Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Lin Xia decided to still raise cattle and sheep, and plant grass, but when the grass is not harvested, she will have to buy it first. Anyway, she has money now!

So I bought 100 pieces of forage grass and an artificial breeding device for cattle and sheep, in preparation for the birth of calves and lambs. The cost was as follows:

Common Cow 1 head 5000G

Sheep 1 head 4000G

2 artificial breeding devices for cattle 6000G

Sheep artificial breeding device 2 6000G

Hay Feed 100 Servings 2000G

Animal Medicine 2 2000G

Total: G

After paying the bill, Mu Qi said that he would help send Cow Moo and Sheep Baa Mee (by the way, "Moo" and "Baa Mee" are the names Lin Xia gave to her beloved cow and sheep!), as well as the hay, back to the Zero Ranch. As for the artificial breeding equipment, animal medicines, etc., they would be sent to the tool box.

Lin Xia hurried to the grocery store to buy grass seeds. Currently, the family only had the packet of seeds that Karen gave them last time, which was definitely not enough.

He rushed to the grocery store and found Jeff to buy 20 bags of grass seeds for G. Just as he was about to leave, Jeff immediately grabbed Lin Xia and asked, "Can you grow grass?"

???

What does that mean? Lin Xia was extremely confused. She had been farming for such a long time. How could she not know how to grow grass? Wasn't it planted and watered just like other crops?

Lin Xia told Jeff her idea, and saw Jeff laughing so hard that he held his stomach!

Finally, when Jeff had laughed enough, he began to explain to Lin Xia: "Lin Xia, it's a good thing I held you back, otherwise you would have gone back and spent the whole afternoon planting and you would have had to come back to me. I'm going to rest tomorrow and not open the store!"

It seems that forage grass planting is different from other crops. Lin Xia calmed down and listened to Jeff continue: "To plant forage grass, you don't need to hoe the ground. Just find a good open space without weeds, stones, wood and other obstacles. Sow the forage grass seeds and don't need to water it. You know, although forage grass needs to be planted, it is still grass in essence, so you don't need to take too much care of it."

In this case, all you have to do is spread the grass and forget about it. How easy!

Just as Lin Xia was thinking happily, Jeff continued to remind her, "What I sell you are grass seedlings, not traditional seeds. One packet of seeds can be sown in 9 grids, but one packet of grass seedlings can only be planted in one grid. You don't have to look at me with an accusing look of "you are a profiteer!" Jeff looked at Lin Xia's creepy eyes and said weakly, "Grass is a special plant. When you plant it, you plant it at intervals, so that it will expand and grow around it. Just plant a small piece and leave enough space for it, and it will grow into a whole piece!"

Lin Xia was happy to hear Jeff say this. Wouldn't this mean there would be an endless supply of forage grass? Did she buy too many 20 bags of forage grass seedlings?

"Don't think that buying too much grass will be a waste," Jeff said as if he saw through Lin Xia's thoughts. "Once you cut the grass, there will be no grass on the ground. You have to wait for the grass next to it to grow again. That is, once you cut it, there will be no grass roots on this piece of ground. So you must not cut all the grass. You must leave some for it to stretch to the side. Also, in winter, the fields will be covered with snow, and the grass will not be visible or harvested. So even if you let the animals out in winter, they will not be able to find grass to eat. You still have to feed them hay normally. Remember, if the animals are not full, they will get sick. If they are sick, they must be treated with medicine in time, otherwise the animals will die!

Although you can’t see the grass in winter, it doesn’t disappear. When spring comes, the grass will grow back in the same place.” Jeff reminded him earnestly.

Lin Xia said she understood, took the grass seeds (or seedlings?) and returned to the ranch. She first selected the area for planting grass in the southeast corner of the field that was closest to the animal hut but far away from the ranch gate and Lin Xia's house, and began to clear the weeds that had grown recently.

The reason for choosing a place far away from home is that there is no need to take care of the grass once it is planted. Of course, it is placed in a place that is least convenient to take care of. If you want to water and harvest it, you have to run halfway across the pasture!

After cleaning the fields, Lin Xia had a total of 21 bags of grass, including the grass seedlings that Karen had given him. This time, he planted them all in the shape of a chessboard, making sure that when each square of grass wanted to extend outward, there would be enough space for it to give full play to its light and heat, and give birth to countless descendants. . . . . . Ga~ga~ga~

After planting all the grass, Lin Xia admired his achievements with satisfaction. From now on, he only needs to look at the field map every day, observe the growth of the pasture, and cut off the grass that is crowded together. This will not delay the growth of the grass, and at the same time he can collect dry grass to prepare for the animals' food in winter.

After planting the grass, Lin Xia went to the animal house to bond with the new arrivals Moo Moo and Bae Mee, and prepared feed for them. From then on, the care of cattle and sheep was added to the daily routine every morning.

Lin Xia sorted out her daily work before 9 a.m., including:

Get up on time at 6 am and have breakfast;

After breakfast, I went to the stable to chat with Bai Long and brush his back;

Then go to the chicken and rabbit hut to say hello to the cluckers and feed them. On the way to the chicken coop, you will pass by the grape vine at home, and occasionally there will be honey. Pick a few ripe bunches of grapes and honey, and give them to the dwarves or the villagers you meet to keep in touch with them without spending extra money.

I had thought about not letting them graze before I won the championship, but now that the innate intimacy limit of the cluckers is not up to standard, and they cannot get eggs of grade G or above, it doesn't matter, just let them go to find food on their own. And when you hatch cluckers later, you have to wait until the chicken with the highest intimacy limit reaches adulthood before you start hatching, so that the newly hatched chicks will be one star higher than the original chicken with the highest intimacy.

This is different from cattle and sheep. Cows and sheep increase 1 star based on the intimacy of their mothers, while chickens increase 1 star based on the intimacy of the highest adult chicken in the house. There are already 2 adult chickens, 5 stars and 6 stars respectively, and 1 chick is 6 stars. The eggs in the incubator should be 7-star chickens after hatching, but they still do not meet the standard of laying G-type eggs. At present, the chicken and rabbit house can only raise 4 animals at most, which means it is currently full. If you want to raise more chickens and rabbits, you have to ask Gotz to expand it.

However, you can wait for the 7-star chicks to grow up, and then sell the 5-star and 6-star chickens one by one to make room for higher-level chickens. The reason why you have to wait until they grow up is that you can't hatch chicks before they grow up (otherwise the upper limit can't be increased), and the original adult chickens can still lay an egg every day!

However, after putting the eggs in the incubator for 3 days, chicks will hatch, and chicks can grow up in 7 days. In other words, it will take 10 days for them to lay eggs. A primary egg is 50G, and after being made into a hot spring egg, it is sold for 80G. The income from eggs in 10 days can reach 500-800G, not to mention that after the intimacy increases, the M-type eggs are 80G, the L-type eggs are 150G, and the G-type eggs are 200G, and the corresponding mayonnaise made from them is even more expensive. So selling the chicken to the Clucking House for 500G is really a helpless move.