Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

Luo Ding came back to the contract, making the people in the whole butcher shop more motivated.On the same day, Luo Ding gathered his staff and discussed the time and number of piglets for each household this year.

In order to ensure the quality, the number of old farmers has generally increased, and the number of newly joined farmers is only half of that of the old farmers. , to learn how to raise pigs better.

For the things Luo Ding raised, everyone basically has no opinion. The people who just joined are not familiar with anything. It is for their own good to learn more experience and try less.

After arranging all the things in the butcher shop, that night, Luo Ding coaxed Yue Gui Xiaoshan to sleep before he returned to his room and dug out some bottles and jars from the bottom of the cabinet. jar of stuff.

At this time, Shen Chenai had already got into bed, and he watched Luo Ding tinkering with those bottles and jars on the ground alone, and asked him very puzzled: "If you don't sleep at night, why are you busy there? "

Hearing this, Luo Ding continued to move his hands, and said to Shen Chenai: "I'm preparing some medicinal powder, and after mixing it into a solution, I will use it to soak the seeds of pasture. This is what my master taught me when I was still in the army. of."

Shen Chenai was very surprised when he heard the words, and thought that those things were the trump cards that Luo Ding had learned from the old groom, but it looked really inconspicuous.

Interested in the things in Luo Ding's hands, Shen Chenai didn't care that she had already taken off her underwear, she lifted the quilt and crawled out of the bed, put on her shoes and ran towards Luo Ding .

The winter nights in Northwest China are still very cold. Even if there is a heated kang in the house, people are only wearing clothes in the house to keep people from freezing.So Luo Ding saw Shen Chenai running around in his underwear, hurriedly put down the things in his hands, and took him back to the kang first.

Shen Chenai, who returned to the kang, stretched out her head under the quilt, and continued to look at Luo Ding.Luo Ding was really afraid that he would freeze, so he had to pack up his things, move his position, and move those bottles and cans to the kang.

Sitting cross-legged on the kang, Luo Ding poured various powders into the same small clay pot according to the formula in his memory, and then covered the lid and kept shaking it up and down, trying to shake the powder inside. Evenly.

There were no labels on those bottles and jars at all, and only Luo Ding knew what was in them.In order not to let other people know his formula from the things he bought, every time he buys these, he not only has to divide them into several places, but also never buys the right quantity.

Shen Chenai was interested in Luo Ding's agile arrangement of those things at first, but after looking at him, his interest changed.Because compared to those powders that he couldn't tell what they were, those grass seeds waiting to be soaked looked more familiar.

Shen Chenai gently picked up a brown grass seed, carefully looked at it under the oil lamp, and then said to herself: "Why does it look so much like alfalfa seeds?"

Luo Ding, who was shaking the clay pot vigorously, heard the words and asked him softly, "Do you know the name of the pasture?"

Shen Chenai grabbed it again and looked carefully, then shook her head and said, "I don't know if it is, but it just looks like it."

Alfalfa is known as the king of grasses, and alfalfa is known as the king of kings.It is resistant to drought, salt and alkali, barrenness, high yield and less pests and diseases, and is the first choice for pasture growers.The annual output of this kind of forage can account for more than [-]% of the total output of forage in the world, and it is a very excellent economic plant.

The reason Shen Chenai knew about it was that alfalfa had been introduced to my country along the Hexi Corridor as early as the Han Dynasty. But later, with more and more edible plant varieties, this kind of food that tastes not very good to people has gradually withdrawn from everyone's sight.

The archaeological research institute that Shen Chenai worked for had excavated a small family cemetery in the Hexi area. According to the unearthed cultural relics, it should be from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.A large number of alfalfa seeds were found in the tombs of several of the adult males. Although they have not yet studied why the ancients buried such things with the adult males at home, in order to find information at that time, various alfalfa seeds Shen Chenai has seen it all before.

The grass seeds he is holding now are very similar to those of alfalfa, but because they are much larger than the specimens they found at that time, Shen Chenai dare not be so sure.

Luo Ding didn't care about the properties of pasture grass. After shaking the clay pot vigorously for a long time, he carefully lifted the lid and looked inside. He felt that it was almost ready, so he went down to the ground and poured the mixed powder into the already filled container. In the laundry tub with half a basin of water, after stirring it up, I poured the half bag of pasture seeds that had been put aside into the large laundry tub.

Shen Chenai watched Luo Ding keep busy underground to ensure that the poured seeds could be soaked into the liquid in the basin.After he finally got it done and climbed onto the heated kang, Shen Chenai asked him, "I heard that you will plant at least 5000 mu of grass this year. Is that little seed enough?"

Hearing this, Luo Ding drilled into the quilt and said, "It's enough. The seeds soaked in the pots are for the land that needs to be planted. As for the other land, just plant the seeds directly. The grass in the grass does not need to leave seeds."

Shen Chenai nodded understandingly when she heard the words, and said in her heart that it was so.

Just when he was about to say something, Luo Ding had already taken off his clothes, lifted the quilt and crawled inside.

After regaining her senses, Shen Chenai was shivered by the cold wind coming in through the gap, and instinctively leaned towards Luo Ding who was exuding heat.For Shen Chenai who took the initiative to snuggle up, Luo Ding was of course not polite. He put a bag in his arms, wrapped it in a quilt, and acted as a super big warm baby for Shen Chenai contentedly.

Luo Ding, who had prepared everything, let go of his fists and was going to do a big job this year, so just after the first month, Luo Ding started to go out early and return late again.

Shen Chenai has no objection to this point. What worries him more now is that the two puppies in their family seem to have started to change their teeth.

