Back to the era with space materials

Si Ningning watched for a while and gradually felt relieved, thinking that the sow in the small pen here had already given birth, so the other sow should be about the same?

Without delay, Si Ningning lined the other sow's pen with straw.

The pig from before was obviously still in its belly. For now, Si Ningning couldn't tell whether the big pig was in good or bad condition. She was not very reassured if she had to tell the truth.

After hesitating for a while, Si Ningning decided to stay in the space and wait for the big pig to give birth to do some other work.

Sort out the acorns that were knocked out a while ago, and use a wall-breaking machine to grind them into powder.

The three-liter capacity of the wall-breaking machine, including the equipment inside, can only hold half a kilogram of acorns at a time. Si Ningning knocked out acorns by himself, and with the continuous help of other people from Zhiqingdian, he knocked out a total of seven kilograms and eight taels of acorns.

, it took nearly an hour just to pack these acorns.

Si Ningning pressed her hands against the top cover of the wall-breaking machine the whole time, and after breaking all the acorns, her hands were numb.

Although the acorn powder produced by the crushing machine is ready for processing and import, it is not actually pure acorn powder.

Really pure acorn powder also needs to be rinsed with water to remove impurities.

To put it bluntly, pure acorn flour is actually starch extracted from acorns.

Regardless of the seven or eight kilograms of acorn powder obtained so far, it would be good to get two kilograms of acorn starch after actual rinsing.

The process of rinsing acorn starch is not complicated, it just takes time to settle.

Si Ningning took a spoon and a bowl and poured out a portion of the semi-finished acorn powder. After preparation, she would see if there was a suitable opportunity to take it out to make some special snacks. Most of the remaining acorn powder was poured into a large plate.

Got in.

Si Ningning moved the basin to the kitchen sink and clamped it, turned on the faucet and filled it with water.

Stir while collecting water, and then reach in and pick up the acorn powder at the bottom and rub it to separate the impurities and dust as much as possible.

Mo Yue filled most of the basin of water, and Si Ningning felt that it was about the same, so she washed her hands under the faucet on the other side, went out of the kitchen, found a pair of labor protection gloves and put them on.

While the acorn powder is resting, you can harvest the soybeans you planted earlier.

There are more soybeans to be harvested this time than the last batch. With Si Ningning’s harvesting speed, it is impossible to harvest them all in one go. We can only harvest a little while we have some free time.

Si Ningning put on another rough coat and a long gown over her clothes. She made all preparations before starting to harvest soybeans.

Moyo harvested a ridge of soybeans, and the sow that had given birth to piglets started giving birth again, giving birth to three more pigs in succession, totaling seven in size. The piglets were nesting on the straw pile and looking for milk.

The sow must be tired, lying on its side limply and not moving much.

Seeing that the piglets had all come out safely, Si Ningning felt slightly relieved. He cooked a large pot of various grains mixed with oil and water in the kitchen, poured half of it into the pots of the two sows, and added the newly harvested soybeans.

I added some to the basin.

A sow with a solid diet can recover faster, and the one that has not yet started giving birth can have more energy.

After cooking the two sows, Si Ningning turned her head slightly and looked at the boar that was pickled a month ago.

The two sows are eating greasy beans here, and the boar is pitifully serving cabbage over there, well...

There seems to be a slight difference in treatment.

Si Ningning poured some soybeans into the boar's basin, "How can I say that he is also a gay man? Soybeans are in short supply now, so I will focus on the lesbians first."

As he spoke, Si Ningning raised his chin toward the two sows, "And have you seen the pregnant woman?"

The black pig raised his head and looked at Si Ningning. He didn't know whether he understood or what, but he opened his mouth and didn't say "Hmph, hum, hum, hum."

Si Ningning couldn't help but smile, and added a handful of soybeans to the pot next to the boar's pen as if to appease and reward him, "When the other beans are collected, you will be missing."

As if he really understood what Si Ningning said, the black pig's tail was curled up like a spring, and it hummed with its head buried in the mouth while eating the soybeans in the basin.

If he could really understand human speech, the black pig might be thinking: Soy, soy, soy! Hey, hey, hey - I'm waiting for you to fulfill your promise.

But little did she know that what Si Ningning was thinking at this time was that the other sow was afraid that she would give birth to six or seven piglets, and she had to quickly deal with the big black pig before the piglets grew up and separated into rolls.

