Chapter 39: Raise some more ducks, they taste better



"Mm, this bayberry tastes delicious."

There were two bayberries left in the bowl. Wang Yanmei ate one and gave the other to Xu Qingzhi. "Qingzhi, try it too. This bayberry is much more delicious than the last time."

"Mom, I just tasted it, it's really delicious, you can eat it."

Since Xu Qingzhi didn't want to eat it, Wang Yanmei prepared to eat it herself. However, looking at the only remaining bayberry in her hand, the more she looked at it, the less it looked like her own bayberry. She frowned slightly and guessed, "Zijun, didn't you pick the wrong one and picked someone else's fruit?"

Xu Zijun said firmly, "No doubt about it, that is our bayberry forest. The bayberry trees that Dad planted never bore fruit. You always mention Dad every time you pass by the bayberry forest. There is absolutely no way I could have made a mistake."

Wang Yanmei muttered, "That's really strange. Half a month ago, when I went to pick fruits, they were all sour. Now they are bigger and sweeter. Fuqiang, did you apply fertilizer?"

"No, I thought the fruit didn't taste good and I couldn't sell it, so I didn't care." Xu Fuqiang waved his hand.

"Then why did this fruit suddenly become bigger and sweeter?" The more Wang Yanmei looked at it, the more strange it seemed. The bayberry in her hand was completely different from the one she had half a month ago. It didn't even look like a fruit from the same tree.

Xu Qingzhi smiled and said, "Maybe it's because the weather is dry this year, so the fruits are slow to ripen. Didn't it rain several times a few days ago, which brought nutrients? The fruits are ripe now, and the taste has improved."

The two little ones in the living room were speechless when they heard Xu Qingzhi's words.

It wasn't raining at all. It was clearly because they had time, and took advantage of the dark and windy night to draw water from the spiritual spring to irrigate the bayberry trees. That's why the fruit is so sweet.

The crow didn’t get to eat the chicken leg, so he felt unbalanced and decided to go on strike tonight to protest!

"Gah~" Strike! Wang Yanmei certainly didn't know what the two little ones were thinking, she just felt that her daughter's words were right, "Qingzhi is right, it should be that the fruit is ripe and delicious."

She excitedly grabbed Xu Fuqiang's hand and said, "Dozens of trees in our family have borne fruit this year. Although the amount is not much, we can sell it for some money."

The couple were very happy that the fruits were produced this year, thinking that they could sell them for some money.

As a result, I picked some ripe bayberries half a month ago and tasted them. They were so sour that they made my teeth fall out. I couldn't even eat them, let alone have anyone buy them.

Nowadays, bayberry has become delicious again, which is simply a windfall.

Xu Fuqiang was also very excited, "Then I will go and ask tomorrow if there are any fruit vendors coming to collect them."

"Okay, you can feel out the price when the time comes. Don't rush to agree to sell it. Ask a few more companies."

Wang Yanmei was just getting excited about Yangmei when she received a call from her third aunt.

"Yanmei, do you have extra eggs?"

Wang Yanmei picked up a lot of eggs this time, about twenty of them, and she only fried a few eggs for the meal just now.

She answered truthfully, "There are still about twenty eggs at home, Aunt San, what's wrong?"

The third aunt met the expectant eyes of her son and grandson, and said shamelessly: "It's a bit embarrassing to say this, but I want to buy some eggs from you and send them over with the vegetables. Is that okay with you?"

"Can eggs be delivered by express? Will they break?" Wang Yanmei had never sent an express package before and didn't know much about it. She thought that such fragile items could not be delivered.

"Express delivery is possible, but do you think...is it convenient?" The third aunt became more and more embarrassed as she spoke, feeling like a beggar.

Wang Yanmei said readily: "Okay, then I'll ask Qingzhi to send it to you when the time comes."

When the third aunt heard that the other party agreed, she immediately said, "I won't give you these eggs for free, Yanmei, how much do you think is a good price?"

Wang Yanmei's mobile phone is of poor quality and can even be used for hands-free calls even without the speakerphone turned on.

She wanted to say that she didn't want any money, but then she thought that if she didn't, people would feel embarrassed to take it, so she subconsciously looked at Xu Fuqiang.

