"No, no, Xiao Lu, you must keep this notebook safe. It's the treasure book for quail farming at our farm."
Zhao Lanying held the notebook and the more she looked at it, the more she felt it was a valuable resource.
Even someone who has never raised quails before can raise them well by following the steps in the book.
If this were promoted, it might actually be printed as a book.
"Xiao Lu, write another name."
Zhao Lanying turned to the first page and handed it to Lu Fangfang.
"Write your name?"
Lu Fangfang was quite happy.
After hesitating for a moment, she took out a pen and wrote six small characters at the top: Quail Farming Techniques.
"Sister-in-law Lanying, keep this after you finish reading it. Consider it our farm's employee handbook. When we hire someone in the future, let her take a look at this first."
After Lu Fangfang finished speaking, she couldn't help but laugh. This was convenient.
"Okay, Xiao Lu, I won't let her see it to anyone else, I'll only let the people from our quail factory see it."
"No need for that, others don't care for this stuff."
...
Lu Fangfang led Zhao Lanying on another tour of the breeding shed.
She introduced the various breeding tools inside to Lan Ying's sister-in-law, and then went to the incubation room.
Today is the third day, and none of the baby quails have died. They are all growing very healthily, except for the few that hatched later, which look a bit thin.
"Sister-in-law Lanying, you come and feed them. We are in the brooding stage now, so we need to feed them small amounts frequently. Just enough for them to eat, and don't leave any leftovers."
"become."
Zhao Lanying glanced at what was written in the notebook, then picked up a spoon and started putting feed into it.
Lu Fangfang glanced at it and then ignored it; the work at the breeding farm was really not difficult.
She picked up the coal stove from inside the house and put it outside.
The baby quails have been hatching for three days now, so we don't need to light a fire inside anymore. We need to let them gradually adapt to the outside temperature.
After feeding the quails, Lu Fangfang took Zhao Lanying to the grassland outside to cut tender grass shoots.
The quails can't be fed corn and coarse grains every day; they have to be mixed with grass sprouts to save some money.
In the afternoon, Lu Fangfang took Zhao Lanying to catch fish by the river using bones covered in grease.
There are many things that a farm can do; it all depends on the individual's self-discipline.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
During these three days, Lu Fangfang handed over all the matters concerning the breeding farm to Zhao Lanying.
Zhao Lanying quickly got the hang of it and managed the farm very well, which gave her some free time.
With her free time, she spent two days working on the wasteland, planting cabbages and radishes.
To be honest, it's a bit late for her to plant them now. Whether they will grow or not depends on God.
She picked all the vegetables from the wasteland, and let him dry the ones that could be dried.
We also made two large jars of tomato sauce, which we'll be using in the winter.
After finishing her work in the fields, Lu Fangfang went to the breeding farm.
In the incubation room, the quails had been hatching for almost a week. She and Zhao Lanying moved two brooder boxes to the No. 1 breeding shed.
The quails are still too small to be put in cages, but now we have two brooder boxes, and they can't hold all the baby quails.
Fortunately, she had asked the soldiers to make a lot of brooders, so she brought over two more and evenly distributed the three hundred quails into the four brooders.
"Sister-in-law Lanying, at night, the brooder box still needs to be covered with a quilt to keep it warm."
"Okay, I've got it."
Zhao Lanying nodded quickly.
The brooding boxes were moved to the breeding shed, leaving the incubation room empty. Lu Fangfang thought about hatching another batch of quails.
In the past month or so, the quails at her and Sister Shufen's house have laid more than 300 fertilized quail eggs. With the weather being hot now, it will be easier to hatch a batch.
The baby quails in the brooder can be put into the cage after another week of feeding, which won't delay things.
In the afternoon, Lu Fangfang and Shufen discussed it and brought over all the quail eggs from their home.
Of course, it's not given to farms for free; each hatching egg costs one cent, which is considered a cheap sale to farms.
Lu Fangfang wrote down the expenses in a small notebook and pressed her fingerprint on it; Sister-in-law Shufen did the same.
After registering, the three of them got busy in the incubation room.
Lu Fangfang and Wang Shufen had hatched the eggs once before and were very skilled at it. Zhao Lanying stood aside, learning and helping out.
By the time the three of them finished their work, it was already dark.
"Sister Shufen, Sister-in-law Lanying, I'm afraid you'll have to work hard these next few days."
Lu Fangfang has already made arrangements with Zhuang Mingcheng. Once he gets his leave, they will go gold panning, which should take only two or three days.
"Don't worry, little sister. You should get some rest. Lan Ying and I will take care of things at the farm."
Zhao Lanying nodded quickly.
...
Two days later, Zhuang Mingcheng finally got his leave approved.
It will last for three and a half days, starting from noon today.
Lu Fangfang couldn't wait any longer.
She went to the back and handed her house key to Wang Shufen, asking her to feed her poultry. Then she went to the poultry farm for a walk.
Everything was normal with the quails and the incubator. Sister-in-law Lanying was mixing tender grass shoots with the quail feed.
Lu Fangfang told her about taking leave and told her to contact Sister Shufen if she needed anything, then hurriedly went back.
...
"Mingcheng, hurry up."
"Okay, okay."
In the courtyard, Zhuang Mingcheng placed the tent, sleeping bag, small aluminum pot, and kettle on the back of the little wild donkey.
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