Then, Ding Yu looked at Hu Qi.
He asked somewhat nervously,
"What do you think?"
Hu Qi had also finished his appraisal by then.
He nodded.
The duck's feathers shouldn't be dyed.
"Not bad. How much are you planning to sell it for?"
Hearing that,
a hint of a smile appeared on Ding Yu's face.
Then, he held up two fingers.
"Twenty thousand!"
"Heh heh, farewell!"
Hu Qi nodded.
Then, he turned and left, his movements clean and decisive, without the slightest bit of hesitation.
When Ding Yu saw this, he immediately panicked.
He quickly reached out and grabbed Hu Qi.
"Hey, don't leave! The price can still be discussed."
Although the market price for exotic beasts was generally not low, buying a duck for twenty thousand was clearly impossible.
Ding Yu had originally thought, seeing Hu Qi's anxious expression, that the other party clearly urgently needed this exotic beast.
So he adopted an attitude of wanting to fleece him.
But he didn't expect the other party to not fall for it at all, not even haggling the price, and turning to leave.
Seeing this,
Ding Yu had no choice but to speak.
During his time at school, because his family gave him too little money, it wasn't enough to spend.
He had taken out a two-thousand-yuan campus loan, which he now couldn't repay.
The other party gave him one last month.
Originally, he had prepared to find a job or confess to his family if things got really bad.
However, after seeing Hu Qi's post, he suddenly had new ideas.
How could he possibly let Hu Qi leave easily now?
"How about you name a price!"
Hearing that,
Hu Qi also stopped in his tracks.
After all, he didn't truly want to leave.
Although he wasn't short on money now,
being willingly fleeced like a fat pig was clearly not in his character.
He glanced at the other party.
He held up one finger.
He said indifferently,
"One thousand!"
Adhering to the haggling principle of cutting a new acquaintance's price in half and a familiar acquaintance's by one and a half times.
The two of them, after their previous interactions, could be considered acquaintances.
Therefore, Hu Qi directly cut off a zero and then halved the remaining amount, so a price of one thousand yuan was very reasonable.
"That's too low! This is a rare breed. Where can you find a duck like this? Not to mention ten thousand, you should at least give seven or eight thousand!"
Ding Yu said.
"What's so rare? I just want to buy it to taste what it's like. Eating it won't make me fly to the heavens."
Hu Qi waved his hand.
"If you're not willing, then forget it."
"That's not how you put it. This is a female duck, and it can lay eggs."
At this moment,
Ding Yu seemed to remember something and pointed at the duck, saying,
"A female duck? It lays eggs?"
Hu Qi's expression shifted slightly.
His gaze couldn't help but turn towards the duck.
The gender of ducks can usually be simply distinguished by their appearance.
Generally, a male duck has a larger head, a rounder body, and a tail that is pointed and points downwards.
Conversely, a female duck has a smaller head, a flatter body, and a tail that spreads out and points upwards.
However, this duck in front of him already looked different from its peers, and it was indeed difficult to distinguish its gender just by looking at its appearance.
As if afraid Hu Qi wouldn't believe him,
Ding Yu turned and ran into the yard, taking out a bamboo woven basket.
Inside, four or five fist-sized duck eggs were placed.
Their size was no different from ordinary duck eggs, but there were faint purple stripes on the eggshells.
"The ones laid before were all eaten. Now there are only these few.
This duck is very special; it cannot mate with other male ducks, so it cannot hatch ducklings, but the taste of these duck eggs is very good."
Ding Yu said with a sincere expression.
"I've told you everything I know. One thousand is too low. You add a bit more, and I'll give you these eggs too."
Subsequently,
after a fierce round of bargaining,
the price was finally settled at three thousand five hundred yuan.
After some probing conversation, Hu Qi also understood that this was the lowest price in Ding Yu's heart.
The deal was immediately made.
"By the way, if you have any more of these exotic beasts later, you can call me anytime. You won't miss out on benefits, but the premise is that you don't try to fool me with fakes."
Hu Qi took out a wad of cash from his bag and handed it to the other party.
"Don't worry, as long as there's news, I'll definitely contact you immediately."
Looking at the banknotes in his hand, a wide smile immediately bloomed on Ding Yu's face.
Then, he diligently helped Hu Qi put the duck into a burlap sack.
Hu Qi then carried it and left the place.
From behind, the voices of Ding Yu and the old man faintly came.
"Xiaoyu, you sold this duck for a few hundred. Isn't that too expensive?"
"Grandma, you don't know, rich people just like to eat these strange and rare breeds for the novelty."
Apparently, Ding Yu had kept most of the money, only saying he sold it for a few hundred yuan.
Hu Qi didn't bother with that.
After all, that was their business.
...
More than half an hour later.
Hanlin Garden Community.
Inside the rented room.
A faint fragrance wafted out.
Quack! Quack!
Perhaps because it had arrived in a new environment, or perhaps because it smelled the scent of its own kind,
the duck occasionally let out two quacks, struggling constantly inside the burlap sack.
Hu Qi temporarily ignored it.
He lightly tossed the pan with his arm.
A fragrant fried egg slid out of the pan.
Just by looking at its appearance, it was no different from an ordinary duck egg.
"This thing shouldn't be poisonous, right?"
Hu Qi thought for a moment, then used chopsticks to break off a small piece and put it into his mouth.
Immediately, he summoned his panel.
His gaze focused on the Modification value column, and as he watched,
the percentage behind it appeared.
Modification value: 1 (91%)
"It really works!"
Hu Qi's eyes flickered slightly.
These past few days, he would check the scarlet Modification panel several times a day; it had become his habit.
He was naturally very clear about the previous values.
After modifying Comprehensive Fighting Technique to Perfection,
the Modification value was 1 (89%).
That is, just a small bite of the duck egg increased it by 2%.
At once,
Hu Qi no longer hesitated and opened all the remaining duck eggs, made them into fried eggs, and ate them all.
----
Modification: 4 (36%)
There were a total of five duck eggs, and calculating it, each one provided him with approximately 50% of the Modification value.
"It's just that eating too many fried eggs is a bit greasy. Next time, I can consider making them in other ways."
Hu Qi was very satisfied.
He glanced at the duck still flapping in the burlap sack, feeling much better.
Originally, he had planned to make old duck soup tonight.
But he didn't expect the other party to actually lay eggs.
Therefore, he couldn't kill it.
After all, with this thing, he would have a steady source of Modification value.
He reached into the burlap sack and pulled the duck out.
Quack! Quack!
The moment the duck appeared, seeing the unfamiliar surroundings, it began to flap its wings vigorously, quacking loudly, and opening its beak to bite Hu Qi's arm.
Slap!
The next moment,
its head received a slap from Hu Qi.
"If you quack again, I'll boil water and stew you right now!"
Hu Qi frowned, his gaze cold.
It was unclear whether it was the effect of the slap or if it was scared by Hu Qi's words.
The duck actually stopped struggling.
"Good. From now on, I am your master. Since that's the case, I'll give you a name."
Hu Qi muttered to himself.
His gaze scanned the duck up and down.
"Seeing your purple feathers and plump flesh, I'll call you Zhangcha Duck!"