In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 176 Chen Gou Enters the City

At the north gate of the county town, Zhang He, having nothing to do, stood at the gate without disturbing the brothers guarding the city. He simply squinted at the situation outside the city.

During this period, Zhang He, who had consumed three Blood Feather Chickens in succession, had advanced to the ninth rank of martial artist and gained some power. However, within the county government, he was still unable to compete with the chief constable and was marginalized by the chief constable, thus having quite a lot of free time.

Whenever he had free time, Zhang He would always appear at the city gate to see the "fellow villagers" from Liangzhou outside the city.

"Ok?"

Just then, Zhang He's gaze froze, and he saw a donkey cart slowly approaching, with about a dozen young men sitting on it.

This made Zhang He feel a sense of vigilance.

At the same time, two soldiers guarding the city stopped the donkey cart and shouted, "Who are you? Where did you come from?"

"Master Jun!"

Having extensive experience traveling to the city, Chen Jiang immediately stepped forward and said, "We are from Chenjia Village and plan to come to the city to sell some poultry."

While speaking, Chen Jiang pointed to the chicken coop on the vehicle, indicating that he and his companions were only going to the city to sell things and would not threaten the safety of the county.

"So many?"

The two soldiers guarding the city exchanged a surprised glance.

There were far too many chickens on this truck, and each one was enormous, clearly very plump.

"From Chenjia Village?"

Upon hearing the words "Chenjia Village," Zhang He immediately became interested, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes. He had always wanted to do business in Chenjia Village, but he had been struggling to find a way in.

But upon seeing Chen Gou and the others, he suddenly felt...

A solution may have been found!

The chickens brought from Chenjia Village this time were not from Wu Han, which shows that the business in Chenjia Village is not limited to Wu Han; others can do it too!

Then I... can do it too!

Chen Jiang glanced at Zhang He's constable uniform and replied, "Reporting to the officer, we are indeed from Chenjia Village."

Zhang He nodded, then suddenly asked, "Who is Chen Dao to you?"

"He's my neighbor."

Chen Jiang replied that his home was less than 500 meters away from Chen Dao's home, so it wouldn't be wrong to call them neighbors.

"You must have bought this chicken from Chen Dao's house, right?" Zhang He asked again.

"Yes."

"Row!"

Zhang He nodded and said to the two soldiers guarding the city, "They're fine, let them in!"

Thus, Chen Gou and his group were able to enter the city.

As Chen Gou passed through the city gate, a breathtaking view suddenly opened up before him, and he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "This county town is truly prosperous!"

Not only Chen Gou, but also the other young men and women from Chenjia Village who had never been to the county town before were stunned. The scene they saw after entering the county town was completely different from what they had seen in Chenjia Village.

Chenjia Village is full of wooden houses, and the roads are bumpy dirt roads.

The county town's grounds are paved with bricks and stones, and most of the buildings are brick houses, whose exquisite style far surpasses that of Chenjia Village.

Furthermore, what surprised Chen Gou and the others the most was the bustling atmosphere of the county town, with its constant flow of pedestrians and the dazzling array of shops lining the streets—a sight that could never be seen in Chenjia Village.

"Isn't it lively?"

Chen Jiang smiled and said to everyone, "When I first came to the city, I was just like a country bumpkin. I was dazzled by the prosperity of the county town, just like you, and wished I could stay in the county town forever."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement, like chickens pecking at rice. It would indeed be a wonderful thing to stay and live in such a prosperous county town forever.

"but……"

Chen Jiang then changed the subject, saying, "Now I understand. Although this county town looks prosperous, it may not be much better than our village!"

"Brother Jiang, what do you mean by that?"

Everyone looked puzzled. In their eyes, how could such a prosperous county town be inferior to Chenjia Village?

"Because the prosperity of the county town is only superficial."

Chen Jiang replied, "In fact, there are quite a few people going hungry in this county town, unlike in our Chenjia Village, where every household can have enough to eat."

"what?"

Chen Gou couldn't help but exclaim, looking at the well-fed pedestrians coming and going: "Brother Jiang, are there people in the county town who don't have enough to eat?"

"nonsense!"

Chen Jiang rolled his eyes and said, "The entire Qingzhou region has suffered from a cold disaster. Our village has no harvest, and the county town is in a terrible state. There are many people who are not getting enough to eat!"

"This……"

Chen Gou and the others opened their mouths, but their wonderful impression of the county town instantly dissipated. If they couldn't even get enough to eat in the county town, then it was indeed not as good as Chenjia Village. After all, in Chenjia Village, they could eat white flour steamed buns every day.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore!"

Chen Jiang timely ended the conversation, saying, "Let's hurry to the East Market and sell the chicken!"

After saying that, Chen Jiang drove the donkey cart towards the East Market.

Soon after, the donkey cart stopped on the street where Chen Dao used to sell white-feathered chickens. Chen Jiang signaled everyone to move the chicken coops down and put them on the ground. Then the group split into two groups: one group guarded the donkey carts, and the other group sat behind the chicken coops, waiting for customers to come in.

"Gou Ge'er".

Chen Sanshi sat down next to Chen Gou and asked with some concern, "We brought so many chickens, are we able to sell them?"

Chen Sanshi had just observed the situation on this street and found that there were many peddlers selling poultry like them, but there were very few customers. Therefore, he couldn't help but worry about whether the chickens could be sold.

"Do not worry!"

Before Chen Gou could speak, Chen Jiang answered first: "This chicken looks so good, it'll definitely sell!"

"It doesn't matter if we can't sell them!"

Chen Gou also said, "When I bought chickens from Dao Ge'er's house, Dao Ge'er told me that this was my first time doing business. If I couldn't sell them, he could take all the chickens back. At most, we would just waste some time and effort."

Upon hearing this, Chen Sanshi felt much more at ease and said with emotion, "Brother Dao is really good to us!"

"Yes! If it weren't for Brother Dao, I would still be starving right now."

"If it weren't for Brother Dao, who knows how many more people in the village would have starved or frozen to death during this period."

"Yeah yeah!"

"..."

Chen Sanshi's words clearly resonated with everyone. Although they were not good at expressing their emotions, they all remembered Chen Dao's kindness to the villagers. Therefore, everyone was genuinely grateful to Chen Dao, without a trace of pretense.

"Your chicken looks pretty good!"

Just as everyone was marveling at the sight, a middle-aged woman stopped in front of their stalls, looking at the yellow-feathered and white-feathered chickens in the cages, and asked curiously, "What breed of chickens are these?"

"Hello, guest!"

Chen Gou's eyes lit up when he saw a customer come in, and he quickly explained to the woman, "The white chicken is called a white-feathered chicken, and the yellow chicken is called a yellow-feathered chicken. We caught both of these chickens by chance in the vast mountains. The meat tastes excellent. Would you like one, sir?"