My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 162

   I'm sure he's not fooling around, he really has this intention.

  Laoba agreed without saying much.

   He can call the shots on this little thing.

   Although the size of the township animal husbandry station is also a basic unit.

   Salary is also given every month.

   But the salary of ordinary epidemic prevention personnel and veterinarians is only three melons and two dates, which is the same as nothing.

   Every year in the township, people are called to recruit people, but no one is willing to do it.

   Now there are young people who want to come, there is no reason to push it out.

   So Laoba said that he would take Chen Ling to hang his name at the animal husbandry station later.

   Let him be an epidemic prevention officer first. As for treating poultry and livestock, he will have to learn it slowly in the future.

  Chen Ling has no opinion on this.

   Anyway, this is what he wants.

   Furthermore, veterinary medicine is not easy for him to learn? Not a thing at all.

   "Erwazi, do you sell your sheep?"

   After the two had given the chicken a shot, Laoba asked.

"what?"

   "Uncle, in addition to the big ram, the rest of my family are either newly born lambs or ewes in labor."

   "I know, I heard from your brother, this is the sheep you're looking for. Would you sell it? If you sell it, this little brother will give you a piece of it regardless of whether it was born or not. You can negotiate the price yourself."

   These two children are the cousins ​​of his son-in-law's family, so he's not polite and asks straight to the point.

   "Both big and small? Brother, are you a sheep dealer?"

   "Haha, he's not a sheep dealer, I can't get it from you even if he is a dealer..."

   Laoba squatted in the corner and knocked on the cigarette pole.

   explained to him while filling the tobacco pot with tobacco leaves.

   Erwazi understood after hearing this: "You want to buy sheep and go back to produce milk, it's easy to do."

"My family has just given birth to a lamb, and I don't plan to sell it now. I have to raise it for two or three years. But Uncle Lao brought you here, so I can't let you go there for nothing. There are two sheep at home , wait for a month at most, it will be born soon, I can give you one, you can pick the one that suits your eyes and take it away."

   "Okay, take a look?"

   "Come, come and have a look."

   So Erwazi took the two to the sheepfold at the top of the chicken coop.

The sheep pen here is in a spacious room separated from the chicken coop. Several fences are added. There are seven or eight goats, black and white, all of them fat and strong, and one tall. The sturdy black ram is majestic and well-raised.

Chen Ling followed the fence and went inside to take a look. He found that there were not many pregnant lambs. There were actually four or five ewes with big stomachs, mixed with the flock, and stood up bleating as soon as people came. Go to the fence, head up, and wait to be fed.

   There was also a black lamb behind a black goat, looking out curiously next to the hind legs of the ewe.

   "Look, little brother, it's the one with the biggest belly. Pick one."

   Erwazi pointed to the two old ewes with their big bellies, one black and one white. Compared with the other ewes, these two were about to give birth.

  Chen Ling squatted down and looked at it. Grandma Aries was quite big, with two big lumps hanging down bulgingly, but Heiyang was not very conspicuous.

   was about to say that he had a crush on this Aries.

  Laoba suddenly reminded me at this time: "I'm talking too much. Among these two sheep, the black sheep have high meat production and are meat sheep, and the white sheep have milk high, and they are milk goats from Guanzhong."

"This milk goat, who gave birth to a lamb, has continuous milk supply in May and June, and produces a lot of milk, but there is also a bad thing, even if no one drinks goat milk in your family, the meat will not be killed. A few kilograms of meat, less meat, not very easy to sell."

   "The black goat gave birth to a lamb. If you keep it well, you can drink milk for two or three months at most. It produces a lot of meat and the price of meat is high. You should think about it."

   I have to say that Laoba is a very qualified mule and horse broker, and I will explain everything to you clearly.

   Let you decide for yourself.

   Maybe this is the reason why his reputation has grown over the years.

   Erwazi is not surprised by this.

   "How are you, brother, Uncle Ba has explained it to you, do you want to choose which one?"

   "Well, I can't tell if it's good or bad. Well, you sell one, and you sell both, or I can take both of them together..."

   "No, no, I'll sell one. I'll give you a break. I'll see if Uncle Old Ba brought you here. I won't sell one to him when others come."

   "I'll give you a hundred dollars for each."

   "Then, take it away."

  …

  After buying sheep, there were more people in the big fair. There were densely packed stalls on both sides of the road, one by one, crowded one by one. The men, women and children who came to the market were either carrying small baskets or carrying pockets. Some were talking and laughing while walking. Some stopped to ask prices when they saw something they liked. It was a lively scene.

   "Let me go, let me go..."

  Chen Ling followed Laoba, holding two sheep with big stomachs, shouting through the crowd.

   When people heard the sound, they all avoided it, and then they saw two big-bellied ewes behind Chen Ling, one black and one white, babbling, and they were suddenly a little surprised.

   "After birth, these two ewes are about to give birth to lambs, why are they still pulling them out to sell?"

   "Don't sell it, who said it was sold, I just bought it."

   "Bought it? Who's so stupid, he's about to give up the lamb, and he's bringing it up."

