"Girl, look for me."
"Uncle Wang, you used to be a servant in the Shilang's Mansion. Are you familiar with a few small villages near the suburbs of Beijing? Are there any acquaintances among them?"
"Go back to my lady, how many of you does this old slave know? Did you have any dealings with some of the stewards there before?"
"That's good. You should be able to talk to people you know. Go and ask if there are any piglets for sale in their store. If there are any, buy them. It doesn't matter if the price is higher."
Wang Kuan knew that the girl had been having a headache about the pig seedlings during this period. After hearing the girl's words, Wang Kuan suddenly felt enlightened. He had never thought about the surrounding Zhuangzi before. Most wealthy families like to raise pigs, chickens, ducks and geese in the village. In fact, the master doesn’t eat much. Most of the food is eaten by the servants in the house and the village. In a house with many servants, even a pig can’t be eaten for a few days. If you raise pigs, you must have piglets. Whether they can be sold or not depends on Zhuangzi’s ideas. But how can you know if you don’t try?
"Old slave, go now."
"Go and take Yin Jian with you."
After leaving the matter to Wang Kuan, Su Yu didn't think about it. If no one in the village sold piglets, she wouldn't be able to get them elsewhere. She couldn't go to the mountains to get them.
Su Yu's eyes lit up when he thought of the mountain, yes! Isn't there a wild boar on the mountain? But Su Su soon gave up this idea. The wild boar was not only violent in character, but also very vindictive. If she caught its cubs, they would seek revenge just by smelling it. As a last resort, Su The fish still didn’t want to mess with this guy.
I have been making bacon at home for more than ten days. There is a lot of bacon in stock now, but because it has not been stored for enough time, the taste is still a little bit different. So Su Yu planned to open at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, when most people in Kyoto City were buying new year's goods, so it was appropriate to open.
The villagers in Jinjia Village were also very busy. After Zhang Chao finished the pig farm work, he received the work of building houses from the villagers. This was a lot of work, because the entire Jinjia Village forty households had to build new houses. And it must be built before the end of the year. Zhang Chao didn't want to give up such a good job, so he led the more than 20 good workers he brought, and then recruited all the young and middle-aged people from Jinjia Village, and the four families in a row started working together. The speed was not unpleasant.
The villagers do not have high requirements. Most of them have three rooms in the main house and three rooms on the left and right sides. Only families with a large number of people will build a few more rooms in the backyard. When the villagers build their houses, they don't care about whether they look good or not, they just want them to be solid and durable.
Su Yu had not had a good rest since he came to Jinjiacun. He could take a breather in the past two days. Then Su Yu discovered a problem. There was something wrong with Erhu. He used to play around wildly. These days But it would lie on the ground lazily from time to time. At first, Su Yu thought it was not feeling well, so he checked around and touched its forehead. It didn’t have a fever, but it just looked listless and ate more than before. Erhu definitely didn’t. It was normal, but Su Yu couldn't understand.
The girl who paid so much attention to Erhu naturally attracted the attention of several servants in the family. When Mrs. Wu saw Erhu's appearance, she said something.
"Is Erhu pregnant with a puppy?"
Su Yu looked at Wu and then at Erhu. If Wu hadn't told her, she really wouldn't have noticed it. As soon as Wu told her, she found out that Erhu's belly was indeed much bigger than before. She thought it was because he had eaten enough. Because of this, I didn’t think it was because I had a baby dog that my belly wasn’t going away. I don’t know which wild dog to follow. What if I give birth to a few crooked melons and cracked dates? Su Yu is so angry. He doesn’t care that Erhu is pregnant now. He grabs his ears and curses.
"Tell me! Who is that wild dog? I handed you over without even meeting you. You are a girl. Don't you know how to write reserved? I'm so angry!"
Su Yu's voice scolding Er Hu spread far and wide, and the villagers passing by Su's house couldn't help but tremble. Is this still Miss Su?
The more Su Yu scolded, the angrier he became, and finally his eyes turned red with anger.
"If you give birth to crooked melons and cracked dates in the future, I won't help you raise them. You can raise them yourself."
Su Yu was not happy that Erhu was pregnant, but the villagers were very happy. After Erhu gave birth to a puppy and weaned it, they went to pick one up and raise it.
Su Yu was so angry that he ignored Erhu. No matter how much Erhu tried to please him, he pretended that he could not see him.
The ducklings hatched by the Su family not long ago are almost ready for the villagers to take home and raise. Su Yu didn't bother and asked the village chief to call the villagers to the entrance of the village. The small rented courtyard was really too small to accommodate so many people. .
"Village chief, what's going on? If you have anything to do, please tell me quickly. There are still houses built over there. Master Zhang will definitely deduct our wages for today as time goes by."
"Okay, you still care about those three melons and two dates. We are talking about business today, so shut up."
After the village chief yelled at the villagers who had spoken, he called Su Yu up.
"Miss Su, come up and talk to everyone."
When the villagers heard that Su Yu wanted to talk to them, they immediately became quiet. It can be said that Su Yu's prestige in Jinjia Village is higher than that of the village chief.
"Everyone, I brought you here today mainly to talk about raising ducks. My family now has more than 30,000 ducklings. If you want to raise ducklings later, you can register with me. Each duckling costs ten cents, and you can buy it back. Raise them yourself, and then sell them in the city. This is the first method. The second method is that you take the duck seedlings from my house first. When the ducks are raised, I will pay you ten cents a pound for them. You buy it back, and then the money for the ducklings will be deducted from the money. You don’t need to give me money now. I will still give you money when the ducks are raised."
After Su Yu finished speaking, the villagers standing below all murmured to each other. Ducks can now be sold in Kyoto. There are many restaurants that need ducks. It's not that they can't get the money for ducklings, but they haven't raised ducks before. However, I don’t know if I can take care of it well.
"Don't worry, you can come and ask me if you have any questions about ducks. My family has raised ducks for many years, and I still have a lot of experience in raising ducks."
"Uncle Village Chief, which one do you choose?"
"Me, I just want to save trouble and choose the second option. After the ducks are raised, they can be sold directly to the Su family. There is no need to worry about whether they can be sold or not."
The villagers were right when they thought about it. They didn't have to worry about selling the ducks in the city now, but it would still take several months before they could raise them. At that time, it was really uncertain whether the ducks would be easy to sell.
"Like the village chief, I choose the second option."
"We also choose the second option."
It doesn't matter to Su Yu whether the villagers choose the first or the second option. Anyway, after the ducks are raised, Taihe Building will collect them. However, if the villagers choose the second option, she can make some money from them.
(End of chapter)
