Early the next morning, Chen Hao and Chen Daniu arrived at the entrance of the village carrying baskets.

Due to the increase in phoenix egg production, Chen Hao could no longer carry baskets into the city alone, so after discussing with Ning Xiaomei, he decided to send someone to pick up the phoenix eggs.

"Brother Hao."

Deng Shunli was already waiting at the entrance of the village.

"Thanks a lot."

Chen Hao patted Deng Shunli on the shoulder.

"You just get paid to do things, there's nothing hard about it."

Deng Shunli smiled.

He came to Fenghuang Village to pick up the phoenix eggs, so naturally he got extra wages, and he was reimbursed for the gas costs for the round trip, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to this job.

"Be careful on the road."

After putting the eggs in the car, Chen Hao warned.

"Don't worry, Brother Hao."

Deng Shunli closed the car door and waved, then disappeared into the morning mist with the phoenix egg.

On the way home, Chen Hao noticed that his father seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he couldn't help asking: "Dad, what's wrong?"

"Xiao Hao, dad just wants to ask you, Qiaocui won't be coming to the back mountain today, will she?"

Chen Daniu asked.

Chen Hao thought his father was worried about Zhang Qiaocui, so he smiled and said, "I told Sister Qiaocui that she won't come today."

"That's good."

Chen Daniu breathed a sigh of relief: "Although Qiaocui is still innocent, she is known as a widow after all. You should stay away from her in the future."

"Dad, what are you talking about?"

Chen Hao frowned: "What's wrong with the widow? Widows are human beings too."

"I know you and Qiaocui have had a good relationship since childhood, but it's always not good when people in the village point fingers."

Chen Daniu said with a serious face.

"They love to gossip, that's their business."

Chen Hao said disapprovingly: "It is common for widows in the city to remarry. If we rural widows remarry, they will be stabbed in the spine. Why do we get scolded for getting close to men?"

"Xiao Hao!"

Chen Daniu was a little anxious.

"Dad, I understand everything you want to say, but I also have my own ideas."

Chen Hao said seriously.

Looking at Chen Hao's firm eyes, Chen Daniu was silent for a long time, and finally just sighed.

After breakfast, Chen Hao went up the back mountain again.

Although the first chicken shed is built, it is enough to accommodate the existing hens, but the demand for phoenix eggs is still increasing sharply, so it is imperative to continue to purchase hens, as well as build several more chicken sheds.

Something necessary.

However, it is not that easy to build today’s chicken sheds.

Because the place where the chicken shed was built yesterday was Zhang Qiaocui's land, the slope was gentle, but today, the slope was much steeper, and the slope soil needed to be leveled first before the shed could be built.

Therefore, until the afternoon, the second shed had not been set up yet.

"Everyone, let's take a rest first."

Chen Hao shouted, even he was sweating like rain at this moment.

As soon as I came to rest in the shade, suddenly, Widow Liu from the village came over.

"Aunt Liu, why are you here?"

Chen Hao was confused.

"I'll bring you some water."

Widow Liu handed over a kettle.

"Xiao Hao, you are killing both young and old!"

The men around him started cheering.

"Go! Go! Go!"

Chen Hao glared at the group of men, took the kettle, thanked Widow Liu, and then asked: "Sister Qiaocui asked you to bring this water, right?"

"How did you know?"

Aunt Liu was surprised.

"This kettle was given to Sister Qiaocui by me before."

Chen Hao stroked the kettle and asked, "Is Sister Qiaocui busy?"

"You want to ask her why she doesn't come to bring you water in person?"

Seeing through Widow Liu's thoughts, Chen Hao scratched his head in embarrassment, but he also acquiesced to Widow Liu's words.

"Yesterday Qiaocui came down the back mountain and heard people in the village saying that a girl from the city is pursuing you.

She was worried that she would affect your marriage with that city girl, so she didn't dare to deliver water to you, so she could only ask me to deliver it to you."

As Widow Liu spoke, she couldn't help but sigh: "This child Qiaocui has a good heart and is beautiful, but her life is really hard."

"Tell me how to get married. Just after we got married, before entering the bridal chamber, the man drank to death. Her husband's family thought she was a nuisance, so they kicked her back."

"After returning home, Qiaofeng was admitted to college again, so she took the initiative to move the fan to Qiaofeng's house. She was so hot that she couldn't sleep every night."

Hearing this, Chen Hao's heart clenched.

No wonder it was so late that night and Sister Qiaocui was still taking a shower. It turned out that she was too hot to sleep.

"But why doesn't Sister Qiaocui sleep with Qiaofeng?"

Chen Hao asked.

"If we don't say that Qiaocui is a kind-hearted child, she heard that after her husband died, she could not sleep in the same bed with others for three years, otherwise it would bring disaster to others.

You say these days, who still believes this?

Qiaofeng also tried to persuade her, but she just refused, saying that she would rather believe it than not. Qiaofeng is the golden phoenix of the family, and there must be no mistakes, so she would rather be too hot to sleep every night than go.

Sleep in Qiaofeng’s house.”

Speaking of this, Widow Liu looked distressed.

As for Chen Hao, he couldn't sit still anymore and ran to Zhang Qiaocui's house.

but.

It was still Zhang Qiaofeng who opened the door for him.

As for Zhang Qiaocui, she still chose to avoid him.

"Sister Qiaocui, is this the result of your consideration?"

Chen Hao sighed sadly.

That night, he tossed and turned in bed but couldn't fall asleep.

The next day, before dawn, Chen Hao got out of bed, collected the phoenix eggs, and carried the basket to the entrance of the village.

At 6:30 in the morning, Deng Shunli arrived as scheduled.

"Can you give me a ride?"

Chen Hao asked.

"no problem."

Deng Shunli smiled.

Stepping on the accelerator, Deng Shunli asked: "Brother Hao wants to talk to Sister Mei about something?"

"No, I'm just going to the city to buy some things."

Chen Hao shook his head.

At dawn, Chen Hao came outside the shopping mall.

However, the mall was not open yet, so Chen Hao found a breakfast shop nearby and ordered a basket of steamed buns and a bowl of porridge.

The breakfast shop is doing well, but there are not many places left.

Chen Hao was waiting for breakfast when a girl wearing a navel-baring top and a short skirt, with her perfect lines on display, sat next to him.

After taking one look at the girl, Chen Hao lowered his head.
To be continued...