Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

This time, three female rabbits gave birth to seventeen rabbits in total, and they are about to be one month old.

So, now the Zhao family has a total of twenty-two rabbits.

Zhang Jinzhi's rabbits also gave birth to a litter of four rabbits, three males and one female.

Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying discussed it and decided that rabbits brood quite frequently and they couldn't afford to raise too many, so they agreed. In the end, there were only three pairs of rabbits left at home.

Zhang Jinzhi felt that it would be enough for him to keep two pairs, so that he would have two extra male rabbits.

There was no point in raising them any longer, so he told Uncle Chen Jiu and set up two big pots in the center of the village. He stewed the two rabbits and added a lot of cabbage, radishes, and potatoes. Everyone could get a full bowl.

Tongshutun was boiling again.

At the same time, the villagers also made up their minds that even though they didn’t catch up this time, they would wait until the next time the Zhao family’s rabbits gave birth to babies and then catch a pair to raise. This would be a huge profit!

After distributing the grain, summer planting began again...

After the summer planting was over, before they could even catch their breath, three families who had caught and taken their rabbits home came back to find them. They said to Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying with sorrowful faces, "You said rabbits are so difficult to raise! Two of our pair died."

"One of the two in my family died, and the other was killed by a rat!"

"My rabbit dug its own hole and ran away!"

Aunt Zhao first expressed her sympathy, and then said to them: "Raising rabbits also requires careful care. Look, our family has almost built half of the yard to make rabbit nests!

"Didn't I tell you earlier? We dug a foot deeper, then laid stones and then covered the ground with soil. We also surrounded it with stones. Rabbits burrow in holes and are afraid of the cold, so there can't be any grass or vegetables in their nests..."

She patiently recounted her experience of raising rabbits.

The three families looked at each other, and finally, Mrs. Wang San spoke embarrassedly: "Aunt Zhao, we came here to discuss with you. At that time, we exchanged two pounds of wheat for the rabbit.

"Now that we've lost all our rabbits, I'm wondering if we can offer a refund... or how much?"

Aunt Zhao looked unhappy.

Just as she was about to retort, she was stopped by Qin Ying. With a faint smile on her face, she said, "Aunt, sisters-in-law, when we exchanged the rabbits, we agreed in advance that we would not cover the work.

"But we are all from the same hometown, and we have always been grateful for your care. Now that you have asked us to do so, how can we not give in?

"However, this can only happen once. If we refuse to trade with you next time, please don't be angry.

"Well, tell me how much you want to refund? Even if it's all refunded, we'll accept it.

"Also, I have one more favor to ask of you. When you go back, please tell the other three families who have exchanged rabbits that if they don't want to keep them anymore, they can come back and return them at any time.

"From now on, we won't trade our rabbits for other rabbits.

"Originally, we had to keep the rabbit swap a secret from An An. If An An came back and knew about it, I don't know what would happen."

These words, which were both soft and hard, made the three families who came over blush.

Finally, it was Wang Sansao who spoke up: "Alas! This is all because of poverty! We are also afraid of being hungry! Otherwise, we would not do such a shameless thing.

"How about this, just return half. We are too embarrassed to ask for more."

Qin Ying looked at the other two families again, and seeing that they had no objection, she and Aunt Zhao went to weigh the wheat and gave it to them.

Aunt Zhao stood at the door with her hands on her hips and shouted, "Don't come to my house to catch rabbits next time! What's wrong with us not being able to feed them? These people are causing trouble!"

"A pound of wheat in exchange for a rabbit, I don't know who is losing out!"

Zhang Jinzhi asked across the wall, "Sister Zhao, what's going on?"

Aunt Zhao then vividly recounted what had just happened, and emphasized, "Yingzi also told me that we are all from the same village, so we shouldn't be so picky.

"I won't care about it today, I won't care about it tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow, if someone catches a rabbit and can't feed it, they'll have to blame me, right?"

Zhang Jinzhi tutted his words and said, "I've only ever heard of people paying for goods after the money is paid. I've never heard of people coming back to ask for money after a while without returning the goods."

This matter soon reached Uncle Chen Jiu's ears, and the three families who were eager to return the wheat, as well as the three families who had already received the wheat, were called to his yard.

The old man's beard twitched with anger, and he stabbed the ground with his walking stick, cursing, "How can you be so short-sighted!

"How dare you come here? Can you take back the shit you pooped?

"Even Mr. Lian Zhang and the others know about it! It's so embarrassing!"

Mrs. Wang muttered, "Aunt Zhao has such a big mouth..."

"Who's the big mouth? I think you're the biggest mouth!" Uncle Chen Jiu, who wasn't hard of hearing at all, scolded, "You did such a shameless thing, and you don't want people to say anything?

"Do you think you should come back even if you don't have any, or do you think it's because of our relationship as fellow villagers?

"Then have you ever thought about it, if it weren't for the fact that we're fellow villagers, would Hu Zi's mother trade with you?

"Can't they raise their own? Wouldn't it be delicious to eat meat when they grow up?

“With these rabbits they raise, they can only afford to eat them once a month, right?

"I gave it to you out of kindness to raise it, but now that you can't take care of it yourself, you blame others!

"If the harvest is bad, blame God. If you don't look good, blame your parents. If the work is not good, blame the tools. ... So, what's wrong with you?

"You're so capable, how come you can't even keep a rabbit alive? Didn't anyone tell you how to keep one?

"If you think more about yourself in everything, your life wouldn't be so messed up!"

Everyone bowed their heads deeply.

Uncle Chen Jiu still felt it was not enough: "Mr. Zhang is a scholar. He has never farmed, raised livestock, or fed chickens or ducks.

"But look at them, they raise chickens and rabbits, and they're no worse than us!

“Even the vegetables they grow look just like the real thing!

“If people don’t understand something, they ask; if they don’t know how to do something, they learn. But they never complain to others, ‘Why can’t I do it well?’ or ‘So-and-so didn’t teach me well.’”

"What a bunch of disgraceful things! From now on, no one should trade rabbits with others. You won't have meat to eat, and you'll just have to wait and see others drooling while eating meat!

"Don't think they'll raise rabbits for you to eat. Why should they? Are you their father or their mother?

“You’re saying you helped others with their work, but they didn’t help you?!

"I'll tell Mr. Zhang later that if there's anything delicious in the future, don't think about you guys anymore!

"You've become addicted to eating this, and you even think I should give it to you! What kind of ungrateful person is this?!"

He raised his hand and slapped his face: "You have completely disgraced me! I was even praising our village in front of Master Zhou for being full of funny people! Bah! I just contradicted myself today!"

No one present dared to say a word. They all lowered their heads, their faces flushed with shame.