Chapter 81 Quail Egg Harvest
Quail feed is actually similar to chicken feed and does not require too much effort, except that quail feed needs to be made more finely divided, and quail has a smaller appetite.
There is just one thing: the quail's living environment must be ventilated and warm, and most importantly, it must be quiet.
When it comes to the egg-laying season, if the female quail is frightened, it will be difficult for her to lay eggs, and the quality of the eggs will also be poor.
Jiang Panyu took careful care of this batch of quails. By mid-July, the female quails started laying eggs. On average, one quail laid one egg a day, and twenty quails laid twenty eggs a day.
Moreover, once the quails start laying eggs, as long as there is sufficient feed and the environment is suitable, they can lay eggs continuously for 8 to 10 months. After that, they will rarely lay eggs. Such quails, even if they are over one year old, must be eliminated in time.
Jiang Panyu could not eat so many quail eggs by herself in a day, not to mention that she also had chicken eggs to eat. Quail eggs were also purchased at the purchasing station, but they were not as valuable as chicken eggs. Jiang Panyu was reluctant to sell these quail eggs at a low price. After all, she had spent a lot of effort to raise them by picking wild vegetables, catching snails and digging earthworms.
Tan Yanlu made these extra quail eggs into five-spice quail eggs, sealed them in jars, and buried the jars with clean sand. This way they could be preserved for a long time.
Jiang Panyu and Tan Yanlu have had eggs to eat every day since July. Tan Yanlu has even developed 18 ways to eat quail eggs, such as spiced eggs, braised eggs, scrambled eggs, steamed eggs, baked eggs, salt-baked eggs... There are so many varieties. With Tan Yanlu's feeding, Jiang Panyu's cheeks have become chubby and rosy, and he has become more and more like a cute creature.
Living in the same yard, Aunt Wu and little Wu Tingting have benefited a lot. Seeing that quails are so easy to raise, Aunt Wu also wanted to raise one.
Jiang Panyu did not refuse. Because the quails she raised were a mixture of male and female quails, she picked out a lot of breeding eggs after the quails mated.
Aunt Wu bought twenty breeding eggs from Jiang Panyu at the price of ten cents each, and then went to find her old hen to hatch the eggs.
Then Aunt Wu was not the only one who saw the benefits of raising quails. The aunts from the Gossip Sisters Group occasionally came to visit and gossip, and when they saw that Jiang Panyu's quails laid so many eggs, they also wanted to raise quails.
So by the end of July, Jiang Panyu had made five yuan just from selling quail eggs. He consumed a lot of quail eggs at once, and after adding on the eggs he ate himself, there were not many left.
Of course, if no one buys breeding eggs from next month, her quail eggs will pile up again.
However, before Jiang Panyu had time to worry about what to do with so many quail eggs, Li Gaoyang came running over with two five-spice quail eggs in his hand. Those were the ones that Tan Yanlu had taken to the educated youth point.
Because there was a question in a letter from Lian Xiuran that stumped Tan Yanlu, and Tan Yanlu couldn't solve it, so she took quail eggs to bribe Li Gaoyang and others at the educated youth point, hoping that they could help her solve the problem.
The problem was solved, but it attracted Li Gaoyang. Li Gaoyang thought the quail eggs were delicious, and he heard that they were laid by the quails raised by Jiang Panyu, and he also heard that they were very easy to raise, so Li Gaoyang came over to take a look with interest.
This one look made him see the trick. After that, Li Gaoyang came for a week, squatting beside Jiang Panyu every day to watch how she raised quails. He also asked her a lot of questions. Jiang Panyu did not hide anything and answered all the questions. After Li Gaoyang carefully measured the number of eggs laid by the quails, he became excited.
He wrote a report overnight and squatted at the door of Aunt Wu's house early the next morning. Li Gaoyang had obviously stayed up all night. He didn't brush his teeth or comb his hair and looked a little sloppy.
Jiang Panyu and Tan Yanlu were both surprised why he came here so early in the morning?
Li Gaoyang was very excited at this time, and he didn't care about the difference between men and women. He took Jiang Panyu's hand and stuffed the report into her hand and said, "Comrade Jiang, please take a look at this report first. We will talk about it in detail after the exam."
Jiang Panyu looked puzzled and looked down at the paper full of words. After reading it, Jiang Panyu was surprised: "You want to apply to the team leader in the name of educated youth to open a quail farm?"
"Yes." Li Gaoyang nodded firmly. "I have carefully calculated the labor and costs and found that quail farming is very cost-effective. I think the possibility of this report being passed is very high."
Jiang Panyu certainly knew that quail farming was very cost-effective, but she did not expect that Li Gaoyang had such great ambitions and actually wanted to open a farm!
"Then why did you ask me to show me this report?" Jiang Panyu had a very vague idea in his mind, but still needed Li Gaoyang to confirm it in person.
"Why else? Because you are the first person to raise quails, and you are an educated youth. I want to go to the brigade leader in the name of an educated youth to approve this application. I want to put the initiative of the breeding farm in the hands of us educated youth.
But it's a good thing. If the breeding farm is successfully established, it will need breeders. This was first initiated by us educated youth, so the breeders should be given priority to us educated youth!
It goes without saying that you can raise quails, so you will definitely have a place. "Li Gaoyang was full of confidence, with great ambition in his eyes.
Jiang Panyu admired Li Gaoyang's bold thinking and action, and immediately said: "I have no objection to building a breeding farm, but who will sell the quail eggs to?"
Li Gaoyang smiled brilliantly: "Since I have submitted this report, there is a way to solve the sales problem of quail eggs."
Jiang Panyu smiled and said, "It seems that you have thought of everything. I definitely have no objection. If I can be a breeder without working in the fields, I will definitely support it with both hands and feet. Just go ahead and do it boldly. I support you."
"Don't worry, don't worry. I, Tan Zhiqing, also have something to do." Li Gaoyang said and looked at Tan Yanlu who was boiling water and cooking.
Tan Yanlu was puzzled: "Me? How can I help?"
"Oh, Tan Zhiqing, you may be able to help me a lot. The five-spice quail eggs you made are so delicious. I have eaten canned quail eggs at home before, but they were not as fragrant and delicious as yours.
I've thought about it carefully. If the breeding farm is built, it would be best to cannify so many quail eggs so that they can find a better market. So today I came to find Tan Zhiqing to ask if you are willing to invest in your technology and get a job as a technician! ”
It turned out that Li Gaoyang was planning on using Tan Yanlu's secret recipe for quail eggs. This was indeed one of the Tan family's own secret recipes, and Tan Yanlu herself added spiritual spring water to it, which made the taste even better.
Tan Yanlu can take out the recipe and get a job as a technician, but she can't contribute the spiritual spring water. The taste of the five-spice quail eggs without the spiritual spring water will definitely be different.
Tan Yanlu couldn't tell the truth, so she could only use other methods to explain the difference in taste: "I have no objection to changing my position from technical support, but you know, the recipe is the same, but the taste of the quail eggs will be different if the amount is large or small.
Just like fried rice, you can make one bowl of rice delicious, but if you fry a lot of rice, it may not be guaranteed to be delicious.
Comrade Li, do you understand this principle? ”
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