Chapter 31 The Cow Is Sick
During a trip to the county town, Li Shaoan not only bought high-quality rice seeds, but also made a big step in the relationship with Zhao Xuemei.
On that night in the guesthouse, there was no substantial breakthrough between the two, but the experience of sleeping together had special significance in both of them.
Early in the morning, Li Shaoan came to the woodshed behind the house, hoping to completely take care of the debris and transform it into a greenhouse for cultivating rice seeds.
Tan Hongxia was worried that Li Shaoan could not handle it alone, so she came to help.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you see my brother?"
"I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things early this morning. I met Mr. Zhao from the village. She told me that there were pigs in the village cafeteria that were going to kill. I was worried that no one would do this job. I asked your elder brother if he had time. Killing a pig would be two dollars. I happily agreed."
"It turns out that my elder brother went to the village to kill pigs."
Li Shaoan immediately understood that it must be because of her current relationship with Zhao Xuemei that she put this good thing on the Li family and was very grateful to Zhao Xuemei in her heart.
It is not too difficult or tiring to kill New Year pigs in the village. It only takes only one day to kill those pigs. However, not many people were willing to do it before this because the wages were too low.
This time, Zhao Xuemei calculated Li Shaoguo two yuan each. The village canteen raised a total of four pigs, and he could earn eight yuan a day. At that time, Li Shaoguo and his wife only had more than twenty yuan a month to earn. Killing this pig would be enough to support the income of half a month, which made Li Shaoguo very happy.
"It's strange to say that Mr. Zhao has always had a cold face and didn't talk much to us. However, when he met her this time, he became much more enthusiastic about me, calling him a big sister."
"Maybe they are in a good mood." Li Shaoan said casually.
Tan Hongxia just felt that this cashier Zhao had helped her family a lot recently. She first contracted paddy fields, and now she arranged for Shaoguo to go to the village to kill pigs, but Tan Hongxia didn't know what was born in it.
This firewood is usually used to pile firewood and debris. It is about five meters long, two meters wide and two meters high. It has little space. Fortunately, it is square and is very suitable for renovating a greenhouse.
Li Shaoan and Tan Hongxia worked hard all morning, went in and out, and finally moved all the things in the woodshed.
Tan Hongxia found a bamboo broom to clean the woodshed and cleaned the spider webs in the corners together, making the whole room feel much empty.
After finishing his work, he had to tidy up the inside of the house. Since the wood room is a wooden house, the gaps between the wooden boards are airtight in winter, so it is impossible to maintain the indoor temperature, Li Shaoan must find a way to solve the problem of keeping warm.
Fortunately, there are many dry straws at home, and these ingredients used to make fire and cook, which play an excellent role at this time.
Li Shaoan brought piles of straw and surrounded the entire room along the exterior wall of the woodshed. He was afraid that the straw would not be solid, so he used a straw rope to tie the straw tightly so that he would not have to worry about strong winds.
The two of them cooperated very well. Li Shaoan lays straw in front, and Tan Hongxia followed behind and tied it with straw ropes. After laying it in one circle, she was worried that the warmth was not good, so she surrounded two circles and covered three circles in total. Only then did Li Shaoan feel relieved.
Cleaning up the house seems simple, but it is a time-consuming task. Li Shaoan and Tan Hongxia finished their work. It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon, and most of the day had passed.
"Let's take a break, look at you sweating profusely." Tan Hongxia said with concern.
Li Shaoan didn't feel tired, but was very excited. As soon as he thought about how to cultivate rice seeds here after the greenhouse was ready, he immediately felt endless energy.
"Brother Shaoan, you are back!"
Qian Xiaoyu hurriedly ran outside the woodshed and found Li Shaoan who was busy.
Li Shaoan wiped off the sweat from his forehead, looked up at him, and asked, "Xiaoyu, why are you so anxious? Could it be that your sister is sick again, right?"
Qian Xiaoyu said: "This time it's not my sister, but my cow is sick."
It was a big deal that the cattle were sick. At that time, the plowing machine had not been popularized. Especially in poor mountains such as Tieshan Bay, the plowing machine could not be used, and the cattle could only plow the land.
Cattle are like gasoline to cars, and they are not enough if they are short of them, so the price of cattle is not cheap. A healthy adult buffalo costs several hundred yuan, which is almost the net income of a family for a year.
The Qian family has two cows in total. Qian Dabao works in Xuefeng Gold Mine and his income is higher than working in the field. After saving some money over the years, he bought two cows for his family.
There are not many families with cattle in Tieshan Bay, and the Qian family has two of them. That's amazing. If anyone wants to turn over a lot of land, they have to come to the Qian family to borrow cattle. Of course, this loan cannot be borrowed for nothing. Based on the acre, the amount of land per acre must be clearly stated before borrowing it.
It is precisely because of these two cows that although the Qian family is not at home all year round, they rely on Zhang Hong to take care of two children alone, and their lives are pretty good.
Qian Xiaoyu came yesterday for a while, but Li Shaoan happened to go to the county town and did not come back, so he came to check it out today. Fortunately, he found Li Shaoan in the woodshed behind, otherwise Qian Xiaoyu really didn't know what to do.
"You go and wait for me at the door, and I'll come over right away."
It is important to cure cattle, and the greenhouse matters can only be put in place first. Li Shaoan came to his room, checked the things in his bag, and made sure that all the ones he should bring were brought with him. Then he hurried to Qian's house with Qian Xiaoyu.
"When did your cattle get sick?"
"It was yesterday, I didn't eat much since the morning."
“Where is rumination?”
“There has never been rumination.”
Li Shaoan held his chin and said, "It seems that he is indeed sick. Healthy cows usually ruminate about an hour after eating. After chewing, they swallowed them and ruminated them again. This is repeated. Sick cows ruminate for a short time or do not ruminate."
"Brother Shaoan, my cow will be fine, right?" Qian Xiaoyu said worriedly.
Li Shaoan said: "It's not a big problem in terms of symptoms, but I can't make an assertion before I see the cow."
The Qian family was not far from the Li family, and Li Shaoan followed Qian Xiaoyu in a hurry and arrived at the Qian family not long after.
As soon as he entered the Qian family yard, Li Shaoan felt a fierce look staring at him. Without thinking, he had already guessed that the person must be Qian Xiaolin.
Looking up, it was true. Qian Xiaolin was holding a broom in her hand and staring at her eyes wide. She looked like she was going to beat Li Shaoan up.
When Qian Xiaolin saw Li Shaoan, she remembered the spanking that night. She was so angry that she pointed and scolded: "Li Shaoan, it's enough for aunt to settle the score with you. How dare you run to my house!"
Chapter completed!