novelaction Chapter 740 Crab Really Makes Money
Chapter 740 Crab Really Makes Money
The crabs can only be consumed quickly if they are bought by big buyers.
There were more than 20,000 crabs in the pond, and they were traded back and forth from six nearby counties. They were almost all sold out in more than half a month.
Zhou Guo took a look at the account and found it was more than 9,200 strings of cash!
This thing is much more valuable than pine mushrooms and much more cost-effective!
In previous years, they would be busy for a month during the Matsutake mushroom season, collecting and delivering the mushrooms, and running such a long way, but in the end they only earned this much.
You can earn back this amount of money by trading the crabs two or three times, and you don't have to go far, it's really profitable.
Li smiled and said, "If you say so, then I would say that the pine mushrooms on the mountain don't need to be taken care of except for the one month when they come out. So, don't you need to take care of the crabs less throughout the year?"
Wu Ya said, "That's right. Have you forgotten that you got up every morning in the winter to break the ice? This is not something that ordinary people can do. It takes a lot of strength! You also have to lay water plants to keep them warm, and feed them... It's more delicate than taking care of black darting fish, and it takes more than half a month."
Zhou Guo suddenly realized, "You're right, I almost let the money go to my head. It really took more effort than the pine mushroom. So, I deserve this money, and I put my effort into it."
Stand up and walk outside.
Li said, "Where are you going? It's time to eat!"
Zhou Guo waved his hand, "I'll go catch some crabs and send a few to each family, especially to my eldest sister. I'll send a few baskets there. She likes to eat this the most."
Li and Wu Ya hurriedly shouted: "She can't eat this!!"
Zhou Guo was stunned, then he remembered that crabs are cold in nature and pregnant women should not eat them.
I said, "It's okay. I'll send a few to the old man. He likes to eat them. We are all relatives. There are so many at home, I can't just not send any. If they have anything delicious, they will send us a lot."
Li waved her hand and said, "Go ahead, go ahead. The crabs in your pond are so precious that we dare not touch them. Other families haven't given any to you. You can give them as you like."
Zhou Guo had people fish out two hundred of them. The Zhao family gave them three baskets, and Wang Fugui and the others each got one.
When he saw that it was not enough, he asked people to catch more fish, and they caught another 800 in one go.
Each person in Zhuangzi has three.
The rest belongs to the family.
She can eat more than a dozen of them at a time.
There are many families in the village who eat crabs. Looking at such big crabs, I really don’t know how to eat them.
You can only boil it in a pot or fry it in a pot.
Many people like it after it’s made, but there are also some who don’t like it, the only reason being that it’s too troublesome and there’s not much meat, and their mouths are pierced so they can’t even eat a single bite.
The old man looked at the three baskets of huge crabs, and turned around happily with his hands behind his back, "It's said that the girl from the Zhou family is really nice. Do you know that they sell these crabs for 500 coins? 500 coins per crab, but they gave so much. These baskets are worth dozens of coins."
The lady's face lit up with a kind smile, "This is not less than six hundred shi of fat!"
The old man nodded, "Six hundred shi of fat is only a little over a hundred guan, otherwise it would be said that the girl from the Zhou family is a person worth making friends with. Business is business, and favors are favors. People can clearly distinguish them."
He said to Mrs. Zhao beside him, "Have someone carry it up and cook it. I need to eat dinner."
The village is also very lively today. There are crabs for dinner in the evening, and everyone can eat three.
Someone said, "Five hundred coins a piece. There are five of us in our family, so if we sell it, we'll get seven or eight strings of cash. Why don't we sell it?"
"Mom, are you crazy? Do you need those seven or eight strings of cash? This is a reward from our master. It is our great honor. I have never seen anyone sell off their honor. If you don't like it, I can eat it for you. I love it anyway."
Needless to say, many villagers thought this way. Zhou Sanyuan had a large family and got a lot of crabs. Sanyuan's wife urged them not to eat the crabs, but to keep them for breeding. If they raised too many crabs, they would have more than enough to eat next year.
Zhou Sanyuan was persuaded, and so was the whole family. They could still distinguish one from many.
Many people do this. They don't eat the fruits, but raise them secretly, hoping to harvest more next year.
In the Zhou family yard, Zhou Guo had finished his meal and was concentrating on eating crabs.
After eating a bite of crab roe, I felt like I was flying from head to toe. The crab meat was sweet and delicious. It was a feast! !
Even though we have crabs at home, we can only eat them to our heart's content at this time of year. There is no meat at other times, and the quality of the meat is not as good as it is now. So we still have to eat crabs at this time.
Everyone in the room was eating, and poor Wu Ya could only watch and drool.
Zhou Su felt sorry for her because she was staring at him with her eyes wide open, so he broke off a crab leg for her and said, "Sister-in-law, have a leg. This one is also very fat."
Li quickly stopped him, "What are you doing, you little brat? Your sister-in-law is pregnant and can't eat this."
Zhou Su said, "It's just one leg, so what? Even if she takes less of the poison, it won't work. My sister-in-law wants to eat it so much, and our whole family is eating it. Mother, can you just let her eat one leg?"
Li was in a dilemma.
Wu Ya waved her hands and said, "No need, Xiao Su. I'm not greedy. You can eat them yourself. When I give birth to your nephew and niece next year, you can eat as many as you want."
Zhou Gu also finished eating the crab in his hand, wiped his hands and smiled, "I only ate one. I tasted the crabs for you this year, and they were not very tasty either. They had a fishy smell. You will definitely vomit if you eat them. It's like eating mud from the river. Come, let's eat something else. This fish is good, much better than crabs."
Zhou Guo glanced at them and continued eating without stopping.
Zhou Mai, Zhou Mi and Li kept coming. This opportunity is rare. I have been looking forward to it for a year.
For three consecutive days, the family ate crabs for every meal, and Zhou Guo could eat fifteen crabs in one meal.
Li was so scared that she immediately stopped him. "Although crabs are delicious, you shouldn't eat too much at once. They are cold in nature. You are a girl, so you can't compare with your brothers. Eating too much of these things is not good."
Zhou Guo replied casually, "I know. I promise not to eat too much. I promise."
It’s because she ate too much every day that her tongue was covered with blisters, and now every time she burped, there was a smell of crab.
Need to rest for a few days.
……
After the beginning of winter, on the night when the first snow fell, Zhou Guo had just fallen asleep when he heard the sound of footsteps and clanking outside the yard, mixed with various human voices.
She stood up from the kang, put on her cloak and walked out.
When I ran out to take a look, I saw who else could it be but the old man and Qian Duo and his group?
She couldn't help but yell, "Ah, Master, you're back??!!"
The old man smiled and said, "I'm back. Home is still the best place!"
Qian Duo squeezed forward and said, "Boss, Boss, here's me too. I'm back too!"
Lights were quickly lit in several rooms of the Zhou family.
A sizzling aroma wafted from the kitchen.
Everyone in the Zhou family got up, and Zhou Guo also asked people to invite a few women from the farm. It would take a while for them to cook for so many people.