While the two were talking, they heard the sound of "clucking" coming from the chicken coop. Chu Yue was close to the chicken coop. She stood up and looked in the direction of the chicken coop with a hint of surprise on her face.
"Mom, the chickens we bought later seem to be laying eggs!"
Yun Cuihe happily entered the chicken coop and took out a small egg with blood on the shell from the nest.
"They are really newborn eggs. We don't have to worry about eating eggs at home in the future."
"Nine of the remaining chickens are hens. When these chickens start laying eggs, our family will still have extra eggs to sell. Later, there will be more than a dozen chicks hatched. If they grow a little longer, they can be used during the Chinese New Year. I made fried chicken and ate it.”
"Yes."
Yun Cuihe smiled and called Xiaozhu, and after asking her to put the eggs in the kitchen, she continued to cut cabbage.
The remaining radish and cabbage were pulled up by the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. The two brothers Lu Xingping squatted aside to twist the radish leaves and peel off the dead leaves of the cabbage. Xiao Zhu held the cleaned radish and cabbage and carefully put them into the backpack and basket.
Chu Yue went to the kitchen to get a hoe and dug out the remaining cabbage roots in the ground.
This cabbage root is a good thing. Not only can it be fried and pickled, it can also be used as medicine.
Drinking it with ginger brown sugar and boiled water can cure colds. Boiling water to wash your hair in autumn can also prevent hair loss.
Chu Yue didn't let go of any of the cabbage roots in the ground. After digging them all out, she cleaned some of the cabbage roots, cut them into slices and put them in a bamboo plaque to dry, and she put the other small part in a pile in the corner. Then eat it pickled or stir-fried.
Yun Cuihe, who was cooking in the kitchen house, saw Chu Yue busy and said hurriedly, "Yueyue, take a rest. Don't think that you are fine now because you are young. In the future, you will have problems when you get older. Be careful in the future." Backache."
After hearing this, Chu Yue smiled and said, "Mom, I understand."
She washed her hands, then went to get the dishes and chopsticks and put them on the table, "Ms. Xingping, Xingpingan, Xiaozhu, it's time to eat."
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The next day, Lu Dagui brought Tiedan to his house early in the morning.
After dinner, he led the mule and hitched it to the mule cart. He also took the initiative to load two baskets of radishes and cabbages on his back into the mule cart.
Chu Yue looked at Lu Xinghe with some worry.
"Mr. Sir, you must be more careful outside. Don't use force or carefully pull the newly grown bones."
Lu Xinghe nodded, as it would be a concern for his family, and he told him, "The county is further away than the town. I'm afraid we won't be able to come back at noon. If the sale is fast, we will come back before dark. If the sale is too late, we will be there." I'll be back in the county town for the night, don't worry, as Lu Dagui and my fourth uncle are here, I'll be fine."
Chu Yue said with reluctance, "I understand, we are all waiting for you at home."
Lu Xinghe smiled and touched her head, then turned around and got on the mule cart.
Lu Dagui drove the mule cart down the mountain, then came to the old house and took Lu Shoucheng with him.
Because he didn't know the market situation, Lu Shoucheng only brought a basket of radishes and cabbages. After he figured out the situation in the county, he could just bring more next time.
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When it was getting dark and Lu Xinghe had not returned yet, Chu Yue opened the courtyard door and looked into the distance. There was no trace of the mule cart for a long distance outside the entrance of the village.
She blew out a mouthful of white mist into her palms, then rubbed it, "Mom, will my husband not come back today?"
"I haven't returned yet. I'm afraid I was delayed in the county town. It's okay to rest there for the night. It's not safe to travel at night. Don't always watch outside. It's cold outside. Don't catch a cold. If they come back If you do, you’ll get home eventually.”
It's not that Yun Cuihe isn't worried, it's just that at her age, she is calmer than Chu Yue.
"Hey, okay."
Chu Yue closed the door with some disappointment.
After washing up, she burned the kang and went to bed. She was usually used to holding Lu Xinghe's arm to fall asleep, but today without him by her side, she couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning.
I don't know when I turned over before I fell asleep in a daze, but the charcoal fire stuffed in the kang went out after it burned out.
When Lu Xinghe was beside him, his body was very hot. Without the charcoal fire, she didn't feel cold at all. Not long after the charcoal fire went out today, Chu Yue huddled in the bed and shivered, and woke up half-way due to the cold. Several times.
The next day was the day for Lu Yufang and Hairpin.
Chu Yue got up early, but when she got up in the morning, her head was a little groggy.
While eating breakfast, Yun Cuihe saw that Chu Yue looked bad and asked with concern, "Yueyue, did you not sleep well last night?"
Chu Yue sneezed and rubbed her nose.
"Yes, I'm a little uncomfortable sleeping alone all of a sudden."
Yun Cuihe smiled and said, "After breakfast, you can burn the kang and go to sleep in the cage. Xinghe and the others rested in the county town for the night. They should be back earlier today. Yufang is as old as your uncle, don't you think so?" If you miss it, when they come back later, I will ask you to go to the old house with them."
Chu Yue nodded, forced herself to drink a few mouthfuls of porridge in the morning, then burned the kang and lay down on the bed to sleep.
When Lu Xinghe arrived home, it was already the end of the year.
When the mule cart entered the yard, they saw only three little carrot heads and Yun Cuihe, but Chu Yue was nowhere to be seen.
Lu Xinghe jumped out of the mule cart and handed her the money he received from selling vegetables yesterday.
"Mom, this is the money I got from selling vegetables yesterday."
Yun Cuihe weighed it in her hands, "Is it so heavy?"
"The selling price in the county town was high, so I stayed there all night, but the profit was considerable." He looked around, "Where is Yueyue?"
Normally, even if he only went out for a short while, the little girl would come out to greet him when he came back. But it was strange today. He came back the next night, but she was nowhere to be seen.
Yun Cuihe pointed in the direction of the house, "When I got up in the morning, I saw that her face was not good, so I asked her to go back to sleep. You go and wake her up. We have to go to the old house."
After Lu Xinghe finished speaking, he went into the house.
Yun Cuihe counted out thirty coins from the money bag and handed it to Lu Dagui.
"Dagui, you have worked hard all day with Xinghe. This money is considered wages. I'm afraid we won't be able to support you and Tiedan today. Yufang is a hairpin girl today, so our whole family has to go to the old house."
Lu Dagui looked at the copper plate in his hand and grinned.
"It's okay. Auntie gave me such a lot of wages, and it will be the same when we go back to eat."
After he finished speaking, he put the empty basket and basket in the kitchen, unloaded the mule cart, led the mule to the pig pen, put feed in the trough, and then led Tiedan home.
Lu Xinghe entered the room quietly and saw Chu Yue sleeping on the bed with her back to him, her body curled up into a small ball, looking as if she was very cold.
He frowned slightly, stepped forward, stretched out his hand to touch Chu Yue's forehead, and felt that his palm was extremely hot.
The little girl really has a fever!
