In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 687 Observations (25)

After visiting the school, Li Mingyuan and his group bid farewell to Chen Fei and Li Zheng and continued walking along Chencun Avenue.

Beyond the schoolhouse lay the various breeding farms of Chenjia Village.

Here, Li Mingyuan heard the continuous sounds of chickens and ducks.

"Mr. Li, this is the area where the breeding farms of Chenjia Village are located."

Zheng Qiuyan pointed to the tightly closed gate of a farm ahead and explained, "The chickens and ducks sold in Chenjia Village are all produced from these farms. However, apart from the workers inside the farms and the managers of Chenjia Village, no outsiders are allowed to enter the farms in Chenjia Village."

Li Mingyuan looked at the farm in front of him, whose gate was tightly closed but from which the sounds of chickens and ducks could be heard. Although he was curious, he had no intention of going in to check it out.

He certainly wanted to know how the chickens and ducks in Chenjia Village were bred, but what he cared more about was the happiness that the chickens and ducks in Chenjia Village could bring to the people of Xia, or rather... the benefits that the low meat prices brought to the people.

"Giggle."

Just then, a loud rooster crowed, and then several chickens, each half a person's height and with bright red feathers, appeared in Li Mingyuan's eyes with an arrogant gait...

"What kind of chicken is this?"

Li Mingyuan stared dumbfounded at the scene before him, his mind almost going blank.

He had seen many chickens, but... a chicken that was half a person tall was something he had never heard of before.

"This is the fire-patterned chicken from Chenjia Village."

Zheng Qiuyan's expression also became more serious: "The Fire-Patterned Chicken is one of the common exotic beasts in Chenjia Village. Its claws and beak are extremely hard and sharp. According to the villagers of Chenjia Village, the Fire-Patterned Chicken's combat strength is no weaker than that of a fifth-grade martial artist. It has a record of killing several peak sixth-grade martial artists."

"hiss."

Li Mingyuan gasped. In people's old minds, chickens had always been just food. However, Zheng Qiuyan was telling him that the chickens in front of him were a breed comparable to a fifth-rank martial artist...

This left Li Mingyuan speechless for a moment.

"Giggle!"

Just then, the fire-patterned chickens passed by Li Mingyuan. Their cross-eyed eyes swept over him, seemingly finding him no threat. Perhaps it was because Zheng Qiuyan carried a familiar aura. Thus, the fire-patterned chickens did not attack. They quickly shifted their gaze away from Li Mingyuan and his companions and continued patrolling the vicinity of the farms with their indifferent gait.

This is the task that Chen Dao assigned to these fire-patterned chickens. The breeding farms and farmland of Chenjia Village are undoubtedly the biggest secret of Chenjia Village and the key to its sustainable development.

Therefore, Chen Dao has always spared no effort in protecting breeding farms and farmland.

Chen Dao would assign the vast majority of the strange beasts in the village to these two locations to protect their safety.

"This fire-patterned chicken is quite extraordinary."

Li Qiao stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

"Let's go."

After staring at the Fire-Patterned Chicken for a while, Li Mingyuan called to the two of them and continued walking forward.

Before long, the three people who turned left onto the side road from Chencun Avenue arrived at the end of Chenjia Village, which is the farmland area of ​​Chenjia Village.

At this time, most of the villagers in the farmland had finished work, but a small number of villagers did not choose to return to the village. Instead, they took out the food they brought and ate in the shady area next to the farmland.

Looking at the lush green farmland and the villagers chatting and laughing beside it, Li Mingyuan was deeply moved!

He had heard about the existence of ice wheat from Zheng Qiuyan before, and had also seen the sprouting wheat in the farmland outside the county town. But when he saw the lush greenery in the farmland of Chenjia Village, Li Mingyuan was still shocked.

Several years ago, the people of Qingzhou had already given up on growing crops in winter because the cold weather made the weather even colder, and even winter wheat, which could be grown in winter before, could not survive in the extremely cold weather.

Therefore, in recent years, after the autumn harvest, the people of Qingzhou no longer choose to continue planting crops, but instead rely on the harvested grain and go to the city to work to get through the winter.

That's why Li Mingyuan was so deeply moved when he saw the thriving crops in the fields of Chenjia Village.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Just then, the sound of dogs barking came.

Immediately afterwards, two enormous figures rushed towards Li Mingyuan and his companions.

"Uncle, be careful!"

Sensing danger, Li Qiao quickly stepped forward, shielding Li Mingyuan and Zheng Qiuyan behind him, and squinted at the two figures ahead that resembled running rhinoceroses.

The two figures ran extremely fast, kicking up a lot of dust along the way, and in an instant appeared not far from Li Mingyuan and his companions, baring their teeth at them.

At the same time, Li Mingyuan and his two companions also saw the appearance of the two figures clearly. They were two creatures that looked like dogs, but could not possibly be dogs.

They are called dogs because they look like dogs.

The reason why they cannot be dogs is because these two creatures are simply too large.

Even when on all fours, these two creatures were a head taller than Li Mingyuan, with incredibly strong limbs and long fangs that gleamed with a cold light, sending chills down one's spine.

"What is this?"

Li Mingyuan stared blankly at the two creatures in front of him, his heart filled with horror.

Even someone as knowledgeable as him had never seen such a unique creature before—its thick limbs, its enormous size, its fangs gleaming with a cold light…

If they weren't in Qingzhou, Li Mingyuan would have almost thought this was the elephant he had seen in the south.

But the two creatures before him were completely different from the elephants he remembered.

"I don't know."

Li Qiao shook his head, his face full of solemnity. He felt the same threat from these two creatures as he had from Xiao Yuan before, no! Even greater than Xiao Yuan's threat!

After all, the little round creature is relatively small and has an adorable appearance; judging from its appearance alone, it doesn't seem like a beast that could harm people.

The two creatures before us were completely different; one was enormous, like an elephant, giving off an extremely ferocious aura, not to mention…

He even bared his teeth at the three of his own men.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Big Yellow and Little Yellow crouched low, adopting an aggressive posture. Those familiar with them knew that this was a warning, urging strangers to stay away from the farmland, or they would attack.

What's wrong with Dahuang and Erhuang?

"A stranger has arrived."

"These people are quite unfamiliar. No wonder Da Huang and Er Huang have their eyes on them."

"Could these people be stealing seeds?"

"..."

Because of Dahuang and Erhuang's unusual behavior, many villagers who were eating by the farmland noticed Li Mingyuan and his two companions. After seeing that they were all unfamiliar faces, they started talking amongst themselves.