"Wow, what a handsome bird!" Li Xiu'e guessed, "This can't be that kind of peacock... right, a peacock? Is this a peacock?"
"It's not a peacock, it's a pheasant!"
Yao Hua said: "I saw it in an animal illustrated book. The scientific name of this chicken is Golden Pheasant, also known as golden pheasant. The one with golden silk-like feathers on the top is a rooster, and the one with a dark brown head on the bottom is a rooster.
hen."
Little Jinbao, who was sitting on the chair, raised his pointed ears. Hearing that two golden roosters flew into the house, he also wanted to see them.
She turned her little body, lying belly down on the chair and slowly slid down until her toes touched the floor and stood firm, then she ran to Yao Hua's side with some staggering.
"chicken……"
She jumped and said excitedly: "Golden Rooster..."
Wow wow wow! It’s really a golden rooster. The rooster looks so good-looking, right?
While she and her grandma were still surprised, surprised and emotional, Yao Hua came to his senses first and said to Grandma Jinbao: "Grandma Su, go and close the window quickly, don't let them escape!"
"Yes, yes, we can't let them fly away." Li Xiu'e nodded and said, then tiptoed to the window and slowly closed the open window in a way that did not disturb them as much as possible.
Xiao Jinbao came closer and saw a few dark brown round things under the hen's feathers, which looked like eggs.
She shook her little head and pointed under the bed, "Egg, grandma, egg..."
"What? Egg?"
Li Xiu'e was stunned for a moment, then she saw the baby in front of her smiling and nodding towards her, "Hey, it's an egg, it's round."
egg……
No, it's impossible, right?
She hurriedly looked under the bed, and sure enough she saw a few eggs hidden under the chicken's butt.
Oh my god! What an egg! Eggs are very rare things.
Farmers have no money, so every household raises a few chickens and waits for the chickens to lay eggs. They use the eggs as money. Each egg is worth about five cents to ten cents.
People living in mountain villages often take a day's walk to the public marketing agency in the town to exchange eggs for daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar.
People in the village call this the "Chicken Butt Bank" and they touch the butts of their hens every day in the hope of laying more eggs.
While Li Xiu'e was still astonished, the hen finished laying all the eggs and stood up to crow a few times. The rooster also followed the crow, which was particularly loud and sweet.
"Jinbao, do you know what this is called?" Yao Hua asked the girl next to him, with crooked eyebrows and a smile on his face.
"Is it so dense?" Jin Bao didn't understand what he was asking.
"This is called the golden rooster announcing good news."
After listening to Yao Hua's words, Xiao Jinbao blinked his big eyes and said, "The breeze is sticky..."
At first Yao Hua didn't understand what Jin Bao was talking about, thinking it was just a child babbling randomly, but then he thought about it carefully.
Celebrating the harvest year?
Golden rooster heralds a good harvest?
Jin Bao is so young that he can actually say the pairs on the Spring Festival couplets?
While the two children were talking, Li Xiu'e squatted on the ground and counted the eggs carefully.
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight."
There are eight eggs in total!
Li Xiu'e couldn't believe it, "The chickens raised by the villagers can lay at most three eggs in one night, and most of the time they only have one or two eggs. I have never seen a chicken that lays eight eggs."
She then said in surprise: "In just a short period of time, it laid eight eggs. I think it is not a pheasant, but a magic chicken?"
Yao Hua felt that it was unreasonable to lay eight eggs in such a short period of time.
He said: "I guess this hen may have flown in yesterday. Because he was hiding under the bed, you didn't notice it. In order to find food for the hen, the rooster just flew back and hit the window, so we heard the noise."
"
"That makes sense, maybe it took more than one day! But Hua Hua," Li Xiu'e asked doubtfully, "why do you think this chicken came to lay eggs under my bed?"
"this……"
Yao Hua shook his head, "I don't understand this."
He then said: "Wild golden roosters only appear in the Qinling area, but not in Jinghai City. Now they not only appear, but they also fly to people's homes to lay eggs. It's so strange!"
"It's strange, it's really strange..."
Just as she was sighing, as if something suddenly occurred to her, Li Xiu'e suddenly realized, "Oh, I understand! I understand what is going on."
Little Jinbao was curious, "What's the matter? Grandma said..."
"Because of you!"
Li Xiu'e picked up Jinbao and pinched her nose lovingly, "The old immortal was indeed right. Jinbao, you are a lucky star. You can bring great luck to our old Su family."
Lucky star?
Jinbao tilted his head, wondering if he had the body of a koi after being reborn?
Hey! If she is really lucky, I hope her parents can take the fifth brother home soon and reunite the family...
Qishui Village.
The hometown where Su Jianmin was born is located in a small village halfway up the mountain.
One house is next to another on the mountainside.
Bai Lu knew that rural conditions were poor, but she didn't expect that the conditions were worse than she imagined.
The Su family's house is an adobe house with black exterior walls. It has an east room, a south room and a north room.
The tiles on the roof of the house are badly damaged and rain often leaks, and the walls are in tatters. Many places are blocked with straw, barely able to prevent wind.
Su Xiaowu and his grandfather live in the same house.
Farm tools, bamboo hats and sundries are placed on the uneven ground.
Su Xiaowu sat on a small stool in the room, playing with the slingshot in his hand.
When he heard his uncle excitedly say that his parents were here, he couldn't help but frown, "What are they here for? Where is my sister?"
"Jin Bao didn't come. Your parents are here to pick you up. Oh, Xiao Wu, don't lose your temper. Look how much your parents love you. They traveled such a long way to pick you up in person. From now on,
When you go to the city, you have to think about your uncle often..."
"I won't leave and I will see you every day. Why do I miss you?"
The little boy is small but not short, with thick eyebrows raised rebelliously, wheat-colored skin, a pointed chin, and a rebellious and sharp look in his eyes.
On the bed, Su Xiaowu's grandfather had just woken up and coughed a few times.
"You brat, ahem, you want to piss me off to death, you, you little brat..."
"Dad, don't be angry," Xiao Wu's uncle Su Daqiang said to his father, "Jianmin came back to pick up Xiao Wu himself."
Grandpa Su said in surprise: "What? Really? The three rich men are back? Great! I can finally send Xiao Wu away, and stay with him again. My life must be in his hands."
,cough cough…”
While they were talking, Su Jianmin and his wife were already walking towards the east room.
Bai Lu wanted to see her son. She had been a step slow in talking to some sisters-in-law in the living room before, but now she was even more anxious.
She stepped on the dirt, walking faster and faster, wishing she could fly into the house.
"Why are you so anxious? Can Xiao Wu still run away?" Su Jianmin held his wife's hand.
The couple entered the old house side by side.
"Dad? Xiao Wu?"
After shouting loudly, Su Jianmin felt a sudden pain in his forehead before seeing anyone.