The more chaotic the house, the more attentive Wen Jin was to her lotus seeds and the old hen in the backyard, watching the little lotus seeds sprout, she patiently picked out those that did not sprout, and then, carefully changed the water every day to observe the growth.

The weather was hotter than before, and the lotus buds grew faster, and when the second and third of the little lotus leaves sprouted, she made up her mind to transplant them to the pond.

Since last winter, she has discharged pig manure and duck manure into the newly dug pond, and at the same time put water to soak it. The water surface inside was slightly higher than the lotus buds that grew, and Wen Jin drained some of them with a water wheel, and then he and Wen Han began to carry the lotus buds into the field.

Last year, she left a ridge, and at this moment, by putting a wooden plank on the ridge, people can walk on the plank, and the lotus seeds can be planted wherever they want.

Wen Jin and Wen Han are very thinly planted, if these lotus seeds can survive, their roots will slowly expand in all directions, and in the future, the entire pond will be the world of lotus roots.

The lotus seeds should be budding upwards, half in the mud and half in the water, the two of them were cautious, the progress was very slow, and it took three days to complete the planting. Dozens of acres of water surface, hundreds of small leaves scattered like stars, small green and pitiful.

Later, Wen Jin knew that it was not suitable to be exposed to the sun at this moment, but it was not written on the paper, fortunately, the weather was beautiful, and it was cloudy for several days, and it was rainy and sunny, so there was no sunburn to the lotus seedlings.

Wen Han and Wen Jin came to see it every day, and they didn't feel sorry for the death of a bud, but more leaves were slowly growing, which gave them great comfort.

The first batch of ducklings began to come out of the shell, Wen Jin went to the backyard almost a quarter of an hour, looked at the small mouths, pecked through the duck eggshells, arched out the fluffy little heads, and then kicked with their claws, got out on their stomachs, and warmed up under the old hen's wings for a while. After raising it for a year, Wen Jin already has experience, and almost all of these active ducks are male.

In three days, a hundred duck eggs, ninety-one ducks came out, and the remaining ones were still struggling in their shells, but the old hen was no longer that patient.

The point is that the ducklings that came out of the hatch early did not have the patience to wait, they jumped out of the nest and ran around on the ground, and the old hen was in a hurry, so she also jumped off the nest and took the baby around.

The duck in the back was abandoned by the mother chicken.

There are a total of nine old hens in the chicken shed, six in the first batch, and three in the second batch are only ten days late, Wen Jin put on gloves and wanted to stuff a few duck eggs under the second batch of old hens, hoping to continue to hatch.

Wen Han wanted to help, but was stopped by Wen Jin: "Don't, don't, take the egg from the old hen's eyes, it will peck you." ”

The old hen closest to Wen Han was already full of hair, her mouth was cooing, her eyes were wide, and Wen Han was so frightened that she took a step back.

"Gotta get it in behind the old hen." Wen Jin explained as she quickly stuffed a few duck eggs with movement inside. Wen Han looked at her as if the old god was there, and grinned.

Seeing others, no, other chickens have become mothers, taking the children around, the second batch of old hens can't bear it anymore, can't wait to jump off the nest, rush into the duckling flock, cooing at other people's children, there are little ducklings who don't recognize their mother, and they also run with it, the old hen is very happy, and leaves the eggs that are hatching. No matter.

Wen Jin wanted to catch the old hen back, but she didn't dare to run away from the ducklings all over the ground, she couldn't catch the old hen and send it back to the nest.

It was the first time for Wen Han to see Wen Jin so at a loss, so he hurriedly ran to his mother for help.

Webster couldn't help it, she had never hatched chicks.

"Go to Aunt Wei next door and ask, her family raises chickens all year round."

"Oh, good!"

Wei Shi didn't see his son so flustered, and shook his head: "Why is it that the bigger it is, the less calm it is." ”

Ge had never seen her nephew like this, and she said worriedly: "The child must be in big trouble." "I thought about it," I went to the backyard to take a look, and my sister paid attention, and the pot was turned on to suppress the fire. ”

She staggered to the backyard and saw Wen Jin in a daze at a few old hens. The ducklings in one place are staggering and rolling all over the ground, and a few old hens are scrambling to be the mother ducks. There are also nests of green duck eggs waiting to hatch.

She understood what was going on.

"Wen Jin, the old hen that hatched first and the old hen behind, have you made a mark?"

"Yes, I recorded it." The chicken belonged to someone else, and Wen Jin was afraid of making a mistake, so she tied a strip of cloth to her leg with her surname and time written on it. She took out her notebook, and the latter batch was Luhua chicken, big white chicken, and black hen.

Wen Han came to his senses first, holding a long fishing pole and a small net made of hemp rope in front of him, and the three of them were tired and sweating profusely, so they caught the three hatching hens, tied their wings and legs, and put them in the chicken coop.

Aunt Wei came and came up with an idea: "You move these three chicken nests to my house, you can't always tie them, and you can't hatch the eggs." ”

"Then thank you Aunt Wei." Thank you repeatedly.

