Old Ha said so, but it was clear he didn't dare to actually use a knife.
Xiao Feng leaned in for a closer look and nodded, "Put it in the circle then."
"Got it!" Old Ha grabbed the chicken and placed it outside the "castle" of Little Fragrant Pearl. He didn't forget to tie a rope to it and then used a few bricks to press down the rope's end.
After Old Ha, quite a few others returned one after another, each bringing a rooster. They mimicked Old Ha's actions, placing the roosters outside Little Fragrant Pearl's castle, tying ropes around the roosters' necks, and using bricks to secure the rope ends.
At this mont, Little Fragrant Pearl poked its head out from the castle. Seeing so many "handso roosters" outside at once, it was thrilled and raised its head to crow excitedly, "Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo!"
Xiao Feng leaned in to observe, using the chicken farming knowledge he learned from books, attentively watching every move of Little Fragrant Pearl and the reactions of the roosters.
Little Fragrant Pearl seed to be on patrol as it walked past the seven roosters in front one by one, then turned back to the starting point as if selecting a favorite.
The roosters, on the other hand, showed little reaction and had no intention of engaging with Little Fragrant Pearl.
Old Ha and the others gathered around, watching the scene with great interest.
After a while, Little Fragrant Pearl stopped in front of the third rooster from the left and then... unreservedly turned around, raised its rump, and lowered its head.
"Why do I suddenly feel like a pimp?" Old Ha said with a strange expression.
Xiao Feng glanced at him and signaled him to keep quiet to avoid disturbing Little Fragrant Pearl's "business."
However, a minute passed...
Three minutes passed...
Five minutes passed...
The rooster facing Little Fragrant Pearl's behind remained unmoved.
At first, Xiao Feng thought the rope around the rooster's neck might be too short for it to move forward, but upon checking, he found it wasn't the rope's problem.
Moreover, during this period, Little Fragrant Pearl repeatedly turned back to "urge," and now it was almost pressed up against the rooster's face, yet still, the rooster showed no response, even turning its head to the side, refusing to look at Little Fragrant Pearl.
Xiao Feng was truly speechless, could it be that Little Fragrant Pearl was a "plain Jane" in the eyes of its own kind?
If not, why were there seven roosters present, yet not a single one was interested in it?
"Boss, could it be that they're shy with us watching?" Old Ha suggested.
"Maybe." Xiao Feng sighed, heading to the dining table to eat, and the others gradually dispersed as well.
If Little Fragrant Pearl truly is so unappealing that none of its kind find it attractive, then we'll have to try modern technology.
Humans have artificial insemination, and so do chickens.
However, that's a last resort. Before that, let's wait for all the people who went out to return.
After finishing his al, Xiao Feng instructed Old Ha and the others who ca back earlier to go to the building materials market for supplies, focusing on purchasing not only wood but also steel balls, gear clips, blades, and the like.
These are items that can be used for setting up chanisms.
At that ti, even without woodworking or precision cutting skills, the factory can handle outsourcing the work. Anyway, leaking individual components doesn't matter.
Old Ha and the others had no objections; running errands and talking was far better than getting into fights and losing pay for losing.
Once everyone left, Xiao Feng sat back down on the round chair.
Honestly, he resisted this kind of number-crunching work, but it had to be done, so he forced himself to concentrate on it.
Just as he finished drawing a picture, his phone rang.
He picked it up and saw it was Nie Longjiao calling.
Xiao Feng answered the phone and got straight to the point, "What's up?"
On the other end, Nie Longjiao was taken aback and asked, "Are you busy right now?"
"Yeah," Xiao Feng replied offhandedly, his pen never pausing.
Nie Longjiao frowned, "Should I call you later then?"
"No need, just tell what it is now, I'm listening."
"I... I've made up my mind," Nie Longjiao bit her pink lips lightly and said, "I can help you."
Xiao Feng paused his pen stroke and laughed, "You've finally figured it out."
"Don't get too happy too soon, I have conditions," Nie Longjiao said sternly.
"Then go ahead and na them."
Sitting at the stone table, Nie Longjiao hesitated, looking at the various conditions listed in her notebook, "Should I say them over the phone?"
"Why not over the phone?" Xiao Feng asked back.
"It's not that I can't, it's just that there are quite a few, and I'm afraid you won't rember them all."
"Just say them, my mory's not that bad."
"Well... alright then." Nie Longjiao picked up the notebook from the table and read, "First, what I do should be within my capability.
Second, whenever theft is involved, it must be done according to my rules, not just anyone.
Third, my skills are not to be passed on; I won't teach anybody."
It's worth noting that the third condition had a bit of personal selfishness from Nie Longjiao.
First, teaching a student could an starving the master. If she loses her "irreplaceability," what if she gets kicked aside soday?
Moreover, this isn't exactly an "honorable" skill, and if it gets passed on to soone with ill intentions, it could indirectly harm many people.
"Just these three?" Xiao Feng confird.
"No, there's more after that."
"Then keep going."
Fifteen minutes later, Nie Longjiao read, "Clause 103: No requests for shoulder massages, leg pounding, or serving tea and water are allowed.
Clause 104..."
"Slam!"
The pen fell onto the paper, making a long line, while Xiao Feng on the chair looked utterly despairing.
Objectively speaking, Nie Longjiao wasn't slow in stating her conditions, averaging about six or seven clauses per minute.
Even with Xiao Feng's great mory, it was impossible to rember all over a hundred conditions, let alone while taking a call and sketching at the sa ti.
"Stop, just stop." Xiao Feng interrupted.
Nie Longjiao flipped to the fifth page of the notebook and looked it over, "I'm almost done, there are just over 70 more."
"..." Xiao Feng.
Damn it!
What kind of mind does it take to propose so many and such detailed conditions?
"I've thought about it and I think let's just leave it," Xiao Feng said in a lost tone, "Indeed, I lack soone like you here.
But unfortunately, the place is too small, and I fear it can't accommodate a great presence like you. I'm really sorry."
"You, you don't want anymore?" Nie Longjiao suddenly stood up, then realized her words were misleading, and quickly corrected herself, "You don't need my help anymore?"
Xiao Feng gave a dry, insincere laugh, "Heh, can't afford it."
With that, he hung up the phone.
Nie Longjiao was so angry she stomped her feet.
Honestly, she never expected this outco.
Aunt Qiao, who was in charge of cooking, happened to see this and walked over to ask, "What got you so worked up?"
Nie Longjiao didn't want to say much, but then she thought the other probably had a lot more experience with life's interactions, so she changed her approach, "Aunt Qiao, suppose there's soone.
He always wanted you... by his side.
But after you proposed so conditions, he suddenly doesn't want you by his side anymore, what does that an?"
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