29. Five Little Ducks
Jiang Chengxiang was following him, and Jiang Zhen also discovered it. Seeing Jiang Chengxiang's ugly face, he was in a very good mood.
Boss Jiang’s two younger brothers, Jiang Chengcai, were the first ones that Mrs. Jiang had after she returned from joining the army. She loved Jiang Chengcai so much that she had taken care of herself since she was a child and gave her whatever she wanted.
Because of this, Jiang Chengcai was very lazy and could not do anything. He used to be whispering to Boss Jiang and did not take Boss Jiang seriously, but his actions did not actually make Boss Jiang sad. After all, Boss Jiang was used to being treated like this.
Jiang Chengxiang is different.
Old Mrs. Jiang couldn't control her two children. After giving birth to Jiang Chengxiang, she handed Jiang Chengxiang over to Boss Jiang. Boss Jiang has never had anyone close to her. Naturally, she doesn't like this younger brother, so she does her best when she takes care of her.
Although Boss Jiang was eight years old at that time, he was extremely thin due to malnutrition. Even so, he did a lot of serious work and did a good job of feeding Jiang Chengxiang and washing diapers. Jiang Chengxiang slept with him. As long as he hummed a few times at night, he would get up and hold Jiang Chengxiang to pee even if he was cold. This matter continued until Jiang Chengxiang was four or five years old.
He and Jiang Chengxiang were almost inseparable. Even if they went out to cut pig grass, he would carry Jiang Chengxiang on his back and take him with him, for fear that Jiang Chengxiang would fall and go hungry if he left his sight.
Because of this, Jiang Chengxiang was closest to Boss Jiang when he was young. When he saw Boss Jiang, he wanted to be hugged by Boss Jiang. Boss Jiang also liked this brother more and more because of his closeness. As long as his brother was happy, he would be willing to do anything.
Jiang Chengxiang was close to Boss Jiang, which made Old Lady Jiang and the Butcher Jiang far less like him than Jiang Chengcai. When Jiang Chengxiang was still young, he didn't notice this. He was a little older, but he felt it.
Jiang Chengcai followed Mrs. Jiang and didn't have to do anything. He acted like a spoiled old lady Jiang would stuff delicious food into his mouth. He followed Mrs. Jiang but he never treated him like this. When Jiang Xiaomei was born, Mrs. Jiang would not care about him even more.
When Jiang Chengxiang was playing at home, Boss Jiang took him to cut pig grass. When Jiang Chengxiang was having a water fight with others, he wanted to look at the basin for Boss Jiang who was washing clothes. When Jiang Chengxiang got the snacks given by Mrs. Jiang... Boss Jiang could only pick a few mulberries for his sweet mouth.
Jiang Chengxiang began to get close to Mrs. Jiang and tried to get the attention of Mrs. Jiang.
He did this without any reason. Although Boss Jiang was sad, he would not stop him. After all, Boss Jiang himself wanted to get close to his mother, but Jiang Chengxiang actually stepped on Boss Jiang and sold him good to Mrs. Jiang.
He deliberately wet the bed and cried to Mrs. Jiang and told Mrs. Jiang that Mrs. Jiang would not piss him, and lied to Mrs. Jiang and said that Mrs. Jiang beat him and gave him what he didn't want to eat. Then he turned to Mrs. Jiang and told Mrs. Jiang that Mrs. Jiang had snatched his food...
Old Mrs. Jiang didn't like Boss Jiang, so she naturally believed Jiang Chengxiang. Because she felt that Jiang Chengxiang had suffered, she became more and more good to Jiang Chengxiang. When Jiang Chengxiang became successful later, she even surpassed Jiang Chengcai in her heart.
Where is Boss Jiang? Every time Jiang Chengxiang goes to find Old Mrs. Jiang to cry, he will be beaten. Finally, he is so lively that he is so lively because he has a little bit of vitality in the village.
The original boss Jiang was brainwashed. Although he was sad and painful, he felt that no one liked him because he was not good, so he just endured all the sufferings silently. He never even blamed Jiang Chengxiang. Later, when he took Jiang Xiaomei, in addition to being a little silent, he also did a good job.
But Jiang Zhen had seen his memories, but he hated Jiang Chengxiang very much.
Especially...
Before, Boss Jiang was thrown into a broken hut and starved to death. Although it was Mrs. Jiang who was the leader of Mrs. Jiang Chengcai pushed the cart, it was mainly because Jiang Chengxiang said: "I want to get married, it's a bit unlucky to live in a patient at home."
