After lunch, Zhang took the lead, holding her granddaughter, followed by her three daughters-in-law, and walked to the rocky beach beside the pond.

Old Man Cheng took his five sons to the fields to continue planting rice seedlings. There was still one acre of land left, and they had to finish planting them this afternoon. Otherwise, the seedlings would be too long and would only grow without branches.

There were already quite a few people gathered on the rocky beach. Hundreds of rabbits and ducks were placed on the beach with their legs and feet tied up. Cheng Dafu was directing several young men to weigh more than 20 baskets of duck eggs.

The women were making nests for the rabbits. There were many pregnant females among the rabbits. At this moment alone, dozens of rabbits had given birth.

Each mother rabbit gave birth to eleven or twelve little rabbits. The newborn rabbits were bald without a single hair, their bodies were pink, and their eyes were not even open, just like little mice.

The women were happy to see this, and because they were afraid that the rabbits would catch a cold, they made a nest out of hay and carefully moved the mother rabbit and the little rabbits into the nest.

On the other side, thousands of noisy ducks were not to be outdone. In just a moment, the stone beach was covered with a layer of snow-white duck eggs, sparkling in the sunlight.

The children were excitedly running among the ducks, and soon, the newly laid duck eggs filled two baskets.

The old patriarch, who was sitting on a big rock with a cane, was stroking his gray beard and smiling so hard that his teeth were showing.

Zhang asked Li's three sisters-in-law to help, while she carried her little granddaughter to the old patriarch.

"Sixth Uncle, is it time for dinner?"

"I've eaten. Oh, it's Grandpa's little grandson who's here. Come here and let Grandpa hug you."

"Grandpa was so busy looking at the ducks and rabbits that he didn't notice my little girl."

The old patriarch dropped his walking stick and caught the little kid steadily.

"Zhang, you can sit down too."

"No, I'd better go and help. We should count the items earlier so we know how to divide them."

"My dear, be good and don't make trouble for grandpa."

The little girl nestled obediently in the old patriarch's arms, half-closed her big eyes like black grapes, and smiled sweetly at her with her little mouth.

"Then go ahead. The sweet baby is very sensible. She never makes a fuss when I hold her."

Zhao Guihua, who was holding the little rabbit carefully, saw Zhang coming and looked around the crowd.

Seeing that Li's three sisters-in-law and Zhou were all helping in the crowd, and she couldn't see the little figure she had been thinking about, she turned her head and looked at Zhang and asked.

"Aunt San, where is the sweet baby? Is the sweet baby asleep?"

Zhang was weaving a rabbit hole skillfully and pointed to the other side.

"Well, Uncle Six is ​​helping to hold it."

Zhao Guihua glanced in the direction she pointed, and saw the old patriarch smiling and teasing the little baby in his arms, while the little baby was looking up and babbling to the old man. The happy scene of the old and the child made her smile.

She withdrew her gaze and looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to this side, she leaned close to Zhang's ear and whispered.

"When I first arrived there, I heard everyone saying that our little one was a lucky kid."

"They say that everyone walks by the creek several times a day, but they don't see even a duck feather or rabbit droppings. Today, my dear walked by there once, and there were ducks, rabbits, and even some duck eggs. If this isn't Fuwa, then what is it?"

Zhang was startled. In an instant, a chill spread throughout her body. Her mind went blank and her face lost all color. Her hands that were holding the hay were trembling, and her fingers were turning white. A panic surged in her heart.

It took her a while to react and realize that the clothes on the back were wet with cold sweat.

I suppressed the uneasiness in my heart and tried hard to force a smile.

"How can there be such a ridiculous statement? It's just a coincidence. Don't say such things casually."

"What are you two talking about, quietly?"

Xie and Zheng walked out from the crowd.

"What secrets can we have? I'm asking Auntie San how to cook duck meat to make it more delicious."

"Eat ducks. I just counted them. If I'm not mistaken, there are about 1,184 ducks. Each household can get exactly 32 ducks."

"Oh my god, so many, I must be dreaming."

"That's right, thanks to God, everyone will have enough meat to eat from now on!"

"The female ducks can be kept for laying eggs, and the male ducks can be killed and eaten. Then everyone will have more duck eggs than they can eat."

"The leftover duck eggs can be used to hatch ducklings."

"The ducklings have grown up and can lay eggs again!"

At some point, other people gathered around and everyone was discussing excitedly, looking forward to a better life in the future.

"Why are you all still gathered together? Come over here and line up. The exciting moment has arrived. We are going to start distributing the rabbits and duck eggs now.

Let's make it clear first, the ducks and rabbits will be divided by the number, and the duck eggs will be divided by weight. If you have any opinions, please speak up. Don't divide them equally, or you will feel that you are at a disadvantage."

"No comment!"

Everyone answered in unison.

"If you have no objection, let's start. We will first separate the pregnant rabbits and the rabbits that have given birth..."

Just now, everyone has separated the rabbits and ducks into male and female and released them separately, and separated the pregnant and given birth female rabbits from the non-pregnant female rabbits.

Each household was divided into three groups and lined up to receive rabbits, ducks and duck eggs.

An hour later, each household received 32 ducks, ten rabbits (newborn rabbits did not count), and kilograms of duck eggs.

The whole valley was filled with laughter and excitement. The people present were very excited and they kept clapping and cheering, sharing their joy and happiness, as if the whole world had become more beautiful and full of hope.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet for a moment. Uncle Six has something to say."

The old patriarch stood beside Cheng Dafu, holding the sleeping little kid in his arms.

The cute little guy was nestling in the old patriarch's arms and dreaming sweetly.

Her head is round like a small ball, her hair is black and shiny in the sunlight, and her round little face is red like a ripe apple.

The two big eyes were narrowed tightly, like two thin lines, and the small nose was transparent with pink, like a delicious jelly.

The little mouth kept moving when it was sleeping, as if it was sucking milk.

Her arms and legs are chubby, with wrinkles all over them, like sections of snow-white lotus roots.

The cutest thing about her are her little hands, with white, slender fingers, so beautiful.

"Shh! Darling, you're asleep!"

When the crowd saw the sleeping little dumpling, they instantly quieted down. Everyone stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction of the little dumpling with shining eyes.

The only sounds left in the vast valley were the roar of the waterfall and the cacophony of ducks.

Seeing that her daughter had fallen asleep, Li hurriedly walked out of the crowd.

"Sixth Grandpa, give me the child. I'll carry her back to bed and go to sleep."

The old patriarch reluctantly returned the sleeping little ball to Li.

"Go ahead and block the sun for a bit. The child's skin is delicate, don't let her get sunburned."

The crowd reluctantly watched Li carry the child back to the cave, and only turned around to look at the old patriarch when they could no longer see her.

"Just now, I heard everyone talking about our good girl. What's going on? Could it be that everyone doesn't really like her?"

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