Chen Ping washed quickly, washed away the fatigue of half a day, and changed into dry clothes on the hemp rope.

"How can it smell so good?" This clothes were washed in the river earlier, and Chen Ping sniffed it after wearing it, not only with a smell of sunshine, but also with a fragrance.

It was still early to go to bed, Chen Ping entered the hall and took out a small jar from the rice jar in front of the stove.

Untying the hemp rope tied to the mouth of the can, Chen Ping picked up a duck egg, turned it in his hand a few times, and then put it in the bamboo basket on the side.

"Why don't you go to rest, are you hungry?" Liu came out of the east room, thinking that Chen Ping didn't eat well, "I'll go cook a few duck eggs for you again." ”

These duck eggs are all obtained plainly, so that his son can eat enough, Liu is very happy, but he doesn't care if this kind of use is a little extravagant.

"I'm not hungry." This is the truth, although the food is not palatable, Chen Ping still eats the rice in the bowl, but the dish does not move a few bites, "One of these duck eggs can hatch ducklings." ”

"Duckling?" Liu sat next to Chen Ping, "That's broken, throw it away." ”

"You can't throw it away, after a while, the duck egg will hatch." Chen Ping said, "Mother, don't kill those two wild ducks." ”

This is probably why Chen Ping approached the nest of duck eggs, and the two wild ducks refused to leave.

After only a while, Chen Ping picked out nine duck eggs from more than 100 duck eggs. Although this craft is a different body, it is still there, and the smell of poultry is not in vain, which comes in handy here.

"Really?" Seeing the mystery of what his son said, Liu didn't know if he should believe it, so that he could hatch ducklings with a casual pick?

"It can definitely be done." Chen Ping's grasp is still quite large, being able to add some poultry to the family means that life will be improved, Chen Ping is now digging his mind to get rid of poverty.

Of course, you can't take too big a step, otherwise it's easy to pull the egg. After all, this era is different from future generations, even in the future generations, as long as there are some money-making projects, which party does not want to intervene?

When encountering characters that cannot be provoked, most people will choose to sell some shares out, but here, Chen Ping does not dare to guarantee whether just some "shares" will satisfy some people.

I'm afraid that even the belt bones will be eaten by someone and there will be no scum left, that is really a big loss, so Chen Ping doesn't plan to take out some things.

The chicken coop was in the hall, and now it was occupied by a male and a female and two wild ducks, and the poor aborigines could only shrink in the corner.

"Mother, do you have any thicker clothes at home?" The chicken coop was simply covered with some hay, and Chen Ping felt that it was more secure to make a nest with some dry cotton wool.

"Huh? Well, yes, yes, I'll look for it. Liu seemed to be distracted, and after the eldest child recovered, she wandered a lot more often, and hurriedly entered the east room.

There was a sound of Chen's father asking in the room, and it seemed that there was still a low scolding, and Liu and Chen Ping were both there.

After rummaging through the cabinets for a while, Liu Shi came out, holding a jacket in his hand: "Do you think this can work?" ”

"Yes." The jacket should be Liu's old jacket, Chen Ping didn't say much, took the jacket and spread it in the chicken coop, and then carefully put the nine duck eggs on the nest-shaped jacket, fluttering their wings, and the two wild ducks who screamed by the neck actually quieted down.

"Really." Seeing this, Liu laughed, "It's the same as your Aunt Wang's hen." ”

Although Chen Ping's family has a male and female chickens, the eggs are picked up as soon as they fall, or they supplement nutrition for their own families, or go to the county seat to sell them, and there are times when they return favors.

These eggs just haven't hugged a chick.

"It doesn't take ten days for the ducklings to hatch." Chen Pingdao.

Liu nodded, praised Chen Ping, the sound became louder, Chen's father in the east room yelled twice, Liu told Chen Ping to go to bed early, and entered the house.

It was dark, and there was no nightlife, so Chen Ping checked the chicken coop - it should be a duck coop now, and then groped his way back to his room.

"Big brother, will you go down to the river tomorrow?" In the dark, as soon as Chen Ping entered the house, Chen An sat up on the bed with a straight corpse.

Chen Ping got on the bed, lay flat on the bed, held his head with both hands, and did sit-ups.

"Big brother?"

"Hoo ......"

"Big brother?"

"Hoo ......"

"Oh no, big brother, aren't you a ghost?" Chen An shrank to the corner of the bed, "Don't hurt me, I'm your brother." ”

"." After doing more than a dozen in a row, Chen Ping felt that his waist was a little sore, which was the sequelae left by cutting rice in the afternoon, Chen Ping rested a little, and then came.

"What do you mean?" Seeing that the eldest brother spoke neatly, Chen An put his mind at ease and approached him, with a strong desire for knowledge.

"That's what it means to roll over baby cow." Chen Pingdao.

"Oh." Chen An dragged out a final note, he definitely didn't understand the connection here, but he didn't care about this, "Big brother, let's go down the river together tomorrow, how about it?" ”

"If you're not afraid of having your leg broken, you go." Chen Ping said, "Besides, I have to cut rice tomorrow, so how can I have time." ”

"Then wait until the rice is finished before we go."