Jiang Chengcai is not a good person, but Jiang Chengxiang is very unconscious.
Speaking of which, if this person hadn't been selfish or useless, he would have been a young man under twenty or not with much background, and would not have the ability to get two taels of silver a month on the dock.
Jiang Zhen was quite targeting Jiang Chengxiang before, because of this.
"Boss, then Jiang Chengxiang..." Yang Jiang also noticed Jiang Chengxiang and asked in a low voice. Although the family was separated, if this evil star had feelings for his brothers... he would not be able to attack Jiang Chengxiang.
"He has nothing to do with me." Jiang Zhen said, he is not Boss Jiang, and Jiang Chengxiang has nothing to do with him.
"I understand!" Yang Jiang said. Since Jiang Zhen doesn't like Jiang Chengxiang, he won't have to stop him from facing Jiang Chengxiang in the future.
Jiang Zhen glanced at Yang Jiang and thought that this person was of good qualifications.
Jiang Zhen chose the cheapest cloth in the cloth store and bought some. In fact, he wanted to buy ready-made clothes, but the cloth store did not sell ready-made clothes.
However, the cloth shop introduced him to two tailors, saying that they could ask the tailor to help with the clothes, just to collect some money.
Although Jiang Zhen got some money from the Jiang family, he was not a regular businessman yet. He didn't have enough money to spend forty taels of silver. After thinking about it, he decided to buy cloth and needlework and go home to make his own clothes.
He is not patient with embroidery, but he should be fine with a few pieces of cloth sewing clothes... Speaking of which, it is not that men are unwilling to do housework, it is not that they cannot learn or do well, but that they are lazy and unwilling to do it. So they say that sewing clothes, if they don’t pursue good looks, just sew them. As for women, do they have to do it?
Jiang Zhen has always taken care of his daily life by himself. The food he cooks is not delicious, but it can also be eaten. He doesn't like to do housework, but he will make his house clean and tidy. Occasionally, his clothes are buttoned off, and he will even sew them on his own... In modern times, he did a man better than many girls.
Of course, if someone is willing to cook and do housework for him, he would be very eager... Jiang Zhen looked at the cloth in his hand and suddenly remembered Brother Zhao Jin.
Since I came to the county town, I would like to buy some gifts for Brother Zhao Jin.
Jiang Zhen wandered around the streets of the county town, and while walking, he bought some more things, such as raincoats and hats, baskets and bamboo baskets, and bowls and jars. He also bought some.
Because of Yang Jiang, Jiang Zhen spent a lot of money when buying things, but he still used up three taels of silver, which made him feel a little distressed and felt that making money was imminent.
After returning to the village, Jiang Zhen took a detour to Zhao Dahu's house again.
Brother Zhao Jin was still working in the field, but when he saw him reclamation, he stopped. Jiang Zhen smiled at him and entered the woods next to him.
After a while, Brother Zhao Jin also came in.
"Is there anything wrong?" Brother Zhao Jin tightened the hoe in his hand, and was a little afraid to see Jiang Zhen. He and Jiang Zhen have been very close these days, but he felt embarrassed whenever he saw Jiang Zhen during the day.
What's more... if they are caught in the woods like this, they will be despised and cannot do anything if they are known.
"I went to the county town to buy things today and brought you a gift." Jiang Zhen said.
Gift? Brother Zhao Jin looked up at Jiang Zhen, a little surprised and a little overwhelmed.
After a man in the village likes a woman or Shuang'er, he will go to the county town to buy some gifts for the person he likes. If the Shuang'er or the woman accepts it, he can start to ask the matchmaker to propose marriage.
Of course, there are also people like He Qiusheng who accept gifts, but they just don’t talk about marriage with others.
Jiang Zhen kissed him before, and I think he liked him too. Is this... going to the county town to buy gifts?
He once saw Shuang'er or women in the village receive rouge, powder, hairpins and handkerchiefs from men who admired them, and Jiang Zhen also wanted to give them these?
He looks ugly, and it's okay to dress up as a man. If he uses rouge and water powder like other Shuang'er, he will tie his hair up with a hairpin, and look unkind and ugly...
Wouldn't it be disappointed if Jiang Zhen gave him something and found out about this?
Brother Zhao Jin himself doesn't like these, but at this time, he still thought that if Jiang Zhen gave it away, he would use it no matter how hard he wanted to use it.
Brother Zhao Jin lowered his head and didn't say anything, but Jiang Zhen didn't know what he was thinking at all. He just gave him a bamboo basket: "Give it to you, find a reason to take it home."
