In the early morning, Wang Susu sat in the courtyard, sifting wheat to prepare for grinding flour in the next two days. After a while, chickens, ducks, and quails heard the noise and thought they wanted to feed, so they gathered around one by one.

They stretched their necks and screamed in a ball, asking her for food.

Wang Susu tried to drive her away twice but could not drive her away. Instead, she attracted the pigeons.

I had no choice but to go back to the house and get two bowls of grain and scatter them on the ground. Only then did these guys live in peace. They were all scrambling to eat with their heads on the ground.

It’s getting cold and it’s hard to find food. Only ducks go out for a walk when the weather is fine, go to the weirs and ponds to swim for a while, and catch some small fish and shrimps to eat. Chickens and quails rarely go out.

, I also wandered around the yard when I went out. The pigeons were freer, but food was hard to find.

Fortunately, we have food dug from mouse holes as a base. Otherwise, with so many mouths, we would have to eat a lot in autumn and winter.

Seeing that they were eating happily, Wang Susu took this time to pick out the newly laid eggs, duck eggs, and quail eggs. After the weather cooled down, the quails would no longer hatch eggs until it warms up next spring.

Starting again, I picked them out every day and saved them. If I saved more, I would boil quail eggs and eat them.

"Auntie, has Uncle Fugui gotten up? I came to see him to milk the goat."

As soon as I put the eggs I picked up in the kitchen, I heard someone shouting at the door of the courtyard.

"Get up. I'm taking your little aunt to the fields to pick vegetables. Come in and wait for a while. You'll be back soon."

Wang Susu smiled and waved to them.

These little devils swarmed in, and each one of them actually brought pecans, which made Wang Susu laugh for a while.

A few minutes later, Chen Ling and Wang Zhenzhen came back, and they immediately gathered around excitedly, chattering like a group of little ducks.

Chen Ling asked Wang Zhenzhen to take them to wash their hands and get a bucket, while he went to the woodshed to fetch the goats. After washing the goat milk bags with warm water, he let the little kids who couldn't wait long start squeezing them.

In fact, he and Wang Susu also milk goats at this time every day. Their own dairy goats alone produce six pounds of goat milk every day. The milk is quite abundant, and there is still a lot leftover every time. Without milking, the lambs would not be able to produce milk at all.

Endless drink.

These children came over today to help solve some problems.

While they were milking, Chen Ling lit a fire in the kitchen. After the little guys squeezed half a bucket of milk clumsily, the firewood was already burning. He poured the goat's milk into the pot and quickly boiled it, gurgling.

It's bubbling, and the air is filled with a rich milky aroma.

Afraid that some children might not get used to it when they drink it for the first time, Wang Susu also prepared sugar beside it.

"Auntie, come and drink milk too."

Among the children who come to the house, Xizi likes to be close to Wang Susu the most. The other children, both boys and girls, love to make noise around Chen Ling. Only she will stay quietly in front of Wang Susu and watch Wang Susu work.

Say a few words to her.

Now I saw that Wang Susu had just finished washing the vegetables and came to put sugar for them, so I pulled up a stool for Wang Susu to sit down and came to drink milk.

"Good boy, you drink it, Auntie will fill it up later."

Wang Susu smiled and touched her little head, went to the house to get a new fence, and when she came back, she quietly stuffed a few toffees into the little girl's pocket.

Wang Zhenzhen had sharp eyes. When he saw it, he stuck out his tongue at his sister, and then smiled and winked at Xizi. She also liked this well-behaved 'little sister' who was like a little rabbit, even though she was not a younger sister according to seniority.

Then he stood up and ran to Chen Ling in a hurry, saying that the house had been squeezing more and more goat milk in the past two days, and he couldn't finish it, so why not make some toffee? This girl saw the white rabbit milk her sister brought out.

Sugar, just came up with the idea.

Chen Ling immediately blew his beard and glared, "Good guy, you think too highly of me."

I also need to know how to make toffee.

actually……

If he can't finish the goat's milk, he can make some yogurt, but forget about toffee. It's too troublesome and tiring, and he doesn't want to do it anyway.

"Uncle Fugui, what kind of milk is yogurt? Does it taste good?"

Hearing what Chen Ling said next to them, the little kids became energetic.

I didn't forget to stir the bowl with my chopsticks.

The goat milk has just been boiled and is too hot to drink, so I can only let it cool down quickly.

