Since the first chick hatched, more than ten chicks came out one after another in the next three days, until Xiaohua gave up holding the nest, and a total of fifteen chicks hatched.

"Fifteen? So much, huh? Rao is already mentally prepared Gu Changning couldn't help but say when he knew that fifteen chicks had hatched.

Yang Huiyun was equally surprised when she heard the number of chicks coming out of the shell: "In this way, there should be eggs laid by big flowers and small flowers in the chicks that come out of the shell." ”

It's not surprising that she would think so, Gu Changning and Aunt Chunhua only bought a total of fifteen eggs, even if Aunt Chunhua's skills in selecting eggs are clever, it is impossible for all eggs to hatch successfully, right?

Yang Huiyun remembered that Gu Changning stuffed the eggs laid by the big flowers and small flowers into the straw nest at that time, and thought that most of them had been hatched.

Suddenly hearing A-Niang mention this, Gu Changning suddenly remembered the big rooster that flew into his yard at the beginning, and he was inexplicably a little worried in his heart, and he always had a premonition that something was going to happen.

Yang Huiyun looked back and saw her frowning expression, she misunderstood, and thought that she thought that the task of feeding more than ten chickens every day was too arduous, so she smiled and said softly: "Although there are more chicks out of the shell, but there is A-Niang, and the matter of feeding the chickens will be handed over to A-Niang in the future." ”

"Huh? How can that work! Gu Changning was in a trance, knowing that she had misunderstood, and said directly without explanation, "It's enough for me to do these jobs, but there are only more than ten chickens, and now they are all chicks, and they don't eat much, I have to go up the mountain to collect firewood every day anyway, and when I pour it, I cut a few handfuls of wild vegetables and come back, it's a trivial matter, A-Niang can rest assured that it will be handed over to me!" ”

Chickens eat grains, wild vegetables, weed seeds and small insects and other things, grains and wild vegetables are easy to solve, and the family will cook rice every day, that is, it is very easy to save a few mouthfuls of food from the mouth when eating.

As for the weed seeds and bugs, she was going to wait for the crops to be harvested on the soil ridges in the vegetable garden, and then put them in to eat the weed seeds and bugs in the soil.

Anyway, chickens and crops can only exist at a time, otherwise these vegetables will be eaten by chickens.

After Gu Changning took over the feeding work again, he suddenly changed his words and looked at these tender yellow chicks carefully, "I just don't know how many roosters and hens there are in these dozen chicks." ”

Hearing Gu Changning mention this, Yang Huiyun said as if she remembered something: "I remember hearing the old people say when I was a child, dip the claws of chicks in water, and look at the traces of their paths, if it has been walking in a straight line, it is a rooster, and vice versa. ”

"And that said?" It was the first time Gu Changning heard such a statement, and he felt very fresh, "Is that true?" ”

"Is it true, if you try it, won't you know?"

"Hmm......" Gu Changning turned his face sideways and glanced at Xiaohua who was looking for food with a baby chicken, and after a moment, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Forget it, I'm afraid that Xiaohua will peck me." ”

Yang Huiyun couldn't help laughing when she heard this, she shook her head, glanced at her daughter funny, and then went directly to the front yard to collect the clothes to dry.

Gu Changning stayed in the backyard alone, taking care of the vegetable garden.

***

Aunt Zhou's life has not been easy recently, since her chickens went to Gu Changning's house to steal food and was driven out, the village laughed at her louder and louder, and even the old Zhou Tou, who has always been honest and dare not make a big deal, lost his temper with her because of this, feeling that she had embarrassed him.

Originally, everyone saw the current situation of the Gu family, the widowed mother was pregnant and couldn't live, all the affairs of the family were handled by the two young children, and the step-mother-in-law's family in the north couldn't be counted on, and the other Gu clansmen also had their own people to support, so they couldn't spare any hands to help - it would be good not to take the opportunity to fall into the well.

The result is good, his own mother-in-law is too lazy to go to Gu Shan's house, causing him to be laughed at for a long time, Lao Zhou Tou feels that his old face over the years has been almost lost by Aunt Zhou, and the old grievances accumulated over the years finally broke out this time, and the frightened Aunt Zhou didn't dare to say anything, and was honest for a while.

On this day, she cursed Gu Changning's family as before while honestly going up the mountain to cut pigweed, her family lived near the east, so she went to the mountain in the east.

Not long after I went up the mountain, I saw several women in the village cutting pigweed and talking not far in front, and laughter came from time to time, and Aunt Zhou's eyes lit up.

She was busy doing work that she hadn't done before, but she was suffocated, and now she saw someone chatting, and walked towards them without hesitation.

"Yo, isn't this Aunt Zhou? You're going to cut the pigweed, too? It's really rare, isn't it the sun coming out of the west today? A woman who was chatting caught a glimpse of Aunt Zhou, and hurriedly turned her head and shouted at her, her words full of teasing tone.

Everyone responded one after another, this week the eldest mother married to Xinghua Village for decades, everyone is still the first time to see her go up the mountain to cut pigweed, these jobs are done by her daughter-in-law or granddaughter on weekdays, she herself is used to hiding idle, why suddenly diligent, everyone is puzzled.

