she said: "Go and put it on a basket, you can save the eggs yourself, and mother will not care about it."
Just now, Lu Gu was still thinking about where to put the eggs. He was not as casual as Shen Xuanqing, he was thin skinned and embarrassed to say something and do something.
Now that Wei Lanxiang had spoken, his eyebrows curved: "I understand, mother, I'll go right away."
When Shen Xuanqing came back from burying Lao Zhang, as soon as the shovel leaned against the wall, he heard Lu Gu shouting from the kitchen: "Er Qing."
He didn't even wash his hands, he went to the kitchen immediately to check if something happened.
"The chicken has laid eggs." Lu Gu showed him the bamboo basket lined with a thick layer of straw.
Shen Xuanqing was a little surprised. Seeing his fulang so happy, he smiled and said, "I will have eggs every day from now on."
"Yes." Lu Gu carefully put the bamboo basket back, fearing that it would be broken if he moved it too much. He straightened up his body and said, "Save a few more to make fried eggs for you."
"Okay." Shen Xuanqing agreed, with smile on his face.
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After being scolded by Lin Shouyi, the relatives of the Zhang family finally calmed down and stopped making trouble, and Lao Zhang could be buried. Even Quanzi family next door felt much cleaner.
The days returned to the busy and quiet days of the past. Ji Qiuyue didn't leave the house for several days because of the Zhang family's funeral, and she also tied a red belt around her waist.
After the rain, the wheat seedlings were growing more and more obviously, and their green colors could make people feel happy.
As spring arrived, there were more weeds in the fields. Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing had been pulling weeds in the fields these days. There were so many shepherd's purses and purslane in the fields, even veronica polita and plantago asiatica that usually only could be found in the mountains and forests. They didn't want to eat what they had been been eating recently. There would be more wild vegetables in the future, so there was no need to dry them and keep them for eating. Lu Gu pulled the wild vegetables out and put them in the bamboo basket. He went back and chopped them into pieces to feed the chickens, ducks and rabbits.
[婆婆 pó po: husband's mother, mother-in-law, grandma; plant: Veronica polita]
[车前子 chē qián zǐ: Plantago asiatica]
The purslane, it's also called sunless, after being pull out, the roots only need to have a little water or wet mud to take root and grow up. Therefore, purslane in the wheat field is not pleasing to the eye, unless you can see the young ones. You can eat the young ones, as for the old ones, you can only use it to feed the livestock.
[晒不死 Shài bùsǐ: sunless]
Shen Xuanqing bought eleven acres of dryland (旱地), and all of it was planted with wheat. They came to do the work on the fields while they were not in the mountains recently.
Shen Yaoqing had always taken good care of the two acres of dryland at home, and now their family had a total of thirteen acres of wheat field.
Afraid the puppy would eat the wheat seedlings, Shen Xuanqing didn't take it when he went out with Lugu today. When they got tired from pulling weeds in the wheat field, they stood up and then bent down again to pull weeds. Their waist and legs would always get sore. That's what farm work is like, and it's not easy.
Ducks lay the best eggs in the first year, and there will be no soft eggs. Now it was spring, and it was a good season for laying eggs. Hearing what Shen Yan said, Lu Gu became even happier. He collected four duck eggs and five chicken eggs a day. If each chicken and duck could lay eggs, there would be eight chicken eggs and seven duck eggs in a day. Just selling the eggs he could get a lot of money.
[软蛋 Ruǎn dàn: Soft shelled poultry eggs, such as egg that has a membrane but no shell, from sick hens.]
While they were talking, Wei Lanxiang came back from the Zhang family's house.
"Mom, the chicken has laid eggs." Lu Gu showed her the eggs in his hand.
Hens laying eggs was indeed a big deal for country people, because they could sell the eggs to make money in the future. Wei Lanxiang said with a smile: "These eggs are delicate. The hen laid its first egg today. When you two are free, go dig some worms by the river and bring them back. It will be better if you can catch some bugs. Even though a chicken can lay an egg in a day, it's not easy. Just like people, you have to eat good meal to have eggs in your belly. "
She had raised chickens and ducks for many years, and she was more experienced than Lu Gu. She also felt happy seeing him holding eggs. She remembered that Shen Xuanqing had told her that these chickens and ducks were specially raised for Lu Gu, after that he also gave her twenty taels. She had money in her hand and was not greedy for Lu Gu's chicken eggs and duck eggs, so she said: "Go and put it on a basket, you can save the eggs yourself, and mother will not care about it."
Just now, Lu Gu was still thinking about where to put the eggs. He was not as casual as Shen Xuanqing, he was thin skinned and embarrassed to say something and do something.
Now that Wei Lanxiang had spoken, his eyebrows curved: "I understand, mother, I'll go right away."
When Shen Xuanqing came back from burying Lao Zhang, as soon as the shovel leaned against the wall, he heard Lu Gu shouting from the kitchen: "Er Qing."
He didn't even wash his hands, he went to the kitchen immediately to check if something happened.
"The chicken has laid eggs." Lu Gu showed him the bamboo basket lined with a thick layer of straw.
Shen Xuanqing was a little surprised. Seeing his fulang so happy, he smiled and said, "I will have eggs every day from now on."
"Yes." Lu Gu carefully put the bamboo basket back, fearing that it would be broken if he moved it too much. He straightened up his body and said, "Save a few more to make fried eggs for you."
"Okay." Shen Xuanqing agreed, with smile on his face.
_______
After being scolded by Lin Shouyi, the relatives of the Zhang family finally calmed down and stopped making trouble, and Lao Zhang could be buried. Even Quanzi family next door felt much cleaner.
The days returned to the busy and quiet days of the past. Ji Qiuyue didn't leave the house for several days because of the Zhang family's funeral, and she also tied a red belt around her waist.
After the rain, the wheat seedlings were growing more and more obviously, and their green colors could make people feel happy.
As spring arrived, there were more weeds in the fields. Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing had been pulling weeds in the fields these days. There were so many shepherd's purses and purslane in the fields, even veronica polita and plantago asiatica that usually only could be found in the mountains and forests. They didn't want to eat what they had been been eating recently. There would be more wild vegetables in the future, so there was no need to dry them and keep them for eating. Lu Gu pulled the wild vegetables out and put them in the bamboo basket. He went back and chopped them into pieces to feed the chickens, ducks and rabbits.
[婆婆 pó po: husband's mother, mother-in-law, grandma; plant: Veronica polita]
[车前子 chē qián zǐ: Plantago asiatica]
The purslane, it's also called sunless, after being pull out, the roots only need to have a little water or wet mud to take root and grow up. Therefore, purslane in the wheat field is not pleasing to the eye, unless you can see the young ones. You can eat the young ones, as for the old ones, you can only use it to feed the livestock.
[晒不死 Shài bùsǐ: sunless]
Shen Xuanqing bought eleven acres of dryland (旱地), and all of it was planted with wheat. They came to do the work on the fields while they were not in the mountains recently.
Shen Yaoqing had always taken good care of the two acres of dryland at home, and now their family had a total of thirteen acres of wheat field.
Afraid the puppy would eat the wheat seedlings, Shen Xuanqing didn't take it when he went out with Lugu today. When they got tired from pulling weeds in the wheat field, they stood up and then bent down again to pull weeds. Their waist and legs would always get sore. That's what farm work is like, and it's not easy.
