The world is broken, the cubs mend it

Chapter 185 Era: Old Rooster

"Really?"

Yuanyuan looked at him doubtfully, but still did as he asked and jumped three times steadily on the ground.

"You little kid are so popular!"

Old man Wang grabbed the chicken and stuffed it into the chicken coop, then came over to apologize to Chen Jiahe and gently touched the child's soft little face.

This child doesn't come here often to play, and he looks so fair and tender that it makes people happy to see him.

"Dad, I want to eat it."

Yuanyuan grabbed his finger and pointed at the Wang family's chicken coop.

"You won't grow taller, and you'll have pork to eat soon."

Chen Jiahe gently wiped the tears from the child's face. It seemed that whether the child could grow taller was very important to her.

“I’m afraid I won’t grow taller…”

Yuanyuan lay on her father's shoulder, pouting sadly.

"No, you will grow very tall."

Chen Jiahe felt that killing other people's chickens because of this was too extreme, but he was not that extreme.

The wild boar in the yard had been gutted and hung up, and Village Chief Wang cut the pork into small, even pieces.

Smoke was coming out of the chimney on the roof, and someone was cooking a pig in the kitchen.

After finishing his work, Chen Jiahe held the child and sat by the fire in the yard with everyone else. The child sat on his lap, asking from time to time if he could still grow taller.

"How tall do you want to be?"

“I want to be as tall as that tree.”

Yuanyuan pointed at the bare Chinese toon tree in the yard. The tree was quite old and about ten meters tall.

"People can't grow that tall, so why are you so tall?"

"Grow taller and protect daddy!"

"I'll just protect you."

Chen Jiahe's eyes fell on the ground, and he responded incoherently.

The little kid can’t say anything interesting, and talking too much will make people feel bored.

"Dad, I'm afraid I won't grow tall..."

After a while, the child mumbled again and repeated the topic.

"Hmm...growing taller...growing as tall as a tree..."

After listening to it for a long time, Chen Jiahe began to read it randomly, and his eyes looked a little dazed.

Instead of discussing this topic, he thought he might as well consider killing the old rooster.

The father and daughter stayed at Wang Ziheng's house for dinner, and he made this request to the other party before leaving.

"Sell you the old rooster?"

"Um…"

Chen Jiahe decided to buy the rooster, otherwise the topic with the child might never end.

"Why buy an old rooster? You should buy a hen to hatch chicks next spring."

It’s not that Wang Ziheng is reluctant to give up the old rooster, but the old hens are more cost-effective.

"No, just weigh it and I'll give you the money tomorrow."

Seeing that he was determined to buy it, Wang Ziheng stopped persuading him, opened the chicken coop and took out a rooster.

"It's not this one, it's the one that was standing on my baby's head just now." Chen Jiahe pointed to the one huddled in the corner.

"Could this have any other meaning?"

Although Wang Ziheng didn't understand, he accepted it. He caught the rooster, weighed it and gave it to him.

Today is the 16th. The moon in the sky is exceptionally round. The silver moonlight is scattered on the earth, illuminating the way home clearly.

Chen Jiahe was walking back carrying a rooster and wild boar meat. The child was already fast asleep in his arms.

The little guy is very quiet when he falls asleep, just a small and soft ball.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the rooster still flapping its wings in his hands, considering whether to kill it tonight and make soup with it for lunch tomorrow.

After a busy day, I felt sleepy when I got home. The old rooster was locked in the chicken coop on the back eaves.

the next day--

When Yuanyuan got up early in the morning to feed the chickens, she found a big rooster in the house, which looked a bit like the one that stepped on her head yesterday.

"Dad, there's a new chicken in our house."

"Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to eat this chicken?"

Chen Jiahe was squatting in the yard sharpening a knife, the sharp blade glowing coldly.

"Dad, did you take away Uncle Wang's old rooster?"

Yuanyuan tried hard to recall and remembered that she seemed to have said this.

“No, I bought it.”

Wang Ziheng charged him 60 cents per pound, and the old rooster weighed six pounds.

"Dad, let's send it back. We won't eat anything that costs money."

When Yuanyuan heard that he had bought it, she hurried over and took his hand, wanting to send the old rooster back.

When children are angry, they will say all kinds of nonsense, but Chen Jiahe takes every word the child says seriously.

"I've already bought it, why send it back?"

Chen Jiahe had originally planned to kill the rooster he raised and make soup during the Chinese New Year, but now he bought one so he can keep his own rooster.

"Dad, I don't want to eat it anymore." Yuanyuan didn't want her father to waste extra money.

"Don't eat it now, save it for the New Year. Don't buy meat during the New Year."

Chen Jiahe did some calculations before buying the meat, and found that the wild boar meat at home was enough for the New Year, so he could save both money and meat coupons.

"If I don't buy meat, does that mean I don't have to spend money?"

After hearing this, Yuanyuan no longer insisted on sending the old rooster back, and scattered a handful of corn kernels for it to eat.

"You don't have to worry about money all the time."

Chen Jiahe put away the sharpened knife. In previous years, he spent the New Year alone and the time was no different from any other day.

This year he wanted to have a more lively New Year, buy a piece of cloth with beautiful patterns, and make new clothes for his children.

"Don't spend money recklessly, dad shouldn't spend money recklessly either."

Under the subtle influence of his father, Yuanyuan became a little miser.

"..."

Chen Jiahe looked at the child's small back, his brows relaxed and slightly raised.

It seems that he should mention money less in front of his children. He doesn't want his children to worry about this at such a young age.

The old rooster, which was about to lose sight of the sun, survived safely and walked briskly in the yard.

As the New Year approaches, every household begins to prepare New Year’s goods.

The market in the town was busier than usual. There were long queues at the meat stalls, and if you came late you might not be able to buy any.

Because Wang Mazi used the money for household items to buy a skirt that he didn't need last time, his father was worried about going to the market with him this time.

"Dad, did you buy too much candy?"

Yuanyuan stood next to the old shelf and saw her father putting candy into the bag. She stood on tiptoe and took out a handful of candy.

Usually, my father only buys a few pieces of candy to eat at home.

"This is New Year's goods, buy more."

Chen Jiahe has never had a decent New Year, so he buys these not only for his children, but also to satisfy himself.

"Eat it during the New Year?"

"Yes, I don't usually buy so much. What else do you want to eat?"

“Eat that!”

Yuanyuan pointed to the candied fruit on the side, which looked delicious.

"it is good!"

This was a rare occasion when Chen Jiahe was extravagant and asked the boss to weigh a little more.

Of course, his extravagance was only in the amount of New Year's goods he bought. When paying, he had a heated argument with the boss and managed to lower the price a bit.

"Jiahe, can you help me bargain for the price later?"

Ma Zi's father took his arm and walked aside and whispered, "I only knew that he was good at talking and could poke people's hearts, but I didn't expect that he was even better at bargaining."

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