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Chapter 172 Breeding Ducklings

 I was asked if I could make quilts.

Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly smiled.

Everything brightens up before my eyes.

If Chen Zixuan wants to make quilts, he can still make some money. It's easy, and his mother happens to have time at home.

"Yes, why not? My mother can do these things. I wonder if you have any cotton or sheets?"

When asked about this, Chen Zixuan nodded.

He has everything else in place.

"I have all of these."

"Okay, those two quilts are only 50 cents, but don't worry, my mother is sincere. You can weigh as many kilograms of cotton as you want."

Since everyone said this, Chen Zixuan agreed, but this will have to wait until next time.

He is now busy going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things.

"Okay, I'll bring it to you next time."

Lin Xiaoxiao agreed enthusiastically. This is just over two yuan, which is quite a lot, and can buy a lot of meat.

"Just come to the supply and marketing cooperative and find me. My name is Lin Xiaoxiao. I usually work here. You can call me Sister Lin."

Lin Xiaoxiao happened to have a measuring ruler with her. After measuring it for Chen Zixuan, she recorded it and took the cloth from Chen Zixuan's hand.

"Just come and pick it up in three days."

After saying goodbye, Chen Zixuan went to the supply and marketing cooperative again. It was still early and there was still a lot of pork. Fortunately, he brought a lot of meat tickets.

Walking to the butcher, Chen Zixuan took a look at the pork belly. It looked really good, both fat and thin.

"Can I buy ten pounds of this pork belly?"

Chen Zixuan doesn't know if there will be a purchase restriction in the town. If there is a purchase restriction, he probably won't be able to buy so much.

It costs about three or four yuan for ten kilograms.

"Of course, as long as you have money and meat tickets."

The butcher picked up the knife and made a gesture with his eyes.

Should I cut it?

"Then cut me ten pounds of pork belly first, and then give me five pounds of pork suet, and five strips of pork ribs, that's all."

He plans to cut the pork belly in half, make half of it as bacon, and pick the other half with salt so that it can be stored for a long time.

Chen Zixuan likes to marinate it with salt and then fry it in a pan. It is delicious and can be eaten for a long time.

The butcher glanced at him and took the money and ticket.

Cut it and pack it directly for Chen Zixuan.

But I muttered in my heart that I was too willing to eat it!

In fact, it's not that people can't afford it these days, but if they really buy it, they don't have any money to use it urgently, so they have to slowly save every penny, and the money is saved bit by bit from between the teeth.

After putting them in the basket on his back, Chen Zixuan went to buy salt and oil, and was a little surprised when he saw that there were little ducks for sale.

There are no ducks even raised in the small space manor!

Chen Zixuan quickly walked to the place selling ducks. He didn't expect that the supply and marketing cooperative would also sell ducks, and he was very happy.

"How much does this little duck cost?"

Chen Zixuan is craving for those salted duck eggs now.

Pickle it with salt, and after half a month, it becomes oily. I don’t know how delicious it is, especially when eaten with porridge.

"Two for a dime."

Two cents?

There are exactly ten of them, just fifty cents.

Chen Zixuan directly gave him fifty cents and bought them all.

He doesn't plan to be raised outside. He wants to put it in a small manor, so that he won't be lost and won't be remembered.

"Young man, we can't raise so many in the village."

"This is based on population. If you are discovered, you will probably be arrested as a capitalist!"

Nowadays, chickens and ducks cannot be raised casually. Generally, one person buys two, and few people buy that many.

"It's okay. Of course I bought it for others. Don't worry, you can just pack it all up for me."

But just in case, Chen Zixuan covered it with something when he put it in the basket, so as not to get into trouble.

Chen Zixuan then bought another toothpaste and a lock. He didn't even buy a lock for the door of his house. He also went to pull a cart of coal, otherwise cooking in the winter would be too tiring.

Then you might have to go up the mountain to find firewood.

Burning a kang in winter consumes too much firewood.

Chen Zixuan looked at the supply and marketing cooperative, and there was actually a special Maotai, which was still eight yuan a bottle. He was a little surprised. The current special Maotai would fetch a sky-high price in later generations.

"Buy me two bottles of Maotai, here's the ticket."

Fortunately, Lin Jun gave himself enough tickets, so he didn’t have to worry about the tickets if he wanted to buy anything. The quantity was just limited.

I don’t know where Lin Jun went to collect so many tickets, but it’s normal. He travels all over the country and has many friends, so he has all kinds of tickets.

Nowadays, everything you buy requires a ticket. Even buying a piece of soap requires a soap ticket, which is quite troublesome.

Two bottles of Maotai cost only 16 yuan, which is certainly acceptable. After all, it is normal that this wine is more expensive than pork.

After taking a look, there were no eggs, but there were duck eggs, probably wild duck eggs, which looked smaller.

I picked up ten duck eggs.

Chen Zixuan gave him fifty cents.

I came out with the basket on my back, rode my bicycle to the depths of the alley, and put the little duck inside into the space.

Chen Zixuan didn't pay attention to it before, but now he saw that there were four female ducks. It would be nice if there were more.

Only female ducks can lay eggs, not males, but a male must be paired in order for duck eggs to hatch into ducklings.

On the way back on his bicycle, Chen Zixuan was in a good mood. He had no debt and life in the countryside was good.

When I returned to the village entrance, I found that there were more people at the village entrance this time, which may be related to the fact that the autumn harvest has ended.

"Chen Zhiqing, you just came back now!"

"Why didn't I see you back a few days ago?"

Ever since they found out that their village's public grain delivery was rated A, every villager couldn't tell how happy they were.

After hearing that the honorary award of Advanced Collective might be given to their village, I couldn't help but feel so happy when I saw Chen Zixuan's eyes.

"Yeah, I just came back from vacation."

Chen Zixuan grinned, but he just came back from vacation and bought a lot of things.

"That's it, Chen Zhiqing, you went back to buy something good again. There are so many big and small bags."

Everyone is a little confused and curious.

But he didn’t come forward, he just asked.

"I didn't buy anything, just some oil and salt."

Chen Zixuan grabbed a large handful of fruit candies from the bag and divided a few pieces each. They were very happy and satisfied.

"Chen Zhiqing, you are so polite. We just asked, but we still want to thank you for the candy."

Chen Zixuan returned to his thatched house from the entrance of the village and found that the leeks on his private plot were growing very well.

The door lock of his yard was brought back from the county seat, and the door of the yard is locked.

But I forgot to buy an extra lock for the house.

Chen Zixuan tried the lock he just bought today and found that it was quite good. Once locked, it worked.

I haven't been back for a week and I found that the inside was a bit damp, especially the wood, which had a musty smell.

I quickly opened the door to disperse the smell. The smell was too unpleasant. I cleaned out all the unnecessary things.

Fortunately, the bed is a kang and has not become moldy. Otherwise, the smell would make me feel dirty even if I wanted to sleep here at night.

Light the kang, put a lot of firewood inside and burn it, slowly drying out the moisture in the room.

As long as there is a flame burning, it will dry quickly. Chen Zixuan went to replace some wooden boards and nailed them to the wall.

It is very convenient to put things in this way and you can take them easily.
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