When Ye Zhiqiu returned to his doorstep, a chicken-catching battle was taking place in the yard!
I don't know what's wrong with Ye Tianya. He killed a chicken and let it run away. Now the four members of the family are chasing after this hen.
I have to say that it may have known its fate, so it tried its best to escape out of the yard.
But it flew over Ye Bailu's small body, dodged Ye Wubing's catch, flapped its wings to avoid Wang Xiaolan's hand, and dodged Ye Tianya's kick.
It escaped numerous blockades and finally arrived at the gate of the courtyard. It was about to flap its wings and fly away, ready to escape from this devil's den!
When Ye Zhiqiu returned, he saw a chicken flying towards him, as if it wanted to peck him! He just reached out and grabbed it, declaring the hen's escape a failure!
At this time, the family ran to the door and saw that the hen did not run away. Everyone was relieved.
Eating a chicken these days was not easy. Because of the large canteen, every household's poultry and livestock were confiscated and handed over to the collective.
You have to know that Ye Zhiqiu's family still had chickens and ducks in 1957. The chickens and ducks in his space were all hatched by him stealing eggs, and then he raised them and reproduced them, which led to the current number of dozens of chickens and ducks.
At first, Wang Xiaolan would hit him with a feather duster, though she was reluctant to use too much force, but she would hit him a few times each time. Later, she stopped hitting him because she had lost all her chickens and ducks. During that period, she cried many times every day.
For Ye Zhiqiu, chickens and ducks existed only for their eggs and meat. For Wang Xiaolan, they were a key project for her to care for and earn money for the family.
In 1957, chicken eggs cost between five and seven cents each, depending on their size. Duck eggs were more expensive, costing around eight cents each, because they were larger and ducks were easier to raise than chickens.
Ye Zhiqiu remembered that last year, in addition to the nutritional supplements for his family, he could also earn more than two yuan a month by selling chicken and duck eggs! Even Ye Wubing knew how to dig snails and earthworms every day to feed the chickens and ducks at home!
She could earn more than 30 yuan a year, but it was suddenly confiscated. How could she not be sad?
It was also at that time that Ye Zhiqiu started going up the mountain and fishing. In fact, he was looking for an excuse to bring rabbits and fish to supplement the nutrition of his family.
At that time, he would fry two eggs every other day to supplement the nutrition of the whole family. After he lost his mother, the nutrition was really insufficient. And Ye Zhiqiu recognized these family members at that time, so he would not treat them badly.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the chicken caught by Ye Zhiqiu. Fortunately, it didn't run away. It would have been more difficult to catch it if it had been outside.
Wang Xiaolan said happily: "Boss, it's a good thing you're back, otherwise I don't know how long it would take to catch you."
Ye Zhiqiu asked curiously, "What's going on? Did the caged creatures escape?"
Ye Tianya replied gloomily, "Just when I was about to kill it, I reached into the chicken coop to grab it, but it pecked me and I got out."
It's quite funny. Lao Deng, a grown man, was just trying to catch chickens in the chicken coop, but the chickens actually ran away!
Ye Zhiqiu didn't let go of the chicken, but plucked the chicken's neck hair and went to the chopping board and kitchen knife that Ye Tianya had placed in the yard. He picked up the knife and cut it, then held the chicken's wings in one hand and the chicken's head in the other, pouring the chicken blood into the bowl.
His movements were clean and neat. When the chicken stopped struggling, he handed it to Ye Tianya. He said with a smile, "Lao Deng, Lao Deng, killing a chicken is such a simple thing, but you've made such a mess of it! Go get it permed and plucked!"
Ye Tianya felt that his son looked down upon him, which made him lose face. He took the chicken with a sullen face and muttered softly, "You little brat, you look down on me. I'm just inexperienced. I've only killed two chickens..."
Wang Xiaolan ran to help pluck the hairs. Ye Tianya didn't do the job carefully, so some hairs were always left behind.
Ye Bailu ran over and pulled Ye Zhiqiu to braid her hair. This was Wang Xiaolan's fault, because she had to work and was exhausted every day, so she pushed the job to her two sons.
Ye Wubing had no patience and his braids didn't look good. Ye Bailu wouldn't let him do her hair, so Ye Zhiqiu had to do it.
Pulling Ye Bailu to sit down, Ye Zhiqiu squatted down and began to braid her hair. He did not forget to ask Ye Wubing beside him: "Second brother, do you feel any discomfort on your head now? If you feel uncomfortable, tell me, you can't just bear it."
Ye Wubing shook his head and said, "It just hurts a little everywhere, but I don't feel anything else! Brother, when will the swelling go away? I don't want to go to my new home in the city with this swollen face and be laughed at by others..."
"That's fine. I was just worried you'd feel dizzy or nauseous. If you don't, everything's normal. Don't worry, the swelling will probably go away in a few days. By the time we get to the city, the scabs on your face might have fallen off."
Although these are words of comfort, it is actually not a very deep wound, so it is still very likely.
Ye Wubing grinned, making Ye Zhiqiu a little reluctant to look directly at him. Wang Xiaolan was really too serious about applying the ointment, and her whole face was really covered with black ointment.
After braiding Ye Bailu's hair, she ran around happily again. At her age, she doesn't think too much and only cares about whether it's fun or not.
So even though she was still feeling sorry for her second brother last night, now she said to him, "Second brother, can you give me your chicken leg?"
Ye Wubing was anxious. He asked in disbelief, "Little sister, two chicken legs. Big brother said we can have one each! Why did you have to eat two?"
Ye Bailu said very seriously: "Dad always says that what you eat replenishes what you gain. Erguo, you should eat the chicken head!"
"Why should I eat the chicken head? That lousy chicken head is only for our dad to eat! I won't let you. I finally have the chance to eat the chicken leg, but you're too greedy. One isn't enough, so you should eat two..."
Ye Tianya, who was plucking the chicken feathers, moved his hands faster. He secretly warned himself in his heart that the second brother was already seriously injured and could not be beaten anymore...
Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile: "Okay, little sister, you have one chicken leg and one chicken wing, and your second brother has one chicken leg. Is that okay?"
The child doesn't have any bad intentions, he's just craving something delicious. Everyone goes through this, when they're young and ignorant, they just think about what they're eating.
"Big brother is the best!"
"Brother, I want chicken wings too!"
Ye Zhiqiu rolled his eyes at Ye Wubing and said unhappily, "Why are you eating chicken wings and legs? Those are for me. Can I give you a chicken butt?"
Ye Zhiqiu himself doesn't like chicken butts, but he underestimated Ye Wubing's appetite!
He said happily, "Sure! The chicken butt is full of oil, so delicious! But if I eat the chicken butt, what will Dad eat?"
Ye Zhiqiu was choked by this guy's words! Because he had never eaten a chicken butt before, and even in the future, this piece of meat would never be left...
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