"Master! This... can be finished today? The chicken factory is urging me to go and get the chicks!" Shumei urged the workers in a roundabout way.
"Sister Shumei, don't worry. Tomorrow - no - today, we guarantee that it will be completed today, and the chicks can move in tomorrow." One of the workers patted his chest and promised.
When Shumei heard this, she was delighted and responded happily: "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work, masters. When this busy period is over, I will treat you to a drink."
The women who loved to laugh at jokes and gossip passing by started to wonder when they saw Shumei laughing so happily.
Villager A: "Look, he's smiling like the Maitreya Buddha, and he really thinks he's so capable."
Villager B: "Don't be fooled by her laughter right now. She'll cry someday. I heard she mortgaged her illegitimate husband's house to get the money to do this."
Villager A: "Yeah! That's right. For so many years, I've been occupying that man's house without a second thought. It's something neither you nor I could do. If I were so shameless, I wouldn't be living a hard life in this mountain valley now. I would have been living a good life with that educated youth long ago."
Villager B: "Right, right, right. Shameless people are feared by ghosts. In the future, we should avoid offending such people, so as to avoid getting into trouble. The Zhao family is a lesson for us. Just because of a dispute over a piece of land, the old lady of the Zhao family was so angry that she died..."
The two stood on the ridge of the field, talking to each other. When he saw Shumei coming up to clean up the pots and pans, he quickly put his mouth shut, glared at Shumei with disdain, and both walked away quickly.
Shumei sneered. She had seen this kind of thing, this kind of scene so many times that it couldn't be repeated. It was like she had been vaccinated against it, and she would never get angry about it again.
The next day, Shumei hired a car and prepared to go to the chicken farm to pick up the chicks.
That day happened to be Saturday, and both children had a day off. Before leaving, Xiao Youchen insisted on going with Shumei. He was afraid that Shumei would be alone and would have no one to help her if something happened.
Shumei couldn't convince Xiao Youchen, so she had to let the two children go with her.
Everything went smoothly. The chicks arrived home safely in the evening and moved into their new homes one after another.
A chicken farm of not too large a scale was completed without any ceremony. There were only Shumei and her two children busying around.
Wen Dazui also brought his family to help. Through everyone's efforts, they finally managed to put all the chicks into cages and lock them up properly, and add feed and water to the chicks.
Little Shuangning was so excited looking at the chirping chicks. She held a snow-white chick in her hands and couldn't let it go. "Mom, I've never seen so many chicks before. They're so cute. How did you come up with the idea of opening a chicken farm? This is so fun."
"Fun?" Little Youchen looked at Xiao Shuangning in disbelief. "Ningning, this is not fun at all. Mommy put so much effort into this, do you know?"
"Brother, can you please stop lecturing me like a parent? I'm your sister, how can you not be so strict when you talk to me?"
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Whenever this happened, Xiao Youchen didn't know how to deal with her.
"Mom, you are so amazing that you can think of such a way. Will I have endless eggs to eat in the future? Fried eggs, poached eggs, boiled eggs, steamed eggs, haha, I want to eat them in different ways. I am drooling just thinking about it." Xiao Shuangning had an intoxicated look on her face. She squinted her eyes and fantasized, and she was already swallowing her saliva with greed.
"You little girl, all you do is eat all day long. I'm afraid you're thinking about food even in your dreams. Do you want to turn yourself into a little fat girl?" Shumei poked Xiao Shuangning's forehead hard to break her fantasy.
"Mom, I'm not as greedy as you say."
"No? Did I blame you wrongly?"
"Isn't it? The construction of this chicken farm should also be attributed to me...one third of the credit, right? Little chicken, don't you think so?" Xiao Shuangning stroked the little chick in her hand, taking the credit for herself without any guilt.
Seeing her like this, Shumei and Xiao Youchen smiled and shook their heads at the same time.
"Shumei! With a pair of children like this, all your hard work over the years has not been in vain. One is steady and studious, the other is cheerful and lively. Both are filial and sensible, just perfect! It's because you have disciplined them well!" Wen Dazui looked at this happy family and couldn't help but envy them.
"Sister Huimei, you're too kind. We're just two naughty and troublesome people."
"You are so lucky, but you don't know how to appreciate it. Don't look at those people slandering you behind your back. In fact, they are probably very envious and jealous in their hearts." Wen Dazui said loudly while cleaning the dirt on his hands.
"Hehe! I hope the children can really live up to everyone's expectations! They can live the life they want when they grow up, they won't be humble because of lack of money, and they won't be looked down upon because of poverty..." Shumei touched the two children's heads and said to Wen Dazui, her heart and eyes full of expectations for the children's future.
As she spoke, her expression became heavy, and the bitterness of the past emerged in her mind bit by bit.
Little Youchen noticed the unhappiness in Shumei's eyes and quickly said sensibly, "Don't worry, Mom. Ningning and I won't let you down. We will work twice as hard and repay your kindness in raising us a hundredfold, a thousandfold, and ten thousandfold. Don't work too hard in the future. We've grown up and can help you share some of the responsibilities within our capacity."
"See! What was I saying just now? This... is much better than that useless little brat in my family. It makes me jealous. The more I look at it, the more I feel that I am a failed mother. Oh, I won't look at it anymore. You are almost done with your work, so I will go back first." Wen Dazui said while shaking his head and waving his hand to leave.
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