Ever since these chicks appeared at home, Zhou Jianming has been obsessed with them and goes to the backyard to look after them whenever he has nothing to do.

He even took out some corn kernels, crushed them, and wanted to feed them to the chicks.

But the strange thing is that these chicks didn't eat anything he fed them.

They just kept pecking at the grass, and in less than a week, the grass in the backyard was almost eaten bare by them.

When the villagers heard that a group of strange guys had come to Zhou Bin's house, they all came to see the rare sight.

After Liu Junyi finished looking at them, he said with certainty: "Aren't these pheasants? They are just not grown up yet. When they grow up, their appearance will change."

Zhou Bin asked with great interest: "Uncle Liu, how can you be sure that they are pheasants?"

Liu Junyi smiled and said, "I went to the ditch to chop wood and saw a big pheasant with a group of small pheasants. They looked exactly like this."

After Zhou Dexing came over to take a look, he also said that these chicks were pheasants, and it looked like they had just been hatched not long ago.

He said with a smile: "This pheasant is a good thing. I heard that it is a tonic, just like ginseng."

Zhou Bin asked curiously, "Fourth Grandpa, have you eaten it?"

Zhou Dexing shook his head: "I haven't eaten it before. There are almost no pheasants left in our valley in recent years. Where can we eat it?"

Zhou Bin nodded. He suddenly remembered that Professor Lin and his colleagues were from the College of Agriculture. Why not let them come over and take a look?

It happened that Professor Lin and his students came over the next day, and Zhou Bin took the opportunity to tell him about the uninvited guests in his backyard.

Professor Lin was very curious, so he went to Zhou Bin's house with his students.

When he saw the little guys, he immediately laughed and said, "Yes, these are pheasants."

Then he asked in surprise: "How did these pheasants get to your house? They have always lived in the mountains and forests, and they are very alert and will not easily come to crowded places."

Zhou Bin shook his head: "Don't you know? My dad found these guys when he woke up that morning."

Professor Lin laughed and said, "Strange, it's really strange."

Zhou Bin then asked, "Professor Lin, I heard that these pheasants taste delicious. Is that true?"

Professor Lin smiled and said, "Who told you that? But it does taste good. These guys spend all day in the woods eating insects, grass, and sometimes herbs. They also fly all day. Their meat is tender and firm. It is indeed a good thing."

When Zhou Bin heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "Professor Lin, what do you think about me raising these pheasants?"

Professor Lin shook his head. "You don't understand. These pheasants are naturally active and are not used to being kept in captivity. When they reach a certain age, they need to practice flying. If they are kept in captivity, they will soon get sick and die. Besides, the ones you raise are completely different from the natural ones."

Zhou Bin was poured a bucket of cold water. He had originally planned to try raising these pheasants to see if he could develop the industry.

Professor Lin saw that Zhou Bin was a little disappointed and smiled, "You can think of it this way. This kind of pheasant is not easy to raise, but domestic chickens can always be raised. As the saying goes, birds fly high with the phoenix. If you raise domestic chickens and pheasants together, maybe the domestic chickens will also be able to fly and eat insects and herbs."

Zhou Bin immediately thought of a kind of chicken called free-range chicken. He remembered that this kind of chicken was quite popular in his previous life, and it was also expensive. Because it was not raised in a pen, but raised in the wild, this kind of chicken had well-developed muscles, a strong body, and a certain medicinal tonic effect.

Thinking of this, he asked happily: "Professor Lin, if we raise chickens and pheasants together, will the chicks hatched be different?"

Professor Lin laughed and said, "No, it is very difficult for chickens and pheasants to have offspring. Even if chicks are hatched, they will most likely not survive."

Zhou Bin smiled a little embarrassedly. He really didn't know about this situation.

Professor Lin observed his home for a while and then left with his students.

Zhou Bin kept thinking in his mind, it is not a good idea to keep these pheasants at home, what should he do?

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. That's right! Didn't he own that large apricot forest?

If we raise these pheasants there, and buy some domestic chickens and raise them together with the pheasants, wouldn't we be able to achieve the goal of having free-range chickens?

Thinking of this, Zhou Bin was very excited. This was another profitable business!

So he told his father and Li Nan about his idea. Zhou Jianming was very happy when he heard it.

He had nothing to do all day, so he might as well take care of the chicks. Moreover, Zhou Bin said that the chicks did not need to be looked after every day, and it was enough to check on them regularly. They did not even need to be fed, as they could find food on their own.

Li Nan didn't understand any of this, but seeing that Zhou Bin was very interested, he agreed.

The next day, Zhou Bin drove a tricycle and took his father to Xingwang Street, where there was a market that day.

He remembered that there were chicks for sale at the market, so he drove straight to the place where the chicks were being sold.

When we got there, we really saw a middle-aged man selling chicks in a large cage.

Zhou Bin and his father parked the car and came up.

The man saw that a customer had arrived and immediately greeted them warmly. He gave cigarettes to Zhou Bin and his father and asked, "Do you want to buy some chickens?"

Zhou Bin nodded and said, "Yeah, what kind of chickens are these?"

The middle-aged man immediately introduced the chicken: "This is a black-bone chicken! It is big and strong, and can fly two meters high when it grows up. Its meat is very delicious, and its eggs are bigger than those of ordinary chickens. It is definitely worthwhile to raise it!"

Zhou Bin looked at these black chicks with interest and found that they were chubby and looked very energetic.

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