"Goudan's mother, hand me your little bamboo basket and I'll weigh it for you."
The village chief's wife was waiting for the locusts, and seeing Goudan's mother staring blankly, she couldn't help but remind her.
"Oh! Okay, thank you for your help, Auntie!"
"Don't be polite, I'll weigh it for you, take the money, and you can go home."
"Four pounds and eight ounces."
When Mengyue heard the weight, she wrote it down on a piece of paper, took out a copper coin and handed it to Goudan's mother.
"My dear girl, my rice is less than a catty. You can give me an extra penny, or you can take eight taels and put it on the account first, and give it to me when I have enough."
"If you don't want to pay, just pay by the kilogram."
Mengyue didn't want to bother with such trivial matters, so she stopped Goudan's mother from saying anything.
Besides, she also admired people like Goudan's mother. Although she was at the bottom of society, her family was poor and she couldn't even afford to eat enough, she still insisted on her principles and was unwilling to take advantage of anyone.
"Next."
Goudan's mother wanted to say something when someone behind her heard her and called her.
"Hey, I'm here. Goudan's mother, go back quickly. After dinner, take your son and daughter to the fields and catch more locusts. You can sell them for more money."
As he said this, he pushed Goudan's mother aside.
Seeing that Mengyue and the village chief's wife were busy, Goudan's mother pursed her lips, said nothing, and hurried home.
Instead of arguing about these two taels of locusts, it would be better to catch more and give them to the girl in the family later.
After Goudan's mother left, the locust harvesting continued.
It took almost an hour to collect all the locusts, and the sky was completely bright.
After calculating, Mengyue found that she had collected nearly 100 kilograms of locusts. She didn't expect there would be so many.
As for allowing the villagers to raise ducks, she had mentioned it to the village chief and had originally considered forcing them to do so. After all, if a locust plague broke out, the biggest impact would be on the food in the villagers' fields.
But when she saw Grandma Wang, Xiaoyan, and Goudan's mother, she no longer had the idea of forcing the villagers to raise ducks.
Anyway, she plans to run a breeding farm. When the villagers see that she raises thousands of ducks without feeding them any grain, they will realize how low the cost of raising ducks is.
Even if she didn't say it, the villagers would still come to her to buy ducklings. Maybe Xinghua Village would become famous for its ducks in the future.
Just do it when you think of it. Mengyue looked at her mother and the village head grandmother, and they worked together to collect all the locusts.
He said, "Mom, you and the village head's grandmother gather out twenty kilograms first. I'll fry them and go to town when they're done."
"Don't worry about the rest for now. I'll buy some ducklings tomorrow and keep the rest for the ducklings."
Hearing that her daughter had a plan, Mrs. Gui breathed a sigh of relief.
Because she saw that she had collected so much in the morning and spent so much money. If she kept it all at home and the locusts didn't eat it, they would slowly die. That would be a huge loss.
It’s not that she didn’t want her daughter to make it, it’s just that she harvested too much and couldn’t make enough fried locusts.
"Village Chief Granny, I asked you to help find someone, how is it going?"
"Yue girl, I have a few people in mind. How about I call them over now and you can see what happens?"
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