The whole family traveled through ancient times with their house

If you raise some chickens and ducks at home, you will have chicken and duck eggs to eat in a few months.

With chicken eggs and duck eggs, not only can we nourish the father and son at home, but the extra ones can also be taken to the city to exchange for money.

The more Guan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. It was still early at this hour, so she informed the little man opposite her and drove her donkey cart to the Hundred Households Office.

In the evening, Jiang Yan was sitting outside the shack with her daughter, picking freshly dug wild vegetables, when she heard the puppy's timid whimpering and the voices of Zhang's mother and children.

"We were lucky today. We just ran to the edge of the ditch when we heard the barking. We ran over and saw four puppies thrown into the ditch by someone."

"That's because the family can't afford to keep it, so they threw it away."

"We also understood that they must have been thrown out to fend for themselves because their family couldn't afford to keep them. We couldn't bear to see them suffer, so my brothers and I brought them back home."

"You couldn't bear it, so you brought all four of them back. Do you know how much they'll need to eat in one meal when they grow up?"

"How much do you want to eat?"

"I can eat more than you three."

"Mom, no way?"

"Why not? Didn't you see that no one in our Thirteen Banners keeps a dog?"

"what?"

"Not really."

"what is it now?"

"What else can we do? I'll ask Aunt Jiang to pick out two that she likes, and the rest can be sent back to where you got them."

"Mom, what a pitiful puppy!"

"Don't say that when you have nothing to eat."

"Mother~"

"Stop talking nonsense! If you keep on talking nonsense, I'll give you a beating with the broom."

Seeing that my mother mentioned the family heirloom again, the three brothers fell silent.

Jiang Yan couldn't help but laugh when she heard the conversation between the mother and her two children. Then she saw Guan Shi coming over from the other side of the tree, holding a handful of wild garlic she had just dug out of the ground, and snorting.

When she saw Jiang Yan looking at her, she began to complain loudly.

"Sister Jiang, these three brats brought back four puppies. You'd better take good care of them. Pick out two that you like and have them send the remaining two back."

Guan also knew that those were two lives, and she shouldn't have said such cruel words.

But this is a military settlement, and it is the season of famine, so every family survives on wild vegetable porridge. It is good enough if there are a few grains of rice or a handful of noodles in the porridge. There is no extra food to feed the dog.

The three Shengs also knew the predicament of each family at the time, so they silently put the puppies in their hands on the grass near Jiang Yan and her daughter.

Yichen looked at the four fluffy puppies, their eyes still closed, and whimpering in fear from their throats, and her heart softened.

"Mom~" Yichen wanted to look into her mother's eyes, but she didn't dare to look up. "Can we keep them all? If we don't take care of them, they might starve to death."

Looking at the little guy's face that looked like it was about to cry, before Jiang Yan could say anything, Guan couldn't stand it anymore.

"Sister Jiang, how about..., we two sisters eat less..." Guan couldn't bear to let the children go hungry, so she could only reduce her own food.

Jiang Yan disagreed with her idea, "Sister Guan, there is always a way." Jiang Yan couldn't say that there was food at home, so it would be no problem to raise two more puppies.

"That's what I said, but food can't just appear out of thin air."

Jiang Yan didn't want to argue with Guan about this, so she found an excuse everyone would like. "Sister Guan, I just happened to catch two big fish today. I'll clean them up later. How about we make tofu stew tonight?"

"it is good."

Without waiting for Guan to respond, Sansheng answered on behalf of his mother.

"You kid, all you do is eat all day. Sister Jiang, where did you put the fish? I'll go pick it up."

"It's in the wooden tub inside the shack."

"Oh my god, this fish is really fat."

"It's quite fat. It looks like the fish's belly is full of oil. Let's have some oil too."

"Well, I'll go to the river to clean up now, and my sister will cook. The food she cooks is better than mine."

"Okay, I'll do it later..."

Seeing that Sister Jiang agreed readily, Guan picked up the wooden basin and went to the river.

The three Shengs knew that there would be delicious food tonight, so they sat down on the grass opposite sister Chenchen and played with the puppies with her.

Guan was squatting by the river picking up fish when she remembered that she had something she had not told Jiang Yan.

"Sister Jiang, I went to the Hundred Households Office today. Mrs. Qian's chicks and ducklings won't hatch for three days."

"It's okay to stay a few days later."

"It's just that the piglets are not easy to handle."

"is it hard?"

"It's a bit difficult. Every year, the piglets in our centurion are assigned to the women there to raise. I asked them today, and they said this is the first time they've heard of a family raising pigs."

"It's good for individuals to raise pigs. If we can raise them well, it will be a win-win situation for both of us."

"Girl, what is a win-win situation?"

"Win-win means both parties benefit."

"Both sides benefit. That's a good idea. I'll go to the Hundred Households Office tomorrow and talk to them about it. See if they can sell us two piglets."

"As long as they figure it out, they will agree to our request."

"If you have the brains, you should agree to us."

"That's what I said."

The two adults were talking about serious matters, looking forward to raising those living creatures. Not only would the family have more income, but they could also give the children an egg occasionally to nourish their bodies. It seemed more and more cost-effective the more they thought about it.

The four little ones were not idle either. They were naming the four puppies head to head.

"Based on their colors, they should be named: Dahuang, Erhuang, Sanhuang, and Sihuang."

"Don't let my mother hear you say this, or she will definitely scold you."

"What are you saying to me?"

"Why are you using so much yellow? It's really annoying to the eyes."

"Puchi~ Ersheng, you're so funny."

"Sister Chenchen, don't you think that so much yellow is annoying to the eyes?"

"Okay."

"Is it okay? Sister Chenchen, isn't this annoying for you?"

"Second brother, don't talk nonsense. Sister Chenchen didn't say anything bad. You are the only one who is making trouble."

"Who has more trouble?"

"Is it not you who are talking nonsense?"

"I didn't say anything nonsense. It was you who chose a bad name and didn't allow others to say it."

"Why doesn't it sound good?"

"stop."

"Stop~"

Seeing Ersheng and Sansheng arguing fiercely, Dasheng and Yichen hurriedly called for a halt.

Ersheng and Sansheng gave Yichen their respect and stopped arguing. Ersheng looked at Yichen eagerly, not giving Sansheng a chance to say anything more. He said, "Sister Chenchen, my mother said you are the smartest child. You should name the four puppies."

Dasheng also agreed with his second brother's opinion.