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Chapter 21 Jing Qishan's eyes look at her strangely

I saw about thirty furry chicks and ducklings lying in the bamboo basket.

Jing Qishan couldn't help but ask: "You bought so many chickens and ducks, where do you plan to keep them?"

"Keep it in the yard." Li Yujiao said.

"Chickens and ducks will run around everywhere. Do we have walls and fences around our house?"

"Then keep them in the house first. I'll make a big cage later, and I'll find someone to fix the fence." Li Yujiao had seen fellow villagers raising chickens and ducks in her previous life. When the chickens and ducks were young, they were kept in cages in the house to ensure the temperature. They were released when they grew up a little.

Jing Qishan doesn't seem to like raising chickens and ducks in the house: "You put so many chickens and ducks in the house, aren't you worried that they will make noise when you sleep?"

"These little chickens and ducks are so small, how much noise can they make? Besides, the house is so quiet, wouldn't it be nice to have a few chickens and ducks to liven it up? When I'm not at home, you can also look at the chickens and ducks. It's better to have living things to keep you company than staring at the beams every day, right?"

This time when Li Yujiao went to the market, she not only bought chickens and ducks, but also some miscellaneous books, including one about raising ducks. She took out the book and flipped through it.

Seeing this, Jing Qishan couldn't help but frown again: "You've never raised chickens and ducks before?"

Li Yujiao said: "I have never raised one, but I can learn."

"Nonsense!"

"It's nonsense for country people to raise chickens and ducks? I guess your family has never raised chickens before?" Li Yujiao said, "I've calculated it. This batch will be raised until the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then they can be slaughtered. By then, I'll sell half and eat the other half. I'll also dry two cured ducks to stir-fry, and then I won't have to worry about having no meat to eat."

Jing Qishan wanted to say something, but Li Yujiao suddenly realized something.

Why did she tell him so much?

This back-and-forth conversation sounded like an old couple bickering.

Anyway, he can't move, so isn't it her who has the final say on what to raise?

"Let me help you first. I bought a few more big buns at the market today. We'll have buns for lunch, and we'll make some porridge and stir-fry two plates of cabbage in the evening."

……

After serving Jing Qishan the buns, Li Yujiao also came over and lay on the bed.

She opened the "Encyclopedia of Animal Husbandry" and started reading.

This book is quite comprehensive and includes all the techniques for raising chickens and ducks.

Li Yujiao watched with great interest.

She had a pastoral dream in her previous life. She thought about renting a yard in the countryside after retirement, raising chickens, ducks and growing vegetables. She didn't expect that this dream would come true so soon.

Just a little poor.

Li Yujiao got up early today and ran around the market all morning. She felt sleepy after not long.

Jing Qishan had been looking at the beams for the whole morning and was already feeling sleepy.

Seeing that Li Yujiao was sleeping soundly, he also planned to sleep.

However, as soon as I closed my eyes, I could hear the cackling of chicks and ducklings. The cackling of a one-month-old chicken or duck is not loud, but when a group of chickens and ducks together make it sound like countless chickens and ducks are constantly squeaking and quacking in my ears.

Jing Qishan was so angry that his head almost exploded.

Turning around to look at Li Yujiao again, she was actually drooling in her sleep again.

Mi Tai!

Li Yujiao slept for an hour.

When she woke up, she saw that Jing Qishan was looking at her with a strange look in his eyes, as if he wanted to strangle her to death.

She had become accustomed to ignoring his gaze. It wouldn't actually hurt her anyway.

"Why don't you sleep?" Li Yujiao asked.

Jing Qishan said coldly: "Don't you know that the chickens and ducks you bought are really noisy?"

"Is that so? Then I'll move them to another room."

After saying that, she climbed out of bed and went to take care of her chickens and ducks.

Jing Qishan was angry again.

He endured for an hour without waking her up, but when she woke up she didn't even say a word of apology and went on playing with the chickens and ducks as if nothing had happened.

