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

Upon returning home, Chen Dao immediately began to take action.

He first grabbed the white-feathered chicken and tied its two feet together with a rope.

Then Chen Dao put the chicken into a chicken coop woven from bamboo strips, and then took all the copper coins and rushed to the village entrance to meet Chen Da and the others.

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Chenjia Village, village entrance.

Chen Da, Chen Si, and Chen Jiang each carried a bow and arrows on their backs, and next to them was the only donkey cart in the village.

Besides the donkey cart, the three were surrounded by many villagers.

Every time Chen Da goes to the county town, it is a big event for the villagers. They will entrust Chen Da to help them buy various daily necessities from the village, such as salt.

"Chen Da".

An old man solemnly placed a string of copper coins into Chen Da's hand and said, "My family needs half a jin of salt and 50 jin of sorghum flour. You must help me buy them."

General Chen took the copper coins and nodded earnestly, saying, "Don't worry, I will definitely buy the item back for you."

"Chen Da, my family also needs to buy some things."

"Chen Da, my family needs to buy 50 jin of sorghum flour."

"Chen Da, my family needs to buy 20 jin of sorghum flour."

"..."

The villagers lined up and handed over the calculated copper coins to Chen Da one by one.

The village chief, Chen He, handed a pre-written list of supplies to Chen Da and said, "Chen Da, I have already asked Li Zheng to calculate the total amount of things the villagers need. Just buy them according to this list."

Li Zheng is one of the few people with a different surname in Chenjia Village, and also the only literate person in the village.

A few years ago, Li Zheng came to Chenjia Village because he was fleeing from war, and then settled down there, becoming a schoolteacher in the village.

Every time Chen Da went to the county town, the village chief would ask Li Zheng to help calculate in advance what supplies the villagers needed to buy.

"I understand, village chief."

General Chen took the slip of paper with the quantity of supplies written on it, put it in the lining of his clothes, and then said loudly, "Don't worry, everyone, I will definitely help you buy the things back."

After receiving Chen Da's guarantee, the villagers left one after another.

After everyone had left, Chen Da turned to Chen Dao, who was waiting beside him, and said with a smile, "Xiao Dao is here? Get in the car."

"Little Rice".

Chen Si and Chen Jiang nodded to Chen Dao, and then the group got into the donkey cart one after another. Chen Si drove the cart, and it slowly started moving towards the county town.

Soon after, the car left the village and entered the main road.

Looking at the refugees that kept appearing on the official road, Chen Jiang sighed, "Life is getting harder and harder!"

Chen Jiang, who often accompanied Chen Da to the county town, knew very well that in previous years, there were very few refugees on the official road. Now, however, there were so many refugees on the official road, which meant...

Many people could no longer survive and had no choice but to become refugees.

"This weather is fucking weird!"

Driving the car, Chen Si couldn't help but curse, "Damn God, He's deliberately making it impossible for us ordinary people to live."

Although Qingzhou is not a particularly wealthy region, the crops can still yield two harvests a year, and in peaceful years, the people can still have enough to eat.

However, in recent years, with the drastic changes in the weather, many people have been unable to make ends meet. Not only is the output of their fields insufficient to feed them, but they also have to face heavy taxes from the government. Many people have been forced to become refugees, hoping to go to the county town to seek a way to survive.

Chen Dao stared intently at the refugees walking along the official road like zombies. This was the first time he had ever felt the cruelty of ancient society so clearly. These refugees were emaciated, with sunken cheeks and eye sockets, and numb eyes. They were like zombies walking on the road, without any sense of life.

Only when they saw Chen Dao and his companions' donkey cart did a glimmer of life appear in their eyes, revealing a longing and a slight hope that Chen Dao and his companions on the cart would give them some food.

"Ugh!"

Chen sighed, forcing himself not to look at the refugees, and said, "Let's go! Don't look at them."

Chen Da felt sympathy for these refugees, but he also knew that he absolutely could not give them food, otherwise... if these refugees swarmed him, his life would probably be in danger.

Therefore, Chen Da urged Chen Si to leave as soon as possible.

The donkey cart quickly passed the refugees, but soon, many more refugees came into the four people's view. The long official road was filled with the figures of refugees.

This scene moved Chen Dao deeply. He witnessed a mother carrying a child collapse to the ground from exhaustion, and the other refugees immediately revealed a greedy glint in their eyes.

Living on Earth, Chen Dao experienced the cruelty of humanity for the first time. When a person is starving to the extreme, even their own kind will become their meal. The cannibalism described in historical records was presented so vividly before Chen Dao's eyes, strongly impacting his heart.

Chen Dao desperately wanted to help the mother who had fallen, but he was powerless to do so.

Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world.

Chen Dao is now so busy that he can't even take care of his own family, so how can he help others?

"Xiaodao, try not to look at that."

