Chapter 768 Catching Chickens
The half-grown kids are eating their father out of money, let alone teenagers like Bai Shan who are still growing up.
Originally, the three of them had no appetite early in the morning due to the tiredness of the journey yesterday. But now that they were sitting together, their appetites were stimulated and they started eating one after another.
After eating his fill and putting down his bowl and chopsticks, Manbao finally remembered Mr. Zhuang and exclaimed, "Oh no! We forgot about him."
Bai Shan and Man Bao looked at each other, then looked at Bai Erlang together.
Bai Erlang was already sweating from his breakfast, and now a drop of sweat dripped down his forehead. "My father should be able to entertain me, right?"
But the living habits of more than half a year were still engraved in their bones, and the three of them stood up to pay their respects to the gentleman.
Mr. Zhuang is old and was very tired yesterday, so he got up a little late today and just washed his face and hands.
Seeing the three of them lining up to pay their respects, he put down his towel and asked with a smile, "Have you had breakfast?"
The three of them bowed and greeted the gentleman before answering, "Eat, sir. What would you like for breakfast?"
Manbao said, "My sister-in-law made tofu pudding. Would you like a bowl?"
Mr. Zhuang nodded with a smile, "Okay."
Bai Erlang said, "Sir, my kitchen makes beef noodles with sauerkraut, which are also delicious."
Bai Shan said: "My meat porridge is also good."
Mr. Zhuang laughed heartily and said, "Then let's have some of each."
The three of them turned around and ran to get the things and brought them over.
Mr. Bai was extremely jealous when he saw this. He had raised his son to this age, but he had never eaten a bowl of noodles served by him.
Bai Erlang didn't even notice his father standing at the door. He directly brought the noodles to Mr. Zhuang's table and said, "Sir, these noodles must be eaten while they are hot."
Bai Shan: "That's like saying you shouldn't eat porridge while it's hot."
Manbao said, "It's cold now, so the tofu pudding tastes better when it's hot."
Mr. Zhuang waved his hand dismissively and said, "Alright, after you finish eating, go to morning class. Even though it's a holiday, you shouldn't slack off."
The three of them froze at the same time. Bai Erlang looked at Bai Shan, and Bai Shan looked at Man Bao. Man Bao then said with a stiff upper lip, "Sir, the New Year is almost here. Can't we take a break?"
Mr. Zhuang raised his eyelids and looked at them. "I'm not stopping you from resting, but there are twelve hours in a day. You can't just sleep and eat and play. You should also do some reading in the morning class. You must practice at least two pieces of calligraphy every day, especially calligraphy. If you don't practice today, your hand will become rusty. Didn't I tell you that unless you are too sick to get up, you should practice calligraphy every day?"
The three of them nodded in agreement and obediently went back to study.
Mr. Zhuang enjoyed the quietness of the room with satisfaction and ate breakfast happily.
He also wanted to go home for the New Year, but Mr. Zhuang was not in a hurry. After breakfast, he played a game of chess with Mr. Bai and talked about Bai Erlang's studies in the past year and his plans for the future.
After reaching a consensus with the parents, Mr. Zhuang quickly formed a training plan for Bai Erlang in his mind.
After talking with Mr. Bai, Mr. Zhuang went to visit Mrs. Liu next door. He drank two cups of tea and had lunch with her, and then returned to Mr. Bai's guest house to rest.
After waking up from his nap, he walked into the village with his hands behind his back and found Old Zhoutou under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village. He was then welcomed to Old Zhoutou's house and talked about Manbao with Old Zhoutou and Qian.
Manbao and the other three couldn't wait for their family to sort out their luggage, so they asked Daji to drive an ox cart over, and happily climbed onto the cart to head towards their small village.
Although Manbao and his friends are not in the village, they have been remotely controlling the production of the small village.
It has been more than three months since the Mid-Autumn Festival. The three of them missed their farm very much, so they entered their fields. They jumped down and ran towards the farm cheering.
Many of Zhuangzi's fields were planted with winter wheat, and the wheat had grown quite tall at this time.
Manbao and the others only stopped to watch for a while, then ran towards the mountain above the village.
Daji sat on the ox cart and drove slowly. It was the coldest time of the year and all the fruits on the mountain had been picked long ago. Some fruit trees were even left with only bare trunks and branches. He really didn't understand what they were so excited about.
But the three of them cheered all the way up the mountain, touched their sturdy fruit trees, nodded with satisfaction, and then ran down the mountain to chase the chickens and ducks raised in the fence below.
At the foot of the mountain, there is a piece of wasteland mixed with many stones. In addition to the houses, there are cow sheds, chicken coops, and duck sheds, where many chickens and ducks are raised.
Manbao looked at the feathers of those beautiful roosters and said, "I want to make shuttlecocks."
Bai Shan also felt itchy on his feet, so Bai Erlang said directly: "Let's kill a few roosters."
Manbao looked at him with disdain, "Just for chicken feathers? Why not just pluck them? They have so many feathers, it's okay to pluck a few, right? For us, it's okay to just pull a hair."
Bai Shan thought about it and felt that what she said made sense, so he rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let's go, the ones on that tail are the most beautiful, let's catch it first."
By the time the farmers heard the noise and ran out, the three men had already started chasing the chickens in the fenced yard.
The farmers were stunned for a moment before they realized who the three men were. They quickly rushed over and said, "Master, Master Tang, Miss Man, please tell us what you want. Don't just scratch around like that. What if the chickens scratch you?"
Manbao discovered that the chickens here were very agile. Not only could they run fast, but they could also flap their wings and fly for a short distance, so they could never catch them.
She was a little out of breath, stopped and asked, "How do you usually catch chickens?"
"We always wait until nightfall to rush to the chicken coop, lock the door, and catch them from inside," the farmer asked. "Miss Man, do you want to eat chicken? If you like any, I'll catch them for you."
Manbao shook his head, "We don't want to eat the chicken, we just want the few feathers on the chicken's tail."
Farmers: ...
Although it is hard to understand, what can they do since their masters have said so?
The farmers asked Manbao and his men to leave, cooked some chicken feed, and led the chickens into the chicken coop before they started catching them.
When they caught the chickens, they quickly plucked a few feathers from their tails, causing them to cluck in pain.
When they caught the one with the most beautiful tail feathers, the farmer weighed it and said, "Miss Man, do you want to eat chicken tonight? How about I kill this chicken and give it to you to eat? That way, all the tail feathers can be plucked."
The three little heads leaned forward to take a look at the rooster, and after a brief discussion, they said, "Forget it. It's so beautiful, we should keep it for a while longer and not pluck its tail feathers. We'll take it to the county town during the Lantern Festival."
Farmer: "...Take them to the county town and kill them? That's too much trouble. If the young masters and young ladies want to eat them, we can just catch them and kill them here."
Manbao: "No, we want to sell it."
The farmer smiled and gave Manbao a thumbs up, saying, "Miss Man is really good at managing the household. There will definitely be a lot of people buying meat during the Lantern Festival. Miss Man plans to take as many chickens as possible to the county town. The boys should get up early in the morning to feed them so that they gain some weight before catching them."
good evening
(End of this chapter)
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