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

Chapter 330 Thriving

"That's it!"

Zheng Qiuyan nodded slightly. It wasn't hard to tell from Su Qiaoxi's smile that she was quite satisfied with her life in Chenjia Village. Furthermore, the radiant look on Su Qiaoxi's face when she talked about Chen Dao made Zheng Qiuyan even more certain of her guess. This innocent and carefree girl definitely had an ambiguous and intimate relationship with Chen Dao.

Of course, Zheng Qiuyan didn't voice this guess. Instead, she changed the subject and asked, "Qiaoxi, I saw many houses being built in the village before. Why are so many houses being built in the village?"

"Of course, it's to raise more chickens and ducks."

Without hesitation, Su Qiaoxi replied, "Now there are more and more chickens and ducks in the village, and the villagers need to keep building houses to accommodate them. In addition, the villagers now have money and are thinking about building new houses to live in."

Zheng Qiuyan suddenly realized that the buildings under construction in the village were for raising more chickens and ducks. In that case, the number of chickens and ducks produced in Chenjia Village was definitely not as small as Chen Dao had shown.

Zheng Qiuyan had anticipated this. Although Chen Dao always said that the Blood Feather Chicken and Red Blood Chicken were caught in the Cangmang Mountains, Chenjia Village sold so many chickens and ducks. If they were all caught in the mountains, how many lives would be lost?

"Qiaoxi..."

Zheng Qiuyan inquired about many things related to Chenjia Village from Su Qiaoxi, and Su Qiaoxi answered them one by one without hiding anything.

This made Zheng Qiuyan sigh at the girl's naivety; she seemed to have no wariness towards a stranger like her.

In fact, it wasn't that Su Qiaoxi was really that naive. Rather, having lived in Chenjia Village, she knew very well that people who could enter Chenjia Village were generally not bad people. Moreover, the question Zheng Qiuyan asked wasn't exactly a secret in Chenjia Village, so she didn't mind answering it.

Half an hour later, Zheng Qiuyan reluctantly handed Xiaoyuan back to Su Qiaoxi, and then, with Qingying, continued to stroll around Chenjia Village.

Before they knew it, the two had reached the end of Chenjia Village, which was the location of the farmland of Chenjia Village to the south.

In the boundless fields, the women of Chenjia Village are busy at work, their steps light and quick as they move between the fields, carefully tending to the newly sprouted wheat and vegetable seedlings.

Looking at the lush green farmland and the smiling women bustling about, Zheng Qiuyan also smiled. Compared with the villages she had seen before, Chenjia Village was undoubtedly very different.

The villages she passed through were lifeless, while Chenjia Village, on the other hand, was thriving!

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Just then, the barking of dogs grew louder as they approached. Two dogs, each about half a person's height, came running towards them, circling around Zheng Qiuyan and her companion with human-like wariness on their faces.

"Miss, be careful."

Qingying stepped forward, shielding Zheng Qiuyan behind her. Her heroic face was full of vigilance; these two dogs were completely different from any she had ever seen.

It was enormous, with extremely long fangs that reflected a chilling light in the sunlight, making it clear at a glance that it was not to be trifled with.

Fortunately, Big Yellow and Little Yellow did not attack them; they just circled around them, their noses twitching incessantly.

This is because the two had just come from Chen Dao's house and were carrying the scent of their master, Chen Dao. Otherwise, Da Huang and Er Huang would have attacked the moment they approached the farmland.

"What a unique dog."

Zheng Qiuyan frowned slightly. These two dogs were so different from ordinary domestic dogs. When they were on all fours, they were half the height of an adult. Their limbs were strong, and their fangs looked very sharp. At this moment, they were looking at her and Qingying with full vigilance, baring their teeth as if they were about to attack at any time.

"They probably don't want us to get near the farmland. Let's go back first."

Zheng Qiuyan thought for a moment, then turned around and went back with Qingying. Dahuang and Erhuang, who had seen the two leave, returned to the farmland to continue guarding their "territory".

When Zheng Qiuyan and her companion returned, it happened to be the time when the villagers were finishing work.

On her way back, Zheng Qiuyan saw many villagers who had been busy all day returning home in twos and threes, chatting as they walked, each with a smile on their face.

Some villagers whose homes are close to the construction site have already started eating dinner. Zheng Qiuyan saw many villagers squatting in front of their doorsteps, eating and chatting with their neighbors.

"They seem to be eating soup noodles?"

Zheng Qiuyan glanced at the food in the villagers' bowls and murmured, "Tangbing is the kind of noodles from Xia Kingdom, made from wheat flour. Ordinary people wouldn't dare to eat such food, not even the people in the county town."

After all, the price of wheat flour increases after it's processed into soup noodles, sometimes even exceeding the price of rice.

"This Chenjia Village is truly unique."

Zheng Qiuyan sighed again. In Qingzhou, where the vast majority of people are starving, Chenjia Village, where everyone eats soup noodles and steamed buns, seems so out of place.

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Not long after, Zheng Qiuyan returned to the house that Chen Dao had arranged for her. At this time, the blood-feathered chickens and red-blooded chickens that Chen Dao had promised to provide to Zheng's Trading Company were also delivered.

"Miss."

Manager Wang respectfully reported, "When you and Qingying went out, the goods from Chenjia Village had already been delivered. I have counted them; there are a total of 200 Blood Feather Chickens and 50 Crimson Blood Chickens."

Zheng Qiuyan's eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "Take me to see it."

Soon, the three entered the living room, only to find it filled with bamboo-woven chicken coops, each containing 10 chickens. The entire living room was filled with the clucking of the chickens.

However, Zheng Qiuyan, who always preferred peace and quiet, did not find these sounds noisy at all; on the contrary, her eyes burned with passion.

Two hundred blood-feathered chickens and fifty red-blooded chickens, totaling sixteen thousand taels of silver, were sold for much more than Chen Dao had sold to Zhang He and Li Hu, but Zheng Qiuyan was already very satisfied.

Based on her understanding of the county town, she knew that as long as these chickens were transported back to Taicang County Town, they could definitely be sold for a high price, and even doubling the price would not be out of the question.

After a moment, Zheng Qiuyan turned her gaze away from the blood-feathered chicken and said thoughtfully, "Manager Wang, what do you think about opening a Zheng Bao Lou restaurant in Chenjia Village?"

Manager Wang was taken aback. Zheng Bao Lou was the name of a shop opened by the Zheng family, similar to a chain store. It sold a wide variety of goods, including grains, salt, cloth, and medicinal herbs used by martial artists...

In short, almost any goods that can be found on the market can be sold at Zhengbaolou.