Chapter 70 Trivia

Thinking about it, Liu Yinyin curled her lips into a smile and picked up a piece of meat, bringing it to Gu Cheng’s mouth. “Hurry and try my braised pork ribs—see if they taste good.”

Gu Cheng took a bite. “Very fragrant.”

Apart from professional chefs, he had never seen anyone with better cooking skills than his wife.

Liu Yinyin smiled sweetly. “Whether our family can eat meat regularly in the future depends on you.”

Gu Cheng pinched her cheek, unable to stop the corners of his mouth from lifting into a smile.

The next day, it was still sunny, with no sign of rain at all.

The temperature in the air was even higher than the day before.

Liu Yinyin sighed. If the heavens didn’t send rain, there was nothing anyone could do about it.

As usual, she held classes for the children.

In the afternoon, Jiang Cuihua came over again to help her take care of the baby.

With her hands freed, Liu Yinyin took a basket and went with the children to gather wild vegetables during the last period of the afternoon.

Like always, after harvesting the wild vegetables, Liu Yinyin didn’t forget to scatter some seeds in the pits.

Her efforts over time weren’t in vain. The wild vegetables on the nearby mountains had grown in batch after batch.

Since there were now too many wild vegetables at home, Liu Yinyin decided that starting this month, the children only needed to turn in half a basket each.

The rest they could take home—whether to eat themselves, feed chickens and pigs, or even dry and store for later.

After all, rural people were frugal in their daily lives, and even wild vegetables wouldn’t be considered excessive.

Before they had finished gathering the wild vegetables, Liu Yinyin heard a commotion nearby.

Looking up, she saw a group of children gathered together, chattering noisily about something.

Afraid they might start fighting, she stood up and walked over, calling out, “What are you all arguing about?”

“Teacher Yinyin, I caught a rabbit!” Liu Xudong exclaimed excitedly, holding a rabbit in his hands.

“Bullshit,” Liu Zhigao argued. “Teacher Yinyin, Goudan is lying. I was the one who spotted the rabbit first. It should be mine!”

Liu Xudong’s real name was Goudan, but everyone was used to calling him by his nickname, and he didn’t mind it at all.

“We helped catch the rabbit too, so we should get a share,” another child chimed in.

“Yeah, that’s right…”

“Quiet down, all of you,” Liu Yinyin called out. She hadn’t even figured out what was going on yet, so why were they making such a fuss?

Seeing that Liu Dazhuang was among them, she asked him, “Dazhuang, tell me what happened just now.”

Liu Dazhuang then recounted the incident from beginning to end.

It turned out that while Liu Zhigao was picking wild vegetables, he suddenly felt the urge to relieve himself and went into a bush. Unexpectedly, a rabbit sprang out from the underbrush.

Liu Zhigao couldn’t catch the rabbit on his own, so the others joined in to help.

Since there were so many of them, the little rabbit couldn’t escape and ended up being caught by Liu Xudong.

That’s when the children started arguing over who the rabbit rightfully belonged to.

“Teacher Yinyin, you decide! Whoever you say the rabbit belongs to, that’s who gets it!” Liu Dazhuang shouted, looking at the other kids. “We should listen to our teacher.”

The others immediately fell silent.

Liu Yinyin: “……”

She wasn’t some kind of supreme ruler—no need to take it so seriously.

“What do you all think we should do?” Liu Yinyin asked, keeping things democratic.

“Teacher Yinyin,” Liu Bing’er raised a hand and suggested, “why don’t we stew the rabbit and split the meat so everyone gets a piece?”

Liu Yinyin had already noticed that this girl was quite the little foodie.

The key point was that none of the others objected. Who wouldn’t want to eat rabbit meat?

Since no one could agree on who should get the rabbit, they figured they might as well eat it together.

“You guys really have no ambition!” Liu Yinyin laughed. “A few bites of meat? We should be thinking bigger!”

“Teacher Yinyin, I don’t get it. What else can we do with a rabbit besides eat it?” Liu Zhigao asked in confusion.

The rabbit was quite plump. Liu Yinyin picked it up and examined it carefully. She was now quite experienced with these things.

After a moment, she nodded in satisfaction. They were lucky—it was a female rabbit.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Yinyin said to them, “How about this? Let’s not eat the rabbit just yet. I have a male rabbit at home—if we keep them together and raise them, maybe they’ll have baby rabbits.

If it works, you’ll have plenty of rabbits to eat in the future.”

Liu Yinyin knew from experience that if it weren’t for the fact that private trading was prohibited at this time, raising rabbits would actually be a great business.

Rabbits were easy to take care of and reproduced in large litters. Their breeding ability was incredibly strong.

Her female rabbit had just given birth to a litter of six not long ago, and now there were already seventeen rabbits at home.

On top of that, two of the young female rabbits seemed to be pregnant again…

“Wow! Then let’s raise rabbits!” The children were astonished when they heard that so many baby rabbits could be born, their mouths gaping in surprise.

Liu Xudong tilted his head in confusion and asked, “Teacher Yinyin, why does putting a male rabbit and a female rabbit together make baby rabbits?”

Liu Yinyin: “……”

Why was this little brat asking so many questions for no reason?!

Clearing her throat twice, she pretended to answer casually, “Well… it’s just like how your parents got married—after they marry, they have children. It’s common knowledge, nothing to overthink.”

She quickly steered the conversation away and started discussing where they should keep the rabbits.

Once again, the children began arguing over who should be responsible for raising the rabbits. They all wanted to do it.

Liu Yinyin suggested keeping the rabbits in one of the empty classrooms.

Not in the actual classroom where they had lessons—there were a few vacant ones that weren’t being used anyway, so they could temporarily turn one into a rabbit shelter.

The rabbits would be kept there, and the children would take turns taking care of them. Two children would be responsible for feeding and cleaning each day. It wasn’t a difficult task.

Kids from poor families learned to be independent early on. These ten-year-olds were more than capable of handling such chores.

Even if someone didn’t know how at first, they could quickly learn with a little guidance.

Everyone was satisfied with this arrangement.

That evening, Liu Yinyin went home, caught a male rabbit, and brought over a wooden cage to the classroom. It was better to keep the two rabbits inside a cage—it made cleaning much easier.

By the time she finished setting everything up, it was already quite late.

Gu Yanyan hadn’t seen his familiar mommy and daddy all afternoon. Nestled in Jiang Cuihua’s arms, his tiny face was filled with grievance.

When he finally saw Liu Yinyin, his big round eyes stared at her, and he let out a soft whimper, signaling that he wanted to be held.

The little one still didn’t know how to reach out for a hug yet.

Liu Yinyin didn’t pick him up right away. Instead, she went to the kitchen and brought out a small wooden basin.

She poured in a pot of hot water, added some cool water, and tested the temperature. Once it was just right, she carried Gu Yanyan over and began undressing him.

Now that the weather was getting hotter, the little one needed a bath every day.

And just like all children, he absolutely loved playing with water.

The moment Gu Yanyan saw the water, his mood flipped faster than a turned page—his eyes instantly lit up with excitement.