Zhou Bin turned around with a smile: "Brother, do you agree?"
The middle-aged man pretended to be distressed and said, "I agree! Since you really want to buy it, I will take a loss this time."
Zhou Bin laughed and gave him a Hongtashan cigarette: "Brother, you are joking. You will definitely not lose money."
So Zhou Bin immediately took out the money, counted it, and handed it to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man was so happy that he immediately helped him move the cage.
As the cages were so large, Zhou Bin could not empty them all at once, so he pulled them three times before he managed to transport all the chicks back home.
After the chicks were transported home, Zhou Bin immediately went to the coal yard to find Aniu, Li Jun, Liu Junyi, Wang Haichao and Wang Quanwa.
When they saw the large chicken coop at Zhou Bin's house, they were all surprised. Liu Junyi asked curiously, "Zhou Bin, are you planning to raise chickens?"
Zhou Bin smiled and nodded, "Yeah, what do you think of these chicks?"
Ah Niu said in disbelief: "Brother, how many chicks are there? Why are there so many?"
Zhou Bin held up three fingers and said, "Three thousand."
Li Jun was surprised and asked, "Can you raise all these chicks?"
Zhou Bin smiled and said, "No need to raise it, just drive it into the ditch when the time comes."
"What? You want to drive these chicks into the ditch? Aren't they feeding them to the wolves?" Liu Junyi was stunned.
Zhou Bin saw everyone's worry and said with a smile, "It's okay, I'll put up a fence around it, and it'll be fine."
Everyone was still skeptical. They had never heard of raising chickens and just driving them into the ditch without taking care of them. How could this be possible?
Zhou Bin didn't explain, he just wanted to try this method to see if it would work.
Liu Junyi took one look and asked, "Zhou Bin, what do you want us to do?"
Zhou Bin smiled and said, "I'm planning to raise chickens in the apricot forest. I need to use thorns to fence off the area, so I want to ask for your help. The wages from the coal yard will be calculated as usual, and I'll give you an extra ten dollars a day. How about that?"
When Ah Niu heard this, he was naturally happy and immediately said, "Brother, no problem."
The others also said that it was no problem. Liu Junyi thought for a moment and said, "Zhou Bin, that place is so big, I'm afraid that we can't handle it with so many people. Why don't you call a few more people?"
Zhou Bin asked: "Uncle Liu, how many people are you talking about?"
Liu Junyi smiled and said, "I think it will take at least 20 to 30 people."
Zhou Bin thought about it and said, "Why not call everyone in the coal yard tomorrow? Our current production has exceeded expectations anyway, so we can finish the work earlier and start raising chickens earlier."
So the next day, Zhou Bin called more than 40 people, and everyone took hoes and went to the ditch to dig thorns, and then transplanted these thorns around the apricot forest.
After five days of hard work, all the thorns around the apricot forest were planted. They were all very tall thorns, and only a small door was left in one place for people to enter and exit.
There is also a spring in the apricot forest, which just meets the chicks' drinking needs.
Everyone looked at the planted fence and sighed, saying that this was really a rare thing. They had never seen anyone raise chickens like this.
Is it really okay to raise chickens like this? I don’t know if all of them will be eaten by wolves.
Zhou Bin was more optimistic. He thought that ever since the last incident of a wolf entering the village, the wild wolves had been scared and had probably run away long ago.
Another thing is that we have made strict defenses, so it is not easy for those wild beasts to get in.
Everyone in the village has been talking about this matter these days. Everyone finds it unbelievable, but they don’t know that Zhou Bin had already made up his mind.
After the area in the apricot forest was prepared, Zhou Bin immediately drove all the chicks into the apricot forest, and also drove the twenty or so pheasants in.
After finishing these things, Zhou Bin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In the following days, Zhou Bin and his father would come to the apricot forest to observe the conditions of the chicks.
Zhou Jianming was actually a little worried that the chicks would starve to death if they had nothing to eat.
But what they saw made Zhou Jianming completely relieved.
It turned out that these chicks were very scared when they first entered the woods, and they hid in the grass and didn't move.
But the pheasant chicks took to the atmosphere like fish in water and immediately started running around happily.
They greedily pecked at the insects in the grass, ate weeds, and even ran to mountain springs to drink water.
Seeing these twenty or so chicks so happy, the other chicks gradually let down their guard and began to follow them to find food and drink water.
After a few days, these chicks seemed to have changed. Like the pheasants, they began to forage for food in the grass and went to the mountain springs in groups to drink water.
Moreover, none of the chicks died, and they looked even happier than at the beginning.
Zhou Jianming was stunned, yet extremely happy. He never dreamed that these chickens could be raised like this!
Half a month later, except for two or three chicks that died, the rest of the chicks grew up very healthy.
Now Zhou Jianming was completely relieved. These chickens could actually be raised. Zhou Bin was indeed extraordinary.
The villagers also changed from suspicion to admiration, especially the old ladies. Some of them had raised chickens all their lives and had never thought that chickens could be raised in this way.
So the villagers took advantage of their free time to visit Zhou Bin's new chicken farm. After seeing it, everyone gave thumbs up and praised the chicks for being so well raised. Each one was plump, with shiny black fur, and looked so pleasing to the eye.
Zhou Bin and his father would come to the ditch every two or three days to check on the chickens and repair any gaps in the fence.
Just like that, a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the chicks grew up slowly.
They were seen walking very fast, strong and healthy, moving around in the woods, looking leisurely and contented.
The pheasants also gradually changed their appearance. Some of their feathers began to show other colors, and their tails gradually became longer.
Zhou Jianming was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth as he watched the chicks grow stronger and stronger.
That day he came to the apricot forest to check on the situation as usual, but found that all the chickens that were lively in the past were gone!
This scared Zhou Jianming, and he looked around hurriedly.
In the past, when the chickens saw him coming in, they would crow and run over, and circle around him. Why can't I see any of them today?
The more Zhou Jianming thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he began to walk inside anxiously.
As he walked, he wondered if these chicks had been attacked by wolves.
That shouldn't be the case. He just took a look around and found that the fences around him were all in good condition. The wolf wouldn't jump over the fence and get in, right?
He walked and looked around, and finally found a group of chicks under a big apricot tree. They were all shivering and huddled together, which was a spectacular sight.
Zhou Jianming walked over quickly and said, "What are you doing here, you little bastards?"
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye. He was so scared that he almost fell to the ground!
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