Chapter 21: How to Be Thankful
There was no bitter chrysanthemum in the house, and she was afraid that she might freeze to death if she left the wild duck in the yard overnight, so in the dead of night, Qian Qianqian brought the wild duck into the space.
Xiao Jiu hadn't slept yet, lying on the edge of the ridge and looking at the endless golden waves, secretly distracted.
"Xiao Jiu, do you have a bitter chrysanthemum here?"
Xiao Jiu glanced at Qian Qianqian, "I am a high-yield base here, not Huangtianye, there is no root to move in, so naturally there is none." ”
Qian Qianqian was lost for a while, "I know you don't, this guy left you to take care of it for one night, it's too cold in the cellar, I'm afraid it will freeze to death." ”
Looking at the round snow-white belly of the wild duck, Xiao Jiu was a little greedy, "There should be a lot of goods in this belly, right?" ”
The duck egg this morning made Xiao Jiu have an endless aftertaste, and when he thought of the oily egg yolk, the dog's stomach gurgled.
"Eh, farewell, this is an old female duck, she can hatch ducklings in the future!" Qian Qianqian held the wild duck in her arms, "Do you want to eat duck eggs every day in the future?" ”
Xiao Jiu buried the dog's head, "Although I understand the truth of laying eggs, I've been hungry for a day." ”
"Bear with me, I'll come early tomorrow morning."
Qian Qianqian reached out and touched its round head, and looked at the wheat in the field, "It should be harvested in the next few days." ”
Xiao Jiu didn't worry about these at all, and found a flat piece of ground and drooped his head, as if he was dissatisfied with Qian Qianqian's abuse.
Before going out of the space, Qian Qianqian went to the fence where the five ducklings were kept in captivity for a while, and counted out a total of more than 20 duck eggs.
Sure enough, it was ten times faster, and she was satisfied and firm in her heart, and tomorrow she took the duck egg out of the cellar, and said that the old female duck had laid eggs.
In the future, the eggs laid by the ducklings in the space are also produced by the old female ducks, and the family will not be suspicious, and the Qian family will also have an additional source of income.
The next day, before Qian Qianqian woke up, she heard a movement around her and pushed herself, she had a sweet dream, dreaming that the wheat in her field was ripe, and the golden ones were sold for a lot of money, and finally turned directly into gold.
"Sister, you're late."
Qian Xuan was beside her, and at some point, Qian Qianqian was the only one left in the bed, and Qian Qianqian's mother took Qian Yao for a walk, and Qian Qianqian felt a sore discomfort under her body.
Counting the days, it was Aoi Shui who came.
Qian Qianqian put a clean cloth on top of her underwear, and at the same time missed the days when she could use her aunt's towel, but fortunately she had adapted to it, but she was tired and sleepy for no reason.
Following Qian Xuan out of the room, Qian Qianqian heard Qian Fen's shouting.
"Sister! Bitter chrysanthemum! Bitter chrysanthemum is coming! ”
I saw Qian Fen and Qian Hui one tall and one short, one of them carrying an old broken back basket and coming back with a basket full of bitter chrysanthemums, and in order to prevent leakage, there were also rags in it.
"That's good."
Qian Qianqian touched the heads of the two, took some bitter chrysanthemums and went back to the cellar, leaving the two younger sisters outside the house on the grounds that she didn't want them to see blood, and she took bitter chrysanthemums back to the space directly.
"Xiao Jiu, is my old female duck still alive!"
asked happily, but she didn't want it to fall asleep on the mound, no matter how she screamed, she didn't mean to wake up.
After only a few quacks, Qian Qianqian was pleasantly surprised to find that the old female duck was much more energetic than yesterday, fluttering her plump wings, and was mixed with the five ducklings she had raised before.
Sure enough, the same kind and the same kind can survive for a long time when they get together, and there is no need for this bitter chrysanthemum.
Qian Qianqian endured the sourness of her lower body and squatted down outside the fence, and counted carefully, and there were more than a dozen more.
The eggs laid by the wild ducks were slightly larger than those laid by the five ducklings from the old house, and the eggshells were slightly blue, although there was a difference, but it could also be explained.
Thinking that placing the old female duck in the space would help it recover from its injuries, Qian Qianqian decided to leave it in the space first.
casually put a boiled duck egg next to Xiao Jiu's lazy head, and Qian Qianqian walked out of the space with a new dozen or so raw duck eggs.
There are a total of about thirty hidden in the cellar with last night, Qian Qianqian scratched her head, found a dilapidated bamboo basket and put it up, and pushed the door to meet a few pairs of surprised eyes.
"Sister! Why are there so many duck eggs! ”
Qian Hui's mouth watered, as if he had seen everyone living a life of eating duck eggs every day.
Qian Qianqian went out with a heavy bamboo basket and tightly blocked the entrance of the cellar.
"Just born from the belly of the old female duck, bulging so big a belly, I think it's too heavy to walk, it's not very good these days, so I raised it in the cellar first, these duck eggs, sister wants to sell them in the market first, it's about to winter, we have bacon, but the things are better."
A few children are sensible and greedy, but they will not force it.
Qian Qianqian touched their heads with relief and went out, pushed open the corner door and went to the Liu family next door.
"Auntie, are you there?"
There was white smoke rising from the chimney, and Liu came out with a sweat towel on his shoulder, "Qian girl, so early, have you had breakfast at home?" ”
The days when she came to Kwai Shui were always Qian Fen and Qian Xuan to help cook, and Qian Qianqian smiled.
