The hunter's leisurely life begins with marrying a female educated youth.

It was not even seven o'clock yet, and the sky was still dark.

At Jigongshan Market, dozens of stalls are still set up along the street by locals who want to earn extra money.

Zhang Yun had 8 yuan in cash, so he felt quite confident and decided to come to Jigongshan Market to try his luck.

If there were good items, Zhang Yun would naturally pay to buy them.

The owners of these stalls all deliberately covered their faces, not wanting to be recognized. And their stalls were mostly just a basket on their backs, tightly covered, ready to escape at any moment.

In case of a surprise security raid, they could simply carry their baskets and escape into the mountains behind the area.

Zhang Yun walked past several stalls and found that they were only selling vegetables, peppers, and fruits grown in their own private plots, and he wasn't particularly interested.

At that moment, Zhang Yun stopped in front of a stall.

It was still a tightly sealed basket, but there was an egg on the lid.

This tells people that the stall owner is selling eggs.

Because of the food shortage in those days, very few people could raise chickens. The production team would set aside a piece of land and assign someone to raise a batch of chickens to ensure the supply of eggs.

However, domestic chickens lack a food supply and rely solely on catching insects in the fields, resulting in lower egg production and smaller egg size.

Zhang Yun was somewhat surprised to see that the stall owner actually had eggs for sale, and the eggs were quite large.

Although there were already three pheasants in the Spirit Spring Space, Zhang Yun still felt it wasn't enough, and he also considered raising a batch of domestic chickens.

In the future, we will be able to afford eggs and sell them in large quantities.

How much does it cost?

Zhang Yun squatted down in front of the egg stall and asked in a low voice.

The stall owner had naturally noticed Zhang Yun long ago and had looked around to make sure that no one else was paying attention to his stall.

"Eight pieces count as one jin, and it costs 5 mao per jin."

The stall owner replied in a low voice as well.

An egg costs about 6 cents now.

An egg costs a little over 5 cents at the supply and marketing cooperative, but here it's the black market, so the price is a bit higher, which is perfectly understandable.

After all, buying eggs at the supply and marketing cooperative required not only coupons but also minimum purchase of one jin (500 grams), and you had to be mindful of the salesperson's attitude. Plus, you had to spend time walking to the cooperative. Considering all this, the egg prices on the black market seem quite reasonable.

How many eggs do you have here?

Zhang Yun asked again in a low voice.

"There are 50 in total. If you want them all, I'll charge you 3 yuan."

When the stall owner heard Zhang Yun's words, his eyes, which were the only part of his face visible, lit up, and he said with slight excitement.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yun immediately smiled, and without haggling, took out 3 yuan.

"Here, I'll take them all."

These 50 eggs mean that they could potentially hatch into 50 chickens, allowing for large-scale chicken farming within the Spirit Spring Space.

The stall owner took the 3 yuan and readily said, "This basket is yours for the taking."

Then, the stall owner ran away excitedly, like a startled rabbit.

Zhang Yun put the entire basket into the spiritual spring space.

Of the three pheasants we caught yesterday, two were hens.

Fifty eggs fell on plot number 1, and Zhang Yun's consciousness locked onto the two female pheasants.

"Generally speaking, it takes about 21 days for an egg to hatch. A hen can incubate about 10 eggs at a time. After all, the incubation process is limited by factors such as temperature, humidity, ventilation, and turning the eggs. When the hen lies down, she can only cover that many eggs at a time."

Zhang Yun thought about it and then he understood.

“At Plot 2, with a time flow rate of 15 times, the chicks can be hatched in just over a day.”

"So, these two hens can hatch 20 eggs in a little over a day, and three days is enough for them to hatch all 50 eggs."

Zhang Yun's expression became somewhat agitated.

The 15-fold time flow rate at Plot 2 is truly cheating, greatly shortening the time required to hatch chicks.

After thinking it over, Zhang Yun consciously controlled 20 eggs, placing 10 eggs under each female pheasant. He then restricted the pheasants' activity space, forcing them to incubate the eggs.

After secretly completing these tasks, Zhang Yun thought for a moment and decided that he could also set up a stall here before dawn.

After all, we harvested over a hundred wild rabbits yesterday, so there's no need to keep the male rabbits; most of them can be sold.

I took out the basket I had just received, and it was filled with 10 male rabbits.

Soon after, an older woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat came over. She immediately noticed the wild rabbit with one leg tied to it with a rope on the basket cover and realized that Zhang Yun was selling wild rabbits there.

"Young man, is this a wild rabbit? How about we trade?"

The older woman was quite cautious; she didn't dare use the word "sell," but instead used the word "exchange," which was legal and compliant, so she didn't have to worry about the consequences.

"Four yuan each, take your pick."

Zhang Yun said calmly.

Just now, the price the mine's canteen was paying for wild rabbits was 70 cents per pound. Each rabbit weighed about 5 pounds, which is 3.5 yuan.

Now it's retail, so an extra 5 cents per wild rabbit is reasonable.

Anyway, the families of the miners have plenty of spare money and receipts, and these meat resources are in high demand and hard to come by. Zhang Yun would be a fool not to sell them for as much money as possible.

Even if the price is 5 yuan, Zhang Yun believes he won't have trouble selling it.

"Young man, you are very honest."

As Zhang Yun had predicted, the woman was delighted upon hearing the price and immediately pulled out 4 yuan.

The old woman handed the basket to Zhang Yun, then lifted the lid and picked out a wild rabbit that looked the largest.

"Young man, wait a moment, I'll go call a few neighbors over, they haven't had meat in a long time either."

"Oh, by the way, young man, can you exchange grain coupons and cloth coupons here?"

After putting the rabbit into her basket, the woman asked with a smile.

"Naturally."

Zhang Yun replied affirmatively.

The woman immediately ran away with a big smile. She didn't look like an elderly woman at all; she looked more like a young girl who had just gotten married. This wild rabbit really made her very happy.

As Zhang Yun watched the old woman leave, he took a wild rabbit out of his spatial storage and put it into his basket.

People quickly gathered around. They had just seen the old lady buy a wild rabbit, and naturally they wouldn't let the opportunity pass them by. Finally, they could have a hearty meal of meat, and it was worth indulging.

Zhang Yun accepts all comers.

At 4 yuan a rabbit, ten people came one after another and bought the 10 rabbits from Zhang Yun's basket.

As the last person left, Zhang Yun immediately moved 100 meters in the direction the older woman had gone and set up his stall in a different spot.

Naturally, Zhang Yun secretly took out 10 more wild rabbits and put them into the basket.

Less than five minutes later, Zhang Yun noticed that the woman who had bought the wild rabbit first had indeed brought over a group of elderly men and women.

There were about twenty of them, but they managed to remain silent, not one of them uttering a sound, and they all marched in unison toward Zhang Yun.

As Jigong Mountain is a black market, everyone has developed a habit of not making loud noises when trading here.