"Fish, after the next batch hatches, let's sell them all."
Mrs. Lian thinks this business is good and can be a long-term business. A chicken can be sold for eight cents after being raised for more than ten days. Then their family can produce a batch in more than a month. This is a business that will make a profit without losing money. .
Su Yu shook his head.
"Mom, when the next batch of chicks comes out and the ones I ordered are delivered to a few places, I guess they won't be able to sell them nearby, and our family can't sell chicks often. If we sell them for a long time, there will definitely be curious people. If someone checks, there is no guarantee that they will find the head of the hatching egg. Our family does not go through the check.
Mrs. Lian looked around to make sure no one was there.
"Yu'er is right. Mom made a mistake. Our family will no longer sell chickens. When the chickens grow up, we will sell eggs."
What Su Yu likes about Su Laoer and his wife is that they don't insist on things that are not their own. This is why she quickly integrated into the family after she came here.
When it was getting dark, the Su family's father and son came back, carrying two large bundles of firewood each. Su Yu tried to persuade her several times, but when she saw that the father and son were still acting like this, she stopped trying. Everyone has her own ideas, and she couldn't impose her ideas on others.
"Dad, all our chickens are sold out."
"So fast! How much did it cost?"
"A total of 1,390 coins were sold. It could have been sold for 1,400 coins, but the remaining ten chicks were a bit small. I made the decision and sold them for one cent less each."
"Sold so many!"
Su Laoer really didn't expect that this batch of chickens would actually be sold for more than one tael of silver. The more than one tael of silver that he invested earlier has almost paid back. The family is now more prosperous, and he feels relieved.
"Dad, I plan to buy some more eggs and add a batch of chicks. Our family won't raise them for sale and we won't need too many, just a hundred or so will be enough.
"Okay, listen to my daughter."
Ever since his daughter proposed to leave Wangjiacun, Su Laoer noticed that his daughter had changed, and she had become particularly thoughtful and correct. He was not worried at all now and just handed over the matter to Su Yu.
"You and your mother can do these jobs at home, and our firewood savings are similar. Tomorrow your eldest brother and I plan to go to the town to find some work.
The father and son went to work in the town, which had been planned for a long time, and the mother and daughter were not surprised at all.
Su Yu had some idea in mind, and planned to send Su Sheng to study. He didn't want to be good at reading and get fame, but he could at least be literate and know all the characters. Although she is literate, she does not recognize the characters here. They are similar to modern traditional Chinese characters but different. It is very inconvenient for her to guess everything.
Having said that, the fact that she is literate cannot be made public. If she sends her eldest brother to study, and then learns from him, no one will be surprised that she is literate in the future.
It's just that the family's savings are only a little over one tael now. She asked that the Yu clan in the village would teach two taels as soon as they entered the school. It was better to wait until they sold the ducks at home.
Since then, the Su family and his son went to work in the town. Although Su Sheng had worked as a clerk in a grocery store before, there were only so many shops in this town, and the clerks were all a mess. It was hard to find them all at once. Can't find any good work. The father and son had no choice but to work hard at the dock. Because Su Sheng was young and could not carry heavy things, he earned three to five copper coins a day to feed himself. Even Su Lao Er was quite satisfied. He was a boy. You always have to practice it slowly, how can you be idle at home every day.
Within a few days, Su Yu bought a batch of eggs and started hatching chicks. He only occasionally showed his face in the village, but there were no rumors that Su Yu was sick. Su Yu was very satisfied with this.
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It has been four months since the Su family moved to Yujia Village, and the first batch of ducks raised was ready for slaughter. During this period, the Su family not only raised more than a hundred chickens, but also raised more than a hundred ducks. There are no dealers that buy more. With more than 20 ducks, you can save a hundred eggs in two months, which is already a lot.
It was still dark early this morning, so Lian made breakfast for the family. After eating breakfast and packing up, Su Yu followed him to the town, while Lian took care of the chickens and ducks at home.
This was Su Yu's first time to go to the town since she came to Yujiacun. It wasn't like she didn't want to go before, but she couldn't get rid of her habit of wanting to buy things as soon as she went out on the street. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to control her when she got to the town. He had to hold his own, the money at home was only so little, and he couldn't stand her troubles, so he simply stayed at home.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, Old Man Yu's bullock cart was already waiting. On it were two women from the village, but Su Yu didn't recognize them. It could be said that she didn't recognize most of the villagers in Yujia Village.
"Daughter, you go and ride the bullock cart. Your brother and I are used to it, so it doesn't matter if you go on foot."
Su Laoer felt sorry for his daughter. He had to walk five miles to the town. He was used to walking with his son and was afraid of tiring his daughter.
Su Sheng cursed in his heart. When he left Wangjiacun, he had to walk dozens of miles a day. It was only a few months ago, and he only walked five miles to the town. Look at how distressed his father was, and he didn't see him even after leaving every day. His father felt sorry for him.
"It's okay, Dad, I'm not tired. Let's go quickly while the sun hasn't come out yet.
"Okay, if you are tired, just tell dad and he will carry you for a while."
"Dad, I'm such a big man now, so I don't need you to carry me. I'm not afraid of making people laugh."
She is almost eleven years old now, which is indeed not young in ancient times. What's more, Xinzi is in her twenties, about the same age as Su Lao Er. How can she be embarrassed to let Su Lao Er carry her on his back?
Su Laoer scratched his head, forgetting for a moment that his daughter had grown up.
We walked and rested along the way. When we reached the town, it was just dawn. There were no pedestrians on the street. Most of them were villagers carrying baskets and pulling carts. They came from nearby villages to sell things in the town.
I came to town today because I planned to sell my ducks. The three of them were wearing the best clothes at home, and the best thing was that they were not patched in conspicuous places.
Although I know that some people will look down on others, it’s because the family has no money, so they can only make do with it. When they have money in the future, what do they want to buy?
"Daughter, I asked earlier that there are two restaurants in our town. One is Fushun Restaurant on East Street. The owner is a local from the town. Fushun Restaurant has been in the town for decades. It is an ancestral inheritance of the family. For business, there is another restaurant in the west, Taihe Building, which has been open in the town for more than ten years. I heard that restaurants have opened in Xingyang Mansion and several surrounding cities, and the business is very big. Which one should we go to? "
"Let's go to Taihe Building. There are more than 300 ducks at home, and I'm afraid Fushun Building won't be able to use so many."
Su Yu wants to expand his business in the future and has a long-term perspective.
Taihe Building is a single-family two-story building with upper and lower floors. Small buildings like this are rare in the town.
"Several guests, please come in."
