Chapter 658 The young widow who inherited her dead husband’s estate (8)
The young widow who inherited her dead husband's estate (Part 8)
After buying all these, the boss also specifically asked Song Ning what he planned to use to feed the chickens and ducks.
Song Ning thought about it and humbly asked his boss for advice.
"I have a large bamboo forest over there, and there's a fish pond next to it. Do you think it's feasible for me to just raise fish in the wild?"
He didn't quite understand it, but from what he heard from others, it seemed that chickens and ducks that were raised outside and foraged for their own food would be more popular. It was said that the meat of chickens and ducks raised in this way would be firmer and taste better.
Even the eggs they lay will be different.
The boss was delighted when he heard this.
"Okay, why not? But it doesn't mean you don't need to feed them if they are free-range. Even if you have a hill with so many chickens, they still won't get enough nutrition. Generally speaking, you need to feed them with your own feed, and then let them roam outside every day to let them move around more. Firstly, this way the meat is firm, and secondly, the chickens can run out and peck at some small lions for easier digestion, and occasionally they can even peck at some insects for a snack. This is what a good free-range chicken should be."
"If you just let the chickens eat outside, it will be very difficult, and it is a bit stupid to raise them this way. Chickens are just like people. They need a variety of nutrients to grow well. Whether you eat them yourself or sell them, the eggs they lay will be different."
He said he wanted to take Song Ning to see the situation at the farm, but Song Ning quickly refused.
He went back and bought the feed as the boss asked. It was said to be very rich in feed, with corn, broad beans, peanuts, peas, wheat, bran, and rice bran. Song Ning felt that the chickens would definitely be very good after hearing it.
There were also ducks and geese, and the boss even drove a tricycle to deliver the goods to him and showed him the location.
"If you run out of feed in the future, just give me a call or send me a WeChat message. You're not far away, so I'll deliver it to you directly."
Song Ning couldn't refuse, so he could only pour a cup of hot water for the boss and then watch him leave.
After the people left, Song Ning wiped the non-existent sweat vigorously.
They are so enthusiastic, really so enthusiastic. I feel like I have never met such enthusiastic people in college. Now that I am in the countryside, every villager seems to have some kind of buff, and each one is more enthusiastic than the other.
When he got home, Song Ning followed his boss's instructions and divided the fenced area in the backyard into two areas. He then drove the purchased chicks and ducklings into the two areas in batches.
The boss said to let the chickens and ducks get familiar with the home first, and then let them out every morning after they are familiar with the place, and then drive them back in the evening. You can also feed them by the bamboo forest or fish pond.
After settling the chickens and ducks, Song Ning put down the precious goslings.
Because these two were intended to be kept in the yard to guard the house, Song Ning did not restrain them and let them sway outside.
The two geese seemed to know that they had arrived at their new territory. After circling around Song Ning twice, they began to shake their heads and walk around in the small yard.
Song Ning watched them for a while and found that they seemed quite smart and had no intention of running outside, so he went to collect the feed.
After doing all this, he looked at the time again, took out the seeds he had bought and started preparing for planting.
Song Ning had no experience in farming, but he had the advantage of being good at talking.
The boss was a very enthusiastic person, so when he asked questions, he naturally taught him everything.
Song Ning was worried that his memory was not good enough, so he simply recorded everything his boss told him on his mobile phone.
This is how he realized that growing vegetables is not just about sowing seeds directly into the ground. If you want to grow them well, it would be better to grow seedlings first and then plant them.
He also bought the tools for growing seedlings and started growing seedlings according to the boss's instructions.
After doing these things, it was already dark and the surroundings had become quiet. The world was cold and deserted, as if the only sound left was his breathing.
"It's so quiet, a little too quiet."
Song Ning muttered to himself, then he remembered that he had not fed the chickens, ducks and geese at home. He hurriedly went to get the feed, mixed it and fed it to them, but then he no longer had the energy to do anything.
Even though he was still hungry, Song Ning only had time to wash up briefly before falling asleep on the new quilt that had just been dried in the sun.
When he fell asleep, green smoke condensed into shape, and his unhappiness was clearly visible between his brows.
[How can you not eat on time? I want you to enjoy life, not to rush around for these things and forget that your health is the most important thing. ]
He felt a little helpless as he looked at Song Ning sleeping, then he floated to the desk on the first floor.
Three incense sticks were inserted into the incense burner on the table, and smoke was rising.
This is the incense that Song Ning lit for him this morning. Although it is not the first or fifteenth day of the month, Song Ning still came over to light the incense as soon as he got up before making breakfast.
"No matter what time it is, you are always so considerate of others and don't even think about yourself first."
The wisps of green smoke floating on the incense moved without wind, and wisps gradually wrapped around the fragile body, and the originally vague figure gradually condensed into a small half.
But soon the incense burned out and it still failed to condense into shape.
[What a pity! If you give me a little more time, I can come out to accompany you, Ningning.]
The sky gradually brightened, a cloud of smoke entered Song Ning's bedroom, and everything returned to calm.
The recording method was very useful. In addition, Song Ning had recently made up for a lot of agricultural knowledge from the National Agricultural Channel, so the seedling cultivation was relatively successful despite the bumps in the road.
The chicks and ducklings gradually became familiar with the environment. As soon as the chicks were let out, they loved to run to the bamboo forest. Several times when Song Ning went to feed the chickens, he saw some of the chicks pecking at insects in their mouths. It was obvious that the snacks were very good.
He fed the chickens and ducklings on time, and the chicks and ducklings were all doing well, which made Song Ning a little surprised and happy.
He thought that as a complete novice, he would definitely kill a few of the chicks and ducklings, but he didn't expect that the chicks and ducklings were all alive and well. He just didn't know why, but the incense he lit on the altar recently burned out particularly quickly.
He clearly remembered that sometimes he lit the incense early in the morning, and by the time he passed by after breakfast, the incense had burned out.
Later, he simply lit a new incense stick every time he passed by, so that he could always see the incense burning there.
Song Ning didn't do it on purpose, it was just that the proprietress was too enthusiastic when he went to buy the incense. He even suspected that she was selling it at a half-price discount, otherwise how could she have bought almost a basket of incense for just a few dozen yuan.
She was thinking about what Lawyer Wu said about burning incense often, and she was also thinking about the kindness of her "husband" in giving her so many things, so she thought that since incense was so cheap, there was no need to wait until the first or fifteenth day of the month. It would be nice to burn a stick of incense on the way every day whenever he saw it.
Sometimes when he was burning incense, the two little geese at home seemed to be particularly interested in it. Every time, they came out from nowhere and had to come over to watch him burn incense.
After a while, the incense was almost burnt out and the two geese would come over to remind him to refill it.
Song Ning even began to doubt whether the goose he bought was from before the founding of the People's Republic of China.