Ms. Qian glanced at the rooster and then at her daughter before turning to Junior Ms. Qian and saying, "Since it's been bought, just put it in the chicken coop."
Manbao scurried up and said, "Mom, this is for you to eat."
Ms. Qian patted her little head with a smile and said, "There's still fish and meat to eat. Let's eat those first and then this one. We'll raise it first. Keep it with our hens and maybe it will lay a few fertile eggs. Then we can hatch the eggs and raise more chickens next year."
Raising chickens also consumes a lot of grain, which ordinary families can't afford to do in excess.
The three families that raise the most chickens in the village are the village head's family, Zhou Hu's family at the end of the village, and their own.
Their family found it easier to raise chickens because they had many children and plenty of labor.