The wooden fence in the space has been used up, so the new pigsty can only be built slowly with bamboo, which is no small project.

Si Ningning didn't want to be too troublesome or too tired.

After cooking a few pigs, Si Ningning collected the eggs scattered everywhere.

The grass and trees that were transplanted before are growing well. Most of the trees were still small when they were transplanted, so their growth is not obvious. The ones like golden cherry, honeysuckle, purslane, etc. grow really fast.

The backyard fence is covered with honeysuckle green vines. If they continue to grow, they will have to climb along the wall to the roof.

The golden cherry blossoms are also growing well. If the newly pulled thorns are full of pink or white flowers, they will look great.

The purslane is no exception. Previously, there were few chickens in the space, and the open space was basically overgrown with purslane. Now there are more chickens in the space, and they will take a few bites from time to time, which indirectly controls the purslane.

The domineering growth of Jian.

As Si Ningning expected, space is developing in the direction of an endless cycle...

However, these are all seen on the surface for now. Si Ningning thought that when he enters the space next time when he has enough time, he must consider and deal with the honeysuckle vines on the backyard fence.

Now, it looks good, but if it is allowed to grow a little longer, it won't necessarily be the case.

Moreover, when the honeysuckle vine gradually grows strong and becomes lignified, it will be troublesome to clean it later.

Glancing at the bulging belly of the sow, Si Ningning thought that the pig would not give birth today, and if she did, she couldn't wait forever, so she took off her gloves and put them on the pig pen, walking towards the villa.

Unbutton the coat.

Taking off his dirty coat, he untied and rearranged his braids that were a little loose due to busyness in the bathroom. Si Ningning washed his hands and face, checked the acorn powder in the kitchen, and considered pouring out the yellowish layer of water on his face.

Finally, he added some water into the basin and continued to settle, then turned around and left the space.

Educated Youth Point welcomed more than a dozen new little lives. Coca-Cola spoiled everyone, especially Jiang Yue. She used to be the most active in cooking rabbits, but now she has given birth to more than ten little rabbits. She often complains about how smelly and ugly they are.

So, but what about reality?

When eating, I have to hold my lunch box and eat in front of the rabbit cage, as if eating will be more delicious that way.

Every time he saw him, Si Ningning couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

However, these two litters of rabbits really made Si Ningning see what "one appearance changes every day". The little rabbits were indeed ugly on the first day after they were born. On the second day, their appearance did not change, but they just felt more energetic.

But starting from the third day, the changes in the little rabbit became more and more obvious.

For example, the characteristics of the ears are obvious, and the body has obvious fine hairs. Starting from about the sixth day, the little rabbit gradually begins to change into a furry direction. Not to mention the cute little appearance, not to mention that the female educated youth cannot control it, and a group of male educated youth are idle.

No matter what happens, I like to run over and take a look.

This is what happened outside the space, but in Si Ningning's space, half a day after the first sow gave birth, the second sow also began to give birth.

The birth of the second sow did not go well. She gave birth to eight piglets in one litter. I don’t know if the last two piglets were entangled in the umbilical cord in the womb, or if the umbilical cord around the neck was not removed in time after birth.

strangled to death.

Si Ningning only entered the space on the second day. Anyway, when she entered the space, the two little pigs with black backs and black heads were already cold.

Although I feel it is a pity, there is nothing I can do about it.

Si Ningning dug a deep hole close to the trunk of a mulberry tree by the stream, threw the two piglets into the hole and buried them, so that they could be used as fertilizer if they rotted later.

Si Ningning kept picking larger vegetable leaves from the space and taking them out. These kind of vegetable leaves were rarely eaten, and they were mostly spread out on the doorstep to dry in preparation for the rabbits.

For rations.

There are so many mouths, so if you don't prepare, those rabbits won't be able to survive until winter.

When Si Ningning was doing this, she would estimate the time in advance. For example, in the morning, as soon as the educated youths left the house, she would enter the space to take care of them, or at noon, as soon as the educated youths left, she would enter the space with her rear feet...

In this way, when the educated youths come back at noon or in the evening, the vegetable leaves will be almost dry and it will be impossible to tell whether they are old or young. Once someone asks, Si Ningning can easily answer and just say that they are from the team.

Which aunt cleaned the vegetable field to give it to her, or maybe she picked up the discarded land and so on.

