In less than ten minutes it was the second of February, and the dragon raised its head.

Li Hong's car to Wang Shaodong delivered chickens at 11:50 p.m. on the first day of the second lunar month came to the front of the memorial arch in Taohualing Village, and at this time Wang Shaodong and Zheng Tao were waiting under the memorial arch.

Zheng Hui is still in the chicken coop on the mountain, using an electric fan and a standing stove to raise the room temperature.

"Xiao Wang, where are the chicken seedlings transported?" Li Hong jumped down from the co-pilot and asked Wang Shaodong.

On the phone, Wang Shaodong had already told Li Hong that this batch of chicken seedlings would not be transported to their chicken farm, and then asked him to wait at the archway in Taohualing Village, Wang Shaodong wanted to lead the way for Li Hong.

"Uncle Hongzi, transport it to the foot of the mountain over there. Wang Shaodong pointed to the dark direction to the west and said.

"Is the road easy?"

"It's not easy to walk, be careful. ”

"How far is it?"

"It's about two miles away. ”

"How shall we go?"

Wang Shaodong pointed at Zheng Tao and said, "Let him lead the way on a motorcycle in front, and let's go to the cab." ”

Li Hong nodded and said to Wang Shaodong, "Get in the car." ”

The road is not easy to walk, it is not enough to let Zheng Tao lead the way, some places are more difficult to walk, and Wang Shaodong has to remind the driver in the cab.

The car that delivered the chickens was a double-row box of goods, so after Wang Shaodong got in the car, he also had a place to sit.

As soon as Wang Shaodong and the others got into the car, Zheng Tao rode a motorcycle in front to lead the way.

Leading to the foot of Songbai Mountain, the chicken coop built by Wang Shaodong over there is all dirt roads. Fortunately, this season is not the rainy season, otherwise it would be difficult for a tractor to go up the mountain, let alone a box cargo.

The dirt road up the mountain is similar to the dirt road on the side of Wang Shaodong's farm, which was originally a small road, but was later pressed out by a tractor that went to the mountain to pull stones.

Some places are full of potholes, and unfamiliar drivers can easily get stuck in them.

If you really throw the car on the road in the middle of the night, Wang Shaodong's chickens will be in trouble.

Along the way, Wang Shaodong had to remind the driver from time to time that in the end, the distance of less than a thousand meters actually ran for almost 20 minutes, which was not much faster than walking.

As soon as the car stopped, Wang Shaodong and Li Hong quickly jumped out of the car and ran to the chicken coop.

The whole chicken coop is more than 50 square meters, there is an electric heater is working, and there is a large stove on the south wall. The window was sealed with plastic sheeting, and a thick cotton mattress was hung at the door to block the cold outside, and when he arrived at the chicken coop, Li Hong hurriedly glanced at the temperature and humidity meter hanging at the entrance and nodded: "Yes, hurry up and unload the chickens." ”

"Let's go, Zheng Hui Zheng Tao, let's go get the chicken crate. ”

Chicks are afraid of the cold, so long-distance transportation of chicks must be carried in air-conditioned boxes, and they must be packed in wooden boxes covered with thick insulating plastic sheets.

Generally, this kind of box specially used to hold chicks, one can hold fifty chicks, and when counting the chicks, as long as the number of boxes is counted at the end.

Wang Shaodong asked for 500 chickens, which happened to be ten boxes.

"Okay, Xiao Wang, are you going to jump out and do it yourself?"

Seeing that Wang Fumin and his wife did not come, Li Hong said to Wang Shaodong with a smile.

Chicks are sprinkled into the small chicken coop enclosed with plastic sheeting, at the beginning in order to keep warm, so the chicken coop breeding density of the chicks will be very large, free-range breeding can also reach 50 per square, and 500 chicks, as long as 10 square chicken coop is enough.

Wang Shaodong turned around and smiled at Li Hong, and then said, "Uncle, my father's 80,000 carnivorous chickens over there will definitely not be able to take care of them on the mountain." ”

The temperature in the room must be 234 degrees, and the temperature in the chicken coop of the small chicks enclosed in plastic sheeting is about 29 degrees.

29 degrees is just the right temperature, which is best for chick growth and rest.

Everyone was busy, Wang Shaodong left Zheng Hui in the chicken coop to be responsible for feeding the chicks with potassium permanganate solution and waiting for them to pass meconium, and then Wang Shaodong took Li Hong and others to the next room. Chicks, like babies, need to pass meconium before they can be fed.

There are a total of ten rooms in this row, all of which are inclined sheds with a north wall of four meters and a south wall of two meters.

There are three beds in this room, and it is where Wang Shaodong, Zheng Hui and Zheng Tao sleep.

This room is half smaller than the chicken coop room where the chickens are raised now, only about 20 square meters. After entering the door, there is a small square table not far away, on which are four ready-made dishes, namely a plate of fried peanuts, a plate of Shun Xiangzhai sausage, a plate of pork skin jelly, a plate of fried pork with green peppers, and a pot of tomato and egg soup.

Four dishes and one soup, it's okay.

Li Hong and the others traveled more than 200 miles from Sidian Town to this side, and they came in a hurry, and they had to soak for six or seven hours on the road.

Generally speaking, Li Hong and the others had to start catching chickens as soon as it was dark at six o'clock, and then they had to go on the road after drinking the porridge in a hurry. The chicks are caught out of the incubator and must be transported to the chicken farmers within eight hours, otherwise the chicks will easily catch a cold after a long time.

After a hard journey, when they arrived at the farmer's house, Li Hong and the others would definitely be hungry, and then they would have to get them something to eat when the clock came.

Li Hong is a real person, and he is not polite, so he asked the driver to sit down to eat, and Wang Shaodong and Zheng Tao also accompanied them to eat.

These dishes are all made by Zheng Hui, I have to say that Zheng Hui's cooking skills are still very good, although not as good as Wang Shaodong's mother, but definitely much better than most men.

"Uncle, you are all tired, after eating, lie down with me for a while and wait for dawn before leaving. ”

The driver looked at Li Hong with palpitations and said, "This road is really difficult to walk, don't look for me next time." ”

Li Hong smiled, turned his head to look at Wang Shaodong and said, "Okay, let's go again when it's dawn." ”

"Uncle, how much is the chicken seedling?"

"Two pieces of two pieces for a chicken. ”

In the first few days, the chicks of the white-feathered broiler on Wang Shaodong's house were eight pieces, and according to the usual practice, the price of the chicks of the red jade rooster should be about two yuan three.

"Well, I'll give you two dollars and five dollars, and then I'll give you 1500 plus the fare."

The chicken seedlings cost two yuan and three, and then according to the previous practice, Li Hong wanted to mention the benefit of 3 cents for each chicken, so that he would have the benefit of 150 yuan for 500 chickens, and the fare was always 200 yuan, so if it was calculated, it was 1450 yuan. Regarding Wang Shaodong's initiative to give an extra 50 yuan, Li Hong shook his head and smiled.

"Why do you want to give an extra 50 yuan? Besides, I don't plan to ask for my 3 cents this time, so don't count it. Well, you give me 1300 just right. ”

Others bargain because they want to take advantage of themselves with less losses, but Wang Shaodong and Li Hong are now competing to let each other take advantage, which can make the driver who came with the car and Zheng Tao next to him a little confused.