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The next day.
After a night of recovery, Chu Qi's severely exhausted body returned to its peak state the next day.
The original owner was the same age as Zhuang Xiaolan, both twenty-seven years old.
Twenty-seven years old is very common in universities these days.
Because it was the first year that the college entrance examination was resumed, Chu Qi was fortunate enough to become one of the first batch of college students.
Except for the freshman year, there are no students in the sophomore, junior and senior years.
***
This year, the special era has ended, and the days of communal dining and collective labor are gone forever.
After careful consideration by the leadership, land distribution was implemented under the household contract responsibility system, which divided land property rights into ownership and management rights.
The ownership still belongs to the collective, while the management rights are subcontracted to farmers on a household basis by the collective economic organization for independent management.
In other words, farmers now have their own fields to farm.
You don’t have to hand in what you grow, you can decide whether to eat it or sell it.
Once this system was introduced, farmers across the country went into a frenzy of celebration.
Now that we have the land, poultry can naturally be raised privately.
Not long after Chu Qi came back from the exam, she bought ten chicks.
Every day, Zhuang Xiaolan and Chu Wanxiu’s favorite thing to do is to have breakfast in the morning and then go looking for insects to feed the chicks.
The chicks were too small, so the insects were cut into pieces and fed separately. The chicks were well fed and nutritious, their feathers were fluffy, and they were all healthy.
In addition to the chicks, Chu Qi also bought three big chickens and kept them in bamboo cages.
In order to celebrate Chu Qi's admission to university, the family decided to kill a chicken to celebrate.
Zhuang Aiguo was responsible for catching the chickens. Wearing straw sandals and a cool vest, he walked into the chicken coop.
The three big chickens we bought were very energetic. When they saw someone coming, they poked their heads out and clucked, completely unaware that a disaster was about to happen.
After opening the chicken coop, Zhuang Aiguo quickly grabbed a chicken by the wings, pulled it out, and then quickly closed the door.
The big chicken that was dragged out called lazily a few times, and its claws curled up automatically, looking like it was ready to be slaughtered.
Chu Qi was sharpening a knife at the kitchen door, until it was shiny and gleaming.
After Zhuang Aiguo brought the big chicken over, Chu Qi grabbed the chicken's neck, plucked the hair on its neck, held the chicken's head and started cutting with a knife.
The blood flowed into the bowl that had been prepared long ago, mixed with a small amount of water in the bowl, and slowly coagulated into half a bowl of beautiful blood clots.
“How pitiful.”
Chu Wanxiu couldn't bear to look at it and covered her face.
Zhuang Xiaolan carried her away, "Come and help mom pick vegetables."
Chu Wanxiu nodded obediently, "Okay~"
While her father and husband were killing and plucking chickens, Zhuang Xiaolan was in the kitchen washing rice, cooking, scrubbing pots and dishes. After finishing all this, she picked up a broom and swept the kitchen.
Chu Qi squatted under the faucet that had been installed two years ago to process the chicken.
Use a knife to cut an incision in the chicken's crop, take out the intestines and other things, and put them aside.
Chu Qi rubbed the chicken skin clean, and then put the whole chicken into the pot to cook it, making poached chicken.
Clean the chicken intestines, chicken hearts and other parts, rub them with salt, cut them and set aside.
Chu Qi plans to cook two dishes tonight. One is poached chicken, eaten with soy sauce and minced garlic; the other is fried chicken intestines with pineapple.
The pineapple is green with a little yellow on the outside. Once you peel off the skin, you will find that it is ripe inside. It is perfect for stir-frying. The sour and sweet pineapple is very appetizing in summer.
At the dinner table.
Chu Wanxiu sat on her special elevated stool, and used her small hands to skillfully pick up the pineapple from the bowl with chopsticks.
After putting it in her mouth and taking a bite, the rich juice exploded in her mouth. The sour and sweet taste made Chu Wanxiu frown and exclaimed: "So sour!"
"Eat chicken leg." Zhuang Xiaolan picked up a chicken leg and put it in her daughter's bowl.
"Thank you, Mom." Chu Wanxiu smiled sweetly.
Chu Qi picked up a piece of chicken wing very politely and ate it slowly.
Zhuang Aiguo loves chicken feet. Every time he kills a chicken, two chicken feet go into his stomach.
Now he took a bite of his claws and a sip of liquor, enjoying the food.
Chu Qi has never liked drinking, unless it is necessary.
Today is a day of celebration. Chu Qi made an exception and poured a glass, clinked glasses with her father-in-law, and drank slowly.
***
The school started on September 1st. Chu Qi lived at home for two months. At the end of August, she packed her luggage and prepared to leave home.
When Chu Wanxiu saw her father packing up again, she knew that he was getting ready to leave home.
She was very reluctant, but she also understood that her father left home to "go to college." This thing that she didn't understand seemed very important to adults.
The child was reluctant to leave, but was sensible enough not to cry or make a fuss.
The next day when they parted, Chu Wanxiu's big black grape-like eyes were filled with tears. She hugged Chu Qi's legs and said in a sobbing voice:
"Daddy, remember to miss your daughter!"
Zhuang Xiaolan was also reluctant to leave, and silently hugged Chu Qi, "Take good care of yourself."
Chu Qi picked up her daughter, kissed her face, and assured her, "Daddy will miss you."
Then he covered Chu Wanxiu's eyes with one hand and kissed Zhuang Xiaolan's lips, reluctantly kissing her for a long time.
"......"
Zhuang Aiguo turned around silently.
After a kiss, Chu Qi picked up her luggage and set out on the road to study alone.
***
School days are lonely.
But it is also very fulfilling.
Chu Qi attends classes seriously and her grades are always among the best.
During her sophomore year, Chu Qi and three other classmates opened a snail noodle company.
The taste and hygiene are well controlled.
At the same time, advertising is also in place.
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