99 ducklings on credit
"Little Miss Qiao, here's it."
After a while, Uncle Niu brought them to the door of a family.
This house is very lively, and the yard is crowded with villagers.
"Xincheng, why haven't you come yet? How long have you been preparing that duck egg, and if you put it down, it will be broken", an aunt asked anxiously.
"Yes, Xincheng, the noble man is coming later and later every year, so he can't help but come this year, right? It's not cheap for us to raise some ducks and geese, don't smash your hands", and a few men who couldn't hold their breath also asked one after another.
Niu Xincheng stood in the middle of the courtyard with a bitter face: "Uncle, aunt, nobleman, I don't know when I will come."
"How could you not know? Years ago, my family didn't want to raise ducks, if you didn't pat your chest and say, you can sell duck eggs, where can my family continue to raise ducks? It's a lot of money just for food, what can I do?" muttered the old lady with silver hair.
Niu Xincheng hurriedly turned around: "Uncle, aunt, you wait, if you haven't come for a month, if you can't think of other ways, if I can't do it, I'll go to the restaurant and ask."
"What kind of way do you think, just this duck, who wants it, it's not delicious, let's raise it stupidly here. You said that you shouldn't have listened to you at that time, and that it would be nice to have this money and raise some chickens. ”
A few young people have forgotten the good days of selling ducks to make money a few years ago, and their minds are full of complaints.
"Xincheng, don't worry. Don't shout yet, I brought a noble man to collect ducks? Uncle Niu pushed away the crowd and walked over.
"What do you say? Niu Jianshan, who doesn't know what your family is like? Can you still find nobles? ”
A few young people turned their heads to the side with disdain, in the morning they were still carrying the sack with Niu Jianshan, and in the afternoon they came back to rest, and Niu Jianshan continued to carry it before leaving, just for a few more money.
If you want to say that anyone can meet a nobleman, they all believe it, just Niu Jianshan, honestly, except for making great efforts, he can't speak at all, and he has to let go when he meets a nobleman.
"The noble man is at the door, don't believe it", Niu Jianshan said with a blushing face and a thick neck.
Only then did everyone look in the direction of his finger, just in time to see Luo Xiaoqiao and the others walking inside.
The uncle at the head grabbed Sun Dianfu's sleeve: "Nobleman, are you here to collect ducks?" ”
Sun Dianfu was a little embarrassed: "It's my girl." ”
The uncle was also stunned for a moment, not to mention that he didn't look down on Luo Xiaoqiao, really, I really didn't think that any girl could come out to talk to the old man.
But seeing Luo Xiaoqiao's calm expression and the exquisite clothes on his body, he really didn't dare to underestimate it.
"Uh, this, girl, I don't know ...... you"
Luo Xiaoqiao had already understood that it was the person named Niu Xincheng who encouraged everyone to raise ducks, and he should have been out of kindness, but he didn't expect that the ducks were not collected this year, and they were blamed when they encountered something.
"Who's going to say what you're here?" Luo Xiaoqiao asked, she didn't have the heart to bargain one by one: "I want to collect ducks and geese, you can find someone to say and come and say"
"This ......", villagers, you look at me, I look at you, I don't dare to take this head, this is to talk about your own family's business, talk about good and bad is like that, but you really want to represent other people, if you get it right, if you can't do it, isn't it Luo Xincheng like this today?
"Xincheng, look, can you talk about it again?"
There was an older old man, but he still couldn't hold on, and talked to Niu Xincheng with a shy face.
They are the most convincing here, I am afraid that he is the only one, but they also understand that it is not very righteous for them to do this, and they have just complained about Niu Xincheng for a morning, and this time they will ask for it.
In the past, when I was making money, I didn't say that people were good, and I shirked my responsibilities when I encountered something.
If Niu Xincheng rejects them, they can only suffer. If they change themselves, they can't do this thankless thing anymore.
Who would have thought, Niu Xincheng is really a fool.
"Girl, my name is Niu Xincheng, what do you have to tell me, if it doesn't work, I will discuss it with the villagers, what do you think?"
Luo Xiaoqiao somewhat admired this middle-aged man, who was resolute and responsible.
