Chapter 371
Every spring, there are always many people carrying burdens and going from house to house selling chickens and ducks.
Although farmers can hatch chicks and ducks themselves, there are still many people who exchange chicks with others.
This exchange is for the sick or dead chickens at home, or the roosters injured in spring fights, or the old chickens, to exchange for chicks.
The same goes for ducks.
But this year, there are fewer chickens in the village.
It can be said that Chenwangzhuang has not changed a single family.
The chickens and eggs at home are all used up when cooking and setting up banquets with others.
This is not because the crew members and the out-of-towners who came to visit were greedy.
But the prices in this mountain are really too cheap.
When compared with the outside world, they feel that eating meat-based meals costs a lot more than vegetarian meals, so they might as well eat better.
In this way, half a month later, except for the hens that laid eggs, all the villagers slaughtered them, and not a single duck was spared.
The supply is now gradually running out.
So when I heard that Chen Ling was going to the countryside to go to the market, a group of women and old ladies surrounded his tractor. There were nearly twenty people, all wanting to hitch a ride to the countryside. Buying chickens and ducks.
It was still very early at this time, and there were no people setting up stalls in the reservoir. Chen Ling stopped the tractor and said, "I want to go to the county town to take Zhenzhen to school."
"It's okay, it's okay. We're not in a hurry. Let's take care of your business first."
Chen Ling said nothing more and asked them to get in the car, put their big belly bamboo baskets away, and sat with Wang Zhenzhen. On the rear body.
He didn’t expect so many people to go to the market to buy chickens and ducks.
No wonder there were people asking about him selling pickled salted eggs at the beginning of the month, but no one has asked recently.
I originally thought that Chen Yongsheng’s words had an effect.
Unexpectedly, the villagers couldn't care less about salted eggs.
The outsiders who come to the village now are enough to consume the chickens, ducks and eggs of the farmers, and they don't make less money.
“The family that raises the most chickens in the village only has a dozen or twenty, and there are even fewer ducks...”
“Excluding those chickens that lay eggs, in fact, the entire village’s chickens and ducks It’s not surprising that it was completely consumed.”
“After all, Lao Turtle attracted a lot of people.”
Chen Ling looked in the direction of the reservoir and thought silently.
But after thinking of the water monster on the shore, he frowned slightly and closed his eyes.
Wait until the heat of the old turtle thing subsides before exploring again.
Otherwise, many families like the old couple from Guangyun House would go out to worship at night, and he would be too lazy to bother with this matter in the middle of the night.
Sometimes this person is also very strange.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m afraid that I’ll be worshiping with others during the day, and the gods and Buddhas won’t notice me, or maybe it’s something else.
For the so-called blessing and wealth, I have to stay up until midnight and go out alone to do it.
It seems that only in this way can we prove our sincerity, and only we can monopolize the blessings bestowed by gods and Buddhas.
“Everything revives in spring. There are many water birds and fish in the reservoir, and there are also things left by people to worship the old turtle. Even if there is any strange creature, it must not be short of food..."
Chen Ling shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and concentrated on driving the tractor towards the county seat.
The village woman and Wang Zhenzhen in the car were chatting lively.
Wang Zhenzhen is lively and active, with an outgoing personality, just like a tomboy. He has been here for more than a year, running around and playing with the little kids in the village all day long. When he is hungry or thirsty, he just crawls into a The little kid went home to drink water and eat something.
I am very familiar with every family in the village.
Even many people who did not have a warm relationship with Chen Ling's family gradually became warm to her because she played with their dolls all day long.
Of course, when these little kids went home, Chen Ling and Wang Susu were not stingy. They didn't avoid anything and just let them eat it as they pleased.
From time to time, people naturally miss this feeling.
This is also the group of people who first fished for fry and gave them money.
After sending Wang Zhenzhen off, I heard the ladies on the tractor talking about the Guang family again, saying that the Guang Yunzhai family had also moved to the city to be with Erzhu and Chunyuan. Well, the people who are fleeing from the outside world are different from the people here. They are bad at heart, white-eyed wolves and so on...
Chen Ling is too lazy to listen to these words and concentrates on driving the tractor. A mute all the way.
When he left the county, he saw a few people carrying oil drums to refuel in the western suburbs of the county. The familiar yet unfamiliar figure of one of them caught his attention.
This is none other than the tomb robber Li Hongqi.
I came here with a group of people to cheer up, but I didn’t know what I was going to do.
Wang Laishun just said a few days ago that there were people from outside asking about things in the village.
I am also planning to go into the mountains.
I don’t know if it’s them.
...
“Sisters-in-law and aunts, I want a lot of chickens, so I have to go to the chicken farm to buy them. Should you go to the mule and horse market or the chicken farm?”
Arrived at the archway outside Changle Township Next, Chen Ling stopped the tractor and said to the village woman on the back of the truck.
"Fugui, you're going to the chicken farm. Let's get down here. It's not easy to bargain at the chicken farm. It's cheaper to buy at the market."
