A big bun, two boiled corn cobs, and then a big enamel teacup of boiled water, this is Wang Shaodong's lunch today.

Looking at her son, who was busy and sensible inside and out, Zhao Shiling nodded with satisfaction and said, "Son, you have been quite tired for the past two days, it is raining and cool, let's go to your house and sleep for a while." ”

Wang Shaodong smiled and said to his mother: "I'm not tired, Dad, it's hard for you to stay up late at night on the chicken coop, you can go to the house and sleep for a while." Mother, it's quite tiring for you to help your dad raise chickens while doing housework, so go back and rest. ”

Wang Fumin and his wife looked at each other and smiled, and they were very satisfied with their son's filial piety.

"No, Dad is not tired. ”

"Well, let's all be here at the chicken coop, it's pretty cool here anyway. ”

The greenhouse is empty, and the chicken coop surrounded by three people and a plastic sheet looks lonely.

It was pouring rain outside, and cool air blew in from the open door of the greenhouse, which made the temperature of the entire greenhouse drop by three or four degrees at once.

Wang Shaodong walked to the chicken coop, lifted the corner of the plastic, got in, looked at the thermometer and hygrometer inside, and then came out and said to his parents: "The temperature is okay, 28 degrees, the humidity is 35, a little high, but on this rainy day, the humidity can be kept below 40." ”

Wang Fumin nodded and said: "The humidity is dropping, which means that the exhaust fan you bought is working, if you can have two exhaust fans, then the effect will be better." ”

Wang Shaodong did buy two exhaust fans, but he took one to the greenhouse, and the other was placed in his room.

"I bought two, but the other exhaust fan, nowhere to put it. ”

Wang Fumin bypassed the small chicken coop fenced by plastic and walked towards the greenhouse.

Wang Shaodong saw his father looking up to observe the situation on the top of the greenhouse, so he followed.

"I heard your Uncle Zhentang say that his cousin told him that chickens must be well ventilated in summer, and it's good for you to get that exhaust fan, I think the next step is to get a row of exhaust fans on the top of the middle of the greenhouse, and then we don't have to worry about this rainy day." ”

Large flocks of chickens on rainy days can easily cause digestive and respiratory diseases, so farmers are very afraid of rainy days.

"Dad, on a rainy day, the chicks are easy to get sick due to the large temperature difference between day and night, so we should pay attention. ”

Wang Fumin heard that it was going to rain heavily, and then he was also prepared for this.

"Oh, this one, son, you're right, didn't I add some antibiotics to the water I just gave the chickens to drink? ”

Feeding chickens with antibiotics can make chickens less sick, but everyone is very aware of the harm of antibiotics, so chickens that are often fed antibiotics are not good after they reach the hands of consumers. However, in most cases, almost all chicken farms are feeding chickens with antibiotics, otherwise it is difficult to ensure that the large flock does not have problems in the case of humidity of about 40 and temperature of about 30.

In his previous life, Wang Fumin found that after years of research, boiling water with honeysuckle leaves and salvia seeds, and then giving water to chickens to drink, the effect was similar to taking antibiotics.

Wang Shaodong suddenly thought of this, and hurriedly said: "Dad, don't use antibiotics in the future, it's unhealthy for people to eat chickens fed with antibiotics." ”

When Wang Fumin heard this, he frowned: "What if you don't use antibiotics? ”

In fact, almost all the roosters slaughtered in the live chicken market for about five months are fed with antibiotics. Eating such chickens has an impact on human health, and the best way is to buy a small rooster that is about five months old and then raise it for two months, and then there is no big problem.

However, most people in the city do not have this condition, so the best way to eat chicken is to go to the rural market and buy the chickens that are raised from the leftovers of the farmers' homes.

"Dad, I have a local solution, which is more effective than antibiotics. ”

"What kind of local method?" Wang Fumin was very interested.

"It is to use salvia seeds and honeysuckle leaves, boil water in a large pot, and then use it to drink chicken, once every three days, to ensure that there will be no problems in the summer. ”

Wang Fumin didn't understand the principle of this, but after hearing what his son did, he vaguely felt that this was a feasible solution. Honeysuckle is to clear away heat and defeat fire, and salvia is to invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis and protect the heart. Although the other parts of the two Chinese herbs are not as effective as honeysuckle and salvia, this effect is definitely there. And for chicks, it doesn't have much effect.

"Well, you can try it. Salvia, we have it on the mountain, and it's not troublesome to go to the mountain, it's this honeysuckle, and there aren't many on the mountain here. ”

Wang Shaodong smiled, of course his father didn't know now, it was only within ten miles of their village, in fact, these two things were very rich.

"Dad, I heard that there are several families raising salvia in Dalongmen Village, let's wait for the weather to clear and take a look, ask them if they sell it, let's buy it for a dime and a catty, I think the other party must be very happy." ”

Originally, it was worthless and could only be dried as firewood, but if it could be exchanged for money, then the farmers who planted salvia would be happy. Although Dalongmen Village is said to be a village in southern Tainan City, it is very close to Taohualing Village, and about three miles to the west of Qingquanling Village is Dalongmen Village, and there is a mountain between the two villages.

Then Wang Shaodong continued: "To the east of Fangjiazhuang Village, on the road along the river, I used to see a large piece of honeysuckle, which seems to be planted by people, let's go and buy some honeysuckle leaves from others, it shouldn't be a big problem." ”

Fangjiazhuang is in the east of Taohualing Village, no more than six miles away.

"I said son, you are much more careful than your father, hey, I told your mother just now, you may be really a good chicken raiser. ”

Wang Xiangdong smiled, and he found that his father's opinion of himself was slowly changing.

"Dad, I like to raise chickens and climb mountains in this mountain village. This kind of life is much happier than going to the big city. ”

When Wang Fumin heard his son speak like this, he was so angry that he glanced at his son, and said: "You seem to have lived in a big city, okay, son, it's raining heavily at this time, and the monkeys in the poplar tree must have crawled out a lot, let's go over and catch some of them, and let your mother fry them in peanut oil at night, let's drink two cups." ”

"Okay, good, great, Dad, I'm fifteen...... The sky doesn't eat the monkeys. ”

The memory of my childhood resurfaced in front of my eyes again, in the poplar forest by the river in the north of the village, there were monkeys crawling out of the ground on the trees, and after Wang Shaodong caught it when he was a child, he ran home happily, salted it, and then fried it in peanut oil, and the soft and crispy fried monkey was ready. Wang Shaodong hasn't eaten this thing for fifteen years, and he almost leaked his mouth just now.

This dish is really a great appetizer.