Chapter 38

After parting with Sister Hongxiu, Jiang Yan returned to her own yard, temporarily placed the chickens in the kitchen, and grabbed a handful of rice from the cupboard for them to eat.

There is no grass at home at the moment, so I will go outside to cut some for them tomorrow.

The chick’s little head, covered with yellow fluff, quickly pecked at the scattered rice grains in the bamboo basket.

Jiang Yan was touched by cuteness.

Such a small thing can be crushed to death with a little force, it’s so cute.

She reached out and grabbed a little chicken with a tuft of hair on its head, touched its back, and then touched its little yellow wings. It was soft and felt really good.

But the next moment.

Baji!

The chicken defecated on her hand provocatively, and the shit was watery and warm.

“…”

Jiang Yan widened her eyes and was stunned for a second.

After I realized what was happening, I felt so disgusted that I threw the little thing in my hand away. But when I thought about how hard it was to come by, I resisted the urge and carefully put it back into the basket.

Then he rushed to the yard at lightning speed, scooped a bucket of water from the open-air water tank, and walked to the vegetable patch to wash it.

After washing, I felt it was not clean, so I washed it repeatedly with soap several times, but there was still a bad smell.

When Lu Yunsheng opened the door, he saw Jiang Yan looking at his hands with disdain, and then washing them vigorously with soap.

“Wife, what’s wrong?”

He walked over quickly and grabbed Jiang Yan’s hand, “Don’t wash it, your hands are turning white.”

As he spoke, he scooped up some clean water to wash off the soap bubbles on Jiang Yan’s hands. Jiang Yan looked at him and asked, “Why are you back so early?”

“We have a field exercise tomorrow, so we might have to go for several days. The regiment asked us to leave work early and come back to let me know.”

Lifting up the hem of his shirt, Lu Yunsheng used the T-shirt underneath his training uniform to dry Jiang Yan’s hands. He looked at her and asked, “What happened to your hands? Why did you wash them so harshly?”

Jiang Yan looked at her dry hands and held them up to Lu Yunsheng. “Can you smell it? Is there any smell?”

Lu Yunsheng sniffed it carefully, “It smells like soap.”

“That’s good.” Jiang Yan nodded in relief, “I just had shit on my hands, so I washed them.”

“…”

Seeing Lu Yunsheng’s confused look, Jiang Yan smiled, stood on tiptoe to kiss him, then pulled him into the kitchen and squatted beside the bamboo basket of the chicks.

“Look, this is the little chick I got back today.”

Jiang Yan pointed at the chick with a wisp of hair on its head and said, “It was this one that pooped on my hand.”

As she said that, she still reached out and poked the chick, knocking it down as a small revenge.

Lu Yunsheng looked at Jiang Yan, a smile appeared on his pretty lips, his eyes unconsciously filled with doting, “She’s quite cute.”

Jiang Yan stared at the little chicken without moving her eyes, but shook her head when she heard Lu Yunsheng’s words, “You can’t say that.”

Lu Yunsheng was puzzled, “Why?”

Jiang Yan said seriously: “I won’t be able to bear to eat it in the future.”

Puff!

Lu Yunsheng couldn’t help laughing and pulled Jiang Yan up, “Let’s go, while it’s still early today, make the fence and then make a small fence for them.”

“There is no bamboo at home.”

“I know, so let’s go to the mountains to cut bamboo.”

“In the mountains.”

Jiang Yan’s eyes lit up immediately. She had never been to the mountains here.

Seeing her excitement, Lu Yunsheng couldn’t help but shook his head. The other girls didn’t want to go into the mountains because there were too many mosquitoes, but his wife looked excited.

However, some preparations must be made before entering the mountains.

Pulling Jiang Yan to the bedroom, Lu Yunsheng took out a pair of straps from the closet, tied up Jiang Yan’s trouser legs and cuffs, and then took her into the mountains.

The military area was at the foot of the mountain, and the family compound was also nearby. After a short while, the two arrived at the foot of the mountain, where there was a dense bamboo forest.

This place is a bit remote and not many people come here usually. The ground is covered with a thick layer of withered yellow bamboo leaves, as well as a lot of dry shells fallen from bamboos. There are also obvious bird nests above the bamboo forest.

When you step on the bamboo forest, it will make a crackling sound.

After looking around the bamboo forest, Lu Yunsheng selected a target, asked Jiang Yan to stand farther away, and started chopping bamboo himself.

Standing on the grass outside the bamboo forest, Jiang Yan looked at the surrounding environment. The grass and trees were growing wildly, and the mess was full of vigorous vitality, full of vitality.

The sound of bamboo falling came from behind, and the birds in the bamboo forest were startled and flew away. Jiang Yan also hurriedly hid away.

Suddenly, she saw a fat figure flash by in the bamboo forest.

After taking a closer look, she shouted in fear, “Lu Yunsheng, there are rats. There are big rats in the bamboo forest.”

Jiang Yan shouted as she ran.