These women want to buy chickens and ducks. , prefer to go to Jishang and the mule and horse market, where they have no scruples about bargaining and can do whatever they want.
"Okay, you guys will come here and wait for me when I come back."
Chen Ling jumped off the tractor and helped them carry the big-bellied bamboo baskets.
"Okay, Fugui, you have the ability. It's convenient to take this tractor to the market. Let's buy more chickens and ducks today."
"Fugui, do you have enough bamboo baskets? Not enough. We’ll leave a few for you.”
Chen Ling said no in a hurry. At this time, the women in the countryside were strong and had no shortage of strength. They took two or three bamboo baskets each and went to the market to buy them happily. The chicken is gone.
After they left, Chen Ling saw that there were many people at the market. The spring market was like this. It opened early and there were many people.
Chen Ling got on the tractor and drove outside Changle Village. Many chicken farms in the village were built outside the village, so there was no need to drive inside.
As soon as I got on the tractor, a man came out holding a bowl and said with a smile on his face: "Hey, Fugui is driving a tractor this year. You must have made a fortune."
< br>"How to make a fortune? A tractor is not a big fortune, not a car is not a fortune."
Chen Ling responded with a smile: "Brother Baolai, you have a late breakfast, go out to the stall It’s too late.”
"It's not too late, it's not too late. I'm keeping this stall at home. It's not too late. The key is that the eldest son of our family has a baby this year. Your sister-in-law can't see it, so there's no time to cook." Guo Baolai held the bowl and sucked. He came over with a cup of hot soup and a steamed bun smeared with sauce on his chopsticks.
Ever since he met Chen Ling the year before last, he would chat with Chen Ling for a while every time he came to his hometown. He was really enthusiastic.
"Oh, Brother Baolai, you are now a grandfather, congratulations."
Chen Ling said congratulations, no wonder this old boy's face was full of joy, it turned out that people are in high spirits when happy events happen.
"Hey, where is your fat boy? Last time I saw you riding a motorcycle and bringing him to play with. Why didn't you bring him with you this time?" Young man, don't worry about him. He's like a little bug, moving around and restless on the road."
"Haha, boy, that's what makes him so cute."< br>
Guo Baolai smiled and finished the steamed bun in two mouthfuls, "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to tell you, Niu Laosan has fresh beef today, a cow that was just killed early in the morning, what do you want? Beef heart, ox hooves, ox tongue, ox tail, and even ox whip, they are all very good.”
When Chen Ling went to Niu Laosan’s shop to look for beef in the early spring, he still had fresh memories. , I don’t know what this kid is thinking, he’s not looking for serious beef.
"It's not a sick cow, is it?"
"No, the cows killed by three companies together, how can it be a sick cow? Aren't the prices of livestock this year cheap? The price of beef has not gone up. People who go to the market are particularly fond of drinking beef soup. Many, this morning the cattle are being slaughtered before the market starts.”
“That’s good, I’ll go back with some beef after buying the chickens and ducks.”
Chen Ling is in Dongtian. The more than 100 kilograms of yellow beef he had put in the pot had not been finished yet, but he was thinking about the fresh offal pot. The offal must be fresh and freshly killed to taste. When he heard that the cattle were killed in Jishang, he couldn't bear it. Stay ready to move.
After bidding farewell to Guo Baolai, I drove the tractor around several chicken farms, selected some old hens that had already laid eggs, and put them in bamboo cages. Not much, but it took some effort to get the number together.
There are one hundred and fifty ducks, and one hundred old hens will make their mark.
This time there are more ducks, because pickled salted eggs or duck eggs are more popular.
After shopping, I returned to the archway and planned to ask Guo Baolai to look at the car and buy some beef and offal myself. Unexpectedly, those women were quite fast and had already returned from buying chickens and ducks.
Chen Ling took a look and saw that there were not many chickens and ducks in the bamboo basket. He couldn't tell the male from the duck, but the chickens were basically all male.
Generally, if chickens, ducks and geese are raised in the countryside, most of them are female. The reason is very simple. The female can lay eggs, while the male only eats meat in exchange for money.
When Chen Ling helped them move to the tractor, a woman complained: "This spring market is full of chickens and ducks. These raised chickens are not easy to find. They are all roosters. There are not many old hens, so it is better to follow them." "Fugui, you go to the chicken farm to buy it."
They went to the market and realized that Chen Ling is a veterinarian and often vaccinates chicken farms. He must have many acquaintances and the price is not bad. It must be more expensive than Jishang.
It was too late to regret it now. They had no shame in asking Chen Ling to accompany them to the chicken farm again.
"But it's okay. I killed the rooster and ate it when I got home, and used it to cook for people. Let's buy it at the next episode."
The earthen pots of people in the mountains. Fried chicken and earthen pot stewed chicken are also a must-have. They are paired with pork, beef, and fish every day, and those outsiders really can’t get enough of them.
At this time, Guo Baolai was doing business at the car repair stall. When he saw Chen Ling standing still and talking, he quickly waved to ask what was going on and if everything was okay.