Xu Fuqiang pushed the question to Xu Qingzhi, "Recently, my daughter has been feeding the chickens and ducks. You can ask her and she can make the decision."

Xu Qingzhi thought about it, took the phone, and said, "Third Aunt, I won't charge you for these eggs. I'll pick some more vegetables tomorrow and send them to you as well."

The chicks in Xu Qingzhi's spiritual space have grown into chicks. It's time to move them out. He took this opportunity to say, "I plan to raise more chickens in the back mountain. You can try these eggs first."

My third aunt turned on the speakerphone, and the whole family listened carefully.

She had to give money.

The two people pulled each other for a while.

Third aunt's daughter-in-law Sun Xue said, "Let's listen to Qing Zhi first."

The third aunt talked until her mouth was dry, but she failed to persuade the other party to accept the money. Qingzhi inherited her father's stubbornness, so she swallowed her words of wanting to pay and responded, "Okay, Qingzhi, I'll listen to you."

"I have to thank my third aunt. That's why so many people buy my vegetables." Xu Qingzhi really is sweet when he speaks sweetly. Just this one word of thanks makes the third aunt very happy.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Qingzhi searched online for how to deliver eggs, and bought a pearl cotton egg tray online that would arrive tomorrow. The courier would also pack it in layers.

Since eggs can be delivered by express, there shouldn't be any big problem.

Xu Qingzhi raised chickens purely for his own appetite, and also to trick the two little ones into doing work.

She was only thinking about eating it herself and hadn't considered whether to sell it in the future. It was difficult to set the price, so she decided not to charge for it this time.

"Qingzhi, didn't you say last time that you wouldn't charge us? Wouldn't your third aunt be embarrassed to ask us for money later? Why don't you charge us this time?" Wang Yanmei looked confused.

Xu Fuqiang has always been clear-headed about making money. "The eggs laid by the chickens in the back hills are not enough for our family to eat."

Wang Yanmei nodded, suddenly realizing: "That's right."

Xu Fuqiang recalled what his daughter had just said and asked, "Qingzhi, you said you wanted to raise chickens?"

"Well, let's raise some more ducks. The ones we raise ourselves taste better." Xu Qingzhi responded.

"Dad is not worried that you don't know how to raise chickens. You have been feeding the chickens well recently, and many of the chickens and ducks have become fat." Xu Fuqiang asked: "Then how many do you plan to raise and where do you plan to raise them? Do you have a plan?"

"Dad, you said before that the chickens grown in the mountains taste better. When the time comes, expand your existing chicken coop, extend it to the bayberry forest, build a fence around it, and raise a few hundred chickens, which will be enough to eat." Xu Qingzhi expressed his thoughts.

Wang Yanmei was shocked. "Qingzhi, hundreds of them? You have so many? Are you planning to sell them?"

Xu Qingzhi wanted to say that she ate it herself, but when she met her mother's eyes as big as copper bells, she could almost imagine that if she told the truth, her mother would definitely say that she could not finish so much.

So, she changed her wording to be more tactful: "Let's keep it and see how it goes. It's mainly for me to eat."

"Okay, Dad supports you."

Xu Zijun tried to make herself felt at the right time, "Sister, I support you too."

He tasted the chicken today and it was much more delicious than before, and the vegetables he grew were also tasty.

Xu Zijun thought to himself that his sister had taken the wrong path to enter the entertainment industry before. His sister was a genius at growing vegetables and raising chickens! She finally found her right path.

“I’m just afraid that you’re raising so many at once. What if some chickens get sick and all die? It’s a pity. Last year, I bought a duck, and it killed the dozens of chickens and ducks your father raised. Later, I bought new chickens and ducks.” Wang Yanmei worriedly said. After all, the loss of dozens of chickens and ducks is heartbreaking, but it is still bearable. If hundreds of them die at once, she will really cry her heart out.

Xu Qingzhi vowed, "Mom, I won't do that. Don't worry."

Wang Yanmei did not stop him, "Okay, then keep it if you want."

My eyes hurt a little today. I'll update three times tomorrow. If any of you are reading this, would you please let me know?

(End of this chapter)


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