After moving to the city, Ji Huai's family was not idle.
The house has not been occupied for a long time, there is dust everywhere, and the weeds in the yard have not been cleaned up for several days. The workload is not small.
Even so, the two of them were full of energy. This was their home. Qin Yu felt happy when he looked at this house.
Bag after bag of garbage was cleared, and Ji Jun followed behind his parents, running back and forth, pulling on a tree or a small tree to use his strength to feed.
Soon, the small courtyard revealed its original appearance, with a few small stone benches. Unfortunately, the stone table had cracked. Ji Huai found some cement and repaired it. It looked good.
The room began to become popular. The wooden bed inside was still sleepable. He bought some pieces of cloth. Qin Yu sewed the curtains and sheets by himself. Ji Jun had his own room. He said that he was a little man and was not afraid of being alone. sleep.
The door lock was broken. Ji Huai repaired it and built a fence. Qin Yu bought some chickens and ducks and raised them.
Vegetables can be grown on the other side of the backyard. Qin Yu has already bought the seeds and can start planting by turning over the soil. They can first plant vegetables that can be eaten in a week, and then plant some beans and leeks. Soon they will have vegetables to eat. .
Qin Yu was turning over the soil in the backyard and looked at Ji Huai and said, "It's really expensive to buy vegetables in the city. I'm going to buy vegetables today. Do you know how much a pound of bean sprouts costs per pound?"
"How much?" Ji Huai cooperated with her.
"Thirty cents!" Qin Yu was still a little shocked when he said, "Same for cabbage, and so on for radish!"
"Is it so expensive?" He replied while weaving a cage in his hand, which was made of sun-dried bamboo to hold the chickens in.
"Yes, our land is so big, I want to grow vegetables all over it. When the time comes, if you can't make money by driving a tractor, then we will sell vegetables!" She said seriously, and continued, "We can also We bought the land behind and we grow vegetables to support ourselves.”
She said with a happy face, as if she had found a way out, and sighed, "It's good to come out. You're right. With a house, we have a family, and we can grow vegetables here to support ourselves."
"Our son can also grow vegetables with me in the future and sell them."
The city is big and better than in the village. She now feels that Ji Huai's idea is quite right. He is not lazy, he just feels that there is no future in farm work.
She had wrongly blamed him before.
"..." Ji Huai twitched the corner of his mouth, lowered his head and continued to weave his cage, saying perfunctorily, "You have thought very carefully."
"Of course, when my son is old and has strength, he can sell it. When the time comes, he will find a diligent wife to sell with him, and we will grow vegetables at home." Qin Yu said with a smile, and looked at Ji Jun , "Is Mom right? Xiaojun needs to be more diligent, so that he can grow vegetables and sell them for money."
Ji Huai's head was covered with black lines.
His silly son still nodded, a little naively, "Okay, when I grow up, I grow vegetables with my mother and sell them for money."
Before Qin Yu showed a happy smile, Ji Huai interrupted, "Don't listen to your mother, you have to study. Only by studying can you make money. How can you make money selling vegetables?"
Ji Jun is a rebellious guy. He didn't even graduate from junior high school. He is completely illiterate. He can no longer be illiterate this time.
After all, he attended high school for two years, but when it came to his son, he didn't even finish junior high school. That's not okay.
How could Qin Yu have thought that studying could make money? No one in the village was studying, and she didn't hear of anyone's children going to college. She just wanted her children to have food to eat. Those who had iron rice bowls inherited the experience of their parents, but they were not.
She looked at Ji Huai and said nothing. Ji Huai spent money to go to high school. He didn't finish it, but he was better than her. She hadn't read any books. There seemed to be many people in the city studying.
"I don't study." Ji Jun shook his little head and frowned, "If you want to make money selling vegetables, I don't study!"
Qin Yu said quickly, "Mom is wrong. You need to study to make a lot of money. Xiaojun wants to study."
Although she didn't know what she could do with studying, it seemed to be very powerful. College students in the city could go to university outside the province, which was really far away.
"Don't study!" Ji Jun pursed his lips, shook his chubby hands desperately, turned around and ran away, "I don't want to study! I want to grow vegetables."
