The Lucky Farmgirl-Chapter 64 - 53 New Discovery

Raising chickens also consumes a lot of grain, which ordinary families can’t afford to do in excess.

The three families that raise the most chickens in the village are the village head’s family, Zhou Hu’s family at the end of the village, and their own.

Their family found it easier to raise chickens because they had many children and plenty of labor.

Even if they were reluctant to part with bran, they could still cut fresh greens to cook for the chickens, not to mention various insects, especially cabbage caterpillars.

It was only after the day before yesterday that Manbao realized that their chickens always fed on cabbage caterpillars.

Not only did they eat caterpillars, but also many other insects that harmed crops and vegetables.

The family would catch them and bring them back for the chickens to eat.

She never knew this because she never worked the fields and she also disliked the stinky chicken coop, so she never went near it.

Because Keke wanted cabbage caterpillars, Manbao was eager to catch bugs in the fields, and that’s when she found out that her family had always been feeding bugs to the chickens.

They didn’t need her to lift a finger.

Datou and the others could bring back more than a dozen after scouting the fields.

However, they still felt a sense of regret, “There are fewer bugs now.

They were everywhere in the early summer.

Our chickens especially loved to lay eggs back then.”

Although Manbao had bought the rooster, Ms.

Qian did not intend to kill it for food.

Since it had been frightened, Ms.

Qian specifically instructed Junior Ms.

Qian to give it a handful of grains to make sure it had a good meal and to comfort its little heart.

Ms.

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He couldn’t help but mutter, “Mom, are we really keeping this chicken?

It cost fifty-three wen.”

Ms.

Qian, half-closing her eyes, said indifferently, “If we don’t keep it, would you have the face to return it?”

“The families of Dazhu and Sanzhu are really shameless.

Isn’t this tricking our niece?

I’ve felt it just now, the chicken is well-fed.

If they had taken it to the county city, wouldn’t it have lost a couple of pounds from hunger?

Moreover, entering the city costs money too and it wastes a whole day.

In the end, they still charged our niece so much.”

Ms.

Qian said, “That’s why you girls need to be more careful these next few days.

Raise the chicken well, and use it for ancestral worship during the New Year.

That way, we won’t be at a loss.”

Junior Ms.

Qian added, “Manbao said she wanted to kill it to nourish your health.”

Ms.

Qian laughed off the idea, “That child comes up with one idea after another.

She’ll forget about it in a couple of days.”

The three daughters-in-law then fell silent.

Old Zhou had a different opinion, “Manbao is showing filial respect.

I don’t know what’s gotten into her, but recently she’s had her eye on that rooster.

I think once we’ve eaten the meat we have, she’ll start thinking about this chicken.”

Ms.

Qian smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll convince her.

Unless she can buy another chicken for me, she shouldn’t even think about killing it.”

Old Zhou couldn’t help but laugh, “Maybe she’ll really buy you another one.”

“She had saved up sixty-one wen before, and now she’s spent fifty-three.

How much money does she still have on her?”

That’s when Old Zhou fell silent.

How much money did Manbao still have on her?

Of course, she had quite a bit — at least, she thought so.

Moreover, today Zhou Wulang and his brothers came back from the county city having made some money.

Together with a bunch of friends, they headed to their own room to count their earnings.

The adults outside only heard the clamor from inside the room, completely unaware of what they were doing.

The family didn’t mind their children having good relationships, and as long as the kids didn’t fight, they generally didn’t intervene.

Early that day, Zhou Wulang and Liulang had carried two baskets of small bamboo baskets to the county city, accompanied by Daya, who went especially to sell woven flower baskets.

At the same five-wen price per basket, after selling all the flower baskets, Zhou Wulang even made a special trip to the County Governmental Office.

He found the Fu Family’s side gate and sold all the remaining candies to Second Miss Fu.

Because the County Magistrate indeed had started charging an entrance fee, Zhou Wulang and his brothers unceremoniously raised their prices, charging one wen per piece of candy.

However, the candies this time were different from the last, so the difference in price was still justifiable.

Together, the money from both sales amounted to two hundred and twenty wen.

Of course, the accounts were still calculated by Manbao because Zhou Wulang was a little unreliable with numbers.

The one who got the same count as Manbao was Zhou SiLang.

Looking at the pile of copper coins on the bed, he felt an intense surge of excitement and reached out to touch them, only to have his hand slapped by Zhou Wulang, “Fourth Brother, you have no share in this.”

Zhou SiLang felt heartbroken and protested, “I helped too.

I chopped bamboo yesterday and I also worked on preparing the bamboo strips.”

Zhou Wulang thought there may be some sense in what he said and looked at Manbao for guidance.

Manbao collected all the money in front of her and said, “We have to pay taxes first.”

“Paying taxes” meant giving part of the money to their mother.

Manbao ordered Datou to fetch her homemade ledger and writing supplies from her room.

Then she began to keep accounts, saying, “We need to keep track of our earnings so we don’t forget how much money we’ve made.”

This was something Keke had reminded her about, mainly to give her a rough idea of how much she was earning and spending.

She had originally intended to record everything in one place, but Keke said that wasn’t how it was done.

So, she had to prepare another small ledger for her own accounts.

Yet, she hadn’t bought any paper.

The paper she was using now was given to her by Shanbao, which she had cut into small pieces and stitched together.

Manbao sighed repeatedly, feeling she needed to set aside some money for Wulang to buy her paper.

While Manbao was accounting and calculating her personal ledger, she confidently told Keke, “This way, I’ll be able to earn enough for another rooster very soon.”

The system couldn’t help but say, “Host, you can actually purchase paper from the mall where the quality is good and the prices are much cheaper than what you’d pay in the county city.”

Manbao uttered a surprised, “The mall sells paper too?”

System: …The mall has everything.

Other hosts become addicted to shopping as soon as they open the mall, so why does its host, aside from buying candies, refuse to buy anything else?

It didn’t get commissions when the host purchased items, but it still felt anxious watching on.

Manbao, at last, discovered the correct way to use the mall.

After finishing the accounts, allocating the taxed money, and dividing up the rest, she put her own share into her little pocket.

Then she dashed back to her room, hid under the blanket, and began to browse through the mall’s offerings.

With the system’s guidance, Manbao finally learned that aside from scrolling down to look through the mall’s various items, she could also input what she was looking for at the search bar on top.

If the mall didn’t have the sought-after item, it would make recommendations based on her browsing history.

God knows that the first time Manbao opened the mall, because she didn’t understand, she just scrolled down, encountering a slew of unfamiliar items.

Having seen so many, she lost interest.

Later, before sleeping each night, she’d check the mall, and the updated items were always unfamiliar.

That’s why Manbao lacked interest in the mall.

However, recently she had been looking at a tube of green potion which caused all the recommended items to be various medicines, albeit with prices too alarmingly high.

Although Manbao was always overly confident, she still found those numbers to be out of reach every time she saw them.