Chapter 20 New Favorite
After much persuasion, Ye Zhen finally managed to get Ye Ma and her friends to give in and decide to raise 50 chickens.
"Okay, okay, you really spend your money recklessly!"
Mother Ye was so annoyed that she finally agreed.
"Then mom, go ask me which family has chicken and ducklings. I want to buy local Mallard ducks, not white ducks. White ducks don't taste good."
What else could Ye's mother say? Her daughter had already made up her mind. Ducklings were not expensive anyway, so she could do whatever she wanted. "I'll go ask your second aunt if they have any this year and see what the price is."
Ye Zhen was thinking that now that he had ducks, he should buy a few sheep. He would buy chickens, ducks, and sheep anyway, so it would be better to buy them all at once to avoid having to persuade them next time.
Ye Zhen carefully glanced at his parents' faces and tentatively said, "Then buy a few more sheep, find a place to put them, and bring them back at night."
There is a large piece of wasteland in my hometown, with high mountains, dense forests and green grass everywhere. It feels like it would be a waste of the environment given by God if I don’t raise a few sheep. I should buy a few sheep, put them on the grass and let them eat on their own. That should be fine... right!
Ye Ma "!"
Wave after wave, are chickens, ducks, and sheep just raised so casually?
Why does it feel like raising sheep is just like playing house when my daughter talks about it?
Ye Zhen had always been keeping an eye on his parents' faces, and when they opened their mouths to refuse, he quickly interrupted them, "Just raise a few, I'll pay for it, I have money!"
There's nothing wrong with that. Lambs were quite expensive before, and we've never raised one at home, so just raise one if you want to eat it.
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This matter was settled. When Ye Zhen's father entered the house and saw the various electrical appliances he had bought, he sobbed with heartache.
"This, this life is over? Don't we have a TV at home? Wouldn't a computer be enough? We don't use it either, so it just looks good there?"
Father Ye shook his head. “We don’t watch TV that often. It’s so convenient to use a mobile phone. You can watch anything you want.”
Dad Ye would say something when he saw something, and would look up the price when he saw the price. Once he saw the price, he would be even more furious and would want to go back and return it immediately.
Ye Zhen just ignored her. She couldn't use her spiritual energy recklessly after she came back. Many things were inconvenient. For example, the washing machine. In the past, she could use a little magic to make her body, including clothes, clean. Now, she has returned to the pre-liberation era. She has to save her spiritual energy to farm. How much money would she have to spend on tools? How hard would it be to wash by hand?
She feels sorry for her family.
Now, let alone electrical appliances, I even want to demolish the house and rebuild it.
When we were served, Dad Ye was still nagging. I took a sip of wine and thought about it, and still felt distressed.
Ye Zhen didn't care what his father thought, and retorted: "Can't our grandparents watch it? They don't play with their phones much, and they can see it more clearly on such a big TV."
Grandpa Ye and Grandma Ye’s cell phones are still those old-fashioned ones, unlike Dad Ye’s, who can provide whatever he wants.
"Dad, you have to think about our grandparents." Ye Zhen shook his head, "I am just being filial to them."
But it's for everyone's good.
Mr. Ye's face turned red with embarrassment, and he couldn't say anything else.
If you say too much, it seems like he is not filial to his parents.
Grandpa Ye and Grandma Ye were laughing so hard that Grandpa Ye took a big sip of wine.
"Oh, how dare you drink like this?" Grandma Ye grabbed the wine glass anxiously.
Ye Zhen stared at the wine glass in front of him. This was home-brewed liquor by a farmer. Every year, Dad Ye would either prepare sorghum and rice and ask someone to buy the liquor, or spend money to buy it from a professional winemaker. Grandpa Ye did the same. Both father and son were experienced drinkers.
He can't stop drinking three times a day, morning, noon and night. Last year, Grandpa Ye was hospitalized. The doctor repeatedly warned him not to drink. He stayed in the hospital for more than two weeks, but he went home and drank secretly. No matter what his family members said, he wouldn't listen. He didn't avoid smoking and drinking, and he couldn't even drink a sip.
Then it was Grandpa Ye's turn to be unhappy, "Just drink a little, it's okay to drink a little."
Grabbing the wine glass, Grandpa Ye started drinking again, and Grandma Ye couldn't stop him at all.
In the end, I didn't want to persuade him anymore and could only stare at him to drink less.
Ye Zhen watched and put the matter of drinking in her heart. Since she couldn't quit, she would cultivate spiritual rice herself in the future. She also had many wine recipes, including fruit wine and grain wine. Drinking it every day would be good for the body.
Mother Ye held the two cats that followed Ye Zhen in her arms. She fed them the food that she had specially cooked for the cats and stroked the cats' fat paws, just like she was holding a child.
The two cats are lying comfortably. Don’t be too comfortable in your life.
As soon as these two cats came back today, they captured the hearts of the Ye family.
There are a lot of rats and insects in the countryside, especially mice. I bought medicine and used mousetraps, but all of them were useless. They were like demons.
Last month, the sun was shining and we did a thorough cleaning at home. Grandma Ye took out the quilt and bed covers to wash. Well, when she opened the quilt, she found a big hole in it and had even pooped and peed on it. The stench was so bad that it was choking.
This made Grandma Ye very angry. The new cotton was just plucked last year and people hadn't slept on it for a few times, but now it was destroyed by rats.
In previous years, rats would eat up the food and tables and cabinets at home, and even the cement floor would be dug through by rats.
It’s not that she didn’t have cats, but they were strange and couldn’t be kept alive. They would either cry every day and refuse to eat, or they would run away to the back mountain and would rather be a wild cat than come back. Grandma Ye never gave up and would get another one after another after one left. After a lot of trouble, she still couldn’t tame the cats and was instead scratched by them many times.
Now, Grandma Ye and her family gave up the idea of raising cats, so the mice at home are so fat, they are all stolen food!
This time, as soon as the two cats returned home, not long after, they bit out a big rat from somewhere, but instead of eating it, they brought it directly to Ye Zhen's feet.
When Ye's mother saw it, she was so happy that she picked up the mop, swept the mouse up, dug a hole and buried it.
When I went back to cooking, I added meat to the cats, and Grandma Ye and I each held one in our arms and refused to let go.
Tutu has become the new favorite of the family, and the family’s mice depend on the two cats.
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