Chen Da patted Chen Dao on the shoulder, his heart heavy, but he still changed the subject, saying, "By the way! What are you planning to do in the county town?"

Chen Dao forcibly pulled his gaze away from the mother and child and replied, "I plan to sell the hens at home."

Upon hearing this, General Chen looked at the chicken coop next to Chen Dao and asked in surprise, "Are these your chickens?"

Chen Da, who frequently visited Chen Dao's home, was quite familiar with the items there. He had even seen the gray-feathered hen that Chen Dao owned; it was a gray-feathered hen that Li Ping had specially kept to lay eggs in order to supplement the nutrition of her two children.

But the hen in the coop looked completely different from the gray-feathered hen he had seen before.

The gray-feathered hens Chen Da had seen before had grayish feathers and were extremely small.

The hen in front of us was not only snow-white but also extremely large. It was not entirely unrelated to the gray-feathered hen from before; in fact, it had absolutely no connection to it.

"Yes."

Chen Dao nodded and said, "I don't know how this chicken turned out like this. Not only are its feathers much nicer, but it's also gotten much bigger."

"Your chicken is something else!"

Chen Jiang looked at the white-feathered chicken in surprise and said, "It's rare to see a chicken this big."

Most of the chickens raised in this world are grey-feathered chickens, which are small in size and have very little meat. Chickens as big as the one in front of you are rare.

"Your chicken will definitely fetch a good price!"

Chen laughed and said, "White chickens are very rare. They might even have some demonic blood. The lords in the city would definitely like this kind of chicken."

"I hope so."

Chen Dao smiled and agreed, also thinking that the chicken could fetch a good price, so he would have more money to buy gray-feathered chickens to upgrade.

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Chenjia Village is 15 kilometers away from the county seat. Thanks to the help of a donkey cart, Chen Dao and his three companions traveled relatively quickly and saw the county town wall in less than an hour.

As they approached the county town, Chen Da and his two companions breathed a sigh of relief. Throughout the journey, they had been on edge, worrying not only about the refugees on the road but also about the bandits who might suddenly appear from either side of the main road. Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened, and they arrived in the county town safely.

"There are even more refugees now!"

Sitting on the donkey cart, Chen Dao noticed the refugees outside the city. These refugees were ragged and wanted to flock into the county town, but they were driven away by the soldiers guarding the town. Obviously, the county town was unwilling to accept these refugees.

As a result, many refugees could only build simple shacks outside the city and settle down outside the county town.

In addition, Chen Dao also saw many corpses outside the county town. These were refugees who had starved to death outside the county town. Their bodies were left to rot outside the town without anyone collecting them.

Of course, some of the corpses may have become food for other refugees.

"Stop looking, let's go into town!"

Chen Da patted Chen Dao on the shoulder.

After being checked by the soldiers guarding the city, the donkey cart successfully entered the county town.

A completely different scene came into Chen Dao's view. If the area outside the county town was a hell, then the area inside the town could be described as a peaceful and idyllic place.

The streets paved with stone slabs were bustling with pedestrians. Shopkeepers on both sides of the street loudly solicited business, and there were also many vendors selling food. The aromas that wafted over from time to time made Chen Dao feel hungry.

"How is it? Isn't the county town very prosperous?" Chen Si asked with a smile next to Chen Dao.

"It is indeed bustling."

Chen Dao nodded. The county town was naturally not comparable to the city in his previous life, but compared to Chenjia Village, it was already quite prosperous. Moreover, the people living here were much more respectable than the villagers of Chenjia Village, not to mention the refugees outside the town.

"Let me tell you, there are so many fun things to do in the county town!"

Chen Si proudly introduced to Chen Dao, "Not only are there brothels, but also teahouses where storytellers perform, and many other fun places. You should come more often in the future..."

"Alright, alright!"

Chen Da interrupted Chen Si's long-winded speech and urged, "Let's get down to business!"

After saying that, Chen Da said to Chen Dao, "Let's go sell furs first, and then help the villagers buy supplies. If you want to sell chickens, you can go to the market in the east. Come back to the city gate before Shenshi (3-5 PM) and we'll meet up to go back to the village together."

"Okay uncle."

So the four of them split up, and Chen Da and the other two drove a donkey cart to the city to sell furs.

Chen Dao carried the chicken coop eastward and, after asking passersby, arrived at the East Market of the county town.

"Live animals should be available for sale here."

Standing on the side of the street, Chen Dao glanced at the vendors on both sides and guessed that this must be a place where chickens could be sold, because most of the vendors on this street were selling live animals such as chickens, ducks, and geese.

"Chickens for sale! Gray-feathered roosters, 100 coins each."

"Ducks for sale! Red-clawed ducks, 150 coins each."

"Goose for sale! Slaughtered geese, 40 coins per catty."

"Come and see, esteemed guests, this is a top-quality grey-feathered rooster."

"..."