What use do I want in this troubled world

Chapter 87
After Xu Shengping returned home, Xu Wenfeng lived a degenerate life for an unknown amount of time.

Xiao Ruyi: "Second sister is going to the market tomorrow, Gouwa's brother is going to take him to the town, why don't you take me too."

Xu Wenfeng: "Go and find Dad."

Third sister: "Second sister, the village is going to Xiaba Village to buy piglets, do we want to raise them?"

Xu Wenfeng: "Go and ask Dad."

In such a peaceful day, the Xu family's conversations will always be the same.

Xu Shengping: "." He hasn't been idle for a moment since he came home.

Xu Wenfeng is comfortable, Xu Yuqing is worried, the second sister doesn't care, father runs to the mountains every three days, and every time he goes away for a day or two, she is not in charge of all the big and small things in the family.

There were several more people at once, the food consumption was astonishing, the rice tank was empty every day, and the second sister couldn't afford to lose meat every meal.

Even if it is a morning meal, the minimum specification is steamed buns and minced meat cakes with millet porridge. The side dishes that go with the porridge are usually fried dried fish, egg rolls, and steamed smoked fish.

Anyway, at least two meat dishes are required.

Not to mention lunch and dinner, two meals have to be steamed white rice, and at least two hard dishes must be prepared.

The Xu family is kind-hearted, and they don't have the habit of enslaving and treating their servants harshly. Xu Wenfeng, a modern person, naturally doesn't have such thoughts.

Therefore, they never treated Bai Xia and the others badly in terms of food and lodging.

Whatever the Xu family ate, Bai Xiachunxi and the others ate accordingly, and they never cooked a different meal at all.

Eight mouths!

It is conceivable that the cost is huge.

The second sister still eats a lot, and the prices are still high nowadays, and there is no extra income. If there is any good thing in the house, the first thing the second sister thinks is not to sell it for money, but to stuff it into her stomach.

So precious wild ginseng is used to stew chicken without saying a word, there are countless such things.

Anyway, not long after Xu Shengping came back, the rewards that Lizheng helped collect one after another were all spent.

As for the family's original savings, there was nothing left before Xu Shengping came back, and part of the elder sister's money was embezzled.

So, one day, after three poles a day, Xu Wenfeng lazily finished washing, sat down at the table with his buttocks on his back.

Waiting for Qiu Ling to set the meal, and then saw Qiu Ling bring a bowl of porridge with more water and less rice grains, a plate of green vegetables, and pancakes mixed with vegetables.

The color of the pancakes is obviously not pure white noodles, but two-sided noodles.

At that time, Xu Wenfeng stopped holding the chopsticks: "Why is breakfast different today?"

"Where's my meat bun? Where's my dried fish?"

"Also, didn't I say that you don't want to put vegetables in pancakes?"

"What is this?" Xu Wenfeng poked at the vegetables on the plate in distaste: "Feed the pigs?"

Don't eat grass, I want meat.

Seeing the dissatisfied expression on the face of the family, Qiu Ling groaned a few times, lowered her head and did not speak.

"Qiu Ling, go and clean up the kitchen." Xu Yuqing sighed and sat down after sending Qiu Ling away. She looked at her second sister worriedly and said, "Second sister, there is no food at home. The rice tank is almost empty, and the flour bag is almost empty." It's bottomed out."

Then he pointed to the empty eaves: "I've also run out of smoked fish and bacon."

There used to be a row of smoked fish and bacon hanging there, but now there are only a few straw ropes blowing in the wind.

Xu Wenfeng followed her gaze, and said in disbelief: "There are dozens of catties of meat and food gone? Impossible, the second day after Dad came home, didn't he just go to the town to buy a few bags? food?"

The second sister is not in charge of the family and does not know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt. Xu Yuqing suddenly became emotional, and waved her hand and said: "Our family has eight mouths, and we need to cook three or four catties of grain for a meal. How long can that amount of grain last? Our rice tank is not a cornucopia. After eating, they will give birth to their own cubs!"

Others' families are full of food when they are in the middle of nowhere. This situation does not exist in their family, so they eat as much as they can until they are full.

And almost every meal is fine grains such as millet, rice, and flour, and occasionally eat some cornmeal for a change.

Such a way of eating, how many families can stand the test!

You can't make ends meet already, okay?
The second sister is indifferent to this.

Every time I went to find my second sister and told her what was missing in the house and what to buy, I would just throw her the same sentence for thousands of years: "Oh, how much money do you need, you can get it from the cage yourself."

The family's chewing expenses are ignored inside and out, and there is no way to count how many copper coins are left in the cage. I tell her every day, what I want to eat today, just watch the arrangement.

Facing Shang Sanmei's melancholy and wet eyes, Xu Wenfeng's conscience ached slightly, and his expression gradually became serious. It would be serious if he didn't have rice to cook, and not being able to eat was tantamount to a challenge to his survival.

Scratch your chin, how about melting the golden Buddha?

No, it is not a long-term solution. If you want to ensure the quality of life for a long time, you must have long-term income in order to maintain the balance of expenses.

The business with the Hak clan seemed to bring in a lot of money, but the amount was limited when it was distributed to more than two dozen families.

It is indeed a lot of income for someone else's family, but for the Xu family today, it seems a little thin.

There is no other family that can hustle like theirs.

After thinking it over clearly, Xu Wenfeng decided to pay a dollar, and use his brain to figure out how to generate income.

Study Rouge, Powder, Soap?
Open a small restaurant?

No, no, the former is too troublesome, and the latter is not very profitable.

After going around with various ideas, negating one idea after another, Xu Wenfeng finally decided to raise sheep after several considerations.

The most expensive thing in this era is mutton. If you raise sheep, you can shear the wool twice a year in addition to selling the meat.

At that time, we can teach Bai Xia and the others how to weave woolen blankets, cashmere sweaters, woolen trousers and so on. In the northwestern region, it is cold to death in winter, and selling woolen fabrics is designated to make money.

In memory, although there are a small amount of woolen fabrics on the market, they are very expensive, because the process of cleaning wool is particularly cumbersome, but she is not troubled because many processes can be improved.

There is no wool, so as long as the wool is developed, wool sweaters and wool gloves are not available.

It is a bit exaggerated to say that the business is getting richer every day, but it is no problem to revitalize the small Xu family.

There is a flat grassland opposite the river beach, which is very suitable for grazing sheep. At that time, we will build a grass shed there, put low tables and reclining chairs, and prepare some refreshments. The sheep will be driven out and let them graze freely, without delaying their leisure time.

So, it really is the best of both worlds!

Qian Duoduo can also be used, caught and used as a shepherd boy with her, Xu Wenfeng was amused when he thought of this, and said that if Zhi Leng cost one yuan, it would not be 0.9, and of course it would not exceed one yuan.

Ensure that the family's income continues, and there will be no more.

Now that we have decided to herd sheep, how many sheep are suitable? Let’s start with 20 sheep. 20 sheep are not a small amount. The initial investment is at least 300 taels of capital.

The reason why no one raises sheep in the village is because mutton is expensive, and lambs naturally rise with the tide, and ordinary families cannot afford them.

(End of this chapter)