1987: Sleepless Tonight

Dairy farmers have long been in a hurry.

I have been here for half an hour, there are many people watching, but few people are buying.

Looking at rare objects one by one, it's like coming to a circus.

Finally someone asked the price.

"Boss, my milk costs only 2 cents per catty." The dairy farmer was afraid that Lu Hao would think it was too expensive, and explained, "If you buy it at a milk station, it costs 4 cents per catty for raw milk. It’s expensive, 3 cents a catty.”

Raw milk is actually not good to drink. Anyone who has a daughter-in-law knows it. It smells good, tastes bland, and it still smells fishy in the refrigerator.

The price of milk is expensive, the taste is not palatable, and it is not easy to store. The combination of several factors is the reason for the poor sales.

Some dairy companies sometimes do not collect milk, and the dairy farmers have no way to store it, and there is too much for their own use, so they bring the cows to the city to see if they can sell some of them to recover their losses.

The weather is hot, so it is not easy to squeeze out in advance, so sell it now, keep it fresh, and try to sell it at a good price.

Just like selling vegetables, pick vegetables early in the morning, and rush to the vegetable market in the dark to try to sell them for a good price.

2 cents 4 a catty, this price is not expensive.

"Can you squeeze a kilogram?" Lu Hao asked.

"Yes." The dairy farmer said with a smile, "This cow can milk more than a dozen catties a day, three times a day, and you can use the enamel jar to fill it."

The dairy farmer glanced at Nini who was standing beside Lu Hao, "This is your baby? The baby is too young, so please don't give her raw milk. It's easy to get upset and needs to be heated."

Lu Hao smiled, this dairy farmer is quite honest, he didn't say that the freshly squeezed milk is fresh, delicious and highly nutritious.

Many people have a misunderstanding about fresh milk, thinking that freshly squeezed milk is called fresh milk, which has high nutrition, good taste, pure natural and pollution-free. In fact, this is not the case. Freshly squeezed milk has high nutritional value, yes, but it is often Accompanied by a lot of bacteria, it is necessary to heat and disinfect by yourself.

It is not a matter of taste, but of hygiene. After all, milk is not human milk. It is impossible for dairy farmers to wash the milk every day, as it will be stained with bacteria.

It may be fine for an adult to drink it, but if it is given to a child, the child's resistance is weaker, and they may be infected.

"How do you heat this raw milk?" Su Min asked.

"It's simple, do you have a pot at home? Just put it in the pot and cook for a while, but be careful and control the heat so that it doesn't burn." The dairy farmer said, "If you have sugar at home, you can add some sugar to it , the taste will be better, and it will be easier for children to accept."

"Don't look at the taste of this food is a bit fishy, ​​but it is nutritious. Many leaders have ordered it at home for the elderly and children to drink."

Su Min immediately went upstairs and came down with an enamel jar.

The dairy farmer put the enamel jar aside, and he himself took out a glass bottle and explained to Lu Hao, "This is a milk bottle used by the milk station. One bottle is 250 grams. I won't lie, you can take it later. You can also weigh yourself when you go back, if it’s asymmetrical, just find me.”

He squeezed 4 bottles of milk, poured all into the enamel tank, and added another half bottle, which was considered a waste.

Do business honestly.

"Are you coming tomorrow?" Lu Hao asked.

"Boss wants more tomorrow? Here, do you want it in the morning or in the afternoon?" the dairy farmer asked immediately.

Milk is not easy to sell, and if it wasn't for subsidies, he wouldn't be able to raise cows. Milk companies first buy milk from state-owned units and collective units, and only buy private milk when there is a shortage.

Most of the time, the company does not come to collect it, and I drink too much, and no one wants it after selling it. There are costs to digest every day, and the feed and the like cost money.

Being forced to do nothing, he led a cow to the city, and sure enough, no one asked for it for half an hour. Now finally, someone is willing to buy it, and he is very happy.

"Yes, in the morning and in the afternoon." Lu Hao has a good appetite.

Come once in the morning and feel good all day long.

Take it before going to bed to help sleep.

He looked at the dairy farmer, "Are you far away, is it convenient to come here?"

It's fine if it's too far away. He looked for someone to see if he could order milk from the milk company.

Milk must be drunk consistently to be effective.

"It's not far, it's not far. I'm very close. I'm in the suburbs. It takes more than 40 minutes to walk here." The dairy farmer knew that this business might last for a long time, so he was very excited when he spoke, "I brought the cow here in the morning. Come over again in the afternoon, and then I will wait for you, boss, at the gate of the community?"

One boss at a time, in order to earn a few cents, he is not afraid of hard work.

It takes more than 40 minutes to come here, and it takes about one and a half hours to go back and forth, one trip in the morning and one trip in the evening, which takes three to four hours.

For life, there is no simple word at all.

But in fact, there are more difficult things than this. Some grow their own vegetables or some fruits. In order to sell them at a good price, they even pull carts and travel tens of kilometers with their burdens to do business.

Just to make a few bucks more.

Bring a few big steamed buns with you, a bottle of warm water for nothing, and keep it for a day.

Many people miss being carefree when they were young, but in fact, there will be someone who will carry the burden for them.

"I won't come in the afternoon." Lu Hao said, "You can come here in the morning."

Seeing that the face of the dairy farmer changed a bit, he immediately explained, "I want milk in the afternoon, but you don't have to make a special trip in the afternoon, just come in the morning. I have a refrigerator at home, and then I can get some more and put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold." .”

There is a refrigerator for more storage time.

"Then I would like to thank the boss." After hearing this, the dairy farmer let go of his anxiety.

Even if he can only earn 5 cents a day selling milk, he is content. It is 15 yuan a month, which is not easy.

Few people drink milk in the countryside. At most, it is a newborn baby whose mother has no milk and asks to borrow some, and then the dying old man, whose son comes to ask for some to supplement nutrition for the old man.

I can't afford the medicine, so I can only drink some milk before dying, which is all for psychological comfort.

All goodness and filial piety come first, regardless of deeds.

Niuniu tilted her head and looked at Lu Hao, "Dad, why don't you just buy this cow, so that when I go to school, I can ride the cow to school, how convenient?"

She even thought about the means of transportation for going to school in the future.

This brain circuit is always so unusual.

"Let you be raised in bed?" Lu Hao said.

"Father, you really know how to joke, my bed is so small, if the cows are released, how can you lie down?" Niu Niu said, "You can't hug your mother at night, do you want to?"

this girl...

In turn, they took him into the army.

The family of 3 went back to the community. Lu Hao took the sack containing Moutai from the car. The small-leaf sunflower Moutai was not given to Nini. The little padded jacket was a little leaky recently. I was afraid that she would accidentally drop it, so I took it by myself. With a little effort, I went back. Room.

"I'm going to boil milk." Su Min entered the kitchen with an enamel jar.

After a while, he asked Lu Hao, "It's all boiled, or should I save some?"