Xu Yin rubbed her suddenly itchy nose and glanced at the setting sun. The work in the fields was almost done and it was time to go back and make dinner.
As soon as I got home, I saw Mrs. Xu coming to the door with a basket: "Yin Yin, I've found the chicken cubs you want for you. You feed them carefully and you will have chickens to eat during the Chinese New Year."
"Thank you grandma."
"This is nothing to be thankful for." Mrs. Xu waved her hand.
He turned his head and looked outside the house, and like an underground gang member, he carefully took out a bag of grain from his clothes.
"Are you about to stop eating again? Let's eat these first. Your grandfather is trying to buy black market grain. He will pick it up when he arrives in a while."
In the past, the old couple saw that their younger son was so lazy. Sometimes they got angry and really didn't want to deal with this son. Unless he shamelessly went to the old house to get food, they had the right to ignore him, and he didn't work much anyway. Just eat something to keep you from starving to death.
But recently, Xu Yin has been giving the second elder some small fish and shrimps from the river every now and then. Seeing that the third elder is earning full work points every day, she can't help but worry about what the third elder will do if they don't have enough food to eat and have no energy to work? It was still early for the grain distribution after the double robbery, so Old Man Xu asked someone to buy grain from the illegal market.
Xu Yin did not refuse the old lady's kindness.
If she hadn't had a systematic warehouse where she would bring out some sweet potatoes, potatoes, sorghum, millet and other grains from time to time, and mix them with local rice to make rice and sweet potato rice, the family would have stopped eating.
Comrades Xu Laosan and Chen Huilan never care how much food is left in the rice vat at home as long as they have something to eat. The worst case scenario is that if you run out of money, one of them will go to his old house and the other to his parents' house, but he can always come back with some extra money.
Besides, they are now earning work points every day. If they are not fed, they will probably give up their work.
So Xu Yin was also having a headache, where could she get some fresh food? The result is that the two elders are still awesome.
"Grandma, this is the money to buy grain, and this is the money for the chickens." She gave the money to the old lady.
Mrs. Xu refused to accept it: "How much are the two chickens worth? We'll wait until we buy the food."
Seeing that she refused to take it, Xu Yin gave her a handful of freshly picked leeks and a few wild eggs, and stuffed them into the old lady's basket: "You can take them back and add some vegetables."
Mrs. Xu declined, but finally accepted.
Walking on her little feet, she returned home with a smile on her face, and showed the old man how her granddaughter honored them both by eating:
"Girl Yin has been very lucky recently. She picks up wild eggs every now and then. And these leeks, are they good to grow? This child used to look lazy. I'm really worried that she will be as good as the third child. I went to look for my husband’s family, but unexpectedly I suddenly had an enlightenment. Not only did I rush to do the work in the fields, but my house was also tidied up. Now my husband’s family will definitely not have to worry about it.”
Xu Yin rubbed her itchy nose again.
Strange, why do I keep having an itchy nose and the urge to sneeze today? Could it be a sign of a cold?
I quickly fed myself two health pills to improve immunity, drank a few sips of Lingxu Sect mountain spring water, and then put the two chicks into the chicken coop made with bamboo strips a few days ago, sprinkled a handful of millet, I threw a vegetable leaf and let them peck at it first.
I plan to take some time to make some chicken feed.
She had done this before when she was a peasant girl: using chicken grass, bran, wheat bran, and common herbs that are easy to find in the mountains that chickens like to eat, chop them together with high-protein insects. Now she also has Lingxu Sect mountain spring water, mixed with Feed it to the chickens, they are absolutely nutritious and healthy and will not get sick.
Just do what comes to mind.
Early the next morning, Xu Yin rushed to the foot of the mountain to cut a basket of chicken grass before starting work. She found wild alfalfa, which all livestock loved to eat, and plowed up a large piece of it.
At the same time, I sow some high-quality alfalfa seeds that have been cultivated for several generations. In the spring, the seeds will germinate quickly, and another harvest can be harvested in two months.
Now that she was here, she walked up the mountain for a while.
The mountains are mostly covered with shrubs and miscellaneous trees. Apart from birds making their home here, other game is rarely seen.
But someone in the brigade has picked up pheasant eggs, which means there are pheasants.
Xu Yin walked around and picked out the smallest pheasant in Taoyuan Star.
In terms of size, Taoyuanxing can only be ranked at the bottom of the list, but it is better because of its small frame and lots of meat, and it is very fat.
Xu Yin stuffed it into the basket on her back, spread it with several layers of common herbs such as purslane and dandelion, and went home with the basket on her back and the bamboo basket.
Xu Laosan only woke up when he saw her taking out a pheasant from the basket on her back. His eyes widened: "Yin, Yin Yin, is this a pheasant?"
"Yes! I was lucky enough to catch it."
"Oh, is it really a pheasant? It looks fatter than a domestic one!"
"Our daughter is very lucky. She often picks up wild eggs, but this time we also caught a pheasant! Haha!"
Xu Yin urged them to go to work: "It's getting late. You go first. I'll clean up and go."
"Okay, okay, you take your time and pack up, we'll go first."
Xu Laosan and his wife were not very interested in going to work in the fields so early, but when they saw pheasants to eat, they immediately revived with full health.
"Don't tell anyone." Xu Yin reminded them before they went out, worried that they would talk loudly.
"If you don't tell me, don't tell me, I won't tell you!"
"Yes, yes, we know, make a fortune silently!"
But even if he didn't say anything, he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
While I was working on my hands, all I could think about was the fat and oily pheasant, and I laughed out loud as I thought about it.
"Third brother, what's the good news? I see you're having a great time."
After working for an hour, I went home for breakfast. On the way, the villagers made fun of Xu Laosan.
Xu Laosan would kill him without saying a word.
Chen Huilan's side also had a woman asking her: "Third daughter-in-law, is there any happy event in your family? Has Yinyin chosen her son-in-law? Which family is it from? It seems you are very satisfied?"
Chen Huilan waved her hand: "Where is it? It's still early for the son-in-law. How old is Yin Yin? She said she won't find a partner when she is not eighteen."
"Then what are you enjoying? From morning till now."
"...Well, I just had a sweet dream last night and ate a big fat meal."
"..."
The village woman looked at her suspiciously, not quite believing it.
Shouldn’t you be depressed when you wake up after eating meat in a dream? How can you still have fun all morning?
Chen Huilan looked at her with innocent eyes: "Really! I didn't lie to you!"
"..."
When they got home, the couple stepped forward and back into the courtyard door, closed the courtyard door behind their backs, jumped up excitedly, and then ran to the kitchen to have a look.
Before starting work, Xu Yin prepared the chicken, boiled it over high heat, removed the firewood, and simmered it on charcoal stars.
After simmering for an hour, the chicken is tender and flavourful.
The couple was very happy. Quickly grab a bowl of soup and drink it.
Xu Laosan sighed with satisfaction: "It's so comfortable!"
Take a sip of chicken soup and a bite of steamed buns. Mix wet and dry ingredients to settle your stomach!
He used to hate eating dry whole-grain steamed buns, but now he just eats chicken soup and doesn't feel choked at all.
"Why aren't Yin Yin coming back today?" Chen Huilan looked towards the entrance of the courtyard while eating.
Xu Yin actually came back earlier than them. She filled a bowl of chicken and gave it to her second elder. She also wanted to ask the old man how to get to the black market.
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