Hearing Jiang Zhou's impatient request, Yu Bai shook his head.
"Mr. Jiang, the chicken farm on the mountain..." she said apologetically, "It's still just a prototype. The fence has just been put up, the chicken coops are still being built, and the water and electricity lines are being laid. I'm afraid your trip will be in vain."
She paused and added, "Besides, it's getting late now, and the mountain road is difficult to walk on, so it's not very convenient to go up."
"However, Mr. Jiang, you can come to my house first. My mother also raises a few chickens in the yard, and the eggs you ate last night were laid by those chickens."
"Oh?" Jiang Zhou raised his eyebrows slightly. "Auntie, you raise chickens at home too? Sorry to bother you then."
The car stopped at the gate of Yu's courtyard.
Jiang Zhou got out of the car and glanced at the courtyard in front of him, with a barely perceptible hint of surprise in his eyes.
He had heard sporadically from Li Baizhong that Yu Bai had sold many rare antiques worth a fortune.
According to common sense, if someone suddenly got this windfall, even if he didn't build a large-scale building, he would at least improve his house.
However, the small courtyard in front of me, with its green bricks and gray tiles, is not much different from the houses of the surrounding neighbors, except that it is kept exceptionally clean and tidy. A few common flowers and plants are planted beside the courtyard wall, exuding a simple vitality.
This was completely different from what he imagined a residence would have for a person with a huge amount of money who was in urgent need of improving his family's life.
He remembered that when he sent Yu Bai back last night, he only stopped at the entrance of the alley, without taking a closer look, and never stepped into the courtyard.
What he saw today was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Yu Bai took in the fleeting surprise on Jiang Zhou's face, but said nothing.
Of course, she wouldn't tell him that she had already bought a villa for her family in the county town.
She simply turned sideways and gestured for invitation: "Mr. Jiang, please come into the courtyard."
Walk through the grape trellis and follow the red brick path in front of the house to reach the backyard.
A few clear rooster crows were heard, and Jiang Zhou's eyes went straight to the simple but clean chicken coop in the corner.
Zhou Fengxia was holding a handful of vegetable leaves and throwing them to the hens with shiny feathers and full of energy.
There was a strange gaze behind him, and he heard his daughter's slightly polite greeting.
Zhou Fengxia paused in feeding the chickens, and almost instinctively turned her body slightly to try to block the gaze of the person who came.
The pair of hands covered with thin calluses also opened subconsciously, and like a hen protecting her chicks, she gathered the chickens behind her.
That look was not so much one of being on guard as it was one of being afraid that someone else would covet his treasure.
What made Jiang Zhou's pupils shrink even more was that at the moment when Zhou Fengxia made that gesture of protecting her calves, the hens that were originally pecking at the food leisurely seemed to have received some kind of instructions!
“Gugu——”
After a few short low crows, they all turned around in unison and hid back deep in the chicken coop in the blink of an eye, as if they were well-trained.
Only a few little heads popped out from the cracks in the shack, their black bean-like eyes staring vigilantly at Jiang Zhou, the uninvited guest.
All of this fell into Jiang Zhou's eyes with incredible clarity.
His deep eyes first swept across the momentary tension and protection of food on Zhou Fengxia's face, and then accurately captured the chickens' eerily coordinated hiding movements.
At that moment, Jiang Zhou froze.
Deep in his eyes, there was a turbulent wave of fear and his pupils were filled with disbelief!
He even blinked subconsciously, thinking that he was hallucinating because of the long journey.
Chicken...can understand what people mean?
Will you cooperate in hiding?
This is simply unbelievable!
However, Zhou Fengxia's eyes, still wary and focused on him, as well as the little guys in the chicken coop who only poked their heads out, as if observing the enemy, all told him -
He was not seeing things!
Those chickens actually understood Zhou Fengxia's instructions and... executed them!
Yu Bai, who was standing aside, took in Zhou Fengxia's nervousness and Jiang Zhou's shock. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he took a step forward, breaking the slightly eerie silence.
"Mom, this is Mr. Jiang Zhoujiang, the one I mentioned to you. He's our partner."
"Mr. Jiang came here just to see the chickens we raise. Don't be nervous."
Zhou Fengxia was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and her eyes shifted back and forth between her daughter and Jiang Zhou.
When she saw Yu Bai nodding slightly at her, his eyes full of affirmation and trust, her heart finally settled down.
It turned out that he was my daughter's partner and not a bad person.
The tension and vigilance on Zhou Fengxia's face disappeared instantly, replaced by the simplicity and enthusiasm unique to country women.
"Oh, it's Boss Jiang!"
As she spoke, she quickly wiped her hands on her apron which was slightly stained with mud.
"I'm sorry for my inattention just now. I just raised this chicken for fun. It's nothing special. Boss Jiang, please feel free to look at it!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her foot and prepared to leave, leaving the space to Jiang Zhou.
But when passing by Jiang Zhou, Zhou Fengxia paused, her simple face full of smiles:
"Boss Jiang, it's almost time for dinner. Now that you're here, don't leave!"
"Try my cooking. We're from the countryside, so we don't have any exotic delicacies. We're just some home-cooked meals. Would you like to try some?"
Jiang Zhou's soul has not yet fully returned to its place.
The miraculous reactions of those chickens still replayed in his mind, every detail as clear as a brand.
Zhou Fengxia's passionate words drifted into his ears as if through a layer of water curtain, but failed to stir up any ripples in his heart.
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