"By the way, can you catch any fish?" Yang Qing asked Haozi again.
"Sister, don't you have fish yourself? Why are you asking me for it?" Haozi was puzzled.
"I'm not talking about sea fish, I'm talking about freshwater fish, alive and also used for breeding. If you don't have any, fish fry will do." Yang Qing said.
Haozi nodded. "Yes, someone once traded fish with us for something else, but we don't have any fry. Fry need to be raised by someone special. The fish should be leftovers from before. How many do you want?"
Yang Qing thought for a moment and said, "Two hundred kilograms, grass carp, carp, or crucian carp will do."
"Okay, I'll bring it to you tomorrow." Haozi nodded.
He looked at Yang Qing and the others' truck again and said, "Your truck can carry five tons of feed. I'll deliver it all at once tomorrow. I'll bring the fish the day after tomorrow!"
"Okay." Yang Qing nodded. The two trucks of water would have to be transported twice anyway.
"Then I'll trade you some sea fish, one pound for one pound. That's not a loss, right? Sea fish are much more expensive than freshwater fish."
"Okay!" Haozi nodded. Indeed, sea fish can be sold at a higher price.
After Haozi and the others left, Leng Yi got on the truck, changed the road and took a long detour, finding a deserted place. Yang Qing then put the truck into the space.
It was too far to go home, so I took out a mountain bike from my space that I had scavenged from a president.
"This is the first time I've ridden a motorcycle since the apocalypse." Yang Qing said with a smile.
Leng Yi straddled the motorcycle with his long legs, and Yang Qing sat on the back, hugging his waist.
There are no traffic police now and I don’t have to wear a helmet. Although the weather is hot, the wind blowing on my face is still quite comfortable. I haven’t felt so relaxed in a long time.
Yang Qing opened her arms and shouted loudly, her hair flying in the wind.
Leng Yi's mouth curled slightly and he shouted, "Be careful, hold on tight!"
"I know!" Yang Qing held Leng Yi's shoulders and laughed out loud.
When you are almost home, find an empty corner and put the motorcycle away.
After returning home, he called Lu Lin and the other two to enter the space together.
Lu Lin was pleasantly surprised to see the chickens, ducks, geese, cows and sheep. "Are they all here?"
"Well, now we can really open a farm." Yang Qing smiled.
"Let's divide up a piece of land and build a pigpen, a sheeppen and a cowpen. The chickens, ducks and geese can be kept together, but of course they can be kept separately." Leng Yi said.
"Let's keep the chickens separate, but the ducks and geese can be together." Yang Qing said, "By the way, can we also let the ducks and geese into the fields? Will they eat the rice seedlings?"
"Yes." Leng Yi said, "So usually during the seedling stage, we put ducklings into the fields so we don't have to worry about them eating the seedlings. When they grow a little bigger and are taller, we don't have to worry about the ducks eating them anymore."
"On the contrary, ducks can play a very good role in rice fields. They eat weeds, snails and other harmful plants in the fields. The places where they paddle are like loosening the soil for the rice seedlings, which is very beneficial for their growth."
"But once the rice has grown, we can't let the ducks in. They'll eat the rice ears, and that will reduce the yield."
"There is so much knowledge in this?" Yang Qing was very curious.
"Actually, you can put them into the fish pond first, but when the fish come tomorrow, you have to see whether they are big fish or small fish. Small fish will not work because they will be eaten by them." Leng Yi said again.
"Then let's dig a smaller fish pond for them so they have a place to swim," said Lu Lin.
"Sure!" Leng Yi nodded, "But there are so many canals beside the fields that we can let them in."
"But we don't have any bugs or snails here. What do they eat?" Yang Qing asked.
"Although there are none now, they may appear in the future. Besides, when you buy fish tomorrow, there will definitely be some. The fish will carry some insect eggs, parasites and so on, and slowly they will become the same as the environment outside." Leng Yi said.
"Oh." Yang Qing nodded, "Let's build a home for them first."
The three of them worked together to make five more circles with wooden strips, one each for the chicken, pig, cow, sheep, and one for the duck and goose.
"Will the cows and sheep eat the rice seedlings?" Lu Lin asked.
"It's possible." Leng Yi nodded and looked towards the field. "But it's impossible to fence off such a large area. We can only fence them in. When we want them to go out and graze, we can put them further away."
There are still several hundred acres of land in the space, with a lot of grass growing on it, enough for cows and sheep to eat, so there is no need for special feeding.
Chickens and ducks still need to be fed.
"In fact, it is okay to feed some pig feed to chickens and ducks, and mix it with grain to save some food. After this batch of rice is harvested, you can let them eat rice." Leng Yi said.
"Ah? Isn't it a waste to feed them?" Yang Qing asked.
Leng Yi smiled and said, "I remember that what you wanted was hybrid rice seeds. Hybrid rice isn't very tasty, but it has a high yield, which is very good for people who are short of food these days."
"Is hybrid rice not delicious?" Yang Qing was very surprised. She remembered Grandpa Yuan many years ago. It was he who solved the country's food problem and ensured that everyone could have enough food to eat.
"Yes, hybrid rice has a very high yield, with yields reaching 800 to 1,000 kilograms per mu. Despite the high yield, the taste isn't very good. Before the apocalypse, it was generally used as reserve grain and feed."
"Now that we have no grain to eat, it still tastes good. But compared to the early-season rice and late-season japonica rice, the taste is a little worse. And the yields of those are much lower, with the maximum yield per mu being over 1,000 kilograms, and some even only 600 to 800 kilograms."
"So it's not wrong to choose hybrid rice. In these food-scarce times, yield is king. Why bother with taste when you don't even have enough to eat?"
Yang Qing and Lu Lin both nodded. They had no idea about this. It turns out there is so much to know about food?
"Then let's grow some delicious crops later. By the way, the part we bred ourselves should be very good. If the breeding is successful, we will plant more." Yang Qing said.
Leng Yi nodded, "Those are very high-quality rice seeds. They should taste good. We can plant more in the future."
At night, Haozi still drove the water tanker over, and Yang Qing put the tanker into the space to collect water.
The next day, the feed was exchanged with water during the day.
On the third day, two more vehicles came, one a water truck, and one loaded with 200 kilograms of fish, all covered with ice.
On the mouse's side, two piglets were kept in a pig cage, and the fish were kept in the blue plastic barrels commonly used in fish markets, each barrel could hold 100 kilograms.
Because he knew that Yang Qing and the others were raising the fish, he specially placed a small oxygen generator there to prevent the fish from dying of lack of oxygen due to the hot weather.
Yang Qing was very pleased to see that Haozi was so thoughtful, so he also liked doing business with him.
"Sister, if you want anything in the future, just come to me." Haozi was also very happy.
After these business trips, I received a lot of praise from Cai Qin, especially these trucks of fresh water, which were sold at a high price.
His status suddenly became much higher than that of others, and even Lin Zhen benefited from it.
"Okay!" Yang Qing smiled, waved and got into the car.
He still ran to a deserted place, put the truck into the space, and rode back on his motorcycle.
When they got home, they went straight into the space, put the pigs into the pigsty, and moved the fish to the fish pond.
"Are we going to just fall down like this?" Yang Qing asked, "What do fish eat?"
"Nowadays, many people feed fish with feed. We have so much grass in our space, so we can just feed them grass directly." Leng Yi said, "Fish fed with grass are much tastier than those fed with feed."
Yang Qing nodded, "Then let's go cut grass together later, so we can leave some for the cattle and sheep."
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