"Come back here! How dare you not study?!" Ji Huai cursed, and the little figure slipped away faster, kicking his short legs and running away with a glare.
Qin Yu looked at him with a guilty expression on his face as if he had done something wrong.
She seemed to have said the wrong thing.
"He's a kid, let's ignore him for now." Ji Huai calmed down and changed the subject, "I'm going to the provincial capital tomorrow to buy a car. It's a bit difficult to buy, so I have to ask my uncle to take him with me."
"Well, if you have enough money, I'll give you some more." In addition to the money to buy the house and the five thousand yuan given to him, she still had six thousand yuan.
"Five thousand is enough." Ji Huai refused and assured her, "When I buy a car, I can make money."
"It's not a hurry. I can grow vegetables. I can plant a lot of small vegetables. They will grow up quickly. I will sell them when the time comes. I can sell them for only ten cents a pound." Qin Yu feels that the future is still very promising. They have come out to live their own lives, have a house to live in, and can take their time with the rest.
Ji Huai laughed at her for being stupid, "They sell it for three cents, but you sell it for one cent. Do you want to be beaten up by a group? You have no business sense."
Qin Yu lowered his eyes slightly, with an innocent look on his face.
She had never been sold, she stayed in the village. She only came to the city once, on the eve of her marriage to him.
Everything in the village was bought by others and the prices were set, so she didn't think much about it.
"But it doesn't matter. I'll make enough money to support you when I learn how to do it." He promised, and she pursed her lips and smiled, her beautiful eyes filled with light, convinced of this.
Ji Huai spent three days in the provincial capital before buying a tractor. During this period, he had some troubles and went back and forth, but he finally bought it.
The tractors are not produced in the provincial capital. They are shipped here for assembly. The black body looks very impressive.
There are no doors on both sides of the front of the car, only a chair on top, and an open-air compartment at the back for loading cargo.
Just such a car costs 4,830 yuan, and there is still a rush to buy it.
Ji Huai went to the agricultural machinery station to learn for another month before he could drive.
Qin Yu sat inside for the first time, feeling a little anxious. Before that, she had only ridden on a bullock cart, a bicycle, and a bus. It was the first time she saw a car when she came to the provincial capital. In her opinion, this tractor was more The car is so stylish that I can’t believe they bought it now.
There were no doors on both sides of the front of the car. She put Ji Jun between the two of them, who looked excited and said, "Dad, it's a big car."
"Dad is going to drive, please be quiet." Qin Yu quickly said to his son.
"It's okay." Ji Huai turned on the key, and the front of the car began to shake violently. The three people's bodies also started to move, and everyone had a smile on their face.
"Tu tu tu tu... tu tu tu tu..." A voice came from the front of the car.
Qin Yu was frightened, so he picked up his son, hugged him hard, and looked sideways at Ji Huai.
He was very calm, with his hand on the armrest, his foot on the accelerator, and looking ahead, "Hold on, we're about to drive."
"Tu tu tu tu..." The tractor drove forward.
This is much faster than bicycles and ox carts, and it can catch up with cars. The smile in Qin Yu's eyes became even stronger.
It was really fast, so that he could transport a lot of things, and it would be more convenient for them to go home. She looked back at him, "In this case, the vegetables I grow can be put on your car to sell, and you don't have to carry them on your back." "
"How hard is it to grow vegetables by yourself? With a car, we can go to the countryside to buy vegetables and then sell them." Ji Huai said to her.
"Acquisition?" Qin Yu didn't expect this and was a little confused for a moment.
"Yes, I've thought about it. It's not very profitable to pull things for others. Let's go to the village to buy them and then sell them." After Ji Huai finished speaking, he asked, "If someone goes to our village to buy chickens from you, it will cost you one yuan a pound." Will it be sold or not?”
"Sell it." Qin Yu answered without hesitation, "Each one can be sold for two or three yuan. You can raise a smaller one, but no one will buy it."
She has never seen anyone enter the village to buy chickens and ducks.
