"He must have caught an earthworm just now, disgusting, don't touch it, let him wash his hands." Liu Man'er explained.

"Oh, isn't it an earthworm, you kid scared me to death, I thought something was wrong." Fang patted his chest.

"No, mother, I hate these things, they are greasy and disgusting. Take him to wash his hands, a few more times. Liu Man'er reacted a little violently.

"What's there to be afraid of this thing?" Fang Shi was a little puzzled, but he still said with a smile: "No wonder every time Fusheng comes back, you take him to wash his hands, it turns out that this is the reason." ”

"Sister, I use chopsticks every time, but sometimes the clamp is unstable, so I will use my hands to grasp it." Liu Fusheng also defended himself.

"Stop talking, go wash your hands." Liu Man'er hurriedly stopped him, she didn't want to hear him keep talking about that thing.

After Liu Fusheng washed his hands, Liu Man'er let him come to him, and then let him eat loquats, and showed him the little rabbit he caught.

The child had something to eat and play, and soon forgot what had just happened, and seeing him having fun, Liu Man'er said: "You have a new task in the future, mow the grass for the rabbit." ”

"Okay." Liu Fusheng nodded hurriedly, "It's okay, anyway, where there is a lot of grass, there are also many earthworms, I can cut the grass by the way after catching the earthworms every day." ”

"Are you okay, can you not keep mentioning it?"

"Okay, I won't mention it." Liu Fusheng immediately stopped his mouth, but secretly said on the side: "It turns out that my sister also has something to be afraid of." ”

Yes, Liu Man'er is not afraid of mice, but she is afraid of these soft insects, in fact, she is afraid of snakes, also because it is slippery and greasy, which makes people feel disgusting.

But being born in a peasant family can't avoid seeing these things, especially after the rain, the yard is almost everywhere, and the willows are annoyed to death.

Fortunately, there are chickens and ducks at home now, and every time she lets Ye He or Liu Fusheng release these chickens and ducks, try to let them eat these insects first, and then she slowly walks out of the door.

Now there are more and more chickens and ducks at home, and these chickens and ducks will grow fast after eating earthworms, so although she feels scared and disgusting, she still won't stop Ye He and Liu Fusheng from catching them.

On the contrary, she has to support it, because feeding chickens and ducks with this thing can save food.

It's just that there are more and more chickens and ducks nowadays, and Ye He and Liu Fusheng spend a lot of time digging them every day, Liu Man'er feels that this is a bit of a waste of time, and the time of the two of them should not be spent on this.

After thinking about it, she can only use a trick and raise it herself!

Although she didn't know much about farming, and she was afraid of it, she knew its habits, and she liked fertile land and multiplied quickly.

As soon as she told Ye Yuan and Fang Clan about this idea, both of them were a little puzzled, and Fang Clan said in surprise: "This thing, can it still be raised?" ”

"Absolutely." Liu Man'er said: "There are more and more poultry in our family now, but the food is limited, if you keep letting Xiaohe and Fusheng do this work, it will inevitably delay others, it is better to raise some by yourself, and it will be convenient when the time comes." ”

"But this thing is everywhere." Fang Shi hesitated a little, "Are you sure you can raise it?" ”

"Absolutely." Liu Man'er is very confident in this, "We can raise these poultry, and this simplest mollusk is naturally okay, mother, think about it, where is the longest place for this thing to appear?" ”

"Generally speaking, the most fertile places have the land." Fang replied.

But having said that, the children in this village can't help digging every day, and now this Ye He and Liu Fusheng have to run far away to find fertile land every time.

Almost every household in the village has chickens and ducks, which is almost the most important source of income in a family, but they have no food to raise, and they generally look for these small insects to feed the chickens and ducks.

In the spring, these children will go around fishing duckweed to feed ducks, or tadpoles, and this earthworm, which is everywhere, and the children in the village will be instructed by the adults to do this work whenever they are fine.

Liu Man'er didn't want Ye He and Liu Fusheng to do such things all the time, so she came up with such an idea.

Her idea was simple, dig a shallow pit in the corner of the yard, then pour in fertile soil, give them a dark and damp environment, and pour the dug earthworms into it, presumably it won't be long before a large pile will multiply.

When the time comes, it is good to bring these poultry to eat once a day, without having to work so hard.

After listening to Liu Man'er's suggestion, Fang still felt a little surprised, no one in this village had ever thought of raising this thing to feed the ducks, but Liu Man'er thought so.

