Witty Wife, Better Life

Chapter 136 - 136 130 Easing

?Chapter 136: Chapter 130 Easing Chapter 136: Chapter 130 Easing Just two days later, Xing Zhonghua really did get a small dog for Shen Yunfang. Barely a month old, the dog was pitch-black all over except for some white spots on its front paws, which made it quite a sight when it ran.

Shen Yunfang was extremely delighted and named it Taxue. This little creature was at its most mischievous, so during this time, one could often hear from the courtyard, “Taxue, you can’t go causing trouble in the chicken coop, the hens will stop laying eggs.” “Taxue, you mustn’t cause damage.” “Taxue…”

A month later, Shen Yunfang’s chickens suddenly fell ill overnight, causing a sensation throughout Gaijiatun. When people came to look, they saw the backyard’s warm shed littered with convulsing chickens and ducks—a shocking scene. Barely ten healthy ones remained, huddled in a corner, trembling.

Shen Yunfang, eyes red with grief, received wave upon wave of villagers who came to console her but were actually there to watch the spectacle. Once the crowd had seen enough, she closed the courtyard gate and began to cull the chickens. Last year, she had a total of fifty-three chickens left, fifty-one hens and two roosters. This year, with the arrival of spring, she had another brood, and Dashuan’s wife gave her thirty more, bringing the count to fifty-three chicks, including thirty-five roosters and eighteen hens.

After calling back the hens she had hidden away, Shen Yunfang culled thirty-three chickens, both the old hens and the young roosters from the previous year. The young hens from the same year had already started laying eggs, and she really couldn’t bear to part with them. After all, everyone already knew about the epidemic that had wiped out most of her chickens, and she figured it would be a while before anyone would set their sights on her again.

She couldn’t bear to slaughter the ducks and geese either; they were too small, so she decided to wait until after the New Year for them to put on more weight.

The villagers, seeing the heavy losses suffered by Shen Yunfang, went from a mix of envy and resentment to pure sympathy. Anyone who lost so many chickens in one go would be heartbroken, and for some, it might take several years to recover from such a blow.

Many people visited just to comfort Shen Yunfang, telling her not to be too upset and to chalk it up to illness this year. They suggested she could raise more chickens next year to recoup her losses.

Funny enough, Shen Yunfang’s previously lackluster popularity greatly improved after this incident—an unexpected silver lining, perhaps.

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