Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

At that time, Zhou Yu was strolling around with An An in his arms when he accidentally discovered a pheasant with eight eggs in its nest.

The pheasant was stewed that day for everyone to share, and all the eggs were left for An An.

Now there is only one left.

Seeing An An eating so sweetly, Aunt Zhao couldn't help but say to Qin Ying, "Next year, when our lives get better, we should catch a few chicks to raise. We can't let An Baoer suffer any loss."

"Mom, let's raise two more sheep," Zhao Hu pleaded. "Raising sheep doesn't cost much food. I can cut two more baskets of grass every day, which will be enough for them to eat during the winter.

"An Baoer must have meat to eat! I heard from the old man that mutton is the most nutritious."

Aunt Zhao smiled bitterly: "If we want to raise a sheep, we have to be able to afford it! Do you know how much a sheep costs?"

Zhao Hu hung his head dejectedly.

Qin Ying quickly said, "Mom, don't worry, let's take it slow. Now that we don't have to worry about food and drink, let's think of other ways to make money.

"If it doesn't work, I'll take those things out..."

"Yingzi!" Aunt Zhao held her hand and frowned, "Don't say that again! That's the only thought your mother left you. You must keep it!"

"Mother," Qin Ying held her hand and said softly, "My dear mother's only wish before her death was for me to live well.

"If she knew that the things she left behind were put to such great use, she would definitely be very happy."

Aunt Zhao still disagreed. "No, girl, it's not that serious yet. I asked Mrs. Zhong about it, and she said that the rich people in the city like the little things I weave the most.

"I'll make more later and ask her to help sell them, so I can make some money, right?

"Let's go to the mountains more often in the future and collect more mountain products, which we can exchange for money."

"That's right!" Zhao Hu agreed deeply, "Sister, don't think about those things anymore, just keep them well.

"Nowadays, we have no shortage of water or food, and we have hands and feet. Why should we be afraid of not being able to make a living?"

Qin Ying had no choice but to give up.

After dinner, Qin Ying packed up a small basket of dried mushrooms and asked Zhao Hu to deliver it to Grandma Wang.

She and Aunt Zhao worked together to tinker with the soil they had brought back where mushrooms had grown. They had originally wanted to bring back the wood where wood ear mushrooms had grown, but Aunt Zhao said that wood ear mushrooms had grown on the rotten wood behind the house when it rained heavily in the past, so Qin Ying gave up the idea.

Qin Ying carefully turned the soil over and said to Aunt Zhao, "Mom, are these rotten leaves and pine needles? They were originally dug under the pine tree."

"You never know," Aunt Zhao said thoughtfully. "Look, those rotten leaves and grass, even sorghum stalks and bean sprouts, throw them on the ground and they'll all make great fertilizer!"

The two men thought that the things they brought back would definitely not be enough, so they collected some wood chips, corn cobs, bran and other things, mixed them together, added some wood ash, dug some humus soil, and stirred them evenly.

Zhao Hu was also asked to make some wooden troughs.

It was cold, so it definitely couldn't be left outside. There was still space in Zhao Hu's house, so he built a shelf, spread the mixed humus evenly in the wooden trough, put it on, watered it thoroughly, and then carefully sprinkled the fungus on it, and then covered it with a thin layer of wood ash.

An An sighed quietly. This alone was not enough. Without sterilization, it would easily breed bacteria and insects.

So she was ready to help.

Just as she was about to start, she heard Aunt Zhao say to Qin Ying, "What if it doesn't work?"

"Don't worry about this, Mom," Qin Ying said calmly, "We're just trying it.

"This kind of thing is definitely not easy to do. We are just ordinary people, and God will not chase us to give us food.

“If it works, that’s great. If it doesn’t, we can figure out what went wrong and make some small changes.

"Anyway, it's cold, I can't go out, and there's nothing else to do."

After she said that, Aunt Zhao relaxed. "That's right, apart from other things, we don't lack rotten wood, corn cobs, bran, etc."

Zhao Hu asked innocently, "Sister, do you want to make a few more wooden troughs? It's too cold and my hands will freeze. I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them."

"That's fine," Qin Ying said with a smile, "If you have nothing to do, just make a few more. Then we can put two in our main hall and our room. Even if we can't grow mushrooms, we can still grow some onions, garlic, etc."

Aunt Zhao smiled and said, "That's right! We used to be reluctant to burn firewood in the winter, but now that we have An An, we have to keep the house warm!"

"We can't waste so much energy, right?"

All three laughed.

An An also laughed beside him.

After laughing, they left Qin Ying at home to take care of the baby while Aunt Zhao and Zhao Hu went up the mountain to chop firewood.

As we went up the mountain, we found that there was a pond at the entrance of the village and a narrow and deep canal winding down the mountain.

On the side of the well, the shed on the mountain where people used to watch over the well has been turned into a half-brick, half-thatched house, and a fenced yard has been built.

Villagers Wang Ergou and Wang Tiezhu are drying adobe bricks.

When he saw the mother and daughter of the Zhao family coming, he waved and greeted them enthusiastically.

Aunt Zhao took the opportunity to ask about the canals and ponds.

"Well!" Wang Ergou rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Didn't Uncle Jiu say that it's getting cold, and there are many elderly people and children in our village, so fetching water is a problem.

"Didn't you dig a canal when you went out to look for water? Anyway, since we had nothing to do recently, Uncle Jiu led us to dig this canal.

“From now on, we don’t have to go up the mountain to fetch water in the village.

"It's getting colder day by day. If you fall or something, it will be a big accident."

Zhao Hu hurriedly asked, "Since you don't need to fetch water anymore, why are you still living here, Uncle Ergou?"

"You little brat," Wang Tiezhu flicked his head and laughed, "This is the foundation of our survival! How can we not keep a close eye on it?

"Since we're both single, let's make a deal with your Ninth Master. We'll be the ones guarding the house this winter."

In fact, they were not bachelors originally, but Wang Ergou's wife and children starved to death.

Wang Tiezhu's parents were extremely hungry, so they sold his wife to someone from another village in exchange for two pounds of cornmeal without his knowledge. Wang Tiezhu even hit his head and broke it, but he still couldn't find out the whereabouts of his wife.

The drought continued, and two pounds of corn did not last long, so the old couple secretly sold their grandson.

From then on, Wang Tiezhu no longer recognized his parents.

Uncle Chen Jiu decided to drive the old couple out of Tongshu Village. No one knows what happened next.

Wang Ergou added: "The officials came up every few days and gave us two knives."

Wang Tiezhu ran back to the house and took out two machetes. "We sharpen our swords every day! If anyone dares to destroy our water source, we two brothers will fight them to the death!"

When the mother and son returned home, Qin Ying had already prepared the meal and was sewing new clothes for An An.

An An is sleeping.

The firewood was placed in the yard. The mother and son dusted off the dust on their bodies and went into the house. As soon as they lifted the curtain, they felt a warm breeze on their faces. They looked at each other and smiled.

Although their home is small and simple, it is clean and warm everywhere.