Joe's Farming

Qiao Yu had always wanted to have a dog. On the last day of winter, Gu Feng brought back two dogs from the village.

Qiao Yu was dressed warmly, basking in the sun and reading a storybook in the yard, when she heard Gu Xiaoyan scream!

"Yanbao! What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Qiao Yu quickly jumped up from the recliner and rushed out. This recliner was specially made for him by Gu Feng from a carpenter some time ago.

Finally, I went to the door and took a look.

Gu Xiaoyan was holding a little yellow puppy in her arms, while another milky white puppy was held in Gu Xiaoxue's hands. Qiao Xing curiously stretched out his finger and gently touched the puppy's head.

The two puppies opened their eyes wide, rolled their round eyeballs around to look around, and made shrill "wooo" sounds.

Qiao Yu rushed to Gu Feng in an instant.

"We're going to get a dog? Why didn't you tell me?" Qiao Yu's tone was full of surprise.

Gu Feng gently tied his loosened scarf back on.

"I saw Uncle Huang in the village selling it, and I thought you would definitely like it, so I brought it back."

Qiao Yu teased the puppy with her fingers and asked, "How much is it? How old is it?"

Gu Feng took the two dogs from the children and put them into the basket, then led Qiao Yu into the house.

"Fifty cents each, and a basket is also provided."

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "That's really cheap."

"I just weaned myself, and Uncle Huang said I could feed him some meat porridge. How's that? Do you like it?"

Qiao Yu nodded happily. When he first came here, his family was poor and he had to raise a child, so he never thought of raising a pet. Now that he has been free for a short time, he may have mentioned it a few times, and Gu Feng has kept it in mind.

His home is in a remote area, and having two dogs instantly improves the security level of his home.

"I like it! Did you pick a name?"

"Not yet, you get them."

Gu Feng put the basket down. The two puppies couldn't climb out, so they kept whining inside.

Bai Lan and Hong Xiu, who were making clothes, came over.

"Oh, these two little puppies are so cute." Bai Lan praised.

Hongxiu also nodded.

"The eyes are so big and the eyelashes are so long."

"You're so good, little short-legged boy."

"The white one is called Milk, and the yellow one is called Bread!" Qiao Yu looked at the two cute puppies and made the final decision.

Gu Feng frowned. He knew what this bread was. A kind of bun?

Qiao Yu explained: "Milk is white, and bread is usually yellow when baked. Bread and milk are super delicious!"

Gu Feng smiled and nodded. He knew it was food.

"Okay! Let's call it milk bread."

Qiao Yu went into the kitchen to prepare meat porridge for the puppy. This was his first time to keep a pet, and he must raise them to be plump and white.

Of course, being too fat is not good either, as it puts a heavy burden on the body.

Gu Gang had just come back from collecting firewood outside when he saw the whole family surrounding the two puppies.

Gu Gang knew that his younger brother had wanted to have a dog since he was a child, but food was scarce at that time, let alone leaving some food for the dog. When he saw his brother-in-law squatting there feeding the puppy, he knew that people from the same family are alike.

Gu Gang saw that Hongxiu was looking at the puppy with loving eyes, and thought about going to the village to get one for Hongxiu to raise tomorrow.

These days, Gu Gang goes up the mountain to chop firewood whenever he has time. He carries a small portion back home and stews most of it into charcoal on the mountain. He wants to get more charcoal and sell it in town, so he spends most of the day in the mountain.

As soon as he came back, the Gu family started preparing dinner.

Ever since Su Qing and Da Zhuang joined the snack bar, Wen Ge'er has added some food supplies, such as hot and sour noodles and hot pot noodles. Since the prices are much cheaper than ordering skewers, they sell very well. That is also why Su Qing and Da Zhuang have to work until dark before they can come back.

After looking at the cash flow during this period, Qiao Yu decided to give them a raise and asked Xiaobai to help out to ease the manpower shortage in the store.

Bai Lan is also very capable. She makes better-looking clothes than Aunt Shi. After all, she is from the provincial capital, and her styles are more in line with Qiao Yu's aesthetic taste.

Hongxiu and her partner have been busy for a month and have finished making winter clothes for everyone in the family, so they deserve praise.

In the evening, Qiao Yu asked everyone to come to the main hall to eat together. After the meal, he took out two winter clothes for each person and distributed them one by one.

Da Zhuang had never worn such good clothes since he was a child, and he found a word embroidered on his clothes.

"Brother Qing, can you read? What's embroidered on this?"

Su Qing shook his head and found that there was also a word embroidered on his collar.

Bai Lan explained, "I asked the old man to teach me each of your names. Da Zhuang's is 'Zhuang', and Su Qing's is 'Qing'."

Da Zhuang danced with joy and bowed to Qiao Yukuang: "Thank you, Boss! You are so kind to me!"

Gu Feng still remembered his words "When I am alive, I am the boss's man; when I die, I am the boss's ghost." The corners of his mouth twitched.

Bai Lan and Su Qing also expressed their gratitude.

It was also the first time for the children to have such beautiful and warm winter clothes, and they couldn’t let go and kept touching them.

Qiao Yu couldn't bear it any longer: "Stop! We just had dinner, and our hands might be covered in oil. The new clothes are dirty before we even wear them. Let's go back and touch them slowly. I have something important to say."

Everyone put away their new clothes and sat down properly.

Qiao Yu nodded with satisfaction.

"Ahem, it's like this. During this period of time, everyone has made great contributions to our Gu family. Today, we have two new members in our family! Milk and bread!" Qiao Yu picked up the basket on the ground and showed the two dogs.

"Both milk and bread are edible, which has a good meaning! I hope our family will never have to worry about food and clothing, and everyone will become richer and richer! Today is the last day of this month, so I will start to send everyone the monthly allowances for last month and this month! Applause!"

Qiao Yu clapped her hands as a demonstration, and everyone followed suit without knowing why.

"Next! When I call out your name, come up and get your money. Let's start with the youngest."

Qiao Yu took the wooden box that was used to store money to the table. "Yan Bao."

Gu Xiaoyan stood up happily: "Little Daddy, I have one too?"

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Well, I'll give you all your pocket money together!"

Gu Xiaoyan happily took the string of 100-cent copper coins. "Thank you, little daddy."

"Be good! You only want to thank me?" Qiao Yu pointed at Gu Feng.

Gu Xiaoyan immediately bowed to Gu Feng again and said, "Thank you, Daddy."

Gu Feng pursed his lips and nodded.

"Xuebao!" Qiao Yu called again. Gu Xiaoxue also went up and received a hundred coins.

"Xiao Xing!" This time Qiao Xing gave a little more, a full two hundred coins.

Qiao Xing blushed and said, "Thank you, little daddy, thank you, daddy."

Then Qiao Yu started calling Da Zhuang, Su Qing and Bai Lan.

Da Zhuang and Su Qing each gave 800 coins, and Bai Lan gave 500 coins.

As for Gu Gang, Hong Xiu and the old man, Qiao Yu personally sealed the red envelopes and gave one to each of them.

Gu Gang returned the red envelope to Gu Feng: "What did your husband do for me? I didn't do anything."

Gu Feng stuffed it back: "You help with housework every day and chop so much firewood. Qiao'er is not blind."

Gu Gang whispered: "Isn't that what we should do?"

Gu Feng glanced at him and said, "Qiao Er in our family is in charge of the money. I will not take back the money he has given out."