After Aunt Song left, Su Yunjin found a basket and lined it with a layer of dry straw, then placed all the baby chicks on the straw.
It was the first time Su Yunjin was raising such a brood of chicks, which felt novel to her, knowing that when they grew up, she'd be able to collect eggs to eat. Back in the modern era, she always suspected supermarket-sold "free-range" eggs were fake, but now, with her own chickens soon to lay, she was certain the eggs would be genuinely free-range, with no falsehood at all.
Aunt Song mentioned that the chicks were small and didn't eat much, advising not to overfeed them, so Su Yunjin went to the kitchen and grabbed a handful of leftover brown rice to feed the chicks.
She then went outside to cut a small bunch of wild vegetables, chopped them up, and tossed them to the chicks. Squatting nearby, Su Yunjin watched them eat with relish and her mood also became very pleasant.
