Chapter 433: Building a Duck Farm

Tang Nan hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said, "I can't give you the duck. Our family urgently needs it."

When Zhou Botong's expression turned from sunny to gloomy, he quickly added, "But I have some bird legs that my nephew made last night. If you don't mind, you can eat some of them to fill your stomach first."

As he spoke, Tang Nan took out a plate of shiny, rich-colored roasted bird legs from the storage compartment.

I don’t know what kind of bird it is, but its legs are as big as chicken legs and longer than chicken legs.

There were so many dishes cooked last night that the four of them and one of them couldn't finish them, so they divided the leftovers, and he happened to get this roasted bird leg.

Zhou Botong twitched his nose, sniffing the fragrance in the air. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he jumped down from the tree and snatched the plate from his hand in a flash.

By the time Tang Nan realized what was happening, Zhou Botong had already crouched back on the tree branch, holding the plate in one hand and the bird's leg in the other, his mouth dripping with succulent food. "Mmm, delicious, delicious, you're not bad."

"Tangnan, Tangnan"

The voice of Mr. Tang echoed from the reeds. The old naughty boy squatting on the tree branch froze. He lowered his head and said quickly to Tang Nan, "Boy, I'll take this bird leg. I, Zhou Botong, don't eat for free. Just wait, I'll come back for you."

After saying that, he stood up, stepped on the tree branch, and with a tiptoe, he was more agile than a monkey. With a few whooshes, he stepped on the treetop and disappeared.

Tang Nan felt jealous. Is he flying on the treetops?

So awesome.

"Tang Nan, what are you doing? I've been shouting for a long time but there's no response." Old Man Tang came out from the reeds with a leaf on his head. He glared at Tang Nan who was still standing there stupidly, thinking that something had happened to this kid.

Tang Nan knew he was in the wrong, so he let out a wry smile and quickly asked, "Dad, what did you call me for?"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Tang's anger faded. A smile returned to his face, and he said cheerfully, "Great! I found the silly birds. Now they're helping us catch fish. Hurry up and get the basket out to catch the fish."

"But the fish are so big, the basket can't hold many of them. How about this, you go make some straw ropes and we can string them together."

Tang Nan: "??? Can't it be stored in the space storage compartment?"

Mr. Tang waved his hand. "Well, it's all full inside. There's no more room. How's yours? Isn't it full yet?"

It was full before, but it became empty again as soon as a plate of bird legs was delivered.

So Tang Nan nodded.

"That's great. I'll put it in your place."

An hour later, the Tang family father and son returned home happily with a full load.

Tang Nan's space storage compartment was filled with more than eighty large fish as thick as his arms. The two of them also drove a group of ducks that quacked non-stop down the mountain.

After coming down the mountain, Mr. Tang did not delay at all. He decisively selected a vacant lot far away from the cabin and applied for the construction of a duck farm.

Yun Qimu also received the news quickly.

[Ding Dong—Player Tang Qian has applied to build a duck farm and is requesting approval.]

Yun Qimu, who was watching the eye contact between his elder brother and Wu Xingyu, raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Building a duck farm?"

Mastermind: [Yes, host, this is good news. The villagers of Global Village are developing comprehensively. We'll be able to start raising ducks, chickens, and fish in the future, diversifying our productivity and building systems. Only when the villagers are more prosperous can we further develop Global Village. Also, I have good news for you: Global Village will soon be expanding into a town. I hope you'll mobilize the players' enthusiasm and create more valuable things.]

Yun Qimu was stunned for a moment and asked, "The opportunity for a village to become a town lies not in increasing the population, but in increasing the number of buildings and diversifying productivity?"

Mastermind: [To be more precise, it depends on how much value you create. Increasing the number of people is also to create value. Only when the value reaches the village level will it be upgraded. Otherwise, no matter how many people there are, the village will not be upgraded.]

Yun Qimu's eyes deepened slightly. "Oh, then what value do you need? Energy from killing monsters? Or energy from increasing popularity?"

The main brain said vaguely, "That's about the gist of it. You won't understand even if I explain it to you in detail. Please focus on construction."

"Tsk"

As soon as I heard it, I knew that the main brain would not speak anymore, Yun Qimu thought, pursing his lips.

Then she opened the 3D map of the global village and checked the location where Mr. Tang had applied to build the duck farm. It was downstream of the river and also downwind.

This place is not bad. We don’t have to worry about the smell blowing into the village.

So Yun Qimu nodded in agreement.

"Passed, passed." Old man Tang Qian jumped up happily after receiving the system notification, and then he began to read the system notification.

"Congratulations on your duck farm application being approved. Please pay the rent on time. The annual rent is 200,000 spirit coins. During the Spring Festival, we're offering a 99% discount. For the first year, you only need to pay 198,000 spirit coins. We'll also give you a lottery ticket. Please go to Louwailou for your chance to win."

As soon as Mr. Tang finished reading it, he felt terrible. "You actually need rent—"

"Well, of course there's rent. The three acres of cultivated land also require rent, 300,000 per year. Compared to that, the duck farm is already cheap." Father Tang said beside him.

He had just come back from catching mullet. When he was going down the mountain, he met Tang Nan and Old Man Tang who were herding ducks. He helped them out, which helped to calm down Old Man Tang's anger towards him.

Mr. Tang was dumbfounded. "But what if I don't have any spirit coins to pay the rent? Do you have any?"

Seeing the gleaming eyes of his own father, Father Tang subconsciously covered his hands and shook his head firmly, "No, I don't have it. I don't have 200,000 yuan either. Otherwise, I would have paid back the spiritual coins I owed to Village Chief Yun long ago. If you don't have it either, then why don't we put the duck farm matter aside for now and wait for later..."

Before he could finish his words, he was glared at by Elder Tang. "No, we can't let it go. Where can we find such good ducks in the future? And if we keep delaying, I won't be able to open the business if I don't have spirit coins. I still make money from the duck farm, so we can't delay."

"But you don't have money to pay the rent?" Old Man Tang didn't understand why his father was so stubborn.

Old Master Tang glanced at him. "Hmph, what do you know? We should open a factory sooner rather than later. I've asked my eldest grandson. Louwailou's head chef, Mrs. Song Wu, is very good at cooking all kinds of ducks, but they're short on these standard types. As long as I raise them well, I won't have to worry about not being able to sell them. It's just that I don't have enough money to pay the rent. I'll go to the bank and get a loan."

He gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and after leaving the duck to Tang Nan's care, he actually walked towards the bank.

Seeing this, Old Man Tang secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart. His father was really decisive. If it were him, he would never have made such a decision.

(End of this chapter)