"Okay, go ahead!"
After Xu Han finished speaking, Lu Chuan left. The people who stayed at home began to sort and clean the wild fruits that the Taoist priest had just picked that day.
Before the Taoist priest had finished processing the wild fruits he brought back, Han Qi returned with his men.
When Han Qi heard that they had all gone to move the jars, he stood up and was about to go and help when Lu Chuan returned in his oxcart.
Lu Chuan said, "The Taoist priest and Liu Erzhu are over there. Han Qi, you can drive the oxcart to find them in a bit. I won't go; I'll stay here and help them move the jars."
"Yes, sir." Han Qi didn't say much upon hearing this. He neatly took the oxcart and drove it away.
Before dark, the Taoist priest led them back to scout the location. As soon as they entered the house, Qi Yu handed them warm water, and everyone sat in the courtyard to drink water and rest.
"Sister-in-law Li, it's getting late. Everyone has had a long day. You should all go home and rest early today!"
Danniang, you can go back now. You don't need to cook dinner tonight. I made some chicken soup this afternoon, and I'll just make some chicken noodle soup later.
You don't need to come and clean up after dinner; you can clean up tomorrow morning.
Upon hearing this, Sister-in-law Li wanted to say something, but Granny Ma tugged at her arm, so she didn't say anything in the end.
The servants walked into the valley one after another, and after they left, Xu Han locked the courtyard gate.
For dinner, Xu Han didn't want to cook, so she just took some food from her spatial storage, and everyone enjoyed a delicious meal.
At the dinner table, the Taoist priest asked, "What are the plans for tomorrow? How about I take them to pick fruit again? There are plenty of wild fruits in the mountains, and I reckon we can pick for a while longer."
Xu Han nodded. "Okay, let's do it the same way as today. Lu Chuan, do you want to go? Are you staying home to help out or going to the mountains?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan quickly raised his hand and said, "I'm going to the mountains. If things get too busy at home, a few more people can stay."
Xu Han said, "It's not that we're too busy, it's just that carrying wild fruits back and forth is too tiring. We're not strong enough to carry them."
"How about we have Zhu Chunfeng and Sister-in-law Li stay home to help tomorrow? They're both strong and can help move things."
"Okay, you can arrange it as you see fit."
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For half a month, Xu Han spent her days at home cleaning wild fruits, making fruit wine, and making canned goods.
The Taoist priest and his companions led people into the mountains to pick wild fruits. Once they had finished picking the nearby ones, they headed to places further away.
Gradually, the number of wild fruits picked decreased, and the time spent picking them increased, making it less worthwhile to continue.
After Xu Han urgently called for a halt, it was already the fifth day of the ninth month.
After a day's hard work, we finally finished processing all the accumulated wild fruits. The fruit wine and canned goods business will also be over by today.
During this time, Xu Han led the women and girls in her family to make a lot of fruit wine and canned goods.
The cellar and storage rooms in the house are now completely filled to the brim.
Right now, they're just waiting for winter so they can exchange these canned fruits and fruit wines for some money and have a prosperous New Year.
That evening, during dinner, Xu Han suggested, "We've finished picking all the wild fruits in the mountains; it's time to start autumn planting."
The autumn planting will be handled by Zhu Qiang and the others; it's agreed that planting can begin tomorrow. Lu Chuan has already spoken to Zhu Qiang about this. Daoist Master, I'll trouble you to keep an eye on things then.”
After pausing, he explained, "Because tomorrow I plan to go to the county town with Lu Chuan to sell the eggs in the space."
Xu Han took a sip of water and continued, "There are just too many eggs piled up in the space. Besides the salted duck eggs we had pickled before, there are also a lot of fresh eggs. If we don't get rid of them soon, there won't be any place to put the newly laid eggs."
The Taoist priest agreed, saying, "Yes, you can go without worry. I'll keep an eye on things at home for you."
Grandpa Zhao asked, "How do you plan to sell them? How many are you planning to sell? Are you going to sell them all?"
Lu Chuan said, "Xiao Han and I discussed this last night. There are ready-made shops in the county town, so we'll just sell them there. We won't do any grand opening or anything; we'll just clear out the eggs in the space and sell as many as we can, as long as we can free up some space."
Xu Han chimed in, "Yes, we originally planned to save these eggs for when we opened the shop, but we didn't expect there to be so many."
Over this period of time, excluding the eggs I've eaten, I've accumulated about 50,000 eggs in my storage space.
Since the end of last year, we've been producing about 100 eggs a day, and then we've gradually raised many more hens.
According to Zhou, they are now able to collect about 300 eggs a day.
In the fall, another large batch of chickens hatched, and by this time next year, they should still be producing 1,000 eggs a day.
Everyone was quite surprised when they first heard the number; they hadn't realized that they already had so many chickens at home.
Grandpa Zhao said, "We need to clean it up. These eggs have been piling up for too long, and it's not right to justify it. After all, no one can have so many eggs all at once, and eggs will spoil if left for too long. It definitely wouldn't make sense if we suddenly brought out so many eggs."
All these eggs will have to be consumed slowly by the two of you.
The Taoist priest cautioned, "These eggs are not a small number, and if you take them to the county town to sell, they will be difficult to sell. The main problem is that there are too many and they are too conspicuous. When you open a shop in the county town, people will inevitably recognize you, and it will be difficult to lie when asked about it."
Xu Han nodded. She had thought about this issue before, but had not yet discussed it in depth with Lu Chuan.
Today, since the Taoist priest brought it up, we all discussed and resolved it together to avoid giving others something to talk about later.
“We also have this question, but if we take it to sell elsewhere, it won’t sell in a short time.”
Grandpa Zhao said, "How about this, you go to the county town first and ask around at restaurants and the like, see if they'll buy them. Then you go to the prefectural city and see if you can sell them directly at restaurants, it'll save you a lot of trouble."
However, restaurants usually have regular suppliers, so it's estimated that it won't sell well.
It doesn't matter if we can't sell them all. Once the shops in the county town open, we can figure out how to use them up gradually. Right now, the most important thing is to clear out the eggs in the space so that there won't be too much stockpiled, which would be even harder to clear later.
"Since you haven't been out in a long time, let Xiao Chuan take you for a stroll around the prefectural city to relax."
Xu Han thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's do it your way. Let's go to the big restaurant first and ask. It would be best if we could sell them. If we don't sell many, we can sell them in the shop for a few more days and still make quite a few."
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