That was indeed the case, but the old man sized her up.
"Do you know what mushrooms are?"
Simple was choked.
"...I don't know him,"
"You're still thinking about me even though we don't know each other. I have some dried ones at home, why don't you take them home and eat them? You're just a little girl, how much can you eat?"
Simple and unconvinced,
"Can't I learn it even if I don't know it?"
The old man chuckled.
"Okay, if you're willing to learn, then go find the old lady or your aunt when it rains. Just follow them, and you'll be fine."
"Okay," he said simply, swinging his legs with a satisfied expression.
Are there many mushrooms on the mountain?
"There are plenty of years with lots of rain; you can find them if you're diligent."
"Go back and make some soup, or maybe stir-fry it with some chili peppers, that would make it even more delicious!"
"Isn't chicken stew with mushrooms a classic dish? Mushrooms and chicken are a perfect match, why do you have to separate them?"
The old man was so angry that he grabbed a small whip and started hitting her.
"You brat, what do you think a chick is?"
Do you think I don't want to eat chicken stew with mushrooms?
"If you have mushrooms, you need chicken too, right? Just take your chicken out and stew it."
The last sentence was purely said out of spite.
Simple and straightforward, just shrug.
"I don't."
The old man was so angry that he took a whip and pointed it at her.
"You, you're just so infuriating!"
"Don't wrong me. What I said made you angry? But I really didn't know that chickens could be raised in our village."
"Isn't that obvious? Which rural area doesn't allow raising chickens? As long as you don't exceed the limits or engage in speculation, nobody will bother you."
“I didn’t see a single chicken in the village last year,”
"Wasn't last year an exception? People were barely surviving, so who could afford to raise chickens? Forget chickens, there wasn't a single animal left that was even breathing."
In our village, besides people, the only other person breathing is me, your old buddy.
After a quick scratch of my head, I realized that seemed to be the case.
But raising chickens?
Tanya Jun had already excitedly stuck her head over.
"Third Master, how many can our family keep? Can our educated youth compound keep them?"
The old man had a fairly good impression of the female educated youth, and he answered her patiently.
"A family can raise a maximum of five, but you educated youth are a special case, so you are not considered a real family. Therefore, the rule is that each person can raise a maximum of two."
"If you really want to raise them, when we get back to the village, my grandma will take you. She knows whose chicks hatch well, so she can pick out the ones you can raise most successfully."
Simply turn around and look at Tanya Jun.
"Do you want to keep it?"
Tan Yajun nodded vigorously.
"Yes, of course we have to raise them. They'll start laying eggs in the fall. Even if they're roosters, we can eat them during the Lunar New Year. That's meat."
Seeing Jian Dan's calm expression,
Aren't you going to raise one?
Simple dilemma
"I can raise myself, but I can't raise chicks. However, I think I can raise a dog."
Thinking of this, she finally became somewhat interested.
"Third Master, are dogs allowed?"
The old man's lips twitched. Why was this child so different from other girls?
"Yes, but what do chicks eat? Puppies eat a lot."
That doesn't matter, Jian Dan immediately got excited.
"Third Uncle, Third Uncle, you've been in the village for so many years, can you give me some pointers? Does anyone have a dog pup?"
"What, you're an old man when you don't need him, but a third master when you do, right?"
Knowing he was joking, Jian Dan didn't argue.
"Hehe, well, look, shouldn't I act like I'm asking for a favor?"
The old man looked disgusted, but his eyes were smiling.
"Go away, you're just trying to fool this old man."
A simple sigh.
"Hey, if I don't make you happy, when will my little puppy ever have any hope?"
Lin Dongfang, who was behind him, tried to hold back but couldn't help but chuckle. When he saw Jian Dan turn around, he quickly waved his hand to apologize.
Turning back, Jian Dan continued to pester the old man, who was enjoying it, but his expression grew increasingly impatient.
"Alright, alright, stop shaking me. If you keep shaking me, my old bones will fall apart."
Jian Dan immediately stopped, sat obediently, and waited for him to speak.
The old man cleared his throat.
"What kind do you need? A house guard?"
"Yes, it would be best if they could guard the house."
“No one in our village has kept dogs for the past few years. When I get back, I’ll go to Liujiatun again. The old man there last time, no, the village chief of Liujiatun, he kept a big dog. It’s a wolf and dog mix. It used to work as a forest ranger a few years ago. They said it had a few puppies. If you raise them properly, they’ll be great at guarding the house.”
"real?"
The only living creature Jian Dan has ever owned is a dog. It was her best companion in her past life, and she doesn't want to try anything else in this life.
"Third Master, if it's that good, do you think they'd be willing to part with that brat?"
"Hmph, so what if he's reluctant or not? If he can afford it, he can. He can't afford it, can he? People are starving, and he's still thinking about dogs?"
Ah, I see. Simple has gone out of control again.
In times of scarcity, even having enough to eat is a luxury; anything else is truly difficult to achieve.
But for her, it's not a problem at all. With such a large base and such a huge inventory, she can handle anything, let alone dogs.
So he leaned closer and whispered,
"Alright, Third Master, then I'll trouble you to ask him for me. I'll go back and get something. What does he like? Should I get him some grain? Or meat?"
The old man was speechless. Although he knew the child was loose-handed, did you have to tell me so blatantly?
No need to think about it.
"Having food is naturally the best thing; everyone likes that stuff."
"OK,"
Simple knew exactly what to do, so she got off the bus at the village entrance and went straight home to prepare.
Twenty catties of grain, but it was packed into two separate bags. The old man just said he'd caught a few, and she's still very greedy.
"If he's willing to part with them, I'd be happy to have both."
The old man nodded at her but didn't say anything more. After all, the location of her house was indeed too remote. With two puppies to guard the house when they grew up, they could feel more at ease about the safety.
The old man was almost dizzy from the smell of the cigarette that had just been handed to him. This was good stuff. He hadn't smelled it since he was discharged from the army.
Their area is close to the border, and the climate is quite cold, so they really don't grow tobacco. As for selling it, there is some available at the supply and marketing cooperative, but regardless of the price, the coupons are even harder to obtain, so they don't even bother with it. To put it bluntly, it's not enough to fill a stomach or drink, so they're too embarrassed to say it out loud.
After seeing the old man off, Jian Dan was in a good mood and skipped home, looking for a place for the puppy. The house was probably too small; it was so tiny she could barely turn around and bump into the door. Adding a little one would be hilarious.
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