Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 45

Su Qinghe likes cats and dogs, but even in the village, there are not many people who feed dogs.Humans are just enough to eat, so how can there be anything to feed cats and dogs?It's better to feed two pigs and sell them for some money in the future.

"By the way, doesn't mother still want to build a pig farm?" Su Qinghe asked sideways, and Su Zhang shook her head: "Well, I plan to do it, but Lizheng hasn't gone to say hello yet, and she wants to get pigs If you go to the field, there will be too many things, and you have to build a shed or something, and you are not allowed to do it at home."

Su Qinghe rushed over to roll around coquettishly: "That's too stinky, besides, one pig is also fed, and two pigs are also fed, so let's just get ten or eight pigs, because the family has a lot of land, fodder and so on. very."

Su Jingsen coughed twice: "It's too simple for you guys to set up a pig farm. When there is grass fodder, you can feed it with fodder, but if there is no grass fodder, it is possible that a dozen pigs are hungry? Besides, just Feed grass, can the pigs get fat? As far as I know, the pigs of Zhang Butcher’s family are all bought from the next village. There is a pig raiser in that village. His family has about twenty pigs. There are only a few restaurants in the town to pull slops, and his pigs alone can’t supply them, so why should we grab that business?”

Su Qinghe blinked: "Father, what about raising chickens? Does anyone nearby raise a lot of chickens? Or, raise ducks? It's okay to sell all our duck eggs to shopkeeper Yang, isn't he going to buy a lot of duck eggs?"

Su Jingsen thought about it carefully, and then shook her head: "There are chickens. Who in our village doesn't raise ten or twenty chickens? Well, ducks, that's not true. There are wild ducks by the river, and ducks are not easy to raise. So not many people do it."

"Father, didn't I tell you last time? Let's also buy the land by the river, dig a big pond, raise fish on the bottom, and ducks on the top." Su Qinghe's eyes lit up instantly. In the past two days, she The eldest brother and the second brother exchanged books again, and this was several taels of silver again. If they didn't try to make money, they would really be sitting on nothing.

In this day and age, it is really difficult to go to school, not to mention Shu Xiu, it only costs ten taels of silver a year, but every year just to buy books, you have to pay 30 taels, and to buy paper, this The price is not low either.Not to mention using the sand table to practice calligraphy, it was okay when you just started to recognize characters in the early days, and you can write the characters proficiently first, and you can’t write wrong characters, and it is no longer useful.

After all, the quality of a person's handwriting depends not only on the strength of the wrist, but also on the thickness of the paper, and then on the degree of immersion of the paper. It is impossible to master the speed just by practicing calligraphy on a sand table.

By analogy, the more paper is used, the more ink sticks are used, and then the pen. After this year, it is more than ten taels of silver.

Fortunately, there is a cafeteria in the school, and the two brothers don't need to buy extra meals at noon, and they don't need to pay for the accommodation. Otherwise, the expenses are really beyond their family's affordability.

Hearing Su Qinghe's words, Su Jingsen frowned and thought for a while. He was very disapproving of his daughter's fish farming before. After all, this town and the town next door are not very big, and there are only a few restaurants and restaurants.

Moreover, since it has been in business for so many years, it must have already had its own purchase channels. If you raise too many fish, you may not be able to sell them, but if you raise too few fish, you will not be able to make money. effort.

However, if it is combined with duck raising, it is a good choice.With shopkeeper Yang around, there is no need to worry about the duck eggs not being sold.

"Although there are no ducks in our village, there are quite a few in the neighboring village." Su Zhang said suddenly, "My eldest sister said some time ago that there are several families in their village who are ready to raise ducks."

Su Zhang’s eldest sister, Zhang Xiulian, married and went to Wangzhuang to see her. She is next to Liu Village, so the two families move around more diligently. Su Zhang naturally knows the traffic there: “However, they are two A dozen or so are raised, it’s not too big.”

Su Jingsen nodded: "That's not too much. If we want to raise one or two hundred ducklings, the one who sells ducklings is from Taiping Town, right? Otherwise, I'll check it out in a few days and see if it works." , let’s dig a pond.”

Mrs. Su Zhang nodded: "Since the pond is going to be dug, there are still some fish fry and so on, so I have to buy some."

The two discussed this matter, and Su Qinghe had nothing to do, so she could only continue to go out with her small basket, planning to chat with Su Qinglan.Coincidentally, I met Zhang Jinlian at the door: "Hey, where is Xiaohe going?"

"Second Aunt, why are you here? Come in quickly, my father and mother are at home." Su Qinghe was stunned for a moment, then laughed quickly, turned around and shouted inside: "Mother, my Second Aunt and Second Uncle are here."

Su Zhang came out immediately after hearing the sound: "Second sister, why are you free to come over today?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to plant a few trees at home a while ago? The fig in my house has branched, and I'll send you two." Zhang Jinlian said with a smile, reaching out and rubbing Su Qinghe's head: "I haven't seen you for a few days. Oh, it looks even better."

"Where, every day is like a monkey, wishing to go up the mountain and down the river." Su Zhangshi glanced at Su Qinghe, and Su Qinghe hurried to the kitchen: "Second Uncle, Second Aunt, sit down, I'll pour water for you."

There was a clump of mint planted by the door, Su Qinghe grabbed two handfuls of leaves, washed them in the kitchen, and threw them in after the kettle on the stove boiled. Then carefully put it on the grate and carry it over.

This kind of grate is tied with sorghum poles, which is particularly strong and durable.Although there is no small hole, it does not hinder the use.The use of sorghum stalks is not limited to this one. The brooms used at home and the small handles used for cleaning pots are all made of sorghum stalks.

