141, Go out of the city to see the land
141, Go out of the city to see the land
"Dad, how big is Da Huang?"
"Uncle, does Xiao Huang still remember us?"
"Dad, how long will it take us to get there?"
"uncle……"
“…”
On their way out of the city, the two little guys in the donkey cart kept asking questions. Lu Youtian, who was driving the cart in front, would patiently answer them at first, but later he just didn't want to answer anymore because the two guys were just too talkative.
Receiving his father's pleading look, Lu Mingfei had no choice but to speak out to save his father. He took some water and coaxed the two talkative boys to drink. "Okay, okay, you two have been talking all the way. Are you tired? Do you want a sip of water to quench your thirst?"
"Brother, I want to drink." Lu Mingcong was really thirsty. He grabbed the water cup in his brother's hand and took a few big gulps.
"Brother, I want one too." Lu Mingrui also said yes.
Lu Mingfei poured more water into the bamboo cup and fed it to his brother. After feeding him, he poured another cup of water for Zhang Xiaobao, "Xiaobao, do you want some water?"
"Yes." Zhang Xiaobao took the cup, tilted his head back and drank all the water in one gulp.
When it was Zhang Qi's turn, he shook his head and said, "I'm not thirsty, I don't need to drink."
Lu Mingfei put the lid back on the cup, put the kettle aside, and leaned against the car window with the three boys to look at the scenery outside. It was still dark when they left the city, but now it was already daylight.
There was a donkey cart following behind them, and his mother and his adoptive father and mother were in the latter donkey cart.
Today, both of their stalls and the pancake shop are closed, and they are taking a day off. Everyone came out of the city to see their land and see how their duck farm is doing.
After leaving the city, they took a donkey cart and traveled a long way before arriving at the land they had bought, which was quite some distance from Kyoto Prefecture.
Land around Kyoto Prefecture is very expensive. Even if you have money, you might not be able to buy land here if you are not lucky. The two families were able to buy land here by pure luck. They happened to come across someone who was in need of money and put it up for sale, which was what they came across.
It just so happened that the land was not very big, and the two families were able to come up with the money to buy it. If the land was a little bigger and the price was a little higher, neither of them could afford it.
Their donkey cart turned into a small road and headed forward. Lu Youtian pointed ahead and told the children in the cart, "We're almost there. Our land is right ahead."
"donkey--"
“Stop, stop, stop.”
The donkey cart stopped in front of a fence gate, and Lu Youtian grabbed the donkey pulling the cart.
After the donkey stopped, Lu Youtian got off the car first, reached out to hold his eldest son down, and then went to pick up the two boys who were clamoring to get off the car.
Zhang Qi got out of the car by himself, and after getting out, he reached out and picked up his younger brother.
When they arrived, the donkey behind them stopped and the three adults in the car got out.
"How do I get in?" asked Liu Sanniang.
"Just push it open." said Lu Qingfeng next to him.
When they first started working on the land, they found a lot of thorny bushes and saplings from the nearby mountains and planted them around their land. After a period of growth, all the bushes and saplings grew up and formed a hedge.
The hedge separated the inside and the outside, preventing outsiders from entering their land at will. In this way, they could raise pigs and ducks inside without worrying about outsiders coming in and stealing them.
To facilitate entry and exit, they also opened two secret doors around the hedge.
Except for their own people, it would be difficult for outsiders to find these two doors at once.
Lu Youtian and Lu Qingfeng come here every day, so they must be very familiar with this place.
Lu Youtian in front went over, pushed open the fence door, and led the donkey in.
The people inside also heard the sound and walked towards the door.
The man who came was Ji Kang. He was wearing a blue coarse cloth shorts that showed off his long arms and legs. His curly hair was tied into a small bun at the back of his head with a string, and the short hair around it that was not tied up was sticking out like blooming tendrils.
"Master, Madam, Eldest Young Master, Second Young Master." Seeing that the visitors were their master and madam, as well as their two young masters, Ji Kang greeted his master and also greeted Master Lu and Madam Lu and their family.
Lu Youtian waved his hand and asked, "Where are the others?"
"They are all working inside." Ji Kang came forward, took the reins from their master, and led the donkey inside.
Lu Mingfei found Ji Kang's messy hair a little funny, but when he listened to Ji Kang's accent, he found that it was better than when he first came to their house. He also looked like he had put on some weight and was not as thin as before.
As if he noticed that he was staring at him, the person in front turned around and looked back. When he met his gaze, his expression hesitated for a moment, then he raised his hand across his chest, bowed to him, and stood by the roadside waiting for him to come forward.
