Although we don't have any sparrows to eat this year, we're not short of money.
Moreover, we can't even finish all the eggs at home, and the rabbits have hardly eaten any. The number of chickens and rabbits is still increasing, especially the rabbits, which now number over a hundred!
It's only because the house is small but the yard is large that there's room for them to continuously expand their rabbit hutches. Also, they have eggs to eat, and Yue Jiuyue can eat them all by herself. Otherwise, even if Xiaoman'er cries and throws a tantrum, refusing to let her touch them, Yue Jiuyue would still have to slaughter a rabbit every few days.
"Eat rabbit?"
There are no sparrows in the house, but there are rabbits.
Moreover, because Xiaoman'er liked rabbits and wouldn't let her eat them, Yue Jiuyue was even more eager to eat them, even though she didn't eat many chickens.
Lin Chaobei glanced at Xiao Man'er, who hadn't noticed their conversation, swallowed hard, and then automatically gave in.
"How about we eat ** instead?"
Roosters aren't as cute as rabbits, and the beautiful feathers on a rooster's tail can be used to make shuttlecocks for the little girl. The little girl likes shuttlecocks, even though she can't kick them, so she doesn't mind slaughtering a chicken.
"Alright."
Yue Jiuyue didn't object. Opportunities to eat meat openly are rare, and she wasn't picky.
"Then I'll go boil some water!"
Lin Chaobei was no longer listless. He even ignored the itching of the bumps and focused on boiling water so he could grill the chicken necks himself later.
In the past, even during festivals, his family couldn't afford to eat meat. At most, they would eat some pork cracklings, which were chopped up so finely that you couldn't even taste them.
Last year during the Lunar New Year, they slaughtered a chicken for the first time, and it was the eldest brother, Lin Chaodong, who did it.
Lin Chaobei had been looking forward to eating chicken necks for a long time. He felt that it was a very important ritual, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
Anyway, he's definitely going to have chicken necks today!
Unfortunately, life is unpredictable, and people experience joys and sorrows. After Lin Chaobei had boiled the water to almost boiling point and cleaned the area in front of the stove to prevent the firewood under the pot from accidentally igniting the fire, he excitedly went to the chicken coop to catch the rooster.
The second biggest rooster, Lin Chaobei, has arrived!
Holding the rooster by the neck, the rooster still wouldn't behave, flapping its wings, kicking its claws, and turning its head to peck at Lin Chaobei's hand.
Lin Chaobei flicked the chicken's head on the forehead with his other hand.
"Still not behaving yourself! Still not behaving yourself! If you don't behave, I'll eat you up!"
Lin Chaobei went to the main room to get a kitchen knife and a bowl. He then came out and squatted down on the ground, put the kitchen knife and bowl aside, and used his hands to pluck a few tufts of feathers from the chicken's neck. The chicken squawked in pain. Then he reached for the kitchen knife with his right hand.
With a "sizzle," blood spurted out, and someone's hand caught the chicken blood in a bowl.
No, he hasn't even taken out the knife yet!
Lin Chaobei angrily looked up at the person who had taken his job of ripping chicken necks—it was Lin Chaonan. He immediately felt wronged.
"Third brother, I also want to try some chicken neck..."
Lin Chaonan: ?＾▽＾?
But he also wanted to, and he finished it all himself.
"Next time!"
Lin Chaonan offered a casual word of comfort.
Lin Chaobei: (っ╥╯﹏╰╥c)
His grief was so immense! So immense!
But he still had to keep holding the chicken head and wings, otherwise the chicken blood would be wasted.
Once the chicken blood stopped flowing, Lin Chaobei casually tossed the chicken aside and watched it flutter around in the yard. Suddenly, he felt a sense of shared misery.
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