Fleeing from famine and farming: I made a fortune by relying on medical skills

Chapter 347 Duck Down
After Li Dai arranged for Huang Zisu and the three of them, he left.

After Bai Shu packed her things, she also went out to visit friends.

Before, several scholars from their county academy would come to participate in this year's Autumn Festival, and those who had residences in Yunfu City all left their addresses.

After Bai Shu packed up, he went to visit these classmates, and participated in various scholar gatherings and exchanges with them.

In addition to increasing his own knowledge, he can also inquire about various news, which is also beneficial for him to take the Qiuwei exam in the future.

After Huang Zisu and Luo Ping packed their things, they also went out to stroll around Yunfu City.

Originally, Huang Zisu and Luo Ping had another purpose in coming to Yunfu City.

It is to find agents in Yunfu City and the counties and towns under the jurisdiction of Yunfu City.

Unexpectedly, Li's family and his party today found agents in Yunfu City and counties and towns under the jurisdiction of Yunfu City, not to mention, they even found agents in the capital, which saved Huang Zisu and Luo Ping a lot of work.

"Selling candied haws."

"The sugar seller is gone."

"Selling rouge and gouache."

"Girl, why don't you buy a few ducks and eat them at home? Eating ducks in summer can nourish yin, nourish stomach and nourish qi.

The most important thing is that chickens, ducks and geese are much cheaper this year than in previous years. The girl bought a few and went home to eat slowly. "Just as Huang Zisu passed by a place where animals were sold, an elderly lady called Huang Zisu enthusiastically and said.

"This year's chickens, ducks and geese are sold cheaply. How much do you sell for a catty this year, and how much did you sell for a catty last year?" Huang Zisu asked curiously after being stopped by the aunt.

It has been less than two years since Dilong turned around in Yunfu City. It can be said that when everything is waiting to be done, manpower and prices should be scarce, and prices should not fall.

"Last year, chickens, ducks and geese could be sold for fifteen cents a catty, but this year it has dropped to ten cents a catty." The aunt said a little embarrassed.

"It's so much cheaper, what's going on?" Huang Ziwan asked strangely after hearing the words.

"Before the locust plague last year, Doctor Huang said that raising a large number of chickens, ducks and geese could kill the locusts.

Last year, each household was afraid of being plagued by locusts, so they hatched a large number of chickens, ducks, and geese. After the locust plague passed, it took such a long time. These chickens, ducks, and geese were fat and strong, and they had to eat a lot of food every day. Can't stand it!It can only be sold.

No, every household sells their own chickens, ducks and geese, and the more people sell, the lower the price. "The aunt said with a sad face.

"That's it! Auntie, I've rounded up the ducks and geese in your house. Uncle, you just pay and take them back. We won't go shopping anymore." After Huang Zisu looked at these ducks and geese, she didn't know what she thought of. Suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Uncle, kill all these ducks! After killing the ducks, don't rush to scald and pluck their hairs with hot water." After returning to the residence where she stayed, Huang Zisu brought her little uncle to the kitchen, and she ordered said her little uncle.

"Killing so many ducks, can we eat so many?" Luo Ping asked hesitantly after hearing this.

"We can't finish eating. Aren't there servants in this house? Just let them eat together." Huang Zisu asked her little uncle to just kill ducks.

"Okay." Luo Ping was also very quick at killing ducks. He filled a big bowl with some water, grabbed the duck's wings and head with one hand, and plucked some down from the duck's neck with the other. A knife was cut across the neck.

The blood on the duck's neck was flowing, after only a dozen or so jumps, not much blood flowed from the neck, and the duck was almost dead.

Then, Luo Ping threw the slaughtered duck aside, continued to repeat the action just now, and continued to slaughter the duck.

And Huang Zisu turned the slaughtered duck over, exposing the belly. She took a dustpan and worked her hands on the fluff of the duck's belly, pulling out the fine fluff from the duck's body and putting it on the dustpan.

On the way, the duck didn't die completely. When pulling out the duck's down, the duck jumped a few times, which scared Huang Zisu.

"Susu, this duck is dirty, I'll let my little uncle come and take the feathers later." While killing the duck, Luo Ping saw Susu plucking the duck feathers out of the corner of his eye, and he said hastily.

"It's okay, I won't be able to do it by myself later, and my uncle will help pluck the feathers." Huang Zisu replied without raising her head.

Not long after, Luo Ping finished slaughtering these ducks. He found that when his family Su Su plucked the duck feathers, he only plucked the feathers from the belly of the ducks. He suddenly asked Huang Zisu curiously: "Susu, did I see you?" You pluck duck feathers and only pluck the soft feathers on the duck's belly, what are you doing?"

"It's very useful, let's develop new products!
Come and help me, little uncle. In addition, the only duck feathers to be plucked are the fluff of the duck's abdomen, and only soft feathers. We don't want the rest of the hard feathers and pinnae. " Huang Zisu explained to her little uncle.

"Okay! I got it." When Luo Ping heard that his family, Susu, was going to use these duck feathers to develop new products, his face was overjoyed, and he pulled out the duck feathers vigorously.

The new product developed by his family, Susu, is not profitable.

Rouge, lip balm, and balm were developed, and the sales were hot.

The sachet developed was once sold out.

He covers the newly developed silk quilt well. Although it hasn't been sold yet, Luo Ping knows that once this silk quilt is sold, it will be more popular than rouge and sachets.

This silk quilt has not been launched for sale yet, and his family Susu came up with a new product. Luo Ping lamented how his family Susu's head grows melon seeds.

The things developed are faster and easier to use than the other.

"Susu, what are you doing with these duck feathers this time?" Luo Ping asked while pulling out the duck feathers.

"It's still under development. I want to see if I can make a new product out of duck feathers." Yes, this time Huang Zisu uses duck feathers to make down jackets.

Making down jackets is complicated, and Huang Zisu doesn't know if she can make them.

She wanted to tell everyone in the Huang family after she made the down jacket.

The first step in making down jackets is to collect duck down.

The collection method of duck meat is divided into two methods of manual collection.One is wet pull.The slaughtered duck is soaked in hot water at about 70 degrees Celsius for 2 to 3 minutes, and then pulled out.

The water temperature should not be too high, and the soaking time should not be too long, so as to avoid the wool curling, shrinking, and dull color; the second is to dry pull and slaughter ducks, and then pick them before the body temperature cools down, so as to maintain the original color and quality.

The collected feathers should be cleaned in time, otherwise they will become discolored, moldy or even rotten.How to clean: Wash wet and dry feathers once or twice with warm water to remove dust, mud and grime.

Clear duck down is not simply washed with water.

Alkaline water and saponins need to be added to remove the grease from the duck down.

(End of this chapter)