"Okay, then be careful."

Jiang Xuening looked at the ground; the ground was covered with soil, and there were chicken droppings every few small spaces...

If he were to fall accidentally, the situation would be quite bad... Yan Yuze probably has never suffered like this before...

"Okay! Okay! Why don't you rest? I'll take over. You're not ready to run yet."

Yan Yuze thought that if he couldn't be caught, he could still play for a while, since there wasn't much time to spare anyway.

"It's okay, I'll catch it when it runs towards me."

Jiang Xuening talked as she walked, and Yan Yuze had already started running, as if he was determined to catch that one...

Is it because it looks good? Or tastes better?

Chicken: Thank you so much!

This chicken isn't stupid. Seeing the two people running towards it, it naturally frantically dodged and avoided them!

If it gets caught, it's dead!

Next came the chicken-catching challenge, but after a long and winding process, they still couldn't catch it.

"Our chickens used to be so easy to catch! Why are these free-range chickens so rebellious?"

Jiang Xuening muttered to herself, "This isn't quite what I expected."

We used to catch them so easily... Maybe the area was too big, and they were too free to roam?

"Pfft... Ningning, chickens are living beings too, they have spirits too. When disaster strikes, they'll try to save their own lives!"

Yan Yuze was immediately amused. This metaphor was quite good... The chicken is rebellious... Hahahaha!

"Shall we switch to another one?"

Yan Yuze decided not to keep focusing on that one anymore. Perhaps... it was the hardest to catch and the fastest runner in the group?

Then let's get a different one...

"Alright! Let that stubborn chicken go."

Jiang Xuening sighed, and then the two of them changed their targets, grabbing a handful of any chickens that were in front of them.

The experience taught them that catching either one was very difficult; they were incredibly fast runners!

"We caught them...we finally caught them!"

Jiang Xuening saw a chicken intently eating, its back to her. She quietly approached it, then grabbed its legs and hung it upside down...

I struggled at first, but then I realized it was pointless, so I just gave up...

"Ningning, you're awesome! Now that our mission is complete, shall we head down the mountain?"

In the end, Jiang Xuening caught it. It seems that catching chickens requires some experience? As a complete novice, he couldn't catch it at all and would only make a mess of things.

"Mmm! One is enough!"

Besides making chicken soup, Li Shuwen also needs to prepare other dishes, otherwise they will be wasted if they can't finish them.

"Let's go then!"

Yan Yuze lowered his sleeves and straightened his clothes. It was still a bit chilly on the mountain, and there were many mosquitoes.

"Aze, please close this door for Grandma so the other chickens don't get out."

Jiang Xuening, carrying the chicken, instructed him, since Yan Yuze was walking behind her, it was best to leave such an important task as closing the door to him.

"Okay! Don't worry!"

As he spoke, Yan Yuze bolted and locked the door.

"Aze, do you want to try holding it? I've tied its feet up, it can't run away."

Jiang Xuening waved the chicken in front of him. The chicken was relatively quiet and didn't make a fuss, so it was okay for Yan Yuze to try it out. He probably wouldn't get pecked by the chicken.

Jiang Xuening had just grabbed a rope from beside the door and tied the chicken feet up.

If the chicken is restless, it wouldn't necessarily run away if you were scared and abandoned it.

"Okay, carry it for me!"

Yan Yuze found it amusing and reached out to pick it up.

"So this is what it feels like to carry a chicken... It's so strange..."

"ah!"

*Smack!*

Before Yan Yuze could finish his exclamation, the chicken suddenly started fighting back like a madman, hooking its neck to peck at him. Startled, Yan Yuze let go and dropped the chicken to the ground.

Yan Yuze stared incredulously at the chicken on the ground. It was actually pecking at him? How docile it had been when Jiang Xuening had picked it up?

Why is he so upset about being replaced?

"Hahaha, see how insightful I am! I knew this might happen!"

Jiang Xuening burst out laughing. Yan Yuze looked so embarrassed and ridiculous.

She was even a little dazed. Then she picked up the chicken. The chicken was still very docile and didn't peck at her. It stayed still quietly.

"Does this chicken only like pretty girls? Why is it fine when you pick it up, but it resists when I pick it up?"

Yan Yuze felt like his intelligence was being ground into the ground and rubbed hard... Oh no...

"I don't know either... Let's not dwell on this!"

Jiang Xuening wouldn't understand this. She doesn't speak chicken language either, otherwise she would have asked it.

"Grandma, we're back!"

Jiang Xuening placed the chicken next to the big tree in front of Grandma's house.

"You're back just in time, the water's just boiled!"

The old woman held a wooden bucket and used a wooden ladle to scoop boiling water from a large pot into the bucket.

"Grandma, where are we taking this? I'll carry it."

Seeing that the old woman had stopped what she was doing, Yan Yuze assumed that there was enough water in the bucket.

He then offered to make the suggestion himself.

"Okay, just take it to that tree outside!"

The old woman turned around, grabbed a kitchen knife and a small bowl, and followed them out.

I walked to the door, grabbed a small wooden stool, and sat down next to the tree.

The old woman picked up the chicken, stepped on its feet, held the comb on its head with her left hand, plucked the feathers from its neck with her right hand, and then made a small cut on it with a kitchen knife.

The bowl was handed over to collect the chicken blood. Then the old woman released the chicken, letting it struggle a little longer, before putting it into the wooden bucket and stirring it in the water by its feet.

A few minutes later, the chicken was taken out, and Jiang Xuening took a small wooden stool and sat down next to the old lady to pluck the chicken feathers.

Yan Yuze was stunned by this scene. It turned out that this was the first time he had ever seen anything like this... It was incredible. He suddenly realized that there must be many things he had never been exposed to.

I've lived too well in the Yan family since I was little...

Jiang Xuening and the old lady worked together to quickly pluck the chicken feathers. The old lady carried the chicken back to the kitchen, processed it further, and then put the processed chicken into a plastic bag, which was then put into a clean bag.

"Ningning, the chicken is ready."

The old woman handed the bag directly to Jiang Xuening.

"Grandma, thank you for your help. Please accept this red envelope as payment for the chicken I bought for you."

Jiang Xuening had long been afraid that the old lady wouldn't accept the money, so she put the money in a red envelope so that the old lady wouldn't see how much was inside, and she certainly wouldn't open it in front of her.

Besides the money for the chicken, Jiang Xuening also gave the old woman several hundred yuan extra. Jiang Xuening had received a lot of care from the old woman since she was a child.

“Ningning, Grandma has watched you grow up. How can Grandma take your money? Please take it back. Grandma is old and doesn’t have many expenses, but you young people need money for everything.”

Seeing this, the old woman quickly pushed back the red envelope that Jiang Xuening handed over. She felt that she didn't need to spend any money at all. Besides, she regarded Jiang Xuening as her granddaughter, and she couldn't accept this money.