Oh my god!

The rat was too big and she felt she was no match for it, so she decided to let Lu Yunsheng take over.

Hearing his wife’s call, Lu Yunsheng hurriedly stopped what he was doing, looked at Jiang Yan, and then followed her gaze to another part of the bamboo forest.

A fat figure was running frantically in the woods.

But he did not step forward. Instead, he walked to Jiang Yan, stretched out his hands and hugged her in his arms, “It’s okay, it’s just a bamboo rat, it won’t bite you on its own initiative.”

Jiang Yan had heard of this animal but had never seen one in person.

“This is too big.”

After calming herself down, she looked at Lu Yunsheng and asked, “Have you finished chopping?”

“We need to cut a few more.”

“Then go quickly. It’s just the first time I’ve seen such a big rat, and I’m a little scared.”

Lu Yunsheng was worried about her, so he cut a small bamboo, shaved the joints clean and gave it to her to use as a stick.

Jiang Yan waved the bamboo stick and it worked quite well.

Then she stared at the place where the bamboo rat had appeared just now, with that feeling of being obviously scared but also very curious.

Fortunately, the bamboo rat did not appear again. After Lu Yunsheng cut the bamboo, he repaired the necessary parts, tied them together, and then dragged the bamboo back.

Jiang Yan followed him and told him about the melon-eating incident she encountered at the entrance of the village when she went to buy chickens this afternoon.

Hearing about Yu Lulu, Lu Yunsheng frowned.

“Gold plating? Zhanchuan is located in a remote area. He has not joined the army, nor is he a member of the Revolutionary Committee. How can he be gold-plated here?”

Jiang Yan guessed: “Could it be to help boost the village’s economy?”

Lu Yunsheng shook his head. “Zhanchuan is hilly and mountainous, with heavy rain in summer, so agricultural conditions are not good. In addition, there are many mosquitoes, so breeding is not easy. It is difficult to boost the economy.”

Jiang Yan knew this.

China has a large population, and without fertilizers and good seeds, the grain yield per mu is not high. The land in each village is not enough based on the number of people, not to mention that they have to pay public grain and sell patriotic grain.

There was not enough food to begin with, and after paying all this, people had to tighten their belts. If a natural disaster occurred, people would starve to death.

Jiang Yan thought for a moment, “Aren’t we near the sea? We can do marine farming. Abalone and sea cucumbers are very expensive.”

Lu Yunsheng smiled and said, “Mariculture requires technology, and we can’t do it at the moment.”

Jiang Yan murmured, “Raising livestock is not difficult, but the investment is huge.”

In her previous life, after her parents passed away, Jiang Yan inherited a fortune and lost all motivation to strive for success.

After that, she has been doing things that interest her, reading many books and papers, meeting many people, and doing many jobs.

Among them is aquaculture, and she has some understanding of this industry.

The investment for a large-scale marine aquaculture base is huge.

However, the village is so poor now that we definitely cannot afford the investment. Maybe we can try with the support of the military district.

Hearing Jiang Yan’s relaxed tone, Lu Yunsheng smiled and said, “Why? I’ve never seen Hai’s wife before. Do you know marine aquaculture techniques?”

Oops, how could I have forgotten that her current character has never seen the sea.

Jiang Yan suddenly had an idea. “I’ve read a book that contains relevant introductions and technical points on marine aquaculture.”

Worried that Lu Yunsheng would continue to ask, she changed the subject and asked, “Can the big fence in the yard be finished today?”

The young wife was always lively, but Lu Yunsheng didn’t care. “If it’s next to the corner, we only need the fences on both sides. We should be able to finish it today.”

“It doesn’t matter if you can’t finish it.”

Jiang Yan just wanted to change the subject and didn’t want Lu Yunsheng to finish everything today.

Go home together.

Jiang Yan went into the kitchen to prepare dinner, and Lu Yunsheng started weaving the fence.

He first made a bamboo fence with a diameter of 40 cm and a height of 10 cm for the chicks. This space was enough for the chicks to move around.

When it gets a little bigger, you can put it in the yard.

Lu Yunsheng worked quickly. When Jiang Yan came out of the kitchen, he had already finished weaving the small fence and started making the big fence in the yard.

Jiang Yan didn’t expect Lu Yunsheng to be so good at weaving bamboo fences. She looked at him in surprise and said, “You are amazing. You can do everything.”

Lu Yunsheng smiled and said, “I learned it after being transferred here.”

“You’re so smart.” Jiang Yan praised and said, “Let’s eat first. I made fried lotus root slices with meat and shredded potatoes with pork.”

Putting down the bamboo strips, Lu Yunsheng pulled Jiang Yan into the living room to eat.

After dinner, Jiang Yan took the initiative to wash the dishes, and then accompanied Lu Yunsheng to weave the fence and then drive stakes to enclose the yard.

Have some fun at night.

The young couple who were about to part for a short time were reluctant to leave each other, and their passion lasted until late at night…