She felt strange, but Ye Yuan on the side interrupted her, and he said: "Anyway, it's not bothersome, just try it according to what Man'er said, so it will save Xiaohe and Fusheng's effort." ”

Just do it, the next day Liu Man'er took Ye He to the temple fair to sell lotus, Fang also took Ye Tianchen to go with him, and Ye Yuan went to the town restaurant first, and sold some of the game that couldn't be eaten yesterday, after all, in this rainy season, it is also a little troublesome to dry or smoke these pieces of meat, it is better to sell them directly, and you can make some money.

After returning in the afternoon, he dug a pit at home to prepare for raising earthworms, and as for Liu Fusheng, he asked him to dig some earthworms everywhere to make seeds.

Originally, Liu Man'er's feet were a little injured, and the Fang family didn't let her go to this temple fair, but Liu Man'er was worried that the Fang family's thin skin and she wanted to see it herself, so she insisted on going.

And after a night last night, her feet were almost better, at least the swelling had subsided, and the road was not far anyway, and early the next morning, Liu Man'er bandaged her feet with muslin cloth, and insisted on going on the road.

Because of the pain on the road, she was still a little unnatural to walk, and Fang Shi saw it and said, "Let you rest at home, but you want to come over, what a disobedient child." ”

Liu Man'er smiled when she heard this: "Mother, I am injured, and if I sell this lotus flower later, it can be regarded as making merit for the Bodhisattva, and when the Bodhisattva rewards it, maybe it will be good all at once." ”

"My mother can't say anything about you, I hope so, I just hope everything goes well today." Fang said.

She had never sold anything at this temple fair, so she was still a little worried, she was worried that this lotus flower would not be sold. In fact, Liu Man'er was also worried, so she had to come over and take a look.

Otherwise, if she didn't sell it on the first day, it would be too discouraged for her.

Liu Man'er went early, to the temple fair, there are not many people, just as soon as they approach this Guanyin Temple, they have already smelled the strong sandalwood fragrance, the sound of the monks chanting in the temple is through the temple wall, the sound of neat chanting, it sounds really like that.

Some vendors who set up stalls came over one after another with wheelbarrows, and they were about to set up stalls, and after Liu Man'er saw it, she also wanted to occupy a good position.

Of course, this position is the closer to the mountain gate, the better, and the closer to the mountain gate, there are more people, but the good position where the stalls are allowed has long been occupied.

At this time, Liu Man'er found that there was a sack pressed under the stones on the ground, and it turned out that they had already run over to occupy the position last night.

And she doesn't know these doorways, so even if she comes early, she is not as good as others.

"Man'er, what should I do?" Fang Clan was a little flustered when he saw that the three of them couldn't even find a place.

"Mother, what are you anxious about?" Liu Man'er comforted, "Our thing is not a big item, it doesn't matter if you want a stall or not, we can just carry the basket and sell it when the time comes." ”

Saying that, Liu Man'er pointed to a big locust tree not far away, and said: "I see that there are a few stones there, let's go there and rest first, and when there are more people, I and Xiaohe will go to sell them." ”

"Is that okay?" Fang was skeptical.

"Nothing can't be done." Liu Man'er was confident and said, "We already had experience last time. ”

"Okay, then it's all up to you, anyway, my mother can't help if you sell it." Fang Shi hurriedly said, she has always been thin-skinned, and it is almost the same when others take the initiative to ask, let her go and sell, she really can't.

"It's okay, mother, what about you, just come over to play, you take care of Tianchen and help us guard things." Liu Man'er said with a smile, "When these lotus flowers are sold out, let's have a good visit to this temple fair together." ”

"Okay, thank you guys." Fang nodded repeatedly.

Liu Man'er smiled and said nothing, and found a stone like Ye He to sit down, at this time, the temple fair has begun, most of the vendors have already set up stalls, the sun has also risen, and some good men and women have come over one after another.

First of all, the people in several villages in this vicinity, Liu Man'er saw that they were dressed very plainly, although they were very clean, but there were inevitably a few patches, looking at their pious faces, with respect for the Buddha, and a vision for the future, Liu Man'er also sighed a little.

"Xiaohe, you go, just tell them the Bodhisattva's blessing, buy a flower lotus and send it to the Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva must think that you are sincere." You don't have to say too much to these people, with Ye He's innocent face and immature words, there must be a lot of people who buy it, right?

Ye He is not a timid girl, after she heard Liu Man'er's words, she carried a rattan basket full of lotus flowers, walked not far from the mountain gate, and came to a person She repeated Liu Man'er's words, anyway, this flower is not expensive, just a penny, these people may be very thrifty on weekdays, but in the matter of worshiping the Buddha, they are not stingy.

When the number of people gradually increased, Liu Man'er said to Fang's family, and also walked to the mountain gate with a rattan basket, she and Ye He guarded the gate left and right, and when a person came, he took out a flower and gave it to them, saying: "Merit money." ”