Farming and reading family

Zheng Fengan said this to advise Gao E to put the overall situation first. After all, it was not easy for their village to get to where it is now.

The days seemed to be getting more and more promising, but suddenly everything was gone. Who could accept this?

"It's really okay." Gao E assured, "They will all be back in a few days."

"Really?" Zheng Fengan still didn't quite believe it.

"Since Uncle Zheng said so, how could I not tell him the truth?" Gao E was very sure.

Zheng Fengan felt a little relieved after hearing Gao E's words, as it proved that the Chen family could still cover up the matter. "We villagers have received such a great favor from your Chen family. Your Chen family's affairs are the affairs of Baotou Village. If there is really a need, we must tell them."

"I know." Gao E nodded.

"Then I'll go back first." Zheng Fengan didn't stay any longer. If he stayed too long, the villagers would definitely think too much.

"Uncle Zheng, slow down." Gao E walked Zheng Feng'an to the door. When she turned around, she saw Lei standing behind him. "What are you doing?"

"Why didn't my second sister-in-law tell Uncle Zheng what my mother-in-law did?" Lei was a little dissatisfied.

Gao E closed the door and pulled Lei back into the cave, but Lei was still a little dissatisfied.

"If we want to talk about this matter, we should wait until it's over. Otherwise, what if something happens while people are in a panic?" Gao E asked in a low voice.

Lei was still a little unconvinced and wished that everyone knew about the bad things her mother-in-law had done.

"Just bear with it for two days." Gao E saw Lei's unconvinced look and said, "When this is over, you can say whatever you want. Whatever you say is what it is."

"Really?" Lei was secretly happy.

"Really." Gao E assured.

"Okay then." Lei agreed reluctantly.

At noon the next day, Peng Can returned with twenty ducks, six geese, two calves that looked less than a month old, and four goats.

The Chen family's yard was filled with the calls of various animals, making it very lively.

Those who were still at home came out and looked at the livestock in the yard, feeling a little overwhelmed as to where to start.

"Why are there no chickens?" Gao E saw that there was a lot of duck droppings on the ground.

"No one is selling hens because we already have so many roosters at home," Peng Can said casually.

Gao E laughed at herself and counted what she had bought: "That cow is so small, can it be raised?"

"Others can't, but I definitely can," Peng Can said proudly. "Look at this one, look at this joint. When it grows up, it will definitely be bigger than other cattle. Two of them only weigh 7 taels. What a bargain."

Gao E thought that others must be selling it so cheaply because they thought they couldn't keep it alive: "Then you have to take good care of it."

"I will raise him like my own son," Peng Can promised.

Gao E felt uncomfortable listening to this and thought it would be difficult for Peng Can to get married.

"Okay, you build a rack and keep all these things in the yard." Gao E said directly.

Peng Can was stunned for a moment: "Keeping it in the yard?"

He also wanted to raise it downstairs so that he wouldn't have to run around.

"These are things we just bought. What if they run away? Let's raise them in the yard first and let them mature." Gao E gestured for him to get busy.

“Then…” Peng Can felt a little overwhelmed.

If you keep these things in the yard, they will not only make noise but also smell bad.

Lei was very happy to see so many livestock, but his happiness only lasted until bedtime.

Because whenever there's any movement, the geese in the yard will start clacking, and when the geese clatter, the ducks will start clacking in droves, and then the sheep...

People who had worked all day were fine, except for being a little uncomfortable at the beginning. But after listening to the sounds, they fell asleep soundly.

But Lei couldn't sleep at all. He had raised livestock at home before, so why didn't he think it was so noisy?

Thinking back to that time, I was also the strong laborer of the family, busy from morning to night, and fell asleep as soon as I got into bed.

Now that I don’t work much, I can’t sleep well and feel sad about my hard-working life.

I fell asleep with this feeling in my mind and I didn't know when. As soon as I opened the door in the morning, I was suffocated. How could this familiar smell be so hard to accept?

She reflexively began to dry heave, turned around and went back to the cave, closing the door behind her.

The yard was full of duck and goose droppings, and Chen Hanyue was already cleaning it up while looking at it with disgust.

When I was at home, my mother and they did these things. At that time, we didn’t think much of it. We just picked up the tools and started working, thinking that if we had more compost, we wouldn’t have to worry about having no fertilizer.

Why do I feel so disgusted now?

Second Aunt loves cleanliness, and the yard is always spotless. They have gotten used to it without realizing it.

"What's wrong?" Gao E saw Lei's big reaction.

"Second sister-in-law, go out and smell it, it may suffocate people to death." Lei said and retched again.

"It was like this before. Your nose is too sensitive because you are pregnant." Gao E said and went out.

Just as Lei was about to remind her, she saw her second sister-in-law go out in such a beautiful manner.

It is normal for farmers to raise these. They didn’t raise them before because they had nothing at home. Now that it is warmer and the family is stable, it is normal to raise some poultry and livestock.

Gao E was very satisfied looking at the yard full of livestock. She would have been even happier if the chicks she had bought earlier had not contained so many roosters.

After breakfast, everyone in the Chen family who could go out went out. Even Qing'er, who seldom went out, went out under the pretext of helping her eldest brother.

Lei also wanted to go out but was stopped by Gao E.

"Second sister-in-law, I really can't stand this smell." Lei wanted to cry.

"Just bear with it." Gao E looked at the yard that had changed overnight. "I heard goose eggs can remove fetal toxins. I'll wait until the goose lays eggs and then you can eat them."

"Really?" When Lei heard there was food, she felt the taste wasn't so unbearable. Suddenly, she felt a little depressed. "I'll definitely tell you when Mom comes back."

"This is my thing. She is just saying it as a mother-in-law." Gao E didn't care.

Lei felt that she didn't have the same magnanimity as her second sister-in-law: "I've made up my mind. If she doesn't let others have a good life when she comes back, then she won't have a good life either."

She is not the kind of sister-in-law who would just accept everything. If she is not comfortable, no one else can be comfortable.

Around noon, Yu Ning came back with a bundle of grass on her back. As soon as she entered the yard, it was fenced off, so she had to scatter the grass on the ground.

Gao E smelled a cool scent and looked over to see that there was mint in the grass that Yu Ning had cut.

She went over and picked up two. The mint was very tender at this time.

"Where did you get this cut?" Gao E asked Yu Ning.

"There are plenty of them over in the bamboo forest." Chen Yuning knew that mint was edible, but its smell was too strong and not many people liked it.

In the afternoon, Gao E took Lei to pick mint. After all, Lei was pregnant, and it would not be good for her to endure it all the time.

Lei smelled the mint and felt happy: "I never thought mint smelled so good before."

"Just smell it, don't eat it," Gao E reminded.

"This is edible." Lei said as she stuffed a piece into her mouth.

"I told you not to eat it." Gao E said seriously, "It's not good for the baby in your belly."

"Pooh, pooh, pooh..." Lei spat out hurriedly.

"You are in good health, it's okay to eat less." Gao E laughed.

Lei felt that her second sister-in-law was teasing her deliberately: "There weren't so many taboos about giving birth before, why do you think there are so many taboos in your eyes?"