"Why, I can't go up the mountain? Is this hill your family's fault? Aunt Zhou glanced at her and snorted.

"Auntie, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that." The woman who was choked was not angry, but still said with a smile, "It's just that we haven't seen the eldest lady come up the mountain in the past, can't we be a little curious now?" Eh, don't you think? ”

"yes, yes." The rest of the people echoed in unison.

"Speaking of which, I remember that this work was done by your sister Lian before, what about her? Could it be that he is sick? Another woman asked curiously.

"You're sick! Our sister Lian is good, you don't have to curse her to do anything! Aunt Zhou was not happy when she heard this.

Although she prefers her grandson and doesn't pay much attention to this granddaughter, in any case, Sister Lian is also a member of her Zhou family, and she has to spend a sum of money to get medicine for her when she is sick, she is reluctant, and naturally she can't listen to others cursing her.

If she is really cursed and sick, it won't be her money!

Hearing Aunt Zhou scolding angrily, the woman was stunned for a moment, and said repeatedly: "Ouch, Auntie, you have wronged me to death, why am I going to curse your Sister Lian, I just think it's strange, aren't all Sister Lian who go up the mountain to cut pigweed on weekdays, why did she suddenly change to Auntie." ”

"What's wrong with me, as for all the fuss." Aunt Zhou thought of her laziness in the past, and when they said this, Rao has always been cheeky, and she couldn't help but feel a little weak-hearted, and retorted stiffly

In this group of women who spoke, Mrs. Li was also included, she was proudly talking about how good her daughter-in-law was to their family's Dazhu, when she saw Mrs. Zhou coming up the mountain, and then listening to the conversation between Mrs. Zhou and the other two women, she went around in her heart, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration and began to set traps.

"It's also strange to say, Aunt Zhou, you have been going up the mountain to cut pigweed since you had a fight at the door of Gu's house, and so is the girl of the Gu family, I saw her go up the mountain with a sickle a few days ago, and there are only two old hens in her house, do you need to cut so much pigweed?"

"Who? Gu Changning? Aunt Zhou frowned, and an ugly look appeared on her face.

If it weren't for her incident, how could she have been murdered by the old man, and she had to come out to work as a last resort, so that the old man could dissipate his anger, and she would be blamed!

Angry, Aunt Zhou still asked with one more heart: "What's wrong with her cutting pigweed?" ”

"It's just that I seem to have forgotten who mentioned that Gu Changning's family also started raising chickens." Mrs. Li deliberately pretended not to know and said lightly.

"Raising chickens?!" Aunt Zhou's eyes widened, and a thought suddenly came to mind, "Isn't that little chicken my big rooster?" ”

Yes, it must be! Calculating the time, it was only a month since her big rooster ran into the Gu family's vegetable garden to steal food, how could Gu Changning so coincidentally want to raise chickens at this time?

There are only two old hens in her house, and it is impossible for the eggs laid by her to hatch chicks, that is, borrowed from her big rooster!

Okay, you Gu Changning, I really can't see it, you pretend to be innocent on the outside, and you take advantage of her behind your back, not to mention, causing her to be laughed at, and causing her to be scolded by the old man!

Thinking of this, Aunt Zhou was angry, and she didn't cut the pigweed, so she went directly to Gu Changning's house to confront her face to face!

Gu Changning, who was unaware of what was coming, was soaking the dried wicker in water, and when it was soft, she could weave the willow, and when she thought of earning so much silver in winter, her heart was bubbling.

While he was busy working, the gate of the front yard suddenly sounded "bang bang", and Gu Changning couldn't help but wonder if the door would be knocked down, and the knock was followed by a high-pitched voice, "Gu Changning, you little, open the door, open the door for me!" ”

Yang Huiyun was sitting in the main hall of the South House carrying beans, she was startled by the knock on the door, and was about to stand up with a shocked face, but Gu Changning, who was staying in the courtyard, hurriedly said to her, and went to open the door first.

"A-Niang, you sit down first, I'll go see who it is."

Yang Huiyun sat down again, frowned and looked at the door, wanting to see clearly who knocked on the door so vigorously, and said evil words, as soon as she heard it, she knew that the person who came was not good.

Gu Changning's thoughts were the same as Yang Huiyun's, she knew that most of them were here to find fault, and she heard a familiar voice but couldn't remember who it was, until she just opened the door and Aunt Zhou's angry scolding came to her face, and she didn't know who it was.

"You stinky little hoof, two-faced and three-stabbed! In front of everyone, he made a pitiful appearance of begging for perfection, took advantage of our family behind his back, and threw this pot on me, why are you so insidious and vicious at a young age! ”

"Aunt Zhou! I call you a lady for the sake of your elders, but that doesn't mean you can sprinkle in front of my house at will! Before Gu Changning could speak, listening to her scolding words, she was stunned for a moment, and immediately her blood surged up to her head, she glared at Aunt Zhou angrily, and said coldly, "I don't know where our family offended you, provoking you to go to the door of our family of orphans and widows again and again, but I know that everything can't get rid of a reason, Aunt Zhou, you ran to my door for no reason and scolded me, if you don't give a reasonable explanation, we will go to see Lizheng!" Let Li Zheng judge the judges! ”