Chapter 52 Purchasing Breeder Chickens

  The middle-aged man brought Xiao Ping to a vegetable market, the closest one to the farmer's market. There were also green-shelled eggs for sale here, and the stall owner was a middle-aged woman with a worried look on her face. When she saw the middle-aged man return, she hurriedly asked: "Hey, how did it go? Did you ask about that thing?"

  The middle-aged man pointed at Xiao Pingdao and said: "This little brother wants to buy it, but the specific issues have not been discussed yet."

  After hearing her husband's words, the woman's eyes flashed with a glimmer of hope, and she bowed deeply to Xiao Ping, saying: "Please buy our chicken farm, even if it's cheap!"

  Seeing the woman selling green-shelled eggs, Xiao Ping believed what the man had said. He himself was unexpectedly surprised that green-shelled eggs were so popular and suddenly wanted to raise chickens. If this man was a swindler, he wouldn't have been able to make such arrangements in advance to gain Xiao Ping's trust. Moreover, there were dozens of boxes of green-shelled eggs on the stall, which would be worth tens of thousands at market price. If this was a trap set by swindlers, they had invested too much and it wasn't worth it.

  Believing that the other party was really selling chickens, Xiao Ping started chatting with them. The man and woman were both honest people, and soon they told their whole story. They were a couple, the man's name was Guo Li, and the woman's name was Zhou Zhaojun. Both of them were from Beihesheng Province, and had come to Xishan County in Suzhou City more than a year ago to raise green egg-laying chickens. However, several months ago, their child back home suddenly fell ill, and in order to treat the child, the couple had used up all their savings. Now the child was waiting for money for surgery, so they thought of selling the only valuable chicken farm.

  Since there was such a good opportunity, Xiao Ping certainly wouldn't let it go and immediately asked Guo Li about the price and quantity of the green egg-laying hens. Guo Li really wanted to sell the chickens as soon as possible so he could take his child to see a doctor, so he quoted a price of 100 yuan per hen. His farm had more than 500 hens in total, which would be over 50,000 yuan, and he also threw in 20 free roosters.

  The wholesale price of green shell eggs can sell for over eight yuan each, and even after deducting the cost of raising them, they can still make a lot of money. A hen that sells for one hundred yuan is not expensive at all. So Xiao Ping didn't plan to haggle either, and after hesitating for a moment, he said to Guo Lifu and his wife, who were getting anxious: "You also have a hard time treating your child's illness, so I won't haggle either. How about a cash transaction?"

  "That's great, thank you so much!" Guo Li asked Xiao Ping gratefully: "When are we going to catch chickens?"

  Xiao Ping couldn't let such a good opportunity slip away, and since it was still early, he immediately made the decision: "The sooner the better! I'll contact the car now, and we can head to Xishan together!"

  Xiao Ping quickly contacted Zhou Jun, asking him to send a car and go with him to load the chickens. Knowing that this was a big deal for good friends, Zhou Jun decided to drive himself to accompany Xiao Ping to Xishan. Since the farm was built, all the transportation-related tasks were given to Zhou Jun by Xiao Ping, which also brought him more business. Although Zhou Jun didn't say it out loud, he was also very grateful to Xiao Ping in his heart and was happy to help with anything related to good friends.

  Zhou Jun's car arrived soon, and the group got on the car and went to his chicken farm under Guo Li's leadership. The total area here is also about one mu, half of which is a simple chicken house, and the other half is a muddy ground for chickens to move freely. The conditions are much worse than Xiao Ping's farmhouse.

  Because Mr. and Mrs. Guo went to the market to sell eggs today, they locked all the chickens in their cages. This way, it's more convenient for Xiao Ping, he just needs to load them directly onto the truck.

  Xiao Ping and others worked together to move the cage with chickens onto the truck. This task was not easy, and it took four people a while to complete. Zhou Jun and Guo Li couple were all panting with exhaustion, but Xiao Ping still looked like nothing had happened, his face not red or out of breath.

  "Your body is getting better and better." Zhou Jun wiped the sweat while saying to Xiao Ping: "At first, even walking a few steps would make you pant, now you've become a strong man."

  "Haha...... this is what they mean by 'good fortune comes from heaven'!" Xiao Ping said with a self-satisfied smile, bragging about himself.

  Zhou Jun was about to retort when someone suddenly knocked loudly on the door of the chicken farm outside.

  In a series of door slamming sounds, there were also several people's loud and soft shouts.

  "Guo Li, I know you're in there, open the door!"

  "You think you can sell chicken without paying? I think you're tired of living!"

  "If you don't open the door now, we'll break it down!"

  "Brother Leopard has arrived in person, if you don't want to be unlucky, open the door quickly!"

  These voices furrowed Xiao Ping's brow, and he looked at Guo Li coldly, asking: "What's going on here?"

  Ever since they heard someone knocking on the door, Guo and his wife were so scared that their faces turned pale. The two of them stood by the car in a daze, muttering repeatedly: "It's Zheng Bao, Zheng Bao has arrived... what to do?"

  Seeing the terrified expressions of the two people didn't seem fake, Xiao Ping slowed down his tone and said: "You first tell the story clearly, even if it's a big deal, there's a way to solve it."

  Xiao Ping's solemn tone also affected Guo Li, who barely calmed down and said in a low voice: "Zheng Bao is the local tyrant, all farmers raising green egg chickens have to pay him protection fees. Each chicken has to pay 20 yuan per month, otherwise, the farm will not be able to operate. We decided to sell the chickens, partly because of this reason. We were very careful with selling the chickens, but unexpectedly he found out, now we're in trouble!"

  "Can't you call the police?" Zhou Jun couldn't help but ask.

  "It's useless." Before Guo Li could speak, Xiao Ping had already sneered: "This group of people can be so arrogant, all aspects must have been settled, and reporting to the police would only bring more trouble."

  Guo Lishen nodded in agreement. When he first arrived here, he had also reported several alarms to the police, but each time the police's actions were always a beat slow, and by the time they arrived, Zheng Bao and others had already run away. And as soon as the police left, Zheng Bao would come back to cause trouble, either poisoning many chickens or smashing all the eggs, until Guo Lishen could only surrender to the other side, paying a monthly protection fee in exchange for peace.

  Xiao Ping looked around and asked Guo Li in a low voice, "Is there another exit here?"

  "It's all over!" Guo Lizhu shook his head mournfully: "There's only one gate, and it's already been blocked by them. Otherwise, we won't sell these chickens anymore?"

  Xiao Ping had finally managed to buy the green egg chicken, how could he bear to give up like this? He immediately shook his head and said: "I'll take care of buying these chickens, I'll deal with Zheng Bao's matter, you go open the door!"

  Kuo Li naturally also hoped that this deal could be made, since Xiao Ping said so, he would not object either, and hurriedly pushed open the large door that was about to be smashed.

  As soon as the door opened, a dozen or so young people swaggered in. These guys all had arrogant expressions on their faces, as if they were about to write "I'm a thug" on their foreheads. The leader of the group was around 27 or 28 years old, with a deep scar on his cheek. Although it was already late autumn, he deliberately kept his collar open, revealing a leopard tattoo on his chest.

  "Brother Bao." Guo Li was even more afraid when he officially faced Zheng Bao, and accompanied by a smile, greeted the leader.

  Zheng Bao looked up and down at Guo Li, and before he even opened his mouth, he suddenly slapped him in the face. The slap was extremely heavy, and a stream of fresh blood immediately flowed from the corner of Guo Li's mouth.

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