Ji Huai: "So let's go buy it. It sells for one to five yuan per catty in the city. We buy it for about one yuan and sell it. We have a car, so we can go directly."
It’s impossible to get things out of the village at all, and it takes several hours to walk, but unlike driving, they can go very quickly.
Seeing Qin Yu's hesitation, he simply said, "Let's try it first. We don't need to buy a lot. If we can make money excluding oil money, then we will do it. It is definitely better to work for ourselves than for others. What if we get rich? What if?" If I can’t make a profit, then I’ll help others transport it. If I can’t sell it, I’ll keep it at home. Our family needs to raise some anyway.”
"...Okay! Then I'll give it a try." Qin Yu nodded. He had said so and was willing to do it. What reason did she have for not supporting it
How do you know if it works without giving it a try
Ji Huai is an activist and built a larger fence that day. They couldn't rush back in the morning to sell it. They would definitely come back at night and release the chickens and ducks they purchased before selling them the next day.
Qin Yu had made lunch at ten in the morning. After the family had finished eating, she made another one and left it aside, fearing that her son would be hungry if he didn't come back.
Ji Huai went to buy a few cages and put them behind the tractor, and the family got on the truck.
"Tu tu tu tu..."
The tractor moved forward, from the road to the path.
Zhangjiacun.
A group of uncles and aunties were sitting on a pile of rocks beside the rice fields, chatting.
"Why hasn't that daughter-in-law of the Li family given birth yet? Is she unable to give birth?"
"Let me tell you, that boy Zhang Wei and that Widow Li were together in that cornfield, and our old Liu saw them. It's really shameless."
"It's still a bit windy today and the weather is cool."
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A group of people were having a lively chat when a black tractor drove up in the distance and the sound was heard.
They looked on curiously.
"What does this do?"
"He's not from our village, he's a stranger. What's he doing here?"
"Have a look."
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The tractor stopped in front of them. It was quite new. There was a man, a woman and a child sitting on it.
This combination makes many people relax their vigilance. Are they here to ask for directions
Qin Yu was still a little restrained and could only smile when he saw them. Ji Huai was very warm and got out of the car and said proactively, "Uncle and aunt, are there any chickens, ducks and geese for sale? We are here to buy chickens, ducks and geese."
"Buy chickens, ducks and geese?" The aunt came over first, "How much does it cost per pound?"
It was the first time she saw someone buying chickens, and she was quite curious. Chickens from rural areas were not sold, mainly because they could not be sold, so they were kept at home so that they could lay eggs to improve their food.
"Chickens are a pound and a pound, ducks are a little cheaper, a pound and a half, and geese are also a pound and a half." Ji Huai replied with a smile.
Definitely not an integer, only zeros and integers, this is more real.
When the aunt heard this, her eyes widened and she said with a smile, "I have geese at home. I raised five of them."
She originally wanted to keep them for eating, but geese cost a lot of food. She had to cut grass to feed them every day. Can she still sell them
Ji Huai: "Do you want to sell it? One yuan and three pounds."
The aunt hesitated for a moment. When Qin Yu saw this, his heart started to rise. He had to come all the way to buy it.
Some families don't want to sell because they don't have much to support.
"Young man, I want to sell. I have more than 20 chickens at home. The hen went to lay eggs in the grass. Yesterday, I brought back twelve chicks. Keeping them is too much food. I can sell ten of them." An aunt suddenly spoke up, looked at Ji Huai and said, "My house is up there. I'll go grab it. It's one piece and three pounds per pound."
"Yes, at least one dollar and three. The old hen is only one and fifty-five cents. You can catch it and let me take a look." Ji Huai replied.
The aunt ran back quickly.
Others thought about it and were a little ready to make a move. Families without crops had to rely on rice to support themselves. How could they have any income
Chickens, ducks and geese can be sold for money, so of course I am excited.
"I have to go back and take a look."
"I'll go back and ask my old lady if I can sell a few."
"I'll catch two."
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Qin Yu also asked his son to sit in the car. She jumped out. Ji Huai had already taken down the cage and curled his lips at her, "Let me tell you, someone must be selling it."
