Chapter 135: The turtle has spirituality
Chapter 135: The turtle has spirituality
The lady from before also noticed the commotion here and came over shamelessly, "Girl, can you buy my two too? I'll give you 2 yuan too."
"No need." Tang Man replied lightly, covered the backpack with cloth, prepared the backpack with the help of the uncle, and left.
After walking around for a while, Tang Man saw someone selling turtles and walked over.
There were two turtles in the enamel basin. The two turtles were very big, and they filled the entire enamel basin when they were placed side by side.
I don’t know how many years it took to grow it to this size.
"Miss, do you want to take a look?" the old lady at the stall asked with a smile, "This is what my old man has raised for more than 20 years."
"No wonder they are so big." Tang Man squatted down and observed the two turtles carefully.
The two turtles were not afraid of people at all. They didn't even retract their heads when they hit her, and even tilted their heads to look at her...
Hmm! It's kind of like observing her.
It is said that turtles are spiritual and can be used to protect the house. You can either buy one and keep it at home, or keep it in a spiritual spring space. If it can lay eggs, you can then hatch baby turtles.
"Yes! I have always treated you like a treasure, but unfortunately my old man passed away, and I..."
The old lady forced a wry smile and paused before continuing.
"I just want to find one or two new owners for them. If you want to keep them, just promise me that you will keep them and not eat them."
As if worried that Tang Man would be unhappy, he immediately added, "Although they can't be eaten, they lay a lot of eggs every year. We can't eat all the turtle eggs every year."
"Are they all female?" A hint of disappointment flashed across Tang Man's eyes. She thought they were a pair. If they were a pair, she could raise a lot of turtles. However, two females would be good too. They could lay eggs, and she would have turtle eggs to eat in the future.
"Yes! These two guys don't get along very well and always fight. They can't be kept together. If the girl wants them, either take one home or take both home and keep them separately. We let them roam freely at home, one in the main room and the other in the room."
Tang Man smiled and narrowed her eyes. "How much? I want both."
"Girl, just give them a few dollars. I'm not doing this for money. I just want to find a new owner for them."
Tang Man took out a hundred yuan from her bag and handed it to the old lady, "Grandma, I don't have much more, these are my token of appreciation."
"You don't need that much. Just promise to take care of them and let them die of old age."
Tang Man stuffed the money into the old lady's hand and said, "I promise, I will take good care of them. Turtles are such spiritual creatures. I'm afraid that eating them will bring trouble to myself! Grandma, please tell me how to raise them!"
The old lady took a look at the money in her hand and did not return it to Tang Man. It cost more than this amount of money for their family to raise these two guys, so she could just consider it as some living expenses.
The old lady carefully told Tang Man how she usually raised turtles. After that, the old lady touched the two turtles and said, "Old buddy, I found a new owner for you. You must be good when you go to the new home, ah!"
Tang Man took the enamel basin away and walked around again. Then she bought a dozen fertilized chicken and duck eggs, planning to incubate them in the Lingquan space herself, so that they would never be short of chickens and ducks in the future.
Holding an enamel basin with chicken and duck eggs on it in his hand, and carrying a chicken and duck on his back, Tang Man had no way of shopping any further and left the black market.
She first found an empty alley, put all the things she bought today into the Lingquan space, went out with the empty backpack, and called a ox cart back to the military compound.
Tang Man returned home and Xie Qian was still in a coma. She first went back to the Lingquan space and raised the chickens and ducks under the orchard. She also found some cotton wool to make a nest in the house and put the chicken and duck eggs in it. She had never hatched a small animal before, so she just knew that she had to keep warm. She heard the seller say the same thing, so she could only try this first.
After getting the chicken and duck eggs, Tang Man caught a turtle from the basin and placed it next to the fish pond. The ground here was moist, and there was a small canal she had dug specially. The turtle could live on the ground or in the small canal.
Tang Man took out a small piece of meat from the bamboo house and placed it in front of the turtle. The turtle was not at all shy and immediately came over and started eating the meat.
"Just stay here obediently!" Tang Man touched the turtle's head and killed a chicken. After dealing with them, he left the space with the remaining turtle, the killed chicken, some vegetables and wild boar meat.
When she finished all this, it was almost eleven o'clock. She hurried back to the room, took out the antidote and put it between Xie Xi's nose.
Seeing Xie Qian move, Tang Man immediately put away the antidote and patted Xie Qian, "Xixi, it's almost noon."
"Hmm!" Xie Qian moaned, and opened her eyes in confusion. Seeing Tang Man already dressed and sitting beside the bed, she subconsciously grabbed her watch and looked at the time. She sat up with a bang and said, "It's almost eleven o'clock, sister-in-law, why didn't you call me earlier?"
"It's nothing. Why am I calling you? Just get dressed first and I'll bring you breakfast." Tang Man said with a smile and walked out of the room.
After washing up, Xie Qian walked into the dining room and saw the turtle on the table. "Where did such a big turtle come from?"
Tang Man explained, "I met an old lady outside the farmer's market. She said she wanted to find a new owner for the turtle she kept at home. She said she had kept the turtle for twenty years. I thought about buying it and seeing if my grandfather and his family wanted to keep it, so I bought it."
Xie Qian immediately said, "Grandpa will definitely be willing to raise it. The longer you raise a turtle, the more spiritual it will become. It can also protect the house. If my sister-in-law gives this to him, he will definitely be very happy."
"As long as Grandpa likes it, that's good. If Grandpa doesn't like it, I'll have to find a new owner for it!"
Tang Man smiled, knowing that the larger the family, the more they would like turtles, and she also believed that turtles could bring good luck to the family, otherwise she would not have left one outside on purpose to give to Grandpa Xie.
"Hey! Let's go to the clinic this afternoon! Send the turtle over to grandpa."
"Okay!"
Tang Man agreed with a smile, "Okay! It just so happens that your brother told me a few days ago that the glass bottles and packaging boxes are ready. When he is done with his work these two days, he will send them to me. We can bring them back ourselves later so that he doesn't have to make another trip."
"He doesn't want to make this trip. If possible, he would definitely come here every day to accompany you."
After Xie Qian finished lunch, she went to the kitchen to cook lunch. After lunch, the two of them carried the turtle out the door.
When the two were almost at the gate of the military compound, a car stopped beside them. A man in military uniform popped his head out of the car and shouted with a smile, "Manman."
Tang Man looked at the man for a while before she recognized him. It was He Xiangjun, a neighbor brother in the compound. When she was a child, her brother often took her to play with He Xiangjun and others. Tang Man was very happy to see her former neighbor brother and hurriedly greeted him, "Brother Xiangjun."
"I just heard from my parents that you're back, and I ran into you right now." He Xiangjun glanced at Xie Qian beside Tang Man, knowing that she might be busy, and it was not appropriate to continue chatting with her, so he asked, "Are you going out? Where are you going? I'll take you there."
"Brother Xiangjun, you have something to do first. I have to go to the West District. It's a bit far so I won't bother you."
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