Zhao Siniang persuaded bitterly: "Grandma, my father is indeed softer, but he is already changing, this is not separated from the family, it was proposed by him personally?" The eldest sister was sent to be a palace maid irretrievably, no matter how you complain about my father now, the eldest sister will not be able to come back for the time being. Instead of dwelling on the past and making our family uncomfortable, let's think about how to live a good life in the future, make more money, and strive to get the eldest sister back as soon as possible. ”

"Siniang, what did you say? Is there any way to get the eldest sister back? Without waiting for Yang to speak, Zhao Sanniang asked anxiously.

"Yes! Of course! Haven't you ever heard of 'money can make ghosts grind'? Didn't the eldest sister be sold by our grandmother to someone in the town who didn't want to send her daughter to be a palace maid, and entered the palace on behalf of his daughter? If we have money, we can also buy off the steward in the palace and let him release the eldest sister as soon as possible. Zhao Siniang, who was untrustworthy, saw that her second sister seemed to believe it, showing a look of hope, and couldn't help but start worrying about what would happen to her if she couldn't lie in the future.

So Zhao Siniang, who was weak-hearted, swallowed her saliva and changed her words: "Take a step back, even if we can't release it directly, we can give the eldest sister some more money, so that she can work in the palace and stay up smoothly until she is twenty-five years old and leave the palace." When the time comes, it will be up to the eldest sister to decide whether to marry or not, and we will prepare a rich family business for her, so that she can rely on her for life. ”

Although she knew that Zhao Siniang's words had always been mixed with a lot of water, the big cake she drew by hand still greatly encouraged the family who were looking forward to it but couldn't see the future, and pointed out a "clear way" to them.

Zhao Yongzhong, who had realized something, made up his mind, knelt down towards the second elder of the Jiang family, and said loudly: "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I can't live with Erniang, and I have harmed Erniang for the rest of my life!" I promise to spend the rest of my life making up for what I owe her! After that, Zhao Yongzhong, who was stubborn, used his actions to show his determination, and kowtowed three times.

Yang scoffed at Zhao Yongzhong's "show" that could not solve any substantive problems, and was not moved in the slightest. And Old Man Jiang still complained in his heart that Zhao Yongzhong was weak and incompetent. However, after he sighed, he still helped his son-in-law up with his own hands, and said earnestly: "Filial piety is a good thing, but you can't be foolish!" ”

Zhao Yongzhong heard this. He nodded heavily. I don't know when his perennial dull eyes became as clear and translucent as when he was a child.

Zhao Siniang on the side saw it, and she seemed to believe it or not, and said secretly: Under the enslavement education of the old Zhao family for more than 20 years, can her father really stop being stupid and filial? I look hanging!

Although Zhao Siniang muttered endlessly in her heart, she still didn't want to embarrass Zhao Yongzhong to continue. She knew that the topic about Zhao Erniang was too heavy, and only by immediately diverting the current topic could the Yang family and others let Zhao Yongzhong go for the time being, so she said casually: "Grandpa." Later, can you go to the village for me and ask, but who is willing to help us raise ducks? ”

Old man Jiang said curiously: "Raising ducks? Although our family bought so many ducks at the beginning, ducks are used every day in the shop, and most of the big ducks have been used, and most of the rest are small ducks. Those ducklings are still small. It doesn't take much to raise it, is it necessary to ask someone to help us raise it? ”

"It's not necessary now, but it's going to be soon." Seeing that Jiang was about to interject, Zhao Siniang hurriedly said: "As for the ducks in our family at present, it's not impossible to raise them by ourselves." But I want to set up a duck farm, and I plan to raise hundreds of ducks, so I can't do it without hiring someone! ”

The words "duck farm" came out. successfully attracted everyone's attention, and everyone listened carefully to Zhao Siniang's explanation: "The 20 acres of wasteland newly purchased by our family are too barren, even if we make great efforts to clean it up, I am afraid that we can only grow coarse grains such as sweet potatoes, and it is impossible to make any money." Rather than that, it's better to simply pick it up. Build a big duck house inside, let the ducks out and move around during the day, and drive the ducks back to the duck house at night. After a year and a half, you can get adult ducks and duck eggs, which will definitely make more money than growing sweet potatoes. ”

"That's a lot of land. You let thousands of ducks be stocked, and even if you invite someone to watch it, I'm afraid you won't be able to watch it, right? Zhao Sanlang thinks that there will always be some insects in the wasteland for the ducks to eat, so that the ducks can be fed less feed, and it is cost-effective to raise ducks, but how to guard them is a big problem.

"It's simple, just put a net around the duck farm! Although there are people coming and going on the wharf, most of the villagers are simple, and the other is that our family has a special guard, and no one will come to steal ducks in broad daylight. Zhao Siniang said.

Old Man Jiang muttered: "Listening to what you say, it is feasible to raise ducks in the wasteland. ”

Seeing that Mr. Jiang, who has rich experience, took the lead in agreeing, everyone also agreed.

Old Man Jiang continued: "As for the person who takes care of the duck farm...... Do you think Lao Liu Tou and his family have succeeded? First, the Liu family has few adults and many children, and children can do the work of releasing ducks, which is quite suitable for his family. Second, Lao Liu Tou is the most down-to-earth and capable, and their family can rest assured. ”

The old Liu Tou in the mouth of Old Man Jiang is Liu Shengrong's grandfather, in all fairness, Zhao Siniang is not willing to ask his family to guard the duck farm. There are a total of seven people in his family, and the population is not too small, but there are only two adults, Lao Liu Tou and his wife, and the rest are children. Among these children, Liu Tou's thirteen-year-old daughter and twelve-year-old grandson Liu Shengrong are already considered to be the oldest, while Liu Shengrong's youngest brother is only seven years old this year. Indeed, you can find some old and young people to help, but you can't raise ducks, after all, all kinds of work in the duck farm have to be done by the invited family. Their Liu family is full of old and weak women and children, can they manage the duck farm well? Well, even if their families are very capable and will not make mistakes. But such a weak lineup is placed there, making the guards useless, and it is very likely that people who did not dare to play the idea of the duck farm will covet it, isn't this a disaster for the duck field?

