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

Chapter 2 Advancement

There was no living room in Chen Dao's house. As soon as you entered, you saw Chen Dao's bed. As for Li Ping and Chen Fei's bedroom, it was on the other side, separated by a wooden board.

In fact, Chen Da and the others saw Chen Dao, who had already woken up, the moment Li Ping opened the door. That's why he said the piece of meat was for Chen Dao and Chen Fei to nourish their bodies, instead of asking if Chen Dao was awake.

Upon entering the room, Chen Da immediately moved a chair over and sat down beside Chen Dao's bed, saying with some guilt, "Xiao Dao, I'm sorry! It's my fault for not taking good care of you!"

Chen Si, who was standing next to Chen Da, also asked with concern, "Xiao Dao, are you feeling better?"

"much better!"

Chen Dao smiled and said, "Uncle Chen, there's no need to blame yourself. I got hurt because I was careless. It has nothing to do with you."

Having received the original owner's memories, Chen Dao knew very well that his fall and unconsciousness had nothing to do with Chen Da and the other two. On the contrary, Chen Da and the other two took great care of him during the hunt. It was his own accidental fall on the way back that caused him to fall, and he had no reason to blame Chen Da and the other two.

"In the end, it's because your uncle failed to keep a good eye on you!"

Chen sighed, "It's a good thing you're alright, otherwise I wouldn't know how to face your deceased father."

Chen Da and Chen Dao's father, Chen Ping, used to have a very good relationship; otherwise, he wouldn't have been willing to help Chen Dao by giving him a job where he could get meat for free.

You have to understand, these days people can't even get enough to eat, let alone meat. If Chen Da had spread the word, there would have been countless people willing to help him move the game. There's no way Chen Dao, a half-grown boy, would have had to do this.

"It's alright, Uncle!"

Chen Dao said, "I'm already very grateful that you gave me a job!"

........................

Chen Da and his two companions did not stay long. After chatting with Chen Dao for a while, they left one after another.

"elder brother."

After Chen Da and the other two left, Chen Fei poked her head out from under Chen Dao's blanket, her eyes shining, and asked, "Are we going to have meat tonight?"

"should be."

Chen Dao patted Chen Fei's hair and said with a smile.

Just then, Li Ping walked over, rolled her eyes at Chen Fei, and said, "You little brat, all you ever think about is eating meat."

"Whee!"

Chen Fei didn't take it seriously, secretly looking forward to eating meat that night.

Chen Dao sighed inwardly. Compared to his previous life, life in this world was far too bitter. The fact that Chen Fei was so eager for a piece of meat the size of her palm showed just how rare meat was.

In fact, Chen Dao already knew from the original owner's memories that neither Li Ping, nor Chen Fei, nor Chen Dao himself had eaten meat for nearly half a year.

"We need to think of a way to change this. We can't even afford to eat meat. This is just too damn frustrating!"

Chen Dao was thinking about ways to change his life when, before he knew it, dusk had fallen.

At this moment, Chen Dao, Chen Fei, and Li Ping sat around a simple dining table.

Chen Fei stared at the palm-sized slices of meat on the table, swallowing hard.

Chen Dao's performance wasn't much better than Chen Fei's. The meat on the table was boiled in water, and the white, palm-sized chunks of meat didn't look appetizing at all. Although Chen Dao was a corporate slave in his previous life, he shouldn't have been unable to afford meat like this.

But at this moment, his body was filled with an intense desire, which Chen Dao knew was this body's craving for oil and food.

"Let me divide it up for you!"

Noticing the two children's behavior, Li Ping took a knife and divided the meat in the bowl into two portions. She put the smaller portion into Chen Fei's bowl and the larger portion into Chen Dao's bowl.

"Time to eat meat!"

Chen Fei was still young, so she naturally didn't have any thoughts about her mother's unfair distribution. She picked up the meat from the bowl with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth to chew, a happy look on her little face.

For a child who hasn't eaten meat in six months, even meat boiled in plain water with just a little salt is a rare delicacy.

Chen Fei was reluctant to swallow the meat directly, but instead kept chewing it in her mouth, making smacking noises with her little mouth, her face full of joy.

Chen Dao looked at the pieces of meat in the bowl and said to Li Ping, "Mom, you should have some too."

Chen Dao knew very well that meat was also a rare treat for Li Ping, but Li Ping had given all the meat to Chen Dao and Chen Fei, just so that the two children could eat better...

"no need."

Li Ping shook her head and said, "You all eat, I'll just eat. You're all growing, so you should eat more oily and nutritious foods."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dao glanced at the "rice" in Li Ping's bowl, his expression complex.

In the eyes of people in the previous life in China, "rice" usually refers to cooked rice. But in this house, "rice" is a clump of porridge-like stuff. If Chen Dao is not mistaken, it should be bran powder, which is made from the husks of rice and wheat. This stuff can barely fill your stomach, but it doesn't have much nutrition...

However, even such a thing was the staple food of poor families in that era. Many people didn't even have bran flour to eat and had to eat bran directly...

