Poor family mother and son

Chapter 436 Why Am I Poor
Chu Qing is in a good mood these days.

Every day, you can see flocks of chickens and ducks walking in the fields and by the river in water in an organized and disciplined manner.

When she was walking in the field this morning, she ran into a herd of chickens. When she looked at her flock, she realized that the leader was a duck.

"It's okay, your flock has changed leaders?" Chu Qing greeted her.

"Hello, my lord, I've met you!" She saluted in a polite manner, although the posture of the salute was not very standard, but her attitude was serious.

Wu Zai is not as bold as her brother, and she is always very reserved when she sees Chu Qing.

"Returning to my lord, this is not the original flock of chickens. Those chickens were sold, so my brother replaced me with a powerful duck as the 'head chicken'." Wu Zai said.

No matter what kind of animals are grazing, it is best to have a leading animal, if not, one must be trained.

For example, there are "head sheep" for sheep herding, and "head horses" for horse herding. Usually, the animals submit to them. If they can't, they need to be established artificially.

Chu Qing: "The original head chicken is also sold?"

It turned out that the rooster was a big rooster. I said it before I got sick. It seemed to be called the Red Crown General. Every morning when it crowed, all the chickens in the village crowed.

No disaster: "No, that one can't be sold, but among the sold chickens is its favorite flower hen, so the Red Crown General is sad, and he hasn't eaten or drank since yesterday."

Chu Qing "...this seems to be a sad story."

"Can the duck control the chicken?" Chu Qing asked.

"Yes," Wubing said, "'Bigfoot' likes to be nosy, the ducks listen to him, the chickens listen to him, only the Red Crown General doesn't listen, they always fight, but the big rooster is still there Sad, brother said to let the duck take care of it for a few days."

Oh, this duck is called "Bigfoot".

Chu Qing: "What about the ducks?"

No disaster: "My brother and I don't come out at the same time, and one of them has to stay at home to help my mother with work, so I go back after releasing the chickens, and 'Bigfoot' will come out with my brother's ducks."

No overtime pay either.

Chu Qing asked, "Why did you change the chicken group? Where are those chickens?"

No disaster: "It's sold. Yesterday the village chief said that a big grain merchant came to the county, [-] yuan a bucket of rice, if you want to buy it, the whole village can go together, and it can be cheaper by a couple of yuan, so he took us there .

Niang said that this year's harvest must be poor, and maybe the price of food will increase. We need to buy some food for storage, so we drove the chickens to the county. Sell ​​the chickens to buy rice. "

Two hundred and five renminbi, it seems that the county government has a commission, but it doesn't matter, buying and selling is a matter of your choice. Besides, their price is limited no matter how high it is.

However, it seems that the magistrate is very good at doing things. Thinking that the people may have no money, he recruited shopkeepers in restaurants and other industries, and asked the people to exchange money to buy food.

Chu Qing asked again: "Then have you bought enough food for your family?"

Wu Zai shook his head: "My family bought two stones of rice and spent more than four taels of silver. Mother said to save some and try to eat until this time next year."

Chu Qing: "How can it be enough? Both of you brothers are growing up, and your mother also needs to take care of her body, so she can't be hungry."

Wuzai lowered his head and whispered: "Mother said, we are too young to farm, and she doesn't want us to farm. She said she wants to hatch more eggs, sell chickens and ducks, and save money for my brother to study. Save me a dowry, my mother said, life will always get better."

After a pause, the little girl said again: "I just don't know if I can sell so many chickens and ducks in the future. Every family has them now."

Chu Qing felt sorry for the little girl, who was younger than Xiaobao, but worked hard all day to make ends meet.

Chu Qing: "There is an alley to the east of the government office, and there is a gate. There is no plaque outside the gate, but there is a black plaque on the gate inside, which says 'Council Office'. Go there, and you can exchange grain with locusts. Two catties of locusts It’s a catty of rice. I don’t know how much it can be exchanged for other things, do you want to go and see?”

Wuzai suddenly raised his head, his eyes were bright: "Really? Can locusts be exchanged for food? My lord, is it true?"

Chu Qing nodded: "Yes, it started today, I guess not many people know about it, you can tell people in the village to change it together."

No calamity: "Can I not tell them? What if everyone catches locusts and loses them?"

Chu Qing: "...I can't catch...".

Locusts can lay eggs once a month, and reproduce one generation in less than [-] to [-] days on average. This species is not extinct in the clear world.

"You catch locusts every day after breakfast and before going to bed at night. At this time, the locusts are resting. You can catch a lot of them each time. If your house has no land, then go to a place with tender grass by the river, where there are many." Chu Qing tell her.

"En!" The little girl nodded happily, and immediately asked for instructions: "My lord, do you have anything else to do? I think I'll go back and tell my brother!"

Although I still want to chat with her for a while, it's better not to waste the child's time, so Chu Qing nodded: "I'm fine, you can go back quickly."

Chickens and ducks can eat locusts, and birds in the sky also eat locusts, and then mobilize the people to catch locusts together, and try to keep the locusts from surviving the egg-laying period...even if it is only half.

Deputy Wang's Qianhu Action is very powerful.

After Bai Jiaxing told him to undertake the "locusts for food" business, he sent people to catch the locusts. Anyway, he had already seen how to catch the locusts.

Then he asked these people to dress up as farmers, swaggeringly carrying clusters of locusts to exchange for food, and discussing loudly while carrying the food.

Soon the news spread, carrying locusts in and food out, "There are pictures and the truth".

Therefore, Chu Qing soon received the first batch of locusts and sent them to the "Food Street" at the ferry.

There are more than 600 locusts for two catties. In Chuqing’s world, the weight of two and a half catties is about 600 yuan, but here, more than [-] locusts can only be exchanged for one catty of rice, which is equivalent to [-] yuan.

A grilled locust skewer on the food street costs one penny, and more than 600 locusts can make more than 60 skewers, which can be exchanged for more than 60 pennies. After removing labor costs, fuel costs, and seasoning costs, it can make a net profit of more than 20 pennies.

Deputy Wang Qianhu put on a mustache again, and led Chen Yasi to walk in the "Food Street", smacking his lips while watching: "Oh, others waste time and effort to build porridge sheds, and they are making money at a loss;
You see, they not only helped the common people, but the method was unique, and they made money, and gave me a credit for nothing, and... let the common people eat the "Locust God" in their stomachs! "

Chen Yasi reminded: "My lord, you have said a little less, and they have exchanged good food."

Deputy Wang Qianhu paused: "Yes!" Then he stepped on the green brick floor: "Then tell me, where did she get the money for building this road?"

Grandma drops!They are all officials, why am I poor!

Secretary Chen Xu thought for a while: "Going back from her Blue House branch? This road is paved to the door of her shop, will it attract a lot of diners?"

Deputy Wang Qianhu pondered: "How slow will it be to pay back!"

Chen Xu: "That's right, it's quite slow, so I can't guess it."

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