vrcanaries Chapter 623 Collecting Duck Eggs 2
Chapter 623 Collecting Duck Eggs 2
The two men went forward, entering any large village they came across, but not going to those areas located halfway up the mountain that were inaccessible to oxcarts. In the end, they visited eight villages and collected 956 duck eggs.
In the evening, facing the afterglow of the setting sun, the two drove back.
Zhou Guo looked at the several large baskets at the back of the car. There were eight hundred and fifty-six pieces in them. He made them into preserved eggs and sold them, making a net profit of eight hundred and fifty-six pieces.
They felt that it would be better not to do this business. At the end of the day, the two of them worked themselves to death, their voices became hoarse, their bodies almost fell apart, and they only earned so little. In total, each of them made only more than 400 coins.
For a moment I didn't know what I was doing.
He couldn't help but do the math for Zhou Su who was standing beside him, and said, "You think we only earn that much after working all day? Isn't it a waste of time? I can do something else with that energy."
Zhou Su said, "But sister, didn't you say that the duck farmers have a hard time selling duck eggs? You are here to help them. In fact, I think that earning more than 800 coins a day is already very good. I can buy many kilograms of meat. And if more people raise ducks in the future, I can collect 2,000 duck eggs a day. That means I can earn two strings of coins a day, and sixty strings of coins a month! In a year, it's not bad, hundreds of strings of coins! It's a lot of money!"
His annual salary was only eight strings of cash, and that was the price increase this year.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "It's not like you calculated it. How many ducks do we need to raise to collect 2,000 eggs a day? Besides, even if we can collect so many duck eggs, several prefectures can't eat so many. But you are right. I am not selling duck eggs just to make money. I will go out for a walk tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I will not go out again. Just let them know that I am collecting duck eggs. Then let them deliver them to our house. I don't have so much time to collect them from every household."
When Li saw how many duck eggs they brought back, her eyes went dark. "How long will it take to sell them all? Didn't you say that only Shopkeeper Qin wanted your preserved eggs, and the other shopkeepers didn't want them? How could he take so many?"
Zhou Xing uncovered the grass covering the boxes and was surprised to see the white and green duck eggs underneath. Several boxes were full. "If we eat this at home, we will vomit every day and we won't be able to finish it, right?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "You wish for it. You want to eat it every day. I am collecting them to make preserved eggs and sell them. I will go to the four prefectures after the sheep mushrooms are harvested and bring some preserved eggs with me. If they don't know how to make them, I will teach them. If they buy eggs, I will give them the recipe for free. How can they not be happy? I am afraid that these eggs will not be enough to sell by then!"
There are many ways to cook preserved eggs. Wouldn’t it be nice to have an additional fresh dish in the restaurant?
Her eggs were not expensive, only two cents each, the same price as chicken eggs, and it was a dish that had never appeared before.
The next day, she moved the eggs to the farm, where the land was wide and suitable for making preserved eggs. All the preserved eggs had been made there before.
Wu Jiang looked at the eggs in embarrassment, "Master, there is no one left in the farm. Some of them are working in the fields, some are looking after the fattening farm, or some are taking care of the flower and sheep mushrooms. The key is that few people know how to make eggs. With so many eggs, I can't find the right person."
Zhou Guo rolled up his sleeves and said, "It's okay. We are still the two of us. We are also human beings. It's just over 800 duck eggs. We can pickle them in one morning. At worst, it will only take one day. Let's take our time."
"Okay!" Wu Jiang agreed immediately. He was very happy to be able to work with Zhou Guo. It was an honor!
Just wash them one by one, wipe them clean, and then roll them in the prepared lime and wood ash. It's so easy.
Then put it in a clean jar and seal it.
It took the two of them half a day to pickle more than 800 duck eggs and seal the jars!
Finally the closure was completed. Zhou Guo stood up and closed his eyes. He felt duck eggs everywhere. He washed his hands and sighed that it was so hard to earn money from the duck eggs!
I only make one cent for an egg, how about selling it for two and a half cents, and making one and a half cents for each. Well, Shopkeeper Yang can sell it cheaper here, after all, the road is close. Shopkeeper Qin doesn't sell it for two and a half cents, so the other two shopkeepers sell it for three and a half cents each. No one will buy this thing if it's sold at a high price.
For the next two days, she carried a basket and rode the ox cart out every day. When Zhou Suli went to school, she would either take Zhou Gu with her or go alone.
That day, I was alone again and visited all the nearby villages.
Today she will go to the villages located on the hillsides and in the valleys.
These villages are not big, and the largest one has only about fifty households. I was lazy and didn’t go there before, but now that people living in villages with better roads have been there, I have to go to these villages as well.
She carried a basket, chewed some dried meat, and hummed a song as she walked down the mountain.
Before reaching the village, they ran into people working in the fields. Seeing a young boy like Zhou Guo, they asked him where he came from.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Uncle, I'm from Cangshan Village. I'm here to buy duck eggs. Do you have any duck eggs to sell? Which families in the village have ducks? It doesn't matter how many you have, as long as they're not bad, I'll buy them all."
When he heard that they were here to collect duck eggs, the old man was very happy. "Yes, we have more ducks than chickens. We have more than 30 ducks. We have two baskets of eggs. Just wait."
Turning his head, he shouted to the other side, "Old lady, old lady, go back, someone is here to collect the duck eggs!"
Zhou Guo looked in the direction he was shouting and saw two more plots of land. Not long after, an old lady poked her head out from above and said, "There are still people here to collect duck eggs. Come on, come on, come on. I don't want to do this anymore. Let's go back."
Zhou Guo followed them home and learned on the way that the family's surname was Chen.
The couple lived in the village. Their house was a thatched stone house. It was not big, and the stone walls were very solid. The only problem was the roof, and the beams needed to be replaced. It had been there for who knows how many years, and it felt like it would collapse at any time.
The small yard was cleaned tidy and everything was neatly arranged. The chicken coop and duck pen were in the backyard. There was also a vegetable patch in the yard where sunflowers, leeks, beans, cucumbers and onions were planted. Although there were not many vegetables, they grew well.
The old lady smiled and brought out a small stool, saying, "Sit here for a while and have a drink of water. I'll go get the eggs from the house."
The old man brought her a bowl of water.
Zhou Guo took it with a smile and thanked him.
After a while, the old lady came out with two baskets of duck eggs and said with a smile, "We have saved these two baskets of duck eggs for a long time. The old man said he wanted to take them to the town to sell them, but he had a lot of work to do at home and had no time. It just so happened that you came today and helped us a lot."
Zhou Guo squatted on the ground and checked with the old lady. As she looked through the papers, she asked, "Grandma, where are the rest of your family? Are they all working in the fields?"
It's already noon, why don't you come back for lunch?
The old lady paused and said, "There is no one else. In our family, there are only me and the old man."
Although he was still smiling, his eyes were much more complicated. There were too many and too heavy things in them, so she didn't dare to ask any more questions.