Chapter 50: The Little Chicken Hatches
In the morning, Qiubai just woke up and sat up from the recliner, when he heard Niuniu shouting: "Uncle, you are up." ”
Qiubai stretched his waist, his brain was a little dizzy, and he nodded subconsciously: "Well, Niuniu, you came to your uncle's place to fish for loaches again." ”
Niuniu squatted in the fish pit seriously, holding a small fishing rod in her hand, and sure enough, she was fishing for loaches, Niuniu was not greedy, she knew that she couldn't catch it if she wanted to fish for black, so she fished for loaches in the mud, the loaches were very fat, as long as she caught a Niuniu, she would let Qiubai burn to eat, and the little girl was very young, so she was a little greedy.
"Well, yes, you're so cool here." Niuniu turned her head and looked at the hook seriously, for fear of leaking.
Qiubai stood up, and when he saw that Ning Ning was not there, he went into the house and looked for no one, only the pot was boiling in the pot, and it was estimated that he was going out, so he began to wash his face and brush his teeth.
Now Qiubai washes his face and brushes his teeth on the edge of the fish pit, where there is a water outlet, usually Qiubai will pick a few loads of water to change the water in the fish pit for two or three days, and brush a mouthful of foam: "Have you fished?" ”
"No, loaches are smarter than Niu Niu, they don't eat."
Qiubai grinned, "How can there be, Niuniu is much smarter than them, they are all stupid, I'll catch some small fish in a few days, let Niuniu catch a little more, okay?" ”
"Okay, thank you, uncle."
"That's good." Qiubai is very pleased, saying that now Niuniu in Repulse Bay is his junior, and it is not easy to listen to others shouting uncle.
Ning Ning walked in from outside, holding breakfast in his hand, and said with a smile to Qiubai: "You got up, I wanted to cook some food, but when I saw that there were no materials at home, I went out to buy something, who is this child?" ”
"This is Niuniu, the little baby of Aunt Lu's family in the east of the bay, Niuniu, this is Auntie."
Niuniu quickly stood up and glanced at Ning Ning timidly, Ning Ning had a gentle smile on her face, and Niuniu was almost immediately not afraid: "Auntie, my name is Lu Qiong, and you all call me Niuniu." ”
Qiubai said secretly, Ning Ning is really a child, saying that Ning Ning was the same when he was in college, as long as he went out and met a child, a child would rarely refuse Ning Ning's smile, on the other hand, Qiubai would not be able to, if he didn't use all kinds of means, the child would not take care of him, and the gap was quite big.
"Hello Niuniu, are you going to school now?"
"No, I won't be in school until next year."
Ning Ning put breakfast on the table, went to the house to put the porridge up, and put it on the table, "Come and eat, Niuniu, you can also come and eat a little, Auntie just bought it." ”
"Hmm." Ning Ning's gentleness made Niuniu unable to be vigilant, if Qiubai asked this girl to eat, Niuniu would have to twist three or four times.
Ning Ning bought buns and pig rakes, pig rakes are one of Qiubai's favorite breakfasts, and there is a plate of soaked Jiang beans, Qiubai is a little abrupt, he has hardly eaten breakfast since he went home, although there is a lot of time, but sometimes he is too lazy to go to the town to eat, it feels good to have a woman at home.
Ning Ning's porridge is also very fragrant, and the porridge takes a long time, so the temperature is just right when eating, Qiubai took a sip and was very comfortable: "What time did you get up." ”
"It's past six o'clock, and I didn't greet you when I saw you sleeping." Ning Ning replied, and then gave Niuniu a pig rake, Niuniu happily bit open, the stuffing in the pig rake is pork and goose shoots, there is a lot of oil, a bite is full of oil, very delicious, but the skin is rice, so ordinary people really can't eat a few.
Qiubai was in a very good mood, and her appetite also increased greatly, she drank three bowls of porridge in one go, and her stomach was bulging, Niuniu ate two pig rakes and a bowl of porridge, and her little belly was also bulging, and she hiccuped, which was very cute.
After the meal, Qiubai took the initiative to take on the task of washing the dishes, washing the dishes hurt his hands, Ning Ning watched from the side, and said some gossip by the way.
"Let's go to the town to buy something later, the quilt and sheets have to be changed, I haven't brought my toiletries, I have to buy them for a while, and you have to buy a few clothes, I see that you don't have a few clothes to wear out, it's okay to wear them at home, but it's a little bad to go outside." Ning Ning said to Qiu Bai in a consultative tone.
"Well, you can make up your mind."
"I'll learn online for a few days first, and after you and Wang Cheng go to the flower and plant fair, let's plan well and see what to plant, by the way, what about the land at home? I'll take a look in a moment. ”
"Ground? That, I have to tell you about this, the land was contracted out before, and then it will expire next year, it is contracted by Niuniu's family, but there is a way to plant, like Aunt Chen's house has some idle land, Aunt Chen is old, the baby is outside, her land is a little barren, we can borrow it for a while, and then give the mother some money, the mother should not refuse. ”
In fact, there are many lands in the village that are in a state of semi-wasteland, because there is no labor, but Chen Niang's family is the most difficult, Qiubai is thinking of giving the eldest mother some subsidies, if you can't do it directly, if you borrow its land and give money, then no one will say anything.
