Seeing Comrade Xu stop, Xu Changsheng also stopped, followed Comrade Xu's gaze, and asked casually: "What are you looking at?"
A smile appeared at the corner of Xu Tongdao's mouth, "Do you think those sheep are pretty and pretty? Haha."
"ah?"
Xu Changsheng couldn't keep up with Xu Tongdao's brain circuit, and was stunned for a moment. Hearing Xu Tongdao's laughter, he realized that Xu Tongdao was joking, and then he also laughed.
Tongdao Xu did not tell him the thoughts that had just crossed his mind.
The flock of sheep in the big yard not far away gave him the inspiration to make money.
Before this, he had been thinking about going to the county town to find a job in the next few days, such as temporarily working as a cutter and garnisher for serving people.
The salary of a chef is still decent, and although it is a bit hard and tiring, as long as he can make money, he can do it.
It's just that he is only 17 years old and can't even get an ID card. He can probably prepare side dishes at most. If he wants to be a spoon chef, no one would dare to hire him.
But the sheep in the yard in front of him suddenly made him think that he could set up a stall selling kebabs in the county town.
Although selling kebabs on the street may seem unseemly, he knows that as long as the business is good, he will definitely make money much faster than working.
As for the indecent things, he didn't care at all.
He wants to make money now. How much is face worth? Can it feed and clothe his family? Can it provide for his brother and sister to study? Can it improve his family's living conditions as soon as possible?
The answer is obvious.
The key is that you don’t need much investment to make skewers on the street. You can set up a small stall with an oven, a few folding tables, stools, and some beer.
Moreover, urban management these days has little sense of existence.
Setting up stalls on the street is allowed.
The most important thing is that the investment in skewers is not big, but there are many people who like to eat it. In Xu Tongdao's impression, even twenty years later, many people still like to eat it.
So this business can continue for a long time.
As for whether he can cook barbecue?
To be honest, he had never done it before.
But he had been a chef for several years before, so he had heard about some barbecue techniques, seasonings, etc. The technical difficulty was not very difficult, and he was confident that he could master it.
One of the key issues is - he heard that sheep meat is the best for barbecue, but goat meat has a strong smell of mutton and the meat is old, so it doesn't taste good when grilled.
In their Xujia Village and other nearby villages, goats are more common and easier to feed.
This is also a big reason why Tongdao Xu didn't think of making kebabs in the past two days.
He didn't expect that there would be a family raising so many sheep in this village.
What an unexpected surprise.
So, when he and Xu Changsheng were walking around the village, they consciously paid attention to whether anyone else raised sheep here.
Needless to say, he hadn't noticed it before. As soon as he paid attention, he quickly discovered the second, third, and even fourth family raising sheep.
Each household raises more or less sheep, but without exception, they all raise sheep.
As he walked, he saw an aunt cleaning the sheepfold in the yard of a house in front of him. Comrade Xu hesitated slightly and said to Xu Changsheng, "Let's go! Come with me and ask a few questions."
"Ah? Asking a question? What are you asking?"
Xu Changsheng was confused, but Comrade Xu had already walked outside the courtyard wall of that house and greeted the aunt who was cleaning the sheepfold with a smile, "Hey, hello, aunt! You have so many sheep! Your sheep are for sale.
?”
The aunt who was cleaning the sheepfold was about fifty years old, dark and thin. After hearing this, she raised her head and looked at Xu Tongdao and Xu Changsheng in surprise, and laughed, "Well, my family has raised a lot, you ask me to sell
What are you going to do if you don’t sell it? Is it possible that your child still wants to buy it?”
As she spoke, she chuckled twice.
Comrade Xu laughed twice and said, "Auntie, I'm just curious. By the way, I see that several families in your village raise sheep. Do other families in other villages near you raise such sheep?"
The woman smiled and lowered her head to continue cleaning the sheepfold.
Hearing this, he said casually: "Well, that's right! We rely on the mountains to eat and the water to eat! Those of us who live on the edge of the polder, many people raise sheep, there are so many grasses on the polder, right? Haha, and ah
, when the water in the river recedes, there will be more grassy areas, suitable for raising cattle and sheep."
Xu Tongdao nodded secretly in his heart. It is indeed true. There is grass all year round on this polder by the river. The only difference is that the grass is green and the grass is dry.
Really suitable for raising cattle and sheep.
"Auntie, do you raise all sheep like yours here?"
"Not all of them! My kind of sheep is a bit more difficult to raise. Some people want to save trouble and raise goats, but how can I put it! There must be a lot of people raising my kind of sheep! After all, my kind of mutton is delicious.
The price is also a bit higher.”
…
After a few questions and answers, Xu Tongdao had a good idea.
He didn't know exactly how long this balder was, but he estimated it must be hundreds of miles long. After all, it was a balder for a tributary of the Yangtze River.
As far as he knew, although there were few people living next to the polder, there were basically villages.
In other words, if what this aunt said is correct, there are definitely a lot of sheep raised next to this polder.
He knew that some of the mutton sold on kebabs was frozen mutton, not fresh, but the price was cheap. If he sold it, he could make more money.
But since Tongdao Xu wanted to do the kebab business and do a good job, he never thought of using frozen mutton.
Using this fresh sheep meat, the grilled taste will definitely be more delicious, that's for sure.
It's just that the cost is higher.
But if the higher cost can be exchanged for better reputation and business, Xu Tongdao thinks it is worth it.
He asked again how much a sheep cost.
The aunt who was cleaning the sheepfold told him that the big ones cost two hundred yuan each, and the smaller ones cost about one hundred and fifty yuan.
…
"Why did you ask about that just now? Do you want to buy a whole sheep to eat?"
After leaving the courtyard of this family, Xu Changsheng asked puzzledly.
Comrade Xu looked back at the sheep in the yard, smiled slightly, and said casually, "Isn't this boring? I am idle anyway, so I asked a few more questions out of curiosity."
After a pause, Comrade Xu changed the topic, "By the way, Changsheng, how much can you earn in a day by working behind the scenes with your uncle?"
When Xu Changsheng heard this, he sighed, "15 yuan a day! It's so tiring!"
Comrade Xu raised his hand and patted his shoulder, comforting him: "It's okay! Your salary will definitely increase in the future."
Xu Changsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I hope so! But working as a small worker is really tiring, and I don't even want to do it anymore. Even my parents don't agree with me changing my career. I also know what they think. I work as a small worker.
Can I make more money? They just know how to let me make more money..."