On the wharf in Qinghe County, Feng'er took care of it, and Brother Niu had already unloaded and loaded the car, saying that you said that he wanted to send it to the villa. Song Jiu peeled a peanut and ate it.

"Unloading and loading? Ducks are living creatures, how did you get them? When Du Mei heard him say this, he was immediately anxious.

"Those are all winged and able to fly, and they must have been transported in cages, otherwise what should I do?" Song Jiu blinked, feeling that Du Mei was asking inexplicably.

"I'm afraid I'm going to lose a little along the way, let's go and take a look." Du Mei was in a hurry, and she couldn't wait for a while, she stood up and left, and turned her head to ask, "Did you come by carriage?" ”

"yes." Song Jiu nodded, "It was Brother Hei's sidekick who sent me here." ”

"I'll be with you." Du Mei thought for a moment and said.

"Sister, I'm going with you!" Xiao Qi ran from the house.

"Xiao Qi, my sister is fine, I'll be back in a while, you and Guizi can play at home." Du Mei patted her on the shoulder and soothed.

The last time I went to Jiangling City, I was in a hurry, Du Mei's carriage was placed on the villa, the stone rode away a horse, and the two carriages could not be used for the time being, Du Mei wanted to ride Huahua, but thinking that Song Jiu's body was weak, it was safer to accompany him in the carriage, besides, this trip by water came for three or four days, if the duck was damaged, it would have been completed a long time ago, and it was not at this time.

When Du Mei left, she took a pack of dried endive at home, and told her mother that she would come back later, so she and Song Jiu hurried to the villa.

Five hundred ducks were packed in twenty bamboo cages, and they were crowded and lay down for three or four days, and when the cages were opened, the ducks could not stand and walk, so they could only be carried out one by one.

Seeing this, Du Zhong was very anxious, so he could only lock the duck in the dryland duck shed first, and this time he was about to go into the water, but he was afraid that he would be drowned.

When Du Mei and Song Jiu came, the people in the villa and Niu Er were in a daze around the duck paralyzed on the ground, and everyone had nothing to do.

"Aunt Miao, you boil these dry endives in a pot of water, scald some wheat bran, Aunt Dai, you lead Linzhi and them to dig some endive, chop them up for a while, mix them in cooked wheat bran for the ducks to eat, remember that there should be less wheat bran and more endive." When Du Mei saw the situation in the duck shed, it was as she expected, so she ordered them to do it one by one.

"What's going on?" Song Jiu was dumbfounded all of a sudden.

"The duck curled up for three or four days and couldn't move, and the blood stasized, and if it couldn't move again, I was afraid that my leg would be broken." Du Mei broke a willow branch, went into the duck shed, and gently picked up the ducks and walked.

The duck shed suddenly because of Du Mei's intervention, for a while, the duck shed seemed to be fried, the strong ducks were driven away, can slowly limp away, and some ducks are willow branches thrown in front of them, and can only lie on the ground and scream miserably, Du Mei kept shaking the willow branches in circles, and finally most of the ducks stood up and quacked.

About half an hour later, Miao and Dai led Lin Zhi and Lin Wei to bring four large pots of food, and Du Mei stepped out of the duck shed, and the ducks were hungry for most of the day, and when they saw the food, they pounced on it and devoured it.

"Is there anything else to do with this?" Du Mei looked at the ducks in the duck shed that could never stand up, and frowned and asked Miao.

"Do you want to bring a pot of one together?" Miao raised his eyes to look at Du Mei.

"After a while, feed the ducks that can't get up alone, and they won't even be able to grab food, but I'm afraid that their legs will be broken." Du Mei muttered.

"Is it useful to eat this endive?" Song Jiu asked with a sad face.

"This grass has the effect of dispersing stasis, I hope it will be of some use." Du Mei was not completely sure in his heart.

"Do you want to get rid of it?" Du Zhong cut a thin bamboo, and some of the bamboo leaves in the front section were still left.

"After a while, if they're well, they won't want to lie on their stomachs." Du Mei saw that the dozen or so big ducks in the duck shed were full, and they were standing to pick feathers.

Miao and Dai entered the duck shed, took out dozens of immobile ducks, and fed them one by one.

By the afternoon, most of the ducks had eased up, and Song Jiu's face finally looked better.

"Uncle Zhong, just keep it closed and feed it for another three days, and if there are still people who can't stand up, send them directly to the restaurant." Du Mei prepared for the worst.

"Okay." Du Zhong nodded, "Can you put it in the water later?" ”

"First give them to adapt to the shallows, catch some small fish and shrimp to lure them, after all, they are not raised by us, to change the habit of foraging, it always takes some work, these days and nights to add some food, and then slowly decrease." Du Mei carefully talked to Du Zhong about the feeding method.

Time flew by, the sun was deflected to the west, Niu Er and the others rushed back to the grain store, and Du Mei and Song Jiu also left.

"According to the situation today, won't I be able to transport ducks in the future?" Song Jiu ate dinner and said with some annoyance.

"Buying live ducks outside is just an expedient measure for now, I see that those ducks are good and bad, but I am afraid that I will not be able to achieve the skeleton meat I want for the time being, just right, the house is still being repaired, and the ducks have the right to raise for a while, and the ducks will have to rely on their own in the future." Du Mei originally wanted to open a shop early to make saltwater duck, but she didn't expect that the duck bought outside was not as good as she expected.

