"Just like that family just now, if it weren't for their troublesome child, we wouldn't be able to buy this ewe."
Chen Ye knew that at that time few people knew how to remove the fishy smell of goat milk, and no one would spend money to buy this unpalatable goat milk.
If this happened in later times, a ewe's milk could be exchanged for a lot of money during the four-month lactation period after giving birth.
Although Chen Ye wasn't big on gossip, he was a great chatterbox. His expression brightened up: "Ah! What's going on?"
The atmosphere must be created just right and the emotional value must be given full play, otherwise you will disappoint those who share gossip with you.
Chen Ye's tone and expression immediately triggered Chuncao's gossip gene. Chuncao looked around and saw that there was no one around before she continued to gossip. She would feel uncomfortable if she didn't say anything.
"He's not the youngest brother-in-law of that family. The one we just saw was the eldest daughter-in-law of that family. Her youngest brother-in-law is the eldest son of this family, and he's about the same age as the eldest grandson of that family."
"You could say that the eldest daughter-in-law raised the younger brother-in-law. She treats him as if he were her own son. I should say she treats him better than her own son. She dotes on him."
Chen Ye nodded to show her understanding. After all, he was the son born in her parents-in-law's old age, so the old people would inevitably favor him a little. As long as she treated her younger brother-in-law well, the position of the eldest daughter-in-law in the family would be more stable.
Who says that uneducated rural people are all honest? Look at the twists and turns here, they are no different from the women who engage in house fights.
"As the saying goes, a loving mother spoils her child. It's inevitable that an elderly couple will dote on their child a little more. Add to that an elder sister-in-law who dotes on him without any bounds, and the child will be ruined."
"He can't stop going to school. He's been going to school for almost ten years. I heard he finally graduated from elementary school this year, and he's been clamoring to continue studying. I don't know how many years it will take him to graduate from middle school."
"Look, you're already a grown man of seventeen or eighteen, but you do nothing all day and can't even lift anything. You're not doing well in school, and you just spend money on having fun."
"This time, I heard that the boy somehow learned to gamble from someone else. He said that even if all the family money was used up, it wouldn't be enough to fill the hole. Now that he's short of money, he's set his sights on the sheep, the most profitable of the family."
"It's just a coincidence. If the two ewes hadn't given birth at the same time, one ewe could have raised both lambs, and we wouldn't have been able to buy a dairy sheep that had just given birth."
For example, at her house, she would wait until the lambs were weaned before taking them back.
"Ah! So you're just living alone?" If it were Chen Ye, he would just break the kid's legs. Even if he kept him at home and fed him for free, he would not let him go out and cause trouble.
Once you get addicted to pornography, gambling, or drugs, it's impossible to quit completely. One person can ruin an entire family. If this person doesn't make up his mind and go straight, the family will have a long time to pay off the debt in the future.
"Tsk tsk tsk, who knows? But my mother said that the family had quarreled several times. Even the old lady of that family blamed the eldest daughter-in-law for raising her son badly."
"Tell me, as a daughter-in-law, you raised your youngest son but didn't get a good ending. That must be really frustrating."
"But then again, as a mother-in-law, you don't raise your own child yourself, but instead make it easier for your daughter-in-law to raise the child. If she doesn't raise the child well, you still get blamed. What's the point of that?"
"That's just how he is. When nothing happened, as the most favored youngest son, he was the one the whole family loved. But now that something has happened, they blame the eldest daughter-in-law."
"It's really hard to tell who is right and who is wrong," Chen Ye commented. This is a mess. No one wants to take the responsibility when encountering such a person who can bring disaster to the family.
"Of course not, but I've learned my lesson. We can't spoil our children too much, otherwise we won't be able to raise good children."
This is true, Chen Ye nodded seriously. Fortunately, she is the only one in her family. If she really lived with a whole family, who knows how many troubles would arise.
Suddenly I feel that it’s not bad to not have relatives. At least if one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry!
Chen Ye glanced at the sheep that Xizi was happily leading and said, "Auntie, this sheep can only produce milk for four months?"
"Yes, it's my dairy sheep. It was borrowed from my mother's family. A lamb can grow up by drinking milk for two months after birth. A sheep can produce milk for four months after giving birth. I borrowed it and let my child drink goat milk for two months."
"Goat milk is good, but it doesn't taste good. It's too pungent. You don't know that my son Hu Zi drinks it every day with his nose pinched."
"My goat can barely produce any milk anymore. I'll have to send it back to my parents in a couple of days."
Chen Ye... She had always thought that the sheep was bought from Aunt Chuncao's family, but she didn't expect that there was such a thing as borrowing a sheep for milking. It really broadened her horizons.
"Haha, what? You thought the sheep was bought by my family?" Seeing Chen Ye's incredulous expression, Chuncao couldn't help laughing. This child is still too young and has no knowledge. This is a normal thing!
A sheep costs a lot of money, and this ewe can still give birth to lambs next year. How can it be sold just like that? Unless the family is in real difficulty, no one would exchange a ewe for money.
Seeing Chen Ye nod, Chuncao wanted to laugh even more: "Silly girl, don't you think about it? How many people in our family are willing to spend so much money to buy a sheep home just to drink goat milk?"
"Even if the meat is edible, who would be willing to eat it?" Can't you just live for a taste of meat?
"As for this sheep, when you go back and someone asks you about it, don't say you bought it or exchanged it. Just say you rented it. You're using it for Uncle Chen Er and to tie him up for nourishment. Remember that?"
Chen Ye nodded quickly: "I understand, auntie." If people really knew that the sheep was bought with money, it would be bad for both their family and the family who sold the sheep.
When I have time, I will go up the mountain to see if I can find wild goats and get some mutton to use in hotpot in winter. As for what mutton tastes like?
Sorry, I have never eaten Chen Ye. I just know that people who have eaten it say it is delicious.
Especially the famous red oil hotpot in Sichuan Province and the copper hotpot in the capital. Looking at the expressions of enjoyment and satisfaction on the faces of everyone eating them, Chen Ye felt that his saliva was secreting too quickly.
This ewe probably knew that she was being sold, and she would stop from time to time along the way, looking back and bleating a few times in the direction she came from. Well, she had just become a mother, and she was being separated from her child.
Chen Ye now hopes that the sheep will not miss its cub too much and go back without milk, otherwise she will suffer a great loss.
"By the way, auntie, how do you milk a goat?" She had only seen it and had never done it herself. This thing must require some technical skills, right?
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