According to Liu Quanfu's daughter-in-law and Sun Shanbao's daughter-in-law, this is actually good, after all, this is the first year after the reclamation of the land, if it is changed to another place, this weed will only grow more than this time! Sure enough, sprinkling quicklime in winter still has an effect.

Qiao Xiaoru said with a smile: "Even if this is a lot, it is a lot, and when it grows in another summer, won't these weeds drown the persimmon trees!" After a while, weeding will still have to be arranged. ”

Let's wait for June to do this, and then leave it to Liu Sanxi to be in charge, and it will be enough to hire five or six other tenants together.

Qiao Xiaoru couldn't help but think in her heart, for Yuan Lin, weeding is such a thing, I am afraid that it is indispensable to do it every year.

Especially the raw land that has just been cleared, this first three years is the most difficult to tend, the weeds grow wildly, and it will take three years before the raw land can be boiled to maturity, and then the weeds will become fewer.

But even so, we have to weed every year.

The persimmon linn is better, you can remove it coarsely, but the tea seed oil tree lin must be carefully removed, otherwise the tea seeds will be tripped by weeds when they are ripe and fall, and they will not roll down on the ridge below, and it will be very troublesome when harvesting.

In this way, the 20,000 acres of wasteland of Hutchison & Co. will have to pay a lot of money for weeding labor every year, especially in the first three years, and it is necessary to make a good plan. Well, in the winter, sprinkle all the quicklime!

However, in addition to being used as fertilizer, this weed is not bad.

After seeing the persimmon lin, I went to two chicken coops by the way.

The inside is very clean, neat and tidy.

In front of each chicken coop, there was a field of land that was used to move the chickens before they were grown.

Now a chicken has grown three or four taels, individual can have a small half a catty, the feathers on the body have grown all, the body is strong, the action is also vigorous and powerful, naturally do not need to be fenced to protect it, but completely stocked in the entire persimmon orchard.

Anyway, the fence is so dense that they can't get out. The range of these chickens is actually limited and they are not too far away from the coop. Since the twice-daily feeding is still on the ground in front of the coop, they will come back every now and then for a spin.

According to Liu Quanfu's daughter-in-law and Sun Shanbao's daughter-in-law, only about a dozen of these chickens have died so far, and the rest are all alive and well. Now every morning and evening, feed rice bran mixed with some corn kernels or a few handfuls of millet, as well as chopped vegetable leaves, the size grows day by day, and the coat color is getting better and better, and after more than two months, the hen will be able to lay eggs.

Qiao Xiaoru nodded and said with a smile: "When the first batch of eggs comes down, you don't have to send much to my family, thirty or forty of them are eaten first, and four or five hundred are saved to sell first." In addition to your share of some hard money, and then buy some corn kernels or coarse grains, rice bran back, you still have to feed two meals a day, otherwise you are afraid that the growth will be slow and the eggs will be less. They eat well, grow fast, lay more eggs, and in the end you make more profits. It's not going to be a loss! ”

Liu Quanfu's daughter-in-law and Sun Shanbao's daughter-in-law both nodded yes with smiles.

I didn't want to feed them before, but I took care of these chickens so carefully from the chicks to grow them so big, where would I be really hungry for them? Where can you grow meat just by eating grass and insects from the orchard? It must be fed.

What's more, seeing that so many chickens have survived, they are full of confidence and enthusiasm, as if they see eggs that can be exchanged for money in front of them, where are they willing to starve hens?

Thinking of the end of the year, taking advantage of the New Year's festival to sell a big sale, it is natural that the more weighed the better, and it is necessary to feed it well.

Qiao Xiaoru told again that it was going to be summer soon, remember that the ventilation problem of the chicken coop must be solved, it must be kept clean, and it is best to light wormwood in the chicken coop every three days to smoke it and disinfect it.

The drinking water for the chickens in summer must also be clean, and once it is dirty, it should be poured out immediately and not let them drink again, otherwise it will be easy to breed germs and cause trouble in case it causes the plague.

Liu Quanfu's daughter-in-law, Sun Shanbao's daughter-in-law, hurriedly agreed.

When Qiao Xiaoru and the foolish husband returned home, they heard that Lu Mei had returned to the city, Qiao Xiaoru laughed mockingly: Sure enough, it is unprofitable not to get up early, and if it is unprofitable, why don't you leave!

The day after tomorrow, Qiao Xiaoru and Silly Fujun entered the city early in the morning, and now they don't go to Lizheng's house to borrow an ox cart, Liu Sanxi drove the ox cart over early in the morning, and then he went to do his own thing, and Silly Fujun can catch the car.

On the way, the two men met two women in their forties and fifties, who seemed to be also entering the city, and both of them were carrying heavy objects.

Seeing this, Qiao Xiaoru, who was talking to the stupid husband, asked him to stop the car and asked with a smile: "Are the two ladies going into the city?" If so, we're about to go into the city too, so let's take you there!" ”

In these years, the transportation is inconvenient, and it is not easy to go to the city, especially to carry the burden.

These days, whenever she meets a woman or a woman, as long as the number of people is not too large and the ox cart can afford it, Qiao Xiaoru has never minded making it convenient and convenient.

Of course, if it's a man, it definitely won't work, and she still wants fame.

In the past, she took the initiative to lend a hand, whether it was the women who entered the city or went out of the city, they were all surprised and grateful, but these two people looked a little strange.

One person: "Huh! A look of surprise said, "You-"

The other person grabbed her and didn't allow her to speak, a pair of eyes glared at Qiao Xiaoru viciously, as if she had a deep hatred with her, and scolded her: "Shameless little prostitute, what is it to show off in front of the old lady!" Get out of the way! The old lady doesn't want to see you! ”

Qiao Xiaoru was stunned for a moment, and suddenly frowned: "I see that you are kind enough to help you at your age, it doesn't matter if you don't appreciate it, what is it to open your mouth and scold people?" If you speak so badly, you are not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue! It's really inexplicable, where did the crazy woman come from! Ah Zhan, let's go! ”

"You, you dare to scold the old lady! Shameless of you—"

The foolish man threw his whip with the sound of the wind, and it broke through the air and whirred, and it seemed that it was about to fall on the head of the scolding woman, and the woman "Ah! He screamed, dodging in embarrassment, and didn't finish a word.

"If you dare to scold my daughter-in-law again, be careful that I beat you!" The fool shook his whip.

Qiao Xiaoruben's somewhat depressed mood suddenly improved, and her heart warmed and smiled: "Don't pay attention to the inexplicable madman, let's go!" ”

"Uh-huh!" With a slight flick of his wrist, the whip fell on the cow, and the cow pulled the cart and galloped away with a "moo-" sound. Countless dusts were raised, and they quickly disappeared in front of the two women.

The woman was still frightened, patted her chest tremblingly, pointed to the ox cart that had gone away, and said angrily: "Look, look at that little slut! She, how dare she be so arrogant in front of the old lady, how dare she! That little slut, why isn't she dead yet! God, why don't you open your eyes! ”