Chapter 44 The best sister-in-law in the 1980s (44)
“Excellent in both character and academics, women are no better than men!” The field director gave Xu Yin a thumbs up.
"Let's go! I'll take you to select fish fry. The ancestors of my batch of fish were carefully selected from fish ponds all over the country. They were bred for generations to produce the fish that are now full of the lake. They have never exported fry. You It’s the first one. But I keep my word and I’ll give you whatever you want.”
It just makes me feel a little distressed.
Because Xu Yin asked for a thousand pieces.
She plans to divide the thousand strips equally among three acres of rice fields, and keep the remaining acre of rice fields for future use. What if the fish gets sick and needs to be kept in isolation?
The director was heartbroken, but he still fulfilled his promise.
However, he was also thinking: Every household is raising rice fish in rice fields. There are so many paddy fields on the farm, why not give it a try?
And I heard from Xu Yin that rice fields can not only raise rice fish, but also crabs and eels.
Yellow crabs are most in season in June.
There is also rice with a symbiotic relationship between rice and fish. The rice ears bear particularly well, being large and plump.
If the breeding is successful, not only will an extra batch of fish be harvested, but the rice yield per mu will also increase by one to two hundred kilograms.
Xu Yin’s words before leaving made the director suddenly enlightened.
He returned to the office, lowered his head and wrote a plan. After writing it, he breathed a sigh of relief. He looked up and saw the big watermelon in the corner of the floor. He smiled and shook his head:
“This rice flower fish is indeed a fashionable item, but watermelon…”
With such a large area of land, the farm still lacks one watermelon to eat?
However, after working for a long time, his mouth was really dry. He asked his secretary to come in and cut the melon, then took a slice and took a bite.
“Ouch! What kind of melon is this?”
It’s so delicious! !
…
When Xu Yin returned home, it was approaching evening.
There are still many people gathered around the yard, all coming to inquire about the breeding methods of rice flower fish.
It seems that in the second half of the year, there will be many more rice fish farmers in Xujiacun.
As a result, fish prices at the end of the year may fluctuate.
But it doesn’t matter, the price of fish has become cheaper, and people can see fish on their dining tables.
Moreover, any industry develops in an orderly manner following the market economic law of "no one is doing it" to "rushing to do it", and then to "survival of the fittest, winner takes all".
As long as your own rice flowers and fish are fat and delicious, you are not afraid of competing with others. In a market economy, quality is the guarantee of everything.
Xu’s mother sent the villagers away and served a bowl of mung bean soup to her daughter: “How is it? Master Yu, are you willing to lend us the tractor?”
"Well, but I have to help him plow the farm first. They also have task indicators."
“That’s what it should be.”
“I’ll kill a chicken tomorrow and make soup for you.”
“Let’s kill them on the two days when the rice is harvested, and make up for my father and uncle.”
“Okay, then tomorrow mom will queue up to buy some bones for you to make seaweed soup.”
Everyone will buy some meat during the busy farming season, so meat is in short supply. If you go early, you may not be able to get it, so you can only grab some bones.
"By the way, have you asked about the fish fry? Where are they sold? It's all my fault! I didn't ask Hutang Village to order in advance. Now I asked, and Hutang Village doesn't sell them anymore. They said there are too many people buying them and they don't have enough to feed themselves."
In fact, Hutang Village has seen the rice-fish symbiosis farming method in Xujia Village and plans to try it in the second half of the year, so it is not planning to sell fish fry.
Fortunately, Pingyang County is not a small one. The cultivation of rice flower fish is currently only known to Xujia Village and several surrounding villages, and it has not spread yet.
You can’t buy fish fry nearby, but you can still buy them if you travel further away, but it’s just a little troublesome. At this time, Father Xu came back.
“I met Jianjun on the road. He said that a night school classmate’s family had contracted a fish pond and promised to sell him a batch of fry. He asked if we wanted to buy it together.”
"No, Dad, I was just about to tell you that I made an order with the farm, a thousand seedlings in total. The farm director and I selected them together. All the seedlings are good. We even pulled a net separately. When the time comes, Just take the bucket with you."
…”
The two elders were stunned for a few seconds before they came to their senses.
“Fish from the farm? That’s really good!”
“My family, Yin Yin, is really capable. I went out for a long time and accomplished all the things I was told.”
Xu’s mother was so happy that she wanted to go out to show off, but Xu Yin grabbed her:
“Mom, please don’t tell anyone about the fry before they arrive at our house. Otherwise, everyone will rush to the farm to buy them, and the farm manager will be so annoyed that he might as well not sell the thousand fry from my house.”
As soon as Xu's mother heard the truth, she immediately came back. She didn't even dare to go out of the courtyard gate, for fear that she might accidentally spill the beans and show off the fish fry that her daughter had managed to get.
The rice flower fish is a fresh product, so I don’t have to worry about no one buying it.
Xu Yin originally wanted to take it to the county to set up a stall like watermelon, but as soon as she collected it, the villagers bought a lot of it.
Some people cannot buy meat, so they use fish to replenish their bodies. After all, the busy farming life consumes their energy.
Some people think that the old Xu family will have good luck this year and buy a fish to bring back good luck. Maybe the rice fish they raise at home will have such a good harvest next season.
There are also a few families who have planned to get married or marry off their daughters after the busy farming season, and they were originally going to buy more than a dozen tables of fish.
The rice flower fish is no different from the wild one. It has strong vitality and can live for several days in a water tank. It can survive until a wedding is held, so I asked Lao Xu to buy it.
In the same village, just bring a bucket to the door and save transportation costs.
In short, everyone has their own plans, which is an advantage to the Xu Yin family.
More than two hundred fish, some of which were kept for home use or given away, and the rest were sold within three days.
The payment was returned so quickly that Xu’s mother danced with joy.
“That stinky Bigfoot is so jealous of me! She only sold half of her fish when she went to the county to sell it, while our fish was all sold out without any effort! Hahaha!”
Happier things are yet to come—
“Old man, how much do you think our fish sold for?”
"How many?"
Mother Xu is in charge of the money going in and out, and Father Xu doesn’t know.
"One hundred and fifty-seven." Mother Xu's face flushed with excitement, "Excluding the cost of buying fish fry, the net profit is ninety-nine!"
It’s only been three months!
Moreover, I only raised more than 200 of them, so I probably only sold them for a little over 200. My daughter has ordered a thousand fish fry for next season, so she can earn six hundred.
"Mom, don't be too happy too early." Xu Yin poured cold water on her.
The sales are good this time because there are few people raising fish. Next season, everyone will follow the trend and the price of fish will drop accordingly.
Xu’s mother slapped her thigh in annoyance: “If I had known, I wouldn’t have told them the fish food formula.”
Xu Yin said with a smile: "Mom, if our family is the only one that can raise big fish and the other families are all small fish, do you think there will be people who are holding back their bad intentions and causing damage? Or maybe there is something wrong with our fish food? All in all, there’s more than a little trouble.”
The two elders sighed after thinking about it.
Xu Yin smiled and said: "There is no six hundred, but there should still be five hundred."
Xu's mother's spirit perked up instantly: "That's not bad. This is just the money from selling fish. We still have three acres of watermelon! This year's total harvest is about the same!"
(End of this chapter)