Chapter 39 Borrowing a Chicken to Lay Eggs?



Without any attempt to hide them, they released the ten pheasants they had hunted and tied their feet together with rope.

Upon spotting the pheasant, Lin Changliang let out a loud "slurp," making it impossible for Lin Mo not to hear.

Wow, a pheasant!

Lin Gangtie's eyes shone so brightly they were almost as bright as light bulbs. Without anyone greeting him, he led his son into the Lin family's courtyard.

He stammered, looking embarrassed:

"Hey Lin Mo, well, well, the village has now allowed private farming, you know."

"Wow, you've raised so many rabbits and pheasants! Wow, that's amazing."

After offering a few flattering remarks and pausing, he finally got straight to the point of his trip:

"Hey, you said yesterday I wanted to buy a rabbit and a pheasant from you, five yuan each..."

"Can we...buy two chickens on credit?"

"Buying on credit?" Lin Mo found it strange. This guy was owing money to his own family during the famine. It was really odd.

Fearing he might disagree, Lin Gangtie quickly continued:

“The autumn harvest is over, and in two or three months it will be the end of the year. Then our family will have some money and we’ll pay you back right away.”

Lin Mo originally didn't want to agree.

How can someone borrow a pheasant on credit, then claim all the eggs it lays as their own? There's no such thing as a free lunch.

He's also waiting for the money to get married.

However, I glanced down at the father and son from head to toe.

His tattered coat was so dirty that its original color was no longer discernible, and it was patched in more than a dozen places.

Especially the elbow area, it's covered in patches.

"Alright, I'll give you two on credit."

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