Chapter 55: Changing Chicks
Because Shen Jintao was confirmed to become a teacher in the school, the news spread in the staff quarters like wildfire. Even the children would respectfully call her "Teacher Shen" when they saw her and did not dare to act naughty in front of her. Perhaps this is the nature of children.
Chen Jintao will not go to school until next Monday. In the next two days, she plans to exchange supplies with her fellow villagers. She mainly wants two hens so that she can lay eggs.
There was also a piece of vacant land in the yard. Perhaps a special bloodline had been awakened. She felt a little strange when she saw the land lying in ruins.
I also need to send a letter home to tell them about the situation here.
Today, Chen Jintao did not invite Qian Mingfang to join her. After all, she had her own things to do, and Chen Jintao was embarrassed to bother others every time.
She rode her bicycle to the city to mail the letter, and then went directly to a fishing village near the army.
Because this area is close to the sea, there are many fishing villages. Most of the villagers here make a living by catching seafood. Although the purchase price given to the supply and marketing cooperative is very low, if you are lucky, it is possible to sell the day's catch for one yuan, so you won't starve to death.
Of course, not everyone is so lucky. More importantly, if you want to go out to sea, you need a fishing boat. If you don’t have a fishing boat, you can only find some seafood by going to the sea, and life will not be so good.
The name of this village is "Shangyu Village". When Chen Jintao rode her bicycle into the village, she quickly attracted most people's attention.
The brand new bicycles were very attractive to the villagers. Besides, life in Shangyu Village was not good, and they only had one bicycle, which belonged to the team leader. It was very old and the paint had long since fallen off.
A group of children were running behind the bicycle. Shen Jintao was worried that they might fall, so she simply stopped the bike.
"Children, don't follow me. It's easy to fall." Chen Jintao said with a smile.
A group of little guys looked at Chen Jintao curiously, "Beautiful sister, what's the matter with you? Why haven't we seen you before? Or who are you looking for?"
The person who spoke was a little boy who looked very smart, and he looked at Shen Jintao with burning eyes.
This was the first time he saw such a beautiful sister.
Chen Jintao thought about it and felt that it would not be a good idea to search aimlessly. These kids should know which family has the chicken, right?
"Little friend, are you familiar with this village?"
"Of course I grew up in the village, and I know which chickens lay eggs!" Heidan patted his chest, looking very proud.
"Is that so? Then can you tell me who has chicks? I want to exchange two chicks for someone. If you can tell me, I will give you two White Rabbit candies."
Heidan's eyes immediately lit up. He had never eaten White Rabbit Milk Candy in his life. He heard that kind of candy was very expensive and only children who grew up in the city could afford it.
"Really?"
He was still a little skeptical. After all, in his opinion, this was not a big deal. Who would give two White Rabbit candies just because someone showed them the way?
"Really, I'm not lying!"
Shen Jintao quickly assured.
The other children were a little anxious.
"Sister! Sister! I know too. I can take you with me!"
"Yeah, I can too. I don't want two White Rabbits, I just want one!"
Seeing the children so excited, Chen Jintao felt helpless. Although she had money and tickets, and was not short of White Rabbit candies, she couldn't possibly give candies to these children she didn't even know like a big grudge.
I could only look at the children apologetically, "I'm sorry, children, because I have already decided to let this kid take me there, and I have already promised him, so I can't go back on my word. I will ask you for help next time I have a chance!"
The children were quite disappointed to hear Chen Jintao say this.
Heidan was very happy. Just now when everyone said that they should take their sister to find someone to exchange the chick, he was a little nervous, worried that his sister would agree to other children.
"Hey, then sister, come with me. My uncle's family has chicks that have just been hatched and need to be replaced."
There are regulations on raising chickens now. Each household decides the number of chickens to raise based on the number of people. If they raise more chickens, their tails will be cut off. So even if you hatch chicks at home, you can only return them to others.
When Chen Jintao came, she brought a pound of rice, which was hanging on the handlebars. It was enough to exchange for two chickens.
Heidan was running in front, and Chen Jintao followed him on a bike.
The other children followed closely, even if they couldn’t get the White Rabbit milk candy, they still wanted to see it.
We soon arrived at Heidan's uncle's mother's home. It was a very simple farmhouse, but it was full of the atmosphere of life. It was obvious that the hostess of the house knew how to live very well.
"Heidan, why are you running so fast? Your forehead is covered in sweat!"
The weather has gotten cooler, to the point where one needs to wear a long-sleeved jacket when going out, but Heidan can still run while sweating profusely, and his aunt is a little worried.
"Hey, auntie, there's a pretty sister who wants to exchange chicks, so I brought her here," Heidan smiled, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth, and turned to look at Chen Jintao, "Pretty sister, this is my auntie, she has chicks, you can exchange with her!"
"Okay!" After thanking her, Chen Jintao took out two White Rabbit candies from her pocket, "Here you go, we agreed on that."
Heidan took it with a smile, but was stopped by his aunt, "Child, return it to this comrade quickly. This candy is very expensive. If you want to eat it, ask your uncle to bring it to you next time when he goes to sell seafood."
Rural people generally don’t want to buy such expensive candy, but precisely because this candy is so expensive, Heidan’s aunt doesn’t want him to take advantage of it.
Heidan was a little disappointed, but still obediently returned the candy to Chen Jintao.
Chen Jintao didn't answer, "Since we have already agreed on this, we can't change it. You don't want your sister to become a person who doesn't keep her word, right?"
Heidan felt dizzy. He looked at Chen Jintao, then at his aunt, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.
Seeing that Chen Jintao really wanted to give it to her nephew, the aunt could only nod and said, "Then you can accept it!"
"Okay, auntie, I'm going out to play!"
"Okay! Don't go to the beach. It's windy today."
"knew!"
After Heidan left, Heidan's aunt invited Shen Jintao into the house and took her directly to the chicken coop to show her her own chickens.
"Comrade, these chicks have been raised for a while, there will be absolutely no problem, which one do you want? I'll catch it for you."
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