Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 414: Hatched, Ze'er gets beaten

Grandpa Zhao agreed, "It seems that we will never be short of eggs in the future. With this skill, we can have as many eggs as we want."

Xu Han waved his hand and said generously, "When these chickens and ducks lay eggs, I will prepare an egg banquet for you, so that you can achieve egg freedom. You can eat as many eggs as you want in the future."

The Taoist priest looked at Xu Han lovingly and said, "This girl is amazing. She can do everything. It seems that we have saved some money again."

Lu Chuan lifted the quilt and took a look at an unhatched egg. "Today should be the 19th day of incubating the chicks. In two days, all the eggs will be hatched."

"Yes, you see, many of the eggs here have been pecked through their shells. I think it should be soon."

Xu Han turned over the other eggs and said, "We need to pay more attention to them in the next two days. If there are any chicks that can't get out, we should help them so that they don't suffocate to death."

"You should pay more attention."

Lu Chuan asked, "What about these hatched chicks? Can they still be placed in here?"

Xu Han thought for a moment and said, "Let's keep it in this room for now. It's too cold outside. It's easy to freeze to death if we keep it outside now."

Grandpa Zhao interrupted, "Let's weave a bamboo mat and use a winnowing basket to enclose an area. Put it inside the house for now. This way we can avoid making the house dirty."

Lu Chuan thought about it for a moment and agreed. He had to say that this was indeed a good idea.

After saying that, the three of them went to cut bamboo and weave bamboo mats and winnowing baskets. The chicks were still very small, so it would not be a problem to keep them in the house for a few days.

The chicks are small and can’t eat much or poop much. It’s okay to keep them indoors for a few days and the smell won’t be too strong.

When the weather gets warmer in a couple of days, you can raise them in the warehouse in the backyard. When they grow bigger, you can put them in the orchard.

The next day, a dozen chicks came out. Lu Chuan and his friends had just finished weaving the bamboo mat and winnowing basket. Xu Han took some food to feed the chicks and raised them in the house for the time being.

The two children in the family were the happiest about the newly hatched chicks.

Mu'er has grown up and would run into the house to see the chicks after school every day.

As for Ze'er, Xu Han didn't dare leave him alone in the room. If she wasn't paying attention and didn't see him, Ze'er would stretch out his devilish little hands to catch the chicks.

Just then, Xu Han was cleaning the eggshells from which hatched chicks when she heard the frightened cries of the chicks.

Xu Han turned around and slapped away the chubby little hand that was holding the chick, "Ze'er, why are you catching chicks again? Didn't mother tell you not to catch chicks?"

Ze'er didn't take it seriously, he just thought it was fun and reached out to grab it.

The child was too ruthless in his attack, and the chicks were just born and very fragile, so they were soon caught and dying.

Upon seeing this, Xu Han immediately picked up the small bamboo stick next to her and hit Ze'er's chubby little hand. Although she didn't use much force, it instantly turned red after the hit.

Ze'er cried out of grievance, but Xu Han didn't tolerate him and continued to scold him, "Mom told you not to catch the chicks. You almost killed the chicks this morning, and you still haven't learned your lesson. If I don't teach you a lesson, you won't change at all."

As Xu Han spoke, she pulled Ze'er out of the room. This time, Xu Han was really furious. Ze'er was too naughty. It was useless to talk to him nicely now. He had to be beaten up, otherwise he would definitely grow up in a crooked way.

At such a young age, he plucks the hair of dogs every day, and he has no respect for the lives of chicks at all.

Lu Chuan, who was sorting tools in the backyard, rushed over immediately when he heard Ze'er crying, and the Taoist priest followed him in.

The two people who were in class on the other side couldn't help but come out to take a look.

When the group saw Xu Han holding a bamboo stick and Ze'er covering her little hands and crying loudly, they immediately understood what had happened.

When Zeer saw that everyone had come, she cried even louder. But after crying for a while, she saw that no one came to comfort her, so her voice gradually became quieter.

Xu Han told Lu Chuan what had just happened. Hearing this, he became even angrier. He snatched the bamboo stick from Xu Han's hand and spanked Ze'er's butt twice more.

Ze'er didn't even dare to cry out loud now, and only then did he realize how serious his mistake was.

After Ze'er finished crying, Xu Han picked him up again and patiently explained to Ze'er why she hit him and what he did wrong.

The Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao did not say a word during the whole process of the two men disciplining Ze'er. Fortunately, they were both sensible and did not interfere with the children's discipline like other elders, or protect the children from being disciplined.

Finally, the Taoist priest tried to smooth things over, saying, "Okay, I just checked, the chick is not dead. Let's do what we need to do."

After hearing this, everyone went about their own business. Ze'er followed Xu Han into the room where the chicks were hatched again. This time, he just squatted aside and watched the chicks eat, not daring to touch them anymore.

Xu Han said thankfully: Fortunately, Ze'er is just a little naughty and he is not a bad person by nature.

From then on, Ze'er never dared to touch the chicks again. Instead, he often helped Xu Han feed the chicks.

Xu Han and Lu Chuan were very pleased with Ze'er's change. Fortunately, it seems that Ze'er is still easy to discipline.

A few days later, the first batch of ducks and geese that hatched also hatched one after another.

This time, Xu Han hatched a total of 80 eggs, and finally hatched 54 seedlings. Xu Han was quite satisfied that so many could be hatched in the first time.

If we continue like this, I believe that we won’t have to go out to buy chicken, duck and goose seedlings at home anymore. We can hatch whatever we want at home.

Xu Han was planning to raise a large number of chickens, but the current number of chicks was still too small, so Xu Han started to hatch chicks on a large scale and also hatched 50 ducklings.

These seedlings are not easy to raise. Although so many have been hatched now, there will definitely be losses during the breeding process, so Xu Han prepared more chicks.

In the blink of an eye, it was already March. As the temperature kept rising, Xu Han had already released all the first hatched chicks into the orchard to raise them freely.

Normally, they only need to be fed once in the morning and evening, and there is always water in the sink. Generally, Xu Han doesn't take care of them.

In order to prevent other animals from coming here at night, Xu Han decided to release the two dogs, Huasheng and Maodou, into the orchard.

On the one hand, it is to protect the chicks in the orchard, and on the other hand, it is to prevent other wild animals from coming.