Er Ya looked at the chicken coop Zhou Cheng brought out and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! What a big pheasant! How did you catch it?" The pheasant's feathers were particularly beautiful; she had never seen a live pheasant before.
Zhou Cheng said, "This pheasant was really hard to catch. It took us a whole day to catch it."
Chen Kai saw his cousin Zhou Kai limping over and asked, "Xiao Kai, what happened to you?"
Xiao Kai sighed and said, "Yesterday, when I went to hunt pheasants, I saw a rabbit. When I chased it, I accidentally fell into a ditch."
Zhou Cheng said gloatingly, "Yes, he was really unlucky yesterday. He fell into a ditch, the rabbit got away, and when he came back, he was hit on the head by a dead branch from a big tree."
Zhou Kai said dejectedly, "That dead branch suddenly fell and hit my head. It hurt so much."
Er Ya and the others were laughing so hard they almost cried. Zhou Kai was such an unlucky guy.
Chen Kai said, "Cousin, I want to go down and check on the pheasants."
Zhou Cheng put him down, and Chen Kai, holding the pheasant's tail, was very happy. This pheasant was really big, even bigger than their old hen. He wondered if it was because of its fluffy feathers.
Pheasants, also known as wild chickens, are scientifically called Pheasant. Pheasants are not only highly ornamental, but also very delicious. Their meat is firm but not dry, juicy and tender, and contains more than twice the protein of ordinary poultry.
However, pheasants are now protected animals and cannot be hunted. Chen Kai had only ever seen pheasants on television; this was the first time he had ever seen a live one. It was beautiful.
The pheasant they caught had very brightly colored feathers. The feathers on its belly were mainly composed of reddish-brown with scattered black, yellow and white, while its neck was decorated with rich green. Its whole body was colorful, and its wings even shone with a metallic sheen.
Chen Lao Er said, "Let's keep these pheasants for now and eat them later."
Chen Kai thought it was fine to keep it, since they had just eaten old hen meat, so they could raise this pheasant for now.
Chen Kai asked, "Cousin, is this pheasant male or female?"
Zhou Cheng patted Chen Kai's head and said, "This is a male pheasant. Male pheasants have longer tails, while female pheasants have shorter tails, so they are easy to distinguish."
Chen Kai said, "Cousin, can we catch another female pheasant? We can make a pair, let them lay eggs, and then let the female pheasant hatch the eggs. That way we can have lots of pheasants to eat."
Zhou Cheng smiled and said, "Okay, but pheasants are hard to catch, so you may have to wait a long time."
Chen Kai said with a smile, "It's alright! Thank you in advance, cousin."
After resting for a while, Uncle Zhou went to the fields to find Old Man Chen and Mrs. Zhou, while the others helped make fruit juice at the Chen family's house.
While drinking his juice, Zhou Kai said, "These past few days, many people in our village have gone hunting in the mountains and caught quite a lot of game. We plan to take it to the county town to sell tomorrow. There will be a lot of people at the flower festival, so it will definitely sell well."
Chen Kai asked curiously, "Do the animals you hunt in your village come alive?"
Zhou Kai said, "Most of the prey are dead; only a small portion are alive."
Chen Kai asked, "Has anyone caught any live baby rabbits? I'd like to keep a few as pets."
Zhou Kai thought for a while and said, "I remember that Gou Dan's family at the village entrance caught a nest of wild rabbits, and there seemed to be a few baby rabbits."
Chen Kai said happily, "Could you ask them if they sell rabbits? If they do, please buy them for me."
Zhou Kai said, "I heard they seem to be selling them, planning to use the money to buy grain. But the price they're asking for is a bit high, it seems like one rabbit costs around one hundred coins!"
Chen Kai said, "It's okay, you can buy all the little rabbits for me tomorrow, and I'll go get the money for you in a bit."
When Er Ya heard that her uncle wanted to buy such an expensive rabbit, she hurriedly said, "Uncle, let's not buy their rabbit yet. Let's go to the flower festival tomorrow and see if there are any people selling small animals there. Let's look around and buy from whichever stall has the cheapest price."
Zhou Kai also said, "Yes, a rabbit doesn't usually cost this much. Gou Dan's family raised the price because they need money to buy food. Tomorrow someone will definitely sell it for less."
Chen Kai said helplessly, "Alright then! Let's take a stroll around the county town tomorrow."
These little brats, they're so young and they already know to compare prices before buying things! They're really thrifty! But I should be able to buy a lot of pets tomorrow. If we raise more animals at home, we won't have to spend money on meat.
During their lunch break, the girls in the family started discussing how to dress up for the next day, and even his two sisters-in-law joined in, making the group even larger.
Chen Kai and Xiao Tian are discussing how to sell their cold drinks tomorrow!
Suddenly, Sanya ran over, circled around them, and said, "Uncle, Xiaotian, do you think I'm pretty?"
After Sanya finished speaking, without waiting for their reply, she ran over to Chen Nong and the others who were playing with the horned beetle on the other side and circled around them.
Chen Nong looked up blankly and said, "Beautiful, sis, you're very beautiful!" After saying that, Chen Nong immediately lowered his head to play with the horned beetle.
Chen Kai and Xiao Tian were speechless. This girl's taste was just too terrible!
Sanya changed into new clothes without patches. The top was red and the skirt was green. She also wore a bright red hair ornament. What's so good about this red and green combination? It was obviously Zhou Shi who put it together.
At this moment, Er Ya was showing the hair accessories she had bought last time to Zhou Dajiu's granddaughters. The little girls were very excited to see so many pretty hair accessories.
Seeing this, Daya and Sanya took out their newly bought hair accessories. The girls jumped and screamed with joy when they saw them.
Zhou also took out three wooden hairpins that she had sold last time, gave one to Chen Xiaohua, and then gave one to each of her two daughters-in-law.
Chen Kai's two sisters-in-law immediately put on wooden hairpins and asked their husbands if they looked good. Chen Kai's two brothers could only nod in agreement and say that they looked good.
Chen Kai complained to Xiao Tian speechlessly, "Is this what they mean by 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'? What's so interesting about a wooden hairpin in the hair?"
Xiao Jing nodded in agreement. These women were really obsessed. Whether they were older or younger, they were all discussing how to dress up to look better.
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