Chapter 30: Chickens
Looking around in Xia Ziqiu's arms, when he arrived at the bazaar, Xia Xuege was curious about everything, he hadn't come to the truth for a long time, the bazaar had changed a lot, and some people had begun to sell some vegetables, but the price was quite high, and after turning around, there were really chickens, not only chickens, but also ducks.
"Dad, look, let's buy it back and raise it, I don't want to go to grandma to ask for it, grandma always feels weird!"
Xia Xuege said, Xia Ziqiu nodded, the stepmother gives people the feeling that even if she is always smiling, you should be wary of her, especially the Liang family is a real smiling tiger!
"Uncle, how do you sell your chickens?"
"Yo! A little girl buys chickens? I've got a penny here, and the same goes for ducks, if you buy more, I can get cheaper! ”
The old man looks like a simple person, and it is also written in some places, three wen a, I really didn't see that she was a child and asked for the price, but he only had more than 500 yuan in change, it was true.
"Uncle, is it better to be cheaper, I spend my pocket money to buy it, and it's not good to let my father pay for it!"
Xia Xuege's somewhat childish words attracted a kind laugh, Xia Ziqiu is also happy, her daughter is sensible, it's really good, and the old man is also happy, and said:
"Okay, if you can buy more than ten, I'll give you one, if you buy twenty, how about I not only build two, but also give you a chicken coop?"
"That's it!"
Xia Xuege pondered, her little face was like a bun.
"Uncle, I want to buy fifty, thirty chickens, twenty ducks, can you give me a few more ducks? I'll balance it! ”
"Fifty!"
After Xia Xuege finished speaking, the old man was stunned, isn't this teasing him! Fifty, what kind of family has to raise so many? Twenty chickens and ducks is a lot for the average person!
"That's right, fifty, Dad, is it okay for our backyard to belong to me, it's so big there, let alone fifty, it should be no problem to raise two or three hundred!"
"Yes, no problem, but this chicken and duck are going to eat wild vegetables, do you have so much time to go?"
Xia Ziqiu thought in his heart, the child is just Tu Yile, it is unlikely that he will buy so much, but it turns out that he has a pattern!
"Dad, I can find them with little stones, they said, as long as I give me candy, they are willing to help me work! And chickens also eat wild grass, as well as snails, small fish and shrimp, and there are many of them. ”
"But what do you feed them in winter, you have to feed them in winter!"
"Hmm...... Dad, then let's buy less, the same ten, how about it? ”
Xia Xuege also took a step, it is true that she may not be able to take care of fifty of them, but she is a little greedy character, after thinking about it, Xia Xuege gave the old man a look of help, and the old man was reluctant to do such a big business, and smiled:
"Actually, it's not so troublesome, look at this brother doesn't look like he picked up chickens and ducks, this thing is easy to serve, it's just over the Dragon Boat Festival, it's far away in winter, there is tofu near the house or something, the bean dregs are dried and kept in the winter to feed the chickens and ducks, fifty chickens and ducks can't eat too much, a winter, that is, the bean dregs of the tofu workshop for five or six days are enough, and the coarse grain can also be fed, it depends on whether the family is reluctant to give up, and the grass seeds are also OK, in the meadow, in the autumn, the grass seeds are so much, and the children are idle. There is also a matter of picking grass seeds back, storing cabbage and cabbage (called kohlrabi in some places) or something in winter, and the rotten vegetable leaves outside can also be fed! Fifty chickens and ducks, so to feed! ”
The old man repeatedly said fifty, he was also guessing, Xia Ziqiu is very good-looking and temperamental, it shouldn't be the Zhuang family, Xia Xuege looked at Xia Ziqiu with big eyes, Xia Ziqiu knew that his little girl was itchy, and just about to pay for it, Xia Xuege handed over his own money.
"Uncle, this is one hundred and fifty Wen, you can give me something more!"
Then he turned to Xia Ziqiu and said:
"Dad, I bought this, you don't care about me when I buy it back!"
"Okay, but you'll have to take care of it! Otherwise, you won't be allowed to raise it next year! ”
Xia Ziqiu smiled, didn't say anything, the old man sent a lot, seven ducks, three chicken coops, three duck cages, there is a tofu workshop in Xiajia Village, bean dregs can be fed to chickens, and people must know it, this Zhuang family, but all the things that are used are reluctant to throw away, but it is okay to spend money to buy them, bean dregs, a lot of money, I have seen people buy them before, but Xia Ziqiu can do hard work, farm work is very improvised, and I don't know what to do, this chicken food box or something, there are ready-made ones at home.
However, there are so many chickens and ducks, it is also a problem to bring them back, Xia Ziqiu has two hands, Xia Xuege's head, and he will take one, and then the old man doesn't know where to find a long bamboo pole, and all six cages are put on!
Xia Ziqiu carried a bamboo pole, Xia Xuege followed by his side, all the way back to the village, the people in the village said that although this fire ruined Xia Xuege's appearance, but it made Xia Ziqiu's grandfather and his wife live on fire, fifty chickens and ducks, and the village raised so many by the family! People have money in their families!
When she returned home, Xia Xuege couldn't wait to send the chickens and ducks into the backyard, she was originally a child in the countryside, although she was in modern times, everyone fed corn ballast in winter, but the chickens and ducks in summer are easy to feed, the weeds on the roadside can feed the chickens, the ducks can also go into the water when they are older, there are snails in the paddy fields of Xiajia Village, and the children are smashed after they find it, she can exchange sugar for those children, and they can also change a lot!
