The lunch was sumptuous and the guests and hosts were very happy.

Zhang Zhaodi brought a large pot of chicken stewed with mushrooms. The chicken was rich in oil, golden, and the mushroom soup was full. You can smell the rich aroma without eating it.

"Come on, brother Li, and Guoxin, let's try the mushrooms."

The uncle boss organized the meeting diligently, and then glanced at Liu Qingshan, who was sitting next to Li Guoxin.

The latter immediately understood and began to sing a double act in conjunction with the boss's uncle: "This dish is very particular in our rural areas. Only when a new uncle comes to the door can he enjoy this kind of treatment. If a new uncle comes in, the chicken will die."

,Ha ha!"

clever!

The boss uncle almost wanted to give Liu Qingshan a thumbs up.

With Liu Qingshan sitting next to him, the atmosphere is certainly good. The most important thing is that the dishes are also really good, and they are all natural local game.

Especially the yellow clam meat, Li Zhong praised it repeatedly and his face turned red from drinking.

That's right, Li Zhong drank, and he didn't drink less. After a while, he drank more than a dozen cups, all of which cost five yuan, which was less than a pound of wine.

We continued drinking until around two o'clock in the afternoon. When the banquet was over, Master Li Zhong was so tired when he got off the kang.

Liu Qingshan was really worried whether Master Li could still apply the brakes.

I originally wanted to ask the two of them to take a nap and sober up, but after they entered the cab, put on white gloves, and touched the steering wheel, their feet stopped shaking, their hands stopped shaking, and their eyes became brighter, as if they hadn't been drinking.

As expected of an experienced driver, most people really can't learn this skill.

There were also three young people from the village who also sat on the Great Liberation, namely Zhao Di and Lien Di from the boss's uncle's family, and Zhang Dalu, the eldest grandson of the party secretary.

While still at the wine table, Li Zhong patted his chest and promised that he would teach several apprentices how to drive.

In fact, people also understood it in their hearts. Both parties were interested, so this matter just happened.

After the two Jiefang vehicles disappeared from sight, raising dust, the villagers congratulated the old party secretary one after another, and even joked with Mr. Zhang that he had sold the girl.

Although these words are a bit sour, they are mostly filled with envy.

You know, for farmers like them who dig in the soil, if they can learn a craft, it is like a carp leaping over the dragon's gate.

The old branch secretary waved his hand: "Let's all rest today. We will start building the greenhouse tomorrow and everyone will be busy."

The crowd dispersed. Liu Qingshan followed Datou and Er Biaozi for a stroll into the village without drinking a drop of wine. Er Biaozi muttered a little dissatisfied: "Actually, I also want to learn to drive."

Liu Qingshan smiled at him: "We are farmers. We have to learn how to drive. If we want to learn, we also need to learn how to farm."

What, you still need to learn to farm?

Er Biaozi looked at Liu Qingshan: "San Feng'er, you don't seem to have had a drink?"

Liu Qingshan rolled his eyes at his friend and said, "Do you think I'm talking nonsense after drinking too much? Do you know how to grow rice?"

I really don’t know how to do this.

Er Biaozi shook his head. They had dry fields here, no paddy fields, let alone planting rice. He didn't even know what rice looked like.

Liu Qingshan then revealed his plan: "Grandpa Wang, who used to work in Jiapigou, gave me a letter of recommendation to study rice cultivation in Heilongjiang Province. I am going to recommend you to go."

"Er Biaozi, you have a sharp mind. If you study hard, you will become an agricultural technician in the future."

Me, technician?!

The pie was so big that it made Er Biaozi feel dizzy.

"What about me?"

Datou was also anxious. He also envied Li Guoxin, the man who launched the Great Liberation and enjoyed good food and drink wherever he went.

Liu Qingshan patted his brain affectionately: "You, from now on, you should think carefully about greenhouse cultivation, understand all the books I gave you, and strive to become a greenhouse cultivation expert in the future."

Me, the expert?!

Da Tou was knocked unconscious just like Er Biaozi.

Seeing that the two friends were left in a silly mood, Liu Qingshan chuckled: "Future comrades technicians and future comrades experts must start from small things in a down-to-earth manner."

"Come, help me with some work first. Carry all those clams and scoops along the road to my house."

These were fished out of the river by the young men in the village. They picked all the big ones, not the small ones. Each one was a big clam, more than half a foot, and the largest one was nearly a foot.

The surface of the clam shell is dark, but the inner shell is extremely beautiful, shining like a pearl.

"Why do you want this thing? It's so disgusting."

Datou muttered, but went home and got two wicker baskets. The three of them worked together to pick up all the clams and scoops into the baskets.

Of course, this thing is of great use. Liu Qingshan plans to buy a small crusher to crush the clam shells and mix them into chicken feed to supplement calcium.

Just like various free-range hens, if they do not receive enough calcium, they will lay soft-preserved eggs.

The outside of the egg shell is soft, like thick paper, and will break into pieces when pulled.

Breeding laying hens cannot wander around for food at will, so we must start with feed to solve this problem.

Of course, in Liu Qingshan's chicken feed formula, besides clam shell powder, there is another very important item, and he is also planning to implement it immediately.

Pack up the clam shells and go home. Don’t worry too much about these things. They are all found in the river. Just organize the children in the village to collect them.

