As for raising chickens, Niu Dali also thought about it. Currently, it mainly focuses on raising a thousand chickens. In the future, as long as conditions allow, it will raise more chickens.
But whether it is now or in the future, there must be enough space to raise chickens, but it cannot be raised in dense captives. In this ancient times, where free-range chickens were mainly used, the meat and taste of densely-range chickens were probably worse than those free-range chickens.
Don’t be good if the meat is not good at selling it.
Moreover, the place where chickens are raised should not be too far away from people, otherwise it will be inconvenient to observe and feed. Of course, the most important point is that people will be missed.
After all, no matter which village it is, there will be a few idle lazy people. These lazy people are most accustomed to stealing. Even if the villagers raise more than a dozen chickens, they will be touched away by one or two, let alone if they raise a thousand chickens.
There are also places where chickens are raised, and you cannot be too far from Xishi Village. If there is any future, the villagers will also take care of you.
At least it is better than not familiar with other places.
"Grandpa and uncle, I think the first thing we need to consider is to find a spacious place. Of course, the bigger the place, the better. If it is well raised, maybe we will raise more chickens next year, and even chickens are also indispensable to needing someone to take care of..."
Niu Dali expressed his thoughts in his heart in detail.
Xia Changcheng and his grandson heard it very seriously and couldn't help but nod.
Xia Dongcao also hopes that the Xia family will get better and better. She knows that once this matter is done, the Xia family will definitely have no worries about food and clothing in the future.
As the daughter of the Xia family, no matter whether it is her parents or elder brother, she will definitely not sit idly by the orphans and widows. If the eldest and younger sisters get married in the future, there will be people who support them.
But when they heard Niu Dali say that he wanted to build a house for the chicken, they were stunned.
"Da Li, it's just to raise some chickens and build a few thatched sanctuaries. There is no need to build any dirt houses for the chickens." Xia Changcheng frowned.
"No!" Niu Dali shook his head, "Grandpa, we don't raise more than a dozen, but thousands of chickens. What if there is an accident, it will rain heavily one day and blow the thatched hut down? We will suffer a great loss."
"That's true, but it's too expensive to build a house for chickens." Xia Changcheng said.
Xia Dongchun and his son remained silent. Raising thousands of chickens requires a lot of money. At this moment, Niu Dali said he wanted to buy land and build a house. This was not enough.
"Didn't I just say that I'll leave the money to me, I'll pay the money to my uncle and cousin." Niu Dali took out two silver notes from his arms, "This is two hundred taels, I'll lend it to my uncle to raise chickens first!"
The Xia family were all shocked.
If Xia Changcheng and Xia Chang's health had improved a lot now, otherwise the heart would not be able to bear it if he heard two hundred taels.
"No, no, this is too much, and raising chickens can't be used so much!" Xia Changcheng knew that Dali was kind, but two hundred taels were too much.
"Not much, I have to buy land and raise chickens at all. Besides, my uncle and cousin will raise chickens in the future. They can't work at the landlord's house for a short time. The family also needs money to eat, right?" Niu Dali stuffed the silver notes into Xia Changcheng's hand and said.
"Grandpa, don't be polite to me. Once the chicken is raised, the money will be back in less than two years."
Xia Changcheng looked hesitant. Although he knew that it would take a lot of money to raise thousands of chickens, he didn't expect it to cost so much!
It’s okay to raise chickens if they fail, but if they fail, then two hundred taels will be wasted.
Xia Dongchun and his son were also confused at this moment. They both thought that raising chickens was capable, but they were also scared by two hundred taels and were worried about whether they would lose money.
Niu Dali didn't say much, just looked at his grandfather and uncle. He had finished what he should have said before, and the next thing he had to see if his grandfather and uncle could make up his mind.
"Dad, let's take this money as if we borrowed from Dali. We will pay it back to Dali's family after we earned the money." Xia Dongchun gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
Xia Changcheng glanced at the father and son with a firm look and sighed, "Then I'll just say that!"
Afterwards, several people discussed the chicken farm again.
It would be impossible to discuss whether to drink it. Xia Dongchun asked Tian to come back to make some wine. Tian's eyebrows were happy and went immediately. Xia Dongcao fryed a few side dishes in the kitchen and asked the man to discuss the matter while drinking and eating vegetables.
"Uncle, let me come to the chicken seedlings. You are responsible for getting the place done."
When chickens are most difficult to raise during the seedling stage, a thousand chickens can finally have a survival rate of seven or eight layers, even if they can raise chickens, and this is still in the modern era where there are various vaccines.
Therefore, Niu Dali planned to let the bought chickens stay at his house for a while and feed them with Lingquan to make the chickens better raise.
"no problem."
Xia Changcheng and Xia Dongchun and his son were not confused. In their opinion, Dali would raise chickens, so it would be better to ask him to choose chicken seedlings.
Perhaps because of the chicken raising, Xia Dongchun and his son were a little excited. After drinking a few more cups, they said something vaguely and thanked Niu Dali for his words. Niu Dali was also humble.
When several children came back from outside, Xia Dongchun and his son were almost drunk. Xia Changcheng shook his head and asked Tian to help Xia Chuanhe back to the house. He also spoke to Niu Dali and helped Xia Dongchun into the house.
I think Fan Zhongyun and the other two had almost collected the eggs, so Niu Dali said goodbye to Xia Changcheng and Xia Chang.
"Don't leave after lunch?" Xia Chang said.
"No, grandma, I'll come to see you some other day." Niu Dali shook his head.
Daya and Erya said goodbye to Xia Chang sweetly. Xia Chang really liked these two cute and sweet little girls, and they wished they could stay.
But the Xia family’s house is not big. If Da Ya and Er Ya stayed, there would be no place to live.
The Xia family sent them to the entrance of the village. At this moment, there were not as many villagers at the entrance of the village. These villagers greeted the Xia family regardless of whether they were familiar or not.
"Old Uncle Xia!"
Xia Changcheng couldn't help but straighten his back a little, and greeted the villagers.
In the past, most villagers looked at the Xia family with sympathy, but a few people secretly talked about the bad luck of the Xia family.
The eldest daughter went there a few years after she married Xinghua Village. The second daughter-in-law ran away with someone, and the third child disappeared even if she went to the army. The youngest daughter was even worse. She married the wrong person. The old Xia family has helped this little daughter a lot over the years.
Now he is even more harmonious and can only go back to his parents' home in shame.
If it were the past, even if I didn’t ridicule, I would have discussed it more or less indirectly. But now the Xia family is different from the past, and has a promising grandson.
Chapter completed!