After finishing the work in the space, Luo Xuan had a good night's rest at home.
The second day.
The frog market was closed today, so Luo Xuan didn't get up so early.
Luo Xuan, who had a rare free day, ordered the three brothers of the Zhou family to push the trolley of the production team to the supply and marketing cooperative in Hongxing Township early in the morning to buy starch and a large iron pot for himself.
Luo Xuan also asked them to bring an old turtle to Chen Xiaoduan's house, which would completely offset the previous debt between him and her.
Arranging work for the three brothers of the Zhou family in this way will not increase their burden.
Anyway, the three brothers must go to the food store of the supply and marketing cooperative separately to buy dozens of kilograms of starch for themselves.
Zhou Laoer went to deliver turtles to Chen Xiaoduan's house, and Zhou Laobo went to buy starch.
When Boss Zhou is done with his work, he switches to Boss Zhou to do the shopping. Then Boss Zhou goes to the daily miscellaneous store to buy a big iron pot for Luo Xuan.
In this way, they stagger their purchases of starch so that they are less likely to attract the attention of others.
You don't need food stamps to buy starch. This is a flaw that occurred when the supply and marketing cooperative formulated its sales policy.
According to Luo Xuan's estimation, it won't be long before the supply and marketing cooperative becomes aware of this problem.
After the supply and marketing cooperative closes this loophole, it will not be easy for you to buy starch again.
This time Luo Xuan planned to buy 50 kilograms of starch first, which cost a total of 7.5 yuan.
And a super large iron pot is very expensive.
I only use the iron pot to make vermicelli occasionally, so Luo Xuan asked Boss Zhou to just buy a second-grade large iron pot.
Starch costs 7.5 yuan, and second-level cast iron pots with some bumps cost 6.3 yuan.
Adding the two together, it costs 13.8 yuan.
As for making vermicelli, the alum that needs to be added is not valuable, and the amount of alum used is very small and can basically be ignored.
13.8 yuan is not a big deal to Luo Xuan now.
But the problem was that Luo Xuan couldn't come up with so much cash right now, so he had no choice but to go to Dai Hongmei's consignment store and borrow 15 yuan from her to make ends meet.
When he went to borrow money, he made sure that Dai Hongmei's mother was not at home. Otherwise, Luo Xuan estimated that her mother might not lend her so much money.
In the end, Dai Hongmei took out her own private money and secretly lent the money to Luo Xuan.
As for the money in the drawer of her consignment store at home, Dai Hongmei would not touch it.
The business of such consignment stores in the production team is very small. Most of the time, the daily turnover may not reach 20 yuan.
Not to mention that Dai Hongmei took out so much money, even if he took out only 2 yuan, Dai Hongmei's mother would be able to detect it.
This time, the three Zhou brothers went to Hongxing Township to help them with work.
The reward Luo Xuan gave them was that the three brothers were allowed to go to the catering service club, and each of them could buy a pea cake to eat.
As for whether Fatty Gu will sell it to them, Luo Xuan has no control over it.
I believe Boss Zhou will find a way to solve this matter.
Then Luo Xuan allowed them to drink "sweet boiled water" for 2 cents a cup and eat "cold cake" for 3 cents a bowl on the roadside on their way back.
this period.
Along the roads and paths leading to Hongxing Township, members of the local production team will set up stalls selling cold water.
There are several types of this kind of cold boiled water: the one soaked with gardenias, and the yellowish boiled water.
Medicinal tea made from honeysuckle.
The most expensive kind is boiled water mixed with saccharin, which everyone calls "sweet water".
Although on the surface, private participation in economic activities is not allowed in this era.
But those who are elderly and have limited mobility will boil a pot of water at home, carry it to a roadside stall with a wooden bucket, and sell it in exchange for some salt.
The local township office will not care about these matters.
Because this cannot be regarded as a business, it can only be said that this kind of behavior is "convenient for the people passing by."
The three brothers from the Zhou family went to Hongxing Township and each received 8 cents as reward. They were so happy that they pushed the cart and ran as fast as they could!
The three brothers went out to do errands for themselves and went back and forth, which would waste time cooking for Uncle Zhou.
Regarding this point, Luo Xuan made arrangements for them: they picked out two larger carps from the catches they had caught before.
After Boss Zhou and the others come back, the three brothers can carry the carp home and claim credit from their father, using the excuse that they went out to catch fish for him.
Think about it.
The three brothers would not have suffered an extra beating from Uncle Zhou.
Don't say it yet.
The benefits of Luo Xuan's effort to subdue these three brothers were now revealed.
With them helping him with things, Luo Xuan can free up more energy and time to do other things.
The three brothers have been gone for a long time now, and Xiaocao came once last night. Now she should not come to play with him again.
When Xiaocao came last night, Luo Xuan gave her two boiled eggs and watched her finish the eggs before Luo Xuan sent her home.
I had a total of 10 eggs, and I ate 4 of them on the road, leaving 6 for Xiaocao.
Although boiled eggs are delicious, Xiaocao should not be allowed to eat too much at one time, otherwise Luo Xuan is worried that Xiaocao will eat less.
I was bored at home, so I caught two chickens in the yard, and then slipped into the space.
Luo Xuan wanted to compare: What is the difference in growth rate between chickens raised outside and chickens raised in space?
This is no better than not knowing, Luo Xuan was shocked by the comparison!
It’s only been a few days and the gap is already so big?
I saw that the chick in the space had begun to grow more than two inches of hard feathers on the wing tips. The bright yellow down that was originally covered in it had begun to fade away, and it slowly began to moult.
The chickens in the space are all lively and energetic, and they all look very healthy.
According to the growth rate of the chickens in the space, in just a few days, they will have passed this first moulting stage, and when they enter the chick period, they will grow even more rapidly, and they will gain weight very quickly.
Very fast.
As for the chicks raised in the yard, the feathers on their wingtips were just beginning to sprout.
There were two chicks among them, looking a little lethargic and sick.
During this period, since the chicks are not vaccinated when they hatch, they usually lack some basic antibiotics such as oxytetracycline and streptomycin.
Therefore, the survival rate of chickens raised by production team members is not high.
These two sickly chicks looked like their future was not good.
Luo Xuan raised them in the space and fed them some spring water. This should ensure that these chicks can grow up smoothly.
Looking at the poultry in the space, Luo Xuan felt that the chickens and rabbits he currently raised were still a bit too few.
Just wait until tomorrow!
Luo Xuan will go to the frog market and get rid of the prey in his hands.
When I have enough money, I will buy some chickens and ducks to feed, so as to ensure that I can always eat eggs, chicken and rabbit meat in the future.
After feeding the eels, the remaining big turtle, and the century-old turtle in the space, Luo Xuan looked at the growth of the seedlings and corn seedlings.
Seeing that everything was normal, he stepped out of the space.
Not long after he left the space, he heard someone calling him outside the fence: "Luo Xuan, Luo Xuan, are you at home?"
Luo Xuan went out of the room and took a look, but the person who came was the same man from the production team next door who said he was going to Tuanyudang to visit relatives.