Even though it was a paste made from bran flour, Li Ping's bowl was almost empty, so thin that you could see the bottom of the bowl. In contrast, Chen Dao and Chen Fei's bowls, though also made of boiled porridge, were much thicker.

Clearly, Li Ping herself ate little, but she didn't want her two children to go hungry, so she shared more food with them.

Chen Dao sighed inwardly, and without waiting for Li Ping's consent, he took the knife from the kitchen, cut the meat in his bowl in half, and put one half into Li Ping's bowl.

"Mom, you eat it, I'll just have half!"

Chen Dao sat down in his seat and started eating chunks of meat with the porridge.

Looking at the meat in the bowl, Li Ping felt gratified; Dao'er had finally become sensible.

..............................

Three days later, Chen Dao had finally fully recovered.

Although he has recovered, Chen Dao still has no clue how to get rich or how to improve his family's life.

"Even a time traveler can't cook without rice!"

Lying on the bed, Chen Dao sighed softly. He had thought about making glass and soap to get rich like other transmigrators, but he quickly gave up the idea. Not to mention whether he could make them, even if he could, no one could afford them. The people in the whole village couldn't even get enough to eat, so how could he expect them to buy glass and soap?

As for doing it in the county town...

That's utter nonsense. In this year of famine, many people who can't survive have turned into road bullies and bandits, robbing travelers on the main roads. If they try to make it to the county town alone, they'll probably die at the hands of these road bullies and bandits before they even reach the county town.

"I am a disgrace to transmigrators. A dignified transmigrator, yet I can't even get enough to eat!"

Having been lying down for too long, Chen Dao inevitably felt restless and restless.

He threw back the covers and immediately began to tremble.

"It's fucking cold!"

With immense willpower, Chen Dao got out of bed and opened the door to the cold wind.

A gust of cold wind hit him, instantly waking him up!

Looking out the door, there is a small courtyard.

Chen Dao sat on the threshold, his eyes glazed over, racking his brains for a way to get rich.

"Giggle!"

Just then, a chicken walked past Chen Dao.

Chen Dao looked closely and immediately saw the words appear before his eyes.

Grey-feathered chickens are characterized by a long growth period and low egg production.

[Grey Feathered Chicken Advancement Path 1: Mating a grey feathered chicken (female) with a red-feathered chicken (male) has a 50% chance of hatching a red-feathered chicken.]

[Characteristics of Red-feathered Chickens: High egg production, long growth period.]

[Grey Feather Chicken Advancement Route Two: Consume Chicken Heart Grass daily for three consecutive days, with an 80% chance of advancing to White Feather Chicken.]

[Characteristics of white-feathered chickens: short growth period, higher meat yield.]

"What? My transmigrator cheat system has activated?"

Chen Dao was stunned, then his face lit up with joy. He was just worrying about how to get rich, and now his golden finger had appeared!

"But... this cheat system doesn't seem that powerful?"

Chen Dao couldn't help but complain. Other people's transmigrators had amazing cheat abilities, but why was his so down-to-earth?

"Dao'er, what are you doing? Why did you open the door?"

At this moment, Li Ping led Chen Fei over from behind Chen Dao and said, "You've just recovered, you shouldn't be exposed to cold winds."

"elder brother!"

Chen Fei jogged over to Chen Dao's side, "Hurry up and close the door, it's too cold!"

Chen Dao's house wasn't very windproof to begin with, and now that Chen Dao had opened the door, it was even colder inside.

It was precisely because the room suddenly became cold that Li Ping and Chen Fei came to the doorway.

"No hurry, no hurry."

Chen Dao held Chen Fei in his arms and turned to Li Ping, saying, "Mother, do you know about Red Heart Chicken and Chicken Heart Grass?"

In a short while, Chen Dao had figured it out. Although his cheat ability was very down-to-earth, it was better to have it than not.

In any case, I have to make use of this cheat code.

"Red-hearted chicken? Chicken heart grass?"

Li Ping frowned and thought for a moment before replying, "Never heard of it."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dao was somewhat disappointed. He could see the chicken's advancement path through his cheat system, but he couldn't make the chicken advance directly. If he couldn't find the Red Heart Chicken and Chicken Heart Grass on the advancement path, then he probably wouldn't be able to make the Gray Feather Chicken advance.

"Dao'er, why are you asking this?"

"fine."

Chen Dao shook his head; he didn't know how to explain the existence of the cheat system to Li Ping.

"I've heard of chicken heart grass!"

But at that moment, Chen Fei, who was being held by Chen Dao, spoke.

"you have heard?"

Chen Dao's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "Xiao Fei, where did you hear this?"

Chen Fei frowned, her thin eyebrows furrowing. After thinking for a long time, she said, "I think I heard about it when I was playing at Chen Tiedan's house before."

"Chen Tiedan?"

Chen Dao naturally knew who Chen Tiedan was. He was none other than the son of the hunter Chen Da, and also one of Chen Fei's playmates.

"Mother, I'm going to Uncle Chen's house."

After saying that, Chen Dao got up and walked out the door without waiting for Li Ping's response.

"Dao'er, be careful. It's cold outside. Come back early!" Li Ping didn't try to stop him, but simply reminded Chen Dao.