When steaming buns, Sun Daqin was in charge of lighting the fire. Grandma was telling Xiaomin how to knead the dough. Xiaomin listened very carefully, but she felt it was unreal. Is this still grandma? How come grandma became like a stepmother overnight
She coughed lightly, "Mom, why did you start teaching Xiao Min to do these?"
Qian Shulan asked Xiaomin to try kneading the dough herself first, and then she replied, "I just don't want her to be like Du Lanqiu, unable to withstand setbacks. I want to train her from a young age! No matter how hard life is, it's still a human experience. Don't give up easily."
Sun Daqin was full of admiration. Look at how well her mother-in-law spoke. It was obviously just housework, but her mother-in-law could speak so nicely.
However, Sun Daqin went from being angry at first to feeling sorry for Du Lanqiu. Such a beautiful girl actually committed suicide for a man. It was really not worth it. Now the outside world has changed, and everyone sympathizes with her. No one says she is not decent anymore.
People are really strange. They said that about others before, but now they change in the blink of an eye.
Two days later, Qian Shulan's illness was completely cured. She was as lively as before and could ride her bicycle very fast. Sun Daqin was terrified every time she saw this.
Winter soon arrived, and Wangjia Village welcomed the first frost. Most of the hens in the chicken farm had stopped laying eggs. Qian Shulan decided to pick a good day to sell the chickens. But before that, of course, the production team and the educated youth had to choose first.
Qian Shulan said loudly to the members below in the threshing ground, "Each household can only pick three chickens. No more. If the higher-ups come to cut off the tails, the chickens will become someone else's."
Ever since the production team raised so many chickens, everyone stopped raising chicks and directly took the big chickens from the production team back to raise.
Here, we have to sell chickens that are over three years old. They want this kind of chicken, which can lay 200 eggs a year.
At the end of the year, you can kill them or sell them at home.
But most families sold the chickens to improve their own food. After all, the Wangjia Village production team could get a lot of money every year, and they finally had a good year, so no one was willing to sell the chickens.
So every household in the production team was waiting for the day to choose the hens.
The aunties and grannies who are in charge of raising chickens know whether the chickens they are responsible for lay eggs diligently, so many people pull them aside to ask.
The scene was very lively, with adults and children all gathered around the fence to look inside. Point to a chicken and the chicken farmer would bring it over. Last night, they had tied a rope to the hen's leg with a stone on the other end.
The members quickly made their choices, signed their names, and left with their chickens.
Only the educated youths were all gloomy and sad, because they had no experience at all, so they picked the ones who were lively and energetic.
Some kind-hearted ladies were not happy with this and said, "You are choosing a fighting cock. When choosing a hen, you must look at the comb and choose the red one."
Kong Qiuyun looked grateful and hurriedly thanked the other party.
The educated youth followed the advice of the old ladies and picked the roosters with very red combs.
Seeing that they had not picked any to play with, Liu Yueqin picked two from the area where she raised them, "These two lay eggs very frequently. Take them."
Kong Qiuyun took it with a smile.
Shen Yanhong came over and looked at the two chickens and muttered, "I think the combs of these chickens are not red either?"
Kong Qiuyun was holding two hens by their legs. They were flapping their wings so vigorously that she could not stand it anymore. She quickened her pace and walked out. "We can't just look at the combs. They have experience. Let's take the chickens to be weighed and take them back."
There are one hundred chickens, and each of these educated youth has to pick six or seven. They also want to pick those that are willing to lay eggs, so they are very serious. It is not easy for these people.
After a day of selection, all these people were selected.
The next day, the department store in the county came to transport the hens.
As a son-in-law, Qian Shulan naturally gave Fang Yonglin a lot of convenience and gave him the largest amount.
The hens in Wangjia Village were being slaughtered. It was such a big event that County Chief Zhou naturally had to come and join in the fun.
With an income of tens of thousands of yuan a day, the news had to be reported aggressively. Even reporters from the newspaper came.
