"Don't worry, it's definitely not as simple as just these few earthworms. A chicken would eat every last bit of those earthworms. I'm just digging up a few to raise. Earthworms are hermaphroditic, and each one can reproduce. I'm raising them, aren't I?"
Earthworms are easy to raise; they can be raised on fruit shells, vegetable leaves, and even tree leaves.
Moreover, the reproduction rate is high.
Earthworms can reproduce multiple times a year, usually around four times.
With Gu Yunyang's beast-taming ability and wood-type ability, this number can be increased by another half, or even doubled.
Under ideal conditions, earthworms can reproduce 12 times a year. After each egg-laying, the eggs hatch in 18 to 21 days and reach sexual maturity in about 60 days. After that, they lay one egg every other day.
Earthworms can reproduce for life after mating once, producing up to 3,000 offspring each year.
If you get a few more, and wait about two weeks, they can start breeding continuously.
In a short period of time, it can multiply several times.
Gu Yunyang wasn't in a hurry to buy chicks; he'd raise earthworms for two weeks first.
Han Xue and Yang Shengnan were both skeptical, let alone the other villagers.
Gu Yunyang's story about raising earthworms was not kept secret and spread quickly.
The next day, people in the village started spreading the word. There was no malice in it; they were probably just watching the show and wanting to see a joke.
Ning'an is one of them.
"I'm just a country woman, how could I not know how to raise chickens? He's a high school graduate who grew up in the capital, is he obsessed?"
Gu Yunyang was neither worried nor concerned about this.
After a while, once he bought chicks and started raising them, everyone will know who was right.
Old Zheng pulled out the vegetable leaves from the field, keeping the tender ones and giving the rest to Gu Yunyang.
"You can take some back to raise earthworms. But the news has spread throughout the village, and several other villages know about it. Aren't you afraid they'll laugh at you?"
Gu Yunyang shrugged, thanked Old Zheng first, and then said calmly, "What's there to worry about?"
The matter hasn't even been resolved yet, and everyone is already blindly making fun of it.
Aren't they afraid that things won't turn out the way they expect, and they'll be proven wrong?
Gu Yunyang was naturally not afraid. With his superpowers at his disposal, he was invincible. What did he have to fear?
Those people can learn from this and succeed.
It's just that the time span will be longer.
"Thanks. I mixed some of it into the cow feed. I brought the rest back to raise earthworms. When they lay eggs, I'll treat you to some."
"That's great," Old Zheng said nonchalantly.
It was just some vegetable leaves; he couldn't finish them all.
If he hadn't saved all the seeds himself, he would have lost money buying them.
Fortunately, they are all grown on my own land. It just takes a little effort, but they are not expensive.
It's not easy to transport things out of these mountains.
"I plan to dry vegetables. Although we can grow vegetables here in winter, the amount is somewhat limited. Dried vegetables can supplement our diet and can also be used as cattle feed in winter."
Old Zheng had put all his mind into the cow.
Growing vegetables is also to provide the cows with better food.
In their view, eating vegetables is definitely better than eating grass.
But in reality, from the cow's perspective, there should be no difference.
In fact, the alfalfa seeds that Gu Yunyang had stored were high-yielding and nutritious.
Gu Yunyang planned to wait until a certain time, pretend that he had discovered it in the wild, and then bring it to Dongshan Village.
Raising cattle is now my business.
"I'm leaving. The cattle feed is ready."
"Okay, I'll feed the cows later."
Old Zheng didn't care at all about Gu Yunyang's frequent early departures and even late arrivals.
He had no complaints as long as the cows grew well.
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