dognovel Chapter 309
Chapter 309
Fortunately, the chicken farm now has more than a hundred chicks that have been raised and will start laying eggs soon. The farm has also hired new people, so there is no shortage of manpower.
When Qi Mingyu said that, Grandma Pang didn't say anything. Only the next day did she feel regretful again: "If I don't take that job, I will lose a salary. What a pity."
Seeing that she was still obsessed with it, she still had to go to work.
Zhou Shuwan couldn't help but smile and advised, "Grandma, it's not that we don't want you to work. It's just that your body is too weak to work anymore. Back then, we agreed to let you go out to work because the acid rain hadn't come yet and the high temperature had just ended. We've all been cooped up at home for two years and no one can stand it. We said we were letting you go out to work, but in fact, it was just to give you a break. It's been two or three months now, and the acid rain is so dangerous, so you'd better stay home. Our newly hatched chicks and geese should be laying eggs, so they need to be carefully cared for."
This is the truth.
Grandma Pang could only nod and sighed: "I'm old and useless."
Zhou Shuwan leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Actually, Grandma, after the chickens and geese you raise at home lay eggs, we can't eat so many at home. We can take some out to exchange, which is like a reward. And it doesn't require much effort."
Grandma Pang's eyes lit up. That's true.
When they came to the hospital this time, the plants and livestock at home were left unattended, so they entrusted them to Uncle Zhong and Aunt Zhong, who came to water them, feed the chickens, and collect the eggs from time to time.
He also promised that the work would not be in vain and that he would give five eggs from the collected eggs every day as payment.
Although Uncle Zhong and Aunt Zhong always said that what they gave was too much, they were still very happy.
Now both families have started raising chickens together, but the time is too short and the chickens haven't grown up yet. It will take at least two months before they lay eggs.
Five eggs a day, one share from each family, is enough to make a dish and provide nutrition for the family.
Seeing Zhou Shuwan making Grandma Pang smile, Zhong Tiyun handed the chopped apple to Zhou Jianghai and said in a low voice, "Look at how Wanwan made Grandma Pang smile. I was worried that her temper would make her get along badly with Grandma-in-law!"
Zhou Jianghai, however, has always had great confidence in his daughter. Upon hearing this, he said, "What are you talking about? My daughter is better than others at everything she does!"
Zhong Tiyun gave him a reproachful look, but when she saw the thick plaster on his leg, she could not say any words of blame. She picked up the apple and fed it to him herself.
I have temporarily put my study of Chinese medicine on hold these days.
Fortunately, they were all in the hospital, and after seeing Dr. Zheng, they just told him the situation.
When Doctor Zheng heard that someone from both Zhou and Qi families was hospitalized, he hurriedly prepared a meal and visited the ward.
He was carrying a small bag of compressed biscuits and two cans of food.
Canned food is a rare commodity nowadays, so sending such a gift to someone's door is a sign that the other party attaches great importance to it.
Seven days later, Zhou Jianghai and Grandma Pang were discharged from the hospital.
Grandma Pang is not seriously injured, but Zhou Jianghai still needs to continue recovering.
Since the exchange of nutritional protein, Dr. Zheng, an orthopedic surgeon, has been even more dedicated to my treatment. Before I was discharged from the hospital, he repeatedly reminded me, "Be careful when you go home. Don't overwork your legs in the next few months. Otherwise, your bones won't grow properly, and you'll walk with uneven legs for the rest of your life."
Zhong Tiyun also repeatedly assured that she would take good care of the patient.
On the way back, she told him her decision: "Wanwan is right. I was in a hurry to find a job. On the one hand, it was to earn more money, and on the other hand, it was to relax. Now your father is like this, how can I be at ease? From now on, I will quit my job in the vegetable greenhouse and concentrate on taking care of your father at home."
Naturally, others had no objection.
Zhou Shuwan even said with a smile: "Mom, you and grandma should take good care of our chickens and geese, and take the eggs out to exchange. I'm sure you will get a lot of supplies."
Zhong Tiyun is busy taking care of Zhou Jianghai at home, but in her spare time, she can definitely take good care of the chickens and geese.
She nodded quickly: "I'm good at this, you don't have to worry about it, your grandma and I will take care of it."
Mu Mu also hurriedly followed: "I'll help too."
"Okay! When the eggs are exchanged for supplies, I'll give you one too." Zhong Tiyun said with a smile.
With this calculation, only Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu are left at home with the gate guard job, and everyone else is unemployed at home.
When I got home, I met the neighbor downstairs and chatted with him about recent things. I learned that Xue Tao, Zhipeng and several other young people were worried that someone would covet the chickens and geese raised by Zhou Shuwan's family, so they made an appointment to sleep here together at night.
There is someone at home almost every night.
My second aunt and third aunt come to help feed the chickens from time to time, and they are very attentive.
At the end of the conversation, the other party sighed again: "Tiyun, you have met a good relative. These days, everyone's relatives are top-notch. Who dares to let them come to your house? If you don't empty your house, you are considered a good person."
Zhong Tiyun responded politely again and again.
When I entered the house, I saw that both houses were clean. The chickens and geese on the rooftop were flapping their wings and calling happily, looking very energetic.
In the kitchen downstairs, the chicken and goose eggs collected in the past seven days are neatly placed in bamboo baskets.
Now, in addition to the dozen or so chickens they raised at the beginning, the Zhou and Qi families have hatched more than thirty chickens, of which more than twenty are hens and seven or eight are roosters.
So now there are 37 hens in the house, and they lay an average of about 35 eggs every day.
There are three geese, two female geese and one gander.
Geese are very smart and can guard the house.
When the geese grew up, Zhou Jianghai removed the cages on the top floor and let the chickens run around in the largest bedroom. With the geese watching them, they didn't dare to come out and were very well-behaved.
In addition to harvesting more than 30 eggs at home every day, we can also harvest one or two green-skinned goose eggs.
With so many chickens and geese, the amount of food they eat every day is also very large.
Fortunately, the Zhou family had hydroponic vegetables as subsidies, as well as canned pet food that they had stockpiled. They took out a few bottles every day, chopped them up, and mixed them with chopped leaves. The chickens and geese ate them, and they laid more eggs.
In addition to these, Zhou Shuwan also placed the fish intestines, fish bladders and other fish viscera that he had caught in the reservoir in the space.
Feed it alternately with pet canned food every day.
Therefore, the chickens and geese of the Zhou and Qi families grew particularly well. They were taller, stronger, and laid more eggs than the chickens in the farm that simply fed on broken leaves.
This is also the reason why Zhong Tiyun believes that she and Grandma Pang can earn a lot of supplies by taking care of chickens and geese at home.
The family had just looked around when Xue Tao received the news and hurried over.
"Aunt, Wanwan, I..." Xue Tao knocked on the door, tears streaming down her face. "My mom seems to be seriously ill and is dying..."