Chapter 120: Crisis and Feeding the Chickens
Although the opening of the small supermarket has been prepared for a long time, there is nothing to do with Zhao Yuan after entering the formalization, and it is only necessary to check the account books regularly.
Zhao Yuan invited Zhaojiazhuang and his father-in-law's family to return home, chatted for a long time, and Luoluo played with the girls of Zhaojiazhuang, looking very happy. Meng Ying made a hearty dinner with several aunts, sisters-in-law and Meng's mother, and after eating, everyone went back separately.
"Brother Yuan, why do you feel like you're preoccupied?" After everyone left, Meng Ying asked.
"I was thinking that when I had lunch today, Huang Qiming said that there might be a matter of excesses and miscellaneous taxes soon." Zhao Yuan said.
"Uncle, what is a harsh tax?" Luoluo asked.
"It's that we have to pay more money to the government, and it may be a lot." Zhao Yuan touched Luoluo's little head.
"So what should we do, will our family earn a lot less money?" Meng Ying said worriedly.
"It doesn't matter if you make less money, I'm afraid that the whole store will lose money at that time." Zhao Yuan shook his head and said.
"It's so serious, so our supermarket can't be opened?" Meng Ying said worriedly.
"It depends on the situation then, maybe Second Brother Wan can have a way." Zhao Yuan thought for a while and said.
In fact, if it is only a loss of money, Zhao Yuan is not afraid, but this is the beginning of troubled times, and it seems that he has to think more about the way back.
"Uncle, should we hide the family's money, what if the bad guys come and take it away?" Luoluo said worriedly, she knew that her uncle had a large amount of money in his hand.
The dividends of the first soap, after Zhao Yuan's expenses during this time, there are more than 7,000 copper coins.
"That's right, Brother Yuan, most of our family's money is the money ticket of the cabinet, in case the cabinet goes bankrupt, won't the money be withdrawn?" Meng Ying said.
"No, the cabinet shop in our town is very strong, and it won't go out of business easily." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"That's good."
Compared with the heavy copper coins, the money ticket did not feel so real to Meng Ying, and she was full of worries about the safety of her family's money.
"Let's go, Luoluo, let's feed the chickens." Seeing that the air pressure at home was a little low, Zhao Yuan said forked the topic.
"Okay, uncle, why don't our chickens lay eggs?" Luoluo asked.
"When this batch of chicks grows up, they will lay eggs then." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
The chickens bought from Zhulin Village have not grown, and it may take two months for the chickens to grow to lay eggs, and the big-flowered hens bought from the market may have been sold by their original owners because they did not lay eggs.
The chicken pen has been expanded a lot, and when the bamboo in Zhulin Village arrives, a field is enclosed to limit the range of chickens, and the tender grass and some insects that rise in the field become food for the chickens.
"It's a waste of food, Brother Yuan, this group of chickens has grown up, and after feeding it in a year, there will be a lot of waste food." Seeing Zhao Yuan and Luoluo sprinkling grain into the chicken pen, Meng Ying said bitterly.
"After a while, I'll find a way to get a feed workshop out and specialize in producing feed." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"Make feed?" Meng Ying asked.
"Yes, Wan Yunjun should be able to help solve some raw materials." Zhao Yuan nodded and said.
Grain bran, wheat bran, bean dregs, these things can be used to make feed, Wan Yunjun's family runs a grain store, Zhao Yuan should be able to buy these things from him, but there is still a lack of bone meal, oil, amino acids, etc. that need to be added to make feed.
"Maybe we can raise earthworms." Zhao Yuan said after thinking about it.
"Uncle, what is an earthworm?" Luoluo asked.
"Earthworms are earth dragons, we turned the ground a few days ago, aren't you still scared, Luoluo." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"Can you still raise a ground dragon?" Meng Ying said in surprise.
"I can raise it, but I need to find some seeds, and I have to find someone to help dig up more earthworms, oh, it's the earth dragon." Zhao Yuan nodded and said.
Earth dragon breeding in later generations is a very mature industry, many people are engaged in this industry, and the material is convenient, although there is no later generations of various good breeds of dragons, the income of breeding is not as high as that of later generations, but this is also a way of the moment.
Dilong can not only be used directly as poultry feed, but also can be dried and milled, added to other feed, and even used for fish in fish ponds.
"It's terrible, uncle, does our family really want to raise earth dragons?" Luoluo asked.
"If you want to raise, I will find someone to help in the past two days, and when it is raised, our chickens will soon be able to lay eggs after eating." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"But what does the earth dragon eat, does it eat dirt?" Luoluo asked.
"Of course not, the earth dragon eats rotten leaves in the ground, so we still have to prepare what the earth dragon eats first."
"Do you want to ask someone from Yakou Village for help again?" Meng Ying asked.
"Besides, they will be busy for a few days when they go back, after all, they haven't taken care of their own affairs during this time." Zhao Yuan shook his head and said.
"Chickens, you eat more and grow up faster, and lay more eggs when you grow up." Seeing Zhao Yuan talking to Meng Ying, Luoluo approached the chickens, holding a handful of wheat grains in his hand and feeding the chickens.
"Chirp ......"
The chickens chirped, and they were not afraid of Luoluo, forming a circle at her feet, pecking at the wheat grains that Luoluo threw on the ground.
"Uncle, auntie, I saw a chicken eating stones." Suddenly, Luoluo said in surprise.
"How can chickens eat pebbles, Luoluo, you are wrong." Meng Ying said funny when she heard this.
"Xiaoying, you are wrong, chickens will eat stones." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"Uncle, I really saw this chicken eat a stone." Luoluo said anxiously.
"I know, when we eat, we have to bite things with our teeth before eating, but have you ever thought about it, chickens don't have teeth, so how can they chew?" Zhao Yuan asked.
"Does this have anything to do with chickens eating pebbles?" Meng Ying asked with interest.
"Yes, chickens have an organ called a gizzard, which is the gizzard, and the food that chickens eat is ground here with stones, just like we eat food to crush." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"It hurts, there's a stone in my stomach." Luoluo touched her stomach and said.
"Luoluo, have you eaten it yet, have you forgotten the last time Uncle Wan and them came, the chicken offal we fried had chicken gizzard in it, isn't it very chewy." Zhao Yuan said.
"Really, it turns out that chickens still eat stones, uncle, you know so much." Luoluo clapped her hands and said.
"Alright, Luoluo, don't feed it anymore, let's go add some fodder to the white head and the black tiger." Smiling, Zhao Yuan saw that Luoluo still had to catch grain to feed the chickens, so he stopped.
"Oh, uncle, we haven't released donkeys for a while, can we go and release them tomorrow?" Luoluo asked.
"Tomorrow, but tomorrow Uncle has something, and it's something related to Luoluo." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"Something about me, what's the matter?" Luoluo asked suspiciously.
"Luoluo, you'll know tomorrow." Zhao Yuan said with a smile, the little girl will be four years old tomorrow, and she has to celebrate her birthday.