Chapter 8, Asking for Price
The children also gained a lot.
The eels were skewered together one by one with foxtail grass.
Some people who are not afraid of it even wear it around their necks and play with it as a necklace.
"Gou Wa, have you guys finished flipping through the pages? I'm planning to go back." She had almost finished flipping through the pages, and it would be a waste if she flipped through more.
"Okay, okay." Every child had an eel hanging around his neck, but the number varied.
"Sister Qianqian, let's go with you." If someone else saw us, we would be scolded.
"Okay, let's go." She originally wanted to take them away with her.
If we come together, we must go together.
There is a small stream here, and the water is quite shallow. It would be bad if something happened.
On the way back, the children also became familiar with An Qianqian.
One by one they asked when they would go again.
They all have fields at home, but those fields don't have so many eels, and they aren't this big.
An Qianqian said a few days.
After entering the village, they separated.
Each of them took their achievements home to take credit.
When An Qianqian returned home, she brought the eel to the well in the backyard.
After changing the water, I fed them some Gold Finger Water, intending to clean their stomachs so that there would be no dirt when they eat.
As soon as she entered the backyard, the chickens in the house saw her coming and immediately surrounded her, clucking.
Begging for food.
Seeing the chicks she caught grow into the current chicks weighing about three or four pounds, she feels very accomplished.
When the time comes, we will catch them all and sell them on the streets.
Speaking of selling chickens, she discovered one thing: the golden finger is not omnipotent.
For example, these chickens that are raised on a diet of golden fingers have no other uses except that they taste delicious and grow fast.
At first, she was worried, what if the chicken had medicinal effects?
It seems that she was overthinking.
If you want the medicine to be effective, you have to drink the Golden Finger Water.
Otherwise, besides being delicious, it grows fast.
The same goes for piglets. They grow no slower than chickens and now weigh 70 or 80 kilograms.
If someone else saw it, they would probably be scared to death.
How long has it been?
In just over two months, the piglet has grown from a weight of more than ten kilograms to seventy or eighty kilograms. You can see how outrageous it is.
You should know that most pigs nowadays can be slaughtered at around 200 kilograms. In previous years, they could be slaughtered at more than 100 kilograms.
Hearing the noise at home, An's mother, who was dozing off against the warehouse, opened her eyes.
"Is Qianqian back?" she shouted loudly towards the backyard.
"It's me, mom. I'm in the backyard."
She moved faster and put the eel away. Then An Qianqian came out from the backyard and said, "Mom, I'll come over this afternoon. You go take a nap."
Mother An quickly waved her hands: "Don't do that. This grain is very itchy. Go away."
My daughter can't do this job.
An Qianqian didn't argue with her mother. She did have bags easily, and they grew in piles.
When she went to harvest, she almost wrapped herself up like a rice dumpling.
There are eels today and there will be another big dinner in the evening. After An Qianqian sees her mother finished eating, she tells her about selling chickens.
"I don't know what's going on, but our chickens are growing so fast." Mother An was very happy about this.
"It's just right. We have to go to the next market to deliver grain. Let's catch the chickens and sell them. The next day is Mid-Autumn Festival and the price will be high." The big market in Qingshan Town is on the 49th day of the lunar month.
There are big markets on every fourth and ninth day, for example the fourth, fourteenth, twenty-fourth, ninth, nineteenth and twenty-ninth days. These days are all big market days.
"That's great, but Mom, how much should we sell our chickens for?" There are not many chickens in the family, only about thirty or so. If you include the old chickens we had from before, there are probably about forty chickens in the house.
"I don't know about this either." Mother An was a little embarrassed because she hadn't sold anything for a long time.
"I'll go to your Aunt Yu's house later and ask her. She's sure she knows." Aunt Yu is the closest friend to An's mother.
An Qianqian thought it was feasible and asked her mother to ask Aunt Yu.
However, she plans to sell the chickens at a higher price because her chickens are worth the money.
Chickens have grown so big, and it's not like she hasn't eaten them before. She originally caught forty new chickens, but now there are only about thirty left. It shows how greedy she is.
In terms of taste, if it were sold at a hundred yuan per pound in later generations, it would still be in short supply.
Now, just ask first.
Mother An was also an impatient person. She put down the farm tools in her hands, drank a sip of water, went to the backyard to catch a few larger eels, and then went straight to Aunt Yu's house.
While An Qianqian was going to the bathroom, her mother left. Looking at her anxious back, An Qianqian felt helpless.
Mother An soon arrived at Aunt Yu's house.
The houses in the countryside are all wooden, and there are few large tiled houses in the village.
Even the village chief's house is a wooden building, but his is bigger.
"Is Aunt Yu at home?" Seeing the door open, Mother An walked into the yard and called out twice.
Soon there were sounds coming from the house.
"Who is it?" Aunt Yu came out from the inner room and smiled when she saw the person coming. "Oh, I was wondering who it was, Qiaoxiu, why are you here?"
Aunt Yu was quite surprised to see An's mother coming. Shouldn't she be turning the rice at home at this time?
"Let me ask you something. What are you doing?" Mother An was very familiar with Aunt Yu's house. She walked to the shade and sat down.
Aunt Yu was stunned. "What's the matter?" Qiaoxiu rarely came to her for help.
"Tell me, I will definitely help you if I can." Aunt Yu is a generous person.
"Hey, it's not a big deal. Look, the chickens I caught last time can now be sold. I was thinking of taking them to the market to sell during the holidays, so I came to ask you for the price."
Because not long ago, Aunt Yu’s family sold a few old hens in the house.
"Just this?" Seeing how anxious she was, I thought it was something serious. "You came here in the hot sun just to ask about this? You're amazing."
The two have a good relationship and speak very casually.
"Of course not." An's mother was very good at dealing with people. She took out the bucket she was holding with the lid on it and opened it: "I just caught it today. I'm sending you some to try."
Aunt Yu is not stupid, Qiaoxiu is just being polite. She even brings things to her house just to ask a question.
It’s only been a short time since these good days came, and you’re already so loose.
"You, take this thing back. I heard from my dog that Qianqian and he also caught a lot of them today and are raising them back home." Aunt Yu closed the lid and said with a smile.
An's mother doesn't know about this yet.
"ah."
"You are so pretentious. You bring things even when you ask a question. If you do this again, don't come to my house." Aunt Yu knows her very well.
I don't like to owe others.
"Well, it's already been taken. You have a big family, so just keep it. Qianqian caught a lot, enough for the family to eat for several days." It doesn't make sense not to take back what you have taken out.
"You? Okay, I'll accept it." This guy is just too gift-giving.
"However, I sold the chickens several months ago, and I'm afraid the prices have gone up a lot now." After taking it, Aunt Yu started talking about business.
"How many?"
"I used to sell it for 1.5 yuan per pound, but now, I'm afraid it's gone to 2 yuan." Things are expensive in the city, and chicken is meat, so it's very hard to buy.
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