Chapter Ninety-Four: Vientiane Renewal
One is renewed, and everything is renewed.
When Liu Daode sat in the courtyard at night and practiced, he could clearly sense that the aura in the earth's veins was recovering little by little.
In just a few days, there were a few more traces of tender green among the originally yellow artemisia grass outside the hospital. The water is murmuring, and the fish swimming inside are becoming much more active.
On the big poplar tree in the courtyard, the magpie who was punished by Liu Daode didn't know where to hide recently, and disappeared completely.
Many of the village's livestock feeders began to get busy, pulling the cow dung they had accumulated for the winter into the wheat fields. In a few days, the wheat will be raised, and the field will not be able to enter the cart.
Taking advantage of the spring light, Liu Daode led the general, carrying a basket, and went up the back mountain to dig dandelion roots.
Digging up half a basket, it feels pretty much the same. I found a big rock at the foot of the mountain at random, leaned on it, and slept with my eyes squinted. It's not yet the season when insects, snakes, rats and ants are active, so I'm not afraid of being bitten while asleep.
I don't know how long I slept when my phone rang, and he connected in a daze, "Hey?"
"Lazy man, you come to the village, the scalper bought it for you. On the other end of the phone, Liu Daoxi's voice rang.
"What...... What bull?" he was momentarily confused.
"Didn't my dad say that he had seen a set of cattle on the street two days ago, and asked if you wanted it, didn't you say you wanted to see it, and now the cattle have been bought. ”
"No, it's really fake," Liu Daode completely lost his sleepiness at this time: "I just said casually at the time, did you really buy it back?"
"It's not fake, you can come over quickly. After speaking, Liu Daoxi hung up the phone.
This old man...... It's amazing.
Liu Daode shook his head helplessly, carried the basket, and called the general to rush home.
When I got home, I threw the basket in the courtyard and drove to the village.
Walking on the road, he had already figured it out: Uncle must have figured out his own character. Make the raw rice into mature rice first, so that he has no way to refuse.
If it were other people in the village, they wouldn't use this trick, no way, who would let it be their own family.
When I arrived outside Liu Daoxi's house, I saw many people visiting around two cows, one large and one small.
"Lazy man, come and see the scalper that your uncle sold you. When the old uncle saw him, he greeted him from afar.
"It's coming, it's coming" Liu Daode also came closer. There was a cow tied to the trunk of the tree, and a half-sized calf was beside it, also on a rope. It seems that it should be a mother and son.
Liu Daode doesn't understand whether the cow is good or bad, just from the appearance, the coat color is smooth, and it is not bad.
However, he still had a headache and said: "Uncle, I don't even have a cattle pen at home, what should I do if I get these two cows back...... Why don't you give it back?"
"Refund what, my money is settled. You don't have to worry about the cow, I plan to raise it myself, you can bring this calf back later," Liu Yunfa replied casually.
"Uncle, how can this be done, I can't ask for it" Hearing this, Liu Daode hurriedly waved his hand. Although he has never raised cattle, he lives in the countryside and still knows a little about it.
In the cattle shop, what kind of cattle is most popular with buyers is a half-sized calf. This type of cow is newly weaned, in its juvenile stage, and has the fastest growth rate, and it can be seen to see the benefits after buying it back and feeding it for a few months.
Cows, on the other hand, give birth to one calf a year. And the skeleton is basically formed, and there is basically no meat. If you buy it back, it is equivalent to feeding it for half a year.
"You bear child, the cows have been bought, how can you say no, hurry up and take them back" Liu Yunfa immediately glared and reprimanded.
"It's not...... I don't even have a cowshed at home, otherwise I'll feed it at your house first. Liu Daode retreated, he was unwilling to accept this kindness.
"The cowshed is not easy to get, I have asbestos tiles at home, you can wait for a few pieces to go back, just build a shed, and I will go over to help in the afternoon." Liu Yunfa replied disapprerovingly.
Listening to what the uncle said, Liu Daode didn't know how to refuse.
Regarding the fact that his father bought calves for the lazy son, Liu Daoxi didn't say anything. However, after his daughter-in-law Xing Xiaomei and the others dispersed, they began to whisper: "What do you say is the matter with our father, what a good calf, I have to give it to the lazy." ”
"Okay, our father doesn't look at the age of the lazy man, and he hasn't even married a daughter-in-law, so he wants to help. In addition, you don't know, our family had a poor life in the early years.
One year, our father went up the mountain to hit stones for others and broke his leg, and he lay in bed for half a year, and our master helped to heal. I didn't ask for the last penny of medicine, and I specially sent five yuan over for the New Year, so that I could cut a few catties of meat for New Year's goods. Our father remembers all of this...... "Liu Daoxi has a clear understanding of the old past, and in order to appease his daughter-in-law's dissatisfaction, he deliberately said it.
"What do I say?" After listening, Xing Xiaomei didn't have anything to say.
Not long after eating, Liu Daoxi pulled a few asbestos tiles with his hands and brought a cow trough over. Soon, the uncle also led the calf to the courtyard.
Then the three of them began to buse themselves in the courtyard, piling up bricks and erecting purlins and rafters.
It was so busy that it was almost dark, and the cowshed was finally built.
Originally, I wanted them to have dinner at home at night, but unfortunately it didn't work out, there were still a few tourists at home, and Liu Daoxi wanted to go back to cook. As for the old man, they still have to feed the cows.
Of course, before they left, Liu Daode settled the money for buying cattle by the way.
Looking at this big mooing guy, he didn't know what to do. In a daze, there is an extra cow in the yard, what is this called?
Cattle grazing, weeding, cow dung removal...... It's hard to think about living a quiet life in the future.
When the animals arrive at home, they have to be fed at night.
Last time, I made half a bag of bran, but it was eaten up by the chickens and ducks in the yard. Liu Daode went into the house to take a look, and finally made half a pot of corn grits to support it temporarily, and then went to the street tomorrow to buy bran.
For about the first time, the calf had left the cow and mooed all night. Liu Daode was in no mood to cultivate at all, so he simply took advantage of the moonlight to walk around outside, and then went home to sleep.
In the morning, Liu Daode woke up to the sound of mooing, and after eating, he still brushed the pot of water and added corn grits, and stirred most of the pot for the calves to drink.
Then he began to worry about where to bolt this thing, not in the courtyard, this thing must have made a stink everywhere.
Looking around, I could only bolt it to the big tree outside the courtyard.
When he was done, he rode his bicycle down the street and sold a bag of bran.
Then, when it was almost noon, Liu Daode saw that the dew outside had disappeared, and then bolted the calf to the barren grass and let it gnaw the grass by itself.
After eating at noon, I delivered three pieces of goods to the town express store early, and came back to continue grazing cattle.
After a day's work, Liu Daode was basically not idle.
When chatting with Lin Xiaotong in the evening, this girl was also surprised to learn that she had bought a calf, and said that she would come to Liu Village in Hedong to take a few photos in two days.
The days of panic lasted for a whole week, and Liu Daode gradually got used to it. He found that raising cattle was not as tired as he imagined, it was nothing more than feeding three meals of feed in the morning, noon and evening, and rushing outside to graze in the middle of the night.
He didn't drive the oxen far away, but tied them to the grass outside the yard and moved them every forty or fifty minutes. In half a day, the beef belly can also be eaten round. xh:.74.240.212