520 Picking up garbage and marrying into a wealthy family

"Okay, then let's go catch the ground chicken first, this way."

Gu Shaoyu, holding a map, led everyone in the direction indicated by the map.

Free range chicken...

Not so easy to catch.

They darted around in the mountains and forests within a large designated area.

Living in the mountains where they can take off at will, they have developed good skills to avoid being caught.

Ordinary people can't catch it easily.

At least, it was really difficult for Gu Shaoyu and Lin's father, who had no real experience in catching pheasants.

In order not to disturb the pheasants, affect the quality of their meat, and cause unnecessary losses, An An and Le Le, who were restless when they saw the pheasants all over the ground and whose hunting instincts were stimulated, were caught by Lin's mother and Lin Yunchu.

As for how to grasp it...

Lele is relatively small and easy to hold, so all four of his limbs are held in Lin's mother's hands.

Seeing that An An was getting more and more solid, Lin Yunchu clamped it between her calves, except for the necessary mouthpiece, to restrain its waist which was constantly struggling and twisting but could not be seen because it had eaten too much.

"Woo..."

After struggling several times, An An was still futile. He blinked his big, daring eyes and tried to come up with another pitiful trick.

But unfortunately, in the current situation, even if An An acts coquettishly, Lin Yunchu will not let it go.

"Wow, wow, wow..." An An sang a sad song.

"Shut up."

Lin Yunchu, who was annoyed by the noise, slapped An An in the face.

"...嘤."

After protesting, seeing that it was useless, An An finally gave up.

Xiang Huanian, who was standing nearby and watching the scene of "chickens flying and people jumping", seemed to be hesitant to speak. To be honest, unless it was necessary, she didn't really like to walk into a place filled with the strong smell of poultry, otherwise, her nose would always feel itchy.

But for Xiang Huanian, who grew up in the countryside, catching a chicken is just a matter of stretching out his hand, not to mention that there are special people who go to the chicken flocks all over the mountains and bring the easy-to-catch free-range chickens to a small venue specially for people like Lin's father who want to experience catching chickens.

However, after they confidently rejected Xiang Huanian and Gu Lingyan who wanted to follow them in, and patted their chests and said, "Leave it all to us," more than ten minutes had passed, and the free-range chickens in the chicken coop were still intact, with only a few feathers pulled off at most.

Even after Father Lin and Gu Shaoyu failed repeatedly, the free-range chickens that were originally a little panicked are now leisurely, shaking their bright red and shiny tail feathers, and completely ignoring the two human-shaped obstacles, Father Lin and Gu Shaoyu.

But Father Lin and Gu Shaoyu, who had been chasing non-stop and were dazzled, looked a little more embarrassed than when they first went out.

Xiang Huanian was silent for a while, thinking about how to put it so as not to hurt their self-esteem and speed up the process of catching the chicken.

"Cuckoo..."

At this moment, it happened that an arrogant free-range chicken walked in front of Xiang Huanian. Almost as a subconscious reaction, Xiang Huanian bent down and stretched out his hand——

“Crack!!!”

Just caught it.

"Niannian/little sister..."

Almost at the same moment that Xiang Huanian caught the chicken, Lin's father and Gu Shaoyu, who were catching the chicken, turned to Xiang Huanian's side and saw the whole process of Xiang Huanian catching the chicken quickly, accurately and fiercely.

It was so amazing that those who had been unable to catch free-range chickens for a long time and had even been fooled by them were stunned and astonished.

"Ah... it suddenly appeared in front of me, and I reached out before I could react... Wow, these free-range chickens in the mountains are really different. They even bump into people's hands. I'm so lucky..."

Xiang Huanian realized that the first half of his sentence seemed a little lacking, and after a pause, he quickly tried to make amends.

But that hurried tone, which had not yet been filled with emotion, sounded so amazing to everyone's ears.

Everyone: "..." Actually, you don't need to make amends...

"Put it here."

Gu Lingyan, who was amused, picked up the iron cage he got from the staff, held back his laughter, and asked Xiang Huanian to put the free-range chickens he caught into the cage.

"okay."

Xiang Huanian felt that the atmosphere became strange after he said that, but he didn't know what was wrong with him, nor did he know how to remedy the situation, so he simply ignored it, put the chicken in and tied it up.

"But this way we have a safety net. Dad, Shao Yu, take it easy. It doesn't matter if we can't catch them. Safety is the most important thing."

Looking at Lin's father and Gu Shaoyu who had rolled up their sleeves and worked hard for so long but to no avail, and even had difficulty breathing after being walked around by stray chickens, Lin Yunchu, who was a little worried, said these words.

"Yes, be careful, don't fall..."

Lin's mother also followed behind, giving careful instructions.

Lin Yunchu and Lin's mother both have good intentions, but...

"...We will definitely catch the remaining one!"

Lin's father and Gu Shaoyu, who were completely obsessed with winning, stared at the first free-range chicken they had successfully caught in the cage at Xiang Huanian's feet. They were full of fighting spirit and temporarily put aside their thoughts of competing with each other. They decided to work together to catch one first.

Xiang Huanian sensed the subconscious meaning in the other party's words that he didn't want to interfere, and said: "...Oh."

Under certain circumstances, even slightly competitive and hostile relationships may lead to the intention of cooperation due to the same goals.

Like, now.

It's a matter of a man's dignity and face, especially in front of his wife/girlfriend. In order to maintain this face that can be easily broken by Xiang Huanian's hand, Lin's father and Gu Shaoyu decided to use an encirclement tactic.

"Let's take that one. I'll block the left side, and you block the right side. Let's see who strikes faster..."

"Okay, let's do it..."

Obviously, the free-range chicken's untrained little brain could not understand human language, but Father Lin and Gu Shaoyu still agreed on the plan in a very quiet, simple but solemn voice.

Xiang Huanian and Lin Yunchu took in their plans and solemn expressions: "..."

"It's now!"

"Hey!"

“Gah!!!”

With the sudden action of Lin's father and Gu Shaoyu, the free-range chicken that was targeted finally realized that it was in danger. In order to save its own life, the free-range chicken would naturally try its best to escape.

"ah!"

"This way! Quick, don't let it get away!"

"...Here, here, almost there..."

"Hey, there, there, hurry up and catch up!"

Along the way, because of running, Lin's father and Gu Shaoyu passed by many free-range chickens that were within their reach, but they didn't know why, they were extremely obsessed with the free-range chicken they had originally identified.

Then, after a scene comparable to a human-chicken fight—

"Caught!"

The winner, Gu Shaoyu, who forgot to be humble to his father-in-law, grabbed the wings of the free-range chicken with both hands, raised it high, and shouted to everyone.

"puff!"

"Clap."

Gu Shaoyu was hit on the head by the straightforward free-range chicken.

“…Hahahahahahahahahahaha…”