"Cheng, Uncle Xincheng, that's the case, my family plans to collect ducks and geese all year round, you see how many there are in the village now, if you are willing to sell, I will take them all today", Luo Xiaoqiao was very simple.
Niu Xincheng's eyes lit up, he was about to die of worry for a while, the nobles had not come, and I really didn't know what to do with these ducks.
"Girl, what do you offer? We ducks have been raised for a long time, and it is time to lay eggs, and it is definitely not a loss. ”
Although Niu Xincheng said that the situation he was facing was very passive, he also politely asked Luo Xiaoqiao to bid so that he could gain more benefits for the villagers.
"In this way, ducks and geese are both pounds, fifteen cents a pound, what do you think?"
The price given by Luo Xiaoqiao is very kind, and he is basically about to catch up with the money for chicken in Wang Jinqiao's restaurant.
"Don't you buy duck eggs?" The villagers were disappointed, and they were counting on the ducks to lay eggs.
"Are there many duck eggs? If it's not much, I won't be able to pay a penny, and I won't be able to get more," Luo Xiaoqiao said.
"There are about 20 in each family," Luo Xincheng replied, and the other villagers looked at each other with blank eyes, and did not dare to speak more.
In the past, when nobles came, there were more rules, and whoever wanted to get in the way of the eyes might not have any business to talk about.
"Uncle Xincheng, what do you think of this price? If it's suitable, we'll settle it, and if it's not suitable, you'll see," Luo Xiaoqiao said.
"I discussed with the villagers", Niu Xincheng was actually quite satisfied, the nobles came to collect duck eggs, by the catty, sometimes have to take the head, today the price is much more cost-effective.
"What do you think?" Niu Xincheng walked among the villagers, and a group of people chatted for a long time.
"Little Qiao girl, let's sell!" Niu Xincheng didn't work hard for a while, and then came back.
"Refreshing!"
The reason why Luo Xiaoqiao came over by herself today instead of letting Sun Dianfu do it was because she wanted to see people, she wanted to find a reliable collaborator, obviously this Niu Xincheng is a good person, and it meets her requirements.
"Uncle Xincheng, I still have a deal, I don't know if you are willing to do it?" Luo Xiaoqiao asked.
"You say", Niu Xincheng has put down the big stone in his heart, feels very relaxed, and said with some gratitude.
"My family wants to harvest ducks and geese all year round, but I don't have that big a place in my house, so I plan to outsource. If you want, you can raise ducks and geese for me, and I will collect them regularly," Luo Xiaoqiao said.
"What's the way to raise it?" Niu Xincheng heard something different.
Luo Xiaoqiao smiled faintly, she was going to plagiarize again.
In the seventies and eighties, there was no money. Therefore, in the countryside, it was once popular to buy chicks on credit, that is, the hatchery arranged some people to walk the streets and alleys, and gave the chicks to the farmers on credit in the spring, and kept accounts with a notebook, and then came to settle the accounts in the autumn.
"You hatch the ducklings, and each duckling comes out, and I will give you two pennies. Then you help me get the ducks out on credit, and when the people who want them raise the ducks, I will buy them, and by the way, I will deduct the money for the duck seedlings on credit at that time, what do you think? Luo Xiaoqiao asked.
Niu Xincheng reacted for a long time before he understood the twists and turns.
"You mean? If you raise a duck without spending money, you can buy duck seedlings, and when the duck is raised, it will be sold to you? ”
Luo Xiaoqiao nodded: "That's right."
Niu Xincheng pondered for a while, the risk of raising ducks is quite high, and not all ducks can survive.
But if the duck seedlings don't cost money, they will be ripe in four or five months, and if she is twenty on credit, she can raise one, which can generally weigh five or six catties, and she can sell it for nearly ninety yuan, and after deducting the forty yuan of the duck seedlings, there will be fifty yuan left. Besides, it's impossible for most of the twenty ducks to die, it's a good deal.
"What if the person who gave the duck on credit doesn't admit it?" Niu Xincheng thought about it quite thoroughly.
"So, I have to sign an agreement, and if they don't admit it, they will pay the debt to my family for a year. If they're willing to take advantage of that, then I'll admit it."
"Cheng, Miss Luo, I'll do it", Niu Xincheng gritted his teeth, and he took it in his hand.