Of course, Si Ningning did not use such an excuse every time. After drying the vegetable leaves several times at the gate of the educated youth point as a cover, she put the processed vegetable leaves directly into the broken basket for forage.

Anyway, they are half-dried in the sun and have a wrinkled appearance. You can’t tell anything if you get close to them.

Si Ningning was sweating profusely all over while working in the space, which was probably related to this. The low-grade fever and cough that had been lingering on and off for half a month were finally eradicated.

At that time, it was the beginning of winter in mid-November, and with the explosion of firecrackers thrown up from the swinging bamboo poles, the literacy class officially started!

After the firecrackers exploded, a burst of smoke floated in front of the literacy class.

Zhao Hongbing waved his big black hand in front of him, and after wiping away the pungent sulfur smell, he grinned and shouted happily:

"The commune encourages us to restart literacy classes. Although we are a month behind other production teams at this stage, no other production team has literacy classes like ours."

Zhao Hongbing stepped back and waved his hand, gesturing to the people surrounding him to look over.

At the entrance of the literacy class, there were not only all the children who signed up to participate in the learning, but also many adults gathered around.

Young children may not necessarily understand these principles. Zhao Hongbing waved his hand to let the adults present understand that the production team has provided everything they can in terms of conditions, and they will need their parents' cooperation in the future.

"The follow-up arrangements are as mentioned before. During the day, our team's Si will know... ah no, it's Teacher Si and Teacher Jiang!"

Zhao Hongbing took a breath and continued: "During the day, the children are taught by Teacher Si and Teacher Jiang on our team. In the evening, after dinner at seven o'clock on time, everyone listens to the whistle of the team! At least one adult from each family will come.

Here, other educated youths from the Educated Youth Point will come to classes to popularize knowledge and help us members escape from the predicament of being illiterate and illiterate!"

"The number of people is not fixed. In order to complete the commune tasks, each household must provide at least one person! But if the whole family wants to come, that is also welcome! Pay attention during class, and the small tables are all

Children's desks! If I see someone sitting on the desk and destroying the desk, I will scold you and come to the door. Don't blame me for not giving you face!"

Each and every member of the commune was being disciplined to the point of raising their heads and shrinking their necks. It was obvious that Zhao Hongbing had already figured out their ins and outs.

Immediately, they didn’t dare to say anything else, and each one of them smiled awkwardly and nodded, “Team, captain, don’t worry, we will bring our own benches when the time comes, and we will definitely not sit on the table!”

"Yes, Captain, I promise!"

"I promise too!"

The members were talking to each other one by one, and suddenly someone raised a question: "Captain, it gets dark early now. By seven o'clock it will be completely dark. I can't see even if I put out my palm. How can we go to class? How can we learn literacy?"

!?"

Zhao Hongbing waved his hand and said: "Light up!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of noisy discussion from the crowd, and soon someone asked:

"Then who provided this light?"

As if he had expected it, Zhao Hongbing chuckled and scanned the crowd with a scrutinizing gaze, "I've got the lamp, let's collect the kerosene!"

"Ah? Let's get together? This..."

The crowd was buzzing and talking again. Before anyone could ask questions again, Zhao Hongbing waved his hand and raised his voice and said: "This matter is settled! No one needs to say more, what's the matter? I'll pay for your creations."

What are the conditions for studying? You mothers are not willing to pay for kerosene?"

"No, no. It's not! Everyone is willing to do it!" A thin man with a dark face said, turning around to ask the others, "Do you think so?!"

"Yes! Just follow what the captain said!"

Everyone else responded in unison, and Zhao Hongbing's face looked better now.

How much kerosene can a kerosene lamp use, and how much is that little kerosene worth?

Zhao Hongbing didn't care at all that he had to pay for it, but why didn't he pay for it?

I just figured out that these old oil guys on the production team are pissed off.

If we don't let them do something, there will definitely be very few people coming to participate in the night school literacy class.

But if they pay out, no matter how many cents or miles it is, in order to prevent their families from losing money, these old oilmen will come over to bask in the light of the kerosene lamp, even if they fail to listen to the lectures.

They are all honest farmers, and it is not that they are greedy for money or want to take advantage of small things. In fact, they are used to being poor and are afraid of being poor, so they are reluctant to waste a little bit.

Zhao Hongbing himself is also a farmer and knows this very well.