"yes, okay."
"By the way, pick a time in the past few days, I will go to the bay with you for a walk, let the people in the bay know you, and it will be easy to find them to do things in the future."
In fact, rural people are also quite vigilant, and it is not easy for outsiders to integrate into it, but because of Qiubai, and Ningning's affinity is incomparable, I believe that people in Repulse Bay will accept Ningning very quickly.
When everyone in Repulse Bay knows about Ning Ning and knows the relationship between Qiubai and Ning Ning, Ning Ning will be regarded by them as the Lin family in the future, and it is estimated that the title will become the daughter-in-law of the Lin family in the future.
"Auntie, let's go to my house first." Niu Niu didn't concentrate on fishing for loaches on the side, and listened with her ears pricked up.
"Well, Auntie will go to your house first in a few days."
After Qiubai finished washing the dishes, he was just thinking about what to do next, whether to help the poplar catch insects or do something else, but he heard a little chirping in the room, which was very small, and would be ignored if he didn't pay attention.
Ning Ning heard it, "Are there still chickens in the house?" I didn't see it just now. ”
The two of them followed the sound and went to the innermost room, which was rarely used, for it was a granary, and their eyes fell on the ground, where there was a pile of cotton, and where three little chickens were crying very urgently.
"It's hatched." Qiubai's face was happy, which was good news, but there was still an egg in the cotton that didn't move, and it should have become a dead egg.
"Is this a chick? How is it so small? Ning Ning didn't recognize it, so she was a little confused, it was too small.
The size of the chicken is much smaller than that of the chicken, so the little chicken looks very small, the newly hatched chicken does not even have fluff, it looks smaller, the eyes are not opened, and they are there to scream, obviously hungry, if Qiubai does not hear it, maybe they will starve to death.
"This is the rice chicken, I picked up the rice egg a few days ago, I put it here, but it hatched, and my luck is not bad." Qiubai stepped forward and carefully held the three rice chickens in his hands, but none of them filled their palms, but thinking about how small one was, they screamed more urgently.
"Oh, the chicken, it seems that they are hungry, alas, I washed the pot just now, what to feed them now, I will go cook some porridge." Ning Ning is even more anxious than Qiu Bai, most people with gentle surnames have no immunity to small animals, and the same is true for Ning Ning.
"Well, okay, you go cook porridge, I'll feed them a little water."
The two worked together, Ning Ning went to cook porridge, Qiubai came out with the three little guys, came to the fish pit, and took some water from the fish pit with his other hand, there is Tai Sui water in this water, but it was made two days ago, and Qiu Bai didn't know if it worked.
Put the palm in front of the little one, they are really thirsty, smell the smell of water and peck up, the adult beak is very pointy, but now their beak is still soft, pecking gently and softly, than tickling is not as good.
Niuniu's eyes are straight on the side, as a child, her immunity to this kind of little thing is even lower, at least nine out of ten children like small animals, and Niuniu is no exception, "Uncle, I'll take a look, I'll see, what is this." ”
Qiubai moved his hand a little, but he didn't dare to let Niuniu grab it, "This is a little chicken, I'm feeding them water, Niuniu, you can feed it too." ”
"Uh-huh." Niuniu took a handful from the fish pit, got her clothes wet but didn't care at all, and when she reached the mouth of the little chicken, there were not a few drops left in her palm, but the three little chickens were also very face-saving, and they rushed to peck the water in their hands clean, and Niuniu giggled.
After feeding the water, the three little guys were a little quieter, at this time Ning Ning was still cooking porridge, and he still needed to wait for a while, Qiubai put the cotton on the chair and put the rice chicken on it, "Niuniu, help uncle watch them, they are still very young, Niuniu can't bully them, uncle help them make a nest." ”
"Okay, Niu Niu won't bully them." Niu Niu assured.
Qiubai found a rotten dustpan, the dustpan is made of bamboo, and the bamboo pieces are pulled out again from the inside, and then braided casually, a simple nest is formed, and then the cotton is spread, and the little straw chicken is put inside, and this will be the home of the little straw chicken for a long time in the future.
When these are finished, Ning Ning boiled the porridge well, scooped it up with a small spoon to blow it cold, Ning Ning began to feed them, the little rice chickens are very naughty, they won't eat well, they will shake the rice grains in the spoon when they peck them, and throw the rice grains everywhere, but the three of them don't feel annoyed, Niuniu is even more impatient, and wants to feed the rice chickens in person, but Qiubai and Ning Ning don't dare to let her feed them.
Finally finished feeding, the little ones quieted down, curled up there and began to sleep, Ning Yan cleaned up the fallen rice grains around him, "I will feed them in the future." ”
Qiu Bai smiled: "Okay, I heard that many animals will think that it is their mother when they open their eyes for the first time, and they don't know if it's true or not, so it's time to give it a try." ”
Ning Ning's heart is also full of expectations, rural life is too leisurely, and the birth of three little lives has undoubtedly made this place a little more lively.