This time it was not President Zhou who did it, but County Magistrate Jiang. He wanted the whole county to raise chickens next year, so he advertised it in the newspaper.
Although most villagers don't buy newspapers, it doesn't matter.
They will send it to the team leaders below and tell them the good news, and they will spread the good news to the members below.
Director Ma also went to the countryside with President Zhou.
Also coming with him were his daughter-in-law and son, as well as his follower Guo Sansheng.
Guo Mingxia and Ma Yunhao had never seen such a large chicken farm before. Everything they saw seemed strange to them.
Because they are all separated by fences, it is still very clean as long as you don't go in.
The smell was a bit pungent, but they didn't care. They were all stunned by the baskets of eggs and hens.
Ma Yunhao swallowed and said, "Mom, I want to eat chicken." Even the director's son could only eat five taels of meat a month.
This is because Director Ma and Guo Mingxia left all the meat for their son.
Guo Mingxia looked at her man. Director Ma was a little embarrassed. He was the director, how could he do such a thing
Guo Sansheng was also very greedy, "Brother-in-law, why don't I go ask around, maybe I can buy two."
Director Ma frowned in thought.
President Zhou smiled and said, "Sure, go ask. My kids want to eat it too."
Guo Sansheng glanced at his brother-in-law, and seeing that he did not object, he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go ask."
Under the awning, two women were carrying a bundle of hens to support their weight. Sun Daqin was counting them while Qian Shulan was keeping accounts nearby.
Guo Sansheng came over and asked, "The president and director want to ask if we can buy a few chickens to take back?"
Qian Shulan looked up at him and said without thinking, "The production team's hens cannot be sold to outsiders. If they want them, just deduct them from my account. They can only buy three."
She usually only buys roosters. Other families buy hens to raise, but she thinks her house is dirty and she has no time to clean, so she never buys any. There are very few people like her.
Guo Sansheng thanked him repeatedly and ran back happily to report.
President Zhou smiled and said, "This old lady is a principled person. Public is public and private is private. Otherwise, the accounts will be difficult to handle. Director Ma, please don't be offended." He looked like one of the family members.
Director Ma raised his eyebrows. Was he showing off his closeness to Aunt Qian? He smiled calmly and said, "Of course I can understand Aunt Qian's approach. There is no order without rules. Just like our commune, I am the director and you are the president, and we each have our own responsibilities."
President Zhou seemed not to hear the hidden meaning in his words and nodded with a smile.
When I looked back, I felt sick to my stomach. What a brat! If he didn't emphasize that he was the president every day, he would die.
Ma Yunhao let go of his mother's hand and walked towards the fence.
But he soon found himself blocked. He looked up and saw a little girl about seven or eight years old. She had red lips and white teeth. She had two braided pigtails that hung down on both sides. She had bangs and big eyes. She was very pretty, a bit like a little girl in a picture. He stared at her blankly, "Who are you?"
Xiao Min, who was reading a book, looked up when she heard the voice and saw a ten-year-old boy with a chubby face and dark skin, staring at her blankly.
She smiled with her lips pursed, and the dimple on her cheek was very cute. "My name is Wang Simin, and I'm seven years old. What's your name?"
Ma Yunhao patted his chest and introduced himself, "My name is Ma Yunhao. Yun means white cloud, and Hao means righteousness."
Xiao Min's eyes curved, "Are you also here to pick hens from our chicken farm?"
Ma Yunhao's eyes widened, with an expression of disbelief, "Can I choose it myself?"
Xiao Min nodded, "Of course you can. You can take it home and raise it yourself. It will lay eggs for you to eat next spring."
Ma Yunhao was a little unhappy when he heard her words, "I want to eat chicken, not eggs."
Since Director Ma received a basket of eggs from Qian Shulan, his family has been able to eat eggs every day. It is no longer new to him, and he wants to eat chicken more.
Xiao Min looked at him as if he were a fool. "If you kill the hen, it will be gone for one meal. If you keep it to lay eggs, you can eat eggs every day. Are you stupid?"
