Pastoral little master

Chapter 209 Negotiation
Mrs. Xu quickly forgot about Xu Youxuan, because the family was too busy.

The things on Luhuapo alone are enough for the whole family to be busy.
All the lotus roots on Luhuapo have been dug out, and Qiduo has been busy selling lotus roots for a while.

Thanks to everyone's help, and it's off-season, the sales of lotus root are good, and many of them are repeat customers. Now there are only five or six thousand lotus root unsold at home, so she is not in a hurry.

Xu Youxuan made the right move by transporting lotus root to Wangsong County. As soon as the market opened up, the sales soared and he made some money.

The Kang family also helped a lot. In addition to the usual casual sales, they also introduced several foreign merchants.
There was also Hulin Town, where Tang Hu was specially sent to run, and there were a few more flexible people in the village who took the initiative to come to Qiduo's house to sell lotus root, including Sanlang.

When Sanlang and Sanlang went to the town to sell snails, Qiduo found out that he had a talent for business, and she didn't miss it. This time, Sanlang alone sold five thousand catties of lotus root, which was far better than the other people in the village, earning more than 50 yuan. He grinned happily for two silver coins, and bought wine and snacks specially to honor Tan Dejin and his wife.

Because the price Qiduo gave him was cheaper than other people, and his mouth would be foolish, and the selling price was higher than others, so how could it not make money.Of course, running around with Tan Dejin these years has also accumulated some contacts, which helped him a lot this time.

Seeing him like this, Qiduo even thought in her heart that next time she wanted to sell something, she should hire him as a sales manager.

Of course, just think about it now, and make a decision later.

The lotus root has been dug out, so the next step is to plant lotus root.

Before planting lotus root, of course, the lotus pond must be tidied up. This is also a big project, and Tang Hu is responsible for it. He has done it before and is good at it.

The pond has lived on its own for many years, so the output of lotus root is not much. According to Qiduo's rough calculation, the yield of this lotus root is only four to five thousand catties per mu, which is far lower than that of those lotus ponds in modern times.

And all lotus root seeds are hand-picked by Qiduo.

She picked it by herself, not that she knew much about it, but just took this opportunity to improve the quality of all lotus seeds with supernatural powers, hoping that the quality and yield of lotus seeds produced from the improved quality would be greatly improved.

The barren hill was still being fertilized, and the tree pits had been dug. When the saplings came over, the trees could be planted first.

The pond not far from the lotus root pond, Qiduo didn't want it to be empty like this, and planned to raise some fish and some ducks.

Now Luhuapo is the main industry of the family. Of course, resources must be fully utilized and not wasted.
The mixed breeding of fish and ducks is what Qiduo saw when he was traveling abroad. At that time, the first reaction in his mind was to raise ducks in the fish pond. Wouldn't the ducks want to eat up the fish?After asking the owner of the fishing pond, I learned that if they are mixed together, not only will there be no loss of fish, but there will be unexpected advantages.

The aquatic plants and insects in the pond can be used as rations for ducks. After the trees on the mountain grow up, Haoli will become a base for ducks to breed.And the excrement of ducks can be used as fish feed, which not only saves the cost of fish farming, but the fish are willing to grow when fish and ducks are mixed together, achieving a win-win situation, why not do it.
Of course, the fish fry must be put in first, and it is advisable to put the ducks into the fish pond when the fish grow bigger and the ducks cannot eat them all at once.Otherwise, those fish fry would really become a delicacy for ducks.

Qiduo has a spiritual spring, and he is not worried that the pond will dry up. He is going to raise some silver carp, grass carp, fat head, crucian carp and carp.

Just do it, she immediately told Tan Dejin and Tan Debao what she thought.

The two Tan Dejin brothers had a good discussion and decided that raising fish is feasible. Anyway, there is no more fish pond to be managed here. Now that the family has a good relationship with some restaurants in the county and town, there is no need to worry too much about the sales.

Although Mianjiang is located on the bank of the river, there is no shortage of Jiangxian, but Jiangxian is delicious and difficult to catch, and the price is naturally high.The price of domestic fish will win at that time. I believe that restaurants will not refuse, and ordinary people are reluctant to buy fish to eat on weekdays. This is also a hidden consumer group.

However, Tan Debao has a worry about raising ducks, "Brother, Qiduo, look, if we raise a lot of ducks and put them in the woods, many people will watch them, otherwise, With such a large area, who knows where they will go."

Qiduo and Tan Dejin nodded. This is a problem. Ducks have feet and can run. Now that the trees here have not yet grown into forests, it is easy to find them. It will be difficult to find them when the trees are full of shade.

Suddenly, she thought of something.

I remember that when I visited the fish and duck mixed breeding farm, the ducks were raised in captivity. There were nets in the fish pond and around the duck shed. It seemed that there was a special area for the ducks to move around, and it was not completely free-range.

It will be much more convenient to manage if the ducks are enclosed. However, in this way, the ducks will be completely dependent on feeding, and the feed should not be too simple.

Therefore, Qiduo proposed the method of captivity.

Tan Dejin nodded, "It's good to keep them in captivity, but they can't play wild, and it may cost some feed."

Qiduo remembers that domestic ducks are not fed three times a day. In seasons like Shuangqiang, chickens and ducks are not fed all day long and rely on wild food.
In seasons like winter, there is no wild food to hunt, and chickens and ducks have to be fed on a regular basis, which naturally costs food.

