Chapter 67 Purchasing Poultry

"I'll take some time to go to Yihe Village tomorrow. You can just stay home and help me with the farmland matters."

"Okay, I'll go talk to Brother Erniu about this tomorrow morning. It's getting late, so go to bed early!" As Tan Chen said this, he lay down on the bed consciously, his body still pressed tightly against the wall.

The most headache-inducing moment came. She blew out the oil lamp and lay down on the edge of the bed.

Needless to say, the way she woke up the next morning was still nestled in Tan Chen's arms, one arm around his waist, his legs resting on his, and the handsome face in front of her that could captivate her soul...

This was the third time, and Shang Ruoting had become much more shameless. She pretended to be calm, got up, put on her clothes, and went out to wash up.

Just like yesterday, Mrs. Shang was busy cooking in the kitchen. She went to clean the chicken coop first.

After breakfast, Shang Ruoting sent Tan Chen to find Lin Erniu, and she pushed the cart carrying eggs from the farm to Yihe Village.

The six villages of Dahe Commune exist in parallel. To get from Sihe Village to Yihe Village, you have to pass through Erhe Village and Sanhe Village.

Along the way, we saw people busy working in the fields and several tractors running back and forth in the fields.

It is the sowing season now. Most of the land here is dry land, and the main crop is corn. Shang Ruoting observed their planting methods as she walked.

Normally, the row spacing for corn is about 50-60 cm, and the plant spacing is between 30-40 cm. Of course, this is not completely absolute and also depends on the variety of corn.

The corn grown in several villages of Daha Commune is not a special variety. There is a big gap between the row spacing and plant spacing and what Shang Ruoting knows.

The row spacing is okay and is relatively in line with the standard. As for the plant spacing... in Shang Ruoting's opinion, it is really disappointing. It is less than 30 centimeters by visual inspection. With this planting method, even though there are many corn plants, the yield will definitely not increase.

She wanted to give some advice, but unfortunately, she was just an insignificant country girl and no one would believe her.

Therefore, she could only silently give up this idea. When the situation did not allow it, she could not be the first to take action.

Along the way, she watched the farmers planting crops and silently kept in mind the disadvantages of planting. Because her mind was busy, it didn't feel like it took Shang Ruoting long to reach Yihe Village.

She pushed the cart directly to the production team of Yihe Village and found the deputy team leader in charge of production to explain her purpose.

The deputy captain of Yihe Village is a middle-aged woman named Yang, who looks very capable.

"Our team has just hatched a batch of chicks and ducklings, as well as some one-month-old chicks. As for the piglets, they'll have to wait about ten days. The new batch hasn't been weaned yet."

"Newly hatched chicks and ducklings are the same price, two each, and one-month-old chicks are one. What are you going to buy?"

Shang Ruoting thought for a moment and then stated the desired number: "Deputy Captain Yang, I want newly hatched chicks and ducklings, twenty of each."

"And there are piglets. I wonder if I could reserve two in advance and come back to pick them up after I'm weaned?"

When Deputy Captain Yang watched Shang Ruoting speak, he knew that this young wife had a straightforward personality, which was very much in line with her temperament.

"That's no problem. Each piglet is eight dollars. Pay me and I'll give you a receipt. You can come pick it up in ten days."

Shang Ruoting quickly calculated the price of the piglets. According to the prices of that era, an adult pig sold for about one hundred yuan, so the price of a piglet was not much.

Excluding her spatial spiritual spring, if raised normally, it would take about 40 yuan of food to raise a pig to adulthood, not counting labor, and one can earn about 50 yuan per pig.

The reason why the villagers do not raise pigs themselves is that the price of piglets is not low for them. Moreover, they have to invest a lot of food to feed them in the later stage. It is okay to raise them until they are ready for slaughter, but if they die in the middle of the journey, the compensation is too much and most people cannot afford it.

But Shang Ruoting has the spiritual spring, so she doesn't need to worry about these things at all.

"Deputy Captain Yang, can I order four piglets?"

Deputy Captain Yang was stunned. Although the young wife in front of him was straightforward, four piglets cost more than thirty yuan!

She didn't expect the latter to buy so much at one time.

"Would you mind thinking about it? Four piglets cost over thirty dollars!"

Shang Ruoting knew that the other party was worried about her: "I've thought about it and ordered four."

Seeing Shang Ruoting's resolute attitude, Deputy Captain Yang didn't say anything else. Instead, he reminded her, "Think carefully! Once you've received the deposit, it can't be refunded."

"Well, thank you, Vice Captain Yang, for thinking of me. It's settled."

The chickens and ducks cost exactly ten yuan. Zhuzi paid a deposit of ten yuan. Shang Ruoting handed two brand new big unity tickets to Deputy Captain Yang, who took her to the office to get a receipt and then went to the chicken coop to select the chickens and ducks.

There is no need to carefully select the chickens and ducks, as long as they are lively and energetic. With the magical spring water, everything will be safe.