Hearing Xiaoman'er's surprised and delighted "Wow!" outside, Yue Jiuyue stopped paying attention to what was happening outside and focused on peeling and eating shrimp.
Anyway, when she keeps the door closed, no one can come in without knocking or asking for her permission. Even if someone wanted to come in, they couldn't. She can eat quietly by herself in the room, so the door has to be locked. She can eat without worry.
We've finished eating; it's time to clean up the mess.
The trash was stored in the space as usual, and it could be burned when the opportunity arose. There was no fear of the air pollution she caused, especially since she had planted so many trees.
After cleaning herself up, she sprayed some strawberry-scented air freshener in the room, leaving the scent on her body and her breath. Only when she felt everything was alright did she open the door to see what the little girl was playing, laughing and making a fuss.
Oh, so she took the crayfish out of the bucket and onto the ground, then used a small stick to poke the crayfish so that it could use its big pincers to grab the stick, and then she lifted the crayfish up.
So, shrimp fishing?
This little girl is quite the player.
Perhaps the crayfish are a bit silly and haven't seen the wickedness of human nature, or perhaps they have too volatile tempers; if someone provokes them, they immediately brandish their big pincers and start fighting. So the little girl had a great time playing with them.
Yes, Yue Jiuyue joined in the fun too. When the maids in Yue Jiuyue's courtyard returned, they also joined in.
These past few days have been exceptionally joyful, and Yue Jiuyue is in an incredibly good mood!
The next afternoon, the village chief brought more good news: the whole village agreed to raise crayfish and planned to build two lakes for crayfish farming, one upstream and one downstream of Nanhu Lake, or the whole village could farm one lake downstream and let Yue Jiuyue's family farm one upstream.
Since she had a choice, Yue Jiuyue naturally preferred to raise shrimp in a lake at home. Anyway, she wouldn't have to do the work herself, and she could replenish the shrimp seedlings at any time, or simply buy shrimp and dump them into the lake. In the future, she could achieve crayfish freedom.
The lake wasn't something Yue Jiuyue could just use for her family; she had to pay for it, either by renting or buying it.
It was another choice between two options, and to save trouble, Yue Jiuyue naturally chose to buy it.
Another land title in hand!
Call the third son, Lin Chaonan, back and have him oversee the household servants digging the lake.
Why not call him the fourth child who lives closer to home?
Of course, it's because the third brother is more reliable!
Downstream from Nanhu Lake is a large and deep ravine, entirely made of stone. If the western side is blocked off, it will become a ready-made lake.
Upstream of Nanhu Lake, there is only a small ditch, which can hardly be called a river, but only a stream. If you want to raise shrimp, you have to spend a lot of manpower to dig it slowly, and you can't cut off the water source of Nanhu Lake, which is time-consuming and laborious.
Lin Chaonan took care of all of this, and she herself resumed her life as a stay-at-home wife like Marie Curie.
Occasionally, I would take Xiaoman'er and Dazhuang to do radio calisthenics, play shuttlecock, and swing together. I also taught Xiaoman'er and the others how to do eye exercises, since most girls do needlework, and protecting their eyes is very important.
"Grandma, will these movements really protect your eyes and prevent you from not being able to see things in the distance?"
Xiaoman'er was very curious. Since she was learning embroidery, she naturally knew that older embroiderers would no longer be used in the embroidery room because their eyesight was not as good and the things they embroidered were not as delicate.
Embroidery is hard on the eyes.
If the eye exercises taught by Yue Jiuyue can really protect the eyes, it will be very important for the embroiderers.
That means that if embroiderers can do embroidery for several years or even more than ten years, they can earn more money.
"It's definitely useful, but you can't strain your eyes all the time. After reading, writing, or doing needlework, you should give your eyes a rest and look at the scenery outside."
If you think that just because you know how to do these eye exercises, your eyes will be well protected and you won't have any vision problems, and you use your eyes excessively, then you're just asking for trouble.
If eye exercises were really that effective, then they would probably be considered a divine skill.
"oh……"
Upon hearing Yue Jiuyue say that it wouldn't be as effective, Xiaoman'er became less focused, her posture was incorrect, and she seemed listless, making Yue Jiuyue reluctant to continue.
Whether she learns or not, whether she does or not, she has already taught Xiaoman'er. Whether Xiaoman'er does it or not is her own choice, and the worsening of her eyesight in the future is also a consequence of her own choice.
Fortunately, Xiaoman rarely goes to Yue Jiuyue's place. After all, she has too much to learn every day and has to review the knowledge she has learned before. She is much busier than Yue Jiuyue.
Yue Jiuyue's only busy task was to occasionally ask how the excavation of East Lake was going.
Excavating East Lake is just the beginning; how can shrimp be raised without water in the lake?
West Lake is the lake where the whole village raises shrimp together, which is blocked downstream of South Lake. Water can be drawn directly from South Lake, which is much more convenient than East Lake upstream of Yue Jiuyue.
They dug a lake, filled it with water, and threw some aquatic plants from the South Lake into the East Lake. Yue Jiuyue then poured the remaining half-bucket of crayfish into the East Lake.
Anyway, the crayfish have already grown up, so let them grow freely. In addition, Yue Jiuyue will release crayfish into the two lakes from time to time. Even if the survival rate is not high, every household will definitely be able to eat crayfish this year.
After all, it's just a trial. Yue Jiuyue herself has never raised them before. Everyone is figuring it out as they go. If it doesn't work now, it will definitely work in the end.
As long as there are crayfish in the lake, and as long as there are people in the village who care about raising crayfish, crayfish farming can be successful.
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