Gu Hanping said smugly, "How could Secretary Gu's suggestion be false? My family also raises earthworms, and Pingping said that this month, each of my chickens will lay an average of five more eggs."

Only five?

There are five?

Two different ideas emerged.

"Wow, so many!"

"If a hen can lay five more eggs a month, that would be a huge profit."

Don't underestimate the price of an egg; it only costs a few cents, but a few eggs can easily cost more than ten or twenty cents.

With three hens at home, wouldn't that only cost a little over six cents?

In later generations, no one would want a six-cent coin if it fell on the ground.

But now, six cents can buy several kilograms of refined grains.

Even if we don't sell them, keeping them at home will allow the children to eat more eggs and supplement their nutrition, right?

Eggs are considered the best and most readily available source of nutrition in households today.

"Oh, so Secretary Gu's family only eats vegetarian dishes like this."

"But the rice is a combination of two, and it's still regular rice."

Sometime later, several children slipped into the kitchen and started looking around.

Gu Hanping's face darkened when he heard the noise. He looked at the team members and said, "Quickly call your children out. How could they run into someone else's kitchen?"

Gu Hanping hadn't thought much of the children who had come with him earlier.

Thinking back now, I guess I was deliberately brought here by those women.

I wanted to go to Gu Yunyang's kitchen to see if there was any meat, so I could grab a handful and eat it.

Gu Hanping figured out what the aunts were thinking and his face immediately darkened.

The men's faces were also burning with embarrassment. Those who were ranked ahead of Gu Hanping were considered to have a good relationship with him and were also considered to be relatively honest.

But even the most honest person has their own little schemes.

The wife at home asked the child to come over, assuming he was there to help carry things.

It turns out they came to Secretary Gu's kitchen looking for meat.

They are honest people, not stupid. How could they not know why they brought the child here?

The man, his face grim, shouted, "Why aren't you getting out here right now? You're all covered in mud, your hands aren't even clean, and you dare to grope around in Secretary Gu's kitchen?"

Gu Yunyang actually watched them go in. He didn't want to reprimand them beforehand, thinking that Gu Yunyang was intolerant of people.

At this moment, Gu Yunyang, with a grim expression, brought the person out and carried out the bowl of rice.

Upon opening the lid, the men saw the two-in-one sweet potato rice inside.

The rice was plain white rice, very fragrant, but there was less sweet potato and white rice in it.

Several dark handprints were left behind.

It was clearly their child who reached out and grabbed it.

The woman brought the child here hoping to get a free meal and eat some meat.

There was simply no money at home to buy meat, and we didn't have any ration coupons.

That's the downside of rural life: no wages and no ration coupons.

Even those with urban household registration receive two ounces of meat coupons a month, which can satisfy their cravings.

People in rural areas can only eat meat when a pig is slaughtered for the Lunar New Year.

Or like Gu Yunyang, who hunted wild boars in the mountains and brought them down.

Otherwise, it's an old hen that's retired and no longer lays eggs, so we kill it to satisfy the family's cravings.

But most people would choose to sell it to get some money to supplement their household income.

Everyone says that Secretary Gu is capable himself, able to get meat, and his two dogs are also capable, returning from hunting every day.

Since this opportunity came so easily, I naturally brought the kids along.

Gu Yunyang wanted to solve the problem once and for all, which is why he deliberately let them in.

Gu Yunyang coughed and said, "I'm not a picky person, but this perfectly good white rice has been soiled. The doctor said that you should wash your hands before meals and after using the toilet, because your hands are the dirtiest part of your body. If you don't wash your hands, you can easily get sick. Illnesses enter through the mouth, and I'm doing this for your child's sake."