Zhang Mingfeng and Yang Wanli continued chatting.
Yu Xiangnian glanced at the time. There were still more than ten minutes until the end of get off work, so it was almost time to leave.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Zhang Mingfeng say, "It's almost time to get off work. We won't bother you anymore. Come visit me next time."
Yang Wanli glanced at the watch on his wrist, stood up and said, "Lao Zhang, we haven't been together for a long time. Let's have a meal together today."
"Comrade Yu, let's have dinner together." Yang Wanli said to Yu Xiangnian.
"No, no, you guys eat." Yu Xiangnian waved his hand and said, "I have children at home waiting for me to go back and cook."
"Take some back for the kids." Yang Wanli said, "Look, if you go back now and cook it, it will take about the same amount of time as if you take it back after eating."
Yang Wanli was too enthusiastic. Yu Xiangnian felt a little headache. "Director Yang, you are too polite. It's really not necessary. I have to hurry home."
Yang Wanli said even more enthusiastically, "If it weren't for you, Lao Zhang and I wouldn't have had this chance to chat and get together. Comrade Yu, I'll just treat this as an invitation to keep you company for a while."
Seeing Yang Wanli's enthusiasm, Zhang Mingfeng couldn't refuse. He turned to Xiang Nian and said, "Comrade Xiaoyu, let's have a meal together. Just bring some food for the child."
Yu Xiangnian: “…”
Zhang Mingfeng had already said so, and she had just asked him for help. If she refused too firmly, it would be too disrespectful to him.
Yu Xiangnian said awkwardly, "Thank you, Director Yang."
The city is not big, and there is a state-owned hotel just a few hundred meters away.
Yu Xiangnian pushed the bicycle and accompanied Yang Wanli and Zhang Mingfeng to the state-owned hotel.
Yang Wanli ordered four dishes and a soup, and the three of them sat down to eat.
Yu Xiangnian wasn't very familiar with either of them, so the meal was really awkward.
The two chatted about their own things, while Yu Xiangnian ate silently, just wanting to finish his meal quickly and go home.
Yang Wanli suddenly asked, "Judging from his accent, Comrade Yu is a local. I see the remittance address is quite far away. Are you sending money to a relative?"
Yu Xiangnian answered honestly, "I sent it to my husband's hometown."
"Oh..." Yang Wanli raised his eyes, "Comrade Yu looks so young, I didn't expect he's already married."
Yu Xiangnian replied: "Yes, it's done."
Zhang Mingfeng continued, "Don't underestimate Comrade Xiaoyu's youth; he's well-educated. Our newspaper's manuscripts are always translated quickly and accurately."
"Comrade Yu knows foreign languages?!" Yang Wanli said in surprise, looking at Yu Xiangnian with admiration and a meaningful look, "Comrade Yu is truly both talented and beautiful!"
Yu Xiangnian just felt embarrassed. She smiled and replied perfunctorily, "I understand a little bit."
Zhang Mingfeng added, "Our comrade Xiaoyu's husband is also a talented person. I heard that he is already the deputy head of the regiment at such a young age!"
Yang Wanli nodded and said, "That's really a good match."
Yu Xiangnian didn't know how to respond. He just smiled with a forced smile and just wanted to finish the meal quickly.
The meal finally ended amid the compliments and praises from the two. Yu Xiangnian had never had such a tiring meal before.
She brought two meat buns for Xiaojie.
When someone else is treating her to a meal, she shouldn't bring too much.
Before parting, Yang Wanli shook hands with Yu Xiangnian again and said, "Comrade Yu, if you need any help in the future, just let me know. You know my office."
Yu Xiangnian smiled politely, "Thank you, Director Yang, goodbye."
When I got home, there were two little chickens in the yard.
It was only about ten centimeters tall, with tender yellow fur, and it huddled in the corner of the yard, chirping.
She had planned to raise two hens a long time ago, but Xiaojie was hospitalized some time ago, and she had a quarrel with Cheng Jingmo and was about to divorce, so she delayed it.
It wasn't until the day before the Lantern Festival that I told Sister Liu Zhen about it and asked her to help buy two hens.
No matter what Cheng Jingmo's situation is, she must live strong.
Xiaojie watches her every day, so she has to build up Xiaojie's confidence in life.
Yu Xiangnian and Xiao Jie squatted on the ground, each holding a chick in his hand, trying to figure out how to tell it was a hen.
Xiao Jie pulled apart the feathers in front of the chick's butt and asked, "It doesn't even have chirps, how do you know it's a hen?"
Yu Xiangnian laughed instantly, "Little chicken's little chirp..."
After laughing for a moment, I felt that it was not in line with my image to say these things in front of children.
She immediately turned serious, "I think it depends on the comb. The one with the smaller comb is a hen."
Xiaojie added, "Look, their combs haven't grown out yet."
Yu Xiangnian looked at Xiaoji, lost in thought. After a while, she said, "Don't you think we're putting the cart before the horse here?"
Xiaojie: “?”
Yu Xiangnian said, "Your Aunt Liu Zhen must have bought hens for us. But what we need to consider now is, what will the chicks eat and where will they sleep tonight?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Zhen came.
"I knew you didn't know how to raise chickens!" Liu Zhen walked up to the two of them and said, "It's still cold these days, so put the chicks in a cardboard box at night and take them out in the morning when the sun comes out. Do you see any food?"
Liu Zhen pointed to a snakeskin bag in the corner of the room. "I bought some rice bran and cornmeal and mixed them together to feed the chicks. Oh, and if you have any anti-inflammatory medicine at home, grind it into powder and mix it in with the chickens to prevent them from getting sick."
Yu Xiangnian and Xiaojie nodded in agreement. This knowledge was disseminated at the right time!
Liu Zhen said, "I asked Lao Xiao to weave a bamboo basket and put some straw in it to make a chicken coop. After a month, when the chickens are bigger, they can be raised in the coop. Then, they can eat anything: vegetable leaves, insects, and leftovers."
Liu Zhen couldn't stop talking. "In four or five months, this chicken will start laying eggs. After about a year, it can be killed. If it's kept too long, the chicken will taste tough!"
Yu Xiangnian expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart and kept saying thank you.
She really doesn't know anything about raising chickens!
Her neighbor not only bought her chicks, but also planned the chickens' life for her.
"What are you thanking me for? We're neighbors!" Liu Zhen said, "This is all we can do to help. If you need anything, just ask!"
Liu Zhen had said so, so Yu Xiangnian shamelessly asked, "Sister-in-law Liu Zhen, what do you think of the male and female of them?"
"Huh?!" Liu Zhen was stunned for a while, then burst into laughter.
"Comrade Yu! You're such a jokester!" Liu Zhen said, laughing. "Look at you, one moment you fainted from fear over a cabbage worm, and the next moment you ask me how to tell the gender of a chick. Hahaha..."
Yu Xiangnian and Xiaojie both looked at her with eager eyes.
"So, what do you think about whether they are male or female?" Yu Xiangnian asked again.
This question really stumped Liu Zhen. She opened her mouth several times, "This...this..."
"What can I say? I can tell whether they are male or female just by looking at them!"
Well! It’s pointless to ask!
From today on, Xiaojie has unlocked a new skill: raising chickens.
Yu Xiangnian handed over the arduous task of raising chickens to Xiaojie.
Yu Xiangnian patted Xiaojie's shoulder and said with a determined look, "Student Fang Junjie, whether you can eat eggs and drink chicken soup depends on you!"
Xiao Jie suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders had become much heavier, and he nodded heavily.
There is still a long way to go!
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