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

Chapter 19 Sufficient Power

Ultimately, it's a lack of power!

Chen Dao sighed helplessly. If he had enough power, he wouldn't need to worry about this or that. If he had a thousand fighting chickens like Xiao Hei, he could completely ignore the government and the village chief and kill Chen Jin and the other two on the spot!

"Mom, go to sleep first!"

Chen Dao spoke to Li Ping, then lay down on the bed, lost in thought.

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Two days passed in a flash.

That morning, He Cuilian stood in the front yard of her house, looking excitedly at the 15 white-feathered chickens walking on the ground.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she probably would have found it hard to believe that just some chicken heart grass, which is not much more expensive than wild grass, could bring about such a big change in the gray-feathered chicken.

To be honest, He Cuilian was somewhat apprehensive when she first started breeding white-feathered chickens, since it was really too illogical for a gray-feathered chicken to evolve into a white-feathered chicken.

Fortunately, He Cuilian witnessed the birth of the white-feathered chicken with her own eyes, and the anxiety in her heart instantly disappeared, leaving only joy.

According to Chen Dao, a white-feathered chicken can sell for 500 wen, and the 15 chickens in his family would be worth 7.5 taels of silver.

What does 7.5 taels of silver represent?

In a peaceful year, this amount of money would be enough for a family of three to live comfortably for 2-3 years. Even in this year of famine, it could buy at least 500 catties of rice.

The price my family paid was only about 1500 coins (for buying the gray-feathered chickens), some chicken heart grass, and some coarse grains for feeding the gray-feathered chickens!

"Xiaodao was right."

He Cuilian said with a beaming smile, "Chicken heart grass really can breed white-feathered chickens! Husband, we're going to make a fortune this time! With this batch of white-feathered chickens, you'll never have to risk going up the mountain to hunt again."

Chen Da, standing beside him, also beamed with joy and said, "Let's go to Xiao Dao's house and thank him properly!"

"and many more."

As a woman, He Cuilian obviously thought more deeply: "I'll go inside and get some things."

Not long after, He Cuilian and Chen Da brought a piece of smoked meat to Chen Dao's house.

"Uncle, what brings you here?"

Chen Dao, who was feeding his chickens with chicken heart grass, said that this was the third time he had fed these chickens chicken heart grass today. Most of the chickens in the coop had turned mostly white feathers, and he expected to harvest 15 white-feathered chickens tomorrow.

"Xiao Dao, are you feeding the chickens?"

He Cuilian said happily, "Thanks to you, our family has successfully bred white-feathered chickens, a total of fifteen."

"Then congratulations, Uncle and Aunt."

Chen Dao wasn't surprised that the Chen family had bred white-feathered chickens, but he still congratulated them. With these chickens, the Chen family's life should be much better.

"Is Master Chen here?"

Hearing the commotion, Li Ping came out of the house and said to He Cuilian with a smile, "What happened today, little sister? Why are you so happy?"

He Cuilian stepped forward, took Li Ping's hand, and said with a smile, "Sister Li, this is the smoked meat I brought for you."

"You're here now, why bring any gifts?"

Li Ping gave He Cuilian a reproachful look, not out of politeness, but because she genuinely didn't want He Cuilian to bring a gift.

Since our family and the Chen family are so close, bringing gifts to their door would seem too formal.

"Isn't this to thank Xiaodao?"

He Cuilian forcibly stuffed the smoked meat into Li Ping's hand, and then pulled Li Ping into the house to talk.

Chen Dao quickly finished feeding the chickens, washed his hands, and then asked Chen Dadao, "Uncle, what do you plan to do with these fifteen white-feathered chickens?"

Chen Da thought for a moment and replied, "Uncle would like to hear your opinion!"

Nowadays, Chen Da no longer treats Chen Dao as a child. On the contrary, he thinks Chen Dao is quite intelligent, so he is very willing to listen to Chen Dao's opinions.

"My opinion?"

Chen Dao pondered for a moment and said, "If it were me, I would suggest that you don't sell all the chickens, Uncle."

"why?"

“As I told you before, supplies in the county town will only become more and more scarce. We should prepare in advance and continue to breed more chickens at home instead of having to go to the county town to buy gray-feathered chickens every time.”

"You mean we should buy more food?"

"That's right!"

Chen Dao nodded: "This time I plan to sell half of the chickens, keep the rest at home to continue breeding, and use all the money from selling the chickens to buy food."

"Then I'll sell half of them too!"

Chen Da made a decision immediately. He knew he wasn't a smart person, while Chen Dao seemed smarter to him. Therefore, he felt that doing the same thing as Chen Dao was definitely the right thing to do.

After making the decision, Chen Da said, "Uncle plans to go to town tomorrow to sell chickens. Do you want to come with me?"

"of course."

Chen Dao nodded without hesitation. The chickens he raised could only be sold in the county town, so naturally he would go to the city with Chen Da.

Besides, Chen Dao's family had almost run out of food and needed to buy some more in the county town.

"We have a lot of goods this time, so we'll probably need to find some people to help us."

Chen Da said that this time the two of them went to the county town not only to sell chickens, but also to buy a large amount of grain. Such a large amount of goods would easily attract the covetous eyes of mountain bandits and highwaymen, so they had to have enough strong young men to protect them.

"Uncle, can you find someone to help?"

"Yes! But it might require some food as compensation."

Chen Da said, "However, your family doesn't need to pay for this grain; I will pay for it."

"Then it's decided! We'll set off for the county town tomorrow."

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"Giggle!"

The next day.

Chen Dao was awakened by Xiao Hei's loud crowing.

After rinsing his mouth briefly with a willow twig, Chen Dao went to the front yard and looked at the chicken coop.

White-feathered chickens are characterized by their short growth period and high meat yield.

[Advanced Route 1: Mating a female white-feathered pheasant with a male black-clawed pheasant has a 60% chance of hatching a jade-feathered pheasant.]

【Characteristics of the Jade Feathered Chicken: Short growth period, formidable fighting power.】

[Advanced Route Two: Crush chicken heart grass and sappanwood flowers into juice, feed the chicken for three consecutive days, and there is a 90% chance that the white-feathered chicken will advance to a yellow-feathered chicken.]

Yellow-feathered chickens are characterized by a short growth period, high meat production, and a short egg-laying cycle.

After scanning all the chickens in the coop, a look of disappointment appeared on Chen Dao's face.

In the chicken coop, a total of 14 chickens have evolved into white-feathered chickens, but there is one chicken that, although its feathers have turned mostly white and it has grown a bit bigger, is still considered a gray-feathered chicken in Chen Dao's eyes.

Clearly, this chicken failed to advance to the next level.

Chen Dao then remembered that the chance of a gray-feathered chicken evolving into a white-feathered chicken by feeding it chicken heart grass was 80%, not 100%.