"I also have water at home, I can raise it like you, and at that time, self-sufficiency will definitely be no problem, but it is difficult to travel on the road and cannot be transported." Song Jiu thought of this, he lost his head for a while, and sighed softly.

"If you really raise it according to my method, this duck will be easy to come." Du Mei scooped him the sour soup fish fillet and said with a smile.

"What do you say?" When Song Jiu heard this, he didn't care about eating, and suddenly came to his senses.

"You come to me mostly by water, and my ducks are used to being raised on the water, when the time comes, find a few fishermen who are familiar with the water to prop up a bamboo raft, all the way to drive the ducks over, not only save food, but also lighter than your big boat, at most two or three days can go to Gangneung City." Du Mei took another bowl of soup and handed it to him.

"That's a good idea!" Song Jiu slapped the table excitedly, "I couldn't have imagined it." ”

"Eat quickly, eat well, let's talk about it in detail." Du Mei smiled and buried himself in eating.

The two talked a lot in the evening, and Xu arranged for Song Jiu to live in the original house of the stone, and the bedding and pillows were replaced with new ones.

The next day, the two sat in the yard peeling corn kernels, and Song Jiu asked Du Mei for advice on how to raise ducks like she did at home.

Du Mei went from selecting duck seedlings to eating training to selecting ducks, which can be regarded as teaching Song Jiu all the ways of raising ducks at home.

"You're not afraid that I'll learn to open my own shop?" Song Jiu joked.

"Why be afraid, the business of the grain store, we cooperate well, I know that you are a person who values reputation and integrity, and will never do such a thing, besides, I have a method, I can always create a new food, this is my magic weapon to win, no one can surpass." Du Mei is full of confidence, she is not afraid of others learning from her, because she has always been ahead of the way on the road of duck cuisine innovation.

"That's why I'm the smartest, and I'm only doing business with you, not looking for abuse to be your opponent." Hearing this, Song Jiu laughed.

"I want to try to make salted duck now, but I don't know if the diners will buy it, you haven't even tasted the taste of duck, but you dare to talk to me about cooperation?" Du Mei also smiled, of course she wanted to succeed, but being the first person to eat crabs was always risky.

"I've eaten at your house for so long, I can't trust your craftsmanship anymore, isn't it too stupid, don't say anything, whatever you do in the future, I will vote for you." Song Jiu waved his hand, he had never thought of this kind of questioning.

"Deli shops rely on word of mouth, and if you want to make money, I'm afraid it's not so fast, so you don't need so much money at this time." Du Mei calculated that Feng Xian still had five thousand taels to invest in her, which was enough money to run a delicatessen shop.

"Since we are going to Jiangling City, we will naturally make a big one, you have already chosen to make cooked food, let's open another restaurant, complement each other." Song Jiu had already planned it, and it happened that he had the opportunity to speak at this time, so he would have to persuade Du Mei in the future.

"I don't have much money now, I'm afraid I can't do it." Du Mei touched his earlobe and said with some embarrassment.

"According to what I know, your plum character is worth 10,000 taels in Jiangling City, if you add your superb cooking skills and innovative dishes, a restaurant, you have to take half of it, and dare to say that you have no money." Song Jiu took a sip of tea and joked.

"You're talking about Luo Meixuan's embroidery, what does this have to do with eating?" Du Mei didn't want to have any more entanglements with Chu Lin at all, but the reality didn't let her go at all.

"Whether it's embroidery or food, it's all you, don't you have a sign for your delicatessen?" Song Jiu really hit the nail on the head, and Du Mei's heart was pinched.

"That's what I'm going to do." Du Mei smiled bitterly, her entanglement with him would not be broken because she wanted to, unconsciously, how many things and how many people were entangled, intentionally or unintentionally, they were entangled in one place.

"That's not it, our restaurant is called Mei Ji Restaurant, it's in the same vein, how good!" Song Jiu said that he was excited, standing in the courtyard and pacing.

"How can there be such a rustic restaurant name, the name of the drunken fairy building, just listening to it, I feel very good." Du Mei chuckled.

"The name is good, the price is expensive, let's Mei Ji, we will also buy delicacies from the mountains and seas in the future, but our prices will drop a lot, so that the dishes are rich and the price is close to the people, and there will be no guests to come?" Song Jiu's family has many shops and restaurants, and when it comes to doing business, the head is the way.

"Mei Ji in Qinghe County is taking a road, and the response is good." Du Mei nodded and put the corn kernels in his hand in the basket.

"So, let's do this, you have a famous signature idea, I have a ready-made cook, and now there is only one house left." The more Song Jiu spoke, the more excited he became, as if he was going to start doing it tomorrow.

"Ye Dan originally said that he wanted to find a house and buy it for me, but I don't know if I can find it now?" Du Mei remembered what she said before, and thought about it, now that she was empty-handed, even if she had a house, what would she buy it, and she couldn't help but shake her head again.

"If I can really find a house, I'll pay for it." Song Jiu saw Du Mei's embarrassment.

"How good is that! Your family is not at peace, but I am afraid that you will not be able to mobilize so much money for a while. "Dumay is not very in favor of this.

"Otherwise, if they buy a house and invest it in a restaurant, won't they be counted as a share?" Song Jiu saw that Du Mei couldn't do this, and that didn't work, so he was in a hurry.

At this moment, a warm male voice sounded outside the door: "Meizi, are you at home?" ”