Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 293: Duck Eggs Are Worrying

"Miss, shall we go to the fields and take a look?"

An Yue nodded and said, "Okay, we have to take these bags."

After An Yue finished speaking, she turned to Chunzhi and said, "Chunzhi, these locusts only need to be boiled for a little longer, and then they can be fished out."

Haruji nodded with a "hmm".

Afterwards, An Yue turned around and walked towards the gate of the yard with Ale Daniu and the others.

Along the way, seeing the locusts all over the ground, An Yue wanted to sweep them with a broom.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the field.

An Yue looked at the rice leaves in the two mu paddy field. In just one day, the locusts had eaten away all the rice stalks. She couldn't help but sigh and lament, "You evil locusts! I will tear you into pieces!"

At this time, Ale saw that there were still many locusts eating on the rice leaves, so he picked up the handle of the hoe and slapped the rice leaves.

Da Niu, who was picking locusts nearby, saw A'er driving away the locusts, so he followed suit.

The driven away locusts flew up one after another, but they seemed unwilling to leave. After circling in the air for a few circles, the driven away locusts fell back on the rice leaves.

An Yue shook her head and said helplessly: "Don't waste your energy, Daniu Ale. If you drive them away, they will come back."

Daniu thought for a moment and suggested, "Why don't we light some torches in the fields? Locusts are most afraid of fire, so they won't dare to come near us."

An Yue said with a smile: "You are awesome, it's a relief that you can come up with this idea. The weather is so dry right now. If we are not careful, the fire will spread and cause another fire. There won't be even a drop of water around here. The loss will be greater than a locust plague!"

"Yes... yes, the young lady is right. It was I, Da Niu, who was not thoughtful enough." After hearing what An Yue said, Da Niu suddenly realized.

Ale scratched his head and said, "Then according to your opinion, what should we do? We can't just let these locusts destroy the crops!"

An Yue pondered for a moment, thinking that in this dynasty there were no thin films or small-hole fishing nets, and the supplies were really limited.

It is really difficult to catch locusts, and I couldn't think of a way for a while.

So she said to the big bull Ale: "The fields are already like this now. There is no need to save them anymore."

"Instead of going back and forth to drive away the locusts, it is better to just pick up the locusts on the ground one by one and take them back to make feed."

"Chickens and ducks eating locust feed not only lay a lot of eggs, but also produce the best fertilizer."

When Ale heard what An Yue said, his eyes flashed and he said in surprise: "The method you mentioned is very good, very good."

Then, Daniu and Ale started picking up locusts everywhere.

The three of them were busy until the evening. An Yue carried a hoe, and Daniu Ale carried a bag of locusts each, and they walked home in the dark.

After returning home, An Yue and the other two poured all the locusts they had picked up into a boiling iron pot, cooked them until they were cooked, and then fished them out.

An Yue planned to spread it out to dry for two days and then preserve it in a jar.

After a while, the family started to have dinner.

After dinner, everyone started to feed the poultry and livestock.

An Yue took the oil lamp and went to the west room to feed the silkworms.

When she came to the west wing, An Yue found that their food intake had obviously decreased, and there were still a lot of mulberry leaves in the bamboo dustpan that she had fed them in the morning.

So, she caught a few silkworms and held them to the oil lamp to shine. An Yue found that their heads had become somewhat translucent.

Finally, all the hard work paid off and the silkworms are ready to spin cocoons.

She simply cleaned up the mulberry leaves that the silkworms had not finished eating, and then sprinkled a few mulberry leaves in the bamboo dustpan.

Afterwards, An Yue walked out of the west room carrying an oil lamp.

She came to the kitchen and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, Chunzhi, our silkworms are finally going to make cocoons."

"Yes, I noticed that they didn't eat much in the morning." Meng Xiuer responded with a smile.

"Well, after breakfast tomorrow, I'll have to trouble the two of you to pick out the silkworms that are about to spin cocoons."

"There is a silkworm rack that I have woven in advance next to it. I put the selected silkworms in an empty winnowing basket, and then put the silkworm rack on the bamboo winnowing basket. They will climb onto the silkworm rack and make cocoons by themselves."

Meng Xiuer said happily: "Good, good, finally it's time to make a cocoon."

An Yue said again: "It will take them three to five days to make cocoons. The selected silkworms do not need to be fed mulberry leaves."

An Yue reminded him again with concern: "Oh, by the way, you still need to check it more carefully in the next few days, don't let other things cause harm."

"Well, Yueyue, don't worry, leave this matter to me!" Meng Xiuer agreed readily.

At this point, everyone had packed up and went back to their own rooms to lie down.

In this way, everyone finally ended a tiring day.

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The next day, early morning.

After the family had breakfast, everyone helped feed the poultry and livestock as usual.

Chunzhi and Meng Xiuer followed An Yue's instructions and carefully selected the silkworms that were about to make cocoons.

When Ale carried feed to the chicken coop, he saw the pen full of duck eggs.

He was pleasantly surprised and said, "Miss, using these locusts mixed with rice bran and grass to feed chickens and ducks really makes a difference. The ducks laid so many eggs overnight."

After he finished speaking, he hurriedly poured the feed in the basin to the chickens and ducks in the pen, then quickly ran to get the basket to pick up the duck eggs.

An Yue, who was spreading locusts in the yard, turned around and said with a smile: "As long as it is used properly, it will become a treasure."

After drying the locusts, An Yue walked to the chicken coop and took a look. She said, "Well, the number of duck eggs is indeed much higher than in the past few days. It really is an immediate effect. But... this feces is really smelly!"

As Ale picked up the duck eggs, he laughed and said, "Haha... this good fertilizer is different. It smells especially bad."

Then, An Yue and A'er both laughed.

Ale came out of the chicken coop, carrying a basket full of duck eggs.

Ale carried a basket of duck eggs and walked towards the kitchen, saying, "Miss, we have a large vat of duck eggs now. What do you think we should do with them?"

An Yue sat on the recliner and thought about it. Now all the shops in the town were closed, and there was no way to take the money to the town to exchange it for silver.

Although we eat it every day at home, there are more than 20 duck eggs laid every night, which we can never finish.

These duck eggs can’t be kept for too long, we have to think of a way to deal with them.

After feeding the livestock, Daniu and Ale went out with baskets and picked up locusts everywhere.

An Yue stayed at home, thinking over and over again about how to better preserve duck eggs.

After some thought, the first solution An Yue could think of was pickled eggs.

However, a lot of salt is needed to pickle salted eggs.

Due to the drought now, there is a shortage of salt and food everywhere. Although there is a lot of salt stored at home, people dare not squander it.