The Yellow River rushes out of the Helan Mountains and shapes the Ningxia Plain. Almost all gourmets believe that the mutton here has the best texture, is neither greasy nor smelly, and is plump and delicious. (From Tongue Season 2)
Since 1985, with the deepening of the reform of the rural economic system, the agricultural and livestock products originally purchased and sold by the government have been continuously opened to individuals and enterprises. As one of the most famous agricultural and livestock products in Ning Province, Tan Sheep has naturally There is no shortage of farmers.
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In early June, you can often hear the sound of sheep bleating in the village.
Tan Sheep is full of treasures, especially its two-hair fur. Among the five treasures, Tan Sheep's skin refers to the two-hair fur. The so-called two-hair fur refers to lambs that are slaughtered about 30 days after they are born and then processed. Fur.
However, the breeding period of more than thirty days is too long, and the lambs simply cannot grow a few kilograms of meat. For the villagers of Jintan Village, killing lambs that are more than thirty days old to skin them is too wasteful.
Because, in addition to the most famous 'Er Mao Fur', Tan Sheep can also produce wool, mutton and sheepskin, all of which can be sold for money, and the market purchase price difference between Tan Sheep and 'Er Mao Fur' is not particularly large. .
According to the market price, the value of three sheepskins is slightly equal to the value of two "two-hair furs", which seems to be a lot different, but if the value of wool and mutton are included, directly killing lambs to obtain "two-hair furs" is not the first choice of retail investors.
Only those companies that specialize in selling 'two-hair fur' would slaughter lambs in such a luxurious way.
Generally speaking, Tan sheep can be sheared twice a year, once in June and once in September. The former is spring hair and the latter is autumn hair. The yield of spring hair is twice that of autumn hair.
Overall, a sheep can harvest about 1.5 kilograms of wool on average per year.
As the market gradually opens up, farmers no longer need to carry the wool to designated purchasing stations after harvesting wool. They only need to stay at home and wait for individuals and small traders to come to purchase.
Moreover, individual purchasing prices are often higher than designated purchasing stations.
As the 'richest man' in Jintan Village, Li Jie was also the first to advocate the breeding of Tan sheep. Compared with the villagers who only raised five or ten Tan sheep, he purchased fifty Tan sheep in one go.
During this spring wool harvest, fifty Tan sheep harvested a total of 55 kilograms of wool. According to the purchase price of 9.5 per kilogram, this spring wool alone sold for more than 500 yuan.
As we all know, as long as the sheep does not die or be killed, the wool can continue to be gathered, and rams and ewes are paired with each other and can continue to produce lambs.
To paraphrase a saying from Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains, there are endless descendants.
Of course, this is an ideal situation. In reality, sheep will definitely not die or be killed forever.
However, even if the ideal state cannot be achieved, breeding Tan sheep is still a very profitable business.
After deducting the income from wool harvesting, tan sheep can be sold not only for their skins but also for their meat.
The food structure of Ning Province is different from that of many other regions. The demand for cattle and mutton here is very strong. There is a local saying that "not a single sheep can survive to make Ning Province".
Although this is just a common saying, it can also prove Ning Province's thirst for mutton.
Ningxia Province not only has to eat up all the mutton produced in the province every year, but also imports additional mutton from the new provinces and Inner Mongolia to make up for the mutton gap in the province.
If a certain commodity is in short supply, its price will naturally rise.
Therefore, breeding Tan sheep is a good way to get rid of poverty, whether for short-term benefits or long-term benefits (after Tan sheep come out of the pen).
June is the peak season for Tan sheep wool production, and all the villagers who have signed up to raise Tan sheep are busy harvesting their own wool.
And those who didn't sign up could only watch helplessly as others plucked the wool.
At noon that day, Li Dayou, who had just had lunch, was wandering around the village with a step that he didn't recognize his relatives, while picking his teeth with a thin bamboo stick.
Listening to the bleating sheep coming from everywhere, Li Dayou's heart became excited. He was always cautious and did not follow the trend of planting licorice or planting Yangtan sheep.
However, in the past two days, the villagers who have raised sheep have been raking in wherever there are crowds of people. Every time they say something like, "How many kilograms of wool did you pick up today?" and "Um, how much did you sell it for?"
Something like that.
How could someone as smart as him fail to hear the 'show off' in these people's words?
Isn't it just that I made more than a few dozen yuan? Except for the wealthy "Ma Huashui", the others only made a few hundred yuan at most.
It's only a few hundred yuan, not as much as he earned by moving bricks for ten days.
What's there to show off?
What's there to be arrogant about?
As they walked, Li Dayou didn't know what to do, so he walked towards the village headquarters.
Jintan Village is a natural village under construction. Even if all the villagers' houses have not been built yet, the village head took the lead in building them.
The village headquarters is located in the center of the village. There is no yard and there is a large open space in front of the door. Usually meetings in the village or other businesses are held in this open space.
Over time, this place also became a gathering place for villagers to chat.
Because it is spacious enough and has a large flow of people, outside vendors also like to come here to sell or purchase goods.
No, before he reached the village headquarters, Li Dayou saw a small merchant collecting wool chatting with Han San from the village.
This was not the first time that the vendor came to Jintan Village. Li Dayou happened to know him. He saw one of them carrying a bag and the other with baskets of snow-white wool in front of him.
The two of them talked to each other with happy smiles on their faces.
Li Dayou secretly guessed that this deal was probably going to be successful. Seeing this, he couldn't help but speed up his pace secretly.
After getting closer, Li Dayou pretended to be careless, raised his ears, and eavesdropped on the conversation between the two.
"Old Shen, can you raise the price a little more?"
"Oh, my dear mother, five yuan and two cents, isn't the price high enough? Fellow fellow, it's not the first time I've come here, and it's not the first time you've looked for the quota. What was the price yesterday?
Do you know?"
"Yesterday, the price per pound was only 4.9 yuan. Today, it has already increased by 30 cents. If it goes up again, we will lose money."
"Then... then... we won't sell it!"
"No, how about I give you an extra ten cents?" (gnashing teeth)
"Fellow, five yuan and three cents is really the highest price. Well, it depends on the quality of the wool in your village. Otherwise, go to other villages and ask if there is such a high price?"
Seeing Old Shen's sincere expression, Han San hesitated for a while.
In fact, yesterday he went to the farm next door with his own wool. The person at the purchasing point looked at his wool and finally only gave him a purchase price of four yuan and fifty cents.
Later, he found a few small vendors who were running one-on-one gangs. In the end, the highest bidder only paid four yuan and seventy-five cents.
It was precisely because of his understanding of the market that Han Sanfang knew that the highest price mentioned by Lao Shen was not just rhetoric, but the real highest price.
After a while, Han San handed the bag in his hand to Lao Shen.
"Okay, I'll sell you the money!"
“Great!”
Lao Shen took the bag with a smile, thinking happily.
'Hey, we've made another deal. This deal will earn us another subsidy from Party Secretary Ma.'