Chapter 226 The whole village is in an uproar
"The people who will go out to sell rabbits have been selected. It's the same group that went out last time. Do you think the number of people is enough?
The old village chief and Mr. Fan Qi said that our villagers have never done business before. In the past, each family sold one or two chickens and ducks. They are about to sell rabbits. Now there is a flood. They are afraid that they can't sell them. They asked us to come and ask your opinion."
Hu's mother finally understood why so many people came together. It turned out that they got the instruction of the old village chief and had a mission.
It's not easy to get the approval of the elders in the village, especially to ask a woman.
Thinking that the old village chief and the elders of the Fan family would come to ask Qing'er's opinion before doing anything, she couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in her heart, which was full.
Shuiqing didn't take on too much, and she picked the one she was good at and replied: "I don't know about the number of people going out. The old village chief Mr. Fan Qi and others still make the decision;
As for selling rabbits, we have some experience in selling rice wine before, so we can refer to it."
Wang Guifen and Aunt Li looked at her with sparkling eyes.
"Our Guangning Prefecture was not as badly affected as the prefecture in the south, and I guess the wealthy families left less;
The flood caused a rise in the price of grain and food, and I think the price of meat will also rise. Poor families can't afford it, but the meat of rich families and officials should not be affected too much."
The prices of ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, bird's nest and shark's fin may decrease, but the prices of chicken, duck and fish will not, and may even increase.
Now many farmlands have been destroyed, houses have collapsed, and people are gone, not to mention chickens, ducks and geese. With fewer chickens, ducks and geese, the meat gap can be filled by the meat rabbits in the village.
Shuiqing has some confidence in selling rabbits, "I think the poor families may not be able to eat our rabbits or are reluctant to give them up, so we have to sell them to the rich families. Fan He and Wenhua went to the prefecture to sell rice wine before, and they are familiar with the managers of those restaurants and wealthy families. We can try to sell them to these people first."
She used to plan to buy meat rabbits and sell them after deep processing, so that her family can also make a profit from it.
But don't worry, at the beginning, there are not many rabbits, and you can't make much money.
And you have to let the men in the village go out to sell them a few times, so that they know the market and the selling price. Each household has a bottom line in their hearts. If she offers the same price, no one will question it, but will only think that she saves them trouble.
Hearing Shuiqing's words, Aunt Li breathed a sigh of relief.
They have been staying in the village. Except for selling a few chickens, ducks and geese before the New Year and other festivals, they basically have no dealings with people outside.
And the chickens, ducks and geese are also sold in Niutou Town-the city charges a penny to enter the city. If they can't sell them, they will lose money.
For business, they are really in the dark.
"With your words, Auntie, I feel relieved. Your brother is really capable! Not only is he strong, but he is also smart."
Hearing Fan Jiang and Hu Wenhua together, everyone subconsciously assumed that it was the older Hu Wenhua who found the way to sell rice wine.
Shuiqing didn't correct it. Wenhua was really needed to buy and sell things later. It was very useful to keep him as a person who was good at doing business.
Wang Guifen was relieved.
The older women stood up and said goodbye, and the young girls over there also stood up and said goodbye to Ding Jiajia reluctantly.
On the way back, everyone did not go back to their own homes, but all went to Wang Guifen's house to find the old village chief.
They remembered Shuiqing's talk about building a wall!
When they saw the old village chief, Fan Qiye was there, and the two old men were drinking tea and talking about the village.
Hearing everyone talking about Shuiqing's meaning, the old village chief's eyes flashed.
He had always wanted to build a wall, but in the past it was difficult to get enough food, so who would be willing to do these useless things that would not see results? It's useless to mention it if people's hearts are not united.
Today is different from the past. Hu Shuiqing mentioned what he dared not mention and what he wanted to do!
Mr. Fan Qi pondered for a while and said, "It was not feasible in the past, but it is feasible now. Except for a few families in our village, most of them can eat dry food twice a day;
The six or seven families who planted potatoes in the first half of the year can eat three meals a day even during the slack season, and the physical strength to build adobe walls is not a problem."
The old village chief looked at Mr. Fan Qi, and his tone was rarely excited: "Brother, if you think it is feasible, why don't we discuss it today and start building it tomorrow?"
Mr. Fan Qi was also very excited when he thought that the village where he lived would soon be protected by a high wall, and his children and grandchildren would be safer!
"This matter should be done as soon as possible, let's finalize it today!"
Aunt Zhang agreed happily: "Yes, the sooner it is built, the sooner we can feel at ease."
Wang Guifen's husband's family and her mother's family are both in Shanshui Village, and they attach more importance to it. She hurriedly said: "I'll get the gong out to call people!"
Not long after the gong sounded, people from all households rushed to the old village chief's house.
Li Wen talked about building a wall and asked for everyone's opinions.
Unexpectedly, except for a few families who were reluctant, most of them agreed.
Now their homes are not the thatched houses of the past, and they are not so poor that they have to go home hungry when mice come. Of course, they should pay attention to it.
The village rules of Shanshui Village are that the minority obeys the majority, so the few families naturally ignored it. Everyone began to discuss the height of the wall and how to build it, how to open the front and back doors, how wide to open them, and what to make the gate...
After the discussion, it was decided that the embankment made of sacks of soil would not be demolished, and it would be used as part of the wall, and the entrance to the village would be the gate.
The back door was placed next to Ding's house.
The Ding family came to Shanshui Village last. Their house was built at the back of the village. They often went out to collect herbs, so the back door was next to their house for easy travel.
The front door can accommodate two vehicles at the same time. It is made of waist-thick trees tied together. It is thick and strong, and even bandits cannot easily break it open.
The back door can only accommodate one car in and out. It is tied together with thigh-thick wood, which is convenient for opening and closing.
A lookout tower was built next to the front and back doors to facilitate people to observe the situation outside the wall and on the road.
Sharpened wooden and bamboo thorns are placed on the top of the wall, with different heights.
The wall is two meters high, surrounding the entire village, but the terrain on the Shuiqing side is high, forming a natural protection and covering a large area, so the wall only goes to Aunt Zhang's place.
Fan Jin's family does not need to participate in the village wall, but if they need to build some protective fences, their people are not forced to participate, and they can decide whether they are willing to help.
The fence sections in the village were allocated according to the number of people in the family. The sections with more people were longer, and the sections with fewer people were shorter.
In order to show fairness and determination, the old village chief's family chose the longest and most difficult section to repair. This move immediately made Zhang Tuzi and Fan Qian's families silently swallow their words of opposition.
The whole village was boiling.