He placed several fish traps in it.
The fish traps he bought were excellent. Left in the river, they yielded catches almost every day. Of course, the most common catches were invasive fish like tilapia and janitor fish. Sometimes they also trapped golden apple snails.
They rarely ate those things. Lu Ao generally took them home and froze them in the freezer overnight. The next day, before feeding the fish, he dumped them into the grinder, crushed the fish, shrimp, snails, and shellfish into mince, mixed it with millet, and brought it over the following day to feed the geese.
He usually did not lock the goose shed, and the flock generally wandered around during the day.
Led by their leader, they would travel upstream and downstream along the river, foraging on their own before returning when Lu Ao fed them.
With plenty of space, ample exercise, and abundant food, the geese had gained another two or three pounds within a month. The heaviest ones now weighed over nine pounds.
They were not yet fully grown. Once mature, this flock might reach twenty or thirty pounds.
Lu Ao estimated that if the flock kept gaining weight at its current pace, they would reach twenty or thirty pounds by May or June next year.
Eating the geese now would be far too wasteful. They still had room to grow, so he had to let them grow a little longer.
After feeding the geese, Lu Ao went to check on his vegetables. They were still growing wonderfully, though several crops had already been replaced. Things like yardlong beans, cucumbers, and loofahs were basically gone now, replaced by ginger, garlic, scallions, and the like.
Once the weather turned a little colder and October brought the proper temperatures, he could sow radishes and Chinese