Rabbit skins can be sold for an extra thirty-odd coins each.
Furthermore, rabbits eat grass, making them much easier to feed than chickens.
If Jin could sell a few baby rabbits to... No, no, Jin was lucky enough to buy some fat rabbits and was already planning to raise them to sell for money. Why would he want to divert his money-making business...?
The old village chief was particularly tempted by the plump rabbit.
His family was large, and there was a lot of wild grass in Shanshui Village. He often complained that the grass was stealing fertilizer from the crops. If he raised rabbits, each rabbit would cost more than a hundred coins, and ten rabbits would earn him more than an ounce of silver. It was just a matter of doing some hard work like cutting grass.
But when he looked at Fan Jin, who had invited them to the banquet, he just couldn't bring himself to say it!
No, I can't steal other people's money-making business.
"Uncles and elders, Shuiqing said that she used to raise rabbits when she was a girl at home. Rabbits are not difficult to raise, as long as you keep them clean and hygienic, especially the water and grass.
In summer, she feeds them freshly cut grass, but in winter they must be switched to hay. She said it's not difficult to raise them; if anyone in the village wants to raise them, they can just trade an old hen for one, and the price will be calculated by weight. Fan Jin said this naturally.
Old Village Chief Xu and the others were stunned.
I almost thought I was getting old and hearing things wrong.
Jin's wife said we could come and exchange for a rabbit to take home and raise?
Can't we just use an old hen to replace it?
They looked at each other, and finally the old village chief spoke up and asked, "Is it really possible? Did your wife say so?"
Fan Jin nodded seriously: "Shuiqing said that since we are all from the same village, if we raise them well and make money, everyone's life will be better, and the whole Shanshui Village will be even better."
Shui Qing's original words were: "We can share the planting of medicinal herbs, crops, and livestock in the future. The market is huge. Our original intention was just to eat them ourselves and we didn't think about making money from them. Whether the villagers raise or grow them, it won't affect them."
The skills of brewing wine and making calligraphy brushes must be firmly kept in the hands of family members.
Because the demand is only so big, if everyone rushes in all at once, it's very likely that everyone will drive down prices and they won't be able to sell at a good price, which will affect them.
The villagers, having found their own ways to earn a living and being well-fed and clothed, no longer envied them.
“Rabbit meat is more expensive than chicken. If you were to trade it for chicken, wouldn’t you be losing out?” Master Fan, a relative of Fan Jin, spoke up to defend him.
The other elderly people understood as well.
Rabbits are a few coins more expensive per pound than chickens, so wouldn't you lose even more money if you bought a whole rabbit?
If there were any more unscrupulous people in the village who were greedy for small gains, and they used all of them to exchange for money, wouldn't that young man's family have to pay a hundred coins?
No, no!
Fan Jin smiled and said, "It's alright. Chickens are slow to grow, and each household doesn't have many to exchange. We won't lose much."
Shuiqing said that the more they traded, the more they earned.
She said that the old hens in the village are all genuine free-range chickens that lay free-range eggs, which taste much better than the imported chickens and eggs she buys in the mall. They are the kind of authentic chickens that you can't buy even if you have money.
As for meat rabbits, they only cost a little over ten yuan per kilogram in online stores, which is a huge difference from the price of free-range chickens from farms.
Shuiqing said that as long as the villagers are willing to exchange, she will exchange as many as they want!
He didn't know what "free-range chicken" and "native-egg" meant, but since Shuiqing said it was profitable, he would switch.
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