Ye Zhiqiu parked his bike and took the ingredients back to the kitchen. When he came out, Wang Xiaolan and the others had already helped him take two bags of rice out of the basket.
Wang Xiaolan asked in surprise: "Son, is this rice? It doesn't feel like noodles!"
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "That's right, this is all rice ground from 175 milling. Aunt Liu, you can pack it up and take it back later. I was lucky this time and found a village selling this rice.
The quality is indeed very good, and this thing is really rare. One acre of land only produces about 300 kilograms. No one is willing to grow this thing."
Wang Xiaolan also exclaimed, "Ah! It's 175? We grow this stuff in Kaoshan Village! Although it doesn't require as much water as rice, the yield is really too low!"
It's such a shame to grow this thing with all the effort and care, but the yield is so low! We stopped growing this thing last year and turned the land to growing corn instead!"
Ye Zhiqiu must have known this! Because the rice he brought back, or rather the crops and vegetables he planted in his space, were all seeds he had gathered in the village!
Now that we've planted several crops in this space, we've only grown about seven or eight acres. But after another month and another harvest, we can expand our planting!
This amount of rice was half of the space's stock. Because 175 dry rice was quite rare, he brought back more at once. He didn't want to bring back too much and make his family feel strange.
Liu Cuihua said happily, "Xiao Zhiqiu, how much did you spend on this? I'll bring you the money tomorrow."
Ye Zhiqiu did not refuse. If he didn't accept the money, it would be a bit hurtful to his self-esteem.
So he smiled and said, "Aunt Liu, you can talk to my mother. I'll take care of all this when I get the rice. I bought this rice for 20 cents a pound, which is 3 cents more expensive than the rationed rice!"
Liu Cuihua scolded him, "Silly boy, how many pounds can you buy with the fixed quota? Three cents more isn't expensive at all. This price is ridiculously cheap! Your Uncle Qian buys food on the black market, and rice costs thirty-five cents a pound!"
Ye Zhiqiu touched his nose. The prices on the black market must be different! To put it bluntly, it costs ten cents to enter the black market. How can it be sold at a higher price?
Ye Zhiqiu went back to the living room to get some water. He didn't see the second brother and the youngest sister, and even Xiaohei was not at home.
So after drinking the water, he came out and asked Wang Xiaolan, who was grinding sweet potatoes at the millstone, "Mom, why don't I see the second and third sons? Did they go fishing again?"
Wang Xiaolan said cheerfully, "Your uncle took them fishing, and he said he'd catch some fish for dinner tonight! I figured your dad hadn't seen anyone yet, so I had to let him meet and recognize people, so I called your uncle over for dinner."
Ye Zhiqiu frowned, because if Wang Fugui was there, it would be difficult to talk to Secretary Wang and the other three!
So he said with a gloomy face, "Mom, you've really given me a difficult time! We're going to have to divide the money tonight, and if you do this, Secretary Wang and the other two will probably be in trouble!"
Wang Xiaolan rolled her eyes at Ye Zhiqiu and said, "Am I such a clueless person? Don't worry, Secretary Wang and the others all know about this! Your grandfather even warned them that making some money is human nature, but don't overdo it.
So he came over for dinner tonight, and Secretary Wang and the others all knew about it. He even specially brought me five eggs and a side dish, worried that your grandfather wouldn't be able to eat the goose you stewed!"
Hearing that they all knew, Ye Zhiqiu's expression returned to normal. They were indeed from the same village. If Wang Fugui got upset, he could tell everyone about it! The three of them making a profit from the price difference wasn't something that could be told to anyone. It could be a big or small problem!
However, if Wang Fugui also knew about it and did not express any dissatisfaction, then there would naturally be no problem.
Ye Zhiqiu went to the kitchen to light a fire and boil some water, preparing to kill the goose they had brought. It must be said that the goose the three of them had brought weighed nearly eight kilograms, and it must have cost a lot of money.
I just learned how to butcher a goose today at Chengxin Restaurant. It's really not that difficult. Following my second brother Li Peng's instructions, after bleeding, scald it in 90-degree water. Then, pour some cold water over the feathers, and just poke them clean.
In just five minutes, Ye Zhiqiu had cleaned up the goose feathers. Once you mastered the technique, it wasn't difficult to deal with. For someone who didn't, plucking the feathers might take half an hour.
The key is the water temperature. Boiling the water will cause hair removal and skin damage! If the water temperature is not high enough, the hair will not be removed cleanly.
Ye Zhiqiu quickly took out the goose, cut open the internal organs and cleaned them, then chopped them into small pieces.
By this time, Wang Xiaolan and her friends had also ground the sweet potato pulp. Speaking of the sweet potato residue, Wang Xiaolan would mix it with other things, ferment it, and then feed it to the rabbits.
Ye Zhiqiu didn't know the specific method of handling the problem, because Wang Xiaolan had learned about it from chatting with people outside.
The main reason is that she felt it was a waste to just throw away the sweet potato residue, so she wanted to make use of it!
Sometimes you have to admire Wang Xiaolan, a person who loves to join in the fun. She easily makes connections! She got all these methods, and even fermented the sweet potato residue from last time to feed the rabbits!
The benefits are not visible now, but there are no problems now!
Liu Cuihua said hello and hurried home to cook. Ye Zhiqiu helped to cover the food with lids to prevent dust and insects from falling.
In fact, the biggest casualty was mosquitoes. These creatures are very abundant this season, and the Ye family really hates them! Wang Xiaolan was so annoyed by mosquitoes that she withheld Ye Tianya's cigarette money and used it to buy mosquito coils to light everywhere!
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