"Let's go together." Lu Mingfei walked forward and motioned Ji Kang to follow them.
Ji Kang felt a little flattered and walked behind their eldest young master.
This was Lu Mingfei's first visit to the land his family had bought. He saw neatly arranged fields planted with fruits and vegetables. Some of the fields had wooden racks, with green vines climbing up them. These vines had even produced small yellow flowers, but he couldn't tell what kind of melons they were.
When the two families bought the land here, it was already past the spring planting season, so he suggested that his father and godfather plant some fruits and vegetables here.
As it happened, both of their families were in the food business, so they could keep the fruits and vegetables they grew for their own use or feed their livestock. If there were any extra, they could bring them into the city to sell.
But selling the raw agricultural products directly was too cheap. They could then process them and make pickles, which they could then sell in the winter. Lu Mingfei was already planning to add another business to his family.
“Woof woof woof…”
The three puppies chased each other and ran towards them, wagging their tails wildly when they saw them.
"rhubarb!"
"Xiao Huang!"
When Lu Mingrui, Lu Mingcong and Zhang Xiaobao saw their puppies coming, each of them hugged a puppy and refused to let go.
"It looks really nice here." Xu Yue Niang looked at the green mountains and clear waters and liked this place very much.
Liu Sanniang nodded and said "hmm". However, she still preferred the life of doing business in the city to farming in the countryside.
A small stream flows down from the other side of the mountain and just flows through their land. Their duck farm is built next to the stream.
When they arrived, they saw several mother ducks and a group of ducklings playing in the creek, and some ducks were lying on the shore and sleeping.
After looking around their land and not seeing any pigs, Lu Mingfei asked his father, "Dad, where do we keep our pigs?"
"It's over there. Come on, I'll take you over there to take a look." Lu Youtian called everyone to follow him.
After passing through the melon field that blocked their view, they saw the pigpen built there.
Along the way, they met people working in the fields. When they saw them, they came over to greet them.
Lu Mingfei noticed that everyone who came here looked in good spirits, so he knew that everyone must be living well here.
“Hehehe…”
When the pigs in the pigsty heard someone coming, they made grunting sounds to ask for food.
Lu Youtian stood at the entrance of the pigpen, looking at the piglets inside, and said to his eldest son, "Your adoptive father and I did as you said. We kept one as a breeding pig and castrated the rest of the boars. We found that these castrated piglets can eat and sleep well, and they really grow faster than the uncastrated ones. Maybe before the end of the year, these pigs will be ready for slaughter."
Lu Mingfei nodded and said to his father, "It's best to clean the pigsty here every day. People are prone to illness when living in dirty places, and I think the same is true for livestock."
"That seems to be the case, isn't it?" Lu Youtian thought about what his eldest son said and felt that he was right. "Okay, I'll talk to them later and ask them to clean more diligently."
Lu Mingcong, Lu Mingrui and a few other boys came over and saw the piglets in the pigpen. They reached out through the fence to touch the piglets inside.
"No touching!"
Xu Yueniang and Liu Sanniang each caught a child and stopped the two naughty boys from touching everything they saw.
After the two mothers finished scolding their sons, they looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
After letting the two boys run away, Xu Yueniang said to Liu Sanniang, "If Mingcong and Mingrui were half as obedient as Mingfei, we could save a lot of trouble."
"Youtian and I don't know what good fortune we have to have a child like Mingfei." Liu Sanniang looked at her eldest son who was talking to her husband. Looking at the handsome eldest son, she didn't know what good fortune the couple had to have such a well-behaved and sensible child since childhood.
As for the youngest son, he had been cunning and clever since childhood. He was quite clever, but naughty and full of tricks. If their youngest son and the Lu family's children were together, these two boys could turn the world upside down.
But the two children have always liked to be together since they were young, and they will cry if they are separated.
Liu Sanniang and Xu Yueniang, the two mothers, had no choice but to raise the two children together. However, Xu Yueniang was relieved because her son had been fostered in the Lu family's courtyard and the boy refused to go home with them.
"Fortunately, although they are both stubborn, they both listen to Ming Fei." Xu Yue Niang tried to comfort herself.
Liu Sanniang smiled and nodded, "Let Mingfei take good care of them from now on."
Lu Mingfei had just finished talking to his father when he noticed his mother and stepmother looking at him and laughing. He wondered what the two mothers were saying about him. They sounded so happy.
He told his father and adoptive father some of the methods he knew in his previous life on how to prevent swine fever.
When his father asked him where he heard the method, he said he saw it in a book.
Anyway, there is no way to verify his father and adoptive father. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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