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Chapter 11 Hatching Eggs
An egg costs two cents a piece, but a chick costs six cents.

It only took more than half a month to hatch the chicks, and there was an extra four pennies.

Tang Mi had seen the bamboo grove in the backyard, and felt that it would be no problem to raise twenty chicken cubs. When the time came, he would get some maggots to feed them, and it would surely make the chickens fat and fat.

Twenty chicken cubs, if bought, would cost 120 Wen.

This is too much...

"Let's discuss it!" Tang Mi looked at the old hen and muttered to himself, "If you hatch the eggs well, I'll dig worms for you to eat?"

But no matter how thick golden fingers Tang Mi has, the old hen can't understand her at all.

One person and one chicken stared at each other like this.

In the end, Tang Mi chose to give up, forget it, let's rely on myself!
Not all eggs can hatch into chicks, only fertilized eggs can hatch chicks.

As long as the temperature and humidity are well controlled, hatching eggs is actually not as difficult as imagined.

When Tang Mi went to the countryside to play with her classmates, she also saw that country people did not use old hens to hatch eggs. She learned for a while and gained some experience in temperature and humidity.

Thinking of this, Tang Mi went back to the house and told Tang Liang to make a rectangular wooden frame.

"Hatch chickens?" Tang Liang looked at his younger sister and asked in surprise, "Is... can this be done?"

Tang Liang is not Tang Gu. Because he has to help the villagers with carpentry all the year round, he has a more outgoing personality.

If there is any question, he will ask directly, instead of being stuffy like Tang Gu.

"It can be done!" Tang Mi patiently explained to Tang Liang, and then said, "This time we will hatch five eggs first, and if it succeeds, we will save twenty cents."

Tang Liang was astonished when he heard this.

How could my sister figure out how much money was saved while he was still snapping his fingers?
At any rate, he had studied with Master Li for half a year, but his younger sister, let alone studying, seldom went out together.

Soon, he felt that his mother probably taught his younger sister.

My mother is also a literate person.

"Second brother, is it alright?" Seeing that Tang Liang didn't speak, Tang Mi thought he was worried that he was wasting these eggs, and said again, "Then try with an egg first?"

With that said, she raised her hand and made a gesture in front of Tang Liang!

Seeing his younger sister's bright eyes, Tang Liang couldn't bear to refuse, he said, "Just hatch five chicks!"

"My sister is so smart, she will definitely succeed!"

Tang Liang was a nimble and capable person. Although he was crippled, he was extremely skillful in carpentry. In just a short time, he made a small wooden frame for Tang Mi.

Tang Mi thought that it would be fine even if twenty eggs were put in it.

She took out some broken cotton from the old cotton-padded clothes, and took some charcoal from the kitchen to make the temperature in the house higher, and found the eggs that could be hatched by the light of the fire.

Fortunately, it is early summer, and it is not so difficult to control the temperature.

During the period, when Peng Cui came to return the bowl, he also brought two handfuls of peanut candies.

Mrs. Jiang wanted to resign, but Peng Cui insisted, so she couldn't say anything more.

"Sister Mi, what are you doing?" Peng Cui also found out what Tang Mi made in the house, and asked curiously, "Are these baked eggs?"

Tang Mi explained, "This is hatching eggs!"

Peng Cui was taken aback, and said with a smile, "Silly girl, you need a hen to cuddle an egg. How can you do that? Are you not afraid that the egg will be cooked?"

Tang Mi didn't know how to explain the temperature and humidity to Peng Cui, but instead changed the subject and talked about how to deal with the pigs.

Peng Cui has a bright personality, so Tang Mi quickly changed the topic.

In the end, Peng Cui sighed even more, "I just said how can your food be so delicious, it turns out that there are so many seasonings!"

For example, the soybeans and pig's trotters in Tang Mi's pot need to be simmered for several hours on a low fire, and attention should be paid to the heat and the order of seasoning.

Ordinary people, how can they have such leisure time?

Especially in Li's family, there are a lot of chores at home and in the fields, how can they cook and eat with patience like Tang Mi.

However, Peng Cui thought that her husband had a few more glasses of wine today, and thought that she would try it when she was free.

"Thank you, Sister Mi!" Peng Cui really thanked Tang Mi, not all of these craftsmen are as generous as Tang Mi.

Tang Mi shook her head, "It's just a trivial matter!"

After Peng Cui and Tang Mi exchanged a few words, they left.

As soon as she left, Tang Mi got busy again.

There are not many fields at home, Tang Gu has no work at the dock now, so he concentrates on taking care of the fields at home.

Her father's medicine might take a month. She looked at the seven taels of silver in her hand, and thought that the money would be exhausted by the end of the month.

Taking advantage of his spare time, Tang Mi began to weave cages for grasshoppers, dragonflies and crickets.

Because of the small business last time, she felt that this cricket cage seemed to be more popular, so she made up a few more this time.

When the sky gradually darkened, Tang Gu led Tang Shu back from the field.

Today, Tang Gu caught a few rice field eels and some small shrimps and small fishes in the field. These shrimps are too small and can only be made into shrimp paste, but rice field eels can be added to a dish. As for the small fishes, they can be made into small fishes Dry.

Tang Liang was about to go to the kitchen when he was stopped by Tang Mi, "Second brother, let me make dinner!"

Tang Liang shook his head, and looked at Tang Mi worriedly, "Forget it, second brother should do it, you don't know how to handle this eel!"

Although the rice field eel has little meat, it is meat anyway, so the country people often catch some to go home and beat their teeth for sacrifice.

However, not everyone is willing to eat rice field eel.

The eel is slippery, and it looks like a snake. Some people are afraid to look at it, let alone eat it in their mouths.

"Then the second brother cleans it up for me, I'll cook it!"

Tang Mi knew how to deal with rice field eels, but he couldn't behave too outrageously in front of his family, so he could only take a step back.

In her eyes, eels, snails, and small fish are all good things.

In modern times, she can make many kinds of dishes with these few things.

Tang Shu grinned, and blinked at Tang Liang, "Second brother let sister cook!"

"The food you cook is only cooked!"

But the taste is so-so!
Tang Liang glared at the youngest brother, pretended to be angry and patted him on the head, while Tang Shu shouted into the room, "Father, mother, second brother bullied me again!"

Inside the room, Tang Dashi and Jiang Shi laughed.

The family is noisy, very warm.

But not only Tang Shu, but even Tang Dashi felt that his daughter's craftsmanship was good. If he hadn't been concerned about the wound, he would have had a few glasses of wine and then ate the dishes prepared by his daughter.

After the meal, Tang Dashi looked at his daughter who was cleaning up the dishes by the light of the candle. The birthmark was extremely obvious on her face.

He thought that if his daughter didn't have this birthmark, she would be as good-looking as his wife, and with her skill, even if her engagement was annulled, she would be able to find a good family in the future.

It's just, unfortunately——

"Lanhua!" At night, Tang Dashi and Jiang Shi said, "After a while, go to the village and find out if there is a boy who is suitable for our sister Mi!"

Jiang was stunned for a moment, she understood Tang Dashi's meaning, "You, do you really want to recruit sister Mi?"

(End of this chapter)