Chapter 264 Hatching Chickens

The hatching time of eggs and duck eggs is fundamentally different, that is to say, it is impossible to cook several duck eggs by the way. When the eggs hatch, there are still several days before the duck eggs hatch!

When the eggs are hatched and the chicks are caught, the temperature must fluctuate and be affected, and the duck eggs are at the critical time of hatching. What else is there to do?

If it is said that a kang duck egg is specially hatched, after all, there is no experience, and I don’t know whether the temperature and the demand for kang eggs are the same. Go, how dare you try?

Moreover, the time for hatching eggs to rise on the kang is twenty-three days, and on this day, the kang rises. It normally takes 27 days to hatch a duck egg with a hen, and I don't know which day and time it is best to start the kang egg.

Lian Fangzhou saw that Lao Wangtou said "no" and then stopped the following. After thinking about it, he understood, and smiled at Lao Wangtou: "I will spend money to buy one or two hundred duck eggs, can you give it a try? If you can I've tried it, maybe I'll find you to cook some ducklings!"

Old Wangtou's eyes lit up, and he nodded with joy, and said with a loud laugh, "This is fine! I can give it a try! However, it will take some time!"

"That's natural, let's put the chicken on the kang first!" Lian Fangzhou laughed.

So Lian Fangzhou left 5 taels of silver, 2 taels to buy duck eggs, and 3 taels to buy chickens as a deposit for Lao Wangtou.

Lao Wangtou was very happy, took the money and thanked him again and again, and sent the three of Lian Fangzhou out together with his son.

On the way, Lian Ze couldn't help but ask, "Do you still want to buy ducklings? Where do you keep them? We can't raise many ducks in the creek beside our village!"

Even Ah Jian couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Lian Fangzhou smiled and said, "How much can we raise in the small river ditch next to our village? Even if we want to raise them, we will only need 20 or 30 of them to be raised by Li's sister-in-law! I am making preparations in advance. I won't raise them this year. I might have to raise it tomorrow!"

"Next year!" Lian Ze's eyes widened in disbelief, and he sighed helplessly, "Sister, you are really planning for a long time!"

Even Fangzhou and Ajian couldn't help laughing, Ajian said: "Your sister must have a plan in mind. I think it's better to prepare well in advance, and you won't be too busy until next year!"

The corners of Lian Ze's mouth twitched, and he muttered: "Anyway, brother Ajian has agreed on what sister's plan is..."

His murmur was a little small, even Fangzhou and Ajian thought they didn't hear it, and talked about something else.

Lian Fangzhou wanted to raise some this year, but unfortunately, where is the money on hand? Now there are only 3,000 taels left in the full calculation. After the cotton is planted, the management fee is not much, but in the later stage, I have to hire people to make various tools for cotton processing, spinning cotton thread, weaving cotton cloth, etc. She still wants to open her own. The shop sells cotton cloth!

Which of these doesn't need money? If nothing else, to hire a few skilled weavers, the price is not low.

Within a few days, news came that both Lian Hai and Sun Ming had passed the county exam, and they will officially become scholars after passing another exam in the government in April!

Being a scholar means that you don’t have to kneel and salute when you meet an official, you don’t have to pay taxes at home, you can exempt yourself and your wife from corvée, you can also directly raise opinions and suggestions to the magistrates on local official affairs, and you can still go to the office every month. The yamen received a subsidy of five buckets of rice.

If you go one step further, it is to lift people, which is equivalent to stepping into the officialdom with one foot. If you can't go further, find a school and sit in the hall as a teacher, that's not bad!

In short, the benefits of being a scholar are real.

Lian Hai and Sun Ming are now regarded as one foot on the threshold of being a scholar.

When the news came back to the village, everyone was happy and envious. Lian Li and Mr. Qiao walked out with a straighter waist and a louder voice.

And Sun Changxing and his wife were so happy that they were about to cry. They were both excited and nervous. The heart that they mentioned would not fall completely until after April.

While Qiao Shi was excited, the depression in his chest was swept away, and he immediately wanted to go to Lian Fangzhou's house to find fault, but was stopped by Lian Li.

Qiao Shi was very unconvinced, and even Li said coldly: "Ahai is not a scholar yet, why are you so anxious? Why are you so anxious these two days! In case someone sees the joke, you will have a face in the future. Human? You!"

What Lian Li meant if Ah Hai didn't pass the exam, wouldn't he be embarrassed? It's just that the word "not hit" is too unlucky, and the two of them will never say these two words.

Mrs. Qiao stubbornly said, "We, Ah Hai, are so smart that we can definitely win! We're not like the Sun family, a poor guy, how can he have such great luck!" In the end, he softened his momentum and didn't look for Lian Fangzhou's fault.

However, Sun Changxing and his wife went to express their gratitude to Lian Fangzhou. Lian Fangzhou was really embarrassed, and it was a bit embarrassing to deal with them.

The weather is getting warmer day by day and the sun is shining brightly, so Lian Fangzhou decided to start preparing cotton seedlings.

As for the affairs of the more than 60 acres of paddy fields, Qin Feng has been in charge of it, and she is much more relaxed here.

Before the cotton seeds go to the ground, they have to go through some treatment. And that place needs to be sorted out again.

Six servants were ordered and led by Su Ziji to sort out the breeding grounds, while Lian Fangzhou, Ajian, Lian Ze, and Zhang Xiaojun's family were busy handling the cotton seeds.

The place at home was too narrow to be used, so Lian Fangzhou transported all the cotton seeds to the compound with a donkey cart.

Because planting cotton requires seed treatment every year, a room is specially built on this side of the compound for seed treatment. The house has two floors, the upper one is dry and can store seeds.

Of course, the seeds that are transported at this moment need to be processed immediately, and there is no need to store them.

A total of seven or eight thousand catties of cotton seeds, it is estimated that it would take more than half a day to fully transport them and pile them in the empty house over there.

Zhang Xiaojun's family and three servants helped unload and stack the goods there. Even Fangzhou and Ajian Lianze also brought three people to load the truck, and Ajian also led the driver.

Aunt Liu, who Lian Fangzhou should be called Auntie, watched at the door, greeted Lian Fangzhou, and went into the yard with a smile.

Lian Fangzhou heard her gossiping with him without a word, and didn't seem to want to leave at all. She didn't care, but she realized it after a while, so she stopped and took Aunt Liu to the side and asked with a smile: " Is there something wrong with Auntie? If you have something, just say it!"

"No wonder everyone says Fangzhou, you are a cheerful person!" Aunt Liu laughed suddenly, nodded and said, "It's not a problem! What,"

She lowered her voice slightly and approached Lian Fangzhou and asked in a low voice, "Fangzhou, Auntie, I want to ask you something, your distant cousin, Jian, is he married or has he set a marriage plan?"