Three days later, Chu Qing went to the fertilizer workshop again, deliberately taking a detour and walking around the fields in the Junhu District.

She saw a little girl carrying a small cloth bag and blowing a whistle, demonstrating to the other children how to prevent the chickens from destroying the seedlings.

That's no disaster.

The children, however, did not focus on the chicken, but stared at the whistle in her mouth with some awe and envy.

The small bag in Wuhan's hand hit one of the children on the shoulder: "Look at the fields! Where are you looking!"

To kill the chicken to scare the monkey, all the children concentrated their attention and looked at the fields.

When I was approaching the fertilizer workshop, I passed by the puddle and saw Wu Bing waving a reed pole to drive away ducks. From time to time, he would also use the pole to poke the soil on the bank. When he poked, the ducks imitated the pole and poked the soil with their long and flat duckbills.

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Several children around him were waving their arms to drive away their own ducks, while listening to the explanation from the doctor.

Chu Qing vaguely heard Wu Bing shouting loudly: "How many times have I told you! Shovel duck poop! It's all money, do you understand!"

Those children were all bigger than those who were not sick, but no one dared to talk back.

Zhuo Yao said: "That day when you asked me to take them home, many people in the village watched. Your thirty fried dough sticks and a large vat of soy milk were a bit too eye-catching."

Chu Qing said: "Fortunately, it was not separated by the villagers, otherwise the child would have cried and talked to me for so long over this little thing."

Zhuo Yao curled his lips: "We almost broke up! His mother asked him to pour the soy milk to the villagers so that everyone could have a taste. You didn't see the villagers' expressions. You're going to be so angry!"

Everyone, it seems that this is what they should do, and it would be unreasonable to not do so!

If he refuses to give him anything even though he is not sick, his mother will beat him, and the villagers will also scold him, saying something like "a mother is born without a father to teach him";

Finally, I persuaded his mother that I earned it from Mr. Cotton to replenish your health, so the villagers didn't say anything."

When Chu Qing heard that he mentioned herself to the villagers, she was a little concerned: "You didn't say that I ordered them to learn to raise chickens and ducks with the two children, right? We don't have this right. This is the authority of the county magistrate."

Zhuo Yao looked at Chu Qing with some helplessness: "I knew you were timid, so I didn't say anything. However, even if I did, it wouldn't matter. Your official position is higher than that of the county magistrate. Even if your main job is to manage the cotton stall, it doesn't count as overstepping your authority. You

After all, he is a farmer!"

Chu Qing smiled and said nothing. What she was thinking was: "If I were Bai Hua and there was a dad protecting me, do you think I would be timid?"

Women have no prestige as officials.

What's more, he has no family background and no background.

Today's fertilizer workshop is very different. The open space in front of the house has been divided into several areas. Only two aisles are left for people to queue up.

One aisle is lined with sellers, and the other aisle is lined with buyers.

Chu Qing explained that he would sell whatever he paid for it. This middleman, Chu Qing, did not "earn the price difference" but only acted as a transit agent so that people did not have to go to the military district to inquire about prices and buy from house to house.

Therefore, buyers can see with their own eyes how much the seller is selling, and how much they are buying.

They are very satisfied because they don't have to go to the door to purchase the chickens and ducks by themselves. After all, the number of chickens and ducks that each household can sell is different, some are very few, and some are many; the chickens and ducks that can be sold are also different in size.

Chu Qing is like gathering these "goods" to make it easier for them to choose.

But does the fertilizer workshop make any money? It does, but not much.

The fertilizer workshop not only sold a lot of fertilizers, but also sold a lot of fried dough sticks.

The cook is so smart!

The cook said: "Except for the owner, anyone who wants to eat has to pay!"

When Chu Qing saw those who bought chickens and ducks, they were cursing: "Chickens only cost two cents each, and chickens sell for ten cents each. You are crazy about money!"

At the same time, he counted out six copper plates and handed them to the cook: "Here is a fried dough stick, you pick that one for me! That one is big!"

As for the fact that the fried dough sticks will eventually expand to the same size in the pot, they collectively choose to ignore it. Because that will make them feel frustrated. Who doesn't want to take advantage?

"Six cents for a fried dough stick, who set the price?" Chu Qing asked Xiangzi secretly.

Six cents = two meat buns = three eggs = six steamed buns.

Chu Qing felt that this price was a challenge to the price and consumption level of Yibin Mansion.

