Chapter 669 Waste Utilization
"Use it if you can, thrift is a virtue, don't waste it. Xiao Ping muttered to himself as he neatly cleaned up the shells and flesh scattered on the beach.
Although after several evolutions, the area of the Demon Refining Pot's space has become larger and larger, it is still very limited compared to the vast world realm outside. Therefore, anything produced by the Demon Refining Pot is very precious, and it must not be wasted casually.
Xiao Ping used a dagger to carefully cut off the cylindrical muscles on the shell of the pearl oyster and lined them up neatly beside him. These are the muscles that control the opening and closing of the shell of the pearl oyster, which is the famous scallop in the seafood, and is commonly known as dried scallops when dried.
These pearl oysters are only very large, and the size of the scallop is naturally very impressive. Such large scallops are not cheap, even more expensive than many small abalones. If you put on the brand of "fairy pot" again, it is normal for the price to double several times.
As for the scallops, they are not as valuable as the dried scallops. Xiao Ping feels that the image of the "fairy pot" brand is becoming more and more high-end, and it is no longer suitable for launching new products that look ordinary, so these shellfish will not be put on sale.
However, this does not mean that the shellfish is useless, Xiao Ping put all the shellfish into a large basin, and then left the demon refining pot with a thought. Xiao Ping carefully put away the pearls he picked first, and then went directly to Wang Xiaohu with other things.
Today, Wang Xiaohu is also very busy, not only managing two fish ponds, but also responsible for the drying of abalone. Xiao Ping would provide Wang Xiaohu with dozens of fresh abalone every other month, and he took over the process of making fresh abalone into dried abalone. These dried abalone are not only supplied to our partner Tang Seafood Shop on Hong Kong Island, but also sold to customers such as large hotels in China. It has become a stable source of income for the company.
As more and more abalone are processed, Wang Xiaohu's experience in making abalone has become more and more abundant. Mr. Tang of Tang Kee Seafood Shop has mentioned it to Xiao Ping several times. The quality of the abalone provided by the company is getting better and better, which is all due to Wang Xiaohu.
When Xiao Ping found Wang Xiaohu. He was busy in the newly built conservatory.
The work of drying abalone is largely dependent on the weather. In the strong summer of the sun, the quality of dried abalone is relatively high, in case of rainy season, the dried abalone will be worse, sometimes the fresh abalone will even rot and stink, then so the good abalone will be ruined. So according to Wang Xiaohu's request, Xiao Ping built a sun room on the vacant land by the fish pond.
The entire conservatory is almost entirely made of glass to maximize the use of sunlight. In fine weather, the glass walls and roof can be folded away to allow the abalone to dry in an all-natural environment. If it is rainy. As long as the glass roof and walls are released, the sunroom can avoid the abalone from getting wet. At the same time, high-power lighting equipment is also installed in the sun room, which can supplement the lack of sunlight in rainy weather and try to maintain the quality of abalone.
In the past few days, the weather has been bad, and Wang Xiaohu has unfolded the glass roof and walls of the sun room, and activated the lighting equipment to drain the water in the abalone. As soon as Xiao Ping walked into the sun room, he felt a hot breath rushing to his face, and at the same time, he was surrounded by the strong smell of salted fish.
Xiao Ping was almost smoked by this smell, and hurriedly said to Wang Xiaohu, who was flipping the abalone one by one: "Little tiger." Come out on, I've got something to say to you!"
Wang Xiaohu, like his father Wang Dacang, is busy with work and doesn't care about anything, just thinking about doing a good job. Although Xiao Ping is the boss. But Wang Xiaohu still waved his hand a little impatiently and said, "You go out first and wait, I'll come out soon." ”
Xiao Ping really didn't want to stay inside and smell it, so he immediately went out and waited for it. But he waited for more than half an hour. Wang Xiaohu came out in a hurry.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, all the abalone must be turned over. Failure to do so will result in a difference in quality. Wang Xiaohu explained to Xiao Ping a little embarrassed, and then asked him with great interest: "What are you looking for me?"
Xiao Ping is very clear about Wang Xiaohu's attitude towards work. waved his hand to ask him not to care about it, and then took out a scallop and asked Wang Xiaohu: "What is this?"
"It should be a conpoy, right?" Wang Xiaohu recognized this thing at a glance, and then asked Xiao Ping in surprise: "This conpoy is really big enough, is it our next main new product?"
Xiao Ping shook his head and said: "It's not a major new product, it can only be said to be a by-product with use value." Did Mr. Cao teach you how to dry scallops? If you do, you will be responsible for these things in the future. ”
Wang Xiaohu said disdainfully: "Of course I have learned." This thing is much easier to handle than abalone, and I can't even handle abalone properly, and I can't handle dried scallops?"
Since Wang Xiaohu was so sure, Xiao Ping didn't talk nonsense, and simply said: "Okay, this matter will be in your hands in the future." This batch is dried, let's taste it first and see if there is any need to bring it to the market. ”
"Cheng, leave it to me. Wang Xiaohu took the scallop and wanted to go back to the sun room.
Xiao Ping hurriedly stopped Wang Xiaohu: "Wait, there are still some shellfish here, you can take it too!"
Wang Xiaohu was dissatisfied: "Shellfish is not worth a few dollars, and I have to be responsible for dealing with it? This is a serious waste of human resources!"
"It's for the fish we raise. Xiao Ping reluctantly explained: "Isn't there shrimp or shellfish in fish feed? These are not ordinary shellfish, the nutritional content is absolutely first-class, and the grade may be lower for people to eat, but it is absolutely first-class when used to feed fish!"
Wang Xiaohu also knew that Xiao Ping often did some mysterious experiments, and he was also convinced of his words, so he immediately took the shellfish meat and said: "Okay, I will add these shellfish to the fish feed and see what changes will occur." ”
Xiao Ping nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, don't forget to tell me if there is a result, there will often be scallops and shellfish in the future." ”
After solving the problem of the whereabouts of the scallop and shellfish, Xiao Ping went to the chicken farm again and gave Zhao Quan all the shells of the pearl oysters. Although the green laying hens in the chicken farm are fed natural feed, they should also be fed something like shell meal to help them replenish calcium and various minerals.
Compared with ordinary shell powder, these shells are undoubtedly richer in various trace elements, and it is naturally better to feed chickens and geese.
Xiao Ping easily used all the by-products left over from pearl diving, which not only avoided waste but also benefited the farm's operation. Just when Xiao Ping was proud of this, he received a call from Pierre, who was far away in France. (To be continued......)