Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

Just as Chen Yuchun finished speaking, Director Liu came out of the house.

He had just inspected the new habitat of the red-bellied pheasant and discussed it with Su Wanqing, feeling that the backyard was still a bit small.

Although raising fifty or so chicks is no problem now, if these eggs hatch, there will be more than a hundred chicks, and even the biggest backyard won't be able to support them all.

He happened to see a huge open space behind the backyard, so he quickly went out to find Zhou Yanshen. He overheard what Chen Yuchun had just said and immediately became dissatisfied.

"Young comrade, who said they would report someone for raising these animals? Who forbade raising these animals? These are golden pheasants, which are rare and protected animals in China. Everyone in the country has the responsibility and obligation to protect them."

The golden pheasant is listed in the national protected species list. Anyone who reports it or obstructs its breeding is going against national policy and will be sent to a re-education camp for ideological reform.

You're so young, you need to be responsible for your words. Don't just blurt things out. These rare animals have made their home in our coastal city, an honor the Forestry Bureau worked so hard to achieve. Do you think you can destroy all their efforts with just a simple "no keeping them"?

Director Liu became increasingly serious as he spoke, causing Chen Yuchun's face to flush red and then pale.

After saying that, he turned to Zhou Yanshen and said, "Comrade Zhou, come and take a look. There's a large empty plot of land in your backyard. We're planning to clear it out specifically for you to raise red-bellied pheasants. Let's measure the area first, and then you can find out whether this land belongs to your military region or some other department so I can submit a report and make an application."

One second ago, Chen Yuchun was already very unhappy when she saw the man who appeared out of nowhere inexplicably accuse her, but she didn't get angry because Zhou Yanshen was there.

But what the man said next completely enraged her.

What?

They kept all sorts of random things at home, which was one thing, but she originally thought that whether it was raising horses or pigs, it wasn't her who would be raising them.

Besides, once she marries into the family, she'll have an endless supply of pork and chicken—she just saw a sheep too.

Thinking that I can eat these things myself later, I decided to let it go.

Even if it's embarrassing, even if it's not allowed to be kept here, even if others gossip, she can find a way to deal with it.

But now, this person actually wants to clear out that empty space in the backyard to raise these birds?

She had already reserved this land for Wang Lili's family! It was already bad enough that she couldn't give them the house, but now if she couldn't even get this land...

That would be such a loss! No way, absolutely not!

Seeing Zhou Yanshen and that other person go inside, Chen Yuchun immediately followed them in: "Hey, wait, wait for me, I need to go see which piece of land you're talking about. That piece of land in the back can't be allocated to you; it already has an owner."

Director Liu glanced at Chen Yuchun, assuming she was the staff member managing the land, and didn't say anything more. He wasn't worried about it anyway; as long as the land was usable, not private, and belonged to the public, he could get it approved with a simple application.

They quickly crossed from the front yard to the back yard.

The backyard was in chaos. Uncle Ding first put the horses, pigs, and sheep together in a pen, and then used some cardboard to enclose the chickens.

Fortunately, the forestry bureau brought a lot of wire mesh, which fenced off about fifty red-bellied pheasants.

Director Liu shook his head – this place is definitely not suitable for the red-bellied pheasant; it's too small. We need to get the report approved as soon as possible.

"Comrade Zhou, look, this is the land. Take a ruler and measure it so we can apply for it."

Zhou Yanshen then took the long rope ruler that Su Wanqing handed over—in those days, leather measuring tapes were not common, and in the countryside and on construction sites, hemp rope rulers were mostly used, with knots and marks on them.

He started measuring along this side and finally said, "I think 15 meters long and 10 meters wide is more suitable. When the wall is built, we can put the chicken coop and activity area inside."

Su Wanqing looked at the large open space behind her and shook her head: "I think we should expand the area around here. If we're going to expand, we should expand it. It's such a big piece of land, might as well use it. If we push it back a little, there's a main road across the street, so it won't affect the military hospital's land. The key thing is that I'm thinking it would be better to use the backyard specifically for raising our own livestock, and the area next to it for raising red-bellied pheasants."

You can't exactly sacrifice your own backyard space to raise golden pheasants.

Director Liu nodded happily: "Yes, Comrade Zhou, Comrade Su Wanqing is right. Think about it, what if there are several hundred next year? Wouldn't the area be too small? Wouldn't we have to allocate more land? That would be such a hassle. Why not allocate more land at once and build a protected area here, as long as it doesn't affect vehicles passing by on the other side?"

So Zhou Yanshen remeasured the area, including the entire area behind it, leaving a large area that wouldn't affect the hospital across the street or the road crossing, and reported a range.

"No, I disagree!"

The more Chen Yuchun listened, the more outrageous it became. When he heard that the other party wanted to take over the entire large open space and act as if the land belonged to them, he was about to go crazy.

She immediately said, "Comrade Zhou, and this comrade, this area is under the jurisdiction of the military region. No one can directly occupy such a large area!"

I can't control what rare animals you raise, but this land is military property, and not just anyone can occupy it. What will the division commanders and deputy division commanders living around here think if you enclose land like this?

People have lived here for so many years and haven't dared to move, yet you, a newly arrived regimental commander, want to occupy such a large area? If word gets out, people will think the military region gave you special treatment. Not only will you be the subject of gossip, but even Division Commander Li will be implicated.

If you really need it, submit a report according to the procedure, and approve only the amount that is due. Don't try to get everything at once!

Su Wanqing stroked her belly, looked at the woman who had suddenly appeared, and then looked at Zhou Yanshen:

"Yan Shen, where did this woman come from? Is she someone who specifically manages this area? Or is she the person in charge? Does she have the authority to make these decisions? If so, it'll save us trouble; we can just resolve this here."

Zhou Yan thought for a moment and honestly reported, "Wife, I ran into them a few days ago when I was on the train back. They seemed to be Commander Chen's daughters. They came to ask me why I was allocated this house. I heard her say that she was a doctor at the hospital..."