Chapter 1316 Angry
Manager Bai laughed and said, "We can't help it. This place is close to the mountains. Not only do weasels steal chickens, but mountain rats are also very large and often bite chickens. Zhuangzi went to buy a few geese. It was Master Zhou who recommended them to him."
After all, there are not many families raising geese in Luojiang County, so it is not easy to buy them.
The three people who originally wanted to go into the chicken coop to grab some eggs immediately gave up the idea. Forget it, they would just watch from a distance.
The farmhands in their family lived a good life. In addition to the fixed monthly salary, they would also receive rewards from the farm every time there was a harvest. For example, 30% of the output of the chickens and ducks raised on the farm would be given to them, and the wheat bran used to feed them was also provided by the farm.
All four farmhands came out to meet Bai Shan and his group. Aside from the two newcomers, the other two were very familiar with Man Bao and his group. After all, they had farmed together, pulled weeds together, and even harvested wheat and rice together...
The three of them looked at the land and planned next year's planting with Manager Bai.
The good farmland was naturally used to grow rice and wheat, but Manbao planned to plant more ginger and yams on the less-good land. She looked at the hillside, where there were still only about twenty fruit trees, and said, "I'll tell my brothers later to set aside some Ligustrum lucidum branches for you to use as cuttings."
The farmhands naturally had no objection, but Manager Bai was a little hesitant. "Didn't they say that medicinal herbs are hard to sell?"
Others didn't know, but he knew that the Zhou family's Ligustrum lucidum was in limited supply at Jishiditang in the county town, so the price was lowered, so they sent it to Yizhou.
But I heard that the pharmacies in Yizhou couldn’t buy all of their Ligustrum lucidum fruits.
Manbao said meaningfully: "Don't worry, you can plant as much as you can. When you are done, my fourth brother will be able to harvest it."
Even if their planned Imperial Medical Bureau fails, they can just build an additional female Imperial Medical Bureau. In the future, there will be more doctors treating patients. With more doctors, there will be more patients, and more medicines will be required.
Bai Shan had obviously anticipated this, and nodded to Manager Bai, saying, "That's right, plant as much as you can. Don't worry about not being able to sell it."
Steward Bai turned his head to look at the lush green mountain and sighed, "Young Master, I wonder how much manpower it would take to cultivate this mountain for medicinal herbs."
Manbao: "Buy two more cows?"
Manager Bai started to think about it and felt that it was feasible, as one ox could be equivalent to two laborers.
The three of them made a simple plan of the area, walked to the edge of the ditch, and saw that there seemed to be fish in it, so they ran to borrow wooden buckets from the farmhands to catch the fish.
Seeing that they were not doing their job properly again, Manager Bai shook his head and wanted to go back, but Bai Shan stopped him and asked, "Have you caught any fish this winter?"
Manager Bai said, "It's already been fished out."
The three of them were very sorry that they didn't catch any fish this year.
But they didn't lose heart. The farmhand still had a fish basket at home. Bai Shan tied the basket together with a wooden stick and put it into the water. He used the stick to slowly drag the basket forward...
Daji followed them and watched them playing in the water, oh no, catching fish.
But the fish in this ditch are not so easy to find. After working for a long time, I didn’t catch any big fish, let alone small fish the size of a palm. However, I did catch a lot of small fish.
But Bai Shan and the others took one look and then fell back in. These small fish would become next year's big fish, and they couldn't kill them all now.
After playing for half a day, they felt hungry and then realized that it was already noon.
The farmhands invited Manbao and the others to stay for lunch, but the three of them refused.
The farmhands thought about it and simply went into the house and collected a basket of duck eggs for them as a gift to their master.
Manager Bai glanced at the duck eggs in the basket and said nothing.
Manbao and the other two were very happy. They said goodbye to them and went back to the village, carrying the duck eggs.
Sitting on the mule cart, Manbao picked up a duck egg and played with it. He found it much larger than a chicken egg, so he asked curiously, "Manager Bai, how much is a duck egg at the market?"
Manager Bai said, "Three for two cents."
Manbao was stunned for a moment, "Eggs seem to be two for three cents."
Steward Bai nodded and said, "Duck eggs are not as delicious as chicken eggs."
Therefore, every time he distributed 30% of the eggs, he would replace the duck eggs with chicken eggs to give to the farmhands, and then sell the eggs.
He took another look at the basket of duck eggs, but the masters didn't know about this.
Manbao didn't think much about it and said while holding the duck eggs: "Ducks are not as delicious as chickens, and they are also dirty. If our farm was not far from the village and there was a big ditch in front of it, I would not want to raise ducks."
Bai Shan glanced at Manager Bai, then looked at the duck eggs in the basket, and became thoughtful.
Bai Shan and Man Bao said, "Take these duck eggs home and eat them."
Manbao shook his head, "No, I have eggs at home, I'd rather take them to your house."
Bai Erlang said, "If you don't want me, I will."
Bai Shan and Man Bao nodded together, "Okay, I'll give it to you."
Bai Erlang: "I asked the cook to cook it for lunch. Come to my house for lunch."
Bai Shan and Man Bao both refused and said they wanted to go back home to eat.
Bai Erlang felt something and said to Daji, "I'll go over to the lower bridge and go back to my house that way. Humph, I don't believe these duck eggs are so unpalatable."
When Bai Shan and Man Bao heard this, they no longer refused to go to his house and followed him to carry the basket of duck eggs to the kitchen.
No one knew where they would eat, so the Bai family's cook did not prepare lunch for them, but it was not slow to prepare. The stove was still hot and there was food. She just had to cook some freshly cut vegetables.
So the cook promised to make them a dish with duck eggs, and finally coaxed them out.
Bai Shan turned around and reminded: "Don't cook too much, just cook three, otherwise we won't be able to finish the extra."
Manbao said, "Add more ginger. I heard duck eggs have a much more fishy taste than chicken eggs."
Bai Erlang said, "Cook whatever you want, you're welcome."
Cook: ...
"If you cook too much, you can eat it!" Bai Shan said to Bai Erlang angrily, "We didn't trick you into giving it to us. You asked for it on your own initiative. Why are you so angry now?"
"That's right," Manbao also said, "It's a waste, you know?"
Bai Jilang: "I hate it when you guys don't say things directly."
Bai Shan: "Then I also pushed it to Manbao, and didn't want to push it to you."
"That's right, I pushed it onto Bai Shan as well, and didn't involve you."
Bai Jilang: "I'm even angrier!"
The cook listened to the three people arguing and saw that they were heading forward without any delay. After a moment of silence, she looked at the steward Bai beside her and asked, "Are they arguing?"
Manager Bai remained silent. He had no idea why they were arguing.
Daji was not affected at all. Seeing that they returned home safely, he stopped following them, waved his hand and went back to the Bai family's house next door. After having lunch, he went to rest.
The next chapter will be around 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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