The bamboo egg was snow-white and clear, as if it was formed from nature without a trace of impurity, and its egg shell was so warm that it seemed to have lost its lustre.
On the white ground were scattered irregular spots of tan and greyish black, like the footprints of a child in the snow after a snowstorm.
Zhang Yitian carefully placed the bamboo egg into the cloth bag one by one. After carefully counting, he found a total of fifty or so.
A few days ago, Zhang Yitian announced something in the village. He used an egg of 10 yuan to buy a large number of bamboo egg.
In Shanghe Village, bamboo egg were not rare objects. When there was nothing to do in agriculture, everyone liked to catch a few bamboo chickens which were scattered throughout the mountains and plains.
The meat of the bamboo chicken was delicious. It didn't have the smell of wild chicken or other wild fowl, so it was deeply liked by people. After catching the Bamboo Chicken, people would always be able to find a nest of more than ten bamboo egg.
Bamboo chicken has its nest, so as long as you carefully search around the vicinity of catching it, you would definitely be able to find a nest of bamboo egg.
Zhang Yitian wanted to collect such a cheap item at a high price, but the entire Shanghe Village was in turmoil.
Since it was the end of the season, the villagers had nothing better to do, so they started to look for sidelines to earn their living.
When they saw that Zhang Yitian wanted to buy bamboo egg s, they became even more lively.
It was just that Zhang Yitian had made a rule that he only wanted the bamboo egg, so the villagers should not kill the Bamboo Chicken.
He naturally had his own plans. With a hundred people from the Shanghe Village entering the back mountain to search for a day, if he were to capture a few bamboo chickens from every house, wouldn't the entire back mountain of bamboo chickens be exterminated?
If everyone only took the bamboo egg and let the Bamboo Chicken escape, then the Bamboo Chicken would naturally lay its eggs. This would minimize the impact on the environment.
The announcement had been made for two days, and people were already sending bamboo egg over to Zhang Yitian's home. This time, Tang Hu and Tang Bao had something to do.
He recorded the number of eggs that had been delivered to him every day, and he also recorded the amount of compensation that should be paid. After a while, the two of them had both mastered accounting skills.
When Zhang Yitian carried the bamboo egg back to the courtyard next to his house, there were still villagers who were still sending him the bamboo egg. When they saw Zhang Yitian, they couldn't hide their excitement.
"YiTian! "Why do you need so much?"
"Yeah, ten dollars for a bamboo chicken. Can't you pay thirty to twenty thousand in the next few days?"
"What do you know? Yi Tian has a lot of ability. Maybe he got ten dollars from us, then he would be able to sell it for several tens or even hundreds …"
Everyone started discussing amongst themselves. Zhang Yitian smiled slightly, and after passing by the somewhat crowded crowd, Zhang Yitian directly walked towards the small side room.
This small courtyard was very close to Zhang Yitian's house. The original owner had moved to another place, and after being idle for a few years, the two brothers Tang Hu brothers had nowhere to stay. Moreover, it was not good to always stay at a neighbor's house, so Zhang Yitian decided to settle down his small courtyard.
Who would have thought that it would actually work.
Zhang Yitian immediately entered the house, it was a brick house that was only forty to fifty meters wide, with the entire area of the kitchen dug up, the place that could be used for movement was only the size of a palm.
Zhang Yitian didn't have the heart to force the two men, who were around 1.90 meters tall, into a corner.
Right now, the room was filled with people. One of them was carrying a small basket and the bamboo egg was neatly placed inside.
With great difficulty, they squeezed through the crowd and arrived beside Tang Hu. The two brothers were extremely busy, and had not even noticed when Zhang Yitian had arrived.
He lightly patted Tang Hu's shoulder. "How is it? How much have you collected in the past two days? "
Tang Hu's serious thoughts were immediately interrupted, he raised his head, and the smile on his face blossomed: "Master, you're here! "You don't know, there weren't many people here yesterday. But early in the morning, people flooded in like a tsunami and had only rested for a while at noon. Look, it's already afternoon, and there's still so many people …"
Zhang Yitian nodded his head, he was very satisfied. With this speed, it would only take him two days to gather all the bamboo egg that he needed.
"Until now, we have collected around 2000 eggs. We still have to thank the Director Lin for sending us so many egg boxes. Look, there are so many eggs at the back!"
The number of bamboo egg startled Zhang Yitian. He thought that collecting a few hundred eggs a day was already fast enough, but with this speed, he would be able to finish his work tomorrow.
If he hatched all of the four or five thousand eggs, excluding the loss, he would have achieved great success as long as he could hatch more than three thousand five hundred little bamboo chickens.
"Well done, I will personally prepare a delicious treat for you tonight!" Zhang Yitian also handed over his several tens of bamboo egg to Tang Hu, then he prepared to leave.
Just as Zhang Yitian left, he saw a white car stopped at the entrance of the next courtyard.
Zhang Yitian stopped and looked around. Three people wearing dark green uniforms with large caps got down from the carriage.
The police? Zhang Yitian thought like this, but when he thought about it again, he felt that it was not right.
Seeing that the few of them had entered the courtyard, Zhang Yitian knew that something must have happened, and quickly followed.
One of them had a briefcase in his hand, the other was holding a camera, and the man behind was in a hurry.
The man with the briefcase in front of him was clearly a leader. He looked like a leader, and he was well-dressed.
