Seeing a group of sheep from the village not far away, he thought of buying animals that could work in the fields. Their team only had one cow now. When the grain production increased, there would definitely be more work, and they would need to buy back the cows and mules that had been sold before.
But now... He looked at the money in his hand, which was only 200 yuan for buying fertilizer, and it was given by someone else.
When I have money in the future, I will buy the animals back.
He and Xu Nuannuan walked towards the village together. When they passed 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.
A boy about ten years old was herding sheep nearby. When he saw Yu Guobao coming, he quickly ran 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. Wouldn't that 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's grain harvest was not good, but they still had these twenty sheep and three pigs to raise. Whether they could eat more meat during the New Year depended on whether they could raise these sheep and pigs. If something went 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, surprised by Xu Nuannuan's knowledge of farming, frowned and asked Xu Nuannuan, "There are grasses everywhere here. Which one is poisonous?"
In the past, when the team was herding sheep, if they had diarrhea, we would think that they had a cold stomach, or had eaten grass that was covered in dew, or had eaten some plants that were too watery and had a cool nature, which would also 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. "I think 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 end up eating poisonous grass again."
Xu Nuannuan said, "There's more than just this kind. There are other poisonous weeds, such as rye and poisonous vegetables. If sheep eat these, they will suffer from varying degrees of poisoning, usually manifesting as diarrhea."
Guadaner scratched his head in confusion.
"So 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 you to know all this. You know more than us farmers."
Xu Nuannuan smiled and said, "I read it all in books."
"Oh, reading too much makes you stupid. You know everything." Yu Guobao sighed and immediately told Guadan'er, "From now on, you are not allowed to graze sheep in the place where Duqing is. 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, nor did she ask Guadan'er to describe them. Yu Guobao said, "Xu Zhiqing, this kid can't recognize poisonous weeds. Why don't you follow Guadan'er to herd sheep and teach him about them?"
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.
"Oh, Uncle Yu, I'd like to herd sheep with Guadan'er."
She counted the sheep, big and small, and found that there were only twenty sheep in one pound. It was really easy for two people to herd twenty sheep.
"Well, let's put it this way. You can herd sheep with Guadan'er this afternoon. I'll give you a point every day. Is that okay with you?"
"Of course, Uncle Yu."
She doesn't care how much she gets, as long as she can do it easily.
"I'll ask Guadan to tell you how to get to the sheepfold later. You can find him over there this afternoon."
"Damn it, Uncle Yu."
After Yu Guobao left, Xu Nuannuan and Guadaner chatted for a while. After a while, they drove the sheep back to the sheepfold together.
When Xu Nuannuan returned to the male educated youth site, she heard the male and 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 reproductive ability. The woman in the field made a very convincing statement, saying he was injured in the past."
"Keep your voice down. It's not right for grown-up girls to talk about this."
"I know, let's just talk about it among ourselves."
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