PDLP Chapter 4 can be further advanced.
Chapter 4 can be further advanced.
"If it could really evolve into a white-feathered chicken..."
Chen Dao's eyes burned with excitement. The golden finger had already clearly explained the characteristics of the white-feathered chicken: it grows quickly and has a short growth period.
In other words, white-feathered chickens can produce more meat than gray-feathered chickens in the same amount of time they are raised...
You know, these days meat is much more expensive than grain. If I could master a stable way to upgrade gray-feathered chickens to white-feathered chickens, could I make a fortune by selling chicken meat?
Thinking of this, Chen Dao immediately returned to the house, took out a sprig of chicken heart grass, and threw it on the ground for the gray-feathered hen to peck at.
After watching the gray-feathered hen finish eating the chicken heart grass, Chen Dao went inside and went to the kitchen to have breakfast with Li Ping and Chen Fei.
Breakfast was still the same old porridge, without even an egg.
Chen Dao forced himself to finish the bowl of porridge, then asked his mother, Li Ping, "Mom, how much money do we have left?"
Li Ping was taken aback, but did not hide anything from Chen Dao: "There are still 183 coins left."
"..."
Chen Dao fell silent.
He knew his family was poor, but he didn't know they were this poor.
He vaguely remembered that rice was 15 wen per jin in the county town, and one shi of rice cost 1500 wen (one shi = 100 jin), which was 1.5 taels of silver. His family's total assets amounted to 183 wen, which could only buy 12 jin of rice at most...
Chen Dao finally understood why his family could only afford to eat bran flour, which cost 183 coins. If they were to eat rice, the family of three probably wouldn't last even three days.
Thinking about this, Chen Dao's desire to raise chickens grew stronger. The weather was cold now, and they couldn't even plant crops. If they didn't think of other ways, their family would probably run out of food soon.
"Mother, could you give me the money in the house?" Chen Dao asked tentatively.
Li Ping stared at Chen Dao for a while, then asked, "What do you need the money for?"
"I'm planning to start some business."
Chen Dao replied, "Mother, as you know, our family's food is almost gone. If we don't have other sources of income, we will soon run out of food. Only by earning more money can we survive."
Li Ping frowned, her heart heavy. She knew all too well that the family's food supplies were almost exhausted, but... she really couldn't think of any way to turn things around.
Now Chen Dao says he wants to start a business...
Li Ping knew nothing about business, but she was willing to trust her son.
Li Ping got up, went to the foot of her bed, took out a package, counted out all the copper coins from the package, and said to Chen Dao, "Xiao Dao, I don't know what you're going to do with this money, but I know you'll need it. This is all the money in the house, and I'm giving it to you!"
Chen Dao solemnly accepted the 183 copper coins, feeling deeply moved.
Li Ping was just a rural woman with little education, but her trust deeply moved Chen Dao.
"Don't worry, Mom! I definitely won't misuse this money."
Chen Dao carefully put away the 183 copper coins, feeling a heavy weight in his heart.
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"ah!"
In the blink of an eye, two days have passed.
That morning, before Chen Dao woke up, he heard Li Ping's exclamation from outside the door.
Hearing the exclamation, Chen Dao quickly got up and rushed outside, only to see Li Ping standing in the front yard, holding a handful of chaff, staring blankly at the gray-feathered hen in the yard.
Do not!
At this point, the gray-feathered hen can no longer be called a gray-feathered hen; it should be called a white-feathered hen.
The hen, which was originally covered in gray feathers, had turned completely white. Not only were its feathers white, but it had also grown much larger.
The original gray-feathered hen was very small, and the whole chicken weighed about three pounds. But the white-feathered hen in front of him was much larger. Chen Dao estimated that the white-feathered hen weighed at least six pounds!
"Success!"
Chen Dao was overjoyed. After feeding the chicken heart grass for three consecutive days, the gray-feathered chicken finally evolved into a white-feathered chicken, and... its size and weight doubled!
"Xiaodao, come quick and take a look!"
Noticing Chen Dao's arrival, Li Ping waved to him, her face full of fear, and asked, "Is this our chicken?"
It's no wonder Li Ping reacted this way; the chicken had changed so much.
As the person who feeds the gray-feathered chickens at home, she was extremely familiar with the previous gray-feathered hen. It could be said that the white-feathered chicken in front of her had no resemblance whatsoever to the gray-feathered chicken she was familiar with.
Li Ping even suspected that someone else's chickens had wandered into her house.
But the gate to my front yard is always closed, and the fence is very high, so no other chickens should be able to get in.
not to mention……
If this chicken doesn't belong to us, then where did our own chicken go?
"Don't worry, Mom! This chicken is ours."
Chen Dao smiled and said, as the instigator of the gray-feathered hen's advancement, he naturally knew that this chicken was indeed the gray-feathered hen in his own home. It was only because it ate chicken heart grass that it successfully advanced and became like this.
"ah!"
