Chapter 378 Hatching Chicks
Zhou Chenglei raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Xiuxian with a cold look.
No words.
He picked up a piece of yellow croaker's back meat for Jiang Xia.
Tian Caihua didn't say anything this time, just ate the big abalone silently! Li Xiuxian is courting death.
Back then, Zhou Chengxin almost divorced Pan Daidi because of her family.
Tian Caihua now avoids people from the neighboring houses whenever she sees them!
After all, Pan Daidi almost burned down the old house, and Zhou Chenglei also sent Pan Daidi to jail.
The two families have a feud that is not born out of this world!
In short, the hatred is greater than the sky!
The table was too quiet, no one was talking, Li Xiuxian said: "Mom, if you don't have any objections, I'll go talk to Xiuhui after dinner."
Zhou's mother said calmly: "If you like it, you don't need to ask me."
Li Xiuxian: “…”
Is this the tone of her voice that she likes?
Jiang Xia didn't even glance at Li Xiuxian, he just focused on enjoying the food.
Today's yellow croaker was just caught and was particularly sweet and delicious. Seeing that she liked it, Zhou Chenglei gave her half of the fish back meat.
The abalone meat is thick, firm and chewy, and the steamed scallops with vermicelli and garlic are sweet. The vermicelli has absorbed the juice of the scallops and the aroma of the garlic, and is especially delicious.
The blanched conch with a little seasoning is refreshing and chewy. It is especially appetizing because Jiangxia added some chili to the seasoning.
The oysters are plump and sweet. Because there are many children in the family, Jiangxia steamed half of them spicy and half non-spicy. Each has its own delicious taste.
The bacon is chewy and fragrant, the snow peas are crispy, and the pea sprouts are tender.
Jiang Xia was very satisfied with the meal.
The whole family ignored Li Xiuxian. She felt very unhappy during the meal. She couldn't taste such delicious food.
*After dinner, Tian Caihua quickly cleaned up the dishes, washed them, and cleaned the stove.
Li Xiuxian wanted to help, but she refused.
The meals were prepared by the Jiangxia couple. Tian Caihua, who had picked up gold, washed the dishes and cleaned the house without any complaints.
After packing up, Tian Caihua went to find Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia returned the two gold bars to her.
Tian Caihua asked Jiang Xia: "What time do we leave for the city tomorrow?"
Jiang Xia: "Alei and I will leave on a motorcycle at 8 o'clock. Are you going to take a car or a bicycle?"
Tian Caihua: "I ride my bike myself. I get carsick."
Motorcycles are faster than bicycles, so Tian Caihua decided to set off from Jiangxia half an hour earlier.
After the discussion, Tian Caihua happily walked out of Jiang Xia's room with two gold bars in her pocket.
Li Xiuxian looked at Tian Caihua with her hands in her coat pockets, with an expression as if she had picked up gold. She didn't know what good thing Jiang Xia had given her.
She asked, "What are Sister-in-law and Xiao Xia going to do in the city tomorrow?"
Tian Caihua said happily: "Alei bought a new tractor. They will go and drive the tractor back tomorrow, and I will go buy a stall!"
I can’t afford a house, so I’ll buy a stall in the city first.
Li Xiuxian: “…”
After saying this, Tian Caihua happily called Zhou Chengxin to go home together.
Zhou Chengxin sat on the swing in the yard, smoking and waiting for Tian Caihua.
Several children had already returned home. He was waiting for Tian Caihua, fearing that she would be too conspicuous with the gold bars on her body. The roads in the village were dark, and if she was robbed, she wouldn't know who robbed her.
Li Xiuxian pursed her lips and said, just buy it, what’s the big deal?
Sooner or later, they will be able to buy it.
Li Xiuxian looked at Tian Caihua with her hands in her pockets, and Zhou Chengxin was waiting for her to go home together.
Usually after dinner, Zhou Chengxin would accompany the children home to take a bath without waiting for Tian Caihua.
Could it be that Tian Caihua has money in her pocket?
