Chapter 404 - 407: Probing the Depths - 1
The next day, Qiao Duo’er went over to Old Lady Huang’s House, hoping to ask Aunt Huang to help find a few reliable people to cut grass.
Musk deer are omnivorous animals that can eat common tree leaves and the stems of crops.
But they have a high standard for cleanliness, so the grass that is cut must be washed clean.
The mountain muntjacs were fed three times a day, and each were likely to eat about six jin of fresh grass. Qiao Duo’er roughly estimated that a total of 5000 jin was needed to ensure all the animals could safely get through the winter.
As for the price, for every five jin of grass that met the requirements, one could receive One Wen money.
The strong laborers in the village could easily cut 200 jin of grass a day, and with others helping to wash and dry the grass, earning thirty to forty Wen a day was no problem, which was much more profitable than working in town.
Aunt Huang wasn’t worried at all about people not taking the job; she was just concerned whether Qiao Duo’er could really use so much grass.
She kindly advised, "Your seven lambs are still young, and even with the cattle and donkey, they won’t finish all that grass. You should collect less."