"I've used it, I have something to find your Liu Han."
It was still too early, so that when Qian Qianqian came to knock on the door, Liu Han had just come out of the room, and his clothes were a little messy.
He greeted him quite embarrassedly, "What's the matter, just say something." ”
Qian Qianqian uncovered the bamboo basket covered with linen, and when she saw Liu Han's face change, she said to Liu.
"This is the eggs laid by our ducks, I want to take a few to honor you, and by the way, I will ask Liu Han to send me to the market and sell these for some silver taels."
Although it was to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, it was also to block the mouth that Liu Han did not let himself send.
Qian Qianqian smiled slightly, and Liu immediately wiped her hands embarrassedly, "How can this be done, what about your mother, she can eat it?" ”
"Don't worry, auntie, my mother now has a duck egg to eat every morning, and my little brother eats more milk."
"That's good, that's good." She took the four duck eggs handed by Qian Qianqian, and hurriedly urged Liu Han, who was still stunned behind her, "Why don't you go and borrow a car like the village chief!" ”
Liu Han was so easy not to be stunned, nodded stunned, and ran towards the door in a daze.
Qian Qianqian smiled and waited outside the door with Liu for a while, and when Liu Han came back from the village chief's car, a figure also walked out of the back door, and sat on the straw beside Qian Qianqian without saying a word.
"You..."Qian Qianqian choked back a dirty word, "The general is also going out?" ”
Xiao Mohan raised his eyebrows and patted his sleeve with interest, "Well, go do something, and buy a winter coat by the way." ”
The coarse linen clothes on his body are indeed too thin, but they are also the only thing in the family that can be handled, and since the death of Qian's father, he has been pressing the bottom of the box.
Looking at his low-eyed appearance, he was a little aggrieved, probably because he didn't take him into account when he bought new clothes yesterday?
Qian Qianqian shook her head helplessly, feeling that sooner or later she would be eaten by this big Buddha.
The sound of horses' hooves led the three into the city in a short time, and they wanted to find the territory of yesterday, but they didn't think that it had been occupied by people when they arrived.
Qian Qianqian looked for a long time before setting up a stall in a corner and shouting loudly.
"Wild duck eggs, fresh and nutritious wild duck eggs, steamed, boiled and fried are extremely delicious!"
Xiao Mohan hugged his arms and stood on Liu Han's side, sighing in his heart why there were so many words in this little girl's mouth.
However, even if Qian Qianqian's throat was broken, her duck eggs were not cared for, because the location was too remote and she was crowded in the corner by other vendors, so the people had already bought things and left before they could get here.
Qian Qianqian was secretly anxious, "Why are you two stunned?" It's a shouting for help. ”
She had never touched a wall, but she was a little embarrassed for a while, and with Kwai Shui's trouble, she felt that her temper was beginning to be irritable.
Liu Han was naturally happy to help with this, cleared his throat, and began to imitate Qian Qianqian's appearance in a loud voice.
"Fresh and delicious duck eggs, welcome to taste~"
"You can't taste this, you fool..."Qian Qianqian lowered her voice and patted Liu Han on the shoulder, but the small action of no one next to the two fell into Xiao Mohan's eyes.
He stood aside and was silent, not only did he not intend to help, but even his whole body was cold.
With the help of Liu Han, Qian Qianqian's duck eggs were finally noticed, but unfortunately it was not a rich person who came to buy them, and they always bought them one by two.
came and went, and there was still most of the basket left.
Qian Qianqian muttered in pieces on the side, "I said I wanted to follow, but I didn't help when I came..."
Xiao Mohan was a little embarrassed by her, he opened his mouth, but he felt that he couldn't open his mouth.
The appearance of thunder and rain made Qian Qianqian and Liu Han laugh at the same time, Xiao Mohan couldn't hold his face, picked up Qian Qianqian's basket and left.
"What are you doing!" Qian Qianqian followed the trot anxiously, and felt that she couldn't be too out of shape, so she could only restrain her anger, "General, you are robbing the private belongings of the people's daughter, I can sue you." ”
Xiao Mohan stopped suddenly, Qian Qianqian bumped into his back, Liu Han was weak but didn't dare to step forward to help her rub the sore spot.
Shi Shiran stretched out his knobly broken hand, Xiao Mohan buckled the knocker in front of him, and Qian Qianqian found that the three of them stayed in front of a large family.
After a while, a housekeeper soon opened the door from the inside, and when he saw that it was Xiao Mohan, he immediately saluted.
"It turned out to be a general, long time no see."
Xiao Mohan clenched his fist against his thin lips and coughed lightly, glanced at Qian Qianqian, and turned back to say.
"Is there still a shortage of duck eggs at home outside the hospital? I heard that the child is about to turn one year old, this is the duck eggs produced by Miss Qian's family, and I want to use it. ”
The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and then opened the door wide, "General, please." ”
After half a cup of tea, Qian Qianqian, Xiao Mohan, and Liu Han, who came with him, have been invited out of the house.
Weighing the heavy bag of broken silver on sale, Qian Qianqian counted it, and there were three taels, and she was quite uneasy in her heart.
"General, didn't you use your official position to squeeze Li Yuanwai? Otherwise, how could a mere 20 duck eggs be sold so expensive. ”
Xiao Mohan liked her appearance like she had never seen the world, and she was a little proud in her heart, but her face was still so calm.
"How do you want to thank General Ben?"