The consequence of Zhou Mingli's reckless kissing of her at night was that Jiang Ci avoided him the next day. The two of them were young and strong, and there were no contraceptive facilities here. If things really escalated and she got pregnant again, Jiang Ci would be the one to cry.
However, she couldn't hide for long. Living under the same roof, they had to work and cook together, and Jiang Ci was busy, so she didn't have much time to think about those things.
When Jiang Ci went to work in the morning, she asked around among the older women. In the evening, she and Zhou Mingli delivered dinner. After returning home, she took a walk around the village. When she got home, she had two hens in her hands.
In the countryside, where each family has a yard, as long as they don't raise a dozen or twenty chickens, no one will notice.
Some families with many children raise many chickens, and they collect all the eggs they lay to exchange in the city, which is a source of income. This practice is rampant in the countryside, and the authorities do not investigate unless the people complain.
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli spent three yuan to buy two hens, which was a bit expensive, but since they were laying hens, if they were raised well, they could get an egg a day, and they would break even in no time.
The hen started clucking as soon as she entered the coop.
Sister-in-law Yu and Erzhu also came over to take a look.
Sister-in-law Yu shared some chicken-raising tips with Jiang Ci: "Since you have children, let Yangyang and Miaomiao go out for a walk and they can catch a lot of earthworms for them to eat. Usually, just feed them some rotten vegetable leaves and earthworms. Let them run around when they have time. If the chickens are in a good mood, they will naturally lay more eggs."
Jiang Ci nodded seriously, and then glanced at her own vegetable garden.
Apart from a few cucumber and green bean plants, there were only chili peppers and vegetables that had just been planted from seeds and hadn't sprouted yet; there were no vegetable leaves at all.
Jiang Ci thought to herself, "Two more mouths to feed are going to be added to the family."
Chicken beak.
Erzhu, looking quite the part, pulled Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao along and said, "I know where the most earthworms are. I'll take you to catch earthworms sometime."
Zhou Yang tilted his head back and said in his sweet, childlike voice, "Brother Erzhu, I'll give you the eggs my chickens laid!"
Erzhu: "I have plenty of eggs at home, I don't care about eggs."
Zhou Miao glanced at her own brother for a moment, then at Erzhu.
I thought to myself: Are these two idiots? Eggs are so delicious, why don't they care about them? I, Miaomiao, love eggs the most, especially Mom's boiled eggs!
Little Zhou Yang and big Erzhu were labeled as idiots by little Zhou Miao.
But she still obediently followed Erzhu to the place where they could catch earthworms. Before dinner, she brought back a lot of earthworms and fed them all to the two hens who were a little reserved in their new environment.
As Zhou Miao fed them earthworms, she said in a clear voice, "Chickens, chickens, you must eat and drink well and lay lots of eggs!"
Jiang Ci passed by and nodded upon hearing this, "That's right, we don't raise idle chickens. Hens that don't lay eggs are all made into chicken soup."
Chicken: Chirp—
...
All the land in Shanding Brigade was plowed once, and then they started applying fertilizer in preparation for transplanting rice seedlings, which was another busy period.
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli left early and returned late every day. When they got home, they didn't have time to say much. After eating and taking a shower, they would fall asleep as soon as they lay down on the bed.
Jiang Ci had lower back pain, and her calves and feet were swollen and white from being soaked in water. After three days of transplanting rice seedlings, she barely got used to it and stopped feeling much pain.
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli hadn't even had a chance to rest the day after they finished transplanting the rice seedlings when the brigade leader, Li Hu from the hospital, Zhao Wei, and Widow Wang all woke up. There was a situation that required the couple to confront each other.
With no other option, they entrusted their child to Sister-in-law Yu, and the two of them rode their bicycles, huffing and puffing, all the way to Zhongmo Town.
The town hospital wasn't far away. Jiang Ci had come here once before to sell snakes, so she knew exactly where to find the medical staff and asked for Li Hu and the others' room numbers. The two of them then went directly to the ward.
Before anyone even stepped inside, they could hear a commotion.
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli exchanged a glance, then quickened their pace, running briskly to the door and peering inside—
Yo.
Chunhua has started targeting Widow Wang again.
The policeman named Xiao Zhao and his colleague couldn't stop them; they went up and grabbed Widow Wang's face.
Widow Wang's face had already been scratched by Chunhua, so how could she possibly let Chunhua get away with it?
She hugged Zhou Huai and buried her face in his stomach, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Xiao Huai and I are an orphan and a widow. Anyone can bully us. No matter who it is, they all bully us. I don't want to live anymore. I have no face to live anymore. Waaaaah."
"You shameless hussy, you seduced my Zhao Wei and you still dare to say we bullied you! If you're so shameless, I'll scratch your face until it's bruised and battered! Let's see how you'll seduce people with that flirtatious look then!"
"Stop! Stop!"
People from other wards outside the ward all rushed out, crowding around to watch Chunhua cursing and scratching Widow Wang.
If Jiang Ci, with her thin arms and legs, hadn't been held back by Zhou Mingli, she might have been squeezed out!
Xiao Zhao grabbed Chunhua, "Enough! This is a hospital! Not a place for you to cause trouble! If you say another word, I'll lock you up inside!"
Chunhua burst into tears, crying terribly, "Is this my fault? Is this my fault? Widow Wang is no good person. If you're going to arrest someone, you should arrest that slut who runs a brothel!"
Everyone: “Wow!”
He looked intently at Widow Wang. Although she was wearing a hospital gown, one could still tell that she still possessed some charm. And this woman was a widow; if you said she was a woman who ran a brothel, some people would actually believe it.
"The two of them, mother and daughter, haven't remarried. How could a woman who looks like she's never done any work raise a child? Who knows... hehehe."
"Hehehe, bro, I think so too."
"Oh my, how shameless! Officer, she should be arrested and sent to jail!"
The onlookers outside the ward, not wanting to miss out on the drama, whispered amongst themselves.
Seeing that Chunhua was making a bigger scene and attracting a crowd of onlookers, even if Widow Wang had done it, she wouldn't dare admit it.
But what can I do?
Widow Wang closed her eyes and steeled her resolve!
She pushed Zhou Huai away and cried even more bitterly than Chunhua. "My martyr husband died early. It's not easy for me, a widow, to raise a daughter alone. And your man took advantage of the darkness to make improper advances on me. Now he's trying to smear me. How wonderful, how wonderful."
"I see you all want to force me to my death, you all want to force me to my death!"
Despite her head injury, Widow Wang sprang up from her hospital bed. "I've lived an honest and upright life, and none of you believe me. I'll die right here!"
Widow Wang threw the bedsheet aside! She jumped up and ran towards the open window!
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