1980: I have a spiritual spring

Chapter 39 Officially Becomes the Head of the Family

"Dajiang, your eggs are selling so fast, are city people scrambling to buy them?"

"Erhe, I've been to Shashi twice. Where in Shashi do you sell your eggs?"

"Sihai, tell us quickly, how do you sell eggs in the city?"

"..."

As the Qiao brothers walked to the center of the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) at the village entrance, the villagers swarmed around them, asking them all sorts of questions.

Qiao Dajiang and Qiao Sihai originally intended to keep this a secret, as they instinctively didn't want to reveal this way of making money. However, Qiao Erhe didn't care at all. With the magic spring water as his cheat code, he was already invincible in the breeding business and wasn't afraid of the villagers following suit.

He even hoped that the villagers would follow suit, so that they could quickly scale up the egg-laying hen farming. The larger the scale of farming, the greater the influence, and the easier it would be to make money.

Therefore, Qiao Erhe replied with a smile, "Don't worry, everyone. The demand for eggs in the city is huge. Our nearly 1000 eggs were sold out in less than ten minutes, and many people couldn't even buy any!"

"My goodness, are eggs really that easy to sell in the city?"

"It seems we can raise laying hens with peace of mind next year."

"..."

Seeing that his second brother had no intention of hiding anything, Qiao Sihai lowered his guard and said vividly, "You guys don't know, people in the city buy eggs like crazy. They don't just buy a few at a time, but dozens at a time. One customer even bought three trays of eggs, each tray containing 30 eggs, so that's a total of 90 eggs!"

"Seriously? Buying eggs by the dozens at a time?"

"My goodness, are all city people this rich?"

"..."

Seeing this, Qiao Dajiang excitedly said, "Those city folks are really willing to spend money on eggs, let me tell you..."

The three brothers, one after another, recounted the entire process of going to the city to sell eggs in front of the villagers, without hiding anything.

The villagers, who received a detailed reply, praised the Qiao brothers for being generous.

Only after the Qiao brothers returned home did the villagers disperse, satisfied.

……

Joe's house.

The four Qiao siblings, along with their mother Huang Hongmei, sat together for a meeting.

At the start of the meeting, Qiao Erhe took out the money from selling eggs that day and slammed it on the table, saying, "This is the money after deducting expenses from selling eggs in the city today. Our laying hens have entered the harvest period starting today. From now on, the hens will lay eggs every day, and our family's income will continue to grow."

A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, nor can a family be without a head of household for a day.

Now that the old man is gone, and Fatty Ba doesn't manage things anymore, it was fine before we didn't have much money, but starting today we're making money, so we need to choose someone to take charge of the family finances and lead us all to prosperity.

Hearing this, Huang Hongmei sensed something was wrong and frowned, saying, "Second brother, what are you saying? I'm your mother. If the family makes money, and you don't let me manage it, do you expect me to keep it all by myself?"

Qiao Erhe glanced at his mother and said, "Fat old man, from now on, the family will give you 20 yuan a month for pocket money. You're getting old now, so just stay at home and enjoy your retirement. Don't worry about things at home."

Qiao Dajiang chimed in, "Second brother is right. Fatty, don't worry about things at home." Actually, Huang Hongmei didn't necessarily want to take control of the family's finances. She would find it troublesome to manage all the big and small matters at home. Seeing that her eldest and second brothers had spoken, she kept quiet.

Seeing this, Qiao Sihai took the lead and raised his hand, saying, "Second brother, I support you to be the head of the family. Only you can lead our family to prosperity."

Qiao Sanduo looked at her eldest brother, then at her second brother, and then raised her hand and said, "Second brother, I also support you to be the head of the family."

The current Qiao Dajiang is not the eldest brother from his previous life who was separated from his wife and children and developed a patriarchal style. The family's development to where it is today is all thanks to the second brother's planning and strategizing, and he knows this very well.

Therefore, he had no desire to become the patriarch and take control of the family's finances.

With the support of the third and fourth brothers, Qiao Dajiang raised his hand and said, "Second brother, I also support you to be the head of the family. From now on, our family will depend on you."

Seeing this, Qiao Erhe didn't hesitate and nodded, saying, "Alright, then I'll be the head of the family from now on."

On November 21, 1980, two and a half months after Qiao Erhe's rebirth, he officially established his position as the head of the family through a family meeting.

From then on, unless the brothers divided the family property, Qiao Erhe would be in charge of the household.

After the brief family meeting, Qiao Erhe looked at his third sister and said, "Sanduo, there are 10 new eggs left in the house. Go to your room and get a jar of fermented rice wine to boil these 10 eggs. Let's try the taste of sweet wine eggs today."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sihai's eyes lit up immediately: "Great! Sweet wine and eggs, it must be delicious."

Huang Hongmei and Qiao Sanduo couldn't help but swallow their saliva. They wanted to drink the sweet glutinous rice wine all the time, but unfortunately there was too little of it, and they rarely got to drink a sip. Now that their second brother had offered to cook sweet rice wine eggs later, they were naturally looking forward to it.

Qiao Dajiang's face was also full of anticipation. Once you've tasted the sweet glutinous rice wine brewed by Qiao Erhe, no one can forget the taste.

Qiao Sanduo excitedly replied, "Okay, Second Brother, I'll go cook sweet wine eggs in a bit."

Qiao Sihai said gloatingly, "That fifth brother is going to miss out on good food again."

Qiao Erhe chuckled upon hearing this, "Since Lao Wu isn't here today, we'll make him a special serving of sweet wine and eggs when he comes back from his holiday."

Qiao Sihai: "..."

……

in the afternoon.

At dinner, each member of the Qiao family received an extra large bowl of sweet rice wine and eggs.

(Sweet wine and eggs)
Sweet wine with eggs is a traditional Chinese dish, traditionally believed to be nourishing, beautifying, and warming. In Guangxi and other regions, it was used as a postpartum meal and has been popular among women in later generations.

Egg sweet wine made with ordinary glutinous rice wine is already loved by so many people, so it goes without saying how good the taste is now made with glutinous rice wine brewed with spiritual spring water.

Sure enough, whether it was Huang Hongmei or the Qiao siblings, after tasting the sweet egg wine, they all praised it highly and couldn't stop eating it.

In no time, the family finished the egg and sweet wine, and Qiao Sihai even picked up the bowl and licked the bottom clean.

After finishing the bowl of sweet egg wine, everyone except Qiao Erhe felt warm all over and indescribably comfortable.

(End of this chapter)