"Brother Yu, this is a fellow villager of mine. He needs to buy some milk-producing ewes. I thought we have some here, so I brought him here to have a look."
The man called Brother Yu just nodded, without even looking at Yang Hang, and took Wang Yi to the backyard. Yang Hang had no choice but to wait in the yard.
Not long after, Wang Yi came out leading a ewe.
"Comrade, look, this is a dairy goat. It's a very good milk producer. Of course, you have to feed it well so it can produce more milk in the future."
Yang Hang looked at the ewe's long neck, broad chest and flat back, and saw that it looked very strong, so he decided to take it.
"Comrade Wang, this is the one I'll take. Tell me how much it costs so I can pay you."
Wang Yi felt that the deal was already half done, and he said happily, "Comrade, let's put it this way. This is a dairy goat, which has high nutritional value. It will cost at least thirty yuan."
This price is indeed a bit high. Yang Hang doesn’t know much about the price of dairy goats, so when Wang Yi said this price, he was silent.
"How about this, comrade? Let's lower the price and give you three dollars off. Twenty-seven dollars, that's the lowest price."
Yang Hang thought about it and felt that it was okay, so he paid for it.
After buying the dairy goats, Yang Hang asked Wang Yigai how to milk and feed them before setting off for home.
After returning home, Chu Yao poked her head out of the kitchen and found that Yang Hang had bought a ewe. This was a good thing because the babies would have milk to drink and they would not have to worry about not getting enough nutrition.
"Ayao, let's buy a ewe today from the same guy we bought the rabbit from last time. That way, the babies will have milk to drink and we don't have to queue up to buy milk powder."
"Okay, this will make it easier in the future. But do you know how to express milk?"
"I'll be there soon. I've already asked Wang Yi for advice. Leave this sheep to me. Ah Yao, you go ahead and do your work. I need to build a sheep pen."
"Okay, go ahead and make something delicious tonight."
They both got busy.
Yang Hang first took care of the mother rabbit and the baby rabbits, and then went to build the sheep pen.
The babies were very happy to see the ewe. They wanted to go up and touch her but they were afraid, so they squatted beside the ewe and hesitated to move forward.
Yang Hang looked at the babies' little movements and said, "Let's pet the ewe in a few days, okay? She just came to our house and is a little unaccustomed to it. Once she gets used to it, you can reach out and pet her."
The babies nodded obediently and retracted their outstretched hands.
In a short while, Yang Hang had built a simple sheep pen next to the rabbit hive so that the rabbits could keep each other company.
"Yang Hang, are you ready? It's time to eat." Chu Yao had already prepared the meal, so she called Yang Hang and the babies to eat.
When Dabao heard his mother's voice, he took his younger brothers to the yard where the kettle was drying, without waiting for his father to clean up. He already knew that he had to wash his hands before meals.
"Ayao, look, Dabao is really like an older brother. Even at such a young age, he knows how to help his younger brothers wash their hands."
"Yes, our Dabao is really well behaved, but I'd better go and check on him. You bring the food to the main room, and we'll be in soon."
"Okay." Yang Hang said and went to the kitchen.
The babies were so happy at the dinner table. The dishes mom made today were almost all their favorites, such as sweet and sour scrambled eggs with tomatoes, homemade French fries and ketchup.
"Ayao, why did you think of making French fries today? Shouldn't I be the one who should be rewarded? How about making dishes that the babies like to eat?"
"Oh, I thought you might want to lose weight, so I didn't make any meat dishes, only some vegetarian ones. Here, have a bite of the vegetables. They are very tender at this time."
Chu Yao was trying to fool Yang Hang seriously. Actually, they were running out of meat at home and had forgotten to buy some, so they just made do with the food. However, for most families, this meal was considered sumptuous.
The family finished their meal quickly.
Over the past few days, the baby rabbits and dairy goats have adapted well to this home.
Yang Hang cleaned the rabbit nest twice a day and cleaned up the rabbit feces in time, so there were five newly born rabbits in the litter, and they all survived well.
If you continue to raise one litter every six months, it won’t be long before you have a lot of rabbits at home.
Then you won’t have to worry about eating meat.
As for the dairy goats, Yang Hang milks them every morning and then puts the milk in the cupboard in the kitchen. After A Yao wakes up, he heats it up and gives it to the babies.
However, this dairy goat is quite lively and active. It often lies on the fence of the sheep pen with its front hooves, as if it wants to come out and move around. Yang Hang usually pretends not to see this.
Chu Yao put the goat milk squeezed by Yang Hang in a pot and boiled it every day, and then gave it to the babies after the temperature was almost right.
The babies were a little picky when they first drank it, but they were fine after drinking it for a few days.
"Does Yang Hang have any tea leaves at home? I plan to make milk tea to give you and the babies a change of taste. I'm afraid you'll get tired of simply boiling goat milk like this."
"Wait a minute, let me look for it. We rarely drink tea, so this is probably last year's old tea. Can this be used? A-Yao."
"That should be fine. Let's use up what we have at home first and then buy some more."
Chu Yao took the tea leaves from Yang Hang's hand and went to the kitchen. Yang Hang followed behind. He was very curious about what the milk tea that A Yao mentioned tasted like.
Chu Yao first put the tea leaves in the pot and roasted them slowly over low heat. After the tea leaves were fragrant, she poured in hot water to brew them. When they were almost brewed and the fragrance of the tea came out, she filtered out the tea leaves, leaving only a small amount of water with a strong tea flavor. She then poured the boiled goat milk into it and added brown rock sugar according to her taste. This was the simple milk tea that was ready.
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