Chapter 93 What to sell?
September has arrived, and everyone is busy harvesting soybeans in the fields. Rapeseed and soybeans are important sources of edible oil for Xiaoshi Village.
After the soybeans are harvested, they need to be dried. After the stalks are dry, you can use a stick to slowly knock them out to knock out the soybeans.
The remaining poles cannot be wasted. They are collected and piled up in the fields and burned. The ash is a good fertilizer.
When the poles are drying in the sun, bean worms will crawl out. These worms are very nutritious for chickens to eat, and they will lay an egg a day after eating them.
Lu Xing also gave two to Xiaobai and Xiaohua. Xiaohua pawed at them, uninterested. Xiaobai wasn't picky, but after one mouthful, he couldn't taste anything. He might as well have been gnawing on the bones he'd hidden.
The remaining beans cannot be collected immediately and need to be dried for a few more days.
Soybeans are much heavier than rapeseed. Lu Xing's family has almost 560 kilograms of soybeans this year. It is a bit difficult for her to transport them to the oil press in town by herself.
So she discussed with a few families and decided to go together.
The small workshop in the town is not big. The owner is the only one guarding an oil press. The rumbling sound of the machine can be heard from a long distance away.
Lu Xing and her friends set out at around five o'clock and walked for more than an hour to reach the town. There was already a long line in front of the workshop.
Calculating the time, it was noon when it was their turn.
They left early and didn't have breakfast. To thank Lianhua and the others for helping to carry Douzi, Lu Xing bought five steamed buns.
The steamed buns here are all made with old dough. They are white and plump when steamed, and have a soft texture with a slightly sweet aftertaste. Lu Xing likes the steamed buns she bought from this shop very much.
Those who come to press oil are all from nearby villages. They all make an appointment to come together so that they can help if anything happens.
Lu Xing didn't know them, but she was good at chatting.
There was an elderly man in the line who looked about the same age as her. She walked over and asked, "How many beans did your family harvest this year?"
"Not much. The weather was bad this year, and the beans didn't grow well. Only about 600 pounds. How about yours?"
"Your family is really impressive. My family only produced over 500 kilograms this year. How do you usually grow your beans?"
After hearing this compliment, the man's expression relaxed a lot. "It's not going well this year. We planted less. We should have planted more in previous years."
"Hey, which village are you from? I'm from Xiaoshi Village."
"I'm from Hongfeng Village at the back of town. Are you from Xiaoshi Village? Do you know how famous your village is?"
"What? Why has our village become famous?" Lian Hua, who was resting in the back, couldn't help but come over.
"Oh my," everyone who was listening became excited when he talked about this, "Didn't your village have a murderer before? That incident was such a big deal that most people in the town heard about it."
"And then there comes another bastard son who wants to dig up his father's grave."
"More than that." Someone added, "I heard there's a man in their village working as a bartender. That's hilarious."
"We've been hearing about Xiaoshi Village, but we've never met anyone there. Is your village really as full of troubles as the rumors say?"
The group of people started chatting about the gossip of Xiaoshi Village. They kept chatting until it was almost noon and it was Lu Xing's turn to press oil, but they still hadn't finished chatting.
Several people stopped Lu Xing and the others and asked, "How are you going to leave later? How about we go together? We haven't finished talking about your village yet."
If they were going the same way, Lu Xing would have wanted to go with them. During their conversation just now, she asked a lot about farming and even got some vegetable seeds that other people had kept.
"Next time, next time, you go east and we go west. We're taking different routes."
Halfway through the journey, Lianhua suddenly remembered that she had to go to the health center. There was a woman in the village who had some gynecological problems, so she asked her to come to the town to help get some medicine.
Because she had been sick for many years, she had to take medicine all the time. Going to the town to see a doctor for a prescription was troublesome and expensive, and the doctor might not be there. So she learned to apply the medicine herself, and after two or three years she became proficient.
Then she started to help the village's pigs and cows spray pesticides. Later, some people found it troublesome to run to the town three times a day, so they also got medicine prescribed at the hospital and asked Lianhua to help them.
After practicing for so many years, Lianhua's ability to give injections and find blood vessels has become more and more advanced.
A few people changed their route and headed towards the health center.
At the entrance of the clinic, they met You Dali, who was holding a pale woman beside her.
Although family planning is being promoted everywhere, it still cannot stop some people who really want a son from secretly having a second child.
If you are caught in this situation, you will definitely be taken to the clinic for an abortion.
So Lu Xing and the others were not too surprised. After seeing it, they just said hello and left.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, You Dali came to them and talked about this matter. She also said that there was a business and asked if they wanted to do it.
Seeing her mysterious look, Lu Xing was a little curious, "What kind of business is this? Why is it so secretive? Could it be some illegal business?"
This frightened You Dali so much that she quickly waved her hands and said, "I dare not do anything illegal or criminal."
"A lot of people are doing what I do, selling placenta."
Lu Xing didn't recognize what it was, "What car?"
"Oh, it's the placenta of the child who was born. Even the aborted one is fine."
She suddenly remembered Yu Dali, whom she ran into at the hospital entrance yesterday. "Were you doing the same thing yesterday?"
"Yes, Auntie, let me tell you, this thing is really profitable. Do you know how much people pay for it?"
"One hundred and twenty!"
You Dali counted with her hands, her hands still shaking a little. After all, it was the first time she saw so much money at one time.
This thing can be considered a tonic. People who know how to make it will use it to nourish the bodies of women during confinement.
She came to talk to Lu Xing about this matter because she heard something about her and wanted to see her attitude.
"I'm not lying. I always negotiated a good price with other people, and they sold it to me voluntarily."
Lu Xing didn't know what to say. Apart from being a little embarrassing, there didn't seem to be any problem.
To prove that she was doing things in an upright manner, You Dali cited other people's examples and said, "Auntie, I really do have a conscience in this line of work. Do you know how some people don't do the same?"
"I also heard from the middleman that after a man found out about this business, he forced his wife to keep getting pregnant and having miscarriages, and then he would sell the placentas to the middleman."
"I don't know if his wife was deceived or what, but he wants to drag her sister-in-law into it. Isn't that pure harm?"
"I'm different from them. I know people in the fertility office. Every time they catch someone trying to secretly have a second child, they call me over to help them with their thinking."
"This way they've achieved their target, and the couple who were arrested, while losing their child, still get the money. It's a win-win for everyone, right?"
Even though she said that, Lu Xing still felt a little taboo. "Oh, I do want to, but it's not appropriate at this age. I heard that your job requires you to go to town frequently."
"As the old saying goes, 'Don't go out when you're sixty, and don't eat out when you're seventy.' I can't stand that at my age."
After hearing this, You Dali felt a little embarrassed. She was also a little panicked and wanted to find someone to share the burden with her.
But since Lu Xing said so, she had no choice but to go home.
【Author has something to say】
Lianhua is helping others with intravenous injections, not treating patients and prescribing medicine.
Don’t go out at 60, don’t eat out at 70: It means that when you are old, it is easy to have accidents when you go out, so it is better to stay at home.
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