"It tastes good. I'll make it another day. Let your little aunt bring more when she goes to school. You can drink it together then."

"Hey, uncle Fugui is so kind. When my aunt gives birth to younger brothers and sisters, I will protect them."

"Me too, I won't have to worry about you and auntie taking care of them when the time comes."

Listening to the shouts of the dolls, Chen Ling and his wife looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, okay, it's still early for my brothers and sisters. Let's drink the milk quickly and taste it. Are you used to it?"

"His ha..."

"Wow, it's still hot. My tongue is numb and it's burning to my heart."

"But this milk tastes so good, I'll take another sip."

"You guys are stupid, look at me, like me, you just sneak away and drink when you get burned."

Chen Ling held up the bowl and sucked along the edge of the bowl to demonstrate to them.

"Hey, uncle, we know how to drink it at home, but we forget it when we come to your house."

One by one, the silly boys started sucking, and soon they drank all the milk in the bowl.

I was a little full after drinking, so I sat in the yard, noisily patting my belly and shouting that it was delicious.

"Uncle Fugui, we won't go to the mountains to hunt walnuts today..."

"I heard from Third Grandpa that there are a lot of crabs by the river. We want to catch crabs today. I will bring them to you at noon and you can cook for Auntie."

"No, you can take it home to eat. Your aunt can't eat crabs."

Chen Ling shook his head.

"Ah? Auntie can't eat it, so I'll bring you some fish. Auntie loves fish, so you won't have to fish for them."

"Haha, you guys, why are you so polite?"

"Okay, just go and play wherever you need to. Just don't go to deep water."

Then they left noisily.

...As the saying goes: "When the white dew arrives and the frost comes, don't panic when planting wheat; when the frost arrives at the beginning of winter, don't relax when planting wheat."

After the frost, winter wheat has been planted one after another, and the soybeans and peanuts in the field are about to be harvested at this time.

After Wang Zhenzhen took a group of kids out, Wang Susu told Chen Ling about the situation of peanuts and soybeans in the fields. Chen Ling got up early and went to the fields today just to see how they were doing.

Generally speaking, these two crops can be harvested forty to fifty days after fruit setting. It is almost time now, and it will take another week at most before they are fully mature.

"The soybeans are not bad. I pulled out some peanuts and looked at them. Some of the peanut kernels have not grown well. I pinched them with my fingernails and found that they were still shriveled inside and full of water. But the quantity is not large, so it is not a big problem."

Hearing what Chen Ling said, Wang Susu raised her head and glanced at him: "The temperature in the afternoon is still around 20 degrees, but it's a little cold at night. How about we harvest the peanuts a few days later and let them grow for a few more days?"

Try it?"

"Well, there's no need to delay a few days..."

Chen Ling shook his head and smiled at her: "Let's see how it goes after this week. If it doesn't grow well by then, it really won't grow well. After all, it's already this solar term, no matter how late it is, it won't do.

"

Wang Susu hummed softly and said no more. She also understood that Qiu Huanhua had this kind of virtue.

However, grain and oil prices are high this year, and if peanut production is reduced too much, it will be a bit distressing.

In fact, let’s not talk about this year.

Peanuts and soybeans are usually quite valuable. They are not considered food, but are cash crops.

Usually, it is mainly used to extract oil and sell it for money, and is rarely willing to eat it.

In the past, when they were in school, they would dig mouse holes after the autumn harvest. If they were lucky enough to find a peanut barn and a soybean barn in the mouse hole, it would be no less than a small treasure.

After returning home, my parents will know about it and will not hesitate to reward me.

This shows how valuable this thing is.

Looking at the tight demand this year, it feels a bit like before.

In fact, when Chen Ling sent Wang Zhenzhen to school, he also went to the market several times to inquire.

Since the autumn harvest has passed, food prices have dropped.

Meat and eggs also declined, but not by much.

Only cash crops such as peanuts and soybeans, which can extract oil, still have high prices and are in short supply.

This is mainly due to the shortage of goods. The autumn harvest is also mainly about grains. There are very few such economic crops. Without large quantities of goods entering the market, prices cannot drop at all.

"How do you feel about the gourds you picked yesterday? Does it taste good?"

"It's very good. The cooking is delicious."

"Then let's make some melon shredded dumplings for lunch today?"

"Okay, then I'll put it away later and put on the noodles early. Well... should we make it with vegetarian fillings or meat fillings?"
To be continued...