Chapter 56: The Rabbit House
Liu Man'er was a little puzzled by this question, so she asked Fang, who told her that this rabbit is a very timid creature, and they will burrow when they are slightly afraid, especially the female rabbit.
Well, it turns out that these rabbits are still some timid rabbits, because they are afraid of death, so they have made several nests, but they still can't escape the fate of being eaten.
This rabbit also grows very quickly, but in a few days, it looks fatter than before, fluffy, very cute.
"Mother, we can't keep watching these rabbits, can we? What if it takes advantage of our unpreparedness and breaks through this house and escapes? Liu Man'er picked up the rabbit and teased it while looking for Fang's scriptures.
But Fang's didn't have a problem, she said: "So, his father also caught rabbits in the past, but I never raised them, that's the case, but what about you, this child, happy, I don't want to discourage you." ”
Well, hearing Fang's words, Liu Man'er understood, it turned out that Fang's didn't even want to raise rabbits.
"Don't, mother, this rabbit meat is delicious, and then this rabbit grows fast and only eats grass, I think we should raise other rabbits, it must be better to raise this rabbit." Liu Man'er doesn't raise rabbits because they are cute, all she has is a butcher's heart now, thinking about how to make money.
This rabbit fur is warm, and the rabbit meat is easy to sell in the town, and the price is still expensive, eight cents a pound. What's more, this rabbit is not very easy to take care of, just mow some grass for it, and they reproduce very quickly, almost a nest can be bred in a month or two.
Liu Man'er kept the rabbit in the kitchen to feed, and at first they didn't do much, but now that they have grown up, they have learned to make holes.
"Hey, Ye Yuan, come over and fill in this hole." Liu Man'er called Ye Yuan and Ni to repair the house, and picked up the rabbit to think about things.
Seeing that she still hadn't dispelled this thought, Fang Clan shook his head and went out.
Anyway, she is such a person, as long as it is not a pickle of stealing chickens and dogs, the rest depends on the children.
Ye Yuan heard Liu Man'er's voice and walked over, Liu Man'er pointed to the hole and said, "What should I do?" I want to keep these rabbits, but they have to burrow and escape. ”
"Can you weave a bamboo fence and fence them off?" Ye Yuan symbolically gave a suggestion.
"That's not the same, they're going to burrow through the ground." Liu Man'er said.
As she was talking, she suddenly patted her head, "Ye Yuan, I have a way." ”
"What can you do?" Ye Yuan raised his eyes to look at Liu Man'er and asked with some curiosity.
"Naturally, I have a good idea." Liu Man'er was a little proud, she put the rabbit in a basket, and then said to Ye Yuan, "Don't these rabbits like to make holes?" Let's put them under the hole and see how they fight. ”
"What do you mean by that?" Ye Yuan was still a little puzzled.
"I mean you, I'm going to trouble you to dig a few pits underneath and let me use them to raise rabbits." Liu Man'er said with a smile: "When the time comes, you can dig this pit two feet deep, seven feet long, and five feet wide, and then build a low shed on top of it to waterproof, and then dig a small ditch around it, so that even if it rains, you will not be afraid." ”
While speaking, Liu Man'er already had a plan in her heart.
"Your idea is good, then I'll make up the corner and go." Ye Yuan picked up the hoe and walked to the backyard as he spoke.
"Well, Ye Yuan, then you can invite a few people to dig together, it's too tiring for you to dig alone." Liu Man'er was a little afraid that she would be tired.
"It's okay, I'm very strong, if I invite someone, it will cost money, and these people will be curious at that time, thinking what our family is doing." Ye Yuan was very thoughtful.
Liu Man'er thought about it and agreed.
In fact, she wants not only to raise such a little rabbit, she wants to raise a lot of rabbits, this rabbit breeds quickly, the cost is low, it is simply a profitable business, but the first batch has not been raised yet, so I won't tell them.
When the time comes for these rabbits to be raised, it's not too late to discuss this matter with them.
Of course, the most important thing is that my yard is really a little small, and I thought it was pretty good, but now I have raised so many chickens and ducks, picked some flowers and trees, and then dug holes in the ground to raise rabbits, but I feel that the space is becoming more and more insufficient.
Her willow man's farm had to be big to be able to fulfill her vision, at least for the time being, and she couldn't dig a pond for the time being.
Lack of money, lack of money, when she has money, buy dozens of acres of land to build a house, when she wants to dig ponds, want to plant trees, she will not worry about no place.
Ye Yuan's speed is very fast, the next day at dusk, this pit is preliminarily dug, and then, he is busy making a canopy, the area of this rabbit nest is not very large, it doesn't take much time to do this, it will be done in a while, and then the surrounding drainage ditch is also dug according to Liu Man'er's requirements, Liu Man'er checked it all over the side, and thought it was very good.
After checking that there were no problems, she put some hay in the pit and put the rabbit inside.
"Alright, this will be your home from now on." Liu Man'er squatted in front of the pit and said to the little rabbits.
