Last year, Qin Feng's family had more than 300 free-range chickens left. After killing a few chickens during the Chinese New Year, there were 296 left. This year, they plan to raise 1,500 chickens.
Spring had arrived and the weather was getting warmer. Han Yanzi came home and asked shyly, "Shuwan, are you still raising free-range chickens this year? If not, I'll go to the village chief's house to discuss my job."
Li Shuwan walked up, took Han Yanzi's hand and said, "Raise them, of course I should. I was going to tell you tonight, and it's a good thing you're here, so I didn't have to make a trip. Yanzi, go up the mountain and take a look. We've already cleaned up the chicken farm and tidied up the house where they live. Go up and see if you need anything else."
Han Yanzi quickly said, "Thank you, but I don't need it. You bought everything last year. When will the chickens arrive?"
Li Shuwan said, "It will arrive at noon tomorrow. You and Choudan can just go up the mountain tomorrow morning."
Han Yanzi said happily, "Okay, I'll go up the mountain early tomorrow morning, pack up and wait. You go ahead and do your work, I'll go back."
After seeing Han Yanzi off, Li Shuwan also hurried up the mountain. When she got there, she saw Qin Feng and a few others still cleaning the fences of the chicken farm in the sedge nests and red willow nests. Some places were messed up by the chickens and needed to be tidied up.
We raise more chickens this year than last year, but the breeding grounds do not need to be expanded. Last year, the grounds were built with a breeding capacity of 3,000 chickens.
Li Shuwan said to Qin Feng, "Han Yanzi came home just now and asked if we should raise chickens this year. I said yes, and asked him and Choudan to come to the mountain tomorrow morning. When will you and Ke'er bring the chickens back home?"
Before Qin Feng could say anything, Ke'er followed Li Shuwan's words and said, "Mom, you can bring it back tomorrow morning." After saying that, she winked at Qin Feng. Qin Feng understood immediately, nodded, and smiled.
Early the next morning, Qin Feng harnessed the carriage and took Ke'er Chicken out to "buy" chicks.
This year Qin Feng plans to raise 1,000 hens and 500 roosters. In the second half of the year, he will sell the roosters and last year's chickens, leaving only 1,000 hens to lay eggs and sell them.
This year, we want to "buy" 3,000 chicks for the village. The village chief said he wants 2,000 hens to lay eggs and sell them to generate income for the village.
Qin Feng agreed immediately. As long as the village worked hard to benefit the villagers, Qin Feng and his family would cooperate actively.
In the early spring, not only Beishawozi Village was growing grass, planting trees and bitter beans on the mountain, but other villages in the commune were doing this. Ke'er was so busy that she was "swooshing" every night, constantly sprinkling growth liquid on the planted plants.
However, other villages wanted chicken cubs, but Qin Feng considered it again and again and did not agree, not wanting to expose Ke'er's superpowers. For now, he could only take care of Beishawozi Village.
In the morning, the villagers were chatting about family matters under the big elm tree, preparing to carry their tools to work in the fields. Qin Feng and Ke'er drove back in a horse-drawn carriage. From a distance, they could hear the chirping of chicks. The villagers immediately fed them in front of the carriage. Qin Feng jumped off the carriage and said to the village chief who was rushing over, "Village chief, the village's 3,000 chickens have arrived. Let's go directly to the village farm."
"Yes, let's go. Why don't you go to work and wait for your work points to be deducted? You are all gossiping like old women." Qin Feng said, "Village Chief, you have to leave a few people to move the chickens."
The village chief left a few villagers behind and hurried to the farm. Qin Feng drove the carriage to the farm in the village. The villagers quickly unloaded the chicks. Seeing the fluffy, golden chicks, each one chubby, the village chief said, "Qin Feng, you bought a good chick. They are strong and will survive. Can the village give you the money for the chicks when they grow up and can lay eggs?"
Qin Feng agreed immediately, "Okay. Village chief, I'm leaving now. I have to go up the mountain to release our chickens. It's so hot, I'm afraid they'll get suffocated." "Okay, okay, we'll go together to help you."
Qin Feng smiled and said, "That's great, more people will unload faster."
Arriving at the foot of Daqing Mountain, everyone hurriedly carried the chicks up the mountain, placing them in nests of sedge and red willow, and then went back to work. Qin Feng waved and thanked the villagers, then hurried to check on the chicks. The 1,500 chicks scattered among the sedge and red willow nests didn't seem so numerous, and their cries were no longer so intrusive.
Qin Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, that little one, he almost made my brain explode with all that noise. He's too noisy." Li Shuwan chuckled at the gloomy face in front of him and handed him a bowl of water. "Drink some water and take a rest."
Turning to look at Ke'er, he saw Zhou Jinyan handing Ke'er a kettle for her to drink water. He then turned around and asked Qin Feng, "Have the chickens from the village been delivered?"
"I sent it over. I happened to run into the village chief at the entrance, so we went over together."
"Do we need to hire another person to raise chickens? We have nearly 2,000 chickens now. Han Yanzi and Choudan are the only ones who feed the chickens, clean the chicken coops and the yard. When the hens grow up and start laying eggs, we have to collect the eggs. I'm afraid they will be too busy to handle it."
Qin Feng was still thinking about this problem when Han Yanzi spoke up, "Shuwan, we can handle it. We don't have anything else to do all day. We just feed the chickens, clean the chicken coop, and clean the area where the chickens hang out. It's not busy."
Qin Feng nodded and said, "The chicks are still young now. We will be too busy to handle them when they grow up. We are trying to find a solution." He then said to Han Yanzi, "Thank you for your hard work. Please pay more attention to it."
Han Yanzi said, "It's my duty to worry. Don't worry, Choudan and I will take care of it. You just focus on managing the sand hill."
On the way home, Li Shuwan asked Qin Feng, "What made you agree to let Han Yanzi and her daughter feed the chickens on the mountain?" Qin Feng looked at Li Shuwan, "Watch the road and walk carefully. Han Yanzi and her daughter have cleared the way with County Magistrate Tang and the Armed Forces Department, so they can come to our house to help. Others are not easy to use. If you ask them to come to the chicken farm without a good reason, it will definitely arouse envy and cause trouble. If it really doesn't work out, they can't handle it, so we can just raise fewer chickens."
Li Shuwan nodded when she heard this. "You're really thoughtful. I hadn't thought of this. Okay, let's see. If you're really too busy, just sell a batch."
The chicks are growing very fast, and now an adult can't hold them in one hand. The rooster's tail has grown to a length of one turn. When it comes out of the reed nest early in the morning, it starts to crow "cock-a-doodle-doo" with its hoarse voice, head held high, and neck stretched. As soon as one crows, a group of them start to crow one after another. Fortunately, it is far away from the village, otherwise it would be too noisy.
Last year's chicken manure was packed outside the red willow nest, mixed with grass clippings, and evenly turned over the sandy soil. Water was poured on top, and a layer of soil was pressed on top, compacted, and fermented all winter and spring. Now it's fermented just right and can be used in the vegetable garden, meteor melon, and watermelon fields on Xiaoqingshan. This year's harvest should be even better than last year's.
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