After He Ming came back, he told Shen Liu about the rabbit meat workshop. Naturally, Xiao Lan's family was also talking about it enthusiastically.

There were a huge number of rabbits in the rabbit factory, so Xiaolan hired retired soldiers from Shen Liu's camp. Although these people were rough, they were meticulous. Xiaolan assigned them the task of cleaning the feces in the rabbit shed and keeping the shed clean.

Of course, rabbit manure is not something that can be thrown away casually. For farmers, it is a good thing to fertilize the land.

This matter was between the long-term workers at home and the workers at the rabbit factory. Every day when receiving the goods, Xiao Lan felt deeply that it was not easy for everyone. The smell was really too bad. She went to see it once and came back with a green face.

Zhang laughed at this for a long time. Her mother knew that the girl loved cleanliness and couldn't stand it, so she said to her, "Don't go to these things in the future. We have the parents to take care of it. Why do you have to join in the fun?"

That time, Xiao Lan took a bath with mint leaves for several days to get rid of the bad luck because she could smell the bad odor every day.

Sheng Xuan, however, is cheerful every day. Rabbit manure is a good thing. A large pile of manure has been cleaned out outside. As long as the rabbits can be raised on this scale, his family will not only be able to apply fertilizer in the spring of next year, but will also have enough money to cultivate the land in the winter.

Although Xiaolan's family grows a lot of pasture grass, they also raise a lot of rabbits, so it is inevitable that there will be times when demand cannot keep up with supply.

In addition to doing farm work every day, the brothers Dajiang and Xiaohe go to the village to collect grass.

Xiaolan feels that although daily life at home is tight, it is fulfilling and comfortable.

She didn't know how long such a peaceful life would last. After all, the famine and war in the past two years made her feel cold in her heart. This made her think of danger in times of peace. Even when she was at ease, she would work hard to accumulate capital so that she could be ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

"My daughter, these diced rabbit meat are delicious, but can they really be sold?" Zhang asked hesitantly.

Xiao Lan was still quite confident. She nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mom. I made an agreement with the merchants in the south last year to go to Quanshui Town to sell jerky this fall. As long as our rabbit jerky can become well-known, we won't have to go to Quanshui Town anymore. These merchants will come here to beg us to do business."

Sheng Xuan had blind faith in his daughter. He was busy arranging the farmhands to fertilize the wheat. Fertilizing wheat required ridges. It was the first time for the farmhands to tend to wheat, so Sheng Xuan needed to guide them. Of course, Sheng Xuan's method was naturally discussed with his daughter Xiao Lan.

The three steps of topdressing, weeding and ridge-making were carried out simultaneously. After finishing the wheat field, the bean field was busy.

Put rabbit manure under the roots of wheat and beans, and plow the land with an iron plow. The weeds in the rows will be plowed away, and the moist soil will cover the rabbit manure on the ground, allowing the crops to absorb it better. Although topdressing is tiring, there are many farmhands in the family, so it only takes ten days to finish the work.

Since the rainstorm, it hasn't rained for nearly half a month. Sheng Xuan looked up at the sun in the sky, feeling worried.

It wasn't just Sheng Xuan who was uneasy. The old farmers in the village who were used to farming began to worry to varying degrees.

When it's dry, the crops will die of drought; when it's flooded, the crops will die of flood. I'm afraid this year will be bad again. Sheng Xuan was particularly worried. He had been applying fertilizer for a few days, but there was still no sign of rain. He was worried that the fertilizer would burn the crops.

In the past few days, Sheng Xuan has been going to the wheat fields and bean fields to check on the crops.

That day Shengxuan told his family that from tomorrow he would have to take the family's farmhands to water the fields.

As for how to take care of the crops, Xiao Lan was naturally not as good as Sheng Xuan, an old farmer. Naturally, she responded to whatever her father said. The advice she could give Sheng Xuan was just what she occasionally observed in her previous life, but she had never actually practiced it, so she could only let Sheng Xuan refer to it.

"How about we wait a little longer?" Zhang said hesitantly, "If we open this hole, I'm afraid everyone will start scrambling for water."

"We can't wait any longer. Didn't you see that the water level in the river has dropped?" Sheng Xuan said, "It's settled. Let's have a good sleep tonight and start carrying water to irrigate the crops tomorrow."

The next day, Xiaolan was worried that the rabbits were short of water, so she went to the rabbit farm to check. The wild rabbits that had been captured had become much more docile. Xiaoyan also wanted to come and visit, so the two sisters came together.

The eighty acres of land are all covered with nets, and canals have been dug outside, so Xiao Lan doesn't have to worry about the rabbits running away or digging holes to escape.

The workers in the rabbit factory let the rabbits out every night and drive them back in during the day.

This is because rabbits are nocturnal animals and generally sleep during the day.

The workers not only have to manage the rabbits, but also have to pay attention to the growth of the grass in the fields. If the rabbits have eaten the grass to the roots, they need to sow some grass seeds and replant those areas, and then provide them with grass seedlings when they grow up.

Of course, some rabbits that dig holes in the ground and don't want to go back to the shed to sleep have to be pulled out and thrown back into the shed. The workers have become very skilled at this job.

There are already more than 50 rabbits in the shed with bulging bellies. They will give birth soon. This is good news for Xiao Lan, as it means the next generation of rabbits is guaranteed. So when she heard that Sheng Xuan was going to carry water to irrigate the crops, Xiao Lan also started to worry about the rabbits in the rabbit factory.

"Xiao Lan, we have so many rabbits, how come no one comes to steal them?" Xiao Yan asked in confusion, "To be honest, I was worried about your rabbit farm before, and I couldn't sleep for several nights. I never thought that not a single rabbit from our house would be stolen."

"Everyone knows that we help General Shen raise these rabbits. His soldiers are still working in our rabbit factory. Who would be so bold as to steal them?" Xiao Lan said.

In fact, this has a lot to do with Xiaolan's decentralization. Since the factory was built, rabbits were raised, and the rabbit meat processing factory was opened, Xiaolan rarely came here. If there was any movement in the village, almost the whole village would know about it. There was no secret at all. Seeing that Xiaolan's family was not worried about the rabbits being lost, everyone dared not steal them. They were afraid of being caught by the retired soldiers and being punished by military law.

When the two sisters returned home, Zhang had already prepared dinner and was waiting for them, and Sheng Xuan had just returned from the wheat field.

"In the afternoon, our whole family will go to water the wheat fields. Xiaolan and Xiaoting will also go. After the wheat fields are watered, you will not be needed for the remaining bean fields on the farm." Sheng Xuan said.

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