She also smiled and praised, "You still have a way."
The price sold in the city is higher than this, and they can make a profit on the difference by purchasing it.
Before Ji Huai could say anything, the aunt came down carrying two old hens. She couldn't believe Ji Huai's scales, so she asked her grandson to follow him with a scale.
"Just use your scale, I will definitely not trick you." Ji Huai took her scale, weighed it seriously, and stretched the scale forward, "This one is fatter, weighing 2 pounds or 7 taels, please keep an eye on it. "
"Let me take a look." The aunt stood on tiptoes, eyes wide open, looking more seriously than anything else.
"Remember it, two catties and seven taels, I will weigh this one." He stuffed the old hen into the cage and replaced it with another one. "This is only two catties and four taels. The total is five catties and one tael."
The aunt quickly calculated and said, "That's right!"
"One pound is fifty-five cents, five pounds and one tael is seven dollars and nine. Wife, give this aunt eight dollars." Ji Huai said to Qin Yu while stuffing the hens.
Qin Yu took the money, counted it, and handed it to the aunt, "Here are eight yuan for you."
"Thank you." The aunt took it and counted it carefully again, and said with a smile, "If my daughter-in-law hadn't eaten several during confinement, I would have a lot of old hens."
The teacher only earned seventy or eighty yuan a month. She sold two old hens and earned eight yuan. The aunt carefully put the eight yuan into her pocket and fastened it with a safety pin.
"That's what you must eat. There's nothing you can do about it." Ji Huai answered and took another aunt's goose.
The aunt who was hesitating just now went home and took two geese. The geese were heavier, weighing 11 pounds for two geese. Ji Huai asked Qin Yu to give the aunt fourteen and a half yuan.
But it made people happy, and she thought she could sell another one.
Wouldn’t it be okay to eat less at home? One can be sold for a lot of money.
The one who sold the most was the aunt who brought ten chickens, including six old hens, which sold for nearly thirty yuan, which was a lot of money.
Her grandson went to study in the city, and it was enough to pay for his food for a long time.
In just one hour, Ji Huai collected more than 30 chickens, eight ducks, and five geese. Qin Yu felt that there were too many and quickly reached out and tugged on his sleeves.
But it can’t be collected anymore.
What if it doesn’t sell? Their family can't afford to raise so many. Now they don't grow rice in the city. When they run out of rice, they may have to buy rice to eat.
"We won't collect them today. I'll come back tomorrow, also in the afternoon." Ji Huai put away the chickens and loaded the collected chickens and ducks into the car. Qin Yu stepped forward to help.
"Then you remember to come tomorrow. Some people are not at home. They have more families. It costs food to raise them. The hens hatch chicks every day, and there are nests of chicks." The aunt who bought thirty yuan kept talking and making plans. I wonder if I can still sell it.
"Okay, I'll definitely come tomorrow." Ji Huai also nodded, got in the car, turned around, and the tractor left again.
They spent a lot of money on the acquisition, and Qin Yu kept track of the accounts. She looked at the surrounding fields and said to Ji Huai, "They don't have mountains here, so there must be less land, and there are fewer people growing pepper. In this case , the income will be greatly reduced.”
Because of the pepper, the villagers at Ji's side have a pretty good income, even if it takes less than a year. Looking at this place, there are very few valuable crops, which is miserable.
Ji Huai looked ahead, where a small tractor was driving on the muddy road. He said, "Well, the villages in this area don't have much mountainous land. They are further away from the city than us, so they are very poor. They grow rice on the ground, and the rice is not valuable." , we can buy rice from them next time we come, and we can feed the chickens and ducks when we buy it back.”
After driving for a long time, the small tractor bumped back and forth. Ji Jun was shaken so much that he fell asleep, and his buttocks were numb from sitting. As soon as Qin Yu got home, he and Ji Huai quickly carried the chickens, ducks and geese to the backyard and fed them rice. .
The next day.
Qin Yu woke up Ji Huai early and said, "Get up quickly and sell it. I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it if it's too late."
Ji Huai got up, rubbed his eyes, and yawned, "Then you and your son are at home, and I'll go sell it."
