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

Chapter 178 Ecstasy

The chicken sales were pretty much as expected. The bright white and yellow-feathered chickens were very popular with city dwellers, and customers kept coming to the stall to check them out.

After looking at them, most of the customers took out their money and bought either a white-feathered chicken, a yellow-feathered chicken, or two or three chickens!

Of course, bargaining is inevitable.

After all, not every customer is like those two men who don't like to haggle.

Even though the customers bargained and reduced their profits, Chen Gou and his team still made a considerable profit, and the smiles on their faces never faded.

Sold out!

In the afternoon, as the sun began to slant westward, Chen Gou patted the chicken coop at his feet. Although his throat was dry from haggling with customers, he was incredibly excited!

He brought 50 white-feathered and yellow-feathered chickens to the city, and they were all sold out, not a single one left!

"Sold out, haha!"

The young men around Chen Gou burst into laughter.

Chen Sanshi looked at Chen Gou with excitement and said, "Brother Gou, quickly calculate how much money we made on this trip?"

"Not urgent!"

Chen Gou clutched the bag of money to his chest, looked around nervously, and said, "Let's get in the car and go back to the village first."

"Yes, yes, let's go back to the village first!"

Chen Sanshi looked around and realized that the popularity of their stall had attracted the attention of many other peddlers, and it was probably not safe to stay here any longer!

So everyone hurriedly got on the donkey cart, started it up without stopping, and headed straight out of the city.

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The donkey cart successfully left the city and slowly traveled along the official road.

Chen Gou glanced warily at the trees on both sides while silently calculating in his mind.

He brought a total of 20 white-feathered chickens and 30 yellow-feathered chickens to the city. The white-feathered chickens were sold at an average price of 350 coins, while the yellow-feathered chickens were sold at an average price of 700 coins.

Based on this price, the profit for a white-feathered chicken is 100 wen per chicken, and the profit for a yellow-feathered chicken is 300 wen. The total profit for 50 chickens is... 11 taels of silver!

"brothers!"

Chen Gou looked at the wary young men, and when he saw that everyone's eyes had turned to him, he lowered his voice and said, "We made a total of 11 taels of silver this time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then their faces lit up with ecstasy.

"Gou-ge'er, is it really eleven taels?"

Suppressing his excitement, Chen Sanshi asked in a low voice.

The others also stared intently at Chen Gou, and when they saw Chen Gou nod in confirmation, a look of ecstasy spread across their faces.

"If we earn 11 taels, wouldn't each of our families get 1 tael of silver?"

"We're rich! We're rich!"

"One tael of silver? That's too easy money!"

"..."

At this moment, everyone was overjoyed. A profit of 11 taels of silver meant that each household would receive a dividend of more than one tael of silver...

This is an incredible asset for these young adults!

After all, their parents were farmers who toiled in the fields for a living, and even in years of good harvest, they couldn't earn this much money.

And they made so much money just by going to the city once...

It would have been better if they hadn't made the comparison; once they did, everyone couldn't help but start to despise farming.

"Shh!"

Chen Gou put his index finger to his lips as a shushing gesture: "Speak softly, lest you attract thieves."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately fell silent, forcibly suppressing their excitement, and looked warily at the woods on both sides of the official road.

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The entrance of Chenjia Village.

Chen Sheng and Liu Jie stood at the entrance of the village, frequently looking towards the official road to the south. Beside them, many middle-aged couples were also eagerly waiting.

They were all families with children who had come to the city with Chen Gou. At this moment, everyone had a worried look on their faces. They were afraid that Chen Gou and his group would encounter thieves, and they were also worried that the chickens that Chen Gou and his group brought to the city would not sell well. They were very conflicted.

You have to understand, it wasn't an easy thing to make up your mind to take out the two taels of silver from your family and do business with Chen Gou. If the business failed, their two taels of silver would be gone for good.

"Brother Sheng."

As one of the men gazed south along the official road, he asked Chen Sheng, "Can Gou Ge'er and his group really make a profit?"

"I don't know either!"

Chen Sheng said helplessly, "This matter is entirely handled by Gou Ge'er alone. I don't know the specifics, but..."

Chen Sheng paused for a moment, then said, "Judging from Gou Ge'er's confidence, I think he'll probably succeed."

To be honest, although Chen Sheng was willing to give Chen Gou two taels of silver to do business, he had no idea whether the business would succeed.

In the minds of Chen Sheng and even the entire village of Chenjia, farming is the only way to make money, while doing business is unreliable.

Fortunately, these parents, including Chen Sheng, are not old-fashioned. Although they don't think that doing business can make money, they are willing to support their children and let them give it a try.

"Whether this deal goes through or not, I just hope my child can come back safely!"

A woman said with a worried expression that two of her children were in Chen Gou's group. If Chen Gou's group was killed by the bandits, her family would really be wiped out.

In fact, the woman didn't want both children to go to the city with Chen Gou, but unfortunately...

The children had their own ideas. Perhaps they wanted to see the prosperity of the county town, or perhaps they longed for the scenery outside the village. They made a firm decision to go to the city with Chen Gou.

"Me too! We have plenty to eat and drink in our village now, I just hope my child can come back safely!"

"Yes! We've finally managed to fill our stomachs, and these kids, for some reason, insist on going to the city to risk their lives!"

"The children are all grown up and have their own ideas; we can't stop them!"

"..."

The crowd chatted amongst themselves, their faces showing a degree of helplessness. Some of them actually didn't want their children to follow Chen Gou into this business.

Unfortunately……

Most of their children are already adults, have their own ideas, and yearn for the outside world. There's no way to stop them!

"Look, Gou Ge'er and the others are back!"

Just then, a loud shout startled everyone awake. They all turned to look south of the official road and saw a group of people appear at the end of their line of sight!

Although they couldn't see the group clearly because of the distance, everyone almost instinctively assumed that this group was Chen Gou and his team!

"Gou Ge'er and the others are back!"

Excited, everyone hurried toward the direction from which the donkey cart had come.