Ma Yunhao pouted and said unhappily, "You are stupid. I eat eggs every day, but they are not as delicious as chicken."
Xiao Min imitated her grandmother's way of educating Uncle Qi and educated him seriously, "Is it important whether the food tastes good or not? I can tell from the looks of it that you don't know how to live. You're going to get married in the future, so you can't just give all your money away to Huo."
With a chuckle, Guo Mingxia who followed over was amused by her. Xiao Min raised her eyes to look, and saw such a beautiful aunt smiling at her. Her face turned red when she glared at her.
Ma Yunhao turned his head to look at his mother, took her hand and started to act coquettishly, "Mom, I don't want to get married. I want to eat chicken."
Guo Mingxia tried to comfort him, "Okay, okay, we won't marry a wife, let's pick a mother-in-law first."
After getting his mother's consent, Ma Yunhao looked at Xiao Min proudly, his eyes full of the pride of victory.
But he found that Xiao Min was looking at him with pity, and what she was thinking in her heart was: This brother is so pitiful, he has to be a bachelor for the rest of his life like Uncle Seventh.
Ma Yunhao felt a little uncomfortable with her look. He scratched his head and thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out what her look meant.
He couldn't figure it out so he invited her, "Will you come with me to pick out the hens?"
Xiao Min shook her head and pointed at Qian Shulan who was busy under the awning. "My grandma told me to stay here and not run around."
Ma Yunhao followed her gaze and saw that she had no time to deal with them. He immediately urged her, "Your grandma is busy and can't see you at all. Let's go."
Hearing this, Xiao Min's eyes widened, and she took a few steps back, "I promised grandma, how can I break my promise? If I go out to play with you, my grandma can't find me, she will be very anxious. Little brother, you are not honest at all, I don't want to play with you."
As she said this, she picked up her book and continued reading.
Ma Yunhao blushed with shame at her words. He looked up at his mother and saw that she was staring at Xiao Min without blinking. He shook her arm and said, "Mom, she doesn't want to play with me."
Guo Mingxia looked down at her son's somewhat hurt eyes and said with a smile, "Apologize to her. She will play with you then."
Ma Yunhao was a little skeptical, "Really?"
With Guo Mingxia's repeated encouragement, he finally mustered up the courage to speak to Xiao Min, "I'm sorry, I was wrong just now. I just wanted to play with you."
Xiao Min put down the book and looked at his pitiful eyes. Suddenly, she felt that he was a bit like the rabbit she used to raise, so soft and cute.
Her heart softened immediately, and she smiled and said, "Wait for me, I'll go talk to my grandma."
Ma Yunhao immediately smiled and said, "Okay!"
Xiao Min also smiled at him, turned around and ran under the awning, and then Ma Yunhao saw the old lady walking towards him with Xiao Min.
"Who are you?" Qian Shulan asked curiously.
Guo Mingxia introduced herself with a smile, "My name is Guo Mingxia, I'm Director Ma's daughter-in-law, and this is our son."
Qian Shulan slapped her head and recalled Guo Sansheng's visit. "Look at my poor memory. Where are they? I really didn't treat them well enough."
Guo Mingxia waved her hand and said with a smile, "They just came to take a look, you guys go do your thing first."
Qian Shulan smiled and nodded, then said to Guo Mingxia, "This is my granddaughter Xiaomin, let her be your guide. She knows everything about the chicken farm."
Guo Mingxia was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
Xiao Min, who felt that her grandmother had entrusted her with an important mission, quickly put the book in her hand into her bag, then smiled and led the way for the two people, "What do you want to see? Are you interested in raising earthworms?"
Watching the three people walking towards the direction of raising earthworms, Qian Shulan returned to the shed and continued to work.
"Let me tell you, the chickens in our chicken farm are all raised by eating earthworms. It doesn't waste any food at all. Look!" Xiao Min pointed at the earthworms as if she was presenting a treasure.