When they first entered their new home, the rabbits were a little nervous and scurrying around, but after getting acquainted with them for a while, they also squatted on the hay and lay down peacefully.
After all, when they were in the kitchen, Liu Man'er and others came in and went in, and they were often frightened, except for the occasional feeding and cleaning, no one came to disturb them, and they were more stable.
Time flies quickly, there is nothing to do these days, Liu Man'er follows Ye Yuan to the mountains to hunt as usual, and sometimes she also follows Ye Yuan to the town restaurant to deliver these game, which may be the reason why they haven't been together recently, and now that Ye Qing sees her, he doesn't quarrel with her.
Every time I see her also screaming as a sister-in-law and sister-in-law, her attitude is not bad.
Ye Yuan said that Ye Qing has grown up, Liu Man'er feels that distance produces beauty, and when she is a shopkeeper here, she will always inevitably be angry with others.
In short, no matter what the reason, all this is developing in a good direction, every day, their family does their own things, although it is hard, but there is a smile on their faces.
Before leaving home every day, Liu Man'er would write a few words and let Ye He study at home. And Liu Fusheng didn't go to school because of Ye Qing, so he took Ye Qing's place and went to school in a private school.
The gentleman of this private school is also very talkative, and when he saw that the Ye family had changed someone, he didn't say anything.
Anyway, he was not very satisfied with Ye Qing, after all, Ye Qing was old and didn't listen carefully in class, so he was not as good as Liu Fusheng, a little guy, at least he sat there obediently every day and listened to the class.
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and Liu Man'er had not forgotten what she had promised others, and it was time to go to Uncle Li's house to help pick loquats.
After the Fang clan knew that they wanted the Li family again, they were a little reluctant, but they still nodded and agreed, people do not stand without trust, the Fang clan is a person who remembers promises.
In fact, Liu Man'er was also a little worried that the Fang family was at home alone, and she specially asked Ye Feng to take two days off to accompany the Fang family at home, so as not to have anything happen at home.
After repeatedly explaining to the Fang clan and telling them a few times, Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan went up the mountain.
During this time, Liu Man'er often followed Ye Yuan up the mountain, and she could be regarded as having practiced, and she insisted on walking for half a morning, and she didn't shout tired.
At noon, I walked to Uncle Li's house, it was the meal, and when Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan walked to the door of Uncle Li's house, they happened to watch Uncle Li and the old woman come back with this basket.
"Lieber, we're here." Ye Yuan saw it and greeted him.
"Oh, you're really here, come in." Seeing Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er, Li Bo was also very happy, he thought that Ye Yuan and the two of them were just talking like this, but he didn't expect that they really came.
"Go boil the water." Uncle Li opened the door and said to his wife, and the old woman hurriedly went to the hall.
Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan followed behind, and when they entered the house, the old woman was busy cooking sugar water eggs for Ye Yuan and the others, this time Liu Man'er did not refuse, she put down the basket and took out the contents of her basket.
"Come, Uncle Lee, auntie, here are some things for you." Liu Man'er took it out in the same way, she took a pound of sugar, two pounds of rice and flour, and some pastries and candied fruits.
"Oh, come here, why do you buy so many things?" The old woman hurriedly refused, and Liu Man'er said, "Didn't everyone recognize their relatives last time, these things were specially brought to you." ”
When the old woman heard Liu Man'er's words, tears suddenly appeared in the corners of her eyes, and she silently squatted in front of the stove and lit the fire.
Only later, two more eggs were boiled.
At noon, Li Bo still used white rice to entertain Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan, and the two were not polite, and after eating, they followed the old man and the old woman to pick loquats.
The people I met along the way were all people carrying big baskets or carrying burdens, they were panting, and they seemed to be busy grabbing, after seeing Li Bo, I said hello to him, and vaguely seemed to remember Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er, so he said: "Your nephew and niece and daughter-in-law came over to help pick loquat again?" ”
"yes." Uncle Li responded to this person with a smile, and then took Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan to the ground.
At this time, the loquat was indeed ripe, and all of them were yellow and clear, and all of them hung on the trees, as if they were gold.
Liu Man'er can climb trees, and she climbs to the tree in three or two clicks, and she picks up scissors and begins to help with the picking.
Ye Yuan was not bad, he climbed twice to reach the tree, occasionally cut two branches, and looked at the willow vines.
Liu Man'er smiled at him, she was greedy, and when she saw the big one, she took it off, rubbed it on her clothes, and then put it in her mouth, eating and working at the same time, and she had endless fun.
The next day, he helped this Li Bo pick the loquat for a day, and it was not until the morning of the third day that he finally helped to pick all the loquats.
After seeing that the work was done, Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan were ready to go home, and Uncle Li and his wife warmly invited them to stay, but Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan were a little worried about the Fang family at home, and they still decided to go back.
Uncle Li saw that he really couldn't keep Liu Man'er and the two, so he filled Liu Man'er and the two with loquat baskets and asked them to carry them back to eat.