Although Yunxi didn't really want to continue raising those chickens, since if she wanted to eat chicken, she could just go up the mountain to hunt wild chickens, and if she wanted to eat eggs, she could also go up the mountain to collect wild eggs.
But since things have already come to this point, all I can do is express my gratitude.
He said with a grin, "That's great! If we're going to raise them, we should raise as many as possible. Let Grandma find ten or twenty of them. When they grow up, we can collect a dozen or twenty eggs at a time. Just thinking about it makes me feel wonderful."
Before Yun Deguang could say anything, his sixth grandfather, Yun Deyi, started laughing and teasingly said, "You little rascal, you really know how to think. Have you ever thought about what to feed so many chickens? There's not even enough food for people to eat right now, where are you going to get so much food to feed your chickens?"
"Your sixth grandfather is right. We can't just do whatever comes to mind. What if we buy so many chicks and they all starve to death? That would be such a waste!"
"No, I don't have much to do besides gathering pig feed. I'll just dig up earthworms or snails from the ditches every day and mix them with wild vegetables for them to eat. They won't go hungry."
Seeing Yunxi's expression, which didn't seem like she was lying, the captain also stopped smiling and asked with a hint of seriousness, "Yunxi, are you serious?"
"Yes! Grandpa, I want to raise more chickens so I can collect eggs to sell. When the chickens stop laying eggs, I can sell them to make money. I want to earn more money for myself. Although it's a bit tiring, it doesn't matter if I'm tired but I can make money."
Raising chickens might be difficult for others, but it shouldn't be for Yunxi.
I'll just put all the chicken feed into my spatial storage, stir it up inside, and then pour it out to feed the chickens. It sounds pretty easy.
Even the chicken droppings can be collected using the space, so you don't have to touch them yourself. You can just dump them in the fields to fertilize the land.
When the two heard Yunxi's plans for the future, they knew that she was also trying to earn more money, so they didn't say anything more.
The farm children are all quite hardworking. They figured it would only be a few dozen more chickens, and it wouldn't be too tiring, so they didn't say anything more.
On the contrary, they expressed their agreement. After all, living alone means knowing how to plan for the future. Even if they get old and pass away, and the younger generation becomes distant from Yunxi, they don't have to worry about having a hard life in the future.
“Alright, since you’ve already made up your mind, I’ll talk to your great-grandmother when we get back and ask her to catch some more for you. But if you raise too many, your little place won’t be big enough. When we come back from the mountain, I’ll ask your uncles to come and help us build a bigger one for you.”
Yunxi quickly declined, saying it wasn't a very heavy job and there was no need to ask others for help.
"No need, Grandpa. I'll go up the mountain and cut some small branches myself. I can just use them to make a fence. It's not a very heavy job. I can do it."
This is no exaggeration; it's a very simple matter. Just look at the existing fence, and you'll know how to build it. It's an easy task.
Yun Deguang thought for a moment and realized that building a fence to raise them was not a difficult thing. Since Yunxi said it wasn't necessary, then so be it.
It was obvious that the girl didn't want to bother her uncles or delay their work.
"Since you can do it yourself, then you can do it yourself. I'll let you know when there's news about the chicks."
"Okay, thank you, Grandpa."
Actually, now is not the best time to catch chicks. Even though Yunxi doesn't understand much, after receiving the memories, she knows what she needs to know.
Because it won't be long before it gets very cold here, and the chicks would easily freeze to death if raised here.
Unless you keep them indoors or provide them with a separate heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed) with the front connected to the back, as long as the shed you build for them is well-sealed, you don't have to worry about the chicks freezing.
They can even lay eggs in the dead of winter, as long as the problem of keeping them warm is solved.
Returning from the backyard, carrying a chicken, Grandma Cheng from Sixth Grandpa's house, and Grandma Li from Fourth Grandpa's house also came over.
As for Grandma Huang from Seventh Grandpa's family, she must be helping out at the pig farm. After all, Grandma Cheng isn't there, and it's impossible for both of them to be absent, otherwise no one will be recording work points when others come to deliver straw.
Perhaps because she was more familiar with Grandma Cheng, as soon as Grandma Cheng entered the yard, she saw the big rooster that Yunxi was carrying and immediately felt extremely distressed, just like Grandpa had just done.
She rolled her eyes at Yunxi, annoyed, but seeing that the killing had already begun, what else could she do?
I could only grumble a few words and tell her to keep it for herself next time. She needs to use her brain a lot while studying, so she should eat more nutritious food.
Although she was talking about herself, you could still hear the heartache in her words.
Yunxi wasn't ungrateful, so she just smiled and didn't argue. Anyway, since they had already killed them, they had to eat them whether they wanted to or not.
Once everything was ready, the men were told to carry the things up the mountain, while the aunts, grandmothers, and other women stayed in the courtyard to prepare the meal.
After the people who went up the mountain come down, it's almost time for them to eat. It's quite hard work to cook for so many people at once.
Since Yunxi is the only one left in the family, if there were any male descendants, they would definitely be the ones to step in, but since there are no male descendants left, it can only be Yunxi.
Fortunately, the men from other grandfathers' and uncles' families also came, which added to the fun and showed that there were quite a few men in their families.
Although Yunxi didn't understand what it meant, she just needed to do as her great-grandfather instructed.
Without saying much, once they reached the mountain, they kowtowed and began burning paper money.
She always found the things other people did particularly confusing; she simply couldn't understand what they were doing!
Yunxi really didn't expect there to be so many rules about burning paper money. She came in completely bewildered and went back in the same bewilderment.
Even after spending more than an hour on the mountain, I still didn't understand what their actions meant.
After a whole morning of fussing, it was finally over around lunchtime. Everything that needed to be burned had been burned, and even some of Grandma's old clothes had been taken out and burned.
Originally, I heard from others that burning a couple of items would be enough as a token gesture, since those clothes were something they couldn't bear to throw away and could be used to make shoes.
But Yun thought it best to burn all the children's clothes. She didn't need them, so there was no need to covet the old lady's few tattered clothes.
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