This person was fat, and even his face was full of tough flesh. The fat had squeezed his eyes into a slit, and a sharp gaze shot out from the crack.
When he walked to the center of the courtyard, he suddenly stopped and looked around. His gaze was constantly fixated on the bamboo egg s in the baskets in everyone's hands.
Pointing at the bamboo egg, he turned around and said to his subordinates, "Did you see that? That's all. Take my pictures and write them down! "
The man holding the camera behind him was young. He quickly fiddled with the camera in his hand, aimed at the basket of bamboo egg, and pressed the shutter button.
A few people in uniform suddenly barged in. The villagers in the courtyard were somewhat flustered, and the natural fear of uniforms welled up from the depths of their bones.
The crowd simultaneously scattered to the two sides, subconsciously opening up a wide path to a room of the same size.
The villagers were discussing nonstop and pointing at each other. When they realized that the fatty's gaze was on them, they quickly turned their gazes and their fingers away.
"What's this for?" Zhang Yitian committed another crime? The police are here? "
"Open your dog eyes and take a good look. Is that a cop? It's the uniform of the Forestry Bureau. It's written on the armband, so it's probably from the town's forestry station! "
"Most likely, he came for the bamboo egg, Zhang Yitian did not have any legal procedures, so this time he is finished, he has hit the nail on the head with the gun!"
"Then what should we do? If the eggs were taken by them, Zhang Yitian would not even give them back to us … "
Following the coughing of the town's Forest Station Master Shi Rong, the sounds of discussions in the yard immediately disappeared without a trace.
After the deathly silence fell, Shi Rong's contemptuous gaze swept across everyone in the courtyard and loudly shouted: "Who is in charge of this place? "Come out!"
"It's me. Is something the matter?" Shi Rong's gaze fell upon the house, but the voice had come from the entrance of the courtyard behind him, so he turned around to take a look.
Zhang Yitian was too young, the beard on her face had not been shaved for two days because she was in a hurry.
's eyes were still filled with disdain. He shifted his body, and turned to Zhang Yitian: "You? You are Zhang Yitian? "
Nodding his head, Zhang Yitian did not speak, and looked at Shi Rong without showing any signs of weakness.
Shi Rong turned his body and waved to a villager who was holding an egg basket: Come come come, come over!
The villagers were stunned by the call and hesitated, not daring to go over.
Shi Rong said angrily: "If I told you to come over, then go easy on me, what are you dawdling for!"
Shi Rong's shout scared the short villager so much that his whole body shivered, and he stumbled and ran towards him.
Shi Rong's face revealed a hint of ridicule, as he grabbed the small basket of bamboo egg s.
Taking out an egg from inside, Shi Rong said to Zhang Yitian haughtily: "This is a bamboo egg right? Do you know what a Bamboo Chicken is? "
Zhang Yitian remained silent, his gaze never leaving Shi Rong's body.
Shi Rong snorted, "Bamboo Chicken is a level 2 national protected animal and is an important guarantee to maintain the region's ecological balance. Do you know how much of an impact you will have?"
Shi Rong's words were fierce, and his attitude was very overbearing as well. His roar had shocked the entire courtyard, but Zhang Yitian remained calm, not a single ripple appearing in his eyes.
Shi Rong suddenly had an interest in the young man in front of him.
Zhang Yitian looked at Shi Rong and said: "I have already thought of this. Indeed, these bamboo egg were all picked up from the wild by everyone. However, I have already declared to everyone that they can only collect bamboo egg s and not kill Bamboo Chicken. If they find out, I will absolutely not purchase this person's bamboo egg s. "
After pausing for a moment, Zhang Yitian continued, "Moreover, an animal like the Bamboo Chicken will control the amount of eggs it can hatch. If the quantity is not enough, it will continue to lay and hatch. Therefore, this kind of behavior will not have much of an impact on the Bamboo Chicken population! "
Shi Rong was startled, because what Zhang Yitian said was reasonable. Moreover, the law prohibited the sale and killing of bamboo chickens, but there was no rule that bamboo egg s could not be bought or sold!
And now, in many places, the Bamboo Chicken can be specially bred to obtain economic benefits.
There was no reason to find excuses. That was Shi Rong's forte, otherwise he would not have been able to sit on the position of the deputy station head of the Forest Industry Station until his face was red and his belly was full.
"What you said are all excuses, how can you be sure that these eggs aren't obtained from killing chickens." Shi Rong said angrily, "I have seen many people like you, and would argue when I see a situation. Do you think I will believe you just because you said that?"
Zhang Yitian's face was sullen, but he still replied: "If you don't believe me, go investigate, the notice I posted is still on the village notice board! "You can also go to the village and ask …"
Zhang Yitian really didn't know the rules, which made him a little troubled. He had received a report very early in the morning that someone was collecting bamboo egg s in the Shanghe Village.
How could he let such a person go? He had worked as the Deputy Station Head for more than ten years, and relying on his more than three thousand yuan in salary, he had probably drunk up the Northern Wind Sword long ago.
Bighead had expected others to show him respect, so he had walked step by step to reach where he was today!
Shi Rong had seen this kind of thing too many times, and what he did would go overboard, but every time, the other party would at least know of some rules, so he would obediently light up the cannons and offer them up, before settling things peacefully.
But the Zhang Yitian in front of him was not taking this lying down. This made Shi Rong extremely furious, wasn't this equivalent to slapping his own face?