In the evening, as soon as Father Shen entered the yard after work, he heard the bleating of sheep coming from the backyard. He went over to take a look.

Hey, since when did we get a sheepfold in our house?!

"Nuan'er, why are there two more lambs in our backyard?"

Hearing Father Shen's question, Zhang Chunnuan continued to sew his pants and replied:

"I asked my second sister to find them. I originally wanted to raise piglets, but she said she hadn't heard of anyone selling them, so she caught two goats and gave them to me."

At this point, she paused and continued: "Dad, do we still have vegetable seeds at home? In about ten days, I will feel better and I will clear out our vegetable garden. Can you find some vegetable seeds for me?"

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When Father Shen heard this, he knew that Zhang Chunnuan really wanted to stay in the Shen family and live a good life. He was immediately happy and agreed:

"I don't need you. I don't need you. Just take good care of yourself and take care of the baby. Dad will do the rest."

Zhang Chunnuan had no choice but to leave it at that. Anyway, when the vegetables were planted, she could pull out a few more and send them to the farm for planting.

She is no longer anxious now. She has wanted to raise chickens on the farm for a long time, but she only has two old hens at home and cannot breed them even if she wants to.

Just wait, it will be fine until after the confinement period.

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Waiting and waiting, Wang Dongxue and Zhou Huacheng came with a bag of rice and helped her catch the pregnant ewe.

The ewe weighs one hundred and ten pounds, which is calculated as 65 yuan.

The rice produced on the farm is high-quality rice and costs 2 cents per pound.

But this is the price with food stamps. In 1961, food was still in short supply. Rice without food stamps could be sold at a high price of 3 yuan per catty on the black market.

Zhang Chunnuan was not so evil, and only gave her more than 40 kilograms of rice at the price of 1 yuan and 50 kilograms.

After the ewe was captured, she smuggled the ewe into the farm while Father Shen was at work, and then changed the situation again.

Later, Wang Dongxue accidentally went to the backyard and found that the ewe had shrunk in size after giving birth, and the lamb did not look like it had just been born.

It's just that the ewe is too tired and thin from breastfeeding, and the lamb is growing too fast.

As the days passed, Zhang Chunnuan finally waited for the day when he had been sitting for a month and was declared back to normal after being examined by Aunt Guihua.

With tears in her eyes, she took her first bath after giving birth on a sunny noon.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Shen family used more firewood to boil water that day than other families to cook meals for a week.

After confinement, Zhang Chunnuan can no longer stay at home and not work.

Fortunately, the rush to harvest has ended and the wheat has been planted. The village at the foot of the mountain has entered a leisurely period after the autumn harvest.

Moreover, the production team leader sympathized with her because she had given birth to twins, and she did not have the help of her mother-in-law. The task assigned to her was either to select cotton seeds or to grind corn cobs.

They are all tasks that can be completed while sitting down, and you can even take your children with you.

After Zhang Chunnuan smuggled a few corn kernels into the farm and planted them, and harvested hundreds of thousands of tons of corn, she finally no longer had to work.

The work in the fields was all done, and the grain was dried and put into the team's warehouse. It was mid-October of the lunar calendar.

At this time, the strong labor force in Shanjiao Village was organized by the production team leader to go up the mountain to cut firewood and burn charcoal in order to generate income for the production team before the Chinese New Year.

Women, who can hold up half the sky, will continue to be busy on the land, but the battlefield has moved from collective land to each family's private land.

Every day, Father Shen either cuts grass and feeds sheep or is busy in his own yard and private plot.

After Zhang Chunnuan stayed at home for two days, she couldn't stay any longer.

She wanted to go around the commune or the county to cash in the farm's produce, but she couldn't make the trip.

The geographical location of Shanjiao Village means that whether she goes to the commune or the county, she cannot go back and forth on the same day.

Seventeen and September are only one and a half months old. Even if someone helps take care of them, they still need to drink milk every two hours.

She has achieved the freedom of mutton on her farm, and has successfully processed goat milk into goat milk powder through the use of a processing plant.

But...the two babies only drink breast milk.

"Alas..." Zhang Chunnuan sat in the room, looking at the two babies lying on the bed, and sighed for the Nth time.

Wang Dongxue ran into Shen's courtyard with a basket on her back and asked Father Shen who was cleaning up the vegetable field:

"Uncle, is my sister Chunnuan at home?"

Father Shen straightened up, holding the handle of the hoe with his hand, and nodded with a smile: "She is in the house, do you want to come and play with her?"

"Well! I'm going to go fishing in the mountains, and I want to invite Sister Chunnuan to go with me!"

Zhang Chunnuan heard Wang Dongxue's voice in the room, looked at the two children who were still sleeping, walked out of the room quietly, stood in front of the main door and asked:

"Dongxue, where are you going?"

Wang Dongxue jumped over and ran over, weighed the backpack behind her, and said excitedly:

"Sister Chun Nuan, let's go up the mountain. I heard from the mistress that the wild chestnuts and pecans on the mountain are ripe, and there are other wild fruits!"

Zhang Chunnuan wanted to go with her. Even if she didn't go up the mountain, she would be happy as long as she left the house.

She turned to look at Father Shen, licked her lips, and asked expectantly:

"Dad, can you help me take care of the baby? I'll go to the mountains and have a look. I'll be back in two hours."

Feeding lasts for two hours at a time, as long as you get back before the two babies get hungry!

Father Shen felt soft in his heart when he saw her bright eyes looking at him.

She is still a little girl who likes to have fun. After becoming a mother, she wants to go out to play and asks her husband to do so.

Alas, for some reason, looking at Zhang Chunnuan like this, he suddenly remembered the thrush that the landlord kept in a cage many years ago.

"Go." Father Shen waved his hand towards her, "I'm tired too. Let's take a break and see the baby."

Zhang Chunnuan was so excited when she heard this that she almost screamed. She quickly ran into the utility room, picked up a backpack, and Wang Dongxue ran out of the Shen family yard with a roar.

The road up the mountain was a bit unfamiliar to her. The original owner got pregnant not long after she got married, and she was raising her like a noble woman. Not to mention going up the mountain, she didn't even go to work.

By the time she was born, her nearly eight-month-old belly made it difficult for her to walk. After giving birth, she was forced to undergo confinement. After confinement, she had to take the baby to work again.

Finally she no longer had to work, and her two children couldn't live without her.

Zhang Chunnuan recalled that it had been nearly two months since she traveled back in time, and this was her first time going up the mountain!

Along the way, everything she saw felt new.

He was running here and there, and couldn't rest for a moment.

The mountain behind the village at the foot of the mountain is called Tieniu Mountain, which looks like a kneeling buffalo.

Several nearby villages are named after this mountain, such as Niutou Village, Niuwei Village, and Shanjiao Village.

The further they went up, the more villagers they met.

At first, they were all from the same village, but later on, most of the people I met were strangers, probably from the other two villages.

Wang Dongxue led Zhang Chunnuan to the place where she had made an appointment with her mistress.
Chapter completed!