There was a sound in the bamboo basket, and it was obvious that there were living things inside... Brother Zhao took the bamboo basket and looked in, and saw five fluffy ducks inside.
For a moment, Brother Zhao Jin didn't know whether he should be glad or depressed.
Jiang Zhen said at this time: "Little ducks can grow up by eating some earthworms and snails. They don't need to feed them. They are very suitable for our mothers to raise them. Once they grow up, they can eat eggs and meat."
Jiang Zhen gave gifts for the sake of affordability. After thinking about it, he chose five ducklings.
In a water town like Hexi Village, raising ducks saves much more money than raising chickens, because ducks can avoid food and will also find snails and other foods in the ditches.
However, in comparison, people prefer raising chickens. The eggs laid by free-range ducks have a faint fishy smell that is not as delicious as eggs, and ducks are not as good as chickens. They even lay eggs outside.
Not to mention these, even the duck meat is not as much as the chicken - the local duck here is really small in size.
But even so, being able to raise some chickens and ducks at home is also a symbol of a good life. For example, the Zhao family used to want to raise chickens and ducks, but no one didn’t have food to raise them.
"My mother is in poor health..." said Brother Zhao Jin.
"Just build a fence to circle the ducks and prevent them from running away. It will be easy to raise them. As for what to eat, I will touch the fish and shrimps in the future and bring them to you." Jiang Zhen said. In fact, there is another reason he gave Zhao Jin's ducks, which is that he wanted to find something for his mother-in-law to do.
It is said that his mother-in-law is in poor health, but he actually doesn't look bad. It's just that Brother Zhao Jin and Zhao Fugui are working outside. She stays alone and thinks about everything but rarely comes out to walk around. She still eats poorly and becomes weak.
It is definitely beneficial to ask her to raise ducks and walk around more.
"No, I can touch it myself." Brother Zhao Jin said quickly. After thinking for a while, he felt that raising ducks was really good: "When they grow up, we will share them." This little duck was bought by Jiang Zhen, and he should have a portion of Jiang Zhen when he grows up.
"Okay." Jiang Zhen agreed. It would take three months for the duck to grow up. By then, he would not have to have an affair with Brother Zhao Jin like he is now.
After giving the duck to Brother Zhao Jin, Jiang Zhen went back. Looking at Jiang Zhen’s back, Brother Zhao Jin was a little disappointed.
Jiang Zhen didn’t give him some rouge hairpins, is he too ugly?
However, when his eyes fell on the little ducks, Zhao Jin Ge smiled again. He and Jiang Zhen planned to live together because they were suitable. What do you want to do so much? How can you afford the ducks with rouge and water powder?
After collecting these five fluffy ducks, Brother Zhao became more motivated to work. When he turned the ground, he would pick it up and put it away.
The ducks lovely eat these.
At night, Brother Zhao Jin was in a good mood and walked home with a duck on his back. Then he saw Jiang Zhen sitting on the side of the road, staring at him with his eyes tightly, and his eyes seemed to be taking off all his clothes.
He lowered his head, subconsciously speeded up until he entered his house, and he breathed a sigh of relief and his heartbeat slowly calmed down.
"Brother Jin, you are back." Zhao Liu came up to meet him.
"Yes." Brother Zhao Jin nodded and gave the bamboo basket on his hand to Zhao Liu. Without waiting for Zhao Liu to ask, he said, "Mom, someone is carrying chickens and ducks to sell them. I'll buy five ducks, you can raise them."
Brother Zhao Jin had some money in his hand, so Zhao Liu did not doubt Brother Zhao Jin's words. She put away the duck and was very happy: "I have wanted to raise something for a long time, just..." His family has no money, and it is not easy to take it out for a chicken and duckling. Because the family has no food, they are afraid of raising these things to death...
Moreover, Zhao Fugui always felt that she was in poor health, so he was unhappy to let her work.
Zhao Liu touched a few little ducks, took out the earthworms that Brother Zhao had thrown inside and cut them into small pieces with scissors for them to eat, and smiled on his face.
But her smile disappeared soon.
"Brother Jin, Jiang Zhen is always staring at our house fiercely. He was staring at you before, this..." When Zhao Liu went outside to pick vegetables today, he found Jiang Zhen staring at him not far away, so he was scared. He just saw Jiang Zhen staring at his son on the side of the road...
Their family has no one to help. What should they do if Jiang Zhen has any bad intentions?
Brother Zhao Jin: “…”
Chapter completed!