Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

"Humph, of course it lays eggs!"

"From now on, don't go to Chen's house to buy eggs. Come to my house. The price is still the same as before, 10 cents each!"

After force-feeding so much coarse salt at noon, Jia Zhang felt that it was a sure thing.

It would be unfair if it doesn't lay eggs.

"Oh, is it true? Then go and have a look. If eggs are really laid, I'll buy two!" said the second aunt.

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang straightened her back, walked to the chicken coop with a proud step, and looked inside.

With just one glance, Jia Zhang felt her head buzzing and a very ominous premonition arose in her heart.

This...why is this chicken not moving?

All sleeping?

This shouldn't be the case! Whose old hen sleeps in this position?

At this time in the chicken coop, five old hens were lying neatly on the ground, all motionless.

Seeing this, Jia Zhang stepped into the chicken coop in a panic and touched each chicken one by one.

It’s broken, it’s broken!

These five old hens are not only cold, but also hard!

Jia Zhang was so frightened that her legs and feet went limp and she fell directly into the chicken coop.

At this time, she no longer cared about the chicken shit in the chicken coop and began to wail at the top of her lungs.

“Hmm~~Hmm~”

"Old hens, why are all the old hens dead?"

"My chicken, my old hen~"

There were five old hens in total, all of which were killed. The money spent on buying the chickens alone cost more than ten yuan.

This money was saved bit by bit by Jia Zhang, and no one knew how long it took.

I had been counting on them laying eggs and selling them for money, making fifty or sixty yuan a month.

But who knew it would happen suddenly!

what happened?

Weren't they fine just now? They had prepared water and food well. It couldn't be that the old hens were in a bad mood and committed mass suicide, right?

“Hmm~~Hmm~~~”

Jia Zhang cried so hard that all the aunties in the yard were stunned.

What the hell is this noise?

If you don’t know, you might think there is a donkey raised in the courtyard.

After howling for a while, Jia Zhang patted her butt and stood up from the ground, then she found that her hands were covered with a lot of coarse salt grains.

Kosher salt??

Yes, coarse salt, it must be the coarse salt that caused this!

The old hens all rushed to eat the coarse salt that Chen Jun fed them, but the old hens didn't even look at the coarse salt he fed them.

The two types of coarse salt are definitely different.

Think about how I bought the cheapest coarse salt to save some money, but ended up killing all the chickens.

"Damn Chen Jun, he didn't even tell me which one to buy. He's definitely trying to cheat me!" Jia Zhang cursed with a ferocious face.

If Chen Jun hadn't suddenly made money by raising chickens, how could he have followed suit and raised chickens?

If I didn’t raise chickens myself, I wouldn’t have lost so much money!

Damn Chen Jun, he must compensate himself!

Jia Zhang was breathing heavily, clenching her fists, and her brain was working rapidly, thinking about how to ask Chen Jun for compensation.

I spent more than ten dollars on five old hens, and I took great pains to raise them for several days, so I have to pay at least twenty dollars in compensation.

But how can we make Chen Jun pay the money?

After much thought, I still couldn't find a suitable excuse.

If she went directly to ask for compensation, given Chen Jun's temper, he would probably slap her twice and then kick her back to the central courtyard.

But if he doesn't ask Chen Jun for compensation, he will have to bear the loss himself.

Just a dozen dollars!

It could even cost Jia Zhang's life, so she was unwilling to pay the money herself.

No, someone must be found to compensate.

After work, I will go to Yi Zhonghai to think of a solution. If he doesn't make the decision for me, I will let Yi Zhonghai pay the compensation.

If it doesn't work, let Shazhu pay for it.

It’s just that Shazhu has been very low-key recently. He even avoids her when walking and seems to be disgusted with meeting her.

Just as I was thinking about it, the aunties in the yard had already gathered around.

When they looked into the chicken coop, they were also shocked.

"Wow, why is this old hen all wet? Aren't you an expert at raising chickens, Jia Zhang?"

"If you can't support yourself, don't buy it. You'll spend so much money and lose it all."

"Hiss, they can't die so neatly, can they? Jia Zhang, you didn't buy a sick chicken, did you? The closer it is to the New Year, the more scammers there are. Some scammers deliberately go to the countryside to buy sick chickens and then bring them to the city to sell."

"Sick chickens? Sick chickens can't all die so uniformly. I think Jia Zhang didn't know how to raise chickens. She fed them all to death."

"What a pity. I spent more than ten dollars on the chicken and it was all wasted."

"Not really, not really. Now I'm just boiling water to remove the feathers. It's like buying five chickens for Chinese New Year."

"What? Do you dare to eat this chicken? Aren't you afraid that the poison will kill you?"

The aunties were talking to each other, not paying any attention to Jia Zhang who was crying without tears.

She was already in a bad mood at the moment, and after hearing the sarcastic remarks from the aunties, she exploded.

"roll!!!"

"You bunch of black-hearted maggots, my old hen is gone, it would be fine if you didn't donate some money to me, but you are still gossiping here!"

"Why do I keep the hens? So that you can eat fresh eggs? Get out, get out now!"

Hey!

When the aunties saw that Jia Zhang was getting angry, they all returned to their previous seats.

They all understood Jia Zhang's temper, so they didn't get angry even if they were scolded.

Some even couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud.

What is this for the people in the courtyard, what is this for the sake of eating fresh eggs, it's all bullshit!

It's because he saw Chen Jun making money raising chickens, so he became jealous and started learning how to raise chickens too.

As a result, due to his poor skills, all the old hens were killed.

Tsk tsk, you know what, it’s actually quite pleasant to see Jia Zhang in such bad luck.

Jia Zhang’s failure is certainly regrettable, but Jia Zhang’s success is even more unacceptable.

So the aunties were not angry, but they started to grumble even more vigorously.

When Jia Zhang heard them still buzzing behind her back, she got so angry that she kicked the chicken coop away.

"You have no conscience, no conscience. I served you delicious food and drink, but you all died!"

After kicking the chicken coop, kick the old hen.

After she had exhausted her breath and recovered, Jia Zhang took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and went back to the house to boil some water.

Even though the chicken is dead, the meat is still there!

Jia Zhang didn’t know whether it was still edible, but she knew that the New Year was approaching and someone would definitely buy chicken.

If you pluck the chicken yourself and then sell it, you can still recover some of your losses.

They did it right away. Jia Zhang shouted loudly and arranged for Qin Huairu to boil hot water.

Qin Huairu was also shocked when she saw the five dead chickens.

After secretly cursing the prodigal son a few times, Qin Huairu went to boil some hot water.

Jia Zhang threw the five dead hens to Qin Huairu and went back to the house to sleep.

Boiling water, removing hair and cleaning were all left to Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu was already pregnant, and when she was cutting open the old hen and cleaning out its internal organs, she vomited several times out of disgust.