Courtyard House: My Time Travel is a Bit Too Strong

"It's lucky to get a chicken like this for 500 yuan. Sometimes you spend thousands and still end up with a factory-farmed chicken." Jiang Hua put down his spoon.

"I'd rather eat this hen than spend hundreds of dollars to order a grouper at a restaurant," Jiang Yong said with a smile, tearing off a chicken leg.

……

As soon as Lin Quan pushed open the iron gate of the rented house, he was surrounded by seven or eight locals.

The aroma of chicken fat mixed with herbs wafted far and wide, and the neighbors followed the scent to find their way here.

Someone found out from Jiang Yong... He asked Lin Quan to bring the chicken back.

A dozen or so people stood guard at the door, some carrying baskets, others clutching change. They didn't say much, but their meaning was clear: they wanted to buy chickens.

"Dear uncles and aunts, I can't guarantee that I'll always have free-range chickens. If you really want one, please register your name and pay a 20 yuan deposit. Once I have some, I'll call you one by one."

How much is the deposit?

"One chicken, twenty."

"I'm fifty, and I want one male and one female."

"I'm fifty too, same as you."

After registering, eighteen roosters and eighteen hens were reserved, and a deposit of nine hundred yuan was stuffed into his pocket.

After everyone left, he rode his tricycle out and bought an electronic scale.

"Thirty-six birds, at the minimum of two hundred each, the net loss is seven thousand two."

We ate dinner out, skipping the braised eggs, and went straight back inside.

Take a shower, do laundry, set the alarm, and go straight to sleep.

I still don't have much cash on hand. Even if I have to go to a chicken farm in a distant place to pick up goods, I have to leave enough money for food, transportation, water and electricity. I can't delay the purchase of cultivation techniques, pills, equipment, and skills.

The alarm clock rang at 2 a.m.

He grabbed a handful of rice and crept into the common chicken coop next to the main chicken coop.

As soon as the rice grains were scattered, the chickens swarmed over.

Pounce on him, twist his neck, and shake him off; pounce again, twist again, and shake him off again.

"Thirty-six of them, that's all."

He was panting heavily as he tied up the chicken, loaded it onto the tricycle, and drove it back to his rented room.

Boiling water, scalding the hair, removing the hair, gutting, rinsing...

At five in the morning, he rode his bike around for a while, but didn't buy anything; he just tested the accuracy of the scale.

At 7:00 sharp, I took out my phone and started dialing.

"The rooster weighs 12.7 jin and the hen weighs 8.9 jin, totaling 476.5 yuan. I paid 50 yuan before, so just give me 425 yuan."

"The rooster weighs 12.8 jin (6.4 catties), the hen weighs 8.8 jin (4.4 kg), that's 476, so let's say 475..."

After clearing out the thirty-six chickens, he received over 7,600 yuan. Adding the money from selling eggs and the first chicken, his account balance was just over 11,700 yuan.

"Boss, I want one male and one female."

"That person hasn't been taking orders these past few days, and I don't have any other channels either."

"Boss, what's his phone number?"

Lin Quan glanced at the other person but didn't say anything, though the meaning was clear: Don't ask anymore.

He paid the rent for next month and the month after yesterday.

With over 10,000 in cash, he plans to take some time to travel to a distant place to improve his attack methods, skills, elixirs, and equipment.

Having spent more than two years in Hengpu Film City, he had long understood a principle: if you carry things too conspicuously, you'll attract attention; if you stand too high, the wind will blow too fiercely.

Not wanting to make enemies but also wanting to retain his existing customers, he created a QQ group and posted a QR code.

Some people scanned the QR code, some invited others to join, and some casually forwarded it to relatives in the next building.

Ningzhou is a coastal city, and the elderly use penguins better than they use old-fashioned mobile phones; in some places, middle-aged people still don't know how to open a chat window.

In less than an hour, there were 37 people in the group, all with local accents.

"The locals are really generous; they mostly buy in pairs."

"I can easily earn over ten thousand by placing an order every few days."

Farmers don't report taxes when they sell chickens, so he doesn't have to pay taxes either... The costs are so low, and his monthly income is less than four thousand, which is not even close to the tax collection line.

No license? As long as no one stops him on the spot and confiscates his goods, no one can find out where his stall is.