"The cook ordered it!" Xiangzi also lowered his voice: "On the first day when we were collecting chickens, you gave thirty fried dough sticks to my child, and Zhuo Yao carried them all the way back. On the way, I met many people who came to inquire about buying chickens.

people;

There were women who came with their children, who were so hungry that they wanted to know what this was and where to buy it;

You also know that Zhuo Yao's face, except when it comes to you and Xiaobao, is like a door god at other times, scaring others away from him.

After that, they went into the fertilizer yard and saw that there were really chickens and ducks for sale. They also saw the cook handling the oil in the pot, so they came up to ask. The cook said, "There are no more chickens and ducks today. I'll make them round! You want to eat?"

Come early tomorrow!'

Then someone asked how to sell them. It happened that our people next to us asked the military household selling chickens how many they were selling. The military household said "six", and the cook listened and said: "six cents a piece"! Guess what?

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Chu Qing really wants to beat Xiangzi, what's wrong with this? "Guess what" has become a common mantra among the boys of the Chu family! I guess I still want to listen to you?

Seeing Chu Qing gritting his teeth, Xiangzi continued with a playful smile: "As soon as the price of six cents a piece was quoted, the cook was scolded;

If the people who asked were not scolded enough, the people who came in later to ask about the chickens didn't even ask what was going on, so they also scolded the cook.

The cook knocked on the rim of the frying pan with the fence and scolded back, "Open your dog eyes and take a look, iron pot! Soybean oil! Alum! Thin white flour! I'll tell you whether you want to buy it or not."

Only those who want to buy chickens and ducks here can buy them, and those who are empty-handed will not be sold!'

The cook had skimmed off the residue in the pot and was about to pour the oil back into the vat, but now she got angry and fried all the remaining noodles!

It's sizzling, it's fragrant, and these people are a little dumbfounded. They brought their children, and they all jumped to eat, but the result, hum! The cook didn't sell any of them!"

On the contrary, iron pots are rare items that ordinary people cannot afford; soybean oil is better in the north but less in the south; alum is something that can only be bought in drug stores, so it is expensive!

Thin white noodles are even more problematic. Rice is mainly grown in the south, and there is less wheat. Moreover, wheat rice is cooked. Who would be willing to grind it into thin white noodles and eat it? How much wheat would be lost?

Chu Qing sounded amused and asked: "It's fried, why don't you sell it? It won't taste good when it's cold."

Xiangzi said: "After they were fried, the cook cut them all into small pieces. Look at the military households selling chickens and ducks over there. If there are any with children, they will give them a small piece for them to taste, and the rest will be given to the fertilizer farm.

The workers were divided;

When the workers on the front legs tasted it, they all praised the cook for her skill and generosity. When the workers on the back legs were having lunch, the cook asked them to hand over a penny each!

Cut a fried dough stick into six sections, and there is nothing wrong with each section! It costs a penny to taste something new, and it is not expensive, so the workers have no problem with it;

As a result, in the afternoon, more military households came to sell chickens and ducks. They said that the people in our fertilizer farm were kind and encouraged them!

Military households originally spent a lot of food raising chickens and ducks, but those who bought chickens scolded them as evil-hearted. It was really annoying to hear them, and they didn't dare to scold them. If they went home and called for help, they would come.

A group of people, they are not good enough, every family is a young boy, and they have no confidence to fight with others;

He also said that chickens cost ten cents apiece in the market, and we pay ten cents apiece here. They also save the cost of renting a bullock cart and traveling a long distance, so they are very willing to sell them to us."

The conflict between military households and civilian households was very prominent in the local area, and Chu Qing was speechless for a long time.

She couldn't agree with the cook's actions, because it seemed to intensify the conflict; but she couldn't criticize her, so she didn't allow others to be scolded and get angry, so she could relieve her anger?

This kind of contradiction is caused by the combination of various factors such as the national system, the government's attitude, and the people's understanding, and Chu Qing cannot control it.

No one can control it, and no one wants to control it.

*Note: Alum, also called alum. It is a double salt of potassium sulfate and aluminum sulfate containing crystal water, with the chemical formula kal(so?)?·12h?o.

Alum has antibacterial and astringent effects and can be used as traditional Chinese medicine. External use can detoxify, kill insects, dry dampness and relieve itching; internal use can stop bleeding, stop diarrhea, and reduce phlegm, so it is used to treat insect bites, skin itching, scabies, eczema, and alum.

Soaking your feet in solution can treat hyperhidrosis and foot odor.

Alumen is sour, cold, slightly toxic, and can be eaten in small amounts.

Can be consumed in small amounts.

Can be consumed in small amounts.

Show your desire for survival: add a small amount of alum to the fried dough sticks to increase the taste and avoid poisoning. Eating more is not good.

Eating too much is not good.

Eating too much is not good.


Chapter completed!