sbdcsierra Chapter 599: Oxen Team
Chapter 599: Oxen Team
The man turned and left. "Then I'd better go back. There's so much manure. I need to clear a space next to the original manure pile."
Everyone lined up to ask for the fat. They were already familiar with Zhou Guo's movements. He did the same thing when selling pine mushrooms. It was indeed convenient and there was no chance of making mistakes.
When the people in the yard gradually left, the remaining people in the village who had heard the news rushed here in a hurry, fearing that if they came too late, the fat would be gone. Where could they find such a good thing?
The Zhou family members frowned as they watched more and more people gather behind them.
The old man whispered, "One hundred and sixty coins per stone, isn't that too cheap?"
Zhou Mai nodded, "It's a bit cheap."
Li said, "How much food can be produced from one acre of land? If it's too expensive, I won't buy it if I can't get it back home."
Zhou Su counted on his fingers and said, "I think the price can actually go up a bit."
Zhou Mi said: "Don't worry, this is just the beginning. Who will buy it if it's too expensive? Besides, it's not easy to sell it too expensive to the villagers. They are all acquaintances, and we don't want to make money from them. The most important thing is to promote this thing and let more people see it. Once the reputation is established, it will be easier to raise the price."
As long as they don't lose money, who wouldn't want to do such a business?
The old men thought about it and felt that this was indeed Zhou Guo's style. He might raise the price in various ways in the future.
After Zhou Guo finished counting the number of people, he stood up with the booklet and said to everyone with a smile, "Let's go and get some fat."
The villagers were actually very curious about where the fertilizer was and why there was so much fertilizer, but they didn't dare to ask too much. They just followed the path with their families, carrying baskets and backpacks. They would know when they got to the place. As for whether it was fertilizer or not, they could recognize it at a glance.
Everyone has been to the manor, but no one has ever been inside. There is no familiar person inside, and all the people living there are servants of the Zhou family. Everyone is proud of their status and doesn't want to deal with the servants of the Zhou family, so they never know what goes on inside and just think it's where everyone lives.
Of course, when they arrived at the farm, Zhou Guo didn't let them in.
He just said outside: "Okay, everyone wait here."
"Hey, why don't we go in and take a look."
Everybody wants to go in.
Zhou Guo said, "It's mainly inconvenient. Most of the places in the manor are occupied by women. We can't just go to their homes. If we lose something, who can tell? Besides, it's a mess inside. Fei isn't there. He's here."
Pointed behind the courtyard wall.
When everyone looked over, they saw piles of them just lying there like mountains.
Everyone looked at the fat in shock, their eyes no longer able to see anything else.
"So much fat? Really fat?!"
They all rushed over to see, catch and smell it.
Zhou Guo smiled and gestured inside.
After a while, one ox cart after another came out.
At the beginning of the year, she equipped the farm with ten ox carts. With the ox carts, everyone's work became easier and more efficient as they no longer had to carry things on their shoulders or by their hands.
When everyone heard the noise, they turned their heads involuntarily and were shocked again.
Although the fleet when we sold Matsutake mushrooms was larger than it is now, those cars were all rented.
This is different. There are more and more families in the village who own ox carts now, but people still envy the Zhou family for having so many ox carts at once.
Zhou Guo said, "Since there are so many people, we certainly can't transport all the goods today. If any of you can't wait, you can use your own ox cart to haul them. We'll weigh them here first, and then load them onto the cart and transport them back to your homes."
Who can wait for this?
Everyone wants to transport it back home as soon as possible to avoid any further complications.
The old man who came to join in the fun couldn't help but sigh, "I've lived long enough to see everything. There are even people who specialize in selling fat!
Wu Jiang was standing by and leading people to weigh the fruits, basket after basket.
Some who couldn't wait rolled up their sleeves and went to help, and asked their families to drive their own ox carts over. Once the manure was in their yard, it belonged to them. What if Zhou Guo changed his mind?
An old man was watching this scene and couldn't help asking Zhou Guo, "Girl, did you ferment your manure? Is this the manure you fermented?"
"Yes." Zhou Guo did not hide it. The main reason was that she couldn't hide it. She buried herself in the backyard for two years. Even the married girls in the village might have heard about it. It was no longer a secret.
She was not afraid of others saying that she took some soil, dead leaves and a little bit of fertilizer and sold it to them at such a high price. She turned these things into real fertilizer, and they were no longer junk that could be found everywhere.
The old man nodded and said while leaning on his cane: "Well done, you can turn these things into fertilizer. This is your ability and also a blessing for all of us farmers."
In previous years, even if you had money, you couldn't buy fertilizer. He saw that this fertilizer was of the best quality, not much different from chicken fertilizer.
Zhou Guo said quickly: "Grandpa, don't dare to say that, I didn't give it to you for free, I had to buy it with money."
The old man said, "I know how important fertilizer is to everyone. Even a three-year-old child knows that there is no such thing as free food in the world. But you can make this thing and let everyone use the grain from the autumn harvest to buy it. You are already doing a good deed. You have given a way to survive to those who cannot afford fertilizer or food! Child, you have done a great thing."
Zhou Guo couldn't help laughing, turned around and looked proudly at the happy crowd, his hands unconsciously put behind his back.
She had seen too many tragic things since she fled, and she had a small wish in her heart at that time, which was to save as many people as possible and to ensure that everyone in the world had food to eat. Later, when she told her family about this wish, everyone laughed at her and said she was dreaming.
Although she knew that wanting to eliminate hunger in the world was a foolish dream, she felt that she could help as many people as possible. As long as she tried, even if she couldn't do it, she would be closer to this goal.
Now, she has finally taken the first step!
Ox carts carrying carts of manure continued to flow into the village.
After a while, those who had ox carts at home drove them over, and everyone started to work. Zhou Guo asked two servants to follow them.
We were busy until dark, and only a few were left, but they showed no intention of stopping.
Everyone has transported the manure back home, so they have to transport it back too. They don't want anything to go wrong.
When the fertilizer from each household was transported away, the mountain of fertilizer was gone.
Everyone in the Zhou family was very happy.
The happiest people are the women. This is the manure they have fermented. Seeing these people scramble for their fermented manure makes them happier than eating meat. They are finally not useless people anymore. They can help their employers with work and sell the things they make for money.
The most important thing is that some space has finally been freed up on the farm, otherwise it would have been occupied by fertilizer.
Hu Zi and his men cleaned up the place and put all the ox carts back into the shed.
Zhou Guo said to Wu Jiang and the housekeeper, "I promised the villagers that each family would give them a truckload of fertilizer. You should transport the truckload of fertilizer over tomorrow. Remember to enter it into the account and have them sign it. Who knows, there might be some rogue ones."
"Yes!"