Chapter 121 Chicken Hatchery When he returned to the village, Zhou Yimin saw a group of children chasing sparrows. Don't underestimate sparrows. One or two may not be a big deal, but if there are a group of them, the amount of food they eat every day can be a terrifying number. I heard that in some places sparrows are everywhere. …… "In a while, the wheat will be ready for harvest." Zhou Dazhong's tone revealed joy. Although he went to work in the city, he still cared about the affairs of the village. First, his mother, brother, and sister were still in the village. Second, with Uncle Sixteen as a role model, even if everyone went to work in the city, they were still inseparable from Zhoujiazhuang. People who cut off ties with the village after leaving would probably make Uncle Sixteen dislike them. No matter who you want to displease, you must never displease your Sixteenth Uncle!
"Grandpa Sixteen!" The group of little guys rushed up. Zhou Yimin pointed at Luo Dapeng and said, "He brought food. Let's go find him today." "Brother Dapeng (Boss)" When the little guys heard that Luo Dapeng had delicious food, they all gathered over and shouted in a mess with their little mouths. Luo Dapeng: “…” Calling Zhou Yimin "Sixteenth Grandpa" and "Brother" suddenly made me feel like I had dropped a level in generation. He is a little depressed. But the "little brothers" were still there, and he took out the bag of fried dough twists from the truck bed. "Come one by one, line up, the shorter ones go in front." Luo Dapeng said to everyone. After everyone lined up, they started to eat a piece of fried dough twist. Mahua is a kind of fried food, and its appearance is hinge-shaped, so it is also called "hinge stick". The most famous is naturally Tianjin's Mahua, which is fragrant, crispy, crunchy and sweet, and can be kept in a dry and ventilated place for several months without losing its flavor, becoming soft or spoiling. In today's world of material scarcity, fried dough twist has a very high status in the minds of children, comparable to the spicy strips of later generations. Luo Dapeng once again indulged in the feeling of being the boss. Zhou Zhiming and others helped to remove the sewage pipes and move them to the side. "What is this?" Zhou Zhiming was a little confused. "This pile is for toilets, and that pile is for chicken hatcheries," said Zhou Yimin. Everyone who built the house for Zhou Yimin was confused. Chick hatchery? What the hell? Faced with everyone's puzzled expressions, Zhou Yimin had to explain: "To put it simply, it is a machine and a house that hatch chicks from eggs. Our village has no electricity, so I plan to build an incubator for artificial incubation." "Ah! Can it be like this?" Everyone was shocked. I feel like my three perspectives are shattered.
According to traditional concepts, only hens can hatch chicks. Suddenly, when they heard that chicks can be hatched artificially, their three views were really shattered. "Yes, the success rate is even higher and faster than that of hens," said Zhou Yimin. He wasn't bragging. The hen has to leave to hatch the chicks, right? If she is away from home, the efficiency of hatching the chicks will be affected. In addition, the hen does not know which eggs are good or bad, whether they are fertilized, etc. "To put it bluntly, hatching chicks depends on two factors. The first is temperature, which should mimic the temperature of a hen hatching chicks. The second is ventilation. Many people may not know that eggs also need to breathe, just like us humans." After saying this, Zhou Yimin saw that everyone still looked confused, so he stopped explaining. "Forget it. If you don't understand, just do as I say. The chicks will hatch in time. Don't worry." Zhou Yimin said. OK! After hearing Zhou Yimin say this, everyone stopped asking. Indeed, they really cannot understand it, and explanation is useless. They have to see it with their own eyes that chicks can be hatched without a hen before they will believe it. Besides, Yimin is an intellectual and knows much more than them. Perhaps there really is a way to hatch chicks without using hens. Just like a solar stove, can’t it boil water without burning firewood? There are also water wells, which can be shaken out of the groundwater with just a few shakes. If someone told them this a month ago, they would think that person was crazy. After returning to the house, Zhou Yimin carried in the Wuchang rice he had bought for 1 yuan. "There's still plenty to eat at home!" Grandma said to Zhou Yimin with a smile. The grandson was afraid that the two old people could not eat well, so he always brought fine grains, meat, oil, etc. to their home. "Grandma! The rice this time is different! I heard that it used to be tribute rice, which was eaten by people in the palace. Let's try it this time." When the old lady heard this, she couldn't help but come over, reached out to grab a small handful and put it in the palm of her hand. She took one look and nodded immediately: "Yes! It is indeed a rare refined rice." As to whether it was tribute rice, she didn't know and had never seen it, but she could tell the quality of the rice just by looking and touching it. Not long after, the old branch secretary and others heard the news and came over. "Chicken hatchery? How do we do that?" The old branch secretary was also shocked. If it wasn't Zhou Yimin who proposed this, he would never have believed it. Before, they thought Zhou Yimin would bring the chicks home to raise, but unexpectedly, the chicks hatched themselves. "You build a house first. It doesn't have to be big. A few square meters will be enough. I will take care of the detailed layout later. When the time comes, you will do as I say and provide heating for the incubation room." Zhou Yimin said. He would install hot water pipes in the incubator, and as long as he boiled hot water, he could provide temperature for the incubator. Zhou Yimin did this mainly because it is easier to control the temperature when laying hot water pipes. "Okay, if you have any requirements, tell Zhiming and the others. I will let him be in charge of the incubator. You just need to teach him how to operate it in the future." The old branch secretary delegated power in many matters, especially when Zhou Yimin was in the village.
He actually understood that he was a little behind the times, especially in terms of thinking. For example, some of Zhou Yimin’s ideas were things he had never dared to think about before, but Zhou Yimin wanted to realize them. It is for this reason that he began to gradually delegate power and intentionally train young people in the village to connect more with Yimin. For example, for these projects, he would assign one person to be in charge, and then ask them to report to Yimin on any situation and what to do. Everything was up to Yimin. "Okay, it's very simple." Zhou Yimin nodded. "Then I'll quickly finish these remaining chores in the toilet." Zhou Zhiming felt the pressure on his shoulders was a bit greater. (End of this chapter)