How abominable!

In the afternoon, Chun Ge came again.

When Jing Qishan saw Chun Ge, he was about to call him over to talk.

But when Chun Ge saw Li Yujiao buy chicks and ducklings, he immediately ran to Li Yujiao.

"Sister-in-law, why did you buy so many chickens and ducks? If we raise them until the Mid-Autumn Festival, our family will have plenty of chicken and duck meat to eat." Chun Ge drooled.

But Chun Ge said again: "Little sister-in-law, your bamboo basket is too small. You can't keep all the chickens and ducks in one place. They will suffocate to death."

Li Yujiao couldn't help but ask: "What should we do then?"

Chun Geer volunteered: "Then you've asked the right person, sister-in-law. I've been raising chickens and ducks since I was a child. I'll teach you!"

……

Chun Ge took Li Yujiao to cut bamboo. They used the bamboo to build a ten-square-meter fence outside the yard and put all the chickens and ducks inside.

The chickens and ducks now had space and they ran happily around in it.

Chun Ge asked again: "Sister-in-law, you have to feed them millet or wheat ears, or insects or frogs."

Li Yujiao was well prepared. It was impossible for her to buy chickens and ducks without buying food for them.

"I bought millet, rice bran, and peanut bran as well."

She sprinkled millet into the inner fence, and the chickens and ducks saw it and ran over happily to eat.

Chun Ge said: "Rice bran and peanut bran are best mixed with porridge water. Chickens and ducks especially like to eat them."

Then Chun Ge peeled the bamboo into two pieces and made a long water trough for the chickens and ducks.

Li Yujiao said sincerely: "Brother Chun, you know so much. I wish I were as good as you."

"I also learned it from my mother." Chun Ge felt embarrassed by the praise.

Li Yujiao took out a big bun from the kitchen and handed it to him: "This is for you!"

Chun Ge's eyes lit up again: "Meat buns."

"Eat quickly! You've worked for me for half a day. If you don't even have a bun to eat, people will think I'm a liar and abusing child labor."

"Sister-in-law, what is child labor?" Chun Ge asked while eating a bun.

"Well..." People like Chun Ge are the child laborers in the family.

Forget it, I won’t tell him so much.

Jing Qishan lay on a bamboo chair, watching Li Yujiao and Chun Ge busying themselves for most of the day. Apart from feeding him water and going to the bathroom, they ignored him and completely treated him as a transparent person.

He was angry.

He used to be angry because Li Yujiao had snatched Chun Ge away, but now he is angry at both of them. These two people ignored him and treated him like a useless waste!

……

I was busy until the evening, and then the fat aunt who lived nearby came.

When Auntie Pang came over, she saw the chickens and ducks in the yard. She couldn't help but said excitedly: "Oh, Jiaojiao, you are going to raise chickens and ducks."

Li Yujiao smiled and said, "Yes, I plan to keep it until the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then kill it to nourish my Sanlang."

Jing Qishan: ...

Please, just eat what you want and don't use me as an excuse, okay?

Auntie Fatty smiled and said, "Yes, yes. Your Sanlang needs to be nourished. Although he can't move, I see that he has long arms and legs and a strong body. If he is well, you will enjoy it. I'm afraid you can't even get up during the day, hehe."

Jing Qishan: ...

Country women are just rude.

He thought Li Yujiao would run back to the house to hide, but she actually continued Aunt Fatty's words: "I also hope he gets better soon. It's not good to have no man at home."

Jing Qishan: ...

You all think I'm dead, right?

Aunt Pang sweats a lot because she is fat. She always has a long sweat shirt hanging around her neck, which she would pick up and wipe when she has nothing to do.

Auntie Pang wiped her sweat and said to Li Yujiao, "Tomorrow we will go to help the headman pick tea. Do you want to go? Eighty cents a day!"

"Eighty cents?"