Zhou Chenglei was taking a shower. Jiang Xia came out with the bowl of milk and planned to brush his teeth and go to bed.
Li Xiuxian glanced at her: Did Jiang Xia lend money to Tian Caihua to buy a shop?
Jiang Xia went straight to the well, washed the bowls, and then put them back in the kitchen cabinet.
In the kitchen, Zhou's mother was holding a flashlight and shining it on eggs.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Mother Zhou: "There just happened to be a hen that wanted to sit on its nest. I picked out some eggs to hatch chicks."
Winter is not suitable for hatching chicks, but it has been warm these days, so she wanted to seize the time to hatch a nest of chicks.
When Jiangxia is in confinement after giving birth, she needs to eat both eggs and chicken. So she starts raising some hens now, and they will start laying eggs in about half a year.
By then, Jiangxia will have plenty of chickens and eggs to eat.
It is definitely not enough to hatch chicks at home, so Zhou's mother plans to go to the market after the New Year to buy some more chicks that have been raised for a month to raise.
A chicken needs to be raised for more than 200 years before it is delicious. At that time, the skin of the chicken is crispy, but not too tough, and the meat is not too tough to chew.
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Geese can be eaten after being raised for more than a hundred days, and the goose feathers that have been raised for a hundred days are fully grown and very easy to pluck. The plucked geese are clean, white and plump, and there are no partially grown feathers left in the epidermis, which makes it very troublesome to handle.
It is also difficult to pull them out completely, as the skin is covered with hair that has not yet grown, which makes it unpalatable just by looking at it.
So when Zhou's mother raises geese for the New Year, she chooses a good day to catch the goslings, and she must raise them for a hundred years before eating them.
Jiang Xia watched Zhou's mother take a photo of three eggs and then he understood.
The eggs that can hatch chicks can show something and some spider webs under the light of the flashlight. These are the eggs that have been treated.
"Mom, can I try?"
Zhou's mother gave the flashlight to Jiang Xia and taught him how to use it.
When Zhou Chenglei came out of the shower, he saw Jiang Xia and his mother washing eggs together.
Seeing that she was having a lot of fun, he didn't urge her to go to bed.
He washed their clothes.
Jiang Xia quickly finished taking pictures of the eggs and picked out twelve eggs in total.
Zhou's mother put the eggs in the woodshed next door, and she specially prepared a chicken coop for the hens to hatch chicks.
It was very simple. She just used an old mat to surround the room and covered it with thick straw. Zhou's mother put the eggs in, and then took the hen that was in brooding and placed it on top of the eggs.
Chickens can't see at night and are easy to catch.
In the dim light, the hen crowed twice when Zhou's mother caught it, and stopped crowin' when she was put down. Jiang Xia saw it find a comfortable position on the eggs, squatted down, and then stopped moving.
Zhou's mother had moved the coal stove to the door of the room. A large tin pot of chicken feed for tomorrow was burning on the coal stove, making the room a little warm, not too cold, but also ventilated.
After Jiang Xia learned it, she went to the well and Zhou Chenglei scooped a bucket of water for her to wash her hands.
After Jiang Xia washed her hands, she rinsed clothes with him.
"No need, go back to sleep." Zhou Chenglei said.
"Aren't you sleepy yet? Let's wring it together and it will be drier." Jiang Xia held the collar of his coat and motioned him to grab the hem of the clothes.
Jiang Xia saw that Zhou's father and mother wrung out the sheets in this way when they washed them.
Seeing that she was in the mood, Zhou Chenglei did as she was told.
Each of them held one end of the coat and wrung it out in the opposite direction.
When no more water dripped out, Jiang Xia said, "It's done."
"Give me."
Jiang Xia let go.
Zhou Chenglei took the clothes, folded them in half, and twisted them with both hands, and a string of water droplets came out with a "rustling" sound.
He glanced at Jiang Xia with a smile in his eyes.
Jiang Xia: “…”
Very good, I can save money on buying a washing machine in the future.
Anyway, he is strong!