Chapter 302: The Hu Family’s Schemes and the Mo Wu Family’s Appeals (4)_1
Stroking the pitiful scars on its body, Mo Yan whispered, "From now on, this is your home, whether you can work or not, you won’t be sold again."
Perhaps grains of sand got in its eyes, as Da HongZao, while eating, shed two tears. It was already dark, and Mo Yan did not see them.
Not long after, Da HongZao started to have diarrhea. Mo Yan stood in the cold wind in the courtyard for a long time, waiting until it began to eat grass again before returning to the room, reassured.
After dinner, Mo Yan and Lizhong went over the accounts and found they had earned more than two extra taels of silver than the previous day. Especially the eggs, which they sold over a thousand of. Many customers from the day before had found the eggs exceptionally tasty and, taking advantage of the low price, came back to buy more, bringing friends and neighbors with them.
"Yan girl, if we keep selling eggs like this, can you keep up with the demand from other sources?" Lizhong asked with some concern.
In order not to worry him further, traces of concern also appeared on Mo Yan’s face, "Grandfather Li, I don’t know about that. If it really doesn’t work out, we can start a chicken farm in the orchard next spring. The chickens can eat the pests off the fruit trees and their droppings can fertilize the trees—a double benefit."
"A chicken farm?" Lizhong frowned. "Yan girl, there’s a saying ’wealth with feathers is not counted’. It’s fine to raise a few dozen chickens, but having too many can lead to disease. Once it spreads, the whole chicken farm will be gone."
This was indeed a problem. Once chicken plague breaks out, not just the chickens, but even people with poor immunity could be infected.