"I don't know, maybe you should just stop setting up your stall?"
"That's unlikely. Let's wait until things pick up again."
"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but ever since the Chen family's stall left, none of the pork stalls near the food street have been doing very well..."
"Yes, I heard news from the next county that there's been an outbreak of swine fever... Many pig farms have already closed down... and a lot of local pigs have died..."
"No way, right now the only things we can afford are pork, chicken, and duck. Besides, after the swine fever outbreak, it won't be easy to get food from Chen's stall..."
Chen Xian walked down the street with his hands behind his back.
I overheard their conversation.
He was slightly taken aback.
A case of swine fever has occurred in a neighboring county.
I originally planned to buy some local pigs, but I still need to keep the stall running.
Let's wait a month or two before we hear what these people are saying.
The chirping of chicks reached my ears.
I asked about the price; each chick cost three coins.
Chen Xian bought more than a hundred directly.
The old man at the stall was startled.
He simply said he didn't have that much stock on hand.
Chen Xian paid the deposit and told him to go home and pick it up, and have it delivered to his door.
He then rode back in the car.
...
Not long after, Chen Xian returned home.
Cuihua is washing and preparing wild vegetables.
Liniang and Shuangshuang are washing clothes.
Everyone was surprised to see Chen Xian return.
Chen Xian jumped off his horse and immediately told the old man to put the chicks into the Chen family's chicken coop.
"Husband, why are you buying so many chicks?"
Chen Xian: "The chicken coop is just sitting empty anyway, so we might as well make use of it."
The village women had already started clamoring, "Oh, is Da Zhu's father really not planning to sell pork anymore, and instead stewing chicken?"
Zhang Daguang mingled in the crowd, unusually keeping his mouth shut and not saying a word.
For many days, his family searched for a stall in the city to quietly sell some food. After deducting the cost of purchasing, the two of them could still earn nearly 9100 coins a day.
It's much better than doing manual labor in a shop in the city.
He had heard about the Chen family's troubles and how they had gotten into trouble.
The gossipy wife next to him started getting asked, "Da Guang's wife, your family often goes to the city, you're very well-informed."
"Dad must be in trouble, otherwise he wouldn't have sold all the pigs in the pigsty."
After gloating for a while, Da Guang's wife said mysteriously, "Want to know? There are taboos involved, so I can't tell you."
The village women and wives asked her a few questions, but seeing that she kept her mouth shut, they turned to ask Da Guang:
"Da Guang, what happened to Da Zhu Zi's family? Tell me, and I promise I won't tell anyone else."
Zhang Daguang smiled and said, "I don't know."
The woman beside her opened her mouth, just about to pique the woman's interest, but seeing those ignorant and tactless women, she really didn't intend to ask anymore.
She was so frustrated.
I was just about to take the initiative and reveal the truth.
Zhang Daguang snapped, "Let's go home."
On the way, his wife grumbled, "Can't I even say it?"
"no!"
His voice was cold and unyielding.
"Use your brain and think about it. When has Chen Xian's family ever suffered a loss?"
The Chen family has lost the man who used to only know how to sleep in late.
Our business has even received guidance from others.
"It's best to be cautious in life... otherwise you won't even know when someone ambushes you."
This was a painful lesson Zhang Daguang learned from several encounters with Chen Xian.
He is by no means a shallow person.
The chicks were entrusted to Liniang and Shuangshuang for care.
Chen Xian rode his yellow horse directly to Red Leaf Village.
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