After taking on an additional task, the original plan had to change, "Xuran, you stay with your mom and the others to gather more earthworms."
To raise earthworms, you obviously need more of them, and with winter approaching, we need to breed more before the snow arrives.
"Also, you need to chop more firewood today." Earthworms won't freeze to death in winter; they'll likely hibernate, but since they're needed to feed the chickens, we must ensure they stay active for winter meals.
To keep the earthworms from hibernating, we have to keep the fire burning.
Zhao Gang calculated that the firewood budget for winter needs to be increased, and it's best to have the eldest son do this job.
It's not that Zhao Gang is biased; it's because Gong Ruwen didn't join them on the hunting trip, which he had been promised earlier.
