Before changing the silkworm box with a layer of wet cloth, Chen Wen habitually opened the box to see if there was any color change in the silkworm eggs today, and Chen Wen was stunned.

In just eleven days, some of the silkworms have already hatched.

Each one is tiny, and a few of them don't know when they've crawled to the edge of the box.

There was one, seeing that it was about to poke its head out, Chen Wen wanted to grab it back with his hand, but he was afraid that he would grasp it too much, so he used the back of his finger to dial it back.

Sure that he had touched the larvae just now, Chen Wen couldn't suppress the joy in his heart and called his grandmother to see the hatched silkworms.

"Grandma, grandma, come and see."

Chen Wen shouted twice in a row before Li Suniang heard it, wiped the water stains on her hands on her apron, and got up to go in.

"This girl...... What are you looking at? ”

Seeing Chen Wen excitedly holding the box, Li Suniang suddenly realized something, and her heartbeat became faster.

When I looked closer, sure enough, the larvae hatched.

Li Suniang felt a little magical, she heard others say that silkworms have to be held in their arms like a baby for more than ten days before silkworms can be produced.

So at first, Chen Wen ignored it, and she also questioned Chen Wen. I didn't expect Chen Wen to change it every day with a damp cloth to breathe or something, and it could hatch?

A few of them are crawling very fast.

"So lively?"

As soon as these crawled out again, Chen Wen had no choice but to gently dial them back one by one.

"These ones seem to have extra energy."

"Are you hungry and looking for something to eat?" Li Suniang felt reasonable, pointed to the mulberry tree outside and said, "I'll pick some mulberry leaves." ”

Chen Wen glanced at the leafy mulberry trees growing outside and nodded, "Just pick a few." ”

These silkworms hatch at the same time as the mulberry trees grow at their best, and they are blessed.

Li Suniang picked a few leaves, held them in her hands, and was at a loss, touching silkworms for the first time, and she didn't know where to put them to eat.

Chen Wen taught her: "Tear it into small strips and put it in." ”

Li Suniang tore a few mulberry leaves into thin strips according to what Chen Wen said, and gently put them in.

Then the two stared intently at the larvae, and saw that they were slowly crawling onto the mulberry leaves, gathering together to eat the mulberry leaves, and then they were relieved.

Li Suniang has never touched silkworms, and Chen Wen has never practiced, so it is the first time for both of them to see silkworm larvae eating leaves.

Chen Wen didn't close the box again, but just covered the edges with a thin cloth to prevent the energetic ones from crawling everywhere, and they couldn't find it if they accidentally climbed out.

If some of the eggs hatch today, another part of the silkworm eggs may also hatch in a few days, and then the box will become crowded and difficult to clean.

Moreover, the silkworms grow quickly, and after about five or six days, they will grow a lot, and the box will no longer be crowded and cannot be fitted, so the most important thing now is to move their nests.

After sweeping around, the suitable ones are useful, and the useless ones are not suitable.

What can I do......

Suddenly, Chen Wen remembered that when he was taking firewood before, in the corner of the firewood room, he found a few useless round dustpans placed on the bamboo shelf......

That's perfect for raising silkworms!

Chen Wen hurriedly ran out, Li Suniang raised her eyes and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Make a new nest for silkworms."

New nests? Li Suniang followed.

Chen Wen first made great efforts to remove the firewood piled in front of the bamboo shelf little by little.

With the help of my grandmother, I moved the bamboo shelf out, and pulled out the three round dustpans in the shelf.

It's all ash.

On the ground, after knocking off the ashes on the dustpan, he raised it and asked Li Suniang: "Grandma, is this dustpan useful?" ”

"It was used to dry chili peppers a few years ago."

"Then I used it to raise silkworms?"

Li Suniang thought about it, anyway, she hasn't dried chili peppers in recent years, and it's useless to be idle, so she agreed: "Take it and use it." ”

After getting the word and knowing that it could be used to raise silkworms, Chen Wen went to fill the water, first brushed the dustpan twice, washed it, and put it in the sun to dry.

It was a bit difficult for her to put down the whole shelf, and Li Suniang saw that her height and strength were not enough, so she went up to help her put it down so that it was easy to clean.

In the end, Li Suniang still took a hand and washed all the corners and corners with Chen Wen.

After washing and letting it dry, Chen Wen breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

The next thing to pray for is that the silkworm eggs will hatch smoothly.

Aunt Yuzhen next door came out to dry her clothes, and when she saw that her grandparents and grandchildren didn't know what they were busy with, she asked loudly, "What are you doing here?" ”

Li Suniang raised her head and replied: "Those silkworms hatched before, find a new place for them to live." ”

"Hatched so quickly?"

"yes."

Liu Yuzhen shook the water on her clothes, and said, "Then you have to take care of it." ”

I heard the girl say that those silkworms are expensive, and if they can't be raised, it's not a waste of money.

……

After lunch, grandma was taking a nap, Chen Wen first sat on the windowsill and continued to sew flowers, and then his eyes fell on the dustpans.

Those dustpans have been drying for a long time, and by this time the sun is big, it should have dried up a long time ago.

Put down the work in my hand, walked over and touched it, it was completely done, and I touched the bamboo frame again, and I did it.

Chen Wen put the other two dustpans back on the shelf, took one of them, picked a few fresh mulberry leaves, and brought them into the house.

I took out my tattered clothes from the cabinet, took out a whole, cut them into several pieces with scissors, and spread them on the dustpan.

I brought the silkworm box again and observed it first.

The larvae ate slowly, and the leaves that had been laid before were not finished, so Chen Wen had to pick up the leaves whole, and put them on the freshly laid dustpan with the larvae on the leaves.

He spread a layer of fresh mulberry leaves on top, thinking that the larvae would climb on top of the fresh mulberry leaves on their own, and throw away the old mulberry leaves, which were gradually losing moisture.

But after a while, Chen Wen found that if it wasn't for the larvae that were more active, they wouldn't have climbed onto the new leaves at all, so he had to catch them himself.

But the larva has a delicate body, and she is not easy to use, and she is afraid that she will not be able to control the strength well.

Helpless, after putting down the dustpan, go to find Zhang Alan.

Lying on the edge of his own fence and shouting Zhang Alan's name several times, no one answered, Chen Wen was puzzled, went out?

I'll have to come back to it later.

Just as he wanted to turn around and go back to the house, the door of Zhang Alan's house opened, making a creaking sound.

Chen Wen saw that it was Sister Ajun, she grabbed her half-washed hair, which was still dripping water.

Zhang Ajun came out and said to Chen Wen: "Alan doesn't know where to go, what are you looking for her?" ”

"It's not a big deal, it's just ...... I want chicken feathers. ”

Last time I went to Zhang Alan's house, I saw that those chickens would often fight and peck at each other, and they would peck off a lot of feathers, and Chen Wen just wanted the feathers that fell.

"I thought it mattered." Zhang Alan rubbed his hair and said to Chen Wen: "You see that it is inconvenient for me, you can come and get it yourself." ”

Chen Wen nodded, entered the courtyard of Zhang Alan's house, rolled up his sleeves, opened the door of her chicken pen, and closed it again.

No feathers were found in the clearing, and the chickens gathered together again, so Chen Wen had no choice but to go up and blast the chickens from all to the other side.