   "That's right, this kid is fooling people."

   "It's not like, you can see that he followed Lao Batou, and he can't fake it."

   "Let's go, let's go to the Luoma Market, and if there's one for sale, I'll take one back."

  The crowd rumbled away for a little while, and the crowd was suddenly much more spacious.

  Chen Ling took two sheep and went to the animal husbandry station with Laoba first.

  If you want to enter the animal husbandry station, you have to meet the stationmaster and register your personal information.

  The son-in-law of the old bus at the animal husbandry station is surnamed Li. The stationmaster Li is also a half-literate person, with a square face, a big nose, thick lips, paired eyes, a gentle speech, and a smile on his face. Knowing that Chen Ling wanted to come to the animal husbandry station, he was a little surprised at first, but he quickly reacted and took him into the house to register with enthusiasm.

   "Erwazi's sheep are well raised."

"He was also raised in the first year. He bought lambs in the spring. Before buying them, he went to my house to ask them several times. Later, he told him that he just bought the meat sheep and milk sheep. ."

   "Sometimes the milk production of mutton sheep is low, and the lambs are weaned within a few days after giving birth, and the lambs will not grow well. At this time, the milk of the dairy sheep can play a big role, and it can be solved without consulting a veterinarian.

Dairy sheep, also known as dairy goats, this dairy goat produces more milk than the average female goat. The key is that it takes a long time to produce milk. The grandmother of the goat is like two balls, very big. After the lamb is born, it usually takes more than half a year. All belong to the lactation period.

   A dairy goat can feed seven or eight lambs.

   Since then, the milk of the dairy goat is in control. After the lamb is born, the mutton sheep can be weaned and continue to gain weight. When the price is good, they can sell it at any time if they want to sell it, which is very convenient.

   However, the milk volume of dairy goats is high, and it is not enough to produce meat. Among goats, it is the sheep with the lowest meat production.

   Ordinary sheep, basically three jins can produce one pound of meat, compared with this, dairy goats are quite far behind.

  The difference is the same as that of cows and ordinary cows.

   In these years, it is not enough to produce less meat, and no one in the countryside is willing to raise them.

   It was only after listening to Li, Erwazi got two or three milk sheep.

   Now Chen Ling understood after listening to Li. But he also bought both mutton sheep and milk sheep, it doesn't matter how you raise them, goat milk is definitely enough to drink.

   "Come again in the next big episode. I'll find some books for you. You can read it when you're free."

   After the stationmaster Li registered Chen Ling, he sat him down, poured him a glass of water, and the two chatted for a while.

   As for Laoba, there are always people looking for it when they meet Daji, and people have already called them away to see the animals.

   After a brief understanding of each other, the stationmaster Li sent Chen Ling out.

   "Brother Li, I came here with a tractor to go to the market this time. These two sheep have to be pulled back by a tractor. I guess it's too hard. Can you leave them here for a day first, and I'll come and take them away tomorrow."

   "Okay, it's hard to say. If you have a long way to go, you might as well stay here after giving birth to the lamb and bring it back."

   "Haha, it doesn't have to be so troublesome."

In fact, Chen Ling originally wanted to stay at Erwazi's house first, but Laoba refused to let him, and told him that Erwazi's mother-in-law was a troublesome temperament, knowing that he was willing to pay a high price, and he might have to ask him to pay more if he stayed for a few days. .

  Chen Ling had no choice but to pull to the animal husbandry station first.

   went out of the animal husbandry station and returned to the place where they set up the stall. I didn’t expect that most of the prey was sold, the deer were sold, the grass deer was sold, the two and a half wild boars were also sold, and there was not a single pheasant, wild duck, water camel left.

   Now there are only the rabbits that Chen Ling brought, and a big boar that has not been sold.

   "Uncle Fugui, you've come back. Some people want to buy rabbits, and I don't dare to decide for you. I've made several calls."

  Chen Yuqiang saw him coming and hurriedly pulled him over.

   "What's the matter, don't you talk about it on the road? You guys are looking at selling it."

   "Don't dare."

   Chen Yuqiang said, Chen Ze on the other side had already shouted: "Hey, that old man, the master is back, do you want a rabbit?"

   "Want to want."

   Not far away, next to the fritters stand, a small old man with his trouser legs hurriedly got up and ran over, with a bag of urea under his arm, followed by a few people, young and old.

   "You doll, you can make us wait, how do you sell this hare?"

   "Two yuan and five kilograms, if you want more, give it cheaper."

   Whether it is meat rabbit or wild rabbit, the price of rabbits has not been very high. In the past, the market price of pork was two yuan and five yuan, and rabbit meat was only between eighty cents and three or four yuan.

   Now the price of pork has gone crazy, and the minimum price is five yuan a pound, but rabbit meat still can’t rise.

   But a hare is definitely better than a meat rabbit. Rabbit skin is different.

   "There are six of us, we'll wrap it up for you. How much can you make it cheaper?"

   "Two dollars and three, if you don't have it, you won't sell it."

   "You're still a bit expensive. Let's make it cheaper. If it doesn't work, let's go around."