"Thank you, our neighbors, don't you help each other?" There are no one in the village who is not grateful to Wen Jin, and whoever can do her a favor can't help but boast proudly.

Wen Jin has been so busy during this time that he can't use his hands and feet at the same time, where do he know this? She and Ge carried the chicken coop and moved to the aisle between the Wei family's wing room and the inverted seat room, after a while, Wen Jin ran to check, the old hen did not have a duckling to seduce, so she was honest, Wen Jin untied the straw rope, and they did not run out again, but scratched the duck eggs a few times, covered the duck eggs under their bodies with their wings, and hatched the eggs seriously.

Wen Jin can also be regarded as a good learner, and in the future, he must pay attention to the fact that he can only put the chickens that start hatching eggs at the same time together.

The ducklings who didn't come out for a long time were dried like this, and finally died.

Aunt Wei asked Wen Jin to eat the steamed, some people especially like to eat hairy eggs, and found a family to buy it last year, Wen Jin didn't think Aunt Wei was weird, and gave it to her under the pretext that the family was messy.

Aunt Wei was even more grateful, and asked her son to help Wen Jin pull out the weeds in the rice field. Qian Xiancheng saw it, cut a piece of tofu and went next door to thank him, and Wen Jin knew that there was such a thing.

The little lotus seedlings grew very fast, the original finger-sized leaves gradually became bigger than copper coins, and now they are all the size of a palm, Wen Jin gives the pond a little water every day, they grow taller, and the water surface also grows taller.

Where there is no place to plant lotus, Wenjin bamboo fence separates a piece for the ducklings to use in the water. This year, the ducks hatched late, so there is no need to wait that long, the fluff on the ducks can fade.

As in the previous year, a few old hens were on the shore, crying in a hurry, and they did not understand how the child had gone to such a dangerous place, and that he was unharmed. The craftsman who built the duck house saw this scene and was not amused.

Building a tofu factory, taking out a duck house and a pigsty doesn't sound like much work, but in Wen Jin's planning, there are also cobblestone paths connecting several places, cleaning water inlet pipes, drainage ditches, manure collection tanks and other trivial things, which took 40 days to complete.

This is easy to say, and there is no one who does it without feeling tired. Webster and Ge have to cook so many people's meals every day, and many neighbors are here to help, so they don't need to be paid, and they have to be even more careful in their meals, and the amount of labor of the two can be imagined.

Ge Shi was whiter than when she came, but she lost a lot of weight, Wei Shi lost more weight, she was already delicate, and now it is summer, and her clothes are thin, so she looks even weaker.

Wei Chenglan has not changed much, she is slightly dark, her body is straight, she is busy going in and out, and she is still so energetic.

Qian Xiancheng does much less work than Wei Chenglan, worries less, how much work is done every day, how many carpenters, bricklayers and small workers are needed, especially the people who come to help, it is impossible to estimate how many there will be, sometimes there are more small workers, how to arrange people are not idle, sometimes there are few people, so how to arrange it reasonably, so as not to let the craftsman have to do the work of small workers, these are very difficult to think. Wei Chenglan always arranged just right, Qian Xiancheng was a mess at all, at the beginning, the neighbors still regarded him as the master, and there were things to ask him for ideas, but later, they all regarded Wei Chenglan as the "core leader".

Qian Xiancheng also tanned, but slightly fatter, he used to do mental work, but suddenly changed his career, the amount of food increased, and he didn't worry about it, he naturally grew meat, and people looked a lot stronger.

The family was a mess, and several groups of people came to the town to help, so the Wang family didn't say anything, it was no problem, even the eldest lady helped cook for a few days, but the Qian family's big house was quiet.

Ge didn't know what to do, and asked Webster: "You have a quarrel with Dafang?" ”

"Nope."

When Qian Xiancheng heard this, he was very disappointed, and he could somewhat understand why Wen Jin hated the big house so much.

Wei Liangxi lies quietly on the small dining table every breakfast, holding a small wooden spoon, digging duck egg custard in a wooden bowl to eat, and his small body gradually grows, no longer looking like a "big-headed doll".

Ge Shi saw that his little daughter's face was round, and she was also lively and active, with big black eyes, and her tail playing with several brothers and sisters, and she was very grateful. She is neat and energetic, feeding pigs and ducks every day, and has free time to do other things. Fast people often do rough work, and she can't do the shoe uppers that Webster helped to make, but she has no problem making clothes for the whole family. When the heat came, she made Wen Jin a summer dress, a moon-white sleeveless cardigan, and cyan muslin trousers. The pants are wide and short, similar to the effect of a skirt, this body is very cool, but unfortunately Wen Jin only dares to wear them in the house. After all, she is a woman, and in a few years, she will definitely have to recover her identity, at this time, how dare she wear her arms exposed? She is twelve, and the signs of puberty have begun to emerge in her body, and she plans to spend another two years living her life at home, and she will tell the truth to Merriam-Webster.

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