Chen Ling smiled and waved his hand, walked over and said a few words, asking the women to guard the tractor while he went to the market to buy beef.
Beef is very cheap this year. Compared with the rapidly rising prices, this beef does not rise but falls.
As for the beef offal that Chen Ling is eyeing, it is not serious beef, which is cheaper, but the beef soup business has been good recently. Niu Lao San refused to sell more of his offal, and only sold it to him. He didn't care that it weighed about a kilogram, and only picked out the beef Laosan didn't want, so in addition to the cow's head and four hooves, the ribs and tail were also directly wrapped.
I even bought more than half of the coagulated cow blood.
This thing is so cheap. If you can’t eat it yourself when you go home, you can also let your father-in-law and mother-in-law use it when they cook a big pot of rice for others.
Although he didn't spend much money, he still aroused everyone's surprise when he pushed these things out on a stand truck.
Because there are so many things.
Not to mention the ox blood, the ox tail is probably enough for a family to have a full meal.
This ox tail is not just a tail, it also has a tail bone, and there is a lot of meat on it.
Chen Ling planned to split the cow's head open when he went back and stew the head and tail together.
The remaining ribs are just for making soup together.
Let me give this soup to my father-in-law and my father-in-law to sell rice. Once the soup is poured in, it will smell so fragrant, the business will definitely be hot.
So for everyone’s surprise, Chen Ling didn’t explain much. He just said: “If you buy too much and you can’t eat it, let your family make a big pot of rice and sell it.”
“Oh, right, right, right. , you have a Turtle Prince, and his reputation has spread far and wide recently. Even before the temple fair has started, he is already selling food, which is no worse than in the countryside."
Guo Baolai suddenly understood, and then said with a smile: "It's just that Niu Laosan refuses to sell you beef bones. Otherwise, you can buy the big bones and make a pot of soup. The more you cook, the more fragrant it will be, and you can make beef soup directly." The business is over. Once the fried buns are fried and the beef soup is sold, tsk tsk, that guy, at least for the morning and noon meals, there will definitely be people."
"Hey, Brother Baolai, this idea works. , If we don’t have people coming over there for some time, this business can really be done.”
Chen Ling’s eyes lit up. In fact, beef soup is less troublesome than making a big pot of rice every day. The father-in-law and his wife can make it together. It's really okay.
The investment in beef soup is not large either.
Beef bones are very cheap and can be used to make a pot of soup.
The soup is mostly made from beef offal and less beef. It is served with some vermicelli, vermicelli, green vegetables and so on.
Let’s get some deep-fried dough sticks, deep-fried buns and deep-fried dough cakes, and make them a meal in the morning and lunch. There will really be no shortage of people to eat.
"You can do it. Our vision can't be better. I will go to your village to join in the fun later and burn two sticks of incense for Prince Turtle."
"Haha, welcome. When the time comes, ask Uncle Lao Gen to set up the stall together.”
After chatting with Guo Baolai for a while, Chen Ling drove up on the tractor, carrying people and a truck full of chickens. Duck returns to the village.
There are still many people in the reservoir today, which shows that Lao Turtle's deeds are still fermenting.
It was the first time it appeared last year. It doesn’t mean anything once it appears. But it means nothing when it appears again this year.
What's more, the county also built a stone statue of Lao Turtle, which further added fuel to the fire.
It’s not a bad thing to have more tourists, but it’s just too troublesome to get in and out.
After much effort, Chen Ling came down and directed several brigade cadres with Wang Laishun before driving the tractor back to the village.
He came back just in time for lunch. There was no time to make beef offal, so Chen Ling went to the kitchen and fried some beef blood and served it with rice. It was very fragrant.
At the dinner table, Wang Susu first thought that Chen Ling bought more cow heads and tails. When Chen Ling explained, he said that he would give it to the elders to make a big pot of rice. When he talked about the beef soup, Wang Susu also felt that feasible.
"The beef soup business can definitely be done. Even if my father and mother can do it for just a few days, it's okay. After a long time, I get up early and stay late every day, setting up the stall in the wind and sun. My father's legs and feet are like that, so forget it. Let’s do it.”
“Well, that’s what I think too. I just want to do it for a while while there’s a lot of people here. Anyway, my parents make big pots of rice for people to sell, so there’s no need to cook anything. It’s easy to make beef soup in one pot. It can last for several days, and it’s just a matter of adding more meat when it’s sold out. It makes parents feel more relaxed.”
"That's true. Now that my drugstore is open, can I bake pancakes and fried steamed buns for my mother?"
"It's definitely okay. We have everything at home, including stoves and bellows. We have everything we need. It's totally feasible to do it for a while to earn some pocket money for my parents."
The young couple discussed happily. With.
No idea, not long after we had finished eating, Wen Chao, the youngest son of the Ermao Donkey family, came and said that someone from outside the country asked them to be their guide and asked them to take them on a trip into the mountains. They gave him a lot of money. Ask Chen Ling if he is going.
(End of this chapter)