However, this year, Lian Manman's family no longer lacked the small change from selling chicken and duck eggs. Before they had chickens and ducks, they had to buy eggs to eat.
"Alright," Lian Manman nodded, "Mother, from now on, let each person in our family have at least one chicken egg every day. As for the duck eggs, let's pickle all of them. Pickled duck eggs are delicious."
"Now that the chickens and ducks have started laying eggs, there's no need for one every day. They lay eggs every other day, and with the six of us, plus Mr. Loo, we really have enough eggs to eat every day," Lady Zhang said with a laugh.
To ensure that the chickens and ducks lay plenty of eggs, the food they ate had to be nutritious. There was no need to worry about the ducks; they spent most of their days in the river and their diet was very nutritious. But the range of the hens was limited, so finding nutritious feed was something that had to be done deliberately.