"No, we have to go together. I'll carry him." How can Qin Yu feel relieved? The acquisition cost a lot of money, so she had to work hard.
Although Ji Huai was more eloquent than her, she always felt that she could be of little help, and she would not be at ease at home if she didn't go there.
"Okay, let's go together then." Ji Huai got up.
It was just dawn at this time, and the two went to the backyard to take a look. The old hen in the cage actually laid eggs, and she also laid four eggs.
Qin Yu picked it up with a happy face, "Eggs can be sold. I've seen people selling them for eight cents each."
Ji Huai: "Let's eat it at home."
"No, take it. If it can be sold, we will buy eggs next time. We can also buy vegetables. We will buy everything that can be sold!" Her brain was thinking faster than his this time.
So the four eggs went with them.
Qin Yu first held her son, who was drowsy. When they got there, she and Ji Huai got out of the car and put her son on the chair at the front of the car to sleep.
Ji Jun was small and could just sleep. Qin Yu also brought a piece of Ji Huai's clothes and gently covered his son.
The two of them were getting ready. It was already dawn, and the street was already very lively, selling everything.
"Selling steamed buns, five cents a steamed bun, ten cents a meat bun, selling steamed buns, selling steamed buns..."
"Want eggplant? Cabbage is 25 cents, bean sprouts are 3 cents, bean sprouts are 30 cents, they are sold cheaply."
"Selling youtiao, delicious youtiao."
"Pork costs one pound and eighty pounds. Mom, would you like some ribs? It's only one pound and eighty today."
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Various shouts were heard, but the people walking by the tractor still glanced at the chicken on the truck, and then at Ji Huai and Qin Yu.
Qin Yu was thin-skinned and a little embarrassed, but fortunately Ji Huai was so strong that as soon as someone looked at him, he quickly said, "Uncle, do you want to buy chicken? The chickens in the country are very nutritious and delicious."
"How to sell it?" The uncle put his hands behind his back and looked up at him.
"The old hen costs one pound for one pound. She has been raising it for a long time and is still laying eggs. The other chickens cost one pound for six." Ji Huai replied.
"So expensive?" The uncle was a little disgusted and said dissatisfiedly, "It costs two or three kilograms each, how can you have the money to buy it?"
This tone was like forcing him to buy again.
Ji Huai: "Uncle, meat is not cheap. Ducks are cheap. One yuan and a pound. The skinny ones are less than two kilograms. Two yuan is more than one pound."
He picked up one and said, "This one costs 2.5 yuan. If you buy it, I will give you another egg."
The uncle still hesitated.
His retirement salary is not too small, more than fifty yuan a month, but he is used to saving, so he still has to think about it.
"Young man, is this really an old hen? How long have you kept it?" Another lady with permed hair came over and looked at Ji Huai and asked.
"I have been raising it for more than a year. It is really from the countryside. It is pure natural and absolutely nourishing." Ji Huai affirmed and took out the fattest one. "If you don't believe it, if you buy it back and raise it, it can still lay eggs."
Auntie: “How much is a pound?”
He answered: "One dollar and eight."
"I'll buy two. It's cheaper for me. I want to replenish the health of my daughter-in-law and daughter, who are in confinement." The aunt said.
"Okay, you pick your own, and I'll give you a cheaper price for whichever one you like." Ji Huai opened the cage and was very happy.
The aunt stepped forward and picked the two fattest ones, "These are the two."
Ji Huai tied up the chicken's feet for her, picked it up and said, "The two weigh a total of six pounds and two, eleven yuan and sixteen cents. I'll give you eleven yuan, and I'll give you two eggs."
The aunt was very happy, took out the money and handed it to him.
Ji Huai took it and gave the money to Qin Yu.
Qin Yu took the money and successfully sold her first order. She was so excited. She bought it for one pound and fifty-five cents, and sold it for one and eighty cents. She made two and a half cents for one pound and a few dollars for six pounds.
The uncle finally bought a duck for two and a half yuan and asked Ji Huai to give him two eggs. He agreed and asked Ji Huai to come back if it was delicious.