Don't think that the Su family is done with sending the ducklings out. The father and daughter are still busy. Either they are called by this family to see their ducklings today, or they are called by another family tomorrow. The father and daughter are busy. It's going round and round.
If she hadn't known that the Su family raised a lot of chickens and ducks, even Lian would have been taken away if she wanted to stay at home and work.
The father and daughter did not hide anything. They told the villagers about several diseases that ducks often suffer from, what preventive and treatment methods they knew, and what ducks should eat to make them grow faster. The villagers were all happy. Although the ducklings brought to the house were more or less dead or injured, the overall number of deaths was not many. Each family had a few to a dozen ducklings. The largest family had more than 20 ducklings dead. It was not because the ducklings were sick. But the duck pen is too small and too crowded, and it will be crushed to death.
The ones who died more than twenty times belonged to the Liu family. Because of this, they were sitting at the door scolding their daughter-in-law.
"Damn it! What evil have I done? Let my son marry such an unlucky person. Let me watch the ducks disappear from the sky. So many people died. Who will pay for the ducklings? It's not me. out."
After scolding his daughter-in-law and then scolding his son, it was really a scene for the villagers to watch.
Su Yu stood in the crowd of villagers and watched with great interest. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Liu was always scolding people in the same way. Her daughter-in-law did not dare to express her anger, so she stood aside with a big belly and let her mother-in-law scold her. If it were her, she would have whipped melon seeds so hard that her teeth would be all over the floor.
After working for several days, Su Yu finally felt free, and Su Yu slept hard for two days before finally coming back to life. Then the autumn harvest came. Thinking of the eight acres of rice at home, Su Yu's scalp went numb. There was only one cart at home. How long would he be busy?
Ethnology is also on holiday, and there are three newly purchased sickles at home. Due to her skin condition, Su Yu was not assigned the job of cutting rice. Her job was to put the rice cut by the three of them on the straw rope. The pile was bundled into a large bundle by Su Laoer, and the father and son used a cart to pull it to the drying yard.
What makes Su Yu most fortunate is that her family's field is not far from the village's drying ground, only seven or eight minutes away, and the eight acres of field are all in one area and are easy to take care of.
The family walked eight or nine days from Wangjia Village to Yujia Village. It was only a few hundred kilometers away. However, the climate of the two prefectures was very different. In Wangjia Village, the rice had been harvested for two months, and in Yujia Village, the rice had been harvested for two months. The rice here has just begun to be harvested. It's almost October now, but there's nothing we can do about it. It's rainy in Xingyang Prefecture. The rainy season doesn't end until October. The weather is dry until April and May of next year. After May, the rain gradually becomes more frequent. If it doesn't rain when transplanting rice seedlings, you won't be able to plant them in advance even if you want to. People here are used to it, so it doesn't matter.
Su Yu had many ways to help his family reduce the burden, but in ancient times, farming was a top priority. Even a small threshing method, Su Yu did not dare to come up with easily.
What makes Su Yu most happy is that she finally took over the power of cooking at home. Although the conditions at home have improved and are much better than before, Lian is still the one cooking, and Lian will not let her do it. Su Yu had no choice but to make do with it.
If Lian's cooking is not delicious, it is really not delicious, and the cooking skills are only at the level of cooking, which has nothing to do with deliciousness. However, the women's cooking skills in the village are average, and no one is willing to cook them. Money is spent on seasonings. Apart from onions, ginger, and garlic, only salt is left. How delicious can it be?
There happened to be no meat at home, so Su Yu planned to go to the town to buy groceries. Everyone in the family was busy and no one went with her. When leaving, Su Laoer specially handed over Su Yu to the village chief's wife. Yang was also going to town to buy groceries today, so it was just a matter of course to help look after Su Yu, so she agreed without much thought.
Yang, the village chief's wife, also likes Su Yu very much. The little girl has big and bright eyes, which makes her very lovable.
This is the first time Su Yu has gone to town alone. Her father usually goes with her. She plans to buy more meat. She won't have to go to town these days. The family is still very busy.
In fact, the Gao family in the next village sells pork, but there are few people walking on the road to the next village, especially when the farming is busy. Su Laoer doesn't worry about his daughter being alone, it is more convenient to go to the town, and there is always room for leisure. There were many people on the road with the old man's bullock cart. Su Laoer felt relieved when he handed over his daughter to the village chief's wife.
When we got to the town, the old man and the young boy went shopping.
"Grandma Yang, what are you planning to buy?"
Normally, there is no need for Yang to go to town to buy vegetables. During this time of harvest, everyone in the family is busy, so she took over the job of going to town to buy vegetables.
"Buy some meat, go to the grocery store to buy some seasonings, and nothing else. Su Yatou, what do you want to buy?"
"It's almost like you. I need to buy some meat. I don't need any seasonings or anything. I still have a lot at home."
"Then let's go to the grocery store first, and then buy some meat."
"Listen to Grandma Yang."
The two of them went to the grocery store together. Although Su Yu didn't buy anything, his eyes were not idle. He looked around and around, but finally saw nothing. After Yang made the purchase, the two of them left the store. Walking on East Street, Su Yu's ears twitched as he was about to turn the corner. Hearing the gossip of people passing by, he couldn't help but stop.
"Girl Su, why don't you leave?"
"Grandma Yang, wait for me. Let's go over there and have a look. I think I heard someone talking about selling cows."
"You kid, it doesn't matter to us whether they sell it or not. We won't buy it."
"Just go and have a look. It's still early anyway. Grandpa Yu hasn't gone back yet, so we'll just wait when we go back."
"Okay, let's go take a look. Not far from here is the cattle and horse store in the town, a place that specializes in selling cattle and horses."
Su Yu had been to the town several times, but he didn't know there was such a place, so he went to the cattle and horse store with Yang. The Cattle and Horse Store is located at the end of East Street. It is a dead end, and people who buy and sell things will not come here. Over time, this dead end of East Street has become the Cattle and Horse Store. People who want to sell and buy cattle and horses come here.
As he walked closer, Su Yu's eyes were dazzled. Xinglin Town was just a small town, and the cattle and horse farm was not big. You could see it at a glance. There were six or seven cattle inside, and even fewer horses, only three or four.
Thinking of the eight acres of land at home, Su Yu was not interested in horses at all. If the family had a cow, it would save a lot of energy.
After the autumn harvest, we must plant winter wheat as soon as possible. The season waits for no one. We have cattle at home, so it is convenient for us to plow the fields.
Thinking about it, Su Yu walked towards the one she liked. She took a fancy to this cow as soon as she came over. The cow was not very old, about two years old. The horns were parallel, the body was wide and the hips were square. Such cows would be better in the future. It can be longer.
Su Yu was short and wanted to see if the cow's teeth were in good condition, so he had to look at the owner of the cow aside.
"Uncle, could you please show me the teeth of this cow?"
The cow seller is a black-faced man.
"You know a lot, little girl. You even know to look at the teeth of a cow."
"That's right, I know a lot."
"Okay, I'll let you take a look."
The man thought to himself that it was idle now because there was no one around anyway.
The man pulled the cow's lower lip with his upper hand to reveal the cow's teeth.
"With four pairs of teeth, it is no more than three years old and is ready for use. If my family didn't need money, I wouldn't be willing to sell this cow."
When the cow seller said this, he was stunned. Why was he talking to a little girl about this?
"Uncle, how do you sell this cow?"
"What's wrong, you want to buy it?"
"You tell me the price first, and I'll listen."
Yang was startled and pulled Su Yu aside.
"Girl Su, we don't know if the cow is good or not, so we'd better go back first and let your dad come and take a look tomorrow."
