Chapter 586 A Wrong Chapter
Chapter 586 A Wrong Chapter
"What are you looking at?"
Ah Jin limped over, carrying an iron bucket. After looking around, he nodded in satisfaction.
"They've been eating well lately, and everyone's gotten quite chubby..."
Yu Shijiu and Xu Han subconsciously turned their heads to look at the goats around them.
As Akin said, these goats, kept deep in the hold, all had soft fur and were plump and round; there were hardly any thin goats.
...Isn't this fat a bit outrageous?
Xu Han swallowed hard, finding it odd that these goats were so fat.
Yu Shijiu didn't pay much attention to these things. He looked at the plump and strong goats and couldn't help but lick his lips.
Although the mutton last night didn't taste particularly good... the mutton soup was barely considered delicious.
Thinking of this, Yu Shijiu's gaze toward the herd of goats became much more intense.
Here, after bending down and placing the iron bucket on the ground, Ajin randomly selected a plump-looking ewe.
He called out loudly to Yu Shijiu and Xu Han, who were standing there unsure of what to do.
"You two come and take a look."
Akin shouted, "Like this!"
He reached out and weighed the ewe's breasts, and after confirming that she had enough milk, he said with satisfaction:
"This is the amount of milk that can fill half a bucket."
"..."
Yu Shijiu watched for a while, felt he understood, and picked up his own iron bucket to randomly select a ewe.
There were many ewes in the sheepfold, and only a few male goats occasionally lowered their heads and licked the ground. When they saw Yu Shijiu approaching, they did not hide, but lowered their heads and looked for grass to eat.
The background music consists of the sound of goats chewing their food, and Ajin talking to himself, saying things like, "This one doesn't produce much milk, and that ewe has lost weight recently."
Yu Shijiu finally chose a ewe that was leaning against a corner, lost in thought.
The ewe looked a bit dazed, with thick, lush white wool that curled up in layers on her plump body, making her look exceptionally soft to touch.
Yu Shijiu couldn't resist touching it several times.
It was as soft as he had imagined.
The ewe who was being touched looked up at him, rubbed against his hand gently, and then lowered her head to lick the baby goat eating grass next to her.
Yu Shijiu also began to learn A Jin's method and started milking goats—
puff!
The pure white milk with a slight yellow tinge splashed into the iron bucket with a sound, and the even stronger smell of goat milk instantly filled Yu Shijiu's mouth and nose.
Yu Shijiu: "..."
He couldn't help but wrinkle his nose, feeling a bit nauseous from the stench.
On the other side, after a brief mental preparation, Xu Han gritted his teeth and chose a ewe to start milking her.
Similarly, as the goat milk was squeezed into the iron bucket, Xu Han gagged, unsurprisingly.
"vomit!"
The sound was quite loud.
Akin's attention was drawn to it.
Does it smell fishy?
Ah Jin asked Xu Han with a cheerful smile.
Xu Han was so disgusted that tears streamed down her face, and she had to keep shaking her head.
"No, no, it's because I didn't eat breakfast this morning, ugh... I just feel nauseous when I don't eat... ugh..."
The price of his stubbornness was that Ah Jin's laughter grew even louder.
"Don't be stubborn."
Ah Jin squeezed the milk while laughing, "Goat milk tastes fishy, oh no, it's fresh, you know the word 'fresh'? It's what those customers mean by 'fresh,' they need fresh goat milk to wash their faces and hands, how luxurious... something we can't even afford to drink all year round, they use to wash their faces, hands, and even bathe..."
"..."
Finally, Ah Jin sighed, her grip on the milker weakening considerably.
"If you ask me, they're just living too well... otherwise, how could they be so wasteful? They just throw away all this good stuff after washing their hands and face... really, what a waste of resources!"
"A waste of natural resources."
Xu Han added, "It means extremely wasteful."
"Yeah, right, right."
Ah Jin nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes, it's what you mean by 'wasting resources.' You're quite knowledgeable, aren't you? How come you ended up as a sailor on our ship if you know so much?"
When Ah Jin pressed him for an answer, Xu Han realized he had spoken too quickly and made a mistake, and was instantly stunned.
Damn... should I have interrupted?!
It's no use thinking about it now, Xu Han could only laugh bitterly, scratch his head and chuckle awkwardly without saying a word.
Xu Han was hoping to get away with it, but unfortunately—A Jin didn't give him a chance to play dumb.
"You little rascal," Ah Jin leaned close to Xu Han, his bloodshot eyes gleaming with unusual excitement under the light, "have you ever been to school, have you?"
"No! How could someone have been to school?!"
Xu Han replied quite quickly this time. In some ways, he really hadn't gone to school—well, because of health reasons, he spent most of his time at home, with teachers coming to his home to "tutor" him.
"My family is poor."
Xu Han sighed, "I know all this because I like to run around outside all the time. The more I run around and see, the more I know, right?"
As he spoke, Xu Han pretended to wipe the corner of his eye, glanced at Yu Shijiu who was busy milking goats not far away, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said:
"Let me tell you the truth, Brother Jin. Actually, that boy over there and I are brothers!"
Yu Shijiu, who turned around upon hearing the sound not far away, thought: "...?"
Lu Chusheng, who was huddled in the corner with a piece of torn fabric in his mouth: "..."
The most composed person present was actually Ah Jin. He looked at Xu Han strangely and frowned, saying:
"What does it matter to me whether you two are brothers or not? I'm just asking if you've ever been to school."
Xu Han: "..."
Seeing that Ah Jin wasn't attracted at all (why was he attracted by the question of whether they were brothers), Xu Han was a bit flustered and confused for a while before finally shaking his head firmly.
"no!"
"..."
Ajin looked at him, clicked her tongue, shook her head, and continued to squat down to milk the goats.
"He's never been to school but speaks so eloquently, what's he pretending for? He's so young and doesn't learn anything good, he just likes to brag..."
"..." Xu Han's lips twitched. He felt there was a reason why no one wanted to work with Ah Jin.
With Ah Jin's mouth alone, I doubt anyone would want to be around him.
Despite his complaints, Xu Han still had to continue milking the goats, gagging as he did so. By the time he finally got used to the pervasive smell of goat milk in the air, A Jin had already efficiently milked a whole bucket of goat milk.
Xu Han: "..."
Why are you working so fast? Do you want to do other jobs next?
Lu Chusheng, who was squatting in the corner, looked around and finally his gaze fell on Yu Shijiu, who was seriously milking goats with her back to him. He pondered for a moment, then walked over to Yu Shijiu with a piece of cloth in his mouth.
"...and you can also keep pets."
Ajin spotted it with his sharp eyes and exclaimed:
"You can't even feed yourself, yet you feed your pet? Isn't that a sin? Both you and your cat are so skinny, you might as well feed yourselves..."
Lu Chusheng paused in his steps.
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