Chapter 66: Inspecting the Villa
"Have you ever seen a paddy field like a ladder?"
"Have you ever seen rice planted on a hillside?"
"Did you know that eggs can be artificially hatched?"
Su Chengqi took his son for a walk to see the magic of the villa.
Although I said it once in the letter, I couldn't help but take my son for a walk.
First of all, a canal falls from the top of the mountain, like a jade belt separating the paddy fields from the mountain forest. From the mountainside to the foot of the mountain, seven or eight curved cyan streamers straddled across the hillside.
The rice blossomed, and there were seven or eight small flowers in one seedling. The finches swept by, bringing a breeze, and the rice flowers swayed.
Su Chengqi took Su Zhong down the mountain, "According to different regions, the varieties of rice are different. The higher ones are planted with early-maturing rice. This rice does not taste good, but the rice grains are large and the yield is high.
At the foot of the mountain is fragrant rice, which is planted for a longer period of time. Half of this rice is now sold as grain, and half as seeds. People from all over the country come to me to buy grain seeds. ”
Su Chengqi laughed loudly: "It's very strange, their rice has been planted for two seasons, and the fragrance has faded. Only by constantly buying our cereals can we maintain this fragrance. Most of the rice grown at home is fragrant rice. ”
"Why can mountains be turned into paddy fields?" Su asked again.
General Sun also came to ask this question. At that time, many people were not optimistic, and when the rice was grown, the rice was harvested. But it caused a sensation in the city. General Su also came and asked how this was done? Su Chengqi recalled the beginning.
At that time, San'er was riding on the back of an ox, opposite General Sun on horseback, she was not afraid and dared to face General Sun head-on.
"First of all, there must be water, secondly, the slope must not be greater than 15 degrees, and secondly, the soil must be strong. The evacuated soil is not conducive to rice cultivation. As long as the three conditions are met, the later fertility catches up, and there will be no fear of grain not being harvested. ”
Su Chengqi told San'er's words to Da Lang, and as for San'er's form at that time, he didn't say much.
"Three springs were found in the mountains, and the springs were enlarged to bring water to the paddy fields, so that crops could be grown and eaten without rain." Su Chengqi made a big fuss.
The great barren mountains turned into green mountains, and roosters and hens walked everywhere. What I actually saw was much more interesting than what I read in the letter.
Su Chong walked along the mountain road, enjoying this comfortable life, "Seeing these moods is much more open. ”
"And a kind of pride."
Su nodded, "Well, I wanted you to be proud of me, but now I am proud of you." ”
Su Chengqi laughed, "Take you to see the most magical place." ”
From the mountain road to Niutou Mountain Pass, the twenty acres of paddy fields in Niutou Mountain Pass are all owned by the Su family. To be precise, Su Chengqi is half, and Su Lingyu is half.
"There is a lot of water coming out of the mountain pass, and the paddy fields here have been soaked in water for a long time, so there is no food, so we bought it. The innermost part raises fish, and the outside raises grass to feed the cattle. You see, these three acres of lotus root are all from our family. Two acres of land were divided, and San'er scolded me, and the things she worked so hard to get were given away by me as a favor. There was one acre left, and she didn't let me touch it, waiting for the New Year to eat. ”
"There is a dish called glutinous rice stuffing, where the lotus root is washed and then stuffed with the mixed glutinous rice. The lotus root carries glutinous rice in the heart, smells and smells attractive, and the lotus root is crisp and glutinous rice when eaten. ”
"Dad, don't talk about it." He drooled when he said it.
Guan Xiaopeng, the servant who followed behind, swallowed his saliva, he really wanted to eat glutinous rice stuffed.
"Goose Goose Goose" A group of big white geese are foraging in the water, and a fat man wearing a big straw hat and flowing hala runs over, a little honest and a little stupid.
"Old, sir."
Su Chengqi was just about to speak, but Su Chong stopped him, "I know, his name is Dasha." ”
Dasha nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it's me." Who are you? ”
"Your eldest son." Guan Xiaopeng said first.
"Great, eldest son?" Dasha touched his head, he didn't know what a big prince was.
Su Chengqi took Su Chong and continued to walk forward, saying as he walked: "Dasha, the second fool is the child of Agui and Alan, although he is a little stupid, he is very serious in his work. They take care of the ducks and geese in the house. ”
"Once San'er said that the reason why hens can hatch chicks is temperature. If the temperature is right, anyone can hatch chicks. Alain was obsessed with this, pondered it every day, and broke two nests of eggs. was known by Agui, and Alan was scolded. Later, San'er found out about this, and San'er not only praised her, but also promised that as long as Alan could hatch chicks, he would reward him with one or two silvers. It took a lot of eggs, but it was finally done. ”
"I really responded to that sentence, and God lived up to his wishes."
"Not really!"
"Mother, mother, the master is here." The second fool was looking after the ducks in the fish pond, and shouted loudly when he saw the master.
His own fish pond is very large, and it is the largest fish pond that Su Chong has ever seen, with nearly four acres of land. Standing by the fish pond, looking open-minded.
The surface of the water reflects a sky, reflecting the high clouds of the sky, and a flock of white geese chasing the white clouds in the water. He pricked his head down, thinking he would be able to eat the cloud, but when he looked up, he found that the cloud had run to the other side. The white goose continued to chase after it, frolicking in the clouds.
"The master is here, the master is good." Alain walked out of the hut and was very respectful to the master.
"Well, my eldest man is back, and I want to come here to take a look."
Alan understood what the old man meant, and said with a smile: "Another batch of chickens can be released from the cage in the past few days, and the third lady must be very happy." ”
Alan got out of the way, and Su Chengqi took Su Chong into the interior and went straight to the hatching room.
The temperature inside and outside the incubation room is different, and it is natural to feel a heat inside, but it is not very hot.
The eggs are placed in the grass nest, the difference is that the grass nest is covered with cloth, these cloths are not hot, like the quilt in winter, warm.
"Can't be too hot, too hot, easy to heat hard cooked eggs. If it's too low, it won't work, and it will hatch into rotten eggs. ”
Su Chengqi is quite familiar with the theory of incubating eggs. But whether or not you can hatch chicks can only rely on the human body to sense the temperature, and you have to rely on Alan for this matter.
Su Chong felt it, the cloth covered on the egg was very different from the cloth covered on the duck egg. The eggs are warmer, perhaps because they are thicker than the eggs.
"Are all the chickens, ducks, geese and seedlings at home made like this?" Su asked again.
"Our chickens, ducks and geese are not only tender and fragrant, but also delicious eggs. When the chickens, ducks and geese grow for two months, we will sell them. If it weighs more than two catties, it will be sold to the restaurant, otherwise it will be made into preserved chicken and duck and transported to other places to be sold. ”
The family business is getting bigger and bigger, and he is now busy with this and that, and he can't care about eating and drinking with his friends.
There are more people in contact, more officials in contact, and some of his former friends are getting farther and farther away, and there are no more people looking for him to borrow money, and more people invite him to drink.
If it weren't for the mother's ear, it would be common to get drunk at the banquet.
"It's hard work, Dad."
Su Chengqi waved his hand, "Don't mention the hard work, I feel that now is the life." Don't worry about you, you can see your mother and the three sons when you go home. ”