h4Chapter 1136: Chapter 1136: Daily Life/h4

    Bai Na was on break, so she specially came to visit Bai Xiao, and coincidentally to replenish some rations for Little Shitou. The milk powder had run out after a few months, and she was specifically here to do this.

    After eating, An Zhiyuan stayed home to watch the child, because Little Shitou had a normal routine of sleeping for several hours right after meals. Besides, the little guy had been ying all morning and was extremely happy, so after lunch, he shut his eyes and fell asleep.

    An Zhiyuan offered to help them watch the child, allowing Bai Xiao and Bai Na to go out shopping.

    Bai Xiao didn’t hesitate, pulling Bai Na along as they left.

    She heard that someone wasing to pick her up at five, and if they didn’t hurry, they wouldn’t be able to finish everything.

    That’s when Bai Na told Bai Xiao about her experiences at the chicken farm.

    The chicken farm had five thousand chickens, and the workload for the three of them was not light.

    However, Lao Liu and Erhu were in good physical condition. Because they were injured on duty, the team thought they should arrange a decent living for them as disabled individuals. Since neither of them were married at home, they naturally stayed.

    Although it was a chicken farm, the conditions were absolutely good, with decent food and amodation, and the wages were quite reasonable, as a sort of consideration for the two of them.

    Butpared to living in their own vige, the two big men found life here much better. The monthly sry could supplement their families, yet living life here was a bit monotonous for two big guys, and cooking and doingundry felt like a hassle for them.

    After all, they were big guys who had been used to eating in canteens during training; at most, they would wash their clothes themselves. Now being here meant they not only had to wash clothes but also cook for themselves, which indeed made it difficult for them.

    Originally, a family member was sent over before.

    But they left after less than a month.

    Comining that the ce was too far from home, inconvenient, and dirty and smelly.

    So the two of them ended up having to fend for themselvespletely.

    Now with Bai Na there, to put it inly, ording to the thoughts of Lao Liu and Erhu, they feared this family member wouldn’t stay long either.

    Just seeing her so young, with a child in such a ce, it was unlikely she’d stay.

    But they werepletely surprised, as Bai Na waspletely different from the women they imagined.

    On her first day, she enthusiastically started cleaning up for them.

    The weather was quite hot in summer.

    Having a woman around made everything different.

    Bai Na not only tidied her own room, washing all the bedding and hanging it to dry but also went to their room, sorting and washing all their bedding and clothes.

    She cleaned every room meticulously with a broom and a cloth, polishing the windows until they shone.

    Especially the stove area, which she cleaned spotlessly.

    She was also the one who did the cooking every day. Apart from the vegetables they grew themselves, of course, there were also the chicken farm’s eggs.

    It wasn’t that the eggs from the chicken farm could be freely eaten. It was because these eggs were cracked and might spoil, so they kept them for themselves to eat.

    Anyway, eggs were a staple in every meal.

    In this weather, their conditions didn’t include a refrigerator, so things like eggs would spoil if not eaten.

    Bai Na was quite good at cooking: white rice, stir-fried greens, bacon fried with chili peppers, and scrambled eggs. Bai Na loved spicy food, and so did these two. Their cooking skills were really notmendable, so finally having a decent meal made the two of them feel enormously satisfied.

    A pot of rice enough for four or five people was eaten clean by the three of them.

    Bai Na, at most, ate two bowls, but Lao Liu and Erhu each ate three bowls.

    Seeing this, Bai Na couldn’t help but worry if there would be enough rice in their rice jar.

    Lao Liu noticed Bai Na’s concern and cheerfully reassured her there was no need to worry, their monthly ration was more than enough.

    The chicken farm, despite its dirt and smell (which was inevitable dealing with livestock), had excellent conditions otherwise.

    Especially in terms of food: white rice was always plentiful, and though they grew some vegetables themselves, meat, oil, salt, and seasoning would be delivered in fixed quantities every month.

    So there was no need to worry about that.

    After hearing this, Bai Na finally felt at ease.

    With Bai Na at the chicken farm, not only had the environmental hygiene improved, but Lao Liu and Erhu were especially motivated at work.

    To be honest, their job wasn’t really that heavy, but not exactly light either. They had to feed the chickens twice a day, clean the coop, and clear out all the chicken droppings and misceneous debris.

    Although the coop was usually ventted, the smell during summer was quite unpleasant.

    However, having Bai Na around had certain advantages. This girl knew all the wild herbs around the mountains very well.

    She gathered many herbs like mugwort, which when ced in the corners of the coop, significantly reduced the smell.

    Even the mosquitoes and flies were noticeably fewer.

    Lao Liu and Erhu were both single, not by choice, but because they had no other options with ame leg and disabilities.

    Families with any means at all wouldn’t want their daughters marrying such disabled men.

    The two of them weren’t the type to casuallypromise and tolerate things from others either.

    As a result, their marriage prospects had been dyed.

    Erhu was in a better situation;st year, his family arranged a marriage for him.

    The other girl came from a poor family, attracted by Erhu’s monthly sry of over 200 yuan in the city.

    Her family had four or five younger siblings, hoping that by marrying Erhu, she could help support her family.

    They weren’t greedy and didn’t even demand much in terms of dowry, showing that they genuinely considered the girl’s future.

    The girl wasn’t untouched by hardship either; she had some disabilities from polio as a child.

    She walked with a slight limp, noticeable only upon close inspection and not from a distance.

    But Erhu said the girl was truly beautiful.

    The two of them didn’t have qualms about each other.

    They were just waiting for Erhu to return home this year to get married and bring the girl over here.

    But Lao Liu, now approaching thirty, still had no prospects.

    With ame leg and a scary scar on his face, ordinary girls would be frightened at the sight of him and wouldn’t dare marry him.

    Moreover, he had a heavy family burden.

    He had three younger brothers, two of whom were students, and one was married but they all looked to him, the eldest brother, for assistance.

    Seeing that his brothers were doing well, Lao Liu was reluctant to marry because he feared a wife would always cause trouble over financial matters.

    Thus, things were dyed time and again.

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