Chapter 16 Dividing the Eggs

Not long after, the chickens began to scream in agony. When the rest of the family heard the noise and ran to check, they found blood everywhere in the coop.

All three hens in the cage had their heads chopped off, and Mu Chengrong was covered in blood from head to toe.

Seeing his family arrive, Mu Chengrong grinned and carried a headless chicken.

"Now we can eat meat."

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Li Guizhi still gets chills when she thinks about it now. Not to mention a five-year-old child, there aren't many adults who would dare to kill a chicken so skillfully.

Li Guizhi immediately instructed the boys in the family to keep a close eye on Ningbao and to never let Ningbao go out alone. Ningbao should be accompanied by at least two people.

Their family didn't have any trouble with this. The Mu family had four brothers and the Shen family had two. Ning Bao had six older brothers, so it should be enough for them to take care of her, a little girl.

Back at the camp, Li Guizhi and the others had already prepared the meal when they arrived. It was a famine year, so the food was very simple. With little water and food, the family could only manage to drink some mixed grain porridge.

Ningbao noticed that there was only a bowl of porridge in front of one person, and the pot was empty. She frowned slightly.

Her master lied to her again. She remembered that her master said he would find a destined person for her who could provide her with enough to eat.

She usually eats at least five large bowls of rice, but now she only has a small bowl of thin porridge. How can she possibly be full?

However, Ningbao doesn't regret it, because she likes this family, and she would be happy even if they went hungry in the future.

Ningbao held the bowl and sipped the porridge slowly. Everyone assumed that Ningbao always ate slowly, since she was young and had a small mouth.

Actually, that's not the case. Within the Sanqing Temple, Ningbao was known for eating a lot and eating quickly.

I used to eat five big bowls of rice, but now I only eat a bowl of plain porridge, which isn't even enough to fill a tooth gap.

However, Ningbao didn't make a fuss, because she knew the family was almost out of food. Sigh! They had to find a way to earn money; the feeling of not having enough to eat was unbearable. Besides, her grandparents needed nutrition, and her brothers were at the age where they were growing...

Make money, make money, make money...

Ningbao counted the grains of rice in the bowl, her mind filled with thoughts of making money and eating a big meal.

Just as Ningbao was engrossed in eating, Li Guizhi looked around to make sure no other villagers were watching. She then pulled a hard-boiled egg from her pocket, quickly peeled it, and handed it to Ningbao.

"Come on, Ningbao, eat quickly."

Ningbao stared in surprise at the egg in her grandmother's hand, slurping her saliva. Just as she was about to take the egg and devour it, she realized that she was the only one in the family with an egg. Her sick, bedridden grandfather didn't have one, nor did her five-year-old fourth brother.

Ningbao looked at Li Guizhi with confusion.

"Grandma, is Ningbao the only one with testicles?"

"Sigh!" Li Guizhi sighed softly.

"The drought is so severe that people have nothing to eat, and chickens can't be raised anymore. Half a year ago, all the chickens in our family were sold. These eggs were picked up by your father last month in a nearly dried-up river valley deep in the mountains."

I picked up six in total, and kept them without eating them.

Today is Ningbao's first day at our house and her first meal. We should have celebrated properly, but unfortunately we don't have any good food, so we could only boil an egg to celebrate.

Ningbao, eat quickly, or Mu Chengrong will be annoyed again if he sees you.

Ning Bao suddenly found it hard to swallow the egg in her hand. She looked at Shen Yuzhen.

"Mother, do you have any empty bowls and spoons?"

Shen Yuzhen nodded. She didn't know what Ningbao wanted the bowl for, but since her daughter had asked, she would definitely oblige. Shen Yuzhen put down her chopsticks and got up to get an empty bowl and a soup spoon.

Ningbao handed the eggs in her hand to Shen Yuzhen.

"Mother, could you crush the eggs a little for me?"

Shen Yuzhen didn't think much of it, and neither did the other adults.

Although country folk may not be very knowledgeable, they know that children shouldn't eat a whole boiled chicken in one bite. In the past, several children in the village choked to death because they ate it whole.

Afraid that her precious daughter would choke, Shen Yuzhen carefully crushed the egg into tiny pieces.

Ningbao smiled with satisfaction as she looked at the broken eggs in the bowl, while the boys in the family frowned.

Before they could react, Ningbao took the bowl of eggs to Mu Dasheng, scooped up a little bit of egg crumbs with a spoon and put them into Mu Dasheng's bowl.