With Pinxixi in hand, I have a supermarket in the Changzheng!

This group of Red Army soldiers had friendly smiles on their faces.

"The organization is still worried about you, so they asked us to stay here to help!"

When the villagers heard this, they were deeply moved, but they also felt that it was too much trouble for them.

"Oh, thank you so much, Red Army comrades. We don't know how to thank you enough!"

"Thank you, Uncle Red Army!"

Of course, these Red Army NPCs were purchased by Zhou Yue from the mall.

When they came, they carried bags full of food and some emergency supplies.

Their first task here was to take good care of these two hundred refugees.

There was no place to live at that time, so everyone hid under the trees to avoid the rain.

This is a very unsafe practice. Hiding under a tree during a thunderstorm risks being struck by lightning.

The Red Army soldiers used the same waterproof cloth and some wooden sticks to build a simple shelter.

Although there are drafts on all sides, at least I won't get wet in the rain. It's summer now and not that cold.

After the flood in the village recedes, these soldiers will help them rebuild their homes.

Because of this flood, many thatched houses in the village have been washed away.

Although some adobe houses did not collapse, their foundations were softened and they are no longer habitable.

Because of the flood, many villagers left Sunjiazhuang, and Sunjiazhuang is not very populous.

Zhou Yue believes that with the help of these NPCs, Sunjiazhuang will become more and more prosperous!

Afterwards, the Red Army troops moved forward, and Zhou Yue followed the large force to a large town.

The place was quite remote some time ago, and I only encountered some small villages. I haven't been to a prosperous town for a long time.

The rain has stopped in the past few days, the sun is shining in the sky, and the soldiers are in a much better mood.

After entering the town and arranging camp, Zhou Yue, her sister Xiuhua, and her brother started strolling around the town.

There is a very busy market here. People are coming in and out of the market, and the noisy sounds can be heard from far away.

Sister Xiuhua took out the few cents she had saved from her pocket and smiled brightly.

"I heard that this is the largest market in the surrounding villages. It's very lively here!"

Zhou Xing walked to the entrance of the market and sniffed hard.

"Sister, do you smell it? Why does this market stink so bad?"

Zhou Yue also took a deep breath. There was indeed a strong stench coming from the market.

This smell is not the ordinary smell of rotten vegetable leaves, but more like the smell of poultry feces.

"Let's go! Let's go in and take a look!"

After the three of them walked into the market together, they found that this market was very different.

The markets I used to visit sold everything.

For example, home-grown grains, vegetables, hunted game, cloth, home-knitted insoles, etc.

Anyway, there are many kinds of flowers blooming.

But in the current market, there are very few varieties.

At a glance, most of them are selling poultry.

More than half of the stalls in the market sell chickens, ducks and geese.

"No wonder it stinks, there's chicken shit all over the floor!"

My younger brother Zhou Xing pinched his nose and stopped in front of each stall to watch curiously.

Lin Xiuhua looked at the market with surprise on her face.

“This market is full of people selling poultry!”

It’s no wonder they were surprised. After all, it was very difficult to eat meat in that era.

They had never seen so many chickens, ducks and geese before.

Zhou Yue was also full of curiosity and wandered around the market for a long time.

Finally she learned some details about the town and the market.

The reason why this town is so prosperous is that it relies on breeding.

There were only a few breeders in this town originally, but later more and more people started to engage in breeding.

Almost every household raises chickens, ducks and geese at home. Some people raise more, while others raise fewer.

In this town, most people raise pheasants, letting them eat insects and grass in the mountains, and rarely feed them grain.

There are many mountains near this town, and everyone has marked out areas for raising chickens.

This big market is mainly for people from other villages and towns.

Anyone who wants to buy poultry will come to this market.

There are many poultry inside, and you can choose from them, and you can exchange them for money or food.

Zhou Yue squatted down in front of a stall and looked at the chickens on the stall.

These are all genuine pheasants. If they were in modern times, they would definitely be sold at a high price.

Many modern people who care about health are unwilling to eat chickens fed with feed, and prefer to eat pheasants raised in rural areas.

However, Zhou Yue felt that these pheasants were too thin.

After all, these chickens are rarely fed grain and have to find their own food in the mountains.

It is really not easy to gain weight, as I am basically skinny.

"Girl, do you want to buy some chickens? I'll sell you these last few at a low price!"

There was an old lady working at the stall. When she saw Zhou Yue squatting beside her, she walked over and asked enthusiastically.

“How do you sell these chickens?”

"If you want all five chickens, just give me thirty cents!"

"Okay, then I'll take all these chickens!" Zhou Yue said and took money out of his pocket.

In the Red Army, money was sometimes distributed, but it was saved for weeks and months without any use.

I bought five chickens today. Although it’s not much, it can be used as a meat snack.

"Hey~ Let's sell all these chickens. I won't raise chickens anymore..."

The old lady handed the chickens to them, sighed deeply, and there seemed to be some regret in her tone.

Zhou Yue asked in confusion, "Why don't you raise chickens anymore?"

According to the information she had inquired about and what the system had told her, almost every household in the village raised poultry.

Why would this old lady decide not to keep the baby anymore?

There was an unremovable sorrow between the old lady's brows.

"Alas, chickens are too expensive. I really can't afford to raise them."

In the 30s in China, there was no such thing as an incubator.

If you want to get chicks these days, the only way is to rely on the hen to hatch them herself.

Incubation is a very hard job for a hen. The hen just lies on the eggs and has nothing to eat the whole day.

It also restricts movement and prevents you from wandering around.

The hen uses her body warmth to warm the eggs, and it takes a full 21 days for the chicks to hatch.

A chicken can only hatch a few eggs at a time, and the hatching rate is not high.

And you must use fertilized eggs when hatching. If you use unfertilized eggs, it will be a waste of time.

Newly hatched chicks are extremely fragile and can easily die.

Therefore, chickens are very expensive in this town.

This old lady's family no longer has any spare money to buy chicks.

When she thought of this, she felt a little worried...