Hearing the noise, Chen Fei ran to the front yard and exclaimed in surprise. She toddled over to the white-feathered chicken and exclaimed, "What a big chicken!"
Li Ping ignored Chen Fei and stared at Chen Dao, saying, "Xiao Dao, did you make this?"
"Yes."
Chen Dao nodded without hesitation: "Don't worry, Mom! I used a special method to make our hen look like this. This is our hen."
Upon hearing this, Li Ping was completely relieved, and then her mind began to work.
"Xiaodao, you asked me for money before, was it for this purpose?" Li Ping asked.
"Yes."
Chen Dao nodded, his eyes burning with enthusiasm, and said, "I plan to buy more gray-feathered chickens and breed more white-feathered chickens!"
Just three sprigs of chicken heart grass doubled the weight of the three-pound gray-feathered chicken. If I could buy more gray-feathered chickens and feed them chicken heart grass...
Making a fortune would be a piece of cake.
"Xiaodao, you absolutely must not tell anyone about this!"
Li Ping, however, was slightly worried. Although she was not very educated, she still understood the principle that "a common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime." Her son had mastered the secret method of making chickens bigger, and if others found out, her family would probably be in danger.
"Don't worry, Mother, I will never tell anyone else about this." Chen Dao quickly assured her. He knew how important what he knew was, and he would never reveal it to anyone before he was able to protect himself.
"It's good that you know what's important!"
Li Ping nodded: "Mom's going to cook for you! You go feed the chickens!"
Li Ping returned to the house, while Chen Dao looked at the white-feathered chicken that had successfully advanced, and words appeared in his eyes.
White-feathered chickens are characterized by their short growth period and high meat yield.
[Advanced Route 1: Mating a female white-feathered pheasant with a male black-clawed pheasant has a 60% chance of hatching a jade-feathered pheasant.]
【Characteristics of the Jade Feathered Chicken: Short growth period, formidable fighting power.】
[Advanced Route Two: Crush chicken heart grass and sappanwood flowers into juice, feed the chicken for three consecutive days, and there is a 90% chance that the white-feathered chicken will advance to a yellow-feathered chicken.]
Yellow-feathered chickens are characterized by a short growth period, high meat production, and a short egg-laying cycle.
"Can white-feathered chickens advance to higher levels?"
A hint of joy appeared on Chen Dao's face. He had previously thought that his cheat ability was a bit useless, but now he didn't think so anymore.
If one's own cheat ability can continuously provide advancement paths, wouldn't that mean that one can keep advancing the chicken, even to the point of creating a chicken comparable to a martial artist?
Chen Dao learned from the original owner's memories that martial artists existed in this world, and it was said that powerful martial artists possessed the courage to defeat ten thousand men.
Besides martial artists, there are also demonic beasts in this world. It is said that there are extremely dangerous demonic beasts in the vast mountains that stretch for thousands of miles. Even powerful martial artists dare not venture deep into them.
Since monsters already exist, wouldn't it be reasonable to raise chickens that are comparable to monsters?
After all, one of the two advancement paths for the White Feather Chicken is the Jade Feather Chicken, and the Jade Feather Chicken is known for its formidable combat power.
"Is it possible that the Jade Feather Chicken is a kind of martial artist? A fighting chicken among chickens?"
Chen Dao fell into deep thought, then frowned.
Although he already knew the advancement path of the White Feather Chicken, he had no clue about the Black Claw Chicken and Sappanwood Flower required for advancement. Advancing the White Feather Chicken would probably not be an easy task!
"Don't think about it anymore!"
Chen Dao shook his head. Right now, his most important task was to change his family's impoverished situation. As for the White Feather Chicken's advancement, that was something for later.
"Xiao Fei, it's time to eat!"
Chen Dao took Chen Fei, who was playing with the white-feathered chickens, back inside to have breakfast, and then left the house, heading straight for Chen Da's house.
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"Xiaodao, what brings you here?"
When Chen Dao arrived, the Chen family, who were having breakfast, said, "Since you're here, let's have breakfast together!"
Chen Dao glanced at the food in Chen Da's family and couldn't help but feel envious. Chen Da's family was living a much better life than his own. There was not only a little meat on the table, but also some wild vegetables. No wonder they were one of the best-lived families in Chenjia Village.
"Uncle, I've already eaten!"
Chen Dao declined Chen Da's invitation and asked directly, "Uncle, do you have any plans to go to the county town recently?"
Chen Da is a hunter who often needs to sell the fur of his prey, so he occasionally goes to the county town. Chen Dao came here with the intention of accompanying Chen Da to the county town.
There was no other way; it was too dangerous for me to go to the county town alone. Only by staying with Chen Da and the others could I ensure my safety.
"county seat?"
Chen Da was taken aback and said, "I was planning to go to the county town today. What, are you going too?"
Chen Dao's eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Uncle, I'll go with you."
"no problem."
Chen readily agreed, saying, "Go back and get ready; we'll set off soon."
"Okay, uncle."