They had some leftover bricks from building the house last winter, which were enough to build a stove.
Qiao Changshun prepared to start work while Qiao Xiaomai placed the ten chicks they had bought in the chicken coop.
In order to spend all their silver and extinguish the Sun family's hopes, Zhuang Lühe had not only built a chicken coop, but also a pigsty, and bought chicks and piglets.
However, Qiao Changshun broke his leg, and before the chicks and piglets could grow, they had to sell them all, leaving only empty nests.
After putting the chicks in the coop, Qiao Xiaomai took out a ceramic pot and started boiling soybean pulp.
She heard that raw soybean pulp should not be directly fed to chickens. Despite being unsure, she took precautions and decided to boil it before feeding.
"You have to cook it first?" Qiao Changshun was a little surprised.
"Hmm, we've never done it before, so let's boil it first," said Qiao Xiaomai.
