【Chapter 22】Raising chickens and laying eggs

But it was said that after Yu Wan hunted five fat pheasants and a bunch of fat and strong hares, the back basket was almost stuffed, and there was no extra place to put winter bamboo shoots, so she only dug a few and hugged them in her arms and went down the mountain satisfied.

Xiao Tie Dan thought that his sister was digging bamboo shoots and fishing, and was counting how many fish he could eat tonight with his fingers, but he saw his sister coming back with a few pheasants and hares.

Xiao Tie Dan had never seen such a big chicken and rabbit, and his eyes were straight: "Sister! Is this a chicken? Why is it so big? The rabbit is so big, too! The rabbits are bigger than the Masa family! ”

Rabbits are a rare thing, not just anyone can afford to raise them, when Li Zheng bought a gray rabbit back in the town, but the big guy was envious.

"Sister! Where did you get the rabbit? The little iron egg crouched down and grabbed the rabbit's ears.

Yu Wan hurriedly grabbed his little hand: "Beware of it biting." ”

"Rabbits still bite?" Xiao Tie Dan asked puzzled.

"Of course." Domestic rabbits occasionally bite, let alone these two hares? Strangely enough, however, they looked like hares, but they were much more docile than she had imagined, and if they hadn't been found in such a deserted place, she would have thought that someone had caught the hares free-range.

Yu Wan locked the hare in a makeshift open-air chicken coop.

It is said to be a small chicken coop, but it is actually a small circle surrounded by two-foot-high bamboo strips, with a diameter of less than one meter.

The little iron egg obediently squatted outside the chicken coop and looked at the big fat rabbit without blinking.

Yu Wan glanced at him with a smile and said, "Do you want to eat rabbits at night?" ”

"Huh?" Xiao Tie Dan turned his head and looked at his sister with a frightened expression, how could such a cute rabbit be eaten?

"Don't eat, don't eat." Yu Wan said hurriedly.

Xiao Tiedan breathed a sigh of relief, and heard Yu Wan say again: "Then sell it." ”

Little Iron Egg: "......"

Yu Wan put the pheasant in the chicken coop.

When Jiang came to the backyard, Yu Wan was carrying the chicken coop under the eaves of the backyard, it was freezing cold, and it was snowing at some point, so it was better to be prepared.

Yu Wan put the chicken coop away, and when she turned her head, she saw her mother leaning on the door frame of the back door of the hall, looking at her with a smile on her face.

Even if it is a coarse linen dress, Jiang is still as beautiful as a fairy in the forest, such a stunning appearance, I can't help but be amazed after seeing it several times.

But what made Yu Wan care more was Jiang's meaningful eyes.

Could it be that he has been too capable in the past few days, which has aroused Jiang's suspicions?

"Ah Niang ......"

Yu Wan was about to find an excuse for herself, but Jiang Shi spoke as a matter of course: "I'll just say, you used to have a bad brain." ”

Yu Wan: "......"

After cleaning the backyard, Yu Wan talked to Jiang about the uncle: "Mother, how much silver does the uncle need to go to the capital to treat his legs?" ”

Jiang Shi held his chin and thought for a while: "At least...... One hundred taels. ”

Yu Wan was speechless: "So many? ”

"Hmm." Jiang Shi nodded calmly, "Your uncle has missed the best opportunity for treatment, ordinary doctors can't cure his illness, and the consultation fees of famous doctors are not cheap...... Otherwise, how can it be said that ordinary people can't afford to get sick. ”

The word "common people" popped out of the mouth of a peasant woman, always like an outsider telling the story of another group of people.

Yu Wan glanced at Jiang.

Jiang Shi also looked at her, and said with a smile: "But I believe that Ah Wan will definitely be able to earn so much silver." ”

So much...... That's what a peasant woman would say.

Yu Wan said: "I plan to sell half of the pigs in the family, all these pheasants and hares, and the money I earn will be used for the family to do some New Year's goods, and A-Niang will also see if she and her brother need to buy anything." ”

She still has the remaining fourteen taels of salt from the last sale, and the money will not be moved, and she will keep it for the uncle's consultation and travel expenses.

Jiang said with a smile: "Okay." ”

"Sister, sister! Come and see! I don't know when the little iron egg squatting next to the chicken coop beckoned his little hand to Yu Wan, "The pheasant has laid eggs!" ”

Ordinary chickens don't lay eggs after entering the winter, and if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Yu Wan couldn't believe it was true.

Yu Wan picked up the hot wild egg and said with satisfaction: "Then this one won't be sold, keep it to lay eggs, and Sister will make you eggs to eat every day." ”

That night, the hen that laid the eggs received special treatment from Yu Wan - she moved a large and comfortable "luxury" chicken coop with great dignity, not only entered the house, laid hay, but also put fodder.

The next day, when Yu Wan went to clean up the chicken coop in the backyard, she found that the other four fat pheasants in it had all laid an egg very angrily.

Dumbfounded Yu Wan: "......"

……

Pheasant...... The pheasants are not for sale, and there are simply rabbits and pigs.

Tomorrow is the day of the market, and until then, we can go into the mountains again.

She planned to call Yu Feng and Yu Song, but as soon as she went out, she ran into the two, and the two were carrying wooden barrels with fishing nets in the barrels, and it was obvious that they thought of them together.

"Big brother, second brother." She smiled and said hello.

Yu Song's face was stinky.

Yu Feng replied as usual: "The sky is not very good, it may be snowing soon, and when the lake is frozen, there will be no way to net fish, my second brother and I will have more nets today." ”

Yu Wan looked at the dark sky and agreed: "Then I will dig more bamboo shoots." ”

After a pause, he thought of something, and said, "This time, I'm afraid I won't come back until the evening, I'll go and make some dry food to bring." ”

"We brought it!" The brothers speak in unison!

Yu Wan turned her head in a daze and glanced at the two who reacted violently: "Oh." ”

Xu is realized that he had overreacted, Yu Feng cleared his throat embarrassedly and said, "Today...... Eat at my house, my mother said she cooks. ”

"Okay." Yu Wan smiled and did not refuse.

The pig's trotters she bought yesterday had not been eaten, and they had been smoked on the stove, and before going out, she sent the pig's trotters with five eggs and two fat pheasants to the old house.

The uncle's family used to raise chickens, and later sold the last old hen in order to make up money for the uncle.

"Give it to me, give it to me."

The aunt was sitting in the backyard peeling the cob of the dried corn, and the uncle walked over with a cane, grabbed a handful of corn kernels and walked to the chicken coop.

The eldest aunt was not happy: "What are you doing?" There are vegetable leaves you use this to feed the chickens! People can't get enough to eat! ”

Uncle smiled and said, "Didn't you listen to Awan? It's a chicken that lays eggs. ”

Is it chicken? It's the one who delivers the chickens, right? The eldest aunt rolled her eyes and went to the stove house with a dustpan.

Don't bother to pay attention to this person!

After feeding the pheasants, the uncle limped up, took the kitchen knife from her hand, and said to her, "I'll come." ”

The eldest aunt looked at him like a ghost!

The uncle ignored her surprise, put down his crutches, and went to chop vegetables happily.

The eldest aunt looked at his busy and happy figure, and for a while, she couldn't come back to her senses.

"Isn't she just a girl? Worth your pleasure? The aunt muttered in a choked voice, turned around, and wiped her reddened eyes.