My village can't be like this

Chapter 515 Lively Village

"It seems that I washed my feet very well last night, and now it's time for dinner."

While Zhang An's family was still having lunch, Huang Ming came over.

The higher the number of people who wash their feet on New Year's Eve, the greater the probability of being encountered by others for dinner. This is a more superstitious point among the older generation.

So every year on New Year's Eve, I would wash my feet more honestly than the children in this family.

"That's not good. You can eat wherever you go. Sit down quickly and I'll bring you a bowl."

With that said, Wang Fang got up and prepared to serve Huang Ming a bowl.

"No, no, no, no, uncle, please sit down and eat. Don't worry about me. I've already eaten at my grandma's house. After two bowls, there are more than 20 people. I'm still a little tired of it now."

When Huang Ming heard this, he quickly persuaded Wang Fang to stop and patted his belly to show that he had really eaten.

No matter what it is, as long as it is made of glutinous rice noodles, it will be very delicious if you eat a little, but no one can bear it if you eat too much. Just like glutinous rice, it is delicious and you cannot be greedy for too much.

"I came here to see Xiao An for something."

"Oh? Why are you so anxious?"

Zhang An was a little surprised that Damingzi had something to do with him. After all, it was only the first day of the Lunar New Year.

"I just wanted to come to your house to catch some rabbits, so I came over and said something."

Although the two have a good relationship, it is really inappropriate to come to ask for things on the first day of the new year. It is taboo in some people's homes, so Huang Ming is indeed a little embarrassed.

"The door is open. You can just catch it yourself. What else can you say? Your mother can let you eat meat today?"

When Zhang An heard that Huang Ming was going to catch rabbits, he just thought that he was going to catch them to eat. However, on the first day of the new year, there is a custom to avoid meat and fish and the whole family eats vegetarian food.

Judging from Zhang An’s damn knowledge of Huang Ming, it should be impossible.

"That's not true. I didn't catch rabbits this time for the purpose of eating rabbit meat. Brother An, you also know that I bought a bunch of plastic rings, but the toys didn't attract many people. They weren't as exciting as last year, so I plan to catch some rabbits and set up a stall with toys, so business will probably be better."

Huang Ming waved his hand and expressed his thoughts at Zhang An's house.

"The rabbits I want are not too big, they are all one or two kilograms, and there are a lot of them. I have to come over and say something. If I only catch one or two, I won't be polite."

"Okay, this must be a good business, and people in the city will definitely be attracted to it. I didn't expect you to have such a brain. I wish I could do this when I was studying."

After Zhang An heard this, he looked at Da Mingzi for a few times and said.

The method of spending money to set a ring has only been introduced in Zhang An and his team in recent years. They usually use small toys, hairpins, rubber bands, etc., which are not worth much money.

It will take a few years before someone will replace these things with small goldfish, and it will be many years later that animals will be trapped, and then rabbits and geese will appear.

He didn't expect that Da Mingzi would be so business-minded and that his key ideas would be so forward-thinking.

"This is all my imagination. People in the city are not like us. They may have never gone to the mountains to catch rabbits, so I want to give it a try."

Huang Ming felt a little embarrassed when he heard Zhang An praising himself.

"Then have you brought anything here? I'll take you to the pen to catch it."

Zhang An just finished eating, and Wu Qiuping was there, so he was not allowed to clean up the dishes, so he wanted to take Huang Ming to catch rabbits.

"Bring it with you. I've built two big chicken coops. I'll catch some first and try it out. If the business is good, I'll catch them again. If the business is not good, it will be bad if there is a backlog."

Huang Ming also had a plan. Anyway, it was not far from Zhang An's house, so he would grab some and go over to test the waters.

When the business is good, we will replenish the goods. If the business is not good, it will not cause a backlog. After all, if you can't catch it all, you have to keep it.

Later, the two men carried the chicken coop to the rabbit pen.

Huang Ming only wanted one or two kilograms of rabbits, which would free up some space for Zhang An's family.

Although people come to buy rabbits every day, the number of rabbits raised by Zhang An's family is too large, and more rabbits are born than sold every month.

It is estimated that soon there will be no room left in this circle.

Zhang An plans to come out after the Chinese New Year. Then he will go to the city to look for anyone who wants to buy rabbits, and sell half of them out first.

"Ouch."

Huang Ming went in with Zhang An to catch rabbits, but he failed to catch two. He was attacked by those big rabbits and was kicked twice.

