Spring plowing has come to an end, and the focus of work has shifted from the fields to the land.
The land mainly grows sweet potatoes, peanuts, soybeans, corn, and other vegetables, which are eaten by people and livestock, and do not directly generate income from them.
Fang Rui's family didn't have much soil, and most of it had already been planted with various crops, so he had a lot of time to think about his own development path in his hometown. Fang Rui decided to put aside planting in advance. After all, Pingyang's soil and climate
It is only suitable for growing some local worthless things, and it does not make much sense.
Let's catch some chickens and raise them first. Aren't people now pursuing green and pollution-free natural foods? Let's raise them using the most primitive method. This way, if the quality is excellent, we don't have to worry about sales, and the price can go up.
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Do whatever you think of, this is the principle that Fang Rui has always adhered to.
There are several acres of bamboo forest behind the house. Fang Rui carried a hoe and a hatchet and cleared away the messy thorn bushes in the bamboo forest. He ignored the weeds. After all, only grass can have insects. If there are insects, the chickens will have the most nutrition.
The greenest food.
I cut down some small bamboos and cut them into strips with a hatchet. I used bamboo as pillars and used strips to surround a two-meter-high fence. I also built a bamboo shack in the corner of the fence closest to the house.
, this is for the chickens to rest.
It took three days to do these things day and night.
After the site was ready, Fang Rui went to the hatchery in the town without stopping.
Yu Yinghong suggested that Fang Rui go to a chicken farm and buy young chickens of about one pound, which are easy to raise and the chickens grow quickly. Many people who specialize in raising native chickens raise them this way. But Fang Rui still chose to start with chickens.
Raising, are chickens that have grown up like this 100% native chickens?
The economy of the small ancient town is not developed. There is only a bumpy cement road in the center of the town, and two rows of uneven houses next to it. The first floors of the houses are used for shops, and they are also scattered. Fang Rui is not interested in paying attention to these at the moment. After asking,
I learned that there were two hatcheries nearby, so I went to the nearest one first.
This hatchery is called Yumiao and covers an area of dozens of acres. It is a hatchery base that can be found in more than ten towns around the small ancient town. It can breed all kinds of chickens, ducks and geese. It also hatches pheasants, pheasants, and even hatches according to customer needs.
It can also help hatch peacock chicks.
As soon as Fang Rui entered, Jin Changshu, the boss of the hatchery, happened to be there. He saw that Fang Rui was dressed in neat casual clothes. Although it was not a famous brand, he was still well-dressed, especially Fang Rui's sharp eyebrows and piercing eyes.
With a somewhat masculine and mature temperament, Jin Changshu judged Fang Rui by his appearance and mistook Fang Rui for a rich man, so he personally received him in the boss's office.
"Brother, do you want to buy some chickens, ducks, geese, or something else? How much do you want to buy?" Jin Changshu handed over a cigarette and said to Fang Rui with a smile. He was in his thirties and dressed in a uniform.
He has a fat belly, a golden ring on his middle and ring fingers, and a huge gold necklace hanging around his neck, giving him an angry look.
"I want to buy some chicks, but I don't know how much they cost, boss?" Fang Rui waved his hand to decline the other's cigarette and smiled at Jin Changshu.
"Chickens, yellow-feathered and green-shelled laying hens cost two and a half yuan for one thousand, two thousand and three for two thousand, two and one for five thousand, and two yuan for tens of thousands. Black-feathered and green-shelled eggs cost two for one thousand.
Eight yuan, two thousand is just two yuan and six, more than five thousand is two yuan and four, tens of thousands is two yuan and two..." Jin Changshu introduced to Fang Rui enthusiastically and eloquently, and finally asked Fang Rui with a smile,
"Brother, which variety do you want to buy and how many?"
I bet this fat man has considered himself a big customer. What kind of reaction would he have if he knew that he only bought a hundred chickens? Fang Rui heard the black line on his forehead and stretched out a finger.
