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

Chapter 269: Meat to Eat

"Don't worry, Mother!"

Chen Zhong said with a determined expression, "I will definitely become a martial artist and a formal member of the guard team!"

Chen Zhong knew how important this opportunity was to him. He didn't want to be like his father, spending half his life toiling in the fields, living off the whims of the heavens!

Therefore, he must seize this opportunity to become a martial artist and a formal member of the guard team!

"Mom, I'm going back to rest now. I have training tomorrow."

"Wait! Your clothes are all wet. Take them off and change into something new so you don't catch a cold."

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the next day.

Although Chen Zhong was still a little tired after a night's rest, he got up early and went out of his house to gather at the open space at the entrance of the village.

When Chen Zhong arrived, Chen Dao and Chen Cheng were already waiting at the same spot.

Looking at the group of people who had rushed over, Chen Dao smiled and asked, "Was training tiring yesterday? Did you ever think about quitting the guard team?"

Upon hearing Chen Dao's words, Chen Zhong and the others' expressions immediately changed.

"What are you saying, Brother Dao! We're not people who can't endure hardship, how could we possibly be thinking about quitting!"

"Yes, yes! We don't want to quit!"

"Even if I work myself to death, I will never quit!"

"..."

To be honest, yesterday's training was extremely tough for these young men, but they didn't have the slightest thought of backing down!

The reason is simple: training is tiring, but farming is not easy either!

Not to mention, the benefits of joining the guard team are a million times better than farming. Not only do you have the opportunity to become a martial artist, but you also get three meals a day. If you eventually become a formal member, you'll also receive a monthly salary of one tael of silver...

With such generous treatment, let alone hard work, even if it kills you, probably few people would back down.

"very good!"

Chen Dao nodded in satisfaction. The people of Xia Kingdom have never been afraid of hardship; what they fear is enduring hardship without seeing any hope.

These young men and women from Chenjia Village clearly saw hope, after all, the preferential treatment they would receive after becoming official members of the guard team was right in front of them, so what did a little hardship matter?

"As I said before, if you join the guard team, you'll get a meat meal every other day!"

As Chen Dao finished speaking, Ding Xiaohua also came over carrying several wooden buckets. After placing the buckets on the ground, Ding Xiaohua said, "Brother Dao, this is the meal you asked me to make today."

"Thank you for your trouble, Sister Ding."

Chen Dao walked to a wooden bucket, lifted the cloth covering it, and instantly, a fragrance filled the air.

"It smells like meat!"

Chen Zhong's nostrils twitched and his eyes gleamed. Just by smelling it, he knew that there must be meat in that bucket!

"There's really meat to eat?"

"It smells so good!"

"It's delicious!"

"..."

Not only Chen Zhong, but everyone else also sniffed the air, inhaling the aroma of meat, their mouths watering and their stomachs rumbling.

"That's right, it's meat."

Chen Dao took the spoon and bowl from Ding Xiaohua, scooped a spoonful of meat from the bucket, and poured it into the bowl: "This is meat I specially prepared for you. I killed three chickens in total, and..."

Chen Dao then pointed to the wooden bucket next to him: "There are still plenty of steamed buns!"

"Three chickens?"

"So many?"

"Brother Dao is so generous!"

"..."

The crowd couldn't help but get excited. They had thought that Chen Dao's promise of meat was just a small piece for each person to taste, but they never expected that Chen Dao would be so generous, slaughtering three chickens to give them a meal...

You should know that Chen Daozai only slaughtered yellow-feathered chickens. Each yellow-feathered chicken weighs at least seven or eight pounds, and after removing the feathers, the meat weighs about five pounds. Three yellow-feathered chickens would be fifteen pounds of meat...

While this quantity isn't enough to give everyone chicken to eat freely, it's enough to feed them enough to eat their fill with steamed buns.

"Cheng-ge'er".

Chen Dao took in everyone's reactions and said to Chen Cheng, "You distribute the meat to everyone, try to be as fair as possible."

Chen Cheng nodded, took the spoon from Chen Dao, and began to distribute the meat to everyone.

Chen Zhong took a small bowl of chicken and five steamed buns, squatted down and began to eat.

He picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth, chewing it slowly. He found it more and more delicious with each chew, and his eyes involuntarily narrowed.

"This chicken is delicious!"

Chen Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he had made the right decision to join the guard team. If he hadn't joined the guard team, he might not have been able to eat a single piece of meat for a year or two. But after joining the guard team, he could eat a small bowl of meat every other day...

This is truly a wonderful life!

"Zhong-ge'er, there's even chicken yolk in your bowl of chicken!"

At this moment, Chen Jiang leaned over and glanced at the chicken in Chen Zhong's bowl, a look of envy flashing in his eyes.

Chicken roe is what ordinary people call the chicken's butt.

As we all know, chicken butts contain a lot of fat, and because it is the butt part of the chicken, Chinese people on Earth really dislike this part, and some people even deliberately throw away the chicken butt when cooking chicken.

But for the people of Xia, chicken roe is a real delicacy, containing a lot of fat, which means that the chicken butt is very juicy, and what the people of Xia lack most is oil!

Therefore, when Chen Jiang saw a chicken butt in Chen Zhong's bowl, he couldn't help but feel extremely envious.

"hey-hey!"

Chen Zhong glanced at the chicken gizzard in his bowl, picked it up, put it in his mouth, and bit it down.

puff!

A burst of oil erupted in his mouth, and the unique aroma of animal fat made Chen Zhongqing involuntarily squint his eyes. Every cell in his body was conveying a message of pleasure to him.

"This meat is delicious!"

"Smells! It smells so good!"

"If I could eat meat every day, I'd die happy!"

"..."

The young and strong men ate their steamed buns and chicken with great relish, praising them endlessly, even more enthusiastically than if they had eaten a Manchu Han Imperial Feast.

But in fact...

The chicken was simply boiled in water with salt, and in Chen Dao's opinion, the taste was just so-so. He never expected that these young and strong men would behave so dramatically.

The reason Chen Dao provided meat to these young and strong men was quite simple:

Training requires a lot of physical exertion, and steamed buns and other wheat-based foods alone are far from sufficient to replenish the energy consumed during training. Therefore, Chen Dao must provide them with some meat, otherwise...

Even if these young and strong men have the strongest willpower, they probably would find it difficult to withstand such high-intensity training.

Fifteen minutes later, the able-bodied young men, having eaten and drunk their fill, began to speak enthusiastically without Chen Cheng needing to say a word.

"Cheng-ge, we've finished eating, let's start training!"

"Yes! Cheng-ge, let's start training! I feel like I'm bursting with energy!"

"Me too!"

"..."

Seeing how enthusiastic the young men were, Chen Dao couldn't help but smile. With these young men around, Chenjia Village would surely be safer in the future!