"Let's talk about it."

Chen Antun felt bored, lay down, muttered the duck eggs in his mouth, and put them in the reeds and did not feel at ease.

Chen Ping changed his posture and started push-ups, and this time, before it reached five, he went straight down.

There was a clang, and the bed was couched.

Across the east side of the hall, Chen's father and Liu heard a sound.

"I'll go take a look." Liu Shi was not at ease, and lifted the corner of the quilt to pass.

"It's not the first time to see what to see, let them figure it out themselves." Chen's father grabbed Liu, "These two boys, sooner or later this family will be demolished." ”

"The bed board is rotten, do you think you will go to the county seat in two days to buy a new one?" Liu thought about it, but still didn't go to the west room, and glanced at Chen Zhen who was curled up in the bedside rocking car, "The little lady is older." ”

"Just your mother is very money-friendly." Father Chen complained again, but his voice was very low, obviously afraid of arguing with the sleeping little lady, "Where did you get the money?" ”

"Aren't there duck eggs? Take it to the county seat and sell it for some money. Liu said.

"Then he doesn't have to return his uncle's favor? And Dr. Hu is not ready to give thanks? His aunt also contributed. Chen's father counted the favors that needed to be repaid one by one, and the husband and wife muttered and calculated in a low voice how many duck eggs the family would have to prepare.

His uncle's family brought fifteen or sixteen pills, Doctor Hu had to prepare at least more than twenty pills, and as for the Wang family, it was also not less, when Chen Pinghan was sick, she sent food here, at least ten.

"Yes, I'll do the math. Fifteen, twenty, ten, how much is the total? Father Chen crossed his fingers, counted for a moment, and finally borrowed Liu's palm to use it, and came up with a number, "Forty-five." ”

"What about the rest?" It seems too luxurious to keep all the duck eggs and eat them by yourself, Liu said, "I think I can send my eldest child to the countryside to study?" ”

Liu's township school is in a village upstream of the river in the south of the village, that is, Tushui. The name of the village is very appropriate to the name of the river in the south, it is called Shangtu Village, which is larger than Baitu Village, with more than 100 households, forming a mile by itself, and belonging to the same township as Baitu Village.

Baitu Village in Shangtu Village is not far away, and it takes half an hour to walk four or five miles. Usually, except for a few village children in the village who are quite well-off, no one will go.

"Whoever can read is learned, can he do it?" Chen's father did not have a high opinion of his son, and it was normal to ignore a logical error, "Besides, the master has to be restrained." ”

"Aren't there any duck eggs left?" Liu said, "Da'er has become different recently, can ordinary people say that at night?" ”

"Isn't that what Doctor Hu told him?" Chen's father replied.

"You believe? When Dr. Hu came, he was lying unconscious on the bed, how could he talk to Dr. Hu? Liu has been by his side to take care of Chen Ping when he was in a fever and coma, and he knows best, "I don't know where he learned it, but he didn't tell us." ”

"Well, if the restraint is appropriate, it is not impossible." Yangzhou, the land south of the Yangtze River, is prosperous in culture and education, although it is in the countryside and village, Chen's father is not disgusted with his son being able to go to school, although there will be one less laborer in the family, but if his son really succeeds in learning, it is a major event to glorify his ancestors.

"I'll ask the blacksmith tomorrow, didn't his son stay in the country? Definitely know. Liu immediately settled the matter.

"Yes." Father Chen seemed to have something in mind and said vaguely.

"Are you tired?" Father Chen is the main laborer of the family, and he is also the pillar of the family, Liu asked worriedly.

"It's fine." Father Chen coughed dryly, twisted in the quilt for a while, and finally said, "You said that you can really pick up so many wild duck eggs in the reeds?" ”

It turned out to be this thing, Liu breathed a sigh of relief, it's good if the man is not sick or in pain, in case something really happens, just like the young widow like the Wang family, it is difficult for a woman to support a family.

"There must be, I went there to do laundry a few days ago and saw wild ducks flying, and it was very noisy. I didn't think it was a nest made in it and laid so many eggs. Although there is a well at home, Liu still likes to go to the river to wash clothes and bedding.

Father Chen turned over and faced Liu: "How about you think I will go down to the river tomorrow?" ”

"Didn't you say it's dangerous to go down the river?" How could Liu not understand what her husband meant, and said with a smile, "I still have to beat the eldest child, look at it now, but I want to go down to the river to get duck eggs." ”

"Who said I went down to the river to get duck eggs? The roof of the house is broken, so why don't I get some reeds to make the roof? Father Chen said, "Besides, what's wrong with even if you go to get duck eggs?" I've been soaking in the water longer than the two boys are older, so is it still a problem to fish empty-handed, catch a duck or two, and touch some duck eggs? ”

"Be quiet." The little lady in the shaker moved, the bamboo bed squeaked, and Liu hurriedly said, "Don't make noise about the little lady." If you want to go down to the river, you can go down to the river, but you have to harvest the rice in the field first, and you will have to pay the rent, so you can't delay. ”

"Of course I know that." The field can make people steady, and if the ten acres of rice are not harvested, Chen's father has no heart to do anything else.