Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

"That's about right," Xu Xia said with a smile. "Raising chickens and ducks in the countryside is basically free-range. They can find food on their own, so feeding them isn't that difficult."

Zhou Yu nodded to indicate that he understood.

On the other side, An An had just woken up and gained another 0.01 energy. While still confused, he heard Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying say that Zhou Yu might take them to dig a well again.

Qin Ying frowned, "It's okay for us, but An An is still so young, and it's cold in the mountains. This is too much suffering."

Aunt Zhao sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it! Mr. Zhou has spoken, how can we refuse?"

An An stood up tremblingly with the help of the kang table, and suddenly threw herself into Qin Ying's arms, giggling, "Mom, you have absolutely no idea about the abilities of your precious daughter!"

Seeing her smiling face, Qin Ying's heart melted. She kissed her gently on the cheek and said, "The wind is so strong now, and we don't have any facial oil. I'm afraid it will make our darling's delicate face chapped."

"That's right," Aunt Zhao looked at An An lovingly, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "How about we ask Master Zhou if he has such a good thing?"

"Mom!" Qin Ying said helplessly, "Please don't go! Nowadays, everyone is worried about filling their stomachs, who would bother with this? It will only make people gossip.

"I'm thinking that if I go with the Master and the others, it will be too big a scene, too conspicuous, and not good for An An.

"It's not far. How about we just carry An An around for a walk? If we really find it, we can notify the master and the others to come over."

Aunt Zhao was worried: "But if we do this, won't we be exposed?"

"Mom," Qin Ying smiled slightly, "Why should we say it directly? Just like before, we should find a way to lure people over, and we won't show up ourselves."

"Look at me," Aunt Zhao laughed and slapped her thigh, "I'm such a blockhead!"

Qin Ying's eyes fell on the wooden trough on the ground again. As soon as they came back, they put some onions, garlic and side dishes in. Now a layer of tender green sprouts have emerged, which makes people feel happy just by looking at it.

She picked up An An and took Aunt Zhao to Zhao Hu's room: "Mom, come and take a look at our mushrooms. We'll be able to eat them in a few days!"

There were three wooden troughs neatly arranged on the shelf in Zhao Hu's room. Mushrooms had grown sparsely, each as long as half a finger.

Aunt Zhao was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. "Oh my, this is great news! Our An An will be able to drink mushroom soup soon!"

Qin Ying was happy, but not too happy. "If only it could be longer... I don't know what went wrong."

An An had an idea. According to the current level of development, the problems her mother could think of were really limited. Why not let her help?

Qin Ying handed An An to Aunt Zhao and went to turn over the culture medium that failed to grow mushrooms.

A fat, white worm crawled out.

Qin Ying picked up the bug without changing her expression. She watched it twist between her fingers and frowned, "How could there be a bug?"

An An secretly covered her eyes, fortunately her mother was not afraid of insects.

"What's so strange about bugs in the soil?" Aunt Zhao said nonchalantly. "There are so many varieties! The bug seeds are so tiny, it's normal that you can't see them. There's no way to prevent or cure them."

Qin Ying frowned in thought and murmured, "How can there be no way to prevent it? No way to cure it? What are the bugs afraid of?"

Aunt Zhao said casually, "If you're afraid of the sun, you'll catch some bugs and put them in the sun, and they'll be sunburned to death in a short time... Oh, that's not necessarily the case. They might be dragged away and eaten by ants."

"When we raised chickens in previous years, we let them roam free and they could eat insects."

Qin Ying threw the bug to the ground and stomped it to death, then dug up the culture medium and said, "No wonder there are no mushrooms growing here. It turns out they were all eaten by bugs!"

Aunt Zhao started cursing the bugs again.

An An listened to Coke and actually started laughing.

Seeing that she was happy, Aunt Zhao stomped her feet even more exaggeratedly, pointed at the bugs and cursed them, but she still knew not to swear.

An An found it funny and became even more amused.

After making a fuss for a while, seeing that Qin Ying was thinking quietly, Aunt Zhao took An An back to the house.

The family needed a lot of firewood, so Zhao Hu went to collect firewood again.

When he came back, he saw Qin Ying still squatting on the ground studying the mushroom culture medium, so he went over to ask what was going on.

Qin Ying told him about her troubles, and Zhao Hu chuckled and said, "Sister, think about it slowly, you will definitely be able to find a solution!"

He washed his hands and went back to teasing An An.

Aunt Zhao chased him out: "Didn't you see you fell asleep? Go get a cabbage from the vegetable cellar. I'm going to cook."

Qin Ying also hurried out to help.

While the fire was burning, he casually asked, "Mom, after we harvested the crops, why do we dig up the roots and burn them in the ground?"

"No one would bother pulling those roots back; burning them would save the trouble," Aunt Zhao said. "Besides, everyone has discovered that burning the fields reduces insect infestations the following year.

"If there's enough firewood at home, we wouldn't even bother with the bean stalks, we'd just burn them."

Qin Ying's eyes lit up, and her voice rose: "Mom, what do you think? If we burn the soil where we grow mushrooms first, will it prevent insects from infesting it?"

Aunt Zhao was stunned. "Is that the truth?"

Qin Ying did what she said. She called Hu Zi to help her light a fire, and she transplanted all the grown mushrooms into a wooden trough. She cleared out a wooden trough, moved it outside, took out the culture medium, and picked up firewood to burn.

The evening breeze penetrated his bones. Zhao Hu ran out and shouted, "Sister, you are weak, let me do it. If I don't know how, you can teach me."

Aunt Zhao shouted from inside, "Light the fire and get inside quickly. Don't stand outside in the cold!"

The brother and sister smiled at each other, spread the culture medium evenly, piled up the firewood, and watched it burn before returning to the house.

After a while, when I thought it was almost cooked, I took it out and stirred it again.

In this way, the moisture in the culture medium was quickly burned dry, and by the time we finished eating, it was completely burned.

After it has cooled down, it is put back into the wooden box, moved into the house, placed next to the stove, and then watered thoroughly. The fungus can be implanted tomorrow.

Qin Ying exhaled softly: "We'll know in a few days whether it works or not. If it really works, we can teach this mushroom method to the villagers."

An An rolled over on the warm kang. Of course it worked! From now on, Tongshu Village can enjoy the freedom of eating mushrooms!

As for the fungus strain, there is no need to worry about it. Just help to produce the first batch yourself. Anyway, this thing grows fast. After planting a batch, you can keep the seeds yourself.

According to the original plan, Qin Ying and Zhao Hu were going to a nearby village during the day.

But An An slept too much during the day and was restless at night, insisting on going outside.