Ma Yunhao tilted his head to look, and found many earthworms wriggling. He exclaimed, "These earthworms are really big. When I went fishing with my father in the river before, I couldn't catch such big ones."
After saying that, he turned his head to look at Xiao Min and asked pitifully, "I like to eat fish, too. When summer comes, my father will take me fishing. Then, I will give you some fish I catch. Can I buy some earthworms from you? Earthworms this thick can definitely catch big fish."
Xiao Min was not moved by his words at all, and told him seriously, "I'm not the factory director, I can't make the decision. Everything here belongs to the team. We can't just take it away."
The more Guo Mingxia listened, the more surprised she became. This little girl was so sensible, much better than her son.
"Should I buy it from your grandma?" Ma Yunhao asked with a pout.
"Yes!" Xiao Min answered him affirmatively.
Ma Yunhao was a little unhappy. Those adults were annoying and long-winded. He had to wait for a long time every time. His ears were almost callused from listening to them.
He frowned and didn't answer her. Xiao Min was a little surprised, "What's wrong with you?"
He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Those adults are too long-winded. I don't like them."
Xiao Min pouted and glared at him, "My grandma is not nagging. If you don't want to buy it, then forget it!" Then she turned and left.
Ma Yunhao was a little anxious. Just when he wanted to chase her, he saw her turn around and walk back. Ma Yunhao hurried over and wanted to talk to her, but he saw her looking up at his mother, "Aunt, what else do you want to see? I'll take you there."
Guo Mingxia was stunned. This little girl was angry just now, but she still remembered her mission and walked back. This girl is too stubborn.
She turned her head to look at her son. He was looking at someone eagerly, scratching his head and seemed to be distressed as to why the other person refused to pay attention to him.
"I also want to pick a hen, please take us there!"
"Auntie, do you want the hen to lay eggs?" Xiao Min asked immediately when she thought of what Ma Yunhao had just said.
Guo Mingxia was just about to say, "We eat meat." Then she heard her son say, "Yes, our family also wants to raise chickens. Can you help me choose?" After saying that, he stared at her with his eyes wide open.
Xiao Min turned around, a little surprised, "Didn't you say you wanted to eat meat?"
Ma Yunhao made a bitter face, pouted his lips, and said with a painful look on his face, "Eggs are delicious too."
Guo Mingxia laughed so hard that her stomach hurt. Xiao Min was briefly surprised, then she looked at his wrinkled face, which looked a little pitiful, and immediately burst out laughing, "Why did you lie? If you don't like eggs, just say it directly. I won't laugh at you."
Ma Yunhao's face was already red, a bit like the sunset glow. He looked at her with grievance, "But you don't even want to pay attention to me."
Xiao Min smiled and said, "You were the first one to say something bad about my grandma. My grandma is very nice. She always does it for my own good, that's why she doesn't nag."
Ma Yunhao didn't dare to anger her again, instead he went along with her words, "You're right, your grandma isn't long-winded, it's my grandma who's long-winded."
Xiao Min was amused by him and walked to the front to lead the way, "Come on, I'll take you to choose! I promise to pick a fat and strong hen for you." You can eat enough!
"Good!" It's fat and strong, so it should lay a lot of eggs, right
After selecting the hens, the three went under the shed to weigh them. President Zhou and Guo Sansheng also selected their own hens. After paying, the group left with the reporters.
But Ma Yunhao was reluctant to leave and kept looking back, "I will come to see you again in the future. Don't forget me!"
Xiao Min agreed with a smile, patting her chest and assuring him, "Don't worry, I have a good memory, I will definitely remember you!"
Ma Yunhao was happy then and sat on the back seat of his uncle's bicycle, waving at her non-stop.
Guo Mingxia, who was standing behind, saw this and said sourly, "When will our son be so attached to me?"
"He's a little boy. The older he gets, the less he depends on his mother. You have to get used to it." Director Ma poured cold water on her in an unromantic manner.
Guo Mingxia pinched him on the waist and was satisfied only when she heard him hiss.
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