Chapter 410 Remarried Widow 3
Yuanchun struggled to get up, took out a small bag of rice from the chest of drawers and handed it to her eldest son, "Cook it thicker. I have a few eggs here. Steam a bowl of egg custard."

Yuanchun took out seven or eight eggs from the cupboard as if by magic.

Daqiang's eyes lit up, "Mom, there are so many eggs. We can save them and make a steamed egg custard every day. We can eat it for many days."

"No need. Tomorrow I will go and exchange some eggs with someone else to ensure that you four children can eat one every day. Then I will go and buy some chicks from the village chief's aunt. You guys should be diligent and catch more insects for the chicks to eat. In the second half of the year, when the chickens start laying eggs, we won't have to buy eggs anymore."

Daqiang nodded excitedly, "Mom, let's raise more chickens. I heard that there is no limit on the number of chickens now. The captain's family has more than ten chicks and three pigs."

"Okay, let's raise a few more, twenty at a time. When we can't finish eating all the eggs, we can sell them for money."

"Yeah, it's Chinese New Year, we can still sell chickens to make money." Daqiang suddenly felt that without his father, life wouldn't be so difficult. "Mom, should we raise pigs at home, Erqiang, Sanqiang, Yaya and I can all cut grass to feed the pigs."

Yuanchun shook her head. "No, we don't have any food at home. People can't even get enough to eat, so how can we raise pigs? Pigs can't just eat pig grass, they also need food."

Daqiang immediately became depressed. "Then... when I grow up and can earn more work points, our family will raise pigs."

"Okay, I'll obey you."

By then, she would take her children to the county town to make a living and earn a lot of money, so why would she need to raise pigs?

In the evening, the other three children returned.

Seeing three little kids, each dragging a small bundle of firewood into the yard, their hands were red from being tied up, but they didn't cry out in pain, Yuanchun felt distressed, "Mom will take money to buy firewood tomorrow, so you kids should stop collecting firewood on the mountain. Although it's at the foot of the mountain, there are wild boars on the mountain, and sometimes wild boars will run down the mountain, which can be dangerous."

"Mom, don't worry. Many of my friends in the village are digging wild vegetables and cutting grass for pigs in the mountains. I cut a full basket of grass for pigs today. The scorekeeper gave me two work points. Mom, I will be able to earn work points in the future."

Erqiang, who was only seven years old, responded sensibly and obediently.

Look at this, what a sensible and obedient child. Yuanchun's motherly heart melted into a pool of water.

In the evening, the mother and her five children happily ate a meal of white rice porridge mixed with egg custard. Yuanchun also secretly took a rejuvenation pill.

In the middle of the night, Yuanchun was hungry, so she sneaked into the space, drank a bottle of milk, ate a bowl of beef risotto, washed up in the space, and exercised for a while before coming out to continue sleeping.

The next day, Yuanchun went to the kitchen in high spirits, cooked a big pot of rice, and fried some wild vegetables and eggs.

After eating and drinking, I went to work.

The team leader was a little surprised to see her. "Daqiang's mother, you are still sick. Just rest at home for a few more days. It's just the beginning of spring and there is not much work to do in the team."

In March, the land had just thawed and crops could not be grown yet, so the villagers had nothing to do and went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables to eat.

Yuanchun smiled bitterly, "There is no work in the fields, so I took the job of cutting grass for pigs. Although it doesn't earn many work points, my family will rely on me, a woman, to support four children in the future. I want to earn more work points. Captain, do you think it's possible?"

Collecting grass for pigs is the job of the children in the village.

There really is no adult competing with the children for work.

But the team leader also knew the situation of the Mei family, so he agreed, "Okay, then you go and collect pig grass. We will take whatever you collect. One basket is worth two work points."

"Okay, thank you, captain."

(End of this chapter)