After breakfast, he took the initiative to come to the pigpen to start working, and explained to Uncle Chen the reason for his demotion. Uncle Chen patted him on the shoulder and said, "People should not forget their roots. This is what my eldest cousin reminds me all the time. He is afraid that we will become arrogant.
Well, just do your work without worry. It's also good to take care of the piglets. At the beginning, we were too embarrassed to do it, but now everyone envies us. Some people even offer us a high salary to raise pigs for them!
Who cares! Even if it can be developed to be this good, it won’t be as good as the business here! Won’t they just deduct our wages when the time comes?
This is human nature. Pies don't fall from the sky. Your cousin didn't appear by chance. You are too honest and sincere. It's not suitable for you to go out. It's good to be here dealing with pigs. "
Jin Chao nodded repeatedly. Uncle Chen was a down-to-earth man. He analyzed Jin Chao's situation carefully as soon as they met. This pigpen might really be the right place for him.
At this moment, thinking that he was still willing to accept his previous greetings and still willing to call him Brother Chao, he should be content. He opened the iron gate and said, "Come up!"
They cut in line openly, and the people in the queue dared not complain. The training of the piglets has always been free. If they charged for it, and the children at home who were like ancestors wanted to watch it, wouldn't they have to pay for it?
Zhou Niao took the lead and walked up the stairs. Passing by Jin Chao, he whispered, "Blame me."
Jin Chao shook his head. "It's not a day's cold, it's me who has changed. It's good now."
After everyone had passed, Zhou Quan, the last one to leave, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Your smile is so comforting right now. Work hard. Your mother is at the age of retirement, so it's better for you to stay by her side. As Jin gets richer, it will take more energy. You should stay by her side and educate her."
"Thank you, uncle. I understand now. It's time for me to contribute as a son and a father."
Zhou Quan patted Jin Chao's shoulder again and walked into the workplace that once brought him both pride and shame.
After the food station stopped transferring live pigs here, he thought he would never come here again. However, his little girl turned this place into a place that everyone loves to come to. In three years, he hasn't come here once.
No matter how delicious the pork slaughtered in the first year was, no matter how much Xie Ling boasted about it, or how many people came to watch, he was unwilling to come.
Because it was here that his father saw him feeding pigs, turned around and left, saying that the formal job he had found had lost him and that he might as well be digging the soil at home!
Back then, he held the long wooden spoon for scooping pig food, looked at the back of the man who turned away without mercy and didn't even give him a word of praise, and shed tears that he hadn't shed since he became an adult.
Now, stepping into this pigsty that he once felt ashamed of, he did not feel the bitterness he thought he would. The past is like smoke, and the elders are not necessarily right, just like what his father left behind was not wealth, but endless troubles.
"Dad, come and take a look. This wooden spoon is not working well. It needs to be re-carved."
"Okay! I'll re-carve it."
Zhou Quan nodded. Having used wooden spoons for more than ten years, he knew exactly what kind of spoons were best to use.
"Yan'er, come here, let me tell you," Zhou Xiang waved to her nephew. When he came over, she drew a circle with her finger.
"This is where your grandfather worked. The pigs back then were more aggressive and not as docile as these piglets. Your father even secretly lifted me over the iron gate we just passed through. The big pig grunted, which scared me.
When your father saw me, tears welled up in his eyes. He quickly climbed in, picked me up, and took me out again. He climbed out again, and did this twice. He didn't even have time to see what was inside.
When we were little, we really yearned for this pigpen, but it was a pity that your grandfather didn't bring us in to play. Now, I come in to play every day, and I even let many people in to play."
"Grandpa!" Zhou Yan's eyes widened. "Are you afraid of those pigs? Do they bite you?"
Zhou Quan touched his grandson's head and said, "The pigs are all locked in the pigpen. They can't bite me, so I use a long wooden spoon to scoop food for them.
Pigs are not wild animals and they don't bite people, so of course I'm not afraid of them."
"Grandpa is really awesome! I'm a little scared when I see these pigs!"
The grandson's words seemed to soothe his father's disdain that year. "These piglets are quite big. This is your first time seeing such a big one. Of course you are a little scared. But if you come a few times, you won't be afraid anymore."
"Yeah! Once I get used to their appearance, I shouldn't be afraid of them anymore. Their mouths are a bit long, and they seem like they can bite people."
"Haha, if you feed it with a long wooden spoon, no matter how long its mouth is, it can't bite your hand, right?"
Seeing the grandparents and grandchildren start feeding the piglets, Zhou Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. Her father refused to go into the pigpen again. Although she didn't know the reason, now, no matter what the reason was, it should be a thing of the past.
Zhou Yan was held by his father while watching the piglets running. The piglets running were the most touching thing for children. He patted his father's shoulder and shouted "Come on" along with other children.
When Xie Chen saw Zhou Yan while weighing the scale, he almost dropped the weight on his feet. "Little Zhou Niao?"
Zhou Yan stood on tiptoe and shouted to the silly uncle in the window: "Hello, uncle! My name is Zhou Yan, and Zhou Niao is my father."
"Ouch!"
Xie Chen held his foot. His toe was actually hit by the weight. Fortunately, it was a 25 kg weight. If it was a 50 kg weight, his toenail would probably be broken off. "You, who is your father?"
"My father's name is Zhou Niao!"
Zhou Niao, who was standing at the north gate of the scale waiting for his son, became impatient and said, "Xie Chen, hurry up. If you can't do this job, just quit."
Xie Chen looked at Lu Jing who was looking at him and quickly shook his head, "No, no, no, I was just scared by you. Giving birth to such a big son without any warning is too scary."
"How could you be more frightening than just sitting in your room quietly hatching eggs?"
"Zhou Niao!"
Xie Chen stopped Zhou Niao from exposing his past, and glanced at Lu Jing out of the corner of his eyes. Seeing that Lu Jing's expression remained unchanged, he didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed.
Zhou Xiang from the South Gate urged, "Xie Chen, if you keep on dawdling, I'll dock your salary."
"Okay, okay, the scale is ready. Here's the weight card. Please take it, little Zhou Yan."
"Thank you, uncle. You are very handsome, even more handsome than Aunt Lu Jing."
Lu Jing's expression, which had never changed, finally changed. Zhou wanted to rub her eyes, thinking she was dazzled, but she actually saw Lu Jing's face turn red. When she looked carefully again, it was gone, and she still had the same expression and complexion as usual.
Lu Jing reached out and opened the wooden fence, "Yan'er, come out, the children behind are queuing up."
"Okay! Aunt Lu Jing, hold me."
Zhou Niao retracted his outstretched arm. Why did his son suddenly ask Lu Jing to hold him?
Lu Jing pulled him out and held him in her arms, "Let's go!"
Zhou Yan leaned on Aunt Lu Jing's shoulder and whispered, "That uncle always stares at you. He must think you are more handsome than him. I am afraid that he will feel inferior, so I praise him. Aunt, don't be disappointed. You are more handsome than Aunt Lu Ying."
Lu Jing stumbled and almost threw the person in his arms out.
"You, you should ask your dad to hold you!"
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