Chapter 229: Chapter 229: Strange Taro Chicken_1
The jeep jolted through Anlong Town and onto the farm track leading to Qiuniu Village.
Due to the uneven road, the entire vehicle shook back and forth like a rocking chair.
Of course, if one were to suggest it was like doing something else, that wouldn’t be far off.
After all, it was just a man and a woman inside the car!
Qin Feng looked at Xue Xiaochan and asked curiously, "Had you visited here when you bought the Qiuniu Gold Mine?"
"No."
Xue Xiaochan’s answer left Qin Feng stunned.
He looked at her in disbelief and asked, "You’ve never been here before, yet you bought a gold mine just like that?"
"The gold mine wasn’t expensive, only five hundred million. The main reason was that Xue Yuhang introduced it to me, he said he had inspected it, so I bought it."
"He had inspected it? Don’t you know what kind of person he is?"
"If I didn’t agree to buy it, he would have pestered me every day.
Actually, I suspected that Qiuniu Gold Mine definitely wouldn’t produce any gold. In the end, just as expected, not a bit of gold was found.
However, it wasn’t a loss buying this gold mine because there was coal that could be mined. The price of coal has been decent these past two years, and, after deducting the costs, I still made a bit of profit."
"Then what’s this problem you mentioned happening here?"
"In the last two months, many miners have come down with a strange illness. They went to the hospital for checkups, but nothing could be diagnosed.
Thinking of your impressive medical skills, I decided to bring you over to have a look, to see what exactly is going on with those miners?"
Xue Xiaochan pointed towards the right front with her delicate jade-like finger and said, "I’m hungry. There’s a place that serves chicken over there; let’s go have a meal first!"
Qin Feng looked up and saw a grayish sign with golden background and red letters that read, ’Sheng’s Sister Taro Chicken.’
The jeep parked at the entrance of the restaurant, which was completely empty.
The restaurant offered dishes made from freshly slaughtered chickens, and outside there were more than a dozen roosters caged up.
Qin Feng glanced over and noticed that the roosters all looked like native breeds; the taste should be reliable.
At the bar, a middle-aged woman was cracking sunflower seeds. She was the owner of the restaurant, known as Sister Sheng, real name Sheng Cuifang.
Seeing customers enter, Sheng Cuifang spat out the sunflower seeds with a pop and warmly welcomed them.
"Welcome! Are you two here to eat chicken?
Our taro chicken is famous near and far—it’s the number one delicacy of Anlong Town! Coming to Anlong Town and not tasting my Sister Sheng’s taro chicken is like having never come at all."
Sheng Cuifang hurriedly opened a chicken cage and picked out a rooster, asking, "How about this one?
This is an authentic free-range mountain rooster. Look at the calluses on its feet; they’re all from running around the mountains. Look at how sharp and pointed its beak is, all from pecking at insects in the mountains.
Whether taro chicken tastes good starts with the chicken itself.
If the chicken is good, the flavor already has a head start.
Plus, with my family’s secret seasoning and stewing it in a clay pot, the aroma travels for miles, making even the neighboring babies who aren’t weaned cry for it."
This Sheng Cuifang was quite the businesswoman; her pitch had successfully persuaded Qin Feng.
"Alright! We’ll have this one then!"
"Please have a seat, you two. Have some tea and crack some sunflower seeds while you wait.
"The chickens I sell here are all over a year old and need to be pressure-cooked for half an hour before stewing in a clay pot for a while, probably for an hour,"
Sheng Cuifang poured some tea, brought over a plate of sunflower seeds, and also handed over the TV remote control.
Then, she went to the kitchen with the big rooster in tow.
An hour later, Sheng Cuifang brought a large clay pot to the table. As soon as she lifted the lid, the delicious fragrance wafted out, whetting the appetite.
Xue Xiaochan, who was already starving, couldn’t wait to pick up her chopsticks, grabbed a big chunk of chicken meat, and sent it straight to her mouth.
"Delicious! Truly delicious!"
As she complimented the dish, she also picked up a chicken wing for Qin Feng, urging, "You hurry up and eat! This taro chicken is so good, it’s the best taro chicken I’ve ever had."
Qin Feng picked up the chicken wing but didn’t put it directly into his mouth; instead, he smelled it first.
Seeing Qin Feng not eating, Sheng Cuifang showed a puzzled face and asked, "Handsome guy, why aren’t you eating?
This chicken, I guarantee it’s not switched, it’s the very rooster you chose earlier. If you don’t believe me, you can go to the kitchen and check, the feathers are still there!"
Qin Feng put the chicken wing in his mouth, took a small bite, and finally confirmed his judgment.
He looked at Sheng Cuifang with a smile and asked, "Sister Sheng, this free-range chicken, which mountain did it run on?"
"Which mountain else could it be? Of course, it’s Qiuniu Mountain! Qiuniu Mountain is a mystical mountain, and the chickens raised there are the freshest and most delicious.
The chickens from Qiuniu Mountain are twice as expensive as those from outside. Other local chickens cost about twenty to thirty yuan per half a kilogram. My Qiuniu Mountain local rooster, it’s fifty to sixty per half a kilogram.
If the chickens weren’t that good, how would I dare to sell them for ninety-eight yuan per half a kilogram?"
"The Qiuniu Mountain you mentioned, is it far from Qiuniu Village?"
"Qiuniu Village is right at the foot of Qiuniu Mountain, and there’s also the Qiuniu Gold Mine there, but that mine didn’t produce a speck of gold, only a good amount of coal.
I heard that the boss who bought that mine is an idiot, got duped by others. He paid the price for a gold mine but got a coal mine instead, how ridiculous is that?"
Having been enjoying her meal, Xue Xiaochan ceased eating and put down her chopsticks as soon as she heard this.
Sheng Cuifang was utterly baffled, and asked Xiaochan without understanding, "Did I say something wrong?"
"She’s the secretary of that idiot boss," Qin Feng identified Xue Xiaochan with that role.
"I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!" Sheng Cuifang hurriedly apologized, saying, "I really didn’t know, I’ve offended you just now, please don’t be angry!"
After being upset for a while, Xue Xiaochan picked up her chopsticks again and continued to eat.
"The boss is indeed an idiot; bought it as a gold mine, ended up with coal. Getting called an idiot, he totally deserves it!"
"You two enjoy your meal, I won’t disturb you any longer."
After finishing the taro chicken, the two set off again.
The Wrangler bounced along the farming path, Qin Feng held the steering wheel with his left hand and placed his right hand on Xue Xiaochan’s thigh.
With the vehicle’s bounce, his hand moved rhythmically, sliding back and forth.
"What are you doing? Drive properly, stop messing around!" Xue Xiaochan scolded him.
But she didn’t push Qin Feng’s hand away; in fact, she even purposefully squeezed it.
"There was something wrong with that taro chicken just now; I’m detoxifying you!" Qin Feng said seriously.
"Detoxifying? Detoxifying what? Stop giving me that nonsense! You obviously just want to take advantage of me; what are you pretending for?"
Xue Xiaochan, annoyed, lightly twisted the back of Qin Feng’s hand.
