Chapter 26 026. I have the final say in this family
April is a bit misty.
The green seedlings swayed in the fine drizzle. Raindrops fell on the surface of the water in the field, creating small ripples, but it was still quiet under the water.
The snail with a large shell hooked its tentacles in the soft soil and crawled forward slowly, swallowing the tiny creatures in the soil.
But Zhou Yi didn't pick it up.
These snails look big and plump, but they are pregnant at this time. Not only does it affect the reproduction of the snails, but they also taste bad.
Zhou Yi picked up a small bucket of snails.
Snails are smaller than field snails, but after a winter of storing nutrients, their meat becomes plump and thick. When stir-fried with chili peppers, perilla, and false angelica, they are very delicious.
certainly.
Zhou Yi didn't just come to pick snails.
He followed Lei Dashan to check on the condition of his own seedlings, pulled out the dead ones, replaced them with new seedlings, then pulled out the weeds in the fields, and repaired the water inlets and drainage outlets.
Lei Dashan wanted to pick up the snails and throw them away because they also eat the roots of the seedlings, but Zhou Yi thought it was a bit wasteful, so he suggested putting a few ducklings in to eat the snails.
“You can also put some fish in it.”
Zhou Yi gestured with two fingers and said, "About this size of crucian carp, or grass carp, or carp. When the rice is grown, the fish and ducks will also be grown."
Lei Dashan: "Won't fish eat rice seedlings? Ducks will also eat small fish fry."
"No."
Zhou Yi shook his head and said, "The seedlings have turned green now, and the plants are strong and stable. The small fish can't eat the seedlings, so they will eat the soil in the field and the insects on the seedlings' roots, which promotes the growth of the seedlings."
"The fish has a bigger mouth than the duck."
"The ducks can't eat the fish, nor can they eat the rice seedlings. So they will eat snails, apple snails, tender weeds, and insects on the leaves of the rice seedlings."
Lei Dashan had never heard of raising rice seedlings this way. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Won't the ducks turn over the rice seedlings?"
"Dad, pull out the rice seedlings now."
Zhou Yi squatted down, grabbed a seedling at random, and tried to pull it out with a little force, but it didn't really come out. "It takes some effort, right? How can a little duck have that much strength to turn the seedling out? If it does turn out, it means that the seedling is not planted deep enough and the roots are not deep enough."
"Also, the swimming of fish and the walking of ducks will drive the flow of water and soil in the fields, thereby promoting the flow of oxygen and minerals in the water and soil."
"Fish and duck droppings can also fertilize the rice seedlings, saving labor, killing four birds with one stone."
"Let me think about it."
Lei Dashan probably understood Zhou Yi's idea. After thinking it over, he felt that it was feasible, so he nodded and said, "When Brother Li comes back, I'll tell him and then order the duck... How big do you want it?"
"Any duck that's ten to fifteen days old will do. They need to be active, have a good appetite, be able to forage for food, and not get sick easily. Their meat should be delicious."
Zhou Yi said seriously, "Raising a duck with unpalatable meat is pointless. It's better to keep it for laying eggs. But I think duck eggs are not as tasty as chicken eggs."
So it’s better to grow meat.
Zhou Yi wants to eat meat.
Lei Dashan wanted to too.
So when Lei Li came back from slaughtering a pig in the next village in the afternoon and heard his father talking to him about the symbiotic system, he knew that his incompetent husband was going to ruin the family again.
This time it's more expensive.
A little duck costs eight cents.
If ten ducks are released in one acre of paddy field, and his family has two acres of paddy fields, then twenty ducks will be needed, which costs 160 coins. Even if you bargain, it will cost 170 coins.
We also need to raise fish fry.
Fortunately, Zhou Yi volunteered to go to the river to catch them himself, otherwise buying fish fry would also cost money, which would make Lei Li even angrier.
But he still agreed.
Lei Dashan worked overtime to build a fence to enclose the field, and also blocked the drainage outlet and water outlet with bamboo to prevent fish or ducks from escaping.
The little fish quickly adapted to the new environment, and the little duck was also lively and energetic. The yellow-footed duck paddled in the clear water and shuttled among the green seedlings.
It looks quite realistic.
Zhou Yi is already looking forward to the day when he can have fish and ducks to eat, although it is very likely that these fish and ducks will eventually be sold by Lei Li.
That night, Lei Li looked at Zhou Yi dimly, and with his mouth, which had a body temperature of 36 degrees Celsius, he spat out an icy number, "Twenty-five plus one hundred and seventy, that's one hundred and ninety-five cents. You owe me thirty kisses now, and sixty tomorrow."
“……?!”
Zhou Yi was shocked. "How come there are only thirty? Didn't you say four yesterday?"
"Then pay me back two hundred coins."
"...wasn't it just one hundred and ninety-five?"
“The price has gone up.”
It can still rise now...
Zhou Yi was silent.
Can't pay it back.
He had no money at all, and the new clothes he was wearing were made of cloth bought by Lei Li and made by Liu Ye'er herself, with very fine stitches.
Zhou Yi tried to reason with him, "Can't we be more united and friendly, build a beautiful home first, and then talk about other things, like we have been doing these past few days?"
"Zhou Yi."
Lei Li looked at him dimly, "You haven't forgotten why I saved you, have you? It's fine if you didn't give me money before, but now you've spent my money and you're not going to give me money?"
