Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 46 Raising Chickens
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"Father, no need, I have food, you can take you and Xue'er!" Ke Hanchun hurriedly said, she is already married, how can she drag her natal family down?

"Sister, just listen to your father, our family does not lack this ration now!" Ke Hanxue persuaded: "Besides, sister, don't you want to raise your body well and have children for your brother-in-law?"

Ke Hanchun blushed, and said coquettishly: "Xue'er, I wanted to talk about you yesterday, you are a girl, don't keep saying these things, it's not good for outsiders to hear!"

Hearing this, Ke Shuisheng also started to talk about teaching: "Xue'er, what your sister said is exactly what I want to say, you must remember that you will get married in two years, if the Ge family hears What you said, I don’t know what to think of you!”

"Father, I'm hungry!" Ke Hanxue looked at her father pitifully with her mouth flattened, to see how he could continue talking?

"Okay, take out the rice balls you made in the morning and eat with your sister." Ke Shuisheng had no choice but to give up his persuasive temptations first, and solve his stomach problem.

The three father and daughter chatted while eating.

Ke Hanxue told Ke Hanchun about taking over the work of "Zhou Ji", and almost made Ke Hanchun happy.

"Father, Xue'er, is our family really going to get rich?" Ke Hanchun looked at his father in disbelief.

"Sister, I'm still far away from getting rich! I can only say that if this continues, we can basically solve our family's food and clothing problem." Ke Hanxue couldn't help laughing, her sister is really easy to satisfy!

"I don't dare to think about getting rich or not. I'm satisfied if I can keep you from starving!" Ke Shuisheng said. He is an out-and-out farmer who dares to think about getting rich.

Ke Hanxue smiled, these two people really deserve to be father and daughter, they have no ambitions at all!

Ke Shui was afraid of delaying the work of the shopkeeper of "Zhou Ji", so he drove to the "Zhou Ji" flour shop after dinner.

"Hey, big brother, you came really early!" The shopkeeper smiled happily at Ke Shuisheng who arrived early. It seems that the person I found this time is much more reliable than last time!
After returning from the pier, Ke Shuisheng took the cart and drove the cart to the market.

Before going out in the morning, Ke Hanxue discussed with her parents, saying that she would bring a few chickens back to raise today. Ke Zhong agreed without saying a word, because in Shuihe Village, every household has chickens and ducks. Several families raised pigs, but theirs had nothing. Now that they are getting better, Ke Zhong certainly wants to add something to the family.

Ke Hanxue went to the market and asked, this old hen costs [-] Wen a piece, and this chick only costs [-] Wen.

Ke Hanxue bought ten of them in one go, including two males and eight females.

I bought ten of them, but I just don’t know how many of them can be fed, Ke Hanxue thought to himself.

The boss saw that Ke Hanxue bought a lot, so he lent her a chicken coop made of bamboo pieces, and asked her to return it to him next time when she went to town. Bought this chicken coop too.

"Father, let's go." Ke Hanxue put the chicken coop on the car and jumped on it himself.

From a distance, Ke Hanxue saw Dasha's ox cart also parked at the intersection, and there were several people waiting for the cart beside him, but they didn't get into his cart.

As soon as Ke Shuisheng's bullock cart stopped, those people sat up and greeted Ke Shuisheng and Ke Hanxue with a smile.

Dasha's face darkened, and he glared at Ke Shuisheng angrily, but he didn't dare to be as insolent as yesterday.

Ke Hanxue didn't know why Dasha restrained herself, but as long as he stopped messing with her father, she didn't want to make more troubles. The most important thing at present is to make money.

On the way home, Ke Hanxue saw many people digging sweet potatoes in the sweet potato fields on both sides of the road. Ke Hanxue thought about it and asked Ke Shuisheng: "Father, other people's sweet potatoes can be dug. Is it possible to dig it?"

The harvest season of the crops in this dynasty is quite different from that in the previous life, so Ke Hanxue didn't know when it would be better to dig the sweet potatoes.

Ke Shuisheng was taken aback, and said, "I don't know, I haven't been to the sweet potato field for a long time."

Looking at her father's expression and the black line on Ke Hanxue's head, she really wondered if her father had forgotten how many acres of sweet potato land she had.

"Father, it's still early in the morning. Let's go to the field to see when we get back. If the sweet potatoes can be dug, we have to dig them out quickly. We can plant whatever we want in the future!"

"Of course the sweet potato field is for growing sweet potatoes!" A woman next to him smiled and answered Ke Shuisheng's words.

"This sister-in-law is right. Our sweet potato field grows sweet potatoes every year." Ke Shuisheng also laughed.

Ke Hanxue smiled but said nothing, she had her own plans.

Seeing her father and sister bring home a cage of chicks, Hong'er laughed and danced happily, and even Zhu'er made a fuss along with it.

Ke Yushi saw Ke Shuisheng and Ke Hanxue go out with hoes on their shoulders, walked to the yard, and asked Ke Zhongshi who was feeding chaff to the chickens suspiciously: "Sister-in-law, is this New Year's car really so profitable?"

Ke Zhongshi stood up straight and looked at her, and asked, "His second aunt, why would you ask such a question?"

"If you don't make money, how can you buy so many chicks after driving a car for a day?" Ke Yushi curled his lips and said in a sour tone.

"His second aunt, to tell you the truth, pulling an ox cart can earn tens of pennies a day, but this work is too tiring, and I don't know if I can borrow it to buy cattle after five or six years. Return the money?" Ke Zhong said with a distressed expression.

Everyone knows the three-cent fare for this person, and Ke Zhongshi also knows that Ke Yushi can't be fooled by this, so he told Ke Yushi what his daughter taught him.

"Sister-in-law, how much did your family pay for this cow?" Ke Yushi asked in a low voice, staring at Ke Yushi's face.

"It took more than a dozen taels!" Ke Zhong sighed and said, "As long as there is a way, I will not borrow so much money from my natal family to let Shuisheng buy cattle and do such a lowly job! Who told us There is only two acres of mulberry garden at home!"

Ke Yushi stared at Ke Zhongshi for a while, seeing that the sadness on her face didn't seem to be feigned, and then said guardedly: "Sister-in-law, that day, elder brother himself offered to share an extra acre of mulberry garden with us. Yes, you can't take the idea of ​​taking the mulberry garden back!"

Ke Zhong's eyes widened, and he pretended to be angry and said, "Second Aunt, I didn't say I would go back to the mulberry garden. Do you need to be so nervous? Even if I want to go back to the mulberry garden now, it's not too much, we are still sisters-in-law Hey, seeing our family's life is like this, shouldn't you reach out your hand?"

"Sister-in-law, your family's life is difficult, but ours is better? Sister-in-law, you don't know how much our family has spent these days? I have already spent all the money when we separated. After that, our family still doesn’t know where to find food!”

(End of this chapter)