Chapter 627 Duck Farming Begins

With the coming of the Spring Festival, Bai Yunxi is one year older, 40 years old.

In the blink of an eye, she has been here for four years, and she has adapted to the life here, which is pretty good.

Bai Yunxi is not too enthusiastic about visiting relatives during the Spring Festival. Fortunately, the original owner is an only child, and she is looking for a son-in-law, so she has no relatives. Her relatives are all in the same village, so she can just go out for a walk.

Bai Yunxi is very satisfied with this alone.

After preparing the festival gifts for the daughters-in-law to return to their parents' home, and preparing a gift for Xiaowu to go to Chang Xiucai's house, she stayed at home and enjoyed her leisure time with her daughter.

As for whether Du Shi would encounter difficulties when returning to her parents' home, she didn't care. After all, those people were her relatives. If she didn't stand up for herself, she, the mother-in-law, would only make people say that her hands were too long.

Of course, since the last time, Yaya never mentioned going to her grandmother's home again.

After the Lantern Festival, the villagers began to prepare for the new year's farming, transporting fertilizers and applying fertilizers in the fields in advance.

This year is also very important for Bai Yunxi. First of all, their Xiaowu has entered a tense study stage in order to participate in the college entrance examination.

In order to take care of his diet and daily life, Bai Yunxi directly told Mrs. Du that nutrition should be kept up and food should be prepared in a variety of ways.

They can't help with studying, so they can only work hard on diet to help him keep healthy and be ready at any time.

Even Xiaowu himself knows that this year is crucial for him. Except for going to the town to consult Chang Xiucai, the rest of the time, he stays in the house to study, and occasionally strolls in the yard with a book, even so, he still mutters in his mouth.

Their family has entered a tense study stage, and Bai Yunxi is also busy at the duck farm. She is ready in advance and ready to accept ducklings at any time.

In order to better manage the duck farm, Xiaosi explained the situation to Shunzi in advance, and after he got married, he would withdraw from the salted goods shop.

Shunzi has already arranged a marriage with the help of his family. The wedding date is set in February this year. After getting married, the salted goods shop is their own husband-and-wife shop.

Hearing Xiao Si's plan, Shunzi disagreed at first, saying that he could cooperate even if he got married. Besides, the two had cooperated well for more than a year without any conflicts, so it made no sense to separate as soon as they got married.

Although Xiao Si was reluctant, she had her mother's analysis of the situation before. They could still be friends if they separated while they were cooperating happily.

For this reason, Xiao Si joked directly that if he felt that he was at a disadvantage, he would buy salted duck from his duck factory in the future, and the two could still cooperate.

For this reason, Shunzi made a special trip to check Xiao Si's duck factory to see if he was a liar. Otherwise, how could they say they would separate when they were cooperating well?

The family was busy, and in order to keep everyone in order, Bai Yunxi made a division of labor early. The fields at home were managed by the second husband and wife, and he was allowed to make all the decisions whether to hire people or not.

The management and protection of the duck factory were handed over to Xiao Si, and she, as a mother, assisted until the first batch of ducklings grew up smoothly.

Xiao Wu was only responsible for studying.

Mrs. Du still managed the family's meals.

In this way, the division of labor went down. Although everyone was busy, they did not seem to be in a panic.

At the end of February, Xiaowu was ready to leave for the state capital to prepare for the exam.

Although there was an allowance issued by the government, Bai Yunxi still prepared enough money for him, and his little book boy Shuyi accompanied him.

At the same time, Bai Anbang also set off to the county to take the exam again.

After sending Xiaowu away, Bai Yunxi put all his energy into the duck farm. In mid-March, the first batch of 500 ducklings were sent by the Zhao family.

Looking at the baskets of ducklings, they were yellow and cute, and they were very likable.

"The ducklings are too small, so you must pay attention to keep them warm and not freeze. You also have to keep them away from Huang Daxian and mice to scare and bite them. Of course, the key is to prevent trampling. At present, it is still warm during the day, but at night, the temperature is still cool. Ducks like to gather together, so come and check from time to time."

The head of the Zhao family looked at the duck farm in front of him and directly explained to Bai Yunxi, even talking a lot about feeding.

"Thank you for your guidance. We will pay attention to it."

The head of the Zhao family nodded, and without staying for long, he took his son back directly. He promised that the next batch of ducklings would be delivered in the middle of next month.

Bai Yunxi expressed his understanding of this point. They are all family workshops with limited production. They can hatch 500 ducklings at a time, which is already good.

Xiao Si surrounded the basket and rubbed his hands excitedly. The pair of yellow fluffy little things in front of him were his hope for this year. If they were raised well, he would turn over.

"Mom, they are so small, I feel a little scared." He had never raised ducklings before. Although he was excited, he was also nervous.

"Why are you nervous? According to the habits of the cubs, keep them warm, avoid trampling, and feed them on time. Don't worry too much about other things. Of course, there will be some losses during the period, but these are natural laws. The survival of the fittest, don't worry too much."

Bai Yunxi looked at him. It takes a few days to adapt to breeding for the first time.

"Of course, from today on, you will pack your bedding and live in the duck farm. I will take care of you at any time, and I will bring you meals every day. Since you have done it, you must be dedicated and not give up halfway."

"Don't worry, mother, I have already prepared myself mentally."

This is his career. The salted goods shop will have nothing to do with him in the future. This is his new starting point, and he must work hard.

Bai Yunxi looked at his nervous and high-spirited expression, and was still very satisfied.

As long as you work hard, no matter what the result is, it is experience and growth. There is no smooth sailing on the road to entrepreneurship. How can you grow without a few setbacks?

But she couldn't say this, so as not to add burden to Xiao Si.

The days of breeding began. Bai Yunxi wrote a breeding manual according to her past memories and gave it to Xiao Si, asking him to follow scientific breeding methods to reduce a lot of unnecessary losses.

Of course, this era is backward after all, and many methods have been simplified by her. But there is only one thing, keeping hygiene and keeping the duck farm clean and tidy is the best way to increase the survival rate.

For the booklet given by his mother, Xiao Si directly put it in his arms, lived and ate in the duck farm, and almost ate and slept with the ducks.

Even so, after a day of feeding, more than 20 ducklings were lost. Every time he picked up the squashed ducklings, Xiao Si couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

He had watched it very carefully, but it was still unavoidable.

It was not until Bai Yunxi brought him food that he saw him staring blankly at a small basket. When he walked over, he found that there were a few more dead ducklings in the basket.

"What's wrong? Are you heartbroken?"

"Mom, I tried very hard, but it was unavoidable." One dead duck costs six cents. If you don't feel heartbroken, you'd be lying.