Chapter 114 Watering the Fields
Shen Shaojing said: “It’s okay, sister, I borrowed the ox cart, and the ox cart is parked at the door. I can transport the things to the town by myself, so you don’t have to make a trip.”
"You must be very busy at home and have a lot to do."
Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "Indeed, I'm thinking about buying more duck eggs right now, and pickling them when I get back."
Only now did Shen Yueyao realize how big the market for preserved eggs could be.
When Shen Shaojing heard his sister say this, he hurriedly said: "Sister, I see that there are many people setting up stalls in the town market and selling duck eggs. I will go and collect some after I finish my work."
Shen Yueyao said, "When we collected duck eggs in the village before, we bought them at the price of four eggs for one penny. You can buy them at this price. If they don't want to sell them, then you don't have to buy them. At worst, we can go to a few more villages and collect them from the villagers' homes."
"I'll tell them that I'll be collecting duck eggs regularly, and those who are interested will naturally buy more ducks to raise and sell the eggs to make money."
Shen Shaojing said: "Sister, if this happens, it will be very convenient for the villagers. They don't have to worry about not being able to sell duck eggs, nor do they have to go to the town to set up a stall to sell them. They can earn copper coins at home, and they will naturally be happy."
When many villagers raise ducks, they don’t know whether the eggs laid by the ducks can be sold. Sometimes they don’t dare to buy more ducklings because raising big ducks to lay eggs also requires feeding and spending some energy.
But everyone knows that as long as they save duck eggs, they can sell them and make money at home, so naturally many people are willing to buy some ducklings and raise them to lay eggs.
Generally, after four months, the ducklings will grow into adult ducks and can lay eggs.
Shen Yueyao nodded.
Old Madam Meng and Su Erya were also happy for Shen Yueyao.
When moving things, Mrs. Meng and Su Erya helped.
Shen Shaojing didn't even bother to eat. He just drank a sip of water and was about to set off.
Shen Yueyao could only wrap six for Shen Shaojing with oil paper and said, "Fourth brother, this is the egg yolk pastry I made. It's fresh out of the pan. Eat it while it's hot."
Shen Shaojing was so anxious to deliver the goods and make money that he didn't care about eating.
But what my sister made must be good stuff, so Shen Shaojing took it.
While driving the ox cart on the road, Shen Shaojing had nothing to do. Thinking of the egg yolk pastry given by his sister, he took it out carefully and felt that it was still a little warm.
Shen Shaojing felt that just a light touch made the outer skin fall off crisply.
He quickly took a bite and caught it with his hands to prevent the skin from falling off.
Shen Shaojing took a big bite and bit into the yellow inside.
He opened his eyes wide in surprise, "It's so delicious, what does it taste like?"
Shen Shaojing looked down and saw that it was yellow.
He had really never eaten or seen such snacks before.
Thinking of his sister saying it was egg yolk pastry, Shen Shaojing was excited and murmured to himself: "Could it be made of salted duck egg yolk?"
Shen Shaojing almost jumped off the ox cart.
He really didn't expect that snacks made with salted duck egg yolks could be so delicious.
It turns out that salted duck egg yolks can really be used to make delicious food.
In this case, salted duck eggs are a good thing.
Shen Shaojing thought the food was so delicious that he ate two in one breath and still felt unsatisfied.
But he couldn't bear to eat the other four.
He put it away carefully.
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Shen Yueyao didn't bother to continue eating snacks, she had to hurry to buy duck eggs.
It is not difficult to pickle duck eggs, just pickle them one by one.
The key is to buy more duck eggs so that you can pickle them together.
Mrs. Meng and Su Erya knew that Shen Yueyao was busy purchasing duck eggs, so they both offered to help.
Madam Meng said, "Yao Niang, you can just stay at home. I'll go and help collect the eggs. I know everyone in the village. I know who raises ducks and who has duck eggs."
Su Erya said: "And me, I will help too, I know too."
Madam Meng and Su Erya insisted, so Shen Yueyao had no choice but to let them help.
Of course, Shen Yueyao also gave copper coins to Madam Meng and Su Erya so that they could pay them when they collected the duck eggs.
The villagers have a hard life, and every penny is very important to them.
Mrs. Meng and Su Erya went to help collect the duck eggs.
Shen Yueyao began to prepare some materials, including burning wood ash and getting some soil from the valley.
When Shen Yueyao went out with the tools and the backpack, Su Xueyi felt a little worried.
He walked to the door with a cane and just stared at Shen Yueyao, with a worried look in his picturesque eyes.
Shen Yueyao took a few steps and seemed to feel something. When she turned around, she saw Su Xueyi standing at the door.
This was the first time Shen Yueyao looked at Su Xueyi standing at the door when she went out.
He just looked at her from afar, with a deep gleam in his eyes, as if he had a lot to say to her.
Shen Yueyao's mind moved, and she waved to Su Xueyi and said, "I will be back soon."
When Su Xueyi heard this, her expression softened and she nodded.
"You should practice walking more."
"good."
When Shen Yueyao went to the foot of the back mountain, she was going to dig the soil, but she saw that some of the land around her was a little dry.
Realize that if there is no rain and there is plenty of sunshine, the ground will easily become dry.
She had to dig up the soil and mix it with water to make mud.
Looking into the distance, Shen Yueyao could see that many people were still busy in the fields, and many people were carrying water back and forth with shoulder poles to irrigate the fields.
They would carry their shoulder poles to fetch water from the well and then use them to irrigate the fields.
At that time, there were not many good farming tools or good irrigation tools. Farming relied entirely on manpower and the weather. When the weather was good, the crops had a good harvest. Once there was drought or heavy rain, it was hard to imagine how much the farmers could harvest.
Shen Yueyao also saw a half-grown little boy helping to carry water. He accidentally fell and the water in the bucket spilled. He stood up and looked at the water, his eyes red with heartache.
Looking at this scene, Shen Yueyao felt a little uncomfortable.
She looked around and saw some lush vegetation, which seemed to have no shortage of water.
Shen Yueyao guessed that there should be groundwater there.
If it doesn't rain, we can dig out the groundwater, dig a ditch, and lead it down from above to form a pool of water, making it more convenient for everyone to use water.
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At this time, Mrs. Meng accompanied Erya to the headman's house first.
The headman's wife was feeding chickens in the yard. When she saw Old Madam Meng coming, she hurried over to support her and said, "Auntie, why are you here? Is there something wrong? You could have just sent someone to call me. Why bother coming all this way?"
Some people in the village didn't know Mrs. Meng's previous identity, but the village head's wife knew.
Although the Su family is now living in the village, as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and Su Xueyi is so knowledgeable, maybe one day they will be able to restore their status.
Therefore, the wife of the village head was also very polite to Old Madam Meng.
Madam Meng smiled and said, "It's okay. Thanks to my daughter-in-law, I'm in much better health now. I came here this time to collect duck eggs."
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