It limped back to its children. The two kittens were still eating. It licked their bodies and then started to eat the meat.
Jiang Nian also went back.
The herbs in the yard have to be turned over and dried in the sun for an afternoon, and then cut and prepared in the evening, waiting for people to come and pick them up tomorrow.
There’s nothing she can do if another patient comes now. She has no medicine… She can’t transform him even if she can. It’s not an emergency.
When Li Rui came, he asked her, "Jiang Nian, I have a good idea. Please help me with it."
Jiang Nian looked back at him while holding the herbs in one hand.
Great, the hard labor force is here again.
"Tell me."
Li Rui was very self-aware. Before she could say anything, he had already watched her movements and helped turn the herbs.
"It's like this. I thought about it for a whole day and night before I came up with this good idea. The purpose of sending educated youth to the countryside is to promote local construction and promote rural development with culture and knowledge. If we simply compare physical labor, we educated youth can't compare with rural people who have been working since childhood. So I plan to do breeding. This is a project that requires a lot of technical content. It happens that my father works in the local agricultural bureau, so I have an advantage over others. I can seek technical support from him. I have also asked about the policy here. It adopts the form of more work, more pay. Individuals who engage in breeding only need to hand in half of their labor results."
He also thought about mobilizing the village to set up a breeding farm or something like that, but this is different from running a literacy class. Literacy classes do not require any investment, but the investment cost of breeding is too high. Without seeing any results, the village chief would definitely not agree.
Moreover, there are cooperatives and town governments above, and setting up a breeding farm requires approval from layer upon layer. If you fail to pass even one hurdle, it will not be done.
"It's a good idea. I think you can give it a try." After all, the mountains and rivers here are beautiful. As long as you are diligent, there will always be a way out. Jiang Nian reminded him of the most critical question, "What are you going to raise? Raising chickens and pigs is the most common, but it is not realistic to just eat grass, especially since winter is coming soon. What are you going to feed them?"
Most people raise only a few cats, so they can prepare some hay and mix it with common vegetables such as sweet potatoes, cabbage, and radishes to cook and feed them.
He had just arrived and wanted to start raising fish. Even if he only raised one or two, he had nothing to feed them in the winter.
After all, in the current situation, one can’t even take care of one’s own food supply.
"Hehe, since I dare to say it, of course I have thought about it a long time ago." Li Rui smiled cunningly, "I can raise ducks. There are many mountains and waters here. There are many fish and shrimps in the water, as well as snails and clams. When the time comes, I will just let them go and let them find food in the river. Besides, it is August now, and the weather here will not freeze until December. I can spend money to buy some half-grown ducks first, so that I can sell a batch of them before the New Year. The female ducks will be left to lay eggs and used as breeding ducks next year. Then I can slowly expand the scale. When the village chief sees my breeding results, won't the breeding farm be just around the corner?"
Although he looks silly, he actually has some brains and is good at thinking.
"Then you can give it a try. It won't take you much time to graze them anyway, and it won't prevent you from continuing to work and earning food for yourself."
Jiang Nian had never been involved in breeding, so he didn't quite understand the ins and outs of it.
But it is impossible to see the results of breeding in just one or two months. We still need to eat, so we have to keep working.
Li Rui gained recognition and became more confident.
"However, there is still something I need your help with. Of course, you don't have to do anything for now, but it may be useful in the future, so I'm giving you a heads up in advance." He clasped his hands together and pleaded sincerely, as if the key to whether he could accomplish this task still depended on Jiang Nian.
"Tell me about it."
"I want to buy some half-grown ducks. This means I'm putting all my assets on the line. What if the ducks get sick?"
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