Chapter 564 A Dream of Youth 96
Spring rains have fallen abundantly, painting the stream a vibrant green. Two jade-feathered birds fly in from beyond the willows, bathing together in the sunshine.
Xie Ning squatted in front of the chicken coop, a chicken feather still stuck in her little pigtail. The rooster under her was quite fierce, clucking and about to peck at her, but the little wolf next to her howled, and the rooster immediately wilted.
"Giggle."
"Put it on the other side." Xie Ning led several women from the weaving workshop to sort the chickens, because some of them had fowl plague and needed to be isolated as soon as possible, otherwise the infection would spread very quickly.
"Hey, Ning-jie, what about these?" A weaver pointed to a pile of chickens that were already dead or about to die, her eyes filled with regret.
“Burn it. Collect the excrement here and burn it too. It can’t be used for composting.”
Seeing the hesitation on the faces of the weavers, Xie Ning frowned. "This chicken has a disease, which means it is poisonous and cannot be eaten by people. Don't be penny-wise and pound-foolish. If you get poisoned yourself, you may not be able to save yourself."
Xie Ning deliberately made it sound more serious, just in case some people were thinking of taking advantage of the situation and eating these dead chickens.
"Qingli, you go with them and watch them cook."
Then Xie Ning took Deng Yin with her to prepare the medicine.
The medical book she took out also contained relevant records about chicken plague, in the section on birds and beasts.
Xie Ning led the people to prepare the pills for treating chicken plague, and then said, "This medicine only needs to be taken four times, twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening."
Deng Yin looked curiously at the pill in her hand that resembled a small lump of mud. "Sister, do you think this medicine really works? If it does, can we sell it?"
"You want to sell medicine?" Xie Ning took off her gauze mask. The rain was still falling outside, drizzling and bringing a chill to the spring air.
"Um."
Deng Yin was a little embarrassed, but she still mustered up her courage and said, "Sister, it's not just here, but also in the nearby farms, the chickens they raise have been infected with fowl plague. Especially for families that raise a lot of chickens, fowl plague is what they are most afraid of."
“This is beyond my control; you’ll have to talk to my mother about it.”
She came to help after hearing from Chen Wanniang that the chickens on the estate had contracted fowl plague. As for the prescription, she didn't care. If Deng Yin was capable, she could persuade Chen Wanniang, who was in charge.
Deng Yin felt a pang of anxiety. She was closer to Xie Ning, so she wasn't as reserved, but she was still a little awkward around Chen Wan Niang. However, she was also eager to generate revenue.
During this time, she followed Chen Wanniang and Chen Yunsheng, gaining experience and developing her business acumen. Even though she is still a working person, she wants to prove herself.
After exchanging a few words with Xie Ning, Deng Yin ran to the accounting office to find Chen Wanniang.
Chen Wanniang was also somewhat tempted by Deng Yin's suggestion. There were many stalls selling various medicines in the market. Xie Ning had taken her to walk through each stall before and found that many of them were selling fake medicines.
It's best to keep this to yourself and just avoid buying medicine from those fake drug stalls. If you make a scene, you'll offend people.
Moreover, this kind of thing can't be completely prevented.
Unexpectedly, the child came back and told her father about this, which eventually led to Xie Qi writing another policy essay.
At this moment, Chen Wanniang was thinking that she didn't know if Xie Ning's medicine would work. If it didn't work, then wouldn't what she sold be fake medicine? It was better not to do such a shameful thing.
"Let's see if this medicine works on the chickens in the village first. If you have time, you can also go and visit the surrounding households to find out what kind of medicine they bought."
Deng Yin, who had been feeling a bit listless, instantly perked up. "Great!"
Deng Yin returned to her room in high spirits. They all lived in the same courtyard, in a row of houses. The three of them, mother and daughters, shared a room, while the others had four people per room.
There was a kitchen in the courtyard, and the weaver, who was good at cooking, also took on the role of cook, so her salary was naturally higher.
"Mother, I..."
If this matter were to succeed, she felt that she would be able to be promoted to a junior steward, and then her monthly allowance would increase, allowing her to make new clothes for her mother and sister. However, before she could even say it, she was interrupted by Deng's mother.
"Yin'er".
Mother Deng's eyes were red, but a smile played on her lips. "Yin'er, I've found your father. Look, this is their letter. They say they'll be heading north soon to find us. I wonder how Wen'er is doing. So many years have passed; he must be taller now. I wonder if he's lost weight. I'm not by his side, and your father is so careless; he certainly can't take good care of him..."
Deng's mother murmured, expressing her longing for her husband and son. Deng Yue'er, standing beside her, clapped her hands and cheered, "Daddy, I miss Daddy."
Deng Yin felt as if she had been doused with a bucket of cold water, chilled to the bone. Even though she had suspected it, she still looked at her mother in disbelief. Deng Yue'er was one thing, but the child was too young to remember.
Over the years, Deng's mother has always spoken well of Deng Yue'er and has never said a bad word about Deng's father. This has led to Deng Yue'er having a very good impression of her father and brothers, whose memories of her are already quite vague.
But Deng Yin was old enough to remember. She remembered how her father sold her and her two daughters and put on a hypocritical act of high-sounding integrity. She also remembered how her younger brother watched all of this in silence.
She cannot forgive.
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