After returning to the villa, Mo Shu asked Dani to be in charge of incubating eggs.

Dani didn't go back to the villa with her, but went home first.

Mo Shu asked Wu Ziheng to vacate a few houses in a remote location of the villa as a place to hatch eggs, and also found two masons to come over and prepare for repairs and reconstructions.

Not long after Dani returned home, she found the villa, saying that she wanted to participate in the renovation of the hatchery and better understand the process of artificial incubation.

Mo Shu naturally readily agreed, and asked the steward of the villa to arrange a house for Dani.

When Rika heard about this, she immediately said that she could let Dani live with her. But Mo Shu didn't agree.

The first is that the place where Lihua lives is far away from the hatching room, and it is inconvenient for Dani to take care of the hatchery there, and the second is that Moshu doesn't want too many people to know the details of this artificial incubation.

When building the warm kang for hatching, Mo Shu had already asked experienced people to go to a nearby farmhouse to collect eggs, and selecting eggs was a technical job, although Dani could do it, but Mo Shu did not distract her to do it, and handed it over to other people who would also watch it.

It's just that after the eggs were bought, I let Dani read them again.

When the mason was repairing the warm kang, Mo Shu told Dani how to use the kang by the way.

But Dani didn't need Mo Shu to say it in detail: "...... Or the county lord is thoughtful, I can't think of such a good way. ”

Mo Shu smiled: "I also heard from others. At that time, the fire is burned in the kang to reach the heat of the hen when the eggs are hatched, and it is very likely that the eggs will hatch when this constant temperature is maintained. ”

Dani nodded repeatedly.

Mo Shu suddenly said, "Are you literate?" ”

At this moment, Dani's face turned a little red again, and she lowered her head and whispered, "I won't." ”

Mo Shu frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said: "From tomorrow onwards, I will let someone come over to teach you, now you first write down what I said, and I will write it out when I go back, and you can be literate and write down the problems and experiences encountered in the incubation process." ”

Dani heard that she could still read and write, and she was so moved that she wanted to bow to her.

Mo Shu hurriedly stopped her and said, "You don't have to be so polite, you can only do your errand well if you are literate." Now let's hear me about what to pay attention to in this artificial incubation. At that time, I will ask the craftsman to make a hatching tray with a warm kang at the bottom and a place to hold water in the middle, which is to moisturize. ”

Dani listened attentively and nodded repeatedly.

Mo Shu continued: "The most important thing for this hatching chick is to ensure that the kang and the hatching room are properly heated to ensure that the eggs are heated evenly, in addition, it is necessary to pay attention to moisturizing and ventilation. ”

In the past, it seemed easy to see a hen hatching chicks, but Dani thought it was just a matter of ensuring that the warmth was appropriate, but she didn't expect that there would be so much exquisiteness. She originally thought that Mo Shu, as a noble daughter, must not be clear about the affairs of these peasant families.

Unexpectedly, Mo Shu not only knew the method of artificial incubation, but also knew what details to pay attention to.

As a peasant girl, Dani didn't know that hatching chicks still needed moisture and ventilation, but even so, she didn't doubt what Mo Shu said.

Since Pear Blossom and the people in the villa believed it as soon as they heard what Mo Shu said, this county lord must have the ability.

Mo Shu was afraid that Dani would not understand, or not take these things to heart, so she deliberately explained clearly: "Although we can't see these chicks that haven't broken out of their shells, they also need water and breathing, otherwise they will suffocate in their shells, so we must pay attention to moisturizing in the early stage and ventilation in the later stage." ”

Dani nodded repeatedly: "Well, I remember." ”

Mo Shu was very satisfied, and continued: "As long as you pay attention to this moisturizing and ventilation, it is not a big problem, and it is more difficult to maintain the temperature and ensure that the eggs are heated evenly." ”

Seeing that Dani was thoughtful, and her brows were frowning slightly, Mo Shu said again: "Of course, this is the first time we have tried artificial incubation, and it may not be successful, even if it is not hatched, it doesn't matter." ”

Dani said: "I will definitely do my best to succeed this time!" ”

Mo Shu smiled and nodded: "Okay, it's naturally good that you can have this determination, but you don't need to be too nervous." When you start hatching, I'll have someone help you, just let it go. ”

Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, the weather is getting cooler, the hens are not holding the nest, at this time can artificially hatch the chicks out, but also to fill the gap in autumn and winter, but the winter hatching chicks out, you have to do a good job of keeping warm when feeding.

Otherwise, the chicks will be exposed to freezing when they are young, and they will be prone to illness afterwards.

Mo Shu also casually raised this question.

Dani thought for a while and said, "Now you can start building a chicken coop, when the chickens come out of the shell, the chicken coop must be ready, and the chickens will be moved in directly." ”

Mo Shu was thinking about how to artificially incubate, but she really didn't think about this problem properly, and immediately smiled: "I still don't have you to think about it thoroughly, I should build a chicken coop." ”

So, after the mason built the warm kang in the hatching house, he began to build a chicken coop at the foot of Xiushan, which is far away from the villa.

There is a lot of construction on this side of the villa, and the nearby farmers naturally know about it. And I vaguely heard that Mo Shu was planning to raise chickens on a large scale, and the eldest daughter of the old Jin family in the village went to help raise chickens.

These dealers are quite envious of Jin Dani in their hearts.

Mo Shu used to be in the villa, in addition to practicing calligraphy and reading with several Mo people, analyzing Di Bao, teaching Mo several people arithmetic and how to design accounts and various forms, that is, riding horses and practicing archery, and practicing martial arts with Wu Ziheng early in the morning. And now there is one more item, that is, if you have to be empty, you can go through the hatchery and chicken coop to see the progress.

After the hatchery was built, the people who went to the nearby towns and villages to buy eggs also returned.

There were probably more than 800 eggs bought back this time, and after Dani's inspection, almost all of them were good, so she began to make a fire to burn the kang.

The coop can also be completed before the eggs hatch.

Generally speaking, the incubation cycle of eggs is about 21 days. During this time, Dani almost never left the hatchery room, and ate in a hurry by the kang. Before, she had already looked for the hens who were now holding the nest and repeatedly felt the temperature in the nest.

After repeated attempts to light the fire, Dani felt that she had mastered the skill of adjusting the right temperature, and then put the eggs on the hatching tray.

On this day, Mo Shu heard that Dani accidentally burned her hand in order to control the temperature, so she personally sent the wound medicine over and looked at the hatching situation at the same time.

Even though the weather is getting cooler and you have to wear thicker clothes, the hatchery is still very warm.

Dani even had a thin layer of sweat on her forehead.

Looking at Dani's heavy dark circles, Mo Shu couldn't help but pat her hand and said, "When the chicks hatch out, give you a holiday and have a good rest." ”

Dani shook her head with a smile and said, "I'm not tired. If the chicks can hatch, I still have to take care of the chicks, and the county lord doesn't need to find someone else, I will raise chickens! ”

Mo Shu nodded to reassure Dani and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you then." ”

Dani was very happy, and went to look at the eggs carefully, turning them over occasionally, and when she saw something that was not quite right, she picked it out, and looked at the sun to see if it was bad. (To be continued.) )