"no."
Zhou Yi said righteously, "Spending money is against the law."
"What a crime."
Lei Li became impatient, grabbed Zhou Yi's neck and kissed him, kissing him all over his mouth and face.
While saying, "You keep saying it like that every day, and you're so hesitant even when kissing me. Are you my husband or am I? If you keep saying it like that, I'll castrate you."
“…”
Really irritable.
Zhou Yi silently clamped his legs together.
Lei Li didn't seem to intend to simply touch mouth to mouth. He stuck out his tongue, and seeing Zhou Yi tilt his head, he pinched his face and twisted it around.
"Look at what you're doing over there, look at me, open your mouth. If you don't want me to pinch your face and kiss you, then open your mouth obediently."
“…That’s too overbearing.”
"Just tell me whether you'll give me a kiss or not."
“…”
What a sin.
Zhou Yi sighed inwardly and said with some resignation, "Two kisses will be enough... I'm not afraid of kissing thirty until my lips are bruised. I still have work to do tomorrow, and I can't show up with a swollen mouth..."
"So much nonsense."
Lei Li blocked it directly.
Zhou Yi didn't resist too much this time, and he seemed to have given up on himself, wishing to die early and be reborn soon, but Lei Li was still not satisfied.
He is not very good at kissing, and Zhou Yi doesn't cooperate much. When asked to open his mouth, he can only open his mouth, dumbly, like a piece of wood.
suddenly.
Lei Li sat up and took off his shirt, revealing a glowing white area even in the night. Zhou Yi was so frightened that he jumped up from the bed and almost rolled and ran out of the bed.
"Are you serious?!"
"What's true or false?"
Lei Li pulled him back and sat on his lap without any hesitation, "Is this true?"
"Let's talk it over..."
"You talk a lot of nonsense."
Lei Li pinched his cheeks with one hand and kissed him forcefully and domineeringly.
The actions are brutal.
But the lips are very soft.
Zhou Yi's ears turned red for no apparent reason. He didn't know whether he should push him away or hold Lei Li's waist and back to prevent him from falling off the bed.
After all, he was sitting on the edge of the bed, which was quite dangerous. If he really fell and hurt his waist, his family would have no money to treat him.
"hiss……"
"You bit my tongue..."
"That's not the way it should be..."
"How should I know how to kiss? I've kissed you before..."
"Where are your hands going?"
“…”
Lei Li has never had much patience, and when he heard Zhou Yi being kissed on the mouth and still taking the time to complain, he became even more impatient.
He covered Zhou Yi's mouth and said expressionlessly, "Shut up. Don't talk now. When I ask you something, you just nod and shake your head. Do you understand?"
“…”
Zhou Yi nodded, then shook his head.
Lei Li frowned. "What do you mean by nodding and shaking? Explain it to you in one sentence."
"I understand, but I don't want to listen to you because you won't even look at me nodding or shaking my head. You will just pinch my face to make me agree."
"You know how dare you disagree?"
Zhou Yi said seriously, "Your behavior is not conducive to the emotional exchange between people. I think you should take my wishes and ideas seriously."
"For example, if you get off my lap first, then we can talk properly..."
"I don't."
Lei Li spat out two words, raised his eyebrows and glared, "In this family, I have the final say. Your thoughts are not important. What matters is what I want to do."
Lei Li wanted to pull down Zhou Yi's pants again, "These are new clothes I just made. If you tear them, you'll have to work naked tomorrow!"
"Leili, calm down first..."
"I'm serious..."
"Thunder Li!"
Zhou Yi suddenly grabbed Lei Li's shoulders, and at the moment when he was stunned, he turned him over and pressed him down on the bed, gasping for breath and saying,
"I think we should wait. You are too impatient..."
"I endured for half a month, and I feel I am very patient."
Lei Li's brows were tough and unruly, but his lips were red from being kissed by himself, and his ears were also very red. It was unclear whether he was angry or what.
"I bought you that useless flower you liked, and I gave you the duckling and the fish you wanted, too. And I let you ruin my fields. I thought I was treating you well enough, what else do you want?"
"Tell me honestly, if you don't consummate your marriage with me, do you despise me and want to consummate it with someone else?"
“I don’t want to be with anyone…”
"Then you and I will make it together."
“That won’t do…”
"This is not okay, that is not okay, these are the only two things they say every day."
Lei Li rolled her eyes and curled her lips, "I've never seen anyone like you. You're obviously capable, and you're my husband, but I didn't let you walk on the street..."
"It's like they're forcing you to steal someone. I don't know what you're afraid of."
“…”
Zhou Yi didn't know what he was afraid of. The objective fact was already confirmed. He and Lei Li were husband and wife. They were married and had their marriage settled. Sooner or later they would consummate their marriage and perhaps have a few children.
But Zhou Yi has to want it himself, right?
What's the point of doing this just because you want a child? He's not a stud.
Zhou Yi didn't want this to happen.
Zhou Yi remained silent.
They looked at each other in bewilderment.
Lei Li gave up on his own initiative. "Okay, I won't make trouble anymore. Just go to sleep peacefully, okay?"
"……Um."
Zhou Yi nodded hesitantly and loosened the shackles on Lei Li, but he did not see the sly smile in Lei Li's eyes.
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