After securing the contract for Mantou Mountain, Wang Xiaoqiang found the village construction team and asked them to build a chicken coop on Mantou Mountain.

The leader of the village construction team was Wang Dazhong, who had a lifetime of experience in building houses. He and Wang Xiaoqiang were from the same Old Wang Family. In ancient times, they would have been considered clan relatives with a close relationship. Seeing that Wang Xiaoqiang was constructing a chicken farm, Wang Dazhong took it very seriously.

Immediately, he accompanied Wang Xiaoqiang to Mantou Mountain to choose a location.

The two of them scoured almost the entire Mantou Mountain and finally agreed that the top plateau of Mantou Mountain was the best place to build the chicken coop. Firstly, the land on the mountaintop was relatively open, and secondly, from the summit of Mantou Mountain, one could overlook the forty acres of fields below.

If Wang Xiaoqiang were to live on the mountaintop, he could take care of both sides.

However, building a chicken coop at the mountaintop would be more challenging, but fortunately, the slope of Mantou Mountain was not steep, and a winding mountain road led to the top, which was accessible by motorized tricycles.

After finalizing their plans, Wang Dazhong led the construction team to begin work. According to Wang Xiaoqiang's instructions, the chicken coop did not need to be very large. In addition, a row of five bungalows was constructed so that if workers were hired in the future, they could move in.

Wang Dazhong roughly estimated the housing costs for Wang Xiaoqiang, which amounted to over three hundred thousand yuan. This was not a small sum, but Wang Xiaoqiang didn't hesitate. He immediately took out the money and invested it in the factory construction.

The news that Wang Xiaoqiang was building a chicken farm quickly spread throughout the village, and it was then that everyone realized Wang Xiaoqiang had truly become wealthy. His assets were certainly not just the income from one season's harvest. To invest in a chicken farm, one would need at least five or six hundred thousand yuan.

With Wang Xiaoqiang contracting forty acres of land and Mantou Mountain, and building a chicken farm, he would need to have assets worth millions—anything less was unthinkable.

Wang Xiaoqiang's reputation grew even further, and almost all the nearby villages had heard about him. When they learned that this daring, wealthy young man had yet to marry, continuous proposals came through Zheng Dazui, who wanted to betroth their daughters to Wang Xiaoqiang.

Knowing that Wang Xiaoqiang was busy, Zheng Dazui rejected all these offers, but she made sure to tell Little Xu Xiaoya and Xia Sanwa about them. Little Xu Xiaoya felt a sour tinge when she saw Wang Xiaoqiang becoming increasingly popular, yet she didn't take it too seriously. On the contrary, Xia Sanwa was very concerned upon hearing the news and became quite flustered.

That day, upon returning from Big Mouth Supermarket, she called Xia Guifang to her side and asked with a worried frown, "Girl, when you went to the Provincial Capital last time, did you and Wang Xiaoqiang, you know...?"

Xia Guifang could vaguely understand her father's implication, her cheeks flushed with a hint of embarrassment, but she pretended not to understand, "Dad, I don't get what you're saying."

"You know, did you stay with Wang Xiaoqiang... together... in the same place?"

"We stayed in the same room..." Xia Guifang didn't grasp her father's meaning. She twisted her fingers together, looking very uneasy.

"Uh..." Xia Sanwa breathed a sigh of relief, "Did you sleep together?"

"Oh, Dad, why are you asking this?" Seeing her father ask such a direct question, Xia Guifang's pretty face blushed deeply.

"Just answer Dad quickly. Did you sleep with Wang Xiaoqiang or not?"

"No, we stayed in the same room, but we didn't sleep in the same bed," Xia Guifang replied earnestly, as if to assert her innocence.

"Ah, you silly girl," Xia Sanwa suddenly slapped his forehead in annoyance and then pointed at Xia Guifang with a look of disappointment, "No wonder there's been no movement from Old Wang's Family; it turns out, it turns out you still haven't made a move... Sigh!"

"Dad, what nonsense are you talking about? What's this about making a move? It sounds so awful. We're not even married yet, how can we live together!" Xia Guifang bit her red lips and said.

"Ah, how come you, my daughter, don't follow my lead at all? Now, Little Qiang is hot property. Those who want to marry Wang Xiaoqiang are queuing up to find Zheng Dazui. By the time you make your move, it might already be daybreak. Don't you know that the early bird catches the worm..."

"Dad, if you want to make a move, then you go ahead; I certainly can't," Xia Guifang replied with a displeased glance at Xia Sanwa, walking away to keep her distance from him.

Xia Sanwa stomped his feet in frustration, thinking that his daughter was not living up to expectations. He had to help her himself. Lighting a cigarette, he inhaled with a loud pop, thinking of a plan, and finally, he indeed came up with a good idea and slapped his thigh excitedly.

Wang Xiaoqiang had caught a total of one hundred and thirty-one Wild Mountain chickens, of which seventy-eight were hens. These seventy-eight hens laid eggs, some laying one a day, some one every two days. Wang Xiaoqiang put all the pheasant eggs together and used Fire Element Spiritual Energy to "incubate" the chicks. Soon, another two hundred chicks were born.

Wang Xiaoqiang really had never taken care of these young lives before, and didn't know how to start. Moreover, he was preoccupied with the construction of the chicken farm and was too busy to attend to everything. Thus, he had no choice but to ask Liu Juyi for help at the Old Village Committee Courtyard.

Liu Juyi was very willing to help. She was now most afraid of having nothing to do. As soon as she had free time, she would think about her own future fate and couldn't help feeling dejected. It was best to be busy, and besides, it meant she could spend more time with Wang Xiaoqiang. That was something she greatly desired.

As soon as Liu Juyi arrived, she took charge of all the chores at the Old Village Committee, feeding the Wild Mountain chickens and caring for the chicks. She was nimble, careful, and thorough. Watching his sister-in-law busy herself, Wang Xiaoqiang felt both admiration and gratitude, and even a bit guilty.

One day, he couldn't help but say to Liu Juyi, "Sister-in-law, the work here isn't just for a day or two; it might take a good while. So I was thinking, I can't let you help for nothing..."

Anticipating that Wang Xiaoqiang was about to bring up money, Liu Juyi immediately gave Wang Xiaoqiang a sideways look and interrupted, "Little Qiang, don't you dare mention money. We're family, and I should be helping with this. Bringing up money would just put a rift between us!"

"Sister-in-law, you're too kind, but, but I feel really bad..."

"What's there to feel bad about? Just don't forget about your sister-in-law when you make it big in the future!" After saying this, Liu Juyi suddenly let out a melancholic sigh.

"I won't, sister-in-law. With all the good you do for me, I could never forget you in my lifetime!"

"Ha, don't make it sound so sentimental. Once you get yourself a wife, you won't have your sister-in-law in your heart anymore," Liu Juyi said playfully, winking at Wang Xiaoqiang as if to tell him she was just joking and not to take it seriously.

But Wang Xiaoqiang didn't think his sister-in-law was joking, because her words struck a raw nerve. If his mother said that, it would be perfectly normal, but coming from Liu Juyi, it sounded very different.

Wang Xiaoqiang's face flushed slightly.

The un-fertilized Wild Mountain chicken eggs had also accumulated quite a bit. Wang Xiaoqiang roughly counted them; there were more than sixty. Too many to eat at once, he thought of selling them in the county town. Not that he was after those few pennies, but he just wanted to see if Wild Mountain chicken eggs were popular in the market and what price they could fetch.

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