The wife took the baby to live with the military commander, and the commander washed diapers every d

Knowing her brother was busy, she thought she could go to the mountains behind the village to collect the scavengers herself, but the scavengers had already been picked clean by people from the neighborhood.

She didn't dare to run too far, so she broke off some branches from the tree that looked a bit dry.

Who knew that when we brought them back, these branches were hard to light and produced a lot of smoke.

"Don't go anymore. You're not in good health. Leave these things to your brother."

His younger sister has been frail since childhood, and she often coughs and wheezes, so he doesn't dare let her do any strenuous work.

"I just want to help my brother, I don't want him to be so tired." Xia Yue sometimes hates her own poor health.

If I were healthy, my brother wouldn't have to suffer so much.

"It's okay, as long as you're alright, I won't get tired no matter what I do."

"You stay home and rest well, your brother will go outside and get some firewood."

Xia Yue was very obedient this time, nodding as she watched her older brother take the empty basket he used for gathering firewood and go out.

She tidied up the kitchen and moved the unusable firewood under the eaves to dry in the sun when the weather was nice.

-

Two days later, Sister Wang came to talk to Shen Jingyue and brought up the matter of face cream.

It is said that some people think that 1.5 yuan is too expensive, and several people who originally wanted it said they didn't want it anymore.

In the end, only four or five people were willing to buy it.

"Sister Shen, don't be angry. It's their loss if they don't want it."

Sister Wang understood, after all, one yuan and fifty cents is quite a lot, and it's understandable that some people are reluctant to spend it.

"It's alright, it's a matter of mutual consent. I've just finished making this face cream, so Sister Wang, could you take it to them for me later?"

"Okay, they didn't want many, just one bottle each, five bottles for five people."

"Okay, I'll go get it."

Shen Jingyue went and brought over five bottles of face cream.

After taking it, Sister Wang stuffed it into her pocket.

"Then I'll go find them now." Sister Wang stood up.

"Okay." Seeing that Sister Wang had gone out, Shen Jingyue also went to see the children.

Sister Wang, carrying her things, found the group of people who wanted to buy face cream.

After I gave them the items, they paid for them without hesitation.

After receiving the money, Sister Wang returned to Shen Jingyue's home.

Five bottles, each costing one dollar and fifty cents, that's only seven dollars and fifty cents.

Seeing how much money Shen Meizi had made in such a short time, Sister Wang admired her from the bottom of her heart.

If we buy a few more bottles, it will be equivalent to a month's salary for a worker in the county.

"Sister Shen, this is the money from selling the face cream."

Shen Jingyue took the money, counted it, and then gave one yuan to Sister Wang.

"Sister Wang, here, consider this a reward for helping me sell them."

When Sister Wang saw that there was so much money, she quickly returned it.

"I don't want it. This is your money, how can I take it?"

"Besides, I only said a few words and delivered the items. I didn't spend any money or anything, so why should I ask for so much money?"

Shen Jingyue forcefully shoved the money into her hand, "Sister Wang, listen to me first. You definitely have to take this money. If it weren't for you, how could I have earned this money?"

"And this is definitely not the first time; there are bound to be many more times we'll trouble you in the future."

"Just keep it, otherwise I won't dare to contact you if I need anything in the future."

Sister Wang was persuaded, but one yuan could buy more than a pound of pork, so even if she wanted it, she couldn't take that much.

These aren't hard jobs, so she felt uneasy about getting so much money for them.

"Then just give me 50 cents, that's enough, you don't need so much."

"If you don't agree, I don't want the 50 cents."

Sister Wang counted out five cents and returned it to her.

Helpless, Shen Jingyue could only nod in agreement.

Sister Wang didn't stay long; she had things to do at home.

Suddenly, she asked Shen Jingyue, "Sister Shen, do you want to raise chickens?"

"I heard that some people in the nearby villages have hatched chicks, and I'm planning to buy a few to raise too."

"Do you want some? I'll buy you a few later."

"A little chick?" Shen Jingyue was stunned.

She never even considered raising chickens.

The key issue is that she doesn't know how to raise them, and she certainly doesn't dare to catch them.

However, many people in this residential compound raise poultry to eat during holidays and festivals.

After all, a chicken outside is quite expensive.

However, you could ask Qin Xiang'an if it's possible to build a chicken coop in the yard and keep the chickens inside so they don't run around.

"Yes, if we raise more chicks, we won't have to spend money on meat during the Lunar New Year."

"I'll ask Qin Xiang'an when he gets back."

"Okay, then let me know if you want to buy it, and I'll buy it for you."

"Oh, thank you, Sister Wang."

"Oh, no need to thank me, I'm off."

Sister Wang got up and left.

When Qin Xiang'an came home from get off work, Shen Jingyue told him about it.

"Sister Wang said that some people in a nearby village have hatched chicks and asked if we wanted to buy them. What do you think?"

"Honey, if you want to buy some, then we'll buy some. It'll be good to raise a few chickens. Once they're grown up, they can lay eggs, and we won't have to buy chicken anymore."

Qin Xiang'an thought that raising a few would be a good idea.

"Then let's buy a few and raise them. We'll build a chicken coop in the yard and keep them inside, so they don't have to come out, okay?"

Shen Jingyue also thought it would be good to raise a few; maybe she could even collect an egg every day.

"Okay, we'll do as you say. We bought some extra bricks when we built the toilet last time, so we'll use those bricks to build it."

"We'll just make a roof out of wooden planks and cover it with some thatch so it won't leak."

"Okay, then let's do it your way."

"But didn't we say we were going to Haishi? Why don't we finish making the chicken coop first, and buy the chicks when we get back?"

Otherwise, if they're not around, wouldn't all these chickens starve to death?

"That's alright. We'll just have Sister Lu help feed it for a few days, and we'll send some things over."

Qin Xiang'an was worried about this.

"Okay, then let's do it your way." Shen Jingyue had no objections.

"I'll come back early tomorrow afternoon if I don't have anything to do, and then we'll build the chicken coop."

"As for the trip to Haishi, I'll ask my supervisor for leave tomorrow and see when I'll have time."

"it is good."

-

The next afternoon, Qin Xiang'an brought two laborers, Lao Lu, and Tan Jianguo back to build the chicken coop.

Old Lu, while laboriously carrying bricks, looked at Qin Xiang'an with a mournful expression and said, "Hey Qin, building a chicken coop isn't a big deal. You could have done it all by yourself. Why did you have to drag us all over here?"

"I was hoping to get some rest since things were finally quiet, but you really don't give us any time to rest at all."

"Exactly, it's just a chicken coop, why are you making such a fuss?"

Tan Jianguo was mixing cement with a shovel, and he also felt that the man was doing it on purpose; he just couldn't stand seeing them idle.