Yue Gui first noticed the dogs changing their teeth. When she was playing with the puppies that day, she suddenly pointed to one of them and said to Shen Chenai: "Look, uncle, Da Ya's tooth is missing. .”

Da Ya and Er Ya are the names given to the two puppies by this brat, and she doesn't care whether such a bad street name will run into people.

Shen Chenai, who was sitting on the kang reading a book, immediately ran down after hearing Yue Gui's words, and opened Da Ya's dog's mouth to take a look, only to see a gap in it, and indeed a tooth was missing.

Seeing this situation, Shen Chenai hurriedly looked at Er Ya again, and sure enough, the dog tooth was also missing, but it was located at the back, so Yue Gui hadn't noticed it yet.

Shen Chenai, who found the dog's tooth loss, counted the time silently in her heart, then touched Yue Gui's little head and said, "The dogs are growing up, they are changing their teeth, just like you are now, Yue Gui."

Yue Gui quickly held her mouth when she heard that, this girl started to change her teeth recently, her two front teeth just fell out and haven't erupted yet, so she doesn't want people to see her teeth now.

However, Shen Chenai remembers that most big dogs start to lose their teeth when they are more than 4 months old, and it will end by 8 months.But these two puppies in their family are almost 6 months old now, is it too late to change their teeth now? Is it because they didn’t pay attention when feeding them, so that the puppies don’t have enough nutrition, so they develop Slow?

Thinking of this, Shen Chenai immediately decided to strengthen the nutrition of the puppies. They are changing their teeth now, so calcium is something that must not be lacking, so when Luo Ding came back that night, Shen Chenai asked him to bring a few dogs every day. Bring back a big bone, let him use it to make soup, so as to supplement nutrition for the puppies.

When Luo Ding heard that Shen Chenai was going to make soup for the paparazzi, he looked at him puzzled, not knowing what made him think suddenly.

Shen Chenyi told Luo Ding about today's discovery and her own thoughts. Luo Ding scratched his head after hearing it and said, "I really don't know what a dog should change its teeth, but when I raised a dull head, it was almost the same. He started biting things when he was six months old. He stopped biting when he was almost one year old, and it was only then that the cubs started to go up the mountain with their dull heads.”

Shen Chenai was also a little embarrassed when she heard the words, but since Luo Ding said that the dog mother took care of them, there should be nothing wrong.Could it be that the dogs here are special?

Although I think so, it is true that the puppies are changing their teeth, so the extra meal plan still has to be used, and Luo Ding still has to bring back some bones.

Hearing this, Luo Ding said that there was no problem and said, "It means our family runs a butcher shop, otherwise, in a few days, you won't be able to buy a single bone."

Shen Chenai looked at him in surprise and said, "Bones are not a rare thing, where can't you buy them on the street?"

Hearing this, Luo Ding smiled and said, "The county exam will be held in a few days. During each exam, students are not allowed to bring anything into the exam room according to regulations. Pens, inks, papers and inkstones will be provided uniformly after entering the exam room. Meals are also provided free of charge by the government office. The meals provided in the government office are all cooking cakes, which are enough, but if you want other things, you have to buy your own coins. I heard people say In the examination room, even a bowl of hot water costs two copper coins, a meat-stuffed pancake costs 20 renminbi, and a bowl of big bone soup costs 10 renminbi. But even if it is so expensive, it is still The supply is in short supply, after all, it's freezing cold, no one wants to have a bite of warm food, so unless you are a particularly poor family, before you enter the examination room, there will be plenty of copper coins prepared at home."

Shen Chenai felt a little unbelievable when he heard this, but he still asked in puzzlement: "What do you say have anything to do with the big bones?"

Hearing this, Luo Ding patted him and said: "Little idiot, after all, this is to make money from the students. Those old men in the government office don't bother to do it. Only those servants who can do this. They do this It’s just to make money, of course, it’s the right way to do it, so the big bones with meat and soup are of course their first choice. The big bones that are stewed, the meat can be torn off and put into the pancake, and the bones can be used to make soup If you sell two servings of food for one price, is there anything more profitable than this? So every few days before the county test, the big bones of the major butcher shops will be given to Bao Yuan by the yamen."

Shen Chenai suddenly realized when she heard the words, and said to herself that these yamen servants really did something bad, and with this way of making money, after a county trial, even if they divided them equally, it would be enough for each of them to make a small fortune.

Seeing that Shen Chenai understood, Luo Ding said again: "Isn't your friend surnamed Xu going to end in a few years? Shall I deposit some copper coins for him in advance? Silver tickets are definitely not allowed to be brought in during the county examination. , there is too much silver, and if it is not done well, people will secret it, so most people will choose to bring copper plates in. If you don’t save some now, the amount of silver to copper plates will drop in a few days .”

And this said?Shen Chenai stared at Luo Ding with wide eyes.

Seeing this, Luo Ding said with a smile: "There are too many people exchanging money. The bank must control it and make some money. Now one tael of silver can only be exchanged for 950 copper plates. I guess it will take a few days. It’s going to drop again.”

Since this is the case, what are you waiting for?So Shen Chenai asked Luo Ding to start saving copper coins for him without hesitation.

And the facts also prove that what Luo Ding said is correct. As the day of the county examination is getting closer, the exchange rate of silver to copper plate is getting smaller and smaller. Three days before the exam, it has even dropped to a tael of silver. In exchange for 800 copper coins.

Fortunately, Shen Chenai saved up in advance, otherwise they would have lost a lot.Luo Ding saved up for Shen Chenai for several days, and Shen Chenai only managed to collect 2000 copper coins, and he hurriedly sent them to the little boss.