   "It's not cheap. If you think it's expensive, you can go around."

  Chen Ling didn't eat this set, and Yu Qiang next to him was also smiling. They had seen it before, and this set is their biggest stall.

   I won't say anything about wild boars, just this rabbit, the three cages are placed outside, who can compare with them.

  The hares are all sold in pieces, no more than ten at most, and there are so many like them.

   "What about Brother Xian and the others?"

  Chen Ling took a look and saw that several people were missing.

   "It's over-balanced. How many families of two and a half wild boars should be divided into one point."

  Chen Ze replied.

   "Sold to a dealer?"

"No, there are several families who married wives, and they came to the market to find meat, and they were not satisfied. Seeing that we had two and a half pigs here, we gathered together after a discussion and took them away together. "

   In fact, the big wild boar is much cheaper to sell meat, but the taste is great, the meat is firewood, and marrying a wife is a festive event, and this meat is used for scolding.

   "That's it, I didn't expect that there are still wives in the eighth month of leap."

   "What's wrong with Leap August? Will there be no good days in Leap August? Bring Leap with Double Eight, and have children and daughters. It's also a good sign."

   They chatted, and the gang who came to buy rabbits turned around and turned to them.

   apparently did not find satisfactory.

   "Young generation, if a dime is less, two dollars and two will do?"

   "Two bucks is two bucks, you guys take it, I'll save the trouble."

   "How do you weigh, separate or one piece?"

   "Separate, we are not together."

   "Then you pick first, and then go to the scales after picking."

After a lot of work, the rabbits were dealt with, and Chen Ling had about 500 yuan in the account. Not long after the sale, a lot of people surrounded the stall, noisily slashing the price, and some people wanted the big wild boar, still the same A group of people left.

   Most of these people are still butchers who come to the market.

Now that there are few pigs, the traders go to the village or to Daji to collect pigs. Many times they are led by pig brokers, and it is difficult to get them. Therefore, as long as they come to Daji to sell meat, the stalls sell very quickly. It is very rare that live pigs in Luomashi can be traded.

   Just like Chen Ling and the others, a tractor item was sold out shortly after noon.

   After selling the things, they put a lot of money in their pockets, so they didn't wait any longer. After Chen Ling turned off the tractor, he climbed into the bucket one by one and drove out from the set.

   "Uncle Fugui, how much did you sell it for?"

   "Don't shout, what are you shouting on the road, wait until you find a place with no one to count."

   "The tractor is so loud, you can't hear it unless you shout."

   "There, there is a forest there, rich and rich, you drive there."

  Chen Ling glanced at it. This is an orchard in the village. This year, the fruit did not grow. It fell early in the orchard, and no one was watching, so he turned the road and drove in.

  …

   "Bah, one, two, three, four..."

  Chen Ling stopped the tractor and started counting with a thick stack of money.

  After counting, turn it over and count again.

   A group of people around him watched him count the money eagerly, almost out of breath.

   "How much? How much did it sell for?"

   "Uncle Fugui, can you count it clearly? Don't count it."

  The young boys were nervous and looked around, for fear that others would break in.

   "Don't worry, it's very clear."

  Chen Ling used his finger to write and draw on the ground, then raised his head and said, "The twelve of us have an average of more than 400 yuan per person. How is it? Is it alright?"

   "Four hundred yuan, God, we've only been in the mountains for three days..."

   A group of people gasped and stomped their feet in excitement.

   "Fugui, you are the head gun, please give me an extra 100 yuan."

  Wang Lixian was also very happy, but he was not as excited as a young man, so he reminded Chen Ling with a smile.

   "Yes, yes, Uncle Fugui, take away your one hundred dollars, and then calculate how much we can share?"

   "It's still more than four hundred after removing one hundred."

   "Huh? Still more than four hundred?"

   "That's right."

   "Yes, yes, you can do the math again, don't make a mistake."

   urged one by one.

   "Can't go wrong."

  Chen Ling smiled helplessly, so he had to do the math for them again on the ground.

  Twelve of them, an extra 100 yuan for Chen Ling, equivalent to about 10 yuan for each person to give to Chen Ling.

   It is still more than 400 yuan.

   Very simple question.

   "My mother-in-law, it's really more than 400 yuan per person. After a trip into the mountains, I earn 400 yuan in three days..."

   "If this is replaced with food, our family will not be able to eat it for half a year."

  Confirmed that each person really got so much money, and the faces of Chen Wangzhuang and his party were all happy.

   "Let's go, we've sold the money, let's go to the restaurant, I'll treat you today, thank Uncle Fugui and Uncle Li Xian."

   Little Chen Yubin shouted.

   "Go now, bro?"

   "Or, let's go home first, put the money away, and let's go to the county seat for a drink."

   His brother Chen Guangbin was timid and his forehead was sweating. He had just sold the money and dared to go out to eat and drink.

   "Then let's go home first?"

   "Well, go home, it's good to go home, feel at ease."

"Row."

  Chen Ling didn't have any objections, he turned the tractor off again, put the gear on, stepped on the accelerator, and hurried on the road.

   (end of this chapter)