"Second Uncle drinks water, Second Aunt drinks water." Su Qinghe put the water on the table with a smile, and Second Uncle boasted: "Xiao He is much more sensible than before. Xiao He, shall we go with Second Uncle today? Stay at my uncle's house for a few days, and your cousins ​​will miss you."

Zhang Jinlian also smiled and said: "That's right, Xiao He, come with us, your eldest cousin said last time that she made you a beautiful half arm, if you don't go, the half arm will be given to your second cousin what."

"Second aunt, I really want to go, but someone has stolen my corn seeds, so I have to help at home." Su Qinghe sighed pretendingly, Zhang Jinlian liked her cute little face more and more, wishing to rub her Two, and then realized what Su Qinghe said, and immediately became angry: "What? Someone stole your seeds?"

Then, he turned to look at Su Zhang: "Third sister, why don't you say anything? Your second brother-in-law and I will not leave today, so we will go to the field to guard and see who dares to steal the seeds! I won't beat him Even his parents can't recognize him, so my surname is no longer Zhang!"

Su Qinghe opened her mouth while Second Uncle sighed: "Why didn't you listen to what Third Sister said first? They didn't react at all? Besides, how many people can you catch when you go to arrest people? You go there today to see One night, what about the day after tomorrow? Can you live here all the time? You have to find a way to solve the matter completely!"

"What the second brother-in-law said is, second sister, please don't get excited." Su Jingsen hurriedly persuaded, and told all the things that happened in the past few days: "I thought, no one would dare to steal it, and there would be no benefit. Besides, if caught by me, I will definitely not sell them seeds next year, they will have to weigh it anyway.”

"Just let the thief go like this?" Zhang Jinlian was still a little dissatisfied, and Su Zhang said with a smile: "Second sister, you are still so hot-tempered. After all, you are from the same village. There is too much trouble, and no one looks good. We The family just got some money, and when it grows big, people will definitely say that they will look down on the villagers when they are developed, and they will definitely talk about it randomly. Your reputation will be ruined."

"That is, our Zhiping and Zhi'an will take the imperial examination in the future. I heard that the family members of the scholars have a bad reputation, which will also affect the officials. If there is too much trouble, it will affect both of them." It’s even worse if you have a child, it’s better to suppress them now, if there is such a thing in the future, then you must not be lightly forgiven.”

Su Jingsen also went on to say, Su Qinghe was even more surprised, her parents still had such considerations, she was really too immature, she only thought about having a good reputation, and never thought of something deeper.

Well, it really is that the experience is too shallow, not as much salt as my parents have eaten.

Under the persuasion of Su Jingsen and Su Zhangshi, Zhang Jinlian finally calmed down, and when she heard Su Zhangshi said that she wanted to raise two dogs, she immediately clapped her hands and said, "Say it earlier, there is a family in our village, and the bitch is a dog for a month." I just gave birth to a puppy, and now I can adopt it, and no one in our village wants it, so he is worrying right now."

"Really? Is that dog fierce?" Su Zhang asked in surprise, and Zhang Jinlian nodded: "It's fierce, usually no one dares to go to their house, ten puppies, you can have as many as you want, otherwise , let Xiaohe go with us today, and bring it with you when you pick it up in a few days?"

Su Qinghe couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth, Second Aunt, why do you want me to live in your house so persistently?What about your two daughters, there is no shortage of girls!

"I still have to wait for a few days. I'll go today, so I can rest assured that I can get it back sooner." Mrs. Su Zhang was also happy: "We plan to dig a pond in a few days, and it will be even busier then. By the way, two Sister, do you want to raise some ducks?"

"Do you want to raise it?" Zhang Jinlian asked curiously, after listening to Mrs. Su and Zhang talking about the idea of ​​the pond, she hesitated for a while: "Our home is too far away from the river, otherwise, we will build a new house in a few years. Why don't you simply move to your village?"

Su Qinghe was even more surprised, what kind of magical development is this?Don't they all say that the homeland is hard to leave?The second uncle's family is still in Wangzhuang. If you say move, will you move?
"Second sister, did you quarrel with the second brother-in-law's parents again?" Su Zhang asked clearly, hating iron and steel: "Didn't I say that? Usually she scolds when she wants to, so don't pay attention to her." , just pretend you didn’t hear it? Isn’t it your own reputation that is bad when you quarrel with her? "

"Why can't you talk back? She's justified, she didn't have to move all our things to her young son's house! That's what your brother-in-law and I worked hard to earn! You know, Ping'er and Fang'er are not young anymore , we must not save the dowry for the two of them? And Weijie, who has reached the age of school, we must not delay the child, and then let her take things to fill her own son!"

Zhang Jinlian exploded immediately, and raised her voice and said, "She wants to die in our house. Our house can't accommodate her! We have to move, and I can't scold or beat me. Can I live this day? Let me tell you, Song Miao, you This time, don’t be confused again. After being cried twice by your old lady, you will quickly give up all your belongings. Let me tell you, there is no way! I saved them for my daughters!”

The second uncle was a little embarrassed, and Mrs. Su and Zhang waved her hand and dragged Zhang Jinlian to the inner room: "Second sister, what are you talking about in front of the child? Let's go, let's say in the room, father, you go to buy it from butcher Zhang." A few appetizers, have something to eat with the second brother-in-law first, don't drink, you have to pick up Zhiping and Zhian later."

Su Jingsen responded, thought for a while, and took out a handful of copper coins: "Xiao He, do you know where Butcher Zhang's house is going? Buy some good food, and bring a can of wine. The rest is yours. Save it for sugar. "

Su Qinghe twitched the corner of her mouth again, took the copper plate and went to carry her small basket, gossip or something, it's okay to inquire later.

(End of this chapter)