Report it? Buying and selling chickens, without stealing, robbing, cheating, or drugging, it's not even under the jurisdiction of the Industry and Commerce Bureau.

Live pigs, cattle, and sheep must be sent to slaughterhouses for processing, but chickens, ducks, and geese are not subject to this rule.

Even if there's a bird flu outbreak, he can still sell eggs.

After everyone had left, Lin Quan rode his tricycle out and bought an aluminum alloy pipe.

"It's heavy enough and can withstand the weight, so we'll use it as a stick for now."

He went back inside, locked the door, and strode into the chicken coop.

The weakest attack-type chicken is no different from an ordinary chicken; the strongest can fight against a level 5 divine chicken.

High-level attacking chickens cannot enter the territory of low-level chickens.

He grabbed a handful of rice and scattered it out. As soon as the chickens gathered, he swung an aluminum pipe and smashed them.

One blow for each of them, more than a dozen fell to the ground, without even triggering the attack technique.

They scattered rice in a different spot, killing more than a dozen more.

"Cluck cluck cluck..." The chickens flapped their wings and scattered in all directions.

The attacking chicken has a bad memory; after ten seconds, it forgets everything that happened before.

Hundreds of them fell, and a ball of light rose into the air.

Lin Quan reached out and grasped, a new attack method appearing in his mind...

The "Fierce Tiger Body Forging Technique" consists of five levels: Tendon Strengthening, Flesh and Blood Strengthening, Bone Strengthening, Marrow Cleansing, and Internal Organ Strengthening.

Bring up the system's main page; in the personal information section, there's a new option under "Attack Methods".

The moment the thought crossed my mind, I was already standing in the chicken coop of experience.

Scatter rice, lure chickens, swing a knife, sever their necks; a chicken falls, gaining a little mortal-level experience.

"One hundred points? That's not enough to level up."

Two hundred points? Not enough.

"Five hundred points? Still stuck."

……

"One thousand points, done."

After losing a thousand experience points, his whole body felt hot and swollen, as if his muscles and bones were being gripped and kneaded repeatedly by a fierce tiger, reaching the perfect state of Yi Jin Jing.

With doubled strength and a light body, landing from a split is effortless.

I went back to the main chicken coop, slaughtered a common rooster, and took it back to the rented room to braise it.

After eating, washing up, and lying down, I slept until midnight, then turned over and went back to the chicken coop.

Scatter rice, wait for the chickens, kill the chickens, and your experience will steadily increase.

"1,500 points."

"1,800 points."

"Two thousand points is enough."

Another two thousand experience points will be deducted, bringing the Qi and Blood Realm to its peak.

"Now I can lift 500 pounds with one hand without getting out of breath."

For the next few days, Lin Quan stayed indoors, spending all his time outside of eating, drinking, relieving himself, and sleeping in the experience chicken coop.

"From Qi and Blood to Bone Forging, it took four thousand points, and my strength increased several times over. I can now lift three thousand catties."

"From bone forging to marrow cleansing, eight thousand points. My strength hasn't doubled, but I can steadily support five thousand jin."

"After cleansing my marrow and internal organs, I gained 16,000 points, and my strength doubled... I can carry heavy objects weighing 10,000 jin."

He grinned when he looked in the mirror.

He's grown a few centimeters taller, I'd guess he's 1.8 meters tall.

The price of that ancestral item also rose accordingly, and there are very few that can compare to it in the Xia Kingdom.

My phone lit up, and my QQ group chat was flooded with messages: "Ah Quan, when will the free-range chickens be available?"

He took a cold shower, changed his clothes, and took a car into the city.

Wearing shorts, a short-sleeved shirt, and slippers, they disappeared into the mall.

When you master the Fierce Tiger Body Forging Technique, you become strong, tall, and your feet grow so big that only slippers fit.

"Red Star, a well-established domestic brand, affordable and durable... that's the one."

I bought two pairs of shoes, five short-sleeved shirts, five pairs of shorts, and five pairs of underwear...

They carried large and small bags back to their rented room.

While it was dark, all the old clothes, pants, and shoes in the house were stuffed into the trash can.

I took out my phone, opened the QQ group, and sent a message:

"There will be chicken tomorrow."

"I've asked, and we can pick up the goods tomorrow."

"I want a rooster and a hen."

"I want two hens."