Song Tan Jishi

  Chapter 96 96. Buy fry

   There are still many old people like Old Man Li in Yunqiao Village.

   It is not an exaggeration to say that in a poor mountain village like theirs with less than 30 households, about one-third of the old man Li's age group.

  This village did not have such a small population at the beginning. Once upon a time, there were more than 200 families in the whole village.

  But with the development of the times and the increase of prices, the mountain villages gradually began to fall behind. Only a few months before and after the Spring Festival every year, will it be lively.

  Because everyone in the village under the age of 60 has all gone out to work.

  Even if it is not easy for older workers in their fifties or sixties, they are basically tough jobs, with an hourly salary of more than ten yuan, mostly relying on overtime pay.

  But there are old people on top, and the children on the bottom may just start a family and start a business. House, car, and education for children, which one doesn’t cost money?

  Children don’t need to support the elderly, their own life is difficult.

  Part-time work is also a forced way of survival.

   This is exactly the case, even though Zhu Jun has repeatedly promised that the approval of agricultural loans is now easy, and the interest is still extremely low. If Song Tan is sure, he can apply to the credit union...

  Is Song Tan sure? That is of course very sure.

   But can she find someone?

   Can't find it at all.

  The situation is the same in ten miles and eight townships. When you can't do farm work, you have to go to various villages to shake these old people to do it, right?

  At their age, they may not show it at ordinary times, but if they accidentally stumble, there will be big troubles, and when it comes to recruiting and employing people... they can't afford to waste their wealth!

  As for hiring young and strong laborers from other places... What is the combined labor cost?

   It’s better to grow up from a young age, step by step, and when the village gradually develops and stabilizes, there will naturally be young people who don’t want to leave their hometowns and go back.

   This is not a one-time thing.

   Because of this, Song Tan never mentioned money when dealing with the elderly.

  Song Sancheng chatted with old man Li about this year's climate, and then went to the high field to see if the plowing was detailed enough. After this circle is over, is the work over?

No.

  On the barren hill, the excavator was pushing forward with the blade, humming, and had to spare manpower to rake aside the vines, saplings, and so on that it smashed.

   Otherwise, these leaves and branches will be piled into the soil in large quantities, but they will not be decomposed in a short time, which is very likely to delay subsequent planting.

  Zhang Yanping stood numbly in the forest wearing a straw hat, looking at the work assigned by his uncle's family to take care of him, and looking at the rake in his hand, his face was full of sadness.

  Yes, at my own request, I didn’t go to the field today, but went straight up the mountain.

  Song Sancheng climbed up the hillside and took this stretch of land into his eyes, full of fighting spirit.

  Looking further down, it was a pond within the scope of their contract, with blue sky, blue shadows and faint water plants.

   It’s because the fish in this pond are very slippery, you can’t catch them easily!

  Song Sancheng suddenly remembered another thing, and quickly took out the phone:

   "Tan Tan, didn't you say to buy some fish fry last time? Don't forget!"

   Coincidentally, Song Tan is looking at the fishing ground in front of him!

   This is a fishing ground in their city. People who do this kind of local business focus on word of mouth. This fishery is small in scale, and the fish fry are mainly of common species.

  The boss speaks in local language urgently and quickly:

   "Is this your first time to raise? You can't do too many, at most 1,500 per mu! If you have too many, you don't have experience, so you can't do it."

   asked again: "How is the pond? How big and deep is it? What kind of place is it? Do you plan to raise fish for sale or just raise them in your own pond?"

  The boss’s questions are all on the point. Even if Song Tan has the aura to cheat, it will not prevent her from learning more experience, so she answered in every detail:

   "A pond is not big, about three acres, and the deep water is almost three meters deep. It is in a mountain depression, surrounded by aquatic plants."

   "The main thing is to eat at home, and I plan to sell the extra."

  The boss pondered for a while: "I'm afraid that the pond in that mountain valley won't be drained? It's troublesome to catch fish in winter."

   "There is no other water nearby that can be brought in. It is too hot in summer, it is easy to dry out, and it is easy to get sick."

  Song Tan nodded—if it is really a high-quality fish pond, even if it is a remote mountain village, it will always cost 800 yuan per mu, not to mention one thousand.

  What is the price now?

  Three hundred.

   Then what else to choose? The right is to reserve water for the orchard on the mountain. Song Tan wrapped it up, firstly for convenience, and secondly because in his own impression, this pond has never dried up.

This is enough.

  The boss simply didn’t let her see the lively fish in front of her. Instead, she went to another place where there were large and small compartments filled with densely packed newborn fish.

"You don't have any experience, so just raise these, crucian carp, carp, grass carp, and silver carp. Buy them together. Don't look at them as ordinary species, but grass carp eat grass, and they can't grow the aquatic plants by your pond. Otherwise, in a few years, I'm afraid the inside will be full of growth."

   "With the other three kinds of fish, the water circulation in the pond is good and clean. The fish is also delicious and doesn't like to get sick."

   "Aren't you going to eat it yourself? The fish pond probably hasn't been cleaned yet. There must be big fish in it. It's enough to eat for a while. Just buy these splashes now."

   Splash?

  The boss laughed: "Just say that you have never raised fish. Our fish farmers call these newborn seedlings water flowers."

   "If you think it's okay, I'll match it for you. Three acres of fish ponds, throwing away the loss, a total of 5,000 fish will be bought."

  Song Tan nodded: She can afford a little more and a little less, but the quantity is not a big problem.

   But she did her homework before, and the boss spoke the truth, so she was willing to listen to her experience.

"How much?"

  The boss's face lacked interest: "Give it thirty."

  Song Tan: …

  Ah, it turns out that the price of Splash Fry is so low.

  The boss pointed to the fish fry on the other side: "The price of these two centimeters is different, one is fifty cents, the larger the size, the more expensive it is, let's see what kind of fish you raise!"

   Is it still necessary to pick?

   "Water splashes are needed! Another 8,000 fish ponds are needed. My house also has a larger fish pond. The terrain is good and it can release water."

   "Okay!" The boss was also happy: "I just see that you are a real person, girl, and I won't ask you for more. Give me seventy-five."

  Song Tan made a calculation in his mind and couldn't help laughing: The price of co-authoring is actually three yuan cheaper?

   But 13,000 water splashes cost only seventy-five yuan in total. What more bicycles are needed!

  She gave the money readily, and then saw that the boss was not even willing to give the foam box, and only carried two plastic bags:

   "This bag contains 8,000 strips, and this bag contains 5,000 strips. Don't worry, there are only more and no less! If you don't trust me, you can count them when you go home."

   "I'll pay you a hundred if you lose one."

  Song Tan laughed out loud: "Uncle, it won't happen!"

   Ah, about the exhaustion of the previous two days, because my mother and my little cousin are at home, it is difficult to get into the mood.

   But they went back today, and they can update during the day tomorrow! Six or ten thousand tomorrow. It's a new week, cheer up!

thank you all!

  (end of this chapter)