, "I'll buy a hundred black feathers first."
Hearing this number, the smile on Jin Changshu's face froze, and he looked at Fang Rui with eyes as big as copper bells, and touched the fat wind-catching ears, "How many? One hundred? Are you sure?"
The change in the other party's expression was expected by Fang Rui. Is it human nature? It's strange that it doesn't change. Fang Rui knew that the other party disdained his small business. Fang Rui thought it didn't matter. If you want to sell, buy it. If you don't like it, just sell it.
, smiled and said calmly, "One hundred is only temporary. Once we get familiar with the business and expand the breeding scene, the number will definitely increase in the future."
"One hundred, that's fine. It's ten yuan a piece, so it's a good price!" Jin Changshu played with the ring on his hand and looked at Fang Rui with a smile again, but this time the smile was no longer enthusiastic, it was all ridicule.
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"Then just pretend I've never been here." Fang Rui didn't expect that the hatchery owner would say such uneducated words, and was aroused. However, Fang Rui controlled his emotions well, stood up and left.
. Walking out of the hatchery, he looked back at the signboard of the nursery. Fang Rui snorted coldly and clenched his fists. Sooner or later, I will make you kneel down and beg to give me the chicks for free.
After asking for directions, Fang Rui went to another hatchery in a remote location.
This hatchery is said to be a farm, but it is actually just a shed with a few rooms. It is so simple that it does not even have a name. Fang Rui looked outside for a few times and was very disappointed. Forget it, he went to buy somewhere else. Fang Rui turned around and went
As he was about to leave, a voice stopped him, "Do you want to buy seedlings, boss?" It was a girl's voice with a Pingyang accent.
Fang Rui turned around and looked at the girl.
The girl's makeup is very country, with a printed plaid short-sleeved fir upper body, coarse blue trousers on the lower body, a pair of thousand-layer cloth shoes on her feet, two black braids, a handkerchief on her head, and a slightly swollen face.
She is dark and looks very healthy. Her eyebrows are like willows, her eyes are very bright, her teeth are very white, and she has two small dimples on her cheeks when she smiles. Although she is not very beautiful, she is definitely attractive.
The girl caught Fang Rui's gaze. She didn't expect that Fang Rui was a pot-thrower about her own age. She suddenly looked a little embarrassed, lowering her head and wringing her fingers.
"Are you the boss here?" Fang Ruihuo asked.
"Yes, yes, this hatchery is run by my family." The girl glanced at Fang Rui, then lowered her head, looking a little shy, and her voice was much lower, "Boss, do you want to buy seedlings?"
"I want to buy a hundred chickens. Do you sell them here?" Fang Rui asked.
"A hundred of them, for sale, for sale, you come with me." The girl smiled at Fang Rui, her teeth shining silver in the sun, very penetrating. Fang Rui's heart couldn't help but tremble,
His mind wandered for a moment, and then he followed the girl into the shed.
There are hundreds of fluffy chicks in the shed. The chickens are black, yellow, and a few white ones. They are very energetic and are not afraid when people come over. They chirp and peck at the feed on the ground.
, so lively.
Fang Rui asked the price, and it turned out to be the price of 10,000 from the nursery and hatchery. Fang Rui secretly cursed that fat guy for being so evil that he wanted to kill him as a traitor.
Under the guidance of the girl, Fang Rui picked a hundred chickens with various wings. The girl provided two specially processed large paper boxes and put the chickens in. Fang Rui paid the money, and the girl taught her a lot carefully.
Fang Rui was given tips on feeding chickens and things to pay attention to. Fang Rui thanked the girl sincerely and walked out.
Looking at Fang Rui's retreating figure, the girl opened her mouth to call him out, but in the end she didn't. It wasn't until Fang Rui's figure disappeared around the corner of the tractor road that the girl returned to the shed sadly, silently in her heart.