Therefore, in general, farmers with relatively few fields at home do not dare to raise chickens and ducks lightly, because they are worried that there will be no food to feed them.
Home-raised chickens and ducks are delicious. No matter they are stewed or fried, they are fragrant and mouth-watering. The eggs laid are big and the yolk is like gold. But there is a disadvantage, that is, they grow slowly.

The biggest advantage of artificially raised chickens and ducks is that they grow fast and can be sold out of their nests soon. Of course, the taste is relatively speaking, and it is not as delicious as domestic chickens and ducks.

But to Qiduo, this shortcoming is not a shortcoming at all, there is a supernatural power here, so why not be afraid of it.

"Father, fourth uncle, although it will cost some feed to raise them in captivity, they grow fast, so it's the same as free-range." Qiduo said.

"How can you be sure that the ones raised in captivity will grow faster?" Tan Debao asked doubts.

Qiduo pursed her lips and said happily, "Fourth Uncle, look at that pig, which is kept in the pen every day, eats, sleeps, and eats. It grows so fast, it can grow more than 200 catties a year. I think chickens and ducks It's the same reason, if you eat enough every day, of course you will grow faster."

Tan Debao thought about it carefully, and it really made sense, and he was also amused, "You girl, what you said really makes sense."

Tan Dejin nodded, "Success, let's raise them in captivity."

"However, even though they are raised in captivity, we still have to drive the ducks to make them move around. Otherwise, the ducks will be full of fat, which will not taste good." Qi Duo said with a smile.

Tan Debao nodded, thinking it made sense.

The three of them started discussing some details. It was an idea, but it was not a matter of one or two sentences to put the idea into reality. It involved many aspects of planning and arrangement.

Fortunately, Qiduo had seen the appearance of the mixed fish and duck breeding farm with her own eyes, and heard some farming knowledge from the fisherman, which has come in handy now.

Based on her own memory, she roughly drew a sketch, and then everyone discussed it together.
Tang Hu went to Hulin Town to buy lotus roots, and brought back the saplings he ordered last time.

After the saplings came back, they arranged for workers to plant them, and Luhuapo became even busier.

Under the patter of spring rain, people in coir raincoats and bamboo hats can be seen everywhere planting rice seedlings in the field.

After the seedlings were planted, the weather was already very warm, and people put on thin spring clothes. If it were in modern times, it would be the season to wear one-piece shirts.

"Mother, my clothes are too short." Qiduo put on last year's trousers, they were obviously too short, not reaching her bare feet.

Mrs. Xu came over to have a look, and smiled, "Duo, you have grown taller. Mother remembers that when you wore them last year, you had to roll up your trouser legs, otherwise you would step on them. Well, you have grown a lot this year."

Xu made a gesture and found that the seven flowers were already at her ears.

She smiled gratifiedly.

Since the separation, the food of Qiduo's family has gone up a few steps. As soon as the nutrition keeps up, except Erxia's stature has grown, Qiduo and Liuju have all grown up fiercely, even the thin Liulang, Now the little face has also grown meat, it has become a little fleshy, and it has grown a lot.

"I'll look for your second sister's clothes, see if there are any small ones for you to wear." Mrs. Xu was going to open the box to find them.

"Mother, Duo runs outside every day, don't wear me and Ju's old clothes anymore, make new ones for her." Er Xia came in just in time, and seeing that Qi Duo's clothes were short, she immediately took a ruler to measure them.

Qiduo immediately wrinkled her nose at Mrs. Xu, and took Erxia's arm affectionately, "It's better to be a big sister, mother knows to let people wear old clothes, hum."

"Xia, you have also learned to be a good person, but your mother has become that wicked person." Xu smiled and yelled at Erxia, and still opened the box, "I can't make new clothes now, and the clothes on Duo are short, so they can't be worn into clothes." Let's go out like this, I'll find a set for her to wear first. Don't worry, don't say it's Duo now, even Xia, you and Ju, my mother won't let you change into the old clothes when you were young."
With the improvement of the family conditions, of course she will not wrong the children.

Of course, it cannot be wasted.

"Hey, we wronged mother." Qiduo pursed her lips and smiled.

Erxia also bent her eyes and smiled, "Duo, there are two pieces of cloth at home, one is light yellow and the other is light green. I will make two clothes for you. They will definitely look good in you."

"Okay." Qiduo accepted it unceremoniously, without even saying thank you, my sisters, being too polite would make you appear to be a virtuoso.

However, as the weather gets hotter, she really misses the short-sleeved shirts and short skirts from her previous life.

Alas, these things can only be thought about in the heart.

Now the lotus root has been planted on Luhuapo, thousands of fish fry have been placed in the fish pond, and the duck fry has been ordered with someone, and they will be picked up in a few days later.

The progress of reclamation on the barren hill is good. All the saplings have been planted, and the land for planting crops is now being leveled and raised for the last time. After all this is completed, the seeds can be dug up and scattered.

"By the way, mother, I don't seem to have seen my grandparents recently. Are they okay?" Qiduo asked.

I was too busy during this time, so I didn't hear anything from Mrs. Zhao.

People who like to jump suddenly quiet down, she is really not used to it.

"Auntie, is uncle at home, grandma asked him to go." At this moment, Sizao's voice came from outside the door.

Alas, this person really can't talk about it, as soon as Qiduo finished speaking, Mrs. Zhao showed her face.

PS: Transition chapter! !

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