This year, because Dashuan's wife was giving birth, Shen Yunfang was without a helper, but fortunately, she had done it all before last year, and now it wasn't so difficult to do it again. After busying herself with soaking seeds to hasten germination, she finally managed to keep up with the schedule and got all the land planted on time.
Although they raised chicks at home again, this year was much less trouble than last year.
Once the chicks got a little bigger, Shen Yunfang let them mingle behind the grown hens; after eating a meal at home in the morning, they would exit through the backyard gate, pecking at grass seeds and chasing grasshoppers on the grass patch to supplement their own protein intake. In the evening, a simple cluck from Shen Yunfang in the yard was enough to send them scurrying back home for dinner.
Of course, they remembered their duty; every morning, they would lay their eggs before heading out to wander.