Xu is in the new environment, a group of chickens and ducklings are very restless, Xia Xuege is very deflated, her backyard is not like the front yard is a brick wall, the backyard is a cane, the seventh uncle originally bought the land to build a house, and planned to build a few more rooms after the children have more, so he bought a large piece of land, but he only had an only son, and he went early, the area of the backyard is not to mention three acres of land, this chicken and duck boy running around, Xia Xuege can only stop, Xia Ziqiu came from the front, and laughed at Xia Xuege when he saw it, and began to weave a fence with bamboo strips.
Chickens and ducks can't run in the backyard, Xia Xuege looked at his father's face that was about to laugh and felt very uncomfortable, so he picked up the basket and went to dig wild vegetables! These are all little boys, they can't eat much, and as soon as they went out, Xia Xuege was hit back by a woman all of a sudden, and her little buttocks hurt.
"Really, didn't you say that your brain is good, and you're still a fool!"
The woman glanced at Xia Xuege with disdain, Xia Xuege thought, she didn't know this woman, but it seemed that this woman knew who she was.
"Where's your father? Didn't you just come back? ”
The woman didn't care about Xia Xuege, she entered the yard by herself, looked at the yard boy carefully, and glanced at Xia Xuege again, with strong disgust in her eyes, Xia Xuege was also disgusted, who is this woman, she has no politeness at all, she is so casual in other people's yards, and she is very clean, but the hairpins on her head are all discolored, and she looks like a hard face.
"Auntie, where are you, why did you enter my house casually, and besides, you hurt me."
Xia Xuege pounced on her ass, you don't like me, and I don't have to look at your face!
"Auntie? You're really not good, I really don't know why your father is so unlucky, with you as a money-losing loser as a daughter, I'm your aunt, what a lady! ”
Xia Tingting said in disgust, and Xia Xuege was even more angry.
"You say my aunt? I haven't seen you, and besides, I'm not your daughter, so you're not qualified to talk about me like that, but you, blocking other people's doors at noon, coming in and looking at this and that, didn't my father go to see you yesterday, what are you doing, do I have anything to do with being stupid? Haven't you heard of the water spilled by your married daughter! ”
Xia Xuege said, does Xia Tingting really think she is? Yesterday, Xia Ziqiu came back with an ugly face to death, and when she saw this aunt like this today, she was annoying, especially to herself!
Xia Tingting looked at Xia Xuege, her hand suddenly raised, and she was about to fight, Xia Ziqiu's voice rang out.
"Eldest sister, why are you here, Xue Ge, come to Dad!"
"Daddy! Who is she, she says it's my aunt, but there are no rules at all, she has to hit me and beat me! ”
Xia Xuege ran to Xia Ziqiu's side and sued first, Xia Ziqiu touched Xia Xuege's head, didn't say anything, Xia Tingting flew a knife to Xia Xuege in disgust, and missed a smile at Xia Ziqiu.
"Ziqiu, you're busy, what did the eldest sister tell you yesterday, what did you think?"
Yesterday? Xia Xuege frowned, Xia Ziqiu didn't tell him what happened yesterday!
"Eldest sister, I said, don't worry about that, I won't marry a wife, at least not for the time being, your sister-in-law is pampered, and her temper is quite delicate, I am a man with a child, I can't afford to raise her, besides, she is a yellow flower girl, marry me an old man, doesn't this make people have ideas?"
"And don't say anything else, eldest sister, even if I remarry, I will live, Xue Ge is not old, not small, your sister-in-law is only seven years older than Xue Ge, this marriage, what do you let Xue Ge call him? Mother? I'll be his dad for a few years! This age is not suitable, can she serve Xue Ge? The last time I went to your house to give a New Year's gift, it's not like I haven't seen that girl, so rude, Xue Ge will be bullied! ”
Xia Ziqiu said, Xia Xuege understood, this aunt wanted to give the unruly sister-in-law to her beautiful father as his wife, and the sister-in-law was spoiled, so the father couldn't look down on it, and age was also a problem, so the father disagreed.
"Dad, I don't want a stepmother!"
Xia Xuege stared at the two watery eyes and said pitifully, if you want your stepmother to be virtuous and virtuous, who wants to invite an ancestor to be at home! Her family lacks money and people, but there is no shortage of ancestors.
Xia Xuege's expression was like crying, Xia Ziqiu was distressed all of a sudden, but Xia Tingting was disgusted.
"Ziqiu, you're too used to her, you know that you don't have to say this, do you know what he just said about me? Ziqiu, you should find someone to teach this girl the rules! ―――――――――――――――――――――――― "The Noble Girl of the Wang Family" Mu Zhimo was reborn. But why is it a concubine who is stepped on by everyone and loved by no one? Sharpen the knife Huohuo, not for glory, just for safety! Incomplete memories, more and more chaotic puzzles, well, there are handsome and extraordinary beautiful men on the road~ Eh, the people in front of you, you wait for me, who did you just say I am? Turned over and got on the horse, leaning in his arms, "Master, let's catch up with him!" In such a place where the position is as humble as grass mustard and as high as a peacock. Mu Zhimo realized later: What no one else has, I still have to show off!
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