Huang agreed with Zhao Jinfeng's statement.
"Big cousin, this is what I'm thinking. If I were raising pigs at home, I would like to build the pigsty in the southwest corner of my house."
I roughly calculated that there are about ten acres of open land around my house.
Why don't you sell them all to me? Just charge the normal price.
The advantage of buying it is that I can fence off the land around the house. With the pigsty built, it saves people the trouble of coming to check on it.
I heard the old man say that if livestock come into contact with too many people, they are prone to getting sick.
Therefore, if you want to raise pigs, you naturally need to have a designated person in charge, and unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter.
Regarding the matter of my family raising pigs, here's what I'm thinking: my family doesn't have enough manpower, so there are two solutions. One is to go to a pig brokerage firm and hire people.
Another option is to hire someone. But I don't trust people from other families to do that.
My eldest cousin's family has enough manpower, so why don't I trouble him to see if he can lend me a few people?
The monthly allowance is 800 coins, and there are gifts for holidays. Of course, the pig-raising techniques are also taught for free.
My older cousin's family can raise pigs together with my family then.
If my cousin's family doesn't have enough manpower, we can do that too. I'll just go to the brokerage firm and buy a few more people.
My cousin's family can lend me one person to supervise the construction.
After all, I don't know the character of the person I just bought.
However, I would suggest that if my cousin's family wants to raise pigs, they should raise a large number at once. Good meat will never have a market.
Zhao Jinfeng pondered for a moment,
"As the old saying goes, 'Even a fortune in livestock doesn't count.' How many pigs are you planning to raise at once, sister-in-law?"
Huang pondered for a moment,
"If I can buy enough piglets, I'd like to raise a hundred or two hundred."
Zhao Jinfeng was defeated by Huang's boastful words, and his voice trembled slightly.
"Sister-in-law, these one or two hundred piglets will cost a lot of money. Each piglet costs at least four or five hundred coins."
That's not all; raising a pig requires a lot of grain.
Have you thought this through? Don't let all the money you earn from the shop end up in this pigsty.
Huang was delighted to hear this.
"Cousin, these are all minor matters. The priority now is to buy the land, then build the pigsty, and most importantly, the piglets."
It seems quite difficult to find too many piglets at once these days.
So I'll have to trouble my cousin again for the rest.
The Huang family and Zhao Jinfeng and his wife talked for almost an hour. Although they were cousins, the conversation involved hiring and technical issues.
The two families still signed a contract, under which Zhao Jinfa would send his third son to Zhao Qianci's house to raise pigs, and he would learn pig-raising techniques for free.
The first condition is that the breeding techniques cannot be disclosed at will, and the second condition is that all the pigs raised by Zhao Jinfa's family must be sold to Zhao Qianci's family at a price 5 wen higher than the market price.
As for how much money Zhao Qian will make from these pigs after leaving home, that's none of your business.
Both parties were straightforward people. After the contract was signed, Huang took out two hundred taels of silver notes and gave them to Zhao Jinfa.
The family entrusted all matters, from buying land and building pigsties to feeding the pigs, to Zhao Jinfa.
All Huang needs to do is buy the people and send them over.
As for the relevant breeding techniques, they will be compiled into a booklet and given to Zhao Jinfeng.
The expenses for Zhao San'er to learn castration techniques from a veterinarian were reimbursed by Huang.
After finishing her discussion about pig farming with Zhao Jinfa, Huang walked home, gazing up at the azure sky. At that moment, she deeply felt the power of money.
If you don't have money, and you want to do something this big, not only would the whole family have to be mobilized, but you also wouldn't dare to take big steps, for fear of hurting yourself if you took too big a step.
After Huang left, Zhao Jinfa and his wife stared at the two hundred taels of silver notes in front of them, somewhat bewildered.
"Dad, pinch me. I feel like I'm dreaming. How much money has the Qianci family made? The shop hasn't even been open for long, has it?"
Zhao Jinfa was a typical straight man. Before Zhao Qinshi could finish speaking, his large hand had already grabbed Zhao Qinshi's arm.
"Ah..." A scream startled the birds perched in the tree by the door, causing them to flap their wings and fly away.
"Dad, I told you to pinch me, and you actually did! Why were you pinching me so hard? My arm is definitely bruised."
Zhao Qinshi complained.
Zhao Jinfa took a sheepish puff from his pipe.
"Look, you've already made this request, so I figured you must be a little hysterical, and I was afraid you wouldn't wake up unless I pushed hard. Are you sober now?"
Zhao Qinshi nodded while rubbing her arm.
"Dad, what are Qianci and his wife thinking? If this technique really can produce high yields and taste good,..."
How much money could they make? How could they be so willing to teach this recipe to us, and even the whole village?
"Isn't that out of their mind? Everyone keeps their skills to themselves."
Zhao Jinfa glared at his wife, "You're the one who's lost your mind."
Didn't you hear the clause in the contract that says any pigs raised according to their methods after learning the techniques must be sold to them?
Think about it, if Huang dares to set the price 5 coins higher than the market price, then she must be able to sell the meat for an even higher price. She definitely won't lose money.
"If it weren't for her humble remark, she's so old and insists the whole family go to school. Do you think Mrs. Huang would have handed over such a good opportunity?"
Zhao Qinshi deeply agreed.
"Old man, this Qian Ci is so old and still wants to study. Do you think he really plans to pass the imperial examination?"
I feel like we got a freebie without even lifting a finger!
Zhao Jinfa was left speechless, both amused and exasperated by this silly woman.
"You're a classic example of someone who benefits but then complains."
"Alright, go and call the eldest brother back. I need to take some men to measure the land for Qianci's family."
The land survey was conducted very quickly.
The ground around the Zhao family's house was marked, and the final area was determined to be 12.5 mu, calculated at two taels of silver per mu for wasteland.
They hired an oxcart from the village, and Zhao Jinfeng and his son, along with Huang Shi and Zhao Qingyan, rode in the same oxcart back to town.
Upon arriving in Wufang Town, they first ate a meal at Zhao's Snack Shop before Zhao Jinfeng and his son drove Zhao Qianci's carriage to the county.
After Zhao Jinfa and his son left, the women of the Zhao family swarmed around them.
"Mom (Grandma), you're finally back! If you hadn't come back, we wouldn't know what to do."
Three women make a drama, four women or more are like ducks flocking to a market.
In the already small main room, the buzzing sound made it impossible to count the number of people.
"Stop, one by one, I've only been gone for a little over ten days, what happened at the shop?"
Wang Caixia, considering herself the eldest sister-in-law and the oldest, spoke first.
"Mother, since you left, our business has not been as good as before."
The delivery business is unpredictable, sometimes good, sometimes bad. I asked the delivery guys, and they said it's because the weather is too hot right now.
No matter how delicious our food is, it's really hard to stand the sweat that comes out after eating it.
The guests all want something cool to eat. We haven't figured out anything cool enough yet.
The food is fine when it's in the well, and it seems okay to dine-in customers, but when it's delivered, it's lukewarm by the time it reaches them. What should we do?
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