This thing is not like the rabbits raised by other people. It is really uncomfortable when it kicks people.

"It's really not what I said. Brother An, these things you raise are too outrageous. You kick people so hard. Fortunately, I didn't do it alone, otherwise I would still have to be kicked."

After being kicked twice, Huang Ming simply stopped arresting him and walked out to wait for Zhang An to catch him.

He picked up his trouser legs and saw that two places on his calves had been kicked red.

"Then just wait, I'll catch you."

Zhang An naturally knows how skinny these rabbits in his family are. Although he doesn't dare to touch himself, he is not polite to others at all.

The chicken coops were not very big, so it didn't take long for Zhang An to fill both chicken coops.

Although Huang Mingyao's rabbits are not big, they can only hold a dozen or so, and any more would be too crowded.

"Okay, you can carry it. If you can't finish it, you can take it back."

"Yeah, let me try these first. Brother An, do you think how much is suitable for each one?"

Huang Ming put down the chicken coop and took out the money from his pocket to pay.

"It's nothing but money. Such a small rabbit doesn't have a few ounces of meat, so you can just take it."

Zhang An waved his hand. If anything happened to their family, Huang Ming would rush to help just like his own affairs, so he would definitely not charge him.

"That won't work. I can just take it back to eat for myself, but it's for business. One yard belongs to the other."

Huang Ming clearly understood that with the relationship between the two of them, he could grab it whenever he wanted.

But this is used to make money, definitely not once or twice.

"Then I don't care about you. You can either take it away directly, or if you take the money, you can put it back for me."

Zhang An ignored Daming Zi at all and walked out minding his own business.

"Then let's do this, brother An. I won't give you any money. I'll put it back when I can't finish it. After I finish it, I'll catch it again. I'll share half of the money I earn with you, which will help you clear your inventory. You There are so many rabbits that we can’t even fit them in.”

Seeing that Zhang An didn't want his own money, Huang Ming simply thought of a way. These rabbits were equivalent to Zhang An joining the gang with him, taking the goods without paying him, and then dividing them up at the end.

But after he finished speaking, he found that Zhang An had already gone out.

In the afternoon, seeing so many people outside, Zhang An took his son to go out for a walk.

There are many more people coming to the village this year than in previous years, and the flow of people is not expected to be less than in the town. The people in the village are also very clever. Those who know how to make snacks have long pushed out the snack stalls and set them up from the bridge head to the grain drying field.

"Zhang An has brought the baby out. Come on, I'll give you a pancake to eat."

"Come on, come on, try my sesame crackers. These are the sesame seeds I ordered at your house last year. They're so delicious."

"And my fried potatoes and root were dug in the woods yesterday morning, and the peppers are also grown by your family."

When many people saw Zhang An coming out with little Siqi, they all greeted him warmly and prepared to give Zhang An a piece of the food from their own stalls.

"No, no, no, uncle, you can keep it for yourself and sell it. I can't eat this little guy while I'm holding it, otherwise he will get into trouble if he sees me eating it."

Zhang An naturally refused. With so many people asking for food, it was hard for him to eat. However, it was not good to ask for food from one family, so he might as well not accept it at all.

These ladies and uncles would definitely give it to them if they refused, so Zhang An used Xiao Siqi as an excuse.

Upon hearing this, the ladies and uncles no longer insisted.

Arriving at the grain drying field, Zhang An immediately saw the place where Huang Ming set up his stall. There were many people surrounding it in three circles inside and three outside. It didn't look like there was no business as he said in the morning.

Huang Ming and Li Xiaoying were both here at this moment. Li Xiaoying was sitting in front, holding a large bunch of plastic rings in her hand, and was responsible for collecting money and selling the rings.

Huang Ming, on the other hand, stayed behind, picking up the goods for whoever caught the trap, and then filling in the empty space.

In this guy's stall, the items in the front are the gadgets he purchased before, and the three rows in the back are rabbits.

And each rabbit is kept in a small bamboo cage. I don’t know where this guy got it.

"Hey Da Mingzi, this business is good."

Zhang An saw many people holding money in their hands, including children and adults. They were probably waiting in line, because some people were still trying to trick them.

"Hey, almost all of them were attracted by this little rabbit. There were not many people at all in the morning. After I put the rabbit out, there were more people. There were not many rabbits caught in the morning. After these few were taken away, , I guess I have to grab two more cages.”

Huang Ming chuckled. He didn't expect the business to be so good. In just one or two hours, a lot of toys and rabbits had been taken away.

