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Chapter 669: Chapter 674 Make Do and Eat Enough_1
"Wife, look, the chicken has laid eggs!" Tan Zhenghong said excitedly.
Qiao Duo’er glanced over and indeed, there were two pale eggs hidden in the straw nest.
These were pure, home-raised, free-range chicken eggs!
After a while, Qiao Duo’er discovered that there were also two eggs in the ducks’ straw nest, a bit larger than the chicken eggs and slightly greenish in hue—these were duck eggs.
"The ducks have started laying eggs too, I didn’t come out here for nothing today!"
Qiao Duo’er picked up the two eggs, cradling them carefully in her palm.
Basically, she and Tan Zhenghong had been the ones taking care of these chickens and ducks, and now that there was a harvest, they were happier than anyone else.
What’s more important is that in a little while, their little farmhouse would be self-sufficient.
"Only four in total, wife, how do you want to eat them?" Tan Zhenghong was also in a good mood.
"Fry the chicken eggs, save the duck eggs to marinate."
Qiao Duo’er decided on the use for the eggs, but she thought they would have to save the duck eggs for a few days to marinate them. Anyway, it was the dead of winter now, and the eggs wouldn’t go bad even if left out for a few days.
After storing the eggs, they went to the musk deer’s den.
By now, they had lost their previous unruliness and had adapted well to their new home.
Especially the male musk deer with a full fragrance pouch, which was surely laden with a lot of musk.
When spring arrived, this would be another windfall!
The musk deer seemed to sense Qiao Duo’er’s unabashed gaze landing on a certain spot, let out a snort, and ran away.
Qiao Duo’er was full of black lines; she just wanted to say she wasn’t a pervert! 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝘣.𝘤𝘰𝑚
The male musk deer ran away shyly, but the female musk deer came closer. All the female musk deer were now pregnant, and to ensure good development of the fetuses, they craved more food.
Qiao Duo’er stroked each of them, then poured the feed into the trough.
Now the feed was mixed with soybean dregs and ground-up shells, in hopes that the female musk deer would give birth smoothly.
The female musk deer ate heartily, and after a few moments of coyness, the male also came over but still kept glancing at Qiao Duo’er with suspicion.
As if protecting himself from an assault by Qiao Duo’er.
"What did you do to it?" Tan Zhenghong asked with a dark face.
"I didn’t do anything,"
Qiao Duo’er said uncomfortably. She felt that the animals they were raising were becoming too clever.
She just happened to look a little too long, and who knew these two creatures would be so ungracious.
Tan Zhenghong pursed his lips, his face full of disbelief.
Qiao Duo’er’s face flushed, and she slapped the male musk deer’s head with her palm.
But her gentle pat made the male musk deer think Qiao Duo’er was playing with it, so it nuzzled her palm with its fuzzy head.
This left Qiao Duo’er helpless. She really wanted to let Fatty and Fat Fat train it for a few days; it would surely become docile then.
But she was afraid Fatty and Fat Fat would not know their own strength and might accidentally harm the musk deer. Wouldn’t she cry herself to death then?
"Don’t be mad at it anymore, let’s go back, don’t get cold,"
Tan Zhenghong pulled Duo’er back forcibly, they had been outside for a long time, and it was easy to catch a chill.
Qiao Duo’er indeed felt the chill and decided not to be stubborn anymore; she obediently returned home with Tan Zhenghong. She took a hot bath, and only after that did Duo’er feel revived, as if all her pores had opened up.
After the bath, Tan Zhenghong had already prepared dinner, which consisted of fish soup noodles and shepherd’s purse with minced meat. The portion was just enough for two.
Tan Zhenghong quietly mentioned that his cooking skills were far inferior to Duo’er’s; at best, it was passable for filling the stomach.
After dinner, someone from Hu’s Clan came over with two girls, bringing some fried snacks.
"I came up with these in the past few days, and I brought some for you to try," said the lady from Hu’s Clan, as she tucked the flyaway strands of hair beside her ear.
