When I have money in the future, I will buy the animals back.
He and Xu Nuannuan walked towards the village together. When passing by the flock of sheep, Xu Nuannuan found that the sheep dung on the ground was basically not formed, and the sheep's stomachs were flat and they looked listless.
There was a boy about ten years old herding sheep nearby. When he saw Yu Guobao coming, he quickly ran over to him and said, "Uncle Yu, the sheep are all having diarrhea. Can you take a look at what's going on?"
Yu Guobao quickly chased after the sheep's buttocks to observe and asked the boy, "Guadan, what time did you drive the sheep out to graze? Didn't I tell you to wait until the dew is gone before letting the sheep out to graze? Sheep will definitely have diarrhea if they eat dewy grass."
"I waited until the dew dried before driving the sheep out. While they were in the pen, they ate the grass I cut yesterday, but they still had diarrhea."
"Do they eat anything else? Like sweet potato vines?"
"No, I wouldn't let them eat the sweet potato vines. That would destroy the crops. I didn't eat them."
"What's going on?" The captain was so anxious that sweat almost broke out on his forehead. He raised his hand and wiped his already smooth forehead.
Their brigade had a poor grain harvest, but fortunately they still had these twenty sheep and three pigs. Whether they could eat more meat during the New Year depended on whether they could raise these sheep and pigs well. If there was anything wrong with the sheep, not only would they not be able to meet the quota, but they would also not be able to eat mutton.
Xu Nuannuan went to check the feces of the sheep, and observed the grass where the sheep were grazing for a while, and soon understood what was going on.
He said to the anxious Yu Guobao, "Uncle Yu, I know why these sheep have diarrhea. They ate poisonous grass, which caused the diarrhea."
"Poisonous grass?" Yu Baoguo was surprised that Xu Nuannuan knew about farming. He frowned and asked Xu Nuannuan, "There are grasses everywhere here. Which one is poisonous?"
In the past, when the team was grazing sheep, if the sheep had diarrhea, we thought that the sheep had a cold stomach, or had eaten grass covered with dew, or had eaten some plants with too much water and a cool nature, which would cause diarrhea.
But I never thought that sheep would get diarrhea from eating poisonous grass.
Xu Nuannuan pointed to a kind of grass with white flowers on the ground and said, "This grass is called poison hemlock. Sheep will have diarrhea if they eat it."
She asked Guadan, "Did you go somewhere else to herd sheep just now?"
Guadan nodded. "It seems like there's something like this over there too. I saw the sheep got diarrhea from eating the grass over there, so I drove them over here. I didn't expect them to eat the poisonous grass here anyway."
Xu Nuannuan said, "There's more than just this kind of poisonous weeds. There are other poisonous weeds, such as rye and poisonous vegetables. Sheep will suffer from varying degrees of poisoning if they eat these, usually manifesting as diarrhea."
Guadaner scratched his head in confusion.
"It turns out there are so many things sheep can't eat, but I don't even know what those poisonous weeds are."
Yu Guobao slapped his head heavily.
"No wonder the sheep in the team often suffer from diarrhea. Diarrhea affects the growth of sheep, and some even die after prolonged diarrhea. If we had known earlier that sheep cannot eat these grasses, we would have removed them or stopped grazing sheep in areas with these poisonous grasses, and we would have avoided diarrhea."
He looked at Xu Nuannuan and said, "Xu Zhiqing, I didn't expect that you not only know how to make farmyard manure, but also know about animal husbandry. Compared to you, I feel like I've been a farmer for decades in vain."
Xu Nuannuan smiled and said, "I read this in a book."
"Oh, it's good to read a lot. You can understand everything." He immediately told Guadan'er, "From now on, you are not allowed to graze sheep in the place where there is only one person. Or you can pull out the poison hemlock on the ground and let the sheep graze there."
Guadan'er nodded quickly, "I know, I know. But what if the sheep eats other poisonous weeds?"
Xu Nuannuan hadn't seen any other poisonous weeds in this area yet, and it was difficult for her to describe them to Guadan'er. Yu Guobao said, "Xu Zhiqing, this kid can't recognize poisonous weeds. Why don't you follow Guadan'er and herd sheep, and teach him about those poisonous weeds."
Xu Nuannuan agreed without hesitation.
Although she had Tuanzi's help when working in the fields and didn't have to exert much effort, she could only stay in the fields and felt a little bored.
If you go herding sheep, you can drive the flock around and take a stroll to see the scenery in the mountains.
"Okay, Uncle Yu, I'm willing to herd sheep with Guadan'er."
She counted them and found that there were only twenty sheep in total, including big and small ones. It was really easy for two people to herd twenty sheep.
"Well, let's put it this way. You and Guadan'er will herd sheep together this afternoon. I'll mark you down six centimeters every day. Is that okay with you?"
"Of course, Uncle Yu."
She doesn't care about the centimeters, as long as it's easy.
"I'll ask Scratcher to tell you how to get to the sheepfold later. You can find him there this afternoon."
"Okay, Uncle Yu."
After Yu Guobao left, Xu Nuannuan and Guadan chatted for a while. When it was time to get off work, they drove the sheep back to the sheepfold together.
Yu Guobao walked to the land of the fourth team. Qin Yuping was working in the land at that time. She saw Yu Guobao and since there was no one else around, she ran up to Yu Guobao, acting delicate, pitiful and fragile, and winked at him.
"Captain, I'm still feeling a little unwell. Can I leave work early and go back to rest?"
As he spoke, his body became limp and he was about to lean towards Yu Guobao.
Yu Guobao quickly took two steps back: "Qin, Qin Zhiqing, you have to hold on."
Qin Yuping didn't know whether Yu Guobao was too honest and afraid of being seen by others, or he was deliberately hiding from her.
She leaned towards him again, "Captain."
Yu Guobao retreated again, his face cold: "Qin Zhiqing, you'd better be really sick. If you are not sick and are pretending to be sick, I will punish you."
Qin Yuping saw that she could not seduce Yu Guobao, and now she would definitely be punished if she admitted that she was not sick, so she had no choice but to continue pretending.
"Captain, I really feel unwell." This time he stood still.
Yu Guobao was ready to show some mercy to her: "Since you feel uncomfortable, go back and rest. Come back to work when you feel better."
Yu Guobao left after he finished speaking, walking very quickly, as if he was afraid that Qin Yuping would catch up with him again.
Qin Yuping spat at his back: "Like an old monk, humph, I can't seduce you, and I can't seduce your men either."
Anyway, she has beauty and a young body, so she must try her best to gain benefits for herself.
When Xu Nuannuan returned to the educated youth site, she heard the female educated youth discussing something.
"No wonder he's not in a hurry to find a wife even though he's so old. It turns out he's lost his fertility. The woman in the field made it sound so convincing, saying he was injured in the past."
"Keep your voice down. It's not nice for a grown-up girl to talk about this."
"I know, let's just talk about it among ourselves."
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