After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

At noon, most of these chicks were exchanged for eggs.

Granny Tang exchanged ten of them, Wen Shu's nanny also exchanged ten of them, and distributed fifteen to Zhou and Yanru each, and other villagers also exchanged more than 40 of them one after another, and now there are only a dozen or so left in the family. chicks.

The dozen or so chicks are led by a hen and forage in the yard.

The other two hens were sad, because they were unwilling to give up the eggs that hatched late, so that the chicks around them were stolen by the hostess one by one, and finally there were only a few weak ones that had just hatched and their hair was not dry. chicken.

Chunniang originally wanted to take these chicks away and let the same hen take them, so that the other two hens can recover quickly and lay eggs earlier.

As a result, one of the reed hens was very stubborn. Once the hostess took the chicks away from it, it would chase after it crazily, grab another one or two from the brood hen, and take two chicks with it. Cubs avoid looking elsewhere for food.

After a few times, Chun Niang let it go.

After a few more days, the hen was able to take her chicks out of the yard.

Chunniang was afraid that her chicken cubs would be confused with other people's, so she made a red mark on the heads of the chicken cubs with hematoxylin red dots.

Every morning, after feeding the little yellow rice to the hen and chicks, the hen cooed and went out with her baby chicken.

The reed chicken also followed out with its two chicks.

Maybe it is because the number of chickens brought by the reed chicken is small, it often travels a long way, and sometimes runs to the wasteland.

This piece of wasteland is closer to the pond, and there is a wild bamboo forest in the distance. The wasteland is lush with lush vegetation and shrubs. Hens and cubs can not only find bugs in it, but also avoid hawks and falcons in the sky.

However, there are also many ground predators, such as weasels, foxes, grass wolves, etc., will sneak out to hunt.

Fortunately, there are often people washing rice, washing vegetables, washing clothes and carrying water by the pond, and those animals dare not approach them during the day.

Unexpectedly, not long after, the two chicks of the reed chicken disappeared. They were probably taken away by eagles or captured by other wild animals.

Recently, there are always one or two eagles gliding over the village, scaring the chickens in the village into panic.

Not only the chickens were terrified, but the villagers were also uneasy. They immediately asked the young children to hide in the house and hid the lamb and piglets.

Because this kind of eagle is very big, it can easily catch a child of four or five years old or a half-grown lamb.

Whenever they saw an eagle swooping down, the villagers would beat it with copper basins or gongs, and waving their arms and yelling to drive them away, temporarily scaring the eagle away.

But it didn't take long for them to fly again, and several times they were still hovering over Jiang's yard.

Chunniang had no choice but to drive the hen and chicks into the house, and let them out after the eagle flew away.

She didn't pay much attention to the reed chicken, so the two cubs of the reed chicken disappeared.

However, the reed chicken did not give up on itself without its chicks, but tried to snatch the chicks from other hens again and again.

But now the chick has recognized its mother and is unwilling to go with it.

Therefore, Yingbao often saw this reed chicken going to the pond alone, not knowing whether it was looking for food or looking for its lost child.

Jiang Sanlang went to the county town to stay for three days, and he drove back in a new carriage beaming with joy. When he entered the house, he showed his wife and daughter a copy of the house deed.

This is a one-entry courtyard of five houses, not far from the county school, and the house price is more than 300 taels of silver.

Including the one hundred taels of the carriage, Jiang Sanlang spent a total of more than 400 taels this time, including 100 taels of silver from the little girl.

The silver in Chunniang's hand was almost spent, and there were only a dozen or so copper coins left.

She didn't feel sad at all, on the contrary she was very happy.My family finally has a house in the county seat, and it is still a courtyard of five green brick houses.

"The house is nice, and the yard is quite big. It's not a problem to grow vegetables and flowers normally. I'll go there again in a while and ask a few masons to repair the house and buy some furniture. After the autumn harvest, I can give it to my little one." Jie and Yuan Bao went to the city to study."

Jiang Sanlang said to the little girl again: "When the time comes, you and your mother will go to the county town together, and we will be the daughters of the county town from now on."

After ten or eight years, the little girl will be a proper urbanite, and she will find a good husband's family in the county.

Ying Bao shook her head: "I don't want to go to the county seat, Auntie can just take my brother there."

In her previous life, she had lived in the county for several years, and there was nothing interesting there except for the crowds.

Moreover, the draft water in the county is a problem. If there is no well at home, you have to fetch water from the river for consumption, or spend money to buy it.

Buying a load of water is barely enough for a family of three or five people to eat for a day, but washing and washing rice and vegetables can only be done in nearby ponds.

The large pond in the county seat is comparable to a stinky ditch, the water is green in color, it is fine in winter, but in summer, the whole pond is filled with a faint stench.

Even if you live close to a river, you wash your hands in the flowing river, but if you wash rice here, you can’t guarantee that someone is emptying the urinal and cleaning the toilet upstream.

That's why she didn't want to go to the county seat.

Chunniang asked, "Why doesn't Bao'er go?"

"I still have to study medicine with Master." Ying Bao explained.

She not only studied medicine, but also practiced martial arts, not to mention growing golden ears to make money.When I went to the county seat, I couldn't do anything.

Chunniang smiled: "Yes, our Bao'er still needs to study medicine, it's because the parents are confused and forgot about it."

Within a few days, the news that Jiang Sanlang's family bought a house in the county town spread throughout the township.

This is also impossible. One of Lizheng's responsibilities is to register the property of the villagers, especially the fields and real estate.

Over there, Jiang Sanlang had just signed a deed in the Yamen, and within two days, Sun Lizheng received a notice from the county government asking him to re-register Jiang Sanlang's property amount.

Doesn't everyone know about this coming and going?

"Oh, your family really bought a house in the county?" Second Aunt Wang saw Chunniang and asked her.

Chun Niang pulled away her sleeves without showing any signs, and said with a smile: "Where is the house, it's just two rooms."

"Hey, the two houses are also houses." Second Aunt Wang smiled mysteriously, and asked in a low voice: "Then you are going to move to the county town? Are Erni and Yingbao going too?"

"How can it be, our fields are all here, how could we move to the county seat?"

Chunniang was in a hurry to get away: "Second Aunt, I have something else to do, so I won't chat with you." After saying that, she walked away quickly.

Second Aunt Wang didn't give up, and wanted to chat with the past again, but was stopped by her second son: "Mother, the cake is burnt, go and have a look."

"Ouch." Second Aunt Wang slapped her thigh, and hurried to remove the pan, but the pancakes stuck in the pan were fine, not mushy at all.

"You brat! How dare you lie to my old lady!" Second Aunt Wang angrily turned over the pancakes.

Turning around to see her second son standing by the stove looking at her, she glared at him: "What are you looking at?"

Wang Erlang: "I'm hungry, I'm waiting for the pancakes to come out of the pan."

"Eat, eat! You know how to eat!" Second Aunt Wang made gestures in front of her son with a spatula, and said angrily, "Erni is going to the county seat soon, let me see what you will do!"

"What should I do?" Wang Erlang stared at the pancakes in the pan.

Second Aunt Wang glanced at her son, "Didn't my old lady tell you to get along with Er Ni Huzi more, maybe our two families can be in-laws in the future."

Only then did Wang Erlang react, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "Mother, how old is Erni? How can I get along with her?"

He is already fifteen, and Erni is only ten years old, so he has nothing to do with a yellow-haired girl.