The arrogant little husband is desperately flirting with the hunter

When all the work in the fields was done and the house was almost built, with Yan Zhengdao watching over it every day, no one else had to worry too much.

Now that Yan Zhengdao had something to do, he was in a better mood, looked energetic, and had a smile on his face the whole day.

Chu Xiao had said before that he would sell those rabbits, but he never had the time. Now that the busy spring season is over, he might as well go to the county town for a stroll.

Zhao Guizhi also came to help with catching rabbits, saying that they had two chickens that didn't lay many eggs and could be sold together.

"Yeah." Yan Zhenshen nodded. Chickens grow fast and can usually lay eggs in three or four months. What's more, there are rabbits and pheasants most commonly in the mountains, so the family will never have to worry about having no chicken to eat.

Of course these things are more valuable if they are sold alive, so Yan Zhenshen tied them up and put them in a backpack.

"Buy a dozen chicks and a few ducklings, and save more eggs. This year, I can also pickle some salted duck eggs to eat." Zhao Guizhi looked at the chicken coop and saw that there were only two chickens left. The eggs they laid were not enough for her to eat, so she always had to go to the village to buy more.

Chu Xiao heard this and said, "With so many people, can Third Sister take care of them all?"

The chickens eat a lot every day. In addition to unwanted vegetable leaves, they also have to be fed grain. The third sister takes good care of the livestock and sometimes even catches insects for them.

It’s fine to raise just a few of them, but if there were more than ten, and there are piglets and two cows in the backyard, I’m afraid my third sister would not be able to handle it.

Zhao Guizhi naturally knew all this, and said with a smile: "She wanted to raise it. Didn't you say that the chicken would belong to her once it grows up, so she got interested in it."

Chu Xiao also smiled. It was his fault for making random promises.

"If you want to raise chickens, then raise them. There won't be much work in the fields before the autumn harvest. We won't dig wild vegetables to sell this year. Raise more chickens and sell eggs in the autumn. Who knows, you might make more money than selling wild vegetables."

Chu Xiao also nodded and joked, "Once the new house is built, we will use this house to raise chickens. Raise a few hundred chickens, and we can earn several taels of silver just by selling eggs."

"That's nonsense. If you raise too many chickens and can't take care of them all, they will get sick." As Zhao Guizhi was talking, Yan Zhenshen had already tied up the chickens and rabbits.

The chickens and rabbits raised at home are as docile as the wild ones in the mountains. They just flutter around a few times when put in the backpack. They are nothing like the pheasants in the mountains, which will not stop fluttering until a layer of feathers are shed.

What's more, some rabbits are very timid. They are fine when they are caught, but dead when they are carried back.

They didn't have much to sell in town today, and there wasn't much to buy either, so they didn't use a bullock cart and just carried their backpacks to the county town.

Since we were walking, it was already late when we arrived at the county town, so we found an empty spot to put down the backpack.

Yan Zhenshen took out two chickens and a rabbit and placed them on the ground. As soon as he put them there, someone came to ask the price.

There are relatively few people selling these live animals in spring. After all, chickens are in the egg-laying season, and no one would be willing to sell them at this time.

If these two chickens hadn't laid eggs, Zhao Guizhi would have been reluctant to give them up.

It is said that things are valuable because they are rare. Yan Zhenshen has been selling prey for so many years, so he naturally knows exactly what the price is and what the season is.

Chickens are cheapest in winter, usually less than 20 cents per pound. In summer and autumn, they can be sold for 22 or 23 cents. Now, there are people who buy them even at 26 or 27 cents.

Yan Zhenshen didn't ask for a random price: "Twenty-six cents."

The price seems good, but this chicken is an egg-laying chicken, and each one weighs only about three pounds, so it can be sold for less than a hundred coins.

The two chickens were quickly bought, but the rabbit was only asked about but not sold.

Chu Xiao was bored of waiting, so he decided to go buy some chicks first.

They had been there for a while. Although there were many people selling chicks and ducklings at the market, if they arrived later, the good ones would have been picked up first.

It's not impossible to take care of Chu Xiao, who is half dead, but he was bought for his third sister, and he can't help take care of him all the time.

Chu Xiao doesn’t know how to pick chicks, and can’t even tell male from female, but he can tell which ones are spirited and have more vitality.

He caught one and asked the uncle selling chicks to check whether they were male or female. In the end, he chose thirteen females and two males.

I bought five ducks and five geese.

The chicks sold here are in cages, with straw underneath that you can just pick up and take with you.

Chu Xiao bought a lot, and one cage couldn’t hold them all, so he just took two.

The cage itself costs money, two cents each. The craftsmanship is much worse than Yan Zhengdao's. Since he only charges two cents for a cage, Chu Xiao doesn't want any of the chicks and ducklings anymore.

It was rare to meet such a big customer in a day, so the uncle quickly said that he didn't charge for the cage.

Otherwise, it’s possible that this guy really won’t buy anything.

He didn't dare to cause trouble for the young man. After all, he saw the young man coming from the hunter's stall.

Chu Xiao happily carried two cages back. At this time, Yan Zhenshen had already sold a rabbit.

I smiled when I saw him coming back.

Before Chu Xiao could get close, he heard a sarcastic voice: "Hey, isn't this my fourth uncle's cousin? It turns out you can laugh. I thought you became paralyzed after your father became lame."

Yan Zhenshen turned his head and looked over, his eyes somewhat obscure, but he did not want to argue with him, so he called out, "Third cousin."

"Well, this is a rabbit for sale, how do you sell it?"

"Eighteen cents." Yan Zhenshen replied.

Chu Xiao walked over within two sentences. He glanced at the man in front of him. He was white and fat, but his facial features were a little similar to those of the Yan brothers.

It's the kind of acquaintance where if you don't know they know each other you can't tell they look alike at all. Only if you say they are relatives can you find such a little similarity.

Not to mention his height, he is not even taller than other men, let alone the two brothers of the Yan family.

After all, the height of these children in the Yan family should be inherited from Zhao Guizhi, none of them is short.

Isn’t it said that if the father is a fool, the whole family will be foolish?

"You're selling for a pretty high price." The man stared at the rabbits. Each one weighed about five or six pounds and cost nearly a hundred coins.

He has now taken over the cloth shop from his father, and he is actually not short of money. But he feels that these poor relatives should curry favor with him. There is no need for him to spend money to buy things for them. They should just give them to him when they see him.

So he didn't say anything else, just looked at the rabbit and then at Yan Zhenshen.

It was obvious that he was waiting for Yan Zhenshen to speak first.

Chu Xiao couldn't tell who this person was, but he just heard Brother Shen call this person cousin, so he should be the distant relatives of the Yan family.

He chuckled and handed the chick and duck to Yan Zhenshen, then turned around and said, "Eighteen coins is not expensive. You don't know if you haven't gone hunting in the mountains. The mountains have only been civilized for a short time. There are all kinds of jackals, tigers, leopards, wild boars, bears and blind people running all over the mountains. These prey are snatched from the mouths of wild beasts. Do you think it's expensive to snatch food from the tiger's mouth with just a dozen coins?"

The man was stunned by what he said. Even though he knew that the guy was talking nonsense, he couldn't ask Yan Zhenshen to give him one at this time. After all, the guy had risked his life to hunt, so he had to be bold enough to take it for free.