"I don't need that many. Two baskets of grapes like these, and eight more, ten baskets in all will be enough."
After Jia Dongsheng finished speaking, Uncle Qin waved his hand and said, "What do you mean eight baskets? I'll send you ten more tomorrow."
Then, he looked at Qin's father and said loudly, "Third brother, let's go back now and go directly to the mountain to pick grapes so that we can send them to Dongsheng tomorrow."
He is really impatient. He wants to do it immediately after it is agreed.
This is too hasty.
"Dad, why are you so anxious? We've only been sitting here for a while!"
Qin Huairu immediately stepped forward and grabbed Uncle Qin. There was no other way. If she didn't stop him, her father would run away.
"Yes, uncle, why are you in such a hurry? You came here and brought so many things. If you leave without having a meal, wouldn't it be that I, as a junior, am ignorant?"
Jia Dongsheng smiled and said, "It's just right. The weather is getting colder now. Let's go to Donglaishun and have a hot pot to warm our stomachs."
"No, no."
Uncle Qin waved his hands repeatedly. "What other restaurant can we go to? Dongsheng, it's the same if we wait until tomorrow. Your dad and I will go back first. When the grapes are delivered tomorrow, we will have a meal. Let's skip eating today and don't delay your winemaking."
"Uncle, it doesn't take another day to brew wine. No matter what you say today, you can't leave now."
As he spoke, Jia Dongsheng stepped forward and pressed Uncle Qin onto the sofa, saying, "There's no need to worry about the grapes. Just bring them over to me in the next few days."
"I still have something I want to talk to you about. How can I just leave like that?"
Hearing that there was something else, Uncle Qin stopped talking about leaving and looked at Jia Dongsheng seriously, asking, "What else is there, Dongsheng? Don't worry, if there is anything I can do, I will do it for you."
He was well aware of Jia Dongsheng's abilities, and he also knew that Jia Dongsheng would not treat them unfairly. After all, the two families were related by marriage, so he spoke and acted in a clear and generous manner.
"That's right, uncle, you just said that this year's grain harvest was poor, but the mountain products harvest was abundant. I wonder how much of a deficit there was in grain?"
As soon as these words came out, Uncle Qin and Father Qin both sighed deeply, their faces full of worry: "The harvest is much worse than usual."
"Dongsheng, you know that the area around Qinjiagou is all mountainous. The original harvest was 20% lower than that of normal farmland. Now it's a disaster year, so this year's harvest will be at least 50% to 60% lower than normal!"
Uncle Qin's words also made Jia Dongsheng understand that the disaster year was about to enter the most difficult year.
"Do you have enough food?" Jia Dongsheng felt a little heavy-hearted.
"It's enough for now."
Uncle Qin said, "Luckily, we got so much food from the steel mill earlier. If we save it, it will be enough to last until January or February next year. We will also harvest some food from the fields next month. If we eat a little bit at a time, we should be able to last until October next year."
That being said, Jia Dongsheng could see that Uncle Qin's talk of eating frugally must have been about being extremely frugal. Otherwise, with so many people in Qinjiagou, even if they had exchanged a lot of food from the steel mill before, they would definitely not be able to eat until January or February next year.
"Uncle, Dad, can we hunt the game in the mountains again?"
After thinking about it, Jia Dongsheng could only think of a way out from the mountain. If he could still hunt prey and exchange it for some food at the steel mill, life in Qinjiagou would probably be much better.
"Oh, how can it be so fast?"
Uncle Qin sighed softly, his face showing embarrassment. "To be honest, the hunters from Qinjiagou have been going to the mountains to investigate these days, but there are no animals in the areas he's familiar with. Even if he wants to hunt, he'll probably have to go deeper into the mountains."
"But the distance is much farther, and it's difficult to transport the prey even if we kill it."
"So, hunting in the mountains is out for now. We plan to wait until next spring to see if there are any prey."
After understanding this, Jia Dongsheng nodded, indicating that he understood, but he had no good solution.
"By the way, uncle, I suggested raising chickens, ducks, and geese before. I wonder if you have done so yet?"
"I raised it, I raised it. Dongsheng, you said so, how could I not raise it?"
Speaking of this, Uncle Qin also showed a smile on his face. It seems that the poultry are raised well.
"Your father, your second uncle's family, and I each raise one kind of goose. My family has twelve geese in total. They weigh about two or three pounds now. With the bran you brought them, they are growing quite fast.
"Your dad is raising chickens, and they're pretty big now. They probably weigh over one kilogram, almost two kilograms."
"The ducks are being raised by your second uncle. They're growing pretty fast. In two months or so, they should be ready to eat."
"How many are there?" Jia Dongsheng was in a good mood when he heard that they were doing well, but he didn't hear him say how many he had, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Hey, I forgot to tell you, the number is the same, twelve chickens, ducks, and geese each."
Hearing this number, Jia Dongsheng nodded and said, "Not bad, very good."
It was originally agreed that the money for the chicken, duck and goose chicks would be paid by the three families, while the bran for feeding the chickens, ducks and geese would be provided by Jia Dongsheng. When they grew up and could be eaten as meat, the profit would be split 30% and 70%.
That is to say, each of the three companies gets 30%.
Thirty percent of the twelve is four. In this way, in two or three months, Jia Dongsheng will be able to obtain eight chickens, ducks and geese each. This number is already very sufficient in a disaster year.
"Uncle, it's a good thing you're here. When it's time to leave, I'll take you to get some bran."
"That would be great."
In fact, Uncle Qin came this time with the intention of taking some bran back. The chickens, ducks and geese really eat more as they grow bigger.
They have tried very hard to get some weeds, corn leaves and other things as feed, but the bran is still decreasing rapidly. They are really afraid that something has happened to Jia Dongsheng and they can't get bran.
By then, they will be really at a loss.
They drank tea and chatted until noon. Jia Dongsheng first took the whole family except Banggeng, plus Uncle Qin and Father Qin, to Donglaishun to have a meal of mutton hotpot.
For Uncle Qin and Father Qin, for whom eating a meal of white flour buns was considered an improvement in their lives, eating mutton at Donglaishun was really too luxurious.
At first, they were too embarrassed to eat, until Jia Dongsheng saw that the two of them really couldn't let go, and helped them pick up the meat with chopsticks one by one, and then they started to eat with big mouthfuls.
The last group ate twenty plates of mutton. When they paid the bill, Uncle Qin and Father Qin's legs felt a little weak.
There was no way they had ever had such a luxurious meal.
After leaving Donglaishun, he returned to the courtyard to pick up the carriage sent by Uncle Qin, then went to a grain store where Jia Dongsheng had acquaintances, and bought a cart of bran, and then sent the two away.
Then he got on his bike and went to take over.
This poor child, his family eats meat to their heart's content, but not only can he not eat it, he also has to take extra classes. If the extra classes are still not satisfactory, he will probably not only not be able to eat meat, but also get beaten.
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