Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 1060 Strange Letters
"Yes, early-ripening peaches are available as early as the end of May or the beginning of June. There seem to be quite a few varieties, and they say there are still peaches to pick on the trees until the end of September."

As Zhou Banxia spoke, she glanced towards the hall door, then looked away and reached out her hand so that Xiao Suocheng could hold her fingers. "This year, our family won't lack peaches."

“We didn’t lack peaches last year either,” Ma Shan replied with a laugh, hugging her youngest son who was sitting on her lap. “Bao Ya, why don’t you tell your second sister-in-law which one is more cost-effective?”

Gu Baoya smiled and shook her head, "It's such a big calculation. Is it more cost-effective to raise chickens and raise chickens, or to just buy chickens to eat? I can't figure it out."

“Auntie, it must be a win-win situation for the chicken to lay the egg. My uncle did the math with me, listen to him.” As he spoke, Xiao Changsuo counted on his little fingers.

Ma Shan laughed heartily, "Silly boy, your aunt is quite clever, not that she can't figure it out! 'You can collect a lot of chickens over there on the west bank of the river now!'"

She was asking Zhou Banxia, ​​who was multitasking. Upon hearing this, Zhou Banxia withdrew her gaze from Xiao Changsuo and Gu Baoya, and nodded with a smile to Ma Shan.

Compared to how they always call eggs "chicken eggs," she still habitually says, "These past few days it seems like I've been collecting about a hundred chicken eggs a day, and there are even more duck eggs now."

"A hundred or so chickens, not many. Look at how many chicks you bought, at least three hundred if not five hundred. I saw a lot of chickens in that grove last time."

Not only that, in addition to the chicks purchased from outside, the Hexi area also hatched a lot of chicks, bringing the total investment to over a thousand chicks.

Excluding the chicks that died during that period, there were still nearly a thousand chickens five days ago, of which more than nine hundred were hens, "mainly because some of the chickens were still too young."

It's good that there's a chicken plague that killed a lot of chickens, but it's almost May. "After June or July, we can break even on the chickens alone, before the end of the year."

"But you still need to keep an eye on that side and give them detailed instructions to take good care of the chickens. That way, you're sure to make a lot of money later. Raising chickens is just as profitable as raising pigs."

This is true.

Let's not even talk about how much pigs eat.

Based on current prices, an egg costs one coin, and a pound of pork belly costs twenty coins. Twenty eggs are equivalent to a pound of pork belly.

Besides, chickens aren't like pigs that are gone once they're slaughtered. Chickens can continue to lay eggs, and when they can't lay eggs anymore, the old hens can be sold for another source of income.

"...It's the same principle as the chicken-and-egg problem, right, Aunt? My uncle also said that fruit trees won't stop bearing fruit when they get old. It's a good deal to spend a sum of money and have an endless supply of peaches."

My maternal grandfather spent a large sum of money a long time ago to buy farmland and raise livestock. He made much more money than my great-uncle. Just the pigs, which were the least profitable, earned him this much last year.

Two fingers.

Gu Baoya: "Two hundred taels of silver?"

"There aren't that many—"

“Yes, Mother. My grandfather didn’t sell whole pigs. He made two taels of silver per pig, so he made that much from a hundred pigs. He even rendered oil to sell to my aunt.”

The little guy is amazing! Not only did he use the formula to calculate everything, but he also figured out the accounts for his maternal grandfather's farm.

Looking at her sister-in-law's sudden realization and the little dumpling trying to imitate her brother by raising its little hand right under her nose, Zhou Banxia couldn't help but laugh.

What a bunch of little devils!

"Isn't it fun?" Ma Shan mistakenly thought that Zhou Banxia was amused by her eldest son's accounting method. "When your Yuan Ge is that big, you'll know how much of a headache it is."

Look, even the little one, who just wanted me to hold her, can't stay still anymore. What are you saying? Mother doesn't understand. Oh, you want your brother to hold you? Your brother can't carry you.

"Oh dear, if you keep grabbing Mommy's hair, I'll spank you! Okay, okay, Mommy'll get up now. Look, you won't let me sit down. Why are you getting up? Sit down!"

Children this age are not cute. One minute they want to go outside, the next they want to be held, then they want to be lifted up. If you don't let them, they cry and grab you.

Look how badly his mother grabbed him. Grabbing his hair is one thing, it just makes his hair look messy and unsightly, but grabbing his face deserves to be poked with a needle. Poking him will teach him a lesson.

Zhou Banxia shook her head, "I've been sitting for a while—" After thinking about it, she still didn't want to suggest that Ma Shan trim the child's fingernails shorter. It would be embarrassing to accidentally cut the child's chubby fingers; she'd rather let her child happily enjoy stroking her face.

As for whether the little fingernails will scratch Yuan Ge'er's face, there is no need to worry. Nowadays, children are easily crushed, and there will be someone to take care of them.

"young married woman?"

"I heard you." Zhou Banxia, ​​who had originally wanted to go out and take a look, hadn't even had time to go around the screen when she heard Gu Wenxuan call her, and then Gu Wenxuan appeared.

"That was fast! No wonder you have such long legs. Why did you send someone to deliver it? You two just met yesterday. Wouldn't it have been faster if you brought it back yourself?"

"It's hard to explain in a short time." Gu Wenxuan handed the letter and envelope to Zhou Banxia. "Take a look for yourself."

Zhou Banxia raised an eyebrow, decided to stay standing, and began to look down at the letter.

The letter contained very little information.

easy to understand.

Just one thing.

It's not that I gave her a gift that I have to return.

what?
what for?

"I'll have Mai Huang take those things back to the west courtyard first, and we'll open them and take a look when we get back," Gu Wenxuan reminded her, his hand instinctively reaching out to put his arm around her waist.

"Wait a minute! Why are you going inside? Don't you want your son anymore?" Zhou Banxia immediately grabbed his hand. "Where's Mom? Wasn't she going out with you?"

“It’s not even dark yet. Our son doesn’t like staying inside, so Mom is carrying him to the gate to greet his grandfather. Listen, Dad’s back.”

"..." Zhou Banxia focused her attention and listened carefully. It was indeed the child's grandfather's hearty laughter. No, there was also a male voice saying something.

"You're back so early. That place is even bigger than the old Gu Family Village. Mother, just imagine how big it is. Those two young people definitely didn't get to explore it properly."

"What a coincidence, Big Brother is back too. We can start eating now." It's good to eat early so we can go back to the West Courtyard and see what your Senior Brother Qian is up to today.

That's why they say you have to live a long life to see the best. She's never seen anyone send her gifts and then expect her to protect them carefully, only to return them untouched a few days later.

Wouldn't it be better if it weren't sent?

It whets the appetite.

I don't know what it was that Qian Huaizhi emphasized so repeatedly in his letters, insisting that the item was identical, that it must be treasured, and that he treated it with utmost respect.

I don't want to think about it anymore; I'll put it aside for now.

The sky is big and the earth is big, and eating is the biggest thing.

Gu Wenxuan naturally heard Gu Erlang's voice as well, and the voice was getting closer and closer. It was not because the voice had different pitches, but because he was getting closer.

I could hear that they had almost reached the front passageway and were about to come in. My father was still walking in front, with my older brother and mother following behind him.

really!

Ahead of him appeared his father with his hands behind his back, followed by his mother holding his son, and his older brother chatting with his son.

Sure enough, he's Gu Wenxuan's son, his social skills are maxed out. He chatted happily with his uncle, the two of them having a great time.