"Okay, I'll take note of it. But I should change the name of this chick, right? If other people hear this, they'll probably laugh at me."
"Okay, let's call it Xiaobai from now on!"
Xiao Shuangning won easily. With a smug smile on her face, she squatted down to tease the chicks in the box.
Xiao Youchen looked at the smile on her face, nodded with a smile, and stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
"Xiaobai, you have to be good. Don't make any noise or disturbance at night. Don't disturb me while I'm sleeping. Otherwise, I'll punish you by putting you in solitary confinement tomorrow and not giving you any food."
Xiao Shuangning squatted there, muttering to herself to the chicks. The chicks didn't know if they were hungry or what, but they kept chirping at her.
Little Shuangning thought the chicks were talking to her, and she became more and more excited, chirping at them non-stop.
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After a while, Shumei and Xiao Youchen came in with the cooked noodles.
Shumei saw Shuangning clucking at the chicks and smiled and shook her head, "Ningning, go wash your hands and eat. You're already so old, but you're still acting like a three-year-old. Can't you learn from your brother?"
"Here we go again." Xiao Shuangning was not used to Shumei always praising Xiao Youchen in front of her, so she stood up angrily and walked out the door.
Since she had this chicken farm, Shumei has spent most of her time on it, cleaning the farm, adding feed and water to the chicks, and giving medicine to the sick chicks. In short, she is very busy every day.
When Xiao Youchen comes home from school, he will bring Xiao Shuangning to help.
The sun rises and sets, flowers bloom and fall.
Time passed day by day, and the chicks grew bigger day by day. The whole family was waiting for the reward. They had invested all their energy and money in this. This thing could only succeed, not fail. If this thing failed, it would be an immeasurable blow to their family.
Xiao Youchen might still be full of hope and confidence about this matter, and never thought about failure.
But Shumei, as a mother and an adult, should know that no matter how well-thought-out a plan is, it can still fail. Before the chicken farm had any income, she had to endure not only physical stress but also mental pressure.
Although she appeared calm on the surface, she never truly laughed from the bottom of her heart when she was alone.
One day, while inspecting the chicken coop, Xiao Youchen noticed that several chicks were missing from one cage. Although he hadn't counted them exactly, based on his observations over the past few days, he was certain that the chicks were missing.
He checked around carefully. The cage was not broken and the chicks couldn't have escaped on their own. He was a little puzzled.
This is really weird. Could it be that these little chicks have practiced the art of shrinking their bones?
However, this was their first time opening a chicken farm, and they still lacked many technical and common sense skills.
He scratched his head, frowned, and went home to call Shumei.
"Mom, look at this cage and this one. Are there a few chicks missing?" Xiao Youchen pulled Shumei to the chicken coop and pointed at the one with large gaps in it.
Shumei leaned over and took a closer look, then said uncertainly, "It seems quite empty, but the cage is fine. It shouldn't have slipped out, right?"
"Mom, how about this! Starting tonight, I'll live in the chicken coop! No matter if it's a thief or the chicks ran away by themselves, we'll find out by just guarding it, right?" Little Youchen volunteered.
"That's a good idea, but... this chicken farm is smelly and noisy. I'm the one guarding it, so how can I let you do it? If you can't sleep well at night, how can you study hard during the day?"
"mom……"
"Stop talking. It's settled now. If there really is a thief, I will definitely catch him. There are two unwanted door panels in the yard. I'll move them over and make a simple bed. I'll start waiting tonight." Shumei said with a smile on her face and a relaxed look.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Youchen couldn't continue to argue with her and could only obey Shumei's wishes.
"Then... then I'll go help Mom make the bed." Little Youchen said as he ran out of the chicken coop, found the door panel that Shumei mentioned in the yard, and moved it into the chicken coop swiftly.
He covered his head and started cleaning the chicken coop. Shumei also came forward to help. The mother and son cooperated tacitly and got to work right away.
In a short while, a small room was cleaned up for Shumei. Xiao Youchen placed two door panels on the brick pier.
"Alright, you see, it's all done in just a few moments. Isn't this what they call mother-son teamwork? Isn't the work tiring?"
Shumei dusted off her hands, put her hands on her hips, looked at the results of her and Xiao Youchen's battle, and said with a joking smile.
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