Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 910 - 892. The house has been built.

Chapter 910: 892. The house has been built.

Professor Song was originally scheduled to return in mid-November, but before he could come back with his students and families, it was already December.

The temperatures this winter were truly cold, each drop in temperature came unexpectedly and plummeted rapidly.

In December, at a time when mild winters are becoming more usual, there might not even have been a first snowfall in previous years, yet in Yunqiao Village, the grumbling voices of Big White and Goose Sister could even penetrate through several hills early in the morning.

No other reason, the pond had frozen over.

The ducks trooped to the pond routinely, their feet snapping crisply on the withered leaves coated in cold frost, the shattered frost gradually melting into the soil.

The ducks stared at the pond, watching helplessly as Big White stepped on the ice a few times before turning back, leaving them perplexed.

Just... frozen over, what could they play with during the day?

The pondside was deserted, the fishermen couldn’t withstand the sudden temperature drop. As soon as the signs of ice appeared yesterday, they hurried home to update their gear and rest up.

The bewildered ducks looked around, then waddled back to their duck pen, squeezing together noisily.

Qiaoqiao came over with a bucket to feed the ducks, his nose and ears were red and swollen from the cold, but it seemed that children are not afraid of the cold – he resolutely refused to wear a hat!

——Wearing thermal underwear already, what’s the need for a hat?

He went back and chattered to Song Tan: "Sister, isn’t the duck pen too small? Can we build a bigger and new one for them next year?"

Then he started worrying: "It’s so cold? If they can’t go out and play, will they become unhappy and stop laying eggs?"

The number of duck eggs had been decreasing since the temperatures dropped, now they couldn’t even collect 20 a day, and not like in summer or fall with a surplus, hence Boss Chang frequently came to complain.

Who would understand? His biggest problem running a restaurant every day wasn’t the lack of customers, but the lack of food.

Is that reasonable?

The owner of the neighboring Youran Vegetable Garden, along with his older brother-in-law, the little brother-in-law from the younger brother’s side, and their wait staff, sat in the empty, lonely hall, watching the early bustle across the street with so much heartache they could almost bite their handkerchiefs!

And over here, Song Tan already had plans: "If you’re free today, go and tell Brother Wu Lei to do some disinfecting first, then in a couple of days, we can move Big White and the ducks over to the grassland."

That area was originally intended for expanding the duck-raising scale, and in winter the cows and sheep would have heaters for warmth — of course, the temperature wouldn’t be too high; otherwise, it would become a greenhouse for raising cows, wouldn’t it?

But a slight increase will make it much better compared to the duck pen next to the pond.

Moreover, they will need to incubate some more come springtime.

Qiaoqiao nodded, his face lighting up with delight: "Will they keep on laying eggs over there? Will they lay eggs in the reeds? Will it be hard to find them?"

He spoke of difficulties, but his face was full of longing —

After all, picking up duck eggs was truly joyful!

Song Tan: ...

Why do children have so many questions? She was tired from answering them all.

And Qiaoqiao didn’t mind not getting answers.

He soon remembered another question with his fair share of concerns:

"What about the chickens? The pigs? Can’t they live by the river?"

"No," Song Tan replied unsparingly, "Chickens are suited for the mountains, next year we will expand the scale to let them roam freely over our mountains behind."

Chickens love to scratch the ground, and if they get to play around a vegetable patch or grassland, they won’t rest until every seed and leaf is dug up!

There’s even grassland planted by the river, so we can’t let them go there and dig up everything.

The back mountain is all trees and shrubs, with a larger enclosure planned around it, there’ll be plenty of space to spare.

As for pigs, they can thrive anywhere, but currently, the number of animals being raised on the grassland is just right—any more would be too much—

Once the mountains on both sides are dealt with, and the sheep are hopping up the hills, then we can consider expanding the pig pens once the space frees up.

And as Song Tan said this, watching his breath mist in the air, he frowned in a sigh: "It’s definitely going to be especially cold this winter—Qiaoqiao, ask Brother Yanping if he knows any clothiers? Let’s get the family a few dozen sets of down jackets. I’ll pay for them."

"Oh right, buy a few extra sets too. Master Jiang and Professor Song’s families will need them as well."

Everyone has a down jacket, so she didn’t mention those. Down jackets are more practical for working in the village in winter... and these things come with a thermal layer, suitable for spring, fall, and winter...

Cheap and good value!

...

As she was planning this, perhaps by coincidence, Zhang Yanping, who was huddled in Song Youde’s new house, let out an "ow" as his forehead was bonked by an exploding chestnut from the top of the wood stove.

Next to him, Xin Jun couldn’t help but laugh, leisurely flipping over a sweet potato on the stove: "I told you to cut wider slits in the chestnuts, but you had to be lazy... So, how was the scent of that bump on your noggin?"

Zhang Yanping picked up the chestnut, looking aggrieved: "I cracked these shells, if you’re so capable, don’t eat them!"

He sighed again: "The villa is nice and all, but it’s missing a stove like this, I always feel like something’s missing."

I see, this is the luxury of having a full belly and warm clothes—now he starts to crave the pastoral country charm.

Xin Jun straightforwardly burst his bubble: "But the room next to the kitchen, it’s specially there for heating fires!"

Ever since winter began, that stove has never been extinguished during the day, always stewing something—let alone anything else, the big pot for dog bones has been moved from the kitchen to this room.

This was intentionally planned during the construction of the house, considering that the villagers would come over to visit, and a large living room wasn’t convenient for chit-chats, so they purposely left this small room!

The area isn’t big, just 30 square meters, but it’s furnished with tables, chairs, snacks, fruits, and in the middle, there is a large iron stove with a flue running across the top—

Every morning, as soon as the fire starts, the room heats up in less than ten minutes; it’s clean and comfortable. Aunt Lianhua nowadays does some chores in this room.

The reason why Zhang Yanping came to Song Youde’s new house was that Old Xu handed over his house the day before yesterday, but the house was as empty as a mountain dormitory.

So Song Tan got someone to deliver furniture and appliances, and someone had to be here waiting for the delivery and installation, right?

By the way, he snagged a bag of chestnuts from the freezer and dug a few sweet potatoes from the cellar... it was just a convenient errand!

Meanwhile, Song Youde also received a call from his eldest daughter, Hongmei:

"Dad, you didn’t even hold a ridgepole ceremony for the house and didn’t tell me... Ah! If I had known, I would have bought the fridge and air conditioner during the Double Eleven sales! Even though the promotions might be fake, we could still save a hundred or so, enough for several good meals for our family..."

The auntie regretted missing out on the discounts and felt annoyed. But then she calculated again; with the old man’s new house built and Tantan covering everything, she couldn’t just buy an air conditioner, fridge, and washing machine, right?

So she bit the bullet: "I’ll buy you a TV as well!"

Good Lord, that’s gonna be ten thousand pieces!

The auntie felt the pinch in an instant.

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