After seeing Fang Wanggui off, He Ruixue did not relax. She took advantage of the night to go to her eldest brother's house, planning to find someone else to keep an eye on Sun Laiyi.
The family had finished dinner and even cleared the table. He Chunsheng crossed his legs and greeted her, "Dongbao is here. Have you eaten? If not, ask your sister-in-law to make you a bowl of noodles."
"No, I've already eaten. There are so many vegetables in the garden that I can't finish them all. If you want to eat, go pick them."
Wang Taozhi was not going to be polite with her. "I was just about to say that I'll go to your yard to pick some vegetables tomorrow morning. Last time, the Li family and the Liu family asked me to exchange some. They both said that the vegetables I grow are delicious. I'll go and exchange some more tomorrow."
It is said to be an exchange, but in fact it is a sale, and you can't make much money, but Mosquito Leg Wang Taozhi also likes it, because it is a business with no cost anyway.
"Don't give them all away, keep some for yourself too."
"I know your land is quite big, and it can produce several kilograms of vegetables a day. If you don't pick them, they will get old, and how much can our family eat?
Dongbao, your big yard is empty anyway, why don't I ask my brother to build you a cage and raise a few chickens in it? You can use the leftover rice and vegetable leaves to feed the chickens, and when they grow up, you can eat their eggs. How nice!
He Ruixue rubbed her nose and said, "No, raising chickens is so smelly."
"I'm not keeping it in the room so you can sleep with it. I've already thought about it. I'm keeping it at the northwest foot of the wall. It's downwind, so the smoke won't reach you."
Once Wang Taozhi had made up her mind, it was not easy to dispel it. "If you don't like it, I'll ask your brother to clean it up for you every week. Chicken manure is a good thing. You don't have to worry about growing crops for two seasons with it."
Seeing that He Ruixue's expression had relaxed, she made the decision, "It's settled. I'll go ask if there's anyone hatching chicks for you someday, and get a few half-grown chicks for you. I have some millet at home, you can use it with bran to feed the chickens so they grow strong.
Chunsheng, you can make a few fish baskets later. Xiaoyou, I remember there's a ditch near your school. You can go there and cast the baskets after school, and then pull them out the next day. If you catch big fish, bring them back to eat, and if you catch small fish and shrimp, give them to your aunt to feed the chickens."
Wang Taozhi made clear arrangements for the family with just a few words.
He Ruixue did not object anymore. Although she had no shortage of money to buy eggs, it was a good thing to have a stable source of egg production in this era, especially since she rarely went to the black market, and the little supply of eggs every month was obviously not enough.
Besides, she did have some leftover steamed buns and rice. It would be bad for her health to eat them the next day, but she felt it was a pity to throw them away every time. Using them to feed the chickens was a good way to deal with them.
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