Another very important aspect of chicken feed is protein intake.

Compared with fed laying hens, free-range chickens lay eggs with yolks that are yolkier and egg whites that are more elastic.

After it is cooked, the difference is even greater. When the free-range eggs are fried, they are called golden.

Some experts said that these two types of eggs have almost the same nutritional value. Liu Qingshan scoffed: If they are almost the same, why are the prices so different?

The main reason for this difference is that when free-range chickens are digging for food, they can find small bugs, earthworms and the like, which can directly supplement animal protein. This is the key.

Therefore, as an industry supporting the breeding of laying hens, Liu Qingshan thought of a simple and feasible one: breeding earthworms.

When the time comes, if earthworm powder is added to the feed, the eggs laid will really be no worse than native eggs.

This matter had been planned for a long time. The materials brought back this time included more than a dozen bags of cement. He paid for them out of his own pocket and then purchased them from the Production Materials Station under the banner of County Magistrate Zheng.

Building materials are in short supply now. If it weren’t for the county magistrate’s reputation, we really wouldn’t be able to buy them.

Liu Qingshan's plan is to first build a dozen simple ponds for raising earthworms. This is the simplest thing, just put soil in a large tank and you can raise them.

In winter, a plastic sheet is also placed on the pond so that it will not freeze and affect the growth of earthworms.

The pond for raising earthworms was located in the open space behind his house. Liu Qingshan found a group of young men and began to dig a hole.

It should be more than two feet deep. Dig a rectangular pond, put a layer of bricks at the bottom and around it, and put cement on it to prevent earthworms in the pond from getting out.

Sprinkle more chopped firewood into the soil of the pond, and sprinkle more on the surface. Then water it regularly and keep it moist. Even if you are done, there is basically no technical content.

It doesn't cost much to dig a pond. It's like this for everyone in the village to find helpers. Just provide them with meals.

What was a small project in Liu Qingshan's eyes was a big project in the eyes of the villagers, so many people wandered over to watch, and some even helped with the work for a while.

Zhang Gangzi also dug a few shovels, then hurried up, squatted on the edge of the pool, picked up the filter placed on the small square table, and started smoking happily.

This guy is mainly here to smoke cigarettes.

Seeing this, Liu Qingshan also called to the dozen or so young men: "Come up and have a rest, have a drink of water, and those who know how to smoke have a cigarette."

Everyone agreed, came up from the pool, picked up the herbal tea that Liu Jinfeng had dried on the table, and poured it into their stomachs.

"Qingshan, you are such a good person, why are you digging a hole?"

The uncle boss asked cheerfully, he was in a good mood today, and thanks to Liu Qingshan's help with the matter of the two girls, he came over to take a look.

There was nothing to hide in this matter. Just as Liu Qingshan was about to answer, he saw Xiao Laosi, Shan Xing and others, including twenty or thirty children, running back with a huff.

Everyone's face was covered with sweat, and streaks of mud rushed out.

"Brother Qingshan, I have sixty crickets here. How many sugar balls can I exchange for them?"

Si Huzi handed a can in front of Liu Qingshan's eyes. What were twisting inside were dark red earthworms. The thickest ones were almost as thick as the little finger.

"Twenty earthworms, one sugar ball. Sister, give out the sugar."

Liu Qingshan smiled at Liu Jinfeng on the side and shouted.

Three sugar balls!

Si Huzi grinned stupidly and took the candy ball from Liu Jinfeng with his dirty little hands. The candy ball had colorful stripes on it, just like a small rubber ball.

This stuff is made of porcelain, and you can hold a sugar ball for a long time.

The little kids all exchanged a few sugar balls from Liu Jinfeng's hands. As for the earthworms they dug back, Liu Qingshan poured them into a pond he had prepared.

With the sugar balls in their mouths, the little kids were full of energy, and they all ran to continue digging for earthworms. They were everywhere beside ditches, at the bottom of firewood stacks, and at the base of fences.

In their eyes, the earthworms are just like sugar balls. Who can resist this temptation?

"Sifeng, Wufeng, don't be tired!"

Liu Jinfeng shouted, took out his handkerchief, wiped the faces of Caifeng and Shan Xing, and then helplessly watched the two little guys run away.

She felt sorry for the two little guys and could not help but blame the culprit. However, she thought about what Sanfeng'er told her about preparing feed.

Thinking about those carefully taken care of chicks, they almost went crazy when they were trying to eat earthworms.

There were also two little chickens who grabbed an earthworm and pulled it hard. As a result, the earthworm broke in the middle and the two little hairballs fell down.

Liu Jinfeng couldn't help but burst into laughter as she thought about it, then turned over her handkerchief and wiped the sweat on Liu Qingshan's face.

After working until the sun went down in the evening, all the ponds were dug. However, the number of bricks was limited and was only enough to build two ponds. The earthworms caught by the children were temporarily placed in these two ponds.

These little guys also asked: Will they change the candy tomorrow?

After getting a positive answer, they all ran away happily.

Seeing Zhang Zhuangzi also exchanged two candy balls from Liu Jinfeng, and happily threw them into his mouth, with his two cheeks puffing up, Liu Qingshan was also angry and laughing: You said you are such a big person, how can you still return it?

Like a child.
Chapter completed!