Chapter 100 Killing the Chicken

When Yunxi bought books at the library today, she found that some of the books contained quite detailed information.

There are even books on various technical topics, teaching from the very basics, including books on farming.

Yunxi didn't seem very interested in that kind of data. Relatively speaking, she preferred reading other books. As for her, she might not leave the village in the future, so the knowledge she gained from reading was enough. Occasionally reading other books would be sufficient.

Anyway, with Yunxi's abnormal memory, remembering the contents of books is a very easy thing for her. Reading one or two more books is not difficult at all.

Yunxi sat cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed), placed her kang table in the middle, and took out a book from her spatial storage to read.

You might be able to remember the contents at first, but you won't understand the meaning at all. However, after reading it several times and combining it with your memory, you will be able to figure out the meaning of the book.

At first, I didn't think much of it, but after reading for a while, I became completely absorbed in it, and the more I read, the more interesting the knowledge in the book seemed.

I read for several hours at a time, and only when I was really sleepy did I finally put the book away, put the kang table in the corner, and crawl into bed to sleep.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. It was the day to burn paper money for Grandma. The brigade leader, Grandpa Yun Deguang, had arranged the work in the fields early in the morning and then came to Yunxi's house.

Not only did he come by himself, but he also brought his three sons and several grandsons, as well as his fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh grandfathers. It wasn't just them who came; all the men in the family came.

The once spacious courtyard suddenly felt almost deserted.

Yunxi was surprised by the grand occasion. Taking advantage of the moment when no one was paying attention, she quickly went to the kitchen and took out a bag each of rice and flour.

There was also some cured meat and two cured fish that I had smoked myself in the space. With a thought, I dissected all the eels in the space.

I carried about five pounds. I'll catch the rooster when I'm cooking, and with some vegetables, that should be enough.

Since they've all come here to help, it would be really inappropriate for me not to treat them to a meal.

They've been busy with Yunxi's affairs, so it's normal to let them eat well.

He went straight to the brigade leader and said, "Grandpa, we'll have lunch here today. In a little while, I'll need to trouble Grandma to help with the cooking. I definitely can't manage it by myself."

It's only right that the host treats us to meals when we come here to help, but we shouldn't spend too much.

"Yunxi, I'll call your great-grandmother over to cook in a bit. Just make something simple, like a few vegetable dumplings or steamed buns. Don't spend too much. There are so many people; we can't let your family's food run out in one meal."

This was also an attempt to save Yunxi some food. The brigade leader even planned to remind the men, young and old, to be more civilized when they ate.

We can't afford to waste the food that Yunxi's family can eat for several months in one meal.

“Grandpa, how can we just cook some simple vegetable dumplings? I bought some grain at the market a while ago and prepared enough for everyone. I also bought some preserved fish, plus the meat that Uncle brought over a few days ago. We also killed the rooster so it wouldn't stop laying eggs and keep eating grain. I was worried that this amount of vegetables wouldn't be enough. You can't say anything.”

Every time Yunxi reported something, Yun Deguang's face twitched; each report made his heart ache.

Even though it wasn't food from her own home, it still made me feel sorry for Yunxi for taking out so much food all at once.

After Yunxi finished speaking, she couldn't wait to say, "You child, how can you eat so well? How will you manage in the future? Don't kill the chicken, and put away the cured fish you bought. Just use the meat you were given a few days ago. That meat is already very good. You can't waste any more food."

Yunxi understood the meaning behind her grandfather's words. She knew that the old man was worried about the food and that if he ate it all at once, there wouldn't be any left in the house.

But I really didn't stand on ceremony with them. I originally thought I could just take the paper and burn it, but who knew there were other rules and I had to treat them to a meal.

But since there's this rule, I'll definitely follow it and pay what I'm supposed to pay, since I don't need that little bit of stuff anyway.

"Grandpa, don't worry. Just listen to my arrangements. You can stay for lunch, and don't worry about anything else."

Yunxi knew the old man was worried about the things, so while he was looking at the gold ingots and other items he had bought, she grabbed a kitchen knife, filled a bowl with some water, and went to the chicken coop in the backyard.

Perhaps it was because Yunxi was carrying a knife and exuded a murderous aura, but when you went there, the place was in complete chaos.

The chickens ran and flew everywhere, as if they wanted to escape their cage.

How could Yunxi let them escape? She rushed in and dragged the rooster out.

No matter how much she struggled, it was useless. They plucked some hair from under her neck, made a single cut, and blood spurted out.

Quickly, take the blood and drip it into the bowl. Blood is a good thing, we can't waste it.

Perhaps the roosters in the backyard were crowing so pitifully that my great-grandfather and sixth-grandfather came over immediately.

Seeing Yunxi killing a chicken, I felt incredibly sorry for her.

"You little brat, didn't you promise not to kill? Why did you do it again? It's such a waste to raise her to this size and then just kill and eat her."

Yunxi didn't think they were talking too much. She knew that the old people were very careful with their things and were reluctant to eat or use anything, so they just saved it up.

"It's alright, Grandpa, please don't worry. I've been wanting to get rid of this rooster for a while now. It can't lay eggs, but it eats a lot. It's good to kill it and raise more hens so they can lay more eggs."

Hearing Yunxi say this, the expressions on the two old men's faces finally softened a little, as they had been worried that it was because they had killed her on purpose.

In their old saying, "We're practically half-buried in the ground, why bother eating so well?"

"That's good. I'll ask your great-grandmother to find some for you. She knows which farms hatch chicks, so I'll ask her to bring you a few over."