Although he knew that the Liu family was the poorest family in the village, Old Man Jiang must have been moved by compassion again when he proposed this, and wanted to help his family again. However, for the sake of safety, Zhao Siniang still made it clear that she objected, and proposed that the people who came to see the duck farm should have at least one strong man.

"Sister, don't look at Brother Liu, he is young, but his strength is not small at all! Definitely worthy of adults. Zhao Shilang saw that his sister was unmoved, and added: "And he also has a good dog." Don't look at that dog, but if anyone wants to fight Brother Liu's bad idea, it can become so fierce and fierce. ”

"That's true. Although our village? Mostly good. But there were also a few scum who saw that the Liu family was easy to bully, so they ran to his house to make a mistake, and they were all scared away by the dog. Old man Jiang said helpfully, after thinking about it. Then he said: "If I can let his family come to see the duck farm, I will persuade Lao Liu Tou to raise a few more dogs, and no one will dare to come to our duck farm." ”

Zhao Siniang saw everyone's expressions, and knew that they all agreed with Old Man Jiang's proposal and wanted the Liu family to do this work, so she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, but she still agreed. Then Zhao Siniang discussed with everyone the construction of the duck house and the purchase of duck seedlings.

At this time, Jiang persuaded: "Siniang, I think the idea of raising ducks is in the eye!" It's just that we got it in the first year, and we don't have much experience, and there are too many thousands. Or just raise less? ”

Zhao Siniang was as good as a stream, and nodded in agreement. She only saw her grandfather's neighbor raising ducks in her previous life, and she thought it was funny and ran to feed the mixed duck food a few times, but she didn't really have the experience of raising ducks. For the sake of safety, it is true that you can't raise more this year. The right to accumulate experience.

Recalling the ecological duck farm of the family in the previous life, Zhao Siniang had an idea and said: "I think there are many ponds in our wasteland that are quite large, why don't we dig them deep and dig them into fish ponds?" ”

"Fishpond?" Everyone couldn't figure it out, why did Zhao Siniang have so many ideas in her little head?

"In the past, when the year was good, many people in the village would raise ducks. Although our family has never raised it, it will be okay to look at it, and it is not difficult for me to raise ducks. Can you dig a fish pond? You want to dig it up and raise fish, right? I've only heard people say that some places raise fish like this, but I haven't seen anyone in our village do this, can we really raise fish for life? Yang was skeptical.

Old man Jiang also said: "This pond digging fish is a method that was only thought up in a place where there is a shortage of fish, right?" Our Jiangjiatan is a fishing village, and the most important thing is fish. What if you raise the fish? In the end, it won't sell for a few bucks. If you have this kung fu, you might as well go straight to the fight! ”

Zhao Siniang originally wanted to copy the model of "raising ducks in fish ponds" in her previous life, raising ducks and raising fish at the same time, and increasing her family's income by selling fish. But when I heard Mr. Jiang's reminder, I remembered that fish could not be sold at a high price in Jiangjiatan, and the input and output were not proportional. I'm afraid that there is nothing to make from fish farming. Thinking of this, she finally became listless again.

It seems that everything must be done according to the actual situation, and it cannot be rigid.

Seeing that the little girl wilted all of a sudden, Zhao Yongzhong hurriedly said: "I think it makes sense for Siniang to let her dig the fish pond!" Even if this fish pond is not for fish farming, it can also provide a place for our ducks to live. Ducks must be happier in the pond, and when they swim happily, they will definitely grow stronger! ”

Zhao Siniang secretly praised her father, and said in her heart: It is still my "twenty-four filial piety father" who loves me the most, and it is not in vain that I rack my brains to help him.

"If the fish can really be raised in the fish pond, even if the fish can't be sold at a high price, you can leave it for the ducks as feed, which can save a lot of feed money."

Hearing that Zhao Sanlang also came to help, Zhao Siniang began to chatter again.

At this time, I only heard Zhao Sanniang suddenly say: "How much money can you make by raising more ducks?" It's better to think about what kind of shop to open in that shop in town. At this point, Zhao Sanniang glanced at Zhao Siniang, and then continued: "If you can't think of it, then rent it out directly, and save where to waste!" ”

"Yes, what a pity it would be that the shop bought for three hundred taels of silver has been empty like this!" Jiang said regretfully.

Hearing the mention of Jiang's mother and daughter, Zhao Siniang couldn't help but blush. These days, her mind is not on business at all, and whenever her family asks her about her plans for the shop, she tells them to calm down and wait for her to think about it. It's been almost ten days, and she hasn't thought about it at all, and she still can't come up with a decent plan until now.

Just when Zhao Siniang was embarrassed, there was a faint sound of calling the door at the main entrance of the shop.

The big guy can't help but wonder, but anyone who is familiar with their family knows that after the shop closes, most of them gather in the backyard to work, and if you want to find someone, you should come directly to the back door.

The sound of the door was faint and difficult to distinguish for a while, but it was certain that it was not knocking, but banging, and it was very anxious.

Family? Most of them were enthusiastic, for fear that someone would come to the door for help in trouble, so although they were very surprised, they immediately ran to the main gate. ro