But instead of feeling distressed, he was very happy because he made more money.

"Then you can catch it yourself later. If you are afraid of being kicked, just coax Xiaohu to go with you."

There are many animals in Zhang An's family, but the hierarchy is very strict. Big dogs like Xiaohu are basically at the top, excluding Huatou and his family, of course.

"Okay, I'll bring a big chicken leg to Xiaohu later. He will definitely be willing to come in with me."

Although Xiaohu didn't eat food given by strangers, Huang Ming and the others often went to Zhang An's house, and Xiaohu didn't treat them as outsiders.

But that's all. Usually, Xiaohu and the others don't pay attention to them at all, unless they give them a benefit.

"By the way, you've been preparing this cage for a few days. It looks like it was just made."

Huang Ming's pig cages for rabbits look like split bamboo, not quite like those that existed before.

"Yes, I just made it up today. My grandfather and dad are still making it up at home."

Huang Ming can make money, and Huang Erye and Huang Zhengbiao are very supportive. When they heard that Huang Ming needed pig cages, the two men have been squatting at home to help make them.

There is no need to go to the bamboo forest to cut new bamboo, because Huang Erye has already cut a bunch of bamboo and planned to make a dung pan in spring.

Now since Huang Ming needs it, he will use it first and then cut it again in a few days.

At this time, a burst of noise broke out from the crowd in front of the stall. Zhang An looked back and saw that it was the trapper who had just trapped a rabbit. Now many people were saying that he was awesome.

Because Huang Ming's stall is not set up very quickly, but it is a bit far away, and the rabbits are placed in the last three rows. Anyone who can catch them is either lucky or really powerful.

But many people come just to trap the rabbit. It doesn't matter how far they are, they just buy more hoops, as long as they trap the rabbit.

"Okay, you go about your business while I look around."

Huang Ming was going to get rabbits for others and replenish the supplies, but Zhang An stopped talking to him.

After telling Da Mingzi, Zhang An took his son to wander around the grain drying field.

Not far away, I smelled a very fragrant smell. After looking around, I found that Zhang Jianzhong was selling beggar's chickens in the grain drying farm.

At this moment, someone bought one. As the mud was knocked away and the lotus leaves were peeled off, the smell of beggar's chicken wafted out everywhere.

Not to mention, the smell was quite tempting, and even Zhang An swallowed his saliva when he smelled it.

"Business is good, uncle. How many have you sold today?"

Zhang An walked over and talked to Zhang Jianzhong, who was packing people's bags.

"Haha, it's not bad. I came here this morning and sold more than twenty of them."

Although he said it was okay, the smile on Zhang Jianzhong's face was unabashed.

"Here, your chicken is already loaded, take it."

After talking to Zhang An, Zhang Jianzhong handed the packaged beggar's chicken to the customer who bought the chicken in front.

Zhang An knew that the chicken cost twenty yuan a piece without even asking.

Because after the man took the beggar's chicken, he handed Zhang Jianzhong fifty yuan, and then Zhang Jianzhong gave him thirty yuan.

This price can be said to be very expensive, but it is completely worth the money spent.

Because Zhang Jianzhong has been a cook for decades, he cooks beggar's chicken very fragrantly.

And the chickens used are not small, they all weigh more than two kilograms or three kilograms, so there are many people buying them.

"Xiao An, if you want to eat it, I'll give you one."

Zhang Jianzhong said to Zhang An while knocking the beggar's chicken for the next customer.

"Don't bother me, uncle. I'm holding the baby and I don't have much time to spare. Give him something to eat and he won't be able to eat it. If you don't give him something to eat, he'll make a fuss. It'll be very annoying."

This beggar's chicken is not like other potato cakes or fried potatoes. It only costs a few cents. After all, twenty yuan is not a small amount of money, so Zhang An rejected Zhang Jianzhong's kindness.

"Hahaha, then our family Siqi must grow up quickly, and grandpa will cook delicious food for you from now on."

Zhang Jianzhong laughed and teased little Siqi in Zhang An's arms.

Farewell to Zhang Jianzhong, Zhang An began to wander around the grain drying farm again.

This year, not only the grain drying field is full of people, but also the fields below the grain drying field are almost the same.

Those pieces of land were planned by Zhang Jianwen to build a deer park. He spent a few days a year ago to dig them all into the same level. Now they are like a dam.

There are many people coming to the village to play now, and we are not in a hurry to build it, so we just use it first.

(End of this chapter)