Chapter 35 A Da's Life
Occasionally, a young lady passed by with her washed clothes. These half-baby stopped in a strange look and looked at the backs.
Then, the pretty little lady walked away and turned around and took a look.
The elder of the tribe Jiang decisively approached Zhao Ping'an and laughed: "This lady was deliberately passing by here to see you. Otherwise, she would not be a detour to go here, and she is not stupid."
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Lu Shijie and Lao Liao didn't know what to say. The mother is so beautiful that she takes advantage of her. What can she say?
I heard from Lu Shijie that even if he becomes an official, he will get bonuses when walking in the temple. Lu Shijie thought he was too ugly, so he never got promoted.
Keep going forward.
Several younger children were squatting on the ground and counting beans.
"One or two, and then one or two? How many are equal?"
The woman was obviously teaching arithmetic.
As a result, all the children scratched their heads.
The woman swept away the beans with her feet speechlessly, threw four copper coins on the ground, and asked directly: "How many?"
"Four." Several little kids replied.
"One or two, and then one or two? How many are equal?" The woman changed into four beans on the ground twice.
They continued to scratch their heads @#!
Continue to move forward and turn around, a little girl was crying in the down-and-out thatched hut.
After seeing the old man, the little girl hurriedly ran over and cried, "Save my A-da, she is almost dead."
Zhao Ping'an hurriedly ran into the yard, followed by but was stunned, "Is this your big family?"
It took a chicken for a long time.
The little girl nodded and said, "My mother said that Ada is old and laying eggs will kill her. I told her not to lay them anymore, but she still laid another nest of eggs and hatched them on them like this. But I found that Ada had no body temperature anymore and there were no chicks. But Ada just tried to hatch those eggs, and it became thinner and thinner, with only a skeleton, and she didn't want to come out."
This made Zhao Ping'an feel a little uncomfortable and was a little sad for a chicken for the first time in his life.
Unfortunately, the chickens in this era are really like this. The so-called spring silkworms are at the end of death, and the chickens are almost the same.
In the county school in Changzhou, Zhao Ping'an spent twenty-one days to continuously turn chicks through the incubator.
But before that, or outside the county school, the chickens in the Song Dynasty were like "Ada", with about two nests of eggs a year, and it would take twenty-one days to hatch one nest.
During these twenty-one days, Ada did not eat or drink, but only hatched quietly, consuming his own fat and muscles to supply the calories needed to incubate eggs.
Twenty-one days later, when Ada's complete feat and leads a litter of chicks out, his weight will be almost half, leaving only his skeleton.
Of course, no more eggs can be laid in that state, so Ada had to lie down and slowly recover his energy.
If you are lucky, half a year later, before the cold winter, Ada still has the energy to lay another nest of eggs, and then hatch it for twenty-one days without eating or drinking. If it succeeds, it will lead a nest of furry chicks out and hand it over to the owner.
Year after year, it was Ada's life.
If Ada is too "model worker", he will have to lay another nest of eggs for hatching when his body and seasons do not allow it. For example, after his weight is halved, it will be cold in winter, and he cannot find enough insects to eat, and there is no nutritional bonus. In addition, he is old, there is no doubt that Ada will die in winter.
"Sir, Ada is so thin. Do you think it will die? Is there any help?" the little girl asked in tears.
"Go and go, they are officials and scholars, so how can they have time to care about your old hen's life or death? If you want me to see, it will be less troublesome if you kill and eat it."
Old Jiang was very rough and pushed the girl directly and rushed to the side.
Zhao Ping'an did not leave, observed for a while and said, "The season is wrong. If this is the first nest of eggs this year, it would be too late."
The little girl said, "It's the second nest."
Zhao Ping'an was shocked: "The second litter? It was too early, which means that it could have three eggs a year when it was young?"
The little girl nodded and said, "Sir is amazing, you're right. Even last year, Ada laid three nests of eggs. But this time it's really not good."
Unexpectedly, by accident, a high-yield chicken with a unique bone that had evolved and was found in this war-torn area?
"Maybe there is still a rescue."
Zhao Ping'an thought for a while and said, "Find a piece of iron the size of three tiles and heat it. Remember to just heat it not red. Wrap it in multiple layers of cotton cloth and put it in the circle, then close it tightly, save the heat, and leave some breathable holes. Calculate the time, and change it if the iron block is cold."
"This operation is equivalent to helping it raise its body temperature. By the end of this round of hatching, I will teach you a way to lead a large number of ants into the pan, then heat the pan, add a little lard and fry it, and feed the ants to Ada. As long as it is nutritious, she can restore her weight before late autumn. It is hard to say that she can hold on for another two years."
Hearing this, Lao Jiangtou stammered as if he was looking at a god: "Sir, come from Liangzhe... Can you be the god who claims to make eggs significantly more?"
"It's me."
Zhao Ping'an and Lu Shijie looked at each other. He would say this. It is hard to say that he had met Wang Anshi.
Old Jiang said happily than when he heard the king's master, "Can you ask me... to teach me to feed the chickens? The old man knew that it was a big taboo to spy on the secret recipe, but it was really... "
"Yes, no problem."
Zhao Ping'an interrupted, "But now is not the time. This is a mess. After Guangxi stabilizes, I promise to help you rebuild your home and help you develop chicken raising. I will also send graduate students to run schools here to teach your children all the magical knowledge."
Old Jiang became excited and simply knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "If you get this promise from Mr. Jiang, then all Jiangjia Village will follow the instructions of Mr. Jiang."
"Brother gets up first."
Zhao Ping'an pulled him up and said, "Since this is the case, I'm not polite. I need your son and your food. We have to deal with this place in Guangxi."
The old man said with a passionate look: "As long as you fight in Guangxi and the gentleman is interested in it, you can bring your son from the Jiang family with you, make achievements in the future and have a good future."
Zhao Ping'an said: "One word is certain."
Lu Shijie frowned extremely, feeling that this behavior had increased to a certain degree of sensitivity.
But there is really no other good idea.
Fortunately, it seems that the start of this is a good start. In addition to his brilliant plan, this scholar is also very lucky. He did not expect that he would come in randomly in a place that was not a bandit’s nest, but a group of good people who have heard of his reputation?
To this day, Lu Shijie has decided to lie down and does not want to interfere too much in Zhao Ping'an. Now the person who goes to eat is just whispering: "You are all good everywhere, but you are just teaching the little girl how to catch ants with hot pans. It's too damn evil. This is a trick."
Zhao Ping'an said: "It's impossible. Total insects in the world add up, ants account for 